to spot. anne thompson is nbc's chief environmental correspondent live for us again in venice, louisiana. anne, we talked about this yesterday. there seems to be a lot of reporting about the oil dissipating more quickly than anticipated but i suppose that sets up a delicate situation as to when to scale down the response by the government. >> reporter: right. and that's exactly what thad allen, the government's point person on the crisis deals with today, savannah. he is going to hold a meeting in new orleans with the coastal parish presidents here in louisiana to talk about what to do once that well is killed. now, crews are zeroing in on the relief well. they hope to intercept it within two weeks but before that trying a static kill to kill the well an they hope to do that on monday. the discussions that admiral allen will have today concern downsizing this massive response that has been mounted once the well is killed.