even in seen in the gulf of mexico have not been evident here. we just talked about our response plan in place from the beginning. the work we ve done on environmental impacts the work that [ inaudible ] looking at environmental assessments. greta: when would you expect your drill to be up and running? we ve got a short drilling season here. we can drill in open water from the 15th of july to the 31st of october. greta: that s it? that s it. greta: what happens to the rest of the year? any spills, leaks? not a spill, not a leak. greta: never at shell? in the long history, 100 years, of course. greta: in the last 20 years? one of the best players in the industry. greta: in 20 years you haven t had a spill or leak? we ve had spills but we ve cleaned them up.
going hard for us. reporter: that s just one voice of the thousands that are going to be here, union wokkers across the industries who just want one thing to have jobs to feed their families and provide for their lifestyle. the current state of the oil cap. admiral thad allen, the national spill response team chief did not declare mission accomplished, the well has not yet been plugged for good, but he did stress the stability of the well. and there is no oil flowing into the gulf of mexico, we have successfully shut in this well, we have had stability since the 15th of july and we have something now that we haven t had before and that s we had i wouldn t call it the luxury, but we have the trade space to really consider all the alternatives to allow us to really do the right ting in relation to killing this well. allen s comments came after a
i would say this and this is a very positive statement, there is no oil flowing into the gulf of mexico. we have successfully shut in this well, we have had stability since the 15th of july and we have something we have not had before, we have the trade space to really consider alternatives in less than a high pressure situation to allow us to really do the right thing in relation to killing this well. we also need to be concerned about preserving evidence for the investigation that s going on as well. that was admiral thad allen a short time ago saying the well has not been killed and they really need to continue drilling the well for the so-called bottom kill. bobby jindal is talking about a meeting he just had with bp officials. the topic is the state of the oil cap and the efforts ongoing.
on those who found it. nbc s keir sim mns is in london with more. this is a story somewhere something good came from the worst kind of tragedy. james proser one of too many young men lost to the war in afghanistan. because of his family and an unexpected turn of events, what his life meant has not been lost. his family wrote a message to their fallen son and brother and threw it into the ocean. they never imagined that 1300 miles away, people who never knew james would make an amazing discovery. greetings from horn island, mississippi, usa where your bottle of message washed ashore on the 15th of july, 2010. reporter: james proser was killed in afghanistan last year. he was just 21. rather than face christmas without him, his family went to barbados. it was there they wrote their heartfelt letters, sealed them in a bottle, and cast it away.
blocks a tax cut bill they helped write. bp s incoming ceo says it s time to scale back the cleanup effort. and what about the leak? we haven t seen oil flow into the gulf since the 15th of july. that s because the underwater camera is no longer pointed at the leaky wellhead. with the media moving on, who s keeping bp accountable? bob cavnar will joining us. . it s the hottest swedish export since abba. the dancing queen the girl with the hollywood tattoo. we ll explore the story behind the global phenomenon. american idol shake up. so this is it, huh? ellen quits. kara might be fired. who will replace them? i m leaving after a year and a half of taking tough questions to be a judge on american idol . is that right? all that and more now on countdown. check it out, dog.