with this test. but they are not offering any timeline. bp not saying when they will be able to have this fixed or how they re going to fix it or any sort of details about how bad this leak might be. only to say they have a leak in the choke line and that it has been isolated and they will fix it. yesterday, admiral thad allen was talking about this process saying there were no guarantees. again, not raising any sort of expectations. but assuring everyone that eventually they will have enough containment operations on the service to collect most if not all, of the oil that s now leaking out. so here s what he said as he was talking about the expectations for this project. as far as containment, i am very optimistic because we now have a cap in place regardless of whether or not we can shut the well or not. we now have the cap in place that will allow us to go to four production platforms one of the problems is we may not get 100%
and talk to people and put the case together. and, that is where the cases are made. good old-fashioned police work. and that is what makes law enforcement in this country effective. jamie: christopher, thanks for service you gave so many years here in new york and thanks for being with us today. my pleasure, jamie, thank you. eric: jamie. now the latest on the growing oil spill, in the if you have of mexico. president gulf of mexico, the president will visit the region to get a first hand look at the containment operations and it is hard to estimate how much is already out there, 200,000 gallons of oil, gushing from the 7 inch hole on thoegs s bottom of the gulf of mexico, and, it is months, before they get a full handle on it, how the affected area looked on tuesday and see that, and today a much