afghanistan war to be made public. the website wikileaks is planning to release the rest of the secret papers it has on file. the pentagon warns their exposure would be even more damaging to the military than what was previously published. president obama signs a bill to strengthen the nation s border security today. it provides $600 million to fortify the mexican border. that money will put more border patrol and customs and immigration officials on duty. it will be final approval in a special session. it was the second time the senate was called to a special session in august since 1970. tests are being conducted to determine if any other work is needed to seal that gulf oil well. the oil flow was stopped nearly a month ago as mud and cement created a temporary plug in the well. the latest test will determine if drilling relief wells and plugging them with cement is really necessary. we re told the government s point man on the spill is unsure about whether to officially declare
no, we don t get any money. we are independent. yeah. it was a joke. except for starbucks. we don t do any corporate chilling. seriously. you get your tie on. you got a haircut yesterday. i did. big day for me. who are you talking to today? german starbucks apparently. i m going to go sort of more mid-town. one on 43rd, starbucks. not barista. that is the next step but they let me put the muffins in. you are at best buy. i saw you filling out the application. best buy at columbus circle for a sales position. i just don t want to jinx it. i ll let you no he how it goes. engineers. we will know by today if earlier efforts to create a temporary plug on bp s busted well may have had the unintended affect of actually creating a permanent seal. officials are now running tests to determine if they need to go ahead with drilling relief wells what is known as the bottom kill. that would involve shooting mud
herself and we ll ask her exactly what happened and get her version of the events coming up in a little while here. we have a great crew assembled. up next, launching a niceness campaign. what the white house is doing to get back in good graces with house democrats. details next in the politico playbook. and, mike, is cheerleading a sport? you say yes. what? it s a question that is the center of a discrimination case. this morning, a federal judge has an answer. but, first, tropical activity could cause problems in the gulf of mexico where they are drilling relief wells and bill karins has the latest. unfortunately it looks like operations are probably have to halt until this tropical system is clear in the area. it should be there two days from now. here is the time line. only a tropical wave. not a tropical storm, not even a tropical depression yet but has thunderstorms with it and gusty winds and kick up the seas and that will be enough to stop the cleanup effort and to stop t
what a difference a day can make. this was the scene yesterday, oil billowing out of bp s ruptured well. but today the waters clear. a 75-ton containment cap stopping the leak. bp is testing the well head. early indications are everything is holding steady. but this is not a permanent solution. folks along the coast have mixed emotions today. it s good they got it stopped. now they have to focus on the cleanup. i live 10 minutes from where the oil is and it could come into my home, my property. megyn: bp has benadryling relief well bp has been drilling relief wells. that work is expected to be finished next month.
long-term solution relies on drilling relief wells and killing it. as a neuro surgeon, it s annoying when someone says it isn t brain surgery, but it s close. tom foreman is here with the details. tom? thanks, sanjay. drilling down. look at this as we dive down here and contemplate what we re talking about. you re going through all of this, all in the hopes of hitting something about the size of a dinner plate. that s how big the leaking pipe is all the way down where they re trying to hit it. that s a massive technological challenge. so what if they miss? then what? well, for starters, they can try again. these are the relief wells we ve been talking about all this time. if they were to miss this, the one that s closest down here, they can try again. this drill can be repositioned and they can take stab after