leaking well nearly a mile below the surface. the testing delay came after bp measured the stability of the sea floor near the gushing oil. manuel gallegus reports now from long beach, mississippi. reporter: a 75-ton cap sits tightly over the gushing oil leak. bp had planned a series of tests over the next three days. now there s a new hiccup. federal officials say more analysis is needed before bp can even start the testing. once the operation gets under way and no new leaks are detected, the cap could temporarily put an end to the gushing oil, at least until a permanent relief well is in place next month. but the ultimate success of this entire endeavor will be the relief well. reporter: the government also announced plans for 1,000 skimmer ships on the surface by the end of july. at this point, 85 days into the disaster, gulf residents will believe a fix when they see it. and even if the leak is controlled, oil will continue to flow towards shore. this could be a p
condemning what it calls the tea party s tolerance for bigotry. 24 hours after that vote the team firing back denouncing the action as unfounded and unfair. here is naacp president and ceo benjamin jelus speaking at the group s annual conviction yesterday. watch men, what time is it? it is time to wake up the troops, it is time to warn the people that ha racism and hate is still alive in america. megyn: tensions are now flaring between both groups and raising questions about what potential impact this might have on the midterm elections. trace gallagher live in our west coast newsroom with more on this one. reporter: we are not going to know the exact language of this resolution until the naacp board meets in october to finalize this. the original draft resolution says that it was to repudiate race eupl racism in the tea parties. they may have softened that language a little bit, but whatever the language is the tea party movement across the country is livid that the na
they get this information? new details on the investigation ahead unless breaking news changes everything on studio b. it. first, two major delays in the work to stop the oil flow in the gulf of mexico. 86 days since the explosion. officials are holding up on the test on the new cap meant to collect the oil and drilling of the relief well. the oil keeps pouring into the gulf. tens of thousands of barrels every day just as it has for 86 days. yesterday officials from bp and coast guard said a new cap is in place and there was a chance it could collect oil coming from the well in a few days. they just had to test it first. one of bp s top executives says the company is delaying the test on orders from the federal government. jonathan serrie, what is going on here? reporter: apparently they haven t run into a specific problem but the government is concerned about the unknowns. never before have they tried a procedure at 5,000 feet. the government asking for more time to al
palin and levi johnston say they re not only back together, they re engaged. and mo one will be more surprised than brinstol s mom, sarah palin, today, wednesday, july 14, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on wednesday. i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. this is something the world, this test, has been waiting for for more than a day and now another delay. what are they worried about? we ll talk to an expert about the possibilities and the concerns coming up in just a couple of minutes. plus, if sarah palin is watching this morning, she just received quite a shock. here is the picture that pretty much says it all. bristol palin and levi johnston together with their 18-month-old tripp showing off an engagement ring to us weekly. according to an interview, the couple has not shared the news with bristol s parents, sarah and todd palin. bristol says the thought of telling her mom is intimidating and scary.
is is all coming out in us . weekly magazine and i think maybe the most surprising part of this is not only that they re back together. that certainly could happen. but that they didn t break this news to the family, sarah and todd, until doing the interview and the magazine. it s a little odd. so the palins finding out about this with the rest of us. we do have a statement from the palin family we ll share with you. we ll talk more about it in just a couple of minutes. also, you know the term meddling mom, well, this is what you call taking it to a whole new level. we introduced you to mother and son geri and colby brin just a short time ago. she is so anxious to marry off her 31-year-old son that she has set him up on numerous dates and has set up a match making website. well, now we have a match for him. yes, we do. e-mails and pictures you put the stuff out there, you re going to get reaction. we have e-mails, pictures from a lot of potential prospects comin