them also americans. it is now day 84 of bp s oil disaster in the gulf. a third day of an operation designed to replace the cap on the broken well. here s a live look right now, 5,000 feet under water. this is where those robotic arms have been working on this very, very difficult operation. bp says the new cap will have a tighter seal and that could mean that oil would stop flowing all together as the company continues to drill the two relief wells. but until the new cap is in place, crude oil is flowing freely. ed lavendera is tracking it all for us live from new orleans this morning. this all started at least the beginning phases of this on saturday. do we have any idea just how much oil when they say unabated is actually flowing into the gulf? reporter: no, really all we have to go by right now, kiran, is that figure that federal team had put together which estimates
boat with us and he says he used to enter the water in a normal dive suit but last time he went diving a couple weeks ago he saw a chemical cloud under the water and wasn t going to take any chances anymore. so he says because he doesn t have hazmat training, now he can t enter the water to do his research on corals and fish to see what type of effect this oil crude dispersant mixture is having on the gulf. kiran, drew? if you guys have to suit up to that extent to get in the water, did felipe cousteau give you any indication of what he thinks, what effect that is having on the marine life out there obviously without suits on? reporter: yeah, well that s a really good point, kiran. because felipe and i felt very lucky to be under there. you almost felt a little guilty wearing such a protective suit when you d see we saw sharks swimming around us, they didn t have anything to protect them and other fish. i think that s what bothers felipe the most, is that there is dispersed oil h
underneath that scares him the most. we re taking three small boats. we re heading down the mississippi. from there, we re going to head out into the gulf. what we re doing is we re actually if you ever wash dishes, you put a glove on to keep your hands dry while you re washing dishes, we re doing the same thing only we re doing this with her whole complete body. reporter: bp has pumped more than 1 1/2 million gallons of dispersant into the gulf breaking up the crude into little beads that stay under the water. we went on a dive to search for that hidden oil. i don t want to have to be here. if i was here, i would want to be doing like a free dive off one of these rigs with a bathing suit on. it just screws, pops right into the suit and keeps any water from getting on your hands. if this looks uncomfortable, it is. cnn photo journalist rich brooks went in first. rich entering.
wells that would permanently kill the well. but until it is in place, there is nothing stopping the crude from pouring unabated into the gulf. we re live in new orleans coming up. cnn has learned that in one hour, swiss authorities are going to announce whether oscar winning filmmaker roman polanski will be extradited to the u.s. he faces sentencing on child sex charges after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl back in 1977. he infamously fled to europe before sentencing. we ll bring you the decision live right here on the most news in the morning. but first, world cup cheers turn tragic. an american among 64 killed after three attacks in the capital of uganda. the bombings struck a restaurant and rugby center where soccer fans were watching the world cup final. the obama administration has called the blasts deplorable and cowardly. this morning, we re tapping into the global resources of cnn.
we re still talking soccer. it is over though, the world cup officially ends. meanwhile, coming up on the top of the hour on this monday, july 12th. i m kiran chetry. john roberts is off, i m drew griffin. lots to talk about this morning. terrorists target world cup soccer fans. u.s. officials say one american was killed here. at least six others injured. three explosions. this happened in uganda. in a moment we ll go live to south africa for the latest developments on this story. day three for bp s operation to replace the containment cap on the oil gusher in the gulf. the oil giant says this new cap could stop the leak completely could stop the oil from leaking completely as they work now to drill the two relief