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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100713:22:27:00

flowing freely out of the top of the cap. we got other pictures where we were not sure about that, but the one you are referring to here, it shows that they have not shut down the choke-and-kill lines or the valves, the three-ram valves that are critical to the operation for when they shut those down, that is when they start the testing of the pressure of the well in earnest. we spoke with the bp officials a short time ago and they were not able to tell us if that testing started in earnest. what we do know is that they have done seismic testing of the area near the leaking wellhead. they have run acoustic sensors and cleared vessels out of the surface area in order to run the sensor testing, and now it is time for pressure testing that should be under way. we were led to believe it started in the last hour, and may have, but bp officials have not told us any possible results or whether it has begun in earnest but as long as you see th oil leaking out from the

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100516:12:00:00

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100512:18:40:00

fight with you. reporter: jim spellman, cnn, denver, colorado. all right. let me give you a check of some of the top stories we re working on here at cnn. in washington, president obama s been holding talks with afghan president hamid karzai. mr. obama said he s confident his administration will meet its deadline to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan in july of 2011. but he warns there will be hard fighting over the next few months. he also pledged the u.s. will stand by afghanistan long after the troops start coming home. in the gulf of mexico the so-called top hat is now on the seafloor. it is the latest attempt to stop the massive oil leak. it s expected to be placed over the leaking wellhead by the end of the week. the top hat is a much smaller version of that giant congreet box which failed to cap the larger of two leaks on saturday. in delaware the son of vice president joe biden is expected to make a full recovery after apparently suffering a mild stroke. beau bid

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100506:11:00:00

good to see you here. here the big stories coming up in the next 15 minutes. blunders of accused terrorist. authorities say the suspect, faisal shahzad rehearsed the attack the day before but still apparently needed a lot of practice because you will not believe what he forgot. an american city rich in history under water this morning. epic flooding devastated nashville, the heart of country music. and some big stars are among the victims. so are everyday people who live there. road equipment and instruments underwater arrive in nashville just ahead. and a 100-ton dome could be there for the disaster. british petroleum is hoping to lower the 100-ton device over the leaking wellhead to cap tutor gushing oil and then funnel it to an awaiting tanker above. of course, the a.m. fix blog is up and running. head to cnn.com/amfix.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100506:11:31:00

in a scare overnight in new york city, police say a u-haul truck was abandoned on the triborough bridge. the span was shut down in both directions and the city s bomb squad was brought in to examine the vehicle. authorities are still looking for the driver who left the truck there, though. well, cover, contain and capture, that s the mission for an scompiermental four-story concrete dome that s been hauled out to sea on a barge. here s a look right now, 100 tons of concrete, a giant containment cylinder now arriving on the scene in that gushing oil well. what they re planning to dough is lower it over the main leaking wellhead on the ocean floor. it s a long-shot attempt to contain and capture more than 200,000 gallons of oil now spewing into the ocean every day. that leak has created a 2,000-mile square mile slick so far. here s a map of where officials think the slick is going today. right now, situated just a couple miles off the louisiana

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