that press conference at noon eastern. jeanne, if you get more information, definitely bring it back to cnn. other big stories we re keeping our eye on, the next step, permanently sealing the busted oil well in the gulf is under way right now. in fact, in the last hour, we got news from bp. here s what they re saying, they began pumping cement into the well. you know how they pushed the mud in? this is the cementation process, the next stage in the operation. also, a look live at the u.s. senate this hour. a final vote on elena kagan s nomination to the u.s. supreme court is expected today. wants this debate entirely wrapped up. five republicans have indicated they will support kagan. what does that mean? pretty much that she s assured virtually assured a seat on the high court. a new support today for that mosque near ground zero in new york. next hour, a number of rabbis will be rallying at that exact location where this islamic
white sandy beaches, our gulf of mexico over my shoulder is beautiful. and hopefully we ll get the skimmers out there if it comes this way again and attack it. but we know the only way you re ever going to stop this is with the relief well that comes into the side of it, probably 30 days away. they put the mud in, they put the cement in and we ll see if it stops. this is what happened when chuck todd sat down be w the president yesterday. vacation in the gulf? i know for the first lady was down there touting it in panama city, florida are we going see you guys down there? it was beautiful when i went down there, when we were in pensacola, the beach was as pretty as i have ever seen. are you going to go? we re going to try to figure out where we re going to be able to take some time.
ships, sucking oil out of the middle of blowout preventer before it even comes out let s take that off for now before it comes out the top. there s oil coming out the top. we see that. right. a lot of that oil is succeed out of the holes. those are the holes, remember, they tried to push the mud in? exactly. and the junk. didn t work. could this break up? is that one of the questions? absolutely. and if that does happen, they re stuck with a worse scenario than before? i m afraid so. and they know that they re very close to get to get bottom with that second bore. gotcha. with that second drill that they re going to put in there anyway, the side drill, the side hole, to be able to cement it. they re very, very, very close. right. let s go into the animation for that. here s the old cap. we shut the oil off so you could see it. here s the old cap. it didn t work very well. it wasn t really a cap. it was more like a suction device. it was a funnel they put on