tonight about whether or not to move those assets. later this afternoon, i think they will have a decision, and i will tune into admiral allen s briefing for more on this. as what to do with the sealing cap during the hurricane. secretary chew and members of the scientific team that have been working on the monitoring, the seismic, reading the seismic material on the testing have been encouraged by what they have seen, believe that as of yesterday the well was stable. but he was encouraged by what he s seen with the testing that s been done using the sealing cap. i think the final decision, again, if the area is evacuated
ceiling cap during a hurricane. during the briefing yesterday, secretary chu and members of the scientific team and members that have been working on the monitoring, the seismic reading the seismic material on the testing have been encouraged by what they have seen, being assured by yesterday that the well is stable. so he s encouraged by what he has seen in the testing conducted using the ceiling cap. i think the final decision again, if the area is evacuated, whether to keep that sealing cap on is a decision that will be made over the course of the next several hours. thanks. yes, sir. secretary gates today
board meeting in raleigh. they were protesting the elimination of a bussing policy designed to achieve racial diversity. earlier, nearly 1,000 people marched on the capitol. protesters say the end of the 50-year-old bussing program will resegregate the state s largest school district. bp could get the go ahead today for a new approach to plug the oil spill for good. its so-called static kill plan involves force-feeding a cocktail of more than 200,000 gallons of mud and cement 13,000 feet down the well through two pipes in the sealing cap. the mud has a better chance of filling the well now that the
player until 96. that s when the company emerged. and it really had a lot of downfalls and upswings. it really is fascinating. the man who created this company is kind of a genius. he realized there was even more market space aside from nike and adidas and he found it. got his way in there. stick around for that. good morning and thanks for being with us, i m vinita nair. i m rob nelson. to the news now. the government is downplaying fears that the cap on the gulf oil spill might be buckling under pressure. admiral thad allen compared the small drips to an oil leak in a car. that leaves a larger question about how to shut down the well once and for all. john hendren reports from louisiana. reporter: it s the fastest hope of clogging that well. if it s approved to do so, it s 100% chance we ll go ahead with it. reporter: it s called a static kill, pumping over 200,000 gallons of mud and cement down the well through the sealing cap, filling it and
they are going to go back to containing the oil and they say they can do that fairly quickly. the q4,000 and the helix producer, two of the vessels are already out at the site. they ve got the discover enterprise there and it s got a cap that could go on top of this new sealing cap that exists. they ve got a lot of ways to go. when they do get the containment system fully up and running, it can capture up to 80,000 barrels a day which is 20,000 barrels more than what the government thinks is flowing out at the high end. ann, have we made a technological leap here, for instance, we re having this debate in the gulf about the moratorium on deep water oil drilling. have they by succeeding in some form of this found a way to reassure the government at the end of the day that you know what, now we know how to deal with this if there is a another catastrophe as big as this one, yes or no?