the area approved for swimming and they are not wearing life vests. north korea is threatening to overcome exercises with a powerful physical blow. bp is making final preparations to permanently plug that leaking well. engineers say a handful of new minor leaks will also be plugged and should not delay at larger static kill. the epa says a study of dispersants used in the gulf found them to be no more harmful than the oil itself. senator john mccain is blocking president obama s nominee for director of intelligence, demanding that the general provide a specific report. now back to hardball. back to hardball. related to the controversy
good morning to you, it is 8:00 here in new york on this tuesday, august 3rd. good morning to you. thanks so much for being with us. lots to talk about this morning, get you right to t going for the kill. bp says today could be the day, after yet another delay in the gulf of mexico yesterday. the company says it postponed a key test that needs to happen before the so-called static kill operation can begin. it is a small hydraulic leak they hope to get fixed today. we are live on the gulf coast with the latest update. an islamic center and mosque just steps from ground zero. a slap in the face for americans or a symbol of religious tolerance? while the debate rages, a big vote today could clear the last hurdle for construction to start. mexico s drug war spilling of near the united states. the drug cartels have allegedly offered $1 million to anyone who kills arizona s controversial
this, rate yus squared times pii. there s as much room around this pipe as inside. what they re going to try to do if they can, they will pump into this area from the top with the static kill and fill up the middle of this if they possibly can do that, then once they fill that up, they ll come in and drill in from the side with that relief well near the bottom. they ll cut into the casing as we ve seen on our graphic before, we can show you in this now, and they ll pump into this area, and when they do that, it will phil the whole thing in, that should seal it off entirely, anderson, at least that s what the hope is, you attack it from the top and attack it from the bottom and hopefully get it closed off. you lost me at radius squared times pi. it s been a long time for that.
from the increase in pressure? as long as they re careful. that s why they do it slowly so they don t increase the pressure. if it doesn t inject and pressure just keeps building, they re not going to be able to do this static kill. that s what they re checking to see if they can actually do it. at the same time they go ahead with this static kill operation if the injectivity test indicates they can in fact force that oilack down into the reservoir, they re going ahead with the relief well operation. bp says some time between the 11th and the 15th they should have that relief well completed. many people might be saying, you ve got the relief well that s almost finished, why are you even talking about this static kill operation? one reason they want to do the static kill is to make sure they can get control of the pressure early on. it would be convenient to have that pressure under control before they penetrate it. it is not absolutely necessary, but they will have the well press
right now, exactly, drew. boy, that must have took some time. all right, alison kosik joining us from connecticut, site of a terrible workplace shooting. get back to us, okay? thanks. stories like this tend to focus on the gunman. it s important to remember that the victims, those killed and wounded by this violent act. we don t know their names just yet or their stories. we ll bring them to you when we do, but governor jody rell says her heart and prayers go out to the families of the victims. stay with us as we work to put faces, of course, to this tragedy. and now a quick look at our top stories. in the gulf of mexico today, they have fixed a hydraulic leak that was delaying efforts to plug the ruptured bp oil well. that means they can go ahead with tests now and potentially begin static kill, the procedure that could cap off this well somewhat permanently. president obama signed a law today that will reduce sentences for possessing crack cocaine, to