that that well is killed it is killed, as secretary chu likes to say dead, dead, dead. so, they were reviewing all of the databased on the static kill, the top kill, and look see whether the final kill what orders need to be issued with respect to that. we expect those orders to come from former admiral allen. and that within the hour. thank you very much. secretary napolitano in charge of just about everything, thanks on a big day on immigration today and border security. thank you very much. coming up next two nbc news exclusive interviews with the come meefrnsd both wars, iraq and afghanistan. nbc s richard engel talking exclusively with the top commander in charge of u.s. forces on the ground in iraq. general ray odierno. and moderator of meet the press, david gregory, talking exclusively with the commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus. this is andrea mitchell
bottom of the reservoir and then up the sides of the casing just above the reservoir. well, that is exactly what the bottom kill was supposed to do. so if it s already been done what do you do now with the relief well? if the cement is there it doesn t make sense to bore into the well and pour more cement. but it is a public relations dilemma for the government, which has said for months now that the bottom kill was the sure-fire way to kill this well. that s why they were drilling not one but two relief wells. it may have been accomplished by the static kill. we are waiting to hear from thad allen who will give a news conference at 1:45 eastern time to outline the details of what the test shows and how they go forward from here. contessa? charles hadlock, we will be watching for that. thank you. more rain, more problems expected today in iowa. it has been raining and flooding in some place there is for three days. it has taken the life of a 16-year-old girl. she was swept away in
our reynolds wolf is in pensacola beach florida. hello to you once again. a great analogy you used. i borrowed it and gave you credit for it. where are we in this procedure. we haven t seen oil coming out of the well in some time, it has been capped, static kill went well. what is that next step and why still is this not over just yet? what they want to do is kill the well all together, the well all together and the way they re going to do that is with the procedure referred to as a bottom kill. another analogy would be in a football game late in the game trying to score the winning touchdown, going the length of the field on the one yard line, trying to cash it in for a touchdown and want to win the game, extra point comes later. they re trying to finish up the bottom kill procedure and that s going to get under way tonight finishing the relief well, 17,000 feet of digging, all the way down right to within 100 feet of the broken main well. the idea is to finish digging starting toni
christian-based group that s been providing medical care since the 1960s. elena kagan took the oath of office two hours ago. she s president obama s second appointment to the high court and becomes the 112th justice and the fourth woman to serve on the supreme court. bp is concentrating on delivering the final knockout blow to the crippled well in the gulf of mexico. the so-called static kill was deemed a success. now bp will resume drilling a relief well for the so-called bottom kill effort, an effort to make sure the drill won t ever leak again. bp said it will share what it s learned with other oil companies. according to published reports, at least 19 deaths are blamed now on the summer s high temperatures. nearly 1300 people have visited hospitals for heat-related problems or dehydration since july 1. many cities have coolinging centers to help people without air conditioning. while others issued tips for keeping cool including avoiding
continued to move forward about the same, a little bit better, depending on which area you re at. so they have done it. what i would tell them is we re still here. we are not leaving completely. we are still very committed to iraq. we are still going to have 50,000 troops on the ground for a significant period of time to continue to help them build the confidence between them and the iraqi security forces. of course security isn t iraq s only problem. a political stialemate persists. bp will get back to drillinging in the gulf tomorrow now that the static kill has plugged the massive oil leak. good to say those words. it s taken months, but it is supposed to seal the leak permanently. meantime, bp is downplaying a controversy over whether it will drill for oil again at the site of the disaster. reynolds wolf is live in pensacola beach, florida. hello. what s the company saying? reporter: well, yesterday there was a bit of a mishap in