but what is coming next is entirely unclear. bp is saying it wants to use the new containment cap to keep the oil bottled up until those relief wells, the final fix, are finished. but the federal government is not so sure about that plan. so, we re going to start tonight with matt gutman who is in buras, louisiana, tonight. matt, good evening. reporter: good evening, dan. right now, that stacking cap is still sealing in that oil. still working. but for now. there s this growing debate between bp on the one hand, that wants to keep the oil shut in, and the government, which is calling to play it safer. they want to siphon all of that oil onto ships on the surface. after three days, this 80-ton cap is looking less like a test and more like a solution. those crucial pressure readings rising in tiny increments, more evidence that the well is holding up to the pressure. just what scientists hoped for. and today, for the first time in a long time, optimism from bp. we re hopefu
good evening. it has now been three days without those awful and ewe big us to pictures of oil flowing into the gulf. but what is coming next is entirely unclear. bp is saying it wants to use the new containment cap to keep the oil bottles up until the relief wells, the final fix, are finished. but the federal government is not so sure about that plan. so, we re going to start tonight with matt gutman who is in buras, louisiana, tonight. reporter: good evening, dan. right now, that stacking cap is still sealing in that oil. still working. but for now. there s this growing debate between bp on the one hand, that wants to keep the oil shut in, and the government, which is calling to play it safer. they want to siphon all of that oil onto ships on the surface. after three days, this 80-ton cap is looking less like a test and more like a solution. those crucial pressure readings rising, more evidence that the well is holding up to the pressure. just what scientists hoped for. a