needs to vent. but won t. he ll fuss at me or him or the kids. reporter: among other things the group is taught breathing exercises to control stress. push the air out. release all the negativity from your body. reporter: the ceo, zack rosenberg says if bp doesn t pay the lifeline will end for many. they won t have money to treat everyone. even now, it s far from ideal. those anxious, angry or depressed already have to wait eight weeks just to get in for a first appointment. is this wellness group on example of why you need more money from bp? if we are able to get more dollars in the door and start a peer to peer weekend counseling we ll have weekend and evening hours and open a satellite office down the road. the need is there. reporter: we tried to contact bp numerous times to ask why it hasn t responded to the state s latest request.
he s drawing criticism from republicans after going on vacation during the gulf oil disaster. and we have passed the 48-hour mark in bp s test on its new containment cap. the cap stopped oil from gushing from bp s ruptured oil well and apparently has not done any further damage as can be seen. even so, the oil giant now says it will continue to test the well s pressure. so what is going on exactly? cnn s david mattingly is joining us now from new orleans. david? reporter: fredricka, everyone waiting to exhale right now. they are seeing a great deal of encouragement as every single hour passes the pressure continues to go up little by little inside that well. bp says this is exactly the scenario they were expecting. it s looking just fine right now with no signs of any oil under the ground or seeping out from the ocean floor. they couldn t hope for better news right now. everything they re seeing is no negative indication whatsoever that there is any oil leaking out from thi
can do, he can t. it s stuck in there, bubbling. reporter: how is the anger coming out? it comes out he started drinking. he s smoking more when we re trying to quit. he takes it out on us in general. we do something that would make him upset and all of the other stress piled up on top of that. he blows up. rachel morris wants to help. she s learning how to navigate the emotional pressures at group wellness classes like this one at the st. bernard project. other gulf wives are here today, same problems. i have one at home right now that needs to vent but won t he ll fuss at me or him or the kids. reporter: among other things, the group has taught breathing exercises to control stress. push the air out. release that negativity from the body. the project ceo zack rosenberg says if bp doesn t pay, the lifeline will end for
permanent one. as it works, the new cap, we re told, will collect more oil than the old one, but it will cause new problems. a little concern. tom foreman joining me now to explain how this will all work. hi. these are the big things to watch this weekend. you have a containment cap down here. collecting the oil. see the pictures of it all time with the oil gushing out from around the sides. there are vents that are open on the side there to let some oil out so they don t have too much pressure to blow it off because it s sitting there. that s what s happening right now. that oil is coming up to a ship above here. they also have oil coming out of a vent in the side here up to another ship and this weekend they re trying to move another ship in to place. they re hoping to maybe add a fourth. overall, this will increase the containment of oil here from right now around 23,000 barrels a day to hopefully 50,000 barrels a day. that brings us to the other important thing to watch
general. we do something that kind of would make him upset and all the other stresses kind of pile on top of that, so he blows up. reporter: rachel morris wants to help, learning how to navigate the emotional pressures at group wellness classes like this one at the st. bernard project. other gulf wives are here, too, same problem. i ve got one at home right now that needs to vent, you know. who won t. he ll fuss at me or him or the kids. reporter: among other things, the group is taught breathing exercises to control stress. push the air out. to release all that negativity from your body. reporter: the project ceo zack rosenberg says if bp doesn t pay, this lifeline will end for many. they won t have enough money to treat everyone. even now, it s far from ideal. those anxious, angry or depressed already have to wait eight weeks just to get in for a first appointment. is this wellness group an