that the tests are far from over. and there is the chance of additional setbacks. they have certainly been through many disappointments already, shep. >> shepard: yeah, we all have. let's hope for the best and say let's look forward 48 hours and say this goes as planned and the cap holds. what do they do then? they leave it there until the valves shut and finish drilling the relief wells? >> probably not unless there is inclement weather. thad allen would like ideally to be able to leave it there and basically a plug during hurricanes when collection ships would have to leave the area either way. but during good weather, he says that they lean towards using the cap merely as a way of funneling oil up to the surface. but even that way, in theory, the oil would be fully contained, shep. >> shepard: all right. jonathan seare, keep an an eye n them for us. thank you. as the crude stopped flowing, bp's stock surged. there is no telling when the gulf south will start to feel some economic relief but bp has. in fact, one out-of-work oyster

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