Cnns bora sanchez is at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge and former special agent Jonathan Gillian joins us with es. How is security being handled when so many crowd the maul there . Reporter thats right, so many crowds fred. Hundreds of thousands are expected down here on the National Mall but this sort of major security presence isnt necessarily ned for washington but authorities do tell us they are taking the threats coming from the intelligence officials ver ver. We heres what he had to saw. Sorry about that. We dont have that sound available, but basically this is so no distinct changes rlier, talking about soft targets, before people get into hard target areas, like saying the national its places like the metro as it pertains to washington that would be of grave concern. L mall nine checkpoints, this being one of them, but theres extra patrols after some of those soft targets, authorities emphasizing they havent necessarily boosted security this year on the fourth of july. This is
in the gulf of mexico, but now frustration is mounting as the so hch called static kill, a plan bp hopes seals the stopped up well for good is on hold again. we go to kristen dahlgren live for us in venice, louisiana. kristen, good morning. reporter: hey, good morning, lynn. at this time we were supposed to be close to the start of that so-called static kill, but they found a hydraulic leak as they were about to start a key test, but now they have to fix that, they hope by today before they can move forward with the kill. one mile beneath the surface, one more delay. crews hope to fix a hydraulic leak today to get back to the business of sealing the well. if they re able to do that and complete one more key test, heavy mud will begin pumping through the blowout preventer, choking the valve from the top down. you want it to slowly decrease until it becomes zero in the well, that means the amount of mud being equal to the pressure pushed up. reporter: if it works it could
plan bp hopes seals the stopped up well for good is on hold again. we go to kristen dahlgren live for us in venice, louisiana. kristen, good morning. reporter: hey, good morning, lynn. at this time we were supposed to be close to the start of that so-called static kill, but they found a hydraulic leak as they were about to start a key test, but now they have to fix that, they hope by today before they can move forward with the kill. one mile beneath the surface, one more delay. crews hope to fix a hydraulic leak today to get back to the business of sealing the well. if they re able to do that and complete one more key test, heavy mud will begin pumping through the blowout preventer, choking the valve from the top down. you want it to slowly decrease until it becomes zero in the well, that means the amount of mud being equal to the pressure pushed up. reporter: if it works it could be all that s needed, and a relief valve would be all that s needed to measure it. but the
have senator leahy back in e chair and we e going to go back to the hearingoom. sessionill be started cordingly. senor cornyn and then- whihouse. senator cornyn. judge sotomayor, youill recall justice jackson said of the supremcourt we re not final beuse we re infa shl. weare fallible only because we re final. hence, the importance of these hearings andour nominaon. this is senator jhn corn, republican, of texas. want toextend a worm welcome to you and your family. and of course, join my other colleagues who hav noted your honor distguished career, as i have said asften as i have been asked about your nomination in the weeks sie it occurred, i said yur nomination should makes all feel good as americans that people humble orig can work hard, rough sacrifice andove and suort of their families achieve great things in america. that makes me feel veryood about our country and about the opportunity it provides to each of us. in th histor of the united states, there ha only