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kill maneuver to stop the leak has resumed. bp stopped it for hours yesterday. but never alerted the coast guard or the white house. and in washington, elizabeth birnbaum, head of the agency that oversees drilling has stepped down. it s been a sleepless night along the gulf coast. people watching this live image for any sign of a change. t.j. winick is in grand isle, louisiana. reporter: bp has resumed the top kill procedure at the blown well, 5,000 feet below the surface. they had suspended operations wednesday night to monitor pressure activity. the oil company said there has been progress. and they should know by late friday if the technique worked. it s difficult to be optimistic or pessimistic. reporter: that heavy drilling mud is being injected at 65 barrels a minute, until enough is in the well to force that gushing oil back into the earth. only then, will cement be injeblgted the same way. once it has time to harden, perhaps eight to ten hours, the well ....
wreck moved to the shoulder. traffic is in your favor. a crash on the beltway at georgia avenue is gone. route 1 at 17, the crash is gone. 66 is slowing in both directions to look at a crash. and on 270, that looks just fine. alison and doug. thank you. breaking news, metropolitan police are investigating a deadly stabbing in northwest that happened around 2:00 this morning along the 1900 block of ninth street. no word on a suspect or the victim. if we will bring details as we get them. now to the latest on the gulf coast prices. this morning president obama goes to the frontline to get a firsthand look at efforts to stop the oil spill. while bp still tries to shut down leaking pipe, new government numbers show the disaster has eclipsed the exxon valdez as the biggest oil spill in u.s. history. pamela brown is in the newsroom with the latest. if good morning. good morning. it is estimated as many as 29 million gallons of oil has spilled into the gulf, making thi ....
gulf of mexico, and the fix attempt going under way right now. that s a live image. it shows clouds of liquid spilling from the broken pipe. but bp says it appears to be fluid and not oil. some experts see that as a good sign. but it may be all day before we know for sure. with the moon low over the gulf of mexico, a waiting game overnight. waiting, as bp pumps heavy drilling fluid 5,000 feet down, trying to jam the broken oil well, in an operation called a top kill. we re executing this top kill job as efficiently and effectively as we can. and we ll determine over the next 24 hours whether that plan s been successful. reporter: an entire nation awaits the result. if it s successful, and there s no guarantees, it should greatly reduce or eliminate the flow of oil now streaming into the gulf from the sea floor. reporter: if it works, bp will pump concrete into the well. if it doesn t, it could be several more days before a fix is possible. in washington, politic ....
i m vinita nair. bp says everything is going according to its plan and its risky strategy to stop the oil leaking into the gulf of mexico. heavy mud is being pumped in to plug the hole. at least 7 million gallons of crude oil have spilled into the water so far. john hendren joins us now from washington with the very latest. reporter: good morning, vinita and todd. could it hours before we know whether that effort to kill the well at the bottom of the gulf of mexico is working. as an entire nation awaits the result. underwater cameras captured the attempt to end a national disaster. if it s successful, and there s no guarantees, it should greatly reduce or eliminate the flow of oil now streaming into the gulf from the sea floor. we were executing this top kill job as efficiently and effectively as we can. and we ll determine over the next 24 hours whether that plan s been successful. reporter: after a massive ship pumps mud through a tube that goes a mile b ....
it shows clouds of liquid spilling from the broken pipe. but bp says it appears to be fluid and not oil. some experts see that as a good sign. but it may be all day before we know for sure. with the moon low over the gulf of mexico, a waiting game overnight. waiting, as bp pumps heavy drilling fluid 5,000 feet down, trying to jam the broken oil well, in an operation called a top kill. we re executing this top kill job as efficiently and effectively as we can. and we ll determine over the next 24 hours whether that plan s been successful. reporter: an entire nation awaits the result. if it s successful, and there s no guarantees, it should greatly reduce or eliminate the flow of oil now streaming into the gulf from the sea floor. reporter: if it works, bp will pump concrete into the well. if it doesn t, it could be several more days before a fix is possible. in washington, political pressure over the crisis is reaching a breaking point. it is unprecedented. t ....