david muir has the latest. david? >> reporter: terry, good evening.ht, bp says that oil has stopped. that new cap is holding the pressure down. the test will continue, though, for up to 48 hours, they tell us. still, that crystal clear image from that now infamous feed from bp was a real first today on this now day 87 of this crisis in the gulf. it was the moment the people of the gulf began to wonder if they'd ever witness. the oil halted. for the first time since april 20th, the oil on that bp feed, gone. the moment came after bp engineers closed the three separate valves. the first one, then bp tweeting about the second one at 11:30 a.m. eastern. and at third, the choke line at 1:30 eastern. at 2:15, bp tweets, "the well integrity test was starting." an hour and ten minutes later, bp confirms what we could all see in the image. >> there is no flow of oil going into the gulf of mexico. >> reporter: it did not take long for word to travel. in louisiana, billy nungesser got word during a town meeting. >> the well has been stopped, so -- it has been st

our david muir is in the gulf tonight and he reports on all of it. david? >> reporter: good evening, diane. as you know, word came late today that this test will move forward, from thad allen. we've been tracking this. take a look at the images just moments ago. you can actually see the oil gushing out from the top of that valve. and that thad allen said you would be able to tell when the test gibbs, because that oil will start coming out the sides. so, this comes after 24 hours of major concerns. tonight, what were those concerns, and more now on the tests that have begun. tonight, they start to test that massive new cap, weighing 150,000 pounds, bp hopes that it will stop the oil flow completely. and the test comes after government scientists and the coast guard put the test on hold. >> we did this to make sure that we were taking due care and in some cases, maybe an overabundance of caution so we didn't do any harm. >> reporter: the test will now slowly close the separate valves on the cap one section at a time. bp's hope is that the cap is strong enough

david muir tells us more about the governor on the front lines. >> reporter: before signing this nation's toughest immigration bill back in april, few in this country even knew her name. now, it's hard to miss. >> governor of that state, jan brewer. >> state's governor, republican jan brewer. >> today, the governor of az -- >> reporter: republican jan brewer moved from second arbitrary of state to the governor of arizona, the constitution called for it, when former governor janet napolitano left for washington. born in hollywood, california, janice kay drinkwine was raised by a single mother after her father died young. she married and moved to arizona in the early 1970s, raising three sons, active in school politics. her political career was born. >> because you've been willing to take on the entire federal government and the president of the united states. >> reporter: during a june visit to the white house, the governor said she invited the president to visit arizona. >> he didn't have time. i offered him lunch. he has not responded. and, you know, i still invite him. mr. president, co

rebuffedd muir spent the day, asking, when will there be more jobs? asking, david? >> reporter: great question, diane. jobs ifferentnow, the numbers out his countral two different portraits in this country. one a recovery slowing dramatically, american families, families,less, saving more. mod one of corporate america, earning billions and yet still ng. hiring. pace ohe slowest pace of ecovery seen in nearly a year. measures ecoh measures economic growth, rose just 2.4% in the last quarter. last down from 5% less than a year ago. what's behind it? ago. consumer spending slowing. consumer spendin employment hoverering near 10%. but also inside these new else.rs, something else. businesses, it turns out, are ctually spending. the most money spent on software the most m and equipment in more than a three. homebuilders spending more than they have in three decades. so, why isn't that money turning into jobs? >> there's a real mystery going on here, because corporate profits have been pretty strong. the problem is, they're investing in equipment, they're not investing in

and david muir reports from baton rouge, louisiana, tonight for us. david? >> reporter: diane, as you know, this all began to move so swiftly, as people around the country watched that live bp feed. it was 1:30 eastern when they said they closed that final valve. you can see it on your screen. this is what the valve looks like right here. it's what they call a choke line. and they closed it with success. it was a little more than two hours later, the alert from bp that they had stopped all the oil. take a look at this. this is what the cap looks like in the sea. three of these, stacked on top of each other. and if you look over the top tonight, the size of the casing, that pipe inside where they stopped the oil and they're holding the pressure back. it was the moment the people of the gulf have been waiting for, for nearly three months now. the oil -- halted. we watched as it slowed down today, and then, for the first time since april 20th, disappeared. it came after bp engineered closed the three valves. the first one, then bp tweeting about the second one

david muir has more about him. >> reporter: private first class bradley manning was stationed at a base 40 miles east of baghdad, an army intelligence analyst who, overtime, it's believed, became disillusioned with u.s. foreign policy, pouring through classified information and going online to find someone who would listen. he found a former computer hacker in sacramento, california, and allegedly asked him, if you had unprecedented access to classified networks, what would you do? but authorities believe the soldier had already done plenty. because in those online chats, he allegedly took credit for leaking this video, of a u.s. helicopter strike in baghdad to that whistleblower website wiki links, a strike that killed innocent civilians. in messages to that hacker, he also said he discovered "incredible, awful things that belonged in the public domain and not on some server stored in a dark room in washington, d.c. he allegedly also described how he downloaded the classified information. "i would come in with music on a cd labeled with something like 'lady gaga' and erase the music."

david muir reports. >> reporter: it was the moment the people of the gulf have been waiting for, forhe second one at 11:30 a.m. eastern. the third, the choke line, at 1:30 eastern. at 2:15 bp tweets, the well integrity test was starting. an hour and ten minutes later bp confirms what we could all see -- the oil completely shut off. >> there is no flow of oil going into the gulf of mexico. so obviously, this is an encouraging point in time. remember, this is the start of our test. >> reporter: we were at the lsu oil well research lab when the news crossed. bp confirms no more oil going into the gulf, 3:25 eastern. >> that's great news. >> reporter: from the gulf -- >> i hope it's permanently. we need that closure so we can finish cleaning up the oil. >> reporter: to the white house. >> i think it is a positive sign. we're still in the testing phase. i'll have more to say about it tomorrow. >> reporter: what comes next are those crucial readings, measuring the pressure of the oil pushing up against that cap, engineers hoping for 8,000 to 9,000 psi, pounds per square inch. anything 6,00

david muir, abc news, new york. >>> toyota is recalling nearly 500,000 cars.maker is still struggling with safety problems. 412,000 sedans and vehicles sold in the u.s. are being recalled. toyota says there's new facts causing the wheel to lock. 2000 to 2004 avalon sedans are recalled. there is a similar problem in some lexus 470s. toyota has recalled nearly 10 million cars since last october. >>> the phoenix area is cleaning up this morning after heavy rain and some powerful winds. the storm was so intense, it damaged the roof of the stadium at the university of phoenix. part of that roof blew into the parking lot nearby. >>> and here's a look now at your weather. gusty winds, hail, and isolated tornados in nebraska and kansas. heavy rain in fargo, minneapolis, des moines, and st. louis. thunderstorms from kentucky to mississippi. and rain and flooding in the four corners of the southwest. >> just shy of triple digits in phoenix and boise. 90 in albuquerque. 94 in salt lake city. 80s from fargo to indianapolis. pleasant in the 80s for much of the northeast. a