>> this is what would help me trust bp.en, we did something wrong, we were negligent, we shouldn't have done it, we admit what our mistake was, and secondly, we're going to manifest our commitment by relocating our fortune 500 company into the city of new orleans, employing people in that area and become the focal point for coastal restoration. >> but landrieu says the problem is a lot bigger than bp. he says the survival of new orleans depends on a change in a long-standing policy that would allow the states to get a bigger share of the revenue that's generated from those lucrative leases for oil exploration and gas drilling, more than six miles offshore. currently, all of that money goes right to the federal government. >> the people of louisiana have been the tip of the spear in this nation's fight for energy security and national security, and the nation has sent us to war with no bullets, no guns. and not only have they done that, they're actually taking back what they gave us. >> in 2017, gulf states will finally star

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bp oil spill.mississippi river flooding earlier this spring and many local disasters that affected our state and regional disasters that affect the louisiana, texas and arkansas. i believe what i want to talk to you about briefly this morning, i will try to wrap this up in 15 minutes. i'm a baptist. old baptist preacher taught me one time instead of looking at watch when presenting you put a mint in your mouth. this is my ten minute mint. i put that in my mouth and when the mint is gone i know it is time to wrap up. i was in st. louis, missouri six months ago. i put my 30 minute mint i gave the my presentation. i got to my last slide i mint was still whole. i talked faster. people started to getting antsy. i discretely turn and around at spit the mint out. it was button off my sports coat. i made a bad mistake. as i mentioned command in robert, louisiana. eventually moved to knew or liens. houston was source control. biloxi, mobile and miami were also former operations. under our scope of authority

bp has not indicated whether the sheen was a result of a new oil spill. company is only saying that it was found near two abandoned exploration sites and that it's sending a remote-operated vehicle under water to examine the problem. the new discovery comes after the 2010 explosion of a bp well which killed 11 men and led to the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. >>> the u.s. military has sent two more armed predator drones to libya. that's in response to requests from nato commanders. the pentagon says the armed drones are used for surveillance, but they can also strike targets when needed. nato says in recent days the rebels have made significant gains in their battle against libyan government forces. >>> a white house call for serious president to step down could happen today. the obama administration is reportedly expected to make a statement later on and that would also include new sanctions on president alastkpwhropb's re jet stream. he accused syrian troops of killing more than 1800 civilians since the uprisings began there in march. >>> tod

>> because bp was going to say we think that will work bring it to the fight. it was an awful lot of effort on the part of not only the agencies represented here but those private industries were engaged in those of the federal, state and local partners. it was a tremendous unbelievable effort to keep that impact from being as great as it was. >> i was just curious, from a communications technology perspective, what were the problems, challenges your face with with open mobile to medications and did you use satellite to mutation for some of the conditions as you were further offshore? >> you are, i'll just talk briefly but it want to open that up to the whole panel. certainly we needed communications offshore. we did use satellite communications. there's satcom systems on the drilling platforms. for aviation we actually had p-3s flying overhead as means of managing the air traffic over there. they used normal aviation frequencies aircraft to aircraft. we use high-frequency, hf radios or offshore. we use vhf frequencies for nearshore. we put the hf transponders

in 5,600 feet of water, deeper than the bp pell, other companies have also set their sights on the rig. the iadc has held numerous talks with cuban oil company, kupet. >> they're providing seven wells over the next two to four-year period. >> estimates for the oil shore reserve range from 5 billion to 20 billion barrels of oil. foreign oil companies, none from the united states, have leased 21. in the wake of the gulf spill some in florida are worried about cuba drilling so close to home. >> ultimately if there is a spill, say, in a cuban operation, its impact would be fully felt by the entire gulf region, actually the entire eastern seaboard potentially. there's not a lot we can do about it. >> for the iadc it's time to work together to prevent spills and quickly tackle disasters. >> with cuba drilling 40 miles from key west, we can't change that distance, so we better take a look at our attitudes. >> reporter: the u.s. trade embargo prevents american oil companies from operating in cuba, both in terms of exploration and eventually providing equipment in the case of a spill. the resul

bp sent several mini subs over the weekend to check it all out.y claim that sheen could not come from any of its operations. >>> a court hearing is now under way in a -- inlation for the second -- in las vegas for the second shooting death of a little boy in oakland. 22-year-old willie torence is accused of driving the car used in last week's droogt. police say rival gang members were the intended targets but that a stray bullet hit and killed 3-year-old carlos nava. police arrested the suspected gunman, lawrence sanard in pittsburgh a day after that at that shooting. >>> the little boy's killing has prompted calls by two oakland councilmembers to expand gang injunctions and impose a youth curfew. but some, including the nava family criticize those proposals. opponents say the focus should be more on social programs and community organizing. >> instead of just telling us what they want and telling us what they're going to do, you know, instead of really reaching out to the community and really seeing what the community really expects and needs fro

studies show that bp a can harm development in young children. the measure returns to the assembly for a final vote. supporters say they are readily available. opponent argue the bill could open companys to lawsuit even if trace amounts of chemical are found in baby products. several other states have already enacted bp a bans. >>> state assembly today passed a bill that would restrict the use of red late camera. bill requires that the camera be used for public safety not to generate revenue from traffic fines. it also would force government to post a warning sign within 200 feet of an intersection with the camera. senator smith of palo alto introduced the bill after complaint from one of the constituent. bill returns to the senate which approved an earlier version. so we shall see. >>> san francisco supervisor held unusual race today to figure out the fastest way to get across town. board president chu setoff on the bike from city hall to the ferry building. his task see if he could beat others using cars, taxi, public transportation, even their

. >>> new this morning, oil giant bp is investigating a new sheen in the gulf of mexico. they have not identified the source but here it is, bp official saying it was not found near any of its existing operations. the company faced a catastrophic explosion at one of its gulf operation last year leading to the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. the new oil sheen may have come from either a leak or a spilled oil from something. >>> time now is 5:13. time to start planning that vegas vacation because the cheap flights though sin city are still -- to sin city are starting today. >> a war over garbage heats up. the trash talk pitting counties against each other. >>> and if you do plan to travel, hey, we have just a couple of clouds out there at sfo today. 69 degrees expected by the afternoon. headed to the south, well, hot in houston 101 degrees mostly sunny skies there. continuing on toward atlanta, not too bad, although it looks like we'll see a few more passing cloud and 20% chance of showers maybe even a thunderstorm. still a hot one though at 90 degrees. more on yo

you'll recall back in april of last year a bp oil well blew up in the gulf, killing 11 workers. it also led to the worst offshore oil spill in american history. >>> president obama is going on vacation, this as republicans who want to take his job continue on the campaign trail. coming up a little bit later at 5:15, we'll have a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom with the attention texas governor rick perry is now getting about his comments about global warming. >>> in the meantime, vice president jekyll island today continues his -- president joe biden today continues his four-day visit in china. >> biden was given an honor guard welcoming ceremony today. the ceremony was followed by official talks with china's vice president. biden says the close relationship with china is very important to the u.s. >> the united states of america is -- plans on and will continue to be engaged totally in the world. >> chinese leaders are expressing concern about the civility of chinese investments of the u.s. after the recent debt ceiling debate and near default by the u.s. governme

and when i approved those i hand them to bp, an and in bp writese check. the responsible party pays. and that's when we talk about the addition of labor, it is driven from the federal down, and holding the responsible parties accountable. and if the responsible party fails to fund that then we would fund that out of the oil spill liability trust fund. so that was the mechanism in place. and so when i look at what my most critical gaps were, it was offshore skinning capability. and so we reached out to norway and a skimming system that they use in the north sea to get the skinny equipment to the gulf coast. to get it on a heavy lift and get it onto an osd into the gulf of mexico. but we invoked over 60 foreign office of assistance where there were critical gaps that need to be closed. there is a waiver procedure under the jones act, and at no time to the jones act impede the resourcing that we needed to respond to this unprecedented spill. >> so it's your testimony that the jones act was not a problem in getting international scammers in? >> that is exactly

japan will learn from the fukushima daiichi accident and have higher standards than ever bp. had said his trust of japan's technology and once they reach an agreement in place. >>> the country sign ad deal last october. two reactors japan set to construct are scheduled to start operating in 2021. vietnam plans to do a total of 14 nuclear reactors by 2030 to meet the growing demand for electricity. >>> new numbers show people in japan are getting more of what they eat from abroad. the country's food self-sufficiency rate in the last year dropped below 40% for the first time in four years. the agricultural ministry says the fiscal year through march fell one percentage point to 39%. the rate is based on the population calorie intake of food produced in japan. this is the second straight year it has decreased. the agricultural ministry says bad weather triggered a drop in domestic production of wheat and potatoes leading to more imports. japan set a goal of increasing the country's food self-sufficiency to 50% by the year 2020. that would help them deal with the possibility of t

during the bp oil spill, someone created "bp global pr."they started saying all of this sad, but funny things. as if bp could not care less. bp did not call us to take it down. i thought that was a brilliant move because it was letting off some steam. if they had gone all the way down to the minutia of shutting down a little twitter account, it would have been like they were completely and utterly evil beyond all means. bppr.com was funny and clear. >> they have the logo that was kind of dripping. >> would you have shut it down if it was somebody pretending to be bp pr? >> if it was a straight up logo and they said it was official, i would have said it was an impersonation that is against the rules. >> twitter just out impersonation accounts at a rate of 1000 per week. >> in general, inventors of new technology do not have -- inventors of new technology do not have a good track record. >> except for us. >> alexander graham bell of the great thing about the telephone was it would be a great way of listening to concerts'. i am just curious, w

bp sent several to investigate.e british government flames the sheen could not come from any of its operations. >>> 8:0 6. new this morning, pg&e filed a report with federal investigators -- investigators about what it believes caused the pipeline disaster. "the examiner" reports a faulty sea wall that weakened. they also say action of the -- action by the employees cannot -- did not play a role. >>> president obama going on vacation while republicans who want to become president continue on the campaign trail. coming up for you at 8:15. we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom with the controversial comments some of the republican presidential candidates are making. >>> 8:07. alameda county sheriff deputies detained two men overnight. the two men were on top of a building on international boulevard and 14th avenue around 10:00. that's when alameda county sheriff deputies from laney college saw them throwing building materials from the roof. the two men were detained. oakland police and fire were

. >>> oil giant bp is investigating a new sheen that's found in the gulf of mexico.fficials say it was found near two abandoned exploration sites in the gulf. bp faced a catastrophic explosion at one of its gulf operation last year. who can forget it. it led to the worst offshore spill in u.s. history. they have not identified the source of that oil sheen but the new sheen may have come from leaked on spilled oil. still trying to figure it out. >>> former republican senate candidate christine o'donnell makes a dramatic exit storming off during an interview. the tea party activist was appearing on cnn's piers morgan tonight to talk about her new book. she walked out when the conversation turned to her experience with witchcraft and her views on same-sex marriage. >> i'm just asking you questions based on your own public statements and now what you have written in your own book. it's hardly rude to ask you that, surely. >> well, don't you think as a host, uhm, if i say this is what i want to talk about, that's what we should address? >> not really, no. you're a politic

the sharks bp. fish so they go crazy and the of the coral so the coral betting is that. there are no fish. we're swimming around the bed and it is dead. how do you answer yourself in that? my daughter wants to do that because she wants to be a marine biologist. she is a vegetarian. she is serious. you look at that and think there are others who will grow up and make this their calling. you feel like, are we too late? have we missed that window where we can step back from a precipices and knocks over the edge. i do not know. if you listen to the science, it is a little late. when united nations says that they want me to be environmental massacre, you say yes. i will try to make noise. i will go on the tavis smiley show. i tried to be helpful. tavis: a great actor and a better man. an upcoming showtime series and a new deal with showtime to produce other projects. whenever he wants to do. good to have the wind. i appreciate you. up next, a preview of our week devoted to china. it starts monday. we will explain it for you in just a moment. stay with us. i hope you will join

. >> bp has discovered a sheen on the ocean it was not found near any existing bp operations the explosionilled and 11 men's and the worst oil spill in history >> a hundred names of officers home addresses e- mail addresses and passwords was posted operation bart twitter accounting they had threatened to shut off cell phone service " the president of the police union said these hackers are tarrying the wrong people >> i know they are upset because of false service was shut off but we are the rank-and-file and we were not the ones that made that decision they compromised not only the officer safety but the family was there wife and their small children may be an elderly parents >> the officers and support staff have been asking a lot of questions about the situation >> the men and women of our police department they are professional they know how to do their jobs they are protecting our patrons i cannot get into details of about the investigation and the fbi is assisting boardman we will see what turns out >> several bart officers knocked us off camera they're very concerned about their fam

he said bp was not wrong at all. karl rove knows that rick perry has more statements like that than we can count. and a guy like michael here, has to defend rick perry on the air, and -- >> no, i don't. >> on my side of it, i go back, and this is like shooting fish in a barrel. >> michael. >> wait, wait, wait a second. add chris christie to this debate. what about that guy, how much fun are we going to have with that guy? the truth is, karl rove knows, the republican party -- >> gentlemen. >> disastrous disarray. >> james moore earlier tonight on this program, and on my radio show earlier today said that rick perry is going to waltz to the nomination. michael medved, are you okay with that? >> it's not true, it's wide open, and with very strong potential new candidates. there will be a huge rush if paul ryan gets in. >> all rights we'll have you back. i like the mix. great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. >>> today, i went out and interviewed a man on the street. hey, that's me. >>> later, the queen of th

in the hope of discovering vast, new oil fields, exxon be out rival bp and shell. >> american and russian engineers will still to join forces to drill for oil in the arctic. huge reserves are thought to be hidden under the ice, especially in russian territory. but russia lacks the technology for the sea drilling. that will come from exxon mobile. >> today's events will be welcomed by the world market because new horizons are opening. >> i appreciate the strong expression of support from the russian federation government. to enter into this alliance with exxon mobil. >> the two companies will invest around 2.2 billion euros, exploring pre arctic oil and gas fields. the new partnership will allow russia to export the oil fields in the gulf of mexico and texas. >> the economic center in europe fell more than expected. the european central bank will lower inflation forecast and seized raising interest rates. a monthly european commission survey showed economic sentiment in the 17 countries using the euro fell to a measure of 98.3 in august from a revised 103 points in july. optimism declining

you know, we had the bp oil spill and the health ramifications of people dealing with that.ll, we know we're going to see about 1,000 patient it's not more. we have about 800 volunteers already signed up. we know we're going to see people who are on the brink of suicide. we've seen that in the past two years here in new orleans. diabetes, cholesterol, and we also know we're going to have people that are going to want to talk to counsellors. they really are still going to need to talk about what katrina and bp oil spill did to them. >> and the clinics, they're not inexpensive. they're very expensive to run. and you folks do a fabulous job. i've been really honored to be a part of it to see it happen and be allowed to report what's going on. there how far away are you from your goal? >> we're about $145,000 away from our goal. and msnbc's viewers have been amazing. but at this point in time, ed, we really need that number to get these people that health care that they desperately need. so we're inviting everyone to go to freeclinics.us and make the donation that makes the most

but he sounds more like he's gunning for the top job at bp.n with "fox & friends" this morning and weighed in on the situation in libya. donald doesn't care about the libyan people overthrowing a tyrant. he doesn't even care about what it means for american politics. donald trump is only interested in oil. >> why don't we take the oil? i mean why aren't we reimbursing ourselves? you know in the old days you win a war, you gave to the victor. we fight all the wars and we get nothing. they come to us begging for help, wouldn't you say okay, we're going to help you. but when and if you're successful, we get half of your oil? okay. our country is going broke and we're helping these people and now they're going to be richer than the people of this country because they're going to take the oil. >> okay. hold it right there. i see the light now. that's how michelle bachmann if she's elected sprez going to get gas to below $2 a gallon. her and donald working together? reducing the conflict in libya ton an international oil grab shows how narrow-minded

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zoo keepers say bp shop -- be cut should be left alone and should not be approached. -- at the peacock should be left alone and should not be approached. >> the credit ratings agency moody's has confirmed the united states is to keep its aaa status after the company -- country avoid defaulting on debt. president obama has signed into law an agreement raising the government's debt limit. thanks for watching. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. 

but during the bp oil stove, someone created bp global pr and they started saying all these sad but funnythings. as if bp couldn't care less. ndp didn't coalesce to take it down. and i actually thought that was a brilliant move because he was letting off some steam. if they have a car not the way down to the minutia of shutting down a little twitter account, it would end like they were just completely and utterly evil beyond our means. >> that bp pdr.com was clear it was someone doing a parody. >> it was a logo, but it was kind of drifting. >> it was somebody pretending. >> it was a logo that said we are bp, this is our headquarters in here is there to eat. we would've said,, that is impersonation. >> twitter shuts down person nation accounts. >> thousands of we. in general, and setters of new technologies don't have a great track record and anticipating what the impact site. >> except for ice. >> i was just going to ask you. the great thing about the telephone but he agreed with listening to concerts. i am curious what has really surprised you about what twitter has become? and assuming

bp weighs in. >>> hot on the web today, those googlers are searching for a capybara. los angeles officials are trying to find a copybara spotted near a waste water treatment plan. they are the world's largest rodent and can get as big as a large dog. officials think this was probably an exotic pet that escaped. by the way, it is illegal in california to keep one of these as a pet. you know, you wouldn't think they would need a law for that. right? hello! >>> remember i told you last week about the would-be olympic skier who mistook the airplane cabin for the bathroom and ended up peeing on a little girl? now it's actor gerard depardeau. he was reportedly drunk, sharing with everyone around him his urgent need to relieve himself. when the flight attendant told him to stay seated during takeoff, he stood up and went on the floor, right there. the plane had to return to the gate. the poor grounds crew reportedly spent two hours mopping up the mess. what is it with people doing this on planes? come on. they have bathrooms on board. you might have to just wait ten minutes

the russian company had reached an agreement with major british oil company bp to develop the arctic continental shelf, but the plan fell through. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin tonight with this item sent by irib, iran, and rtm, malaysia. more than a billion muslims around the world celebrated a festival on wednesday. the event marked the end of ramadan, the muslim month of fasting, prayer and charity. in iran the leader of islamic revolution led prayers in tehran. billions of people visited mosques to pray and greet relatives and friends. in malaysia, the prime minister hosted a huge party to celebrate eid. nearly 100,000 people participated including cabinet ministers and foreign diplomats. a variety of malaysian delicacies were served, and a host of artists entertained the guests. >>> a 50-year-old water agreement between singapore and malaysia ended on wednesday with the transfer of four water treatment plants to malaysia. constructing the southern malaysian stay of johor, the plants produce about 50 million gallon

bp has not clarified what the source of the new sheen is.ear two abandoned well sights but not near any existing bp operations. bp says shell, enterprise and chevron have enterprises in that area. >>> john casic offering to change a new antiunion law for bargaining. other top republicans to keep a repeal effort off november's ballot. it allows teachers, police officers and state employees to negotiate wages, but not health care, sick time or benefits. it passed in march but was blocked until taking affect until a public vote. it's to avoid a divisive fight. that's big news? >> yeah. what we are seeing in terms of dynamic, what has happened to this country and the change, the collective change and attitude toward organized labor is one of -- it's largely underreported. i don't think we have begun to feel the ramifications of that. >> what happened in wisconsin made his move here. up next, joe klein is in the green room. he will reveal an extra special cover of this week's "time" magazine. we'll tell you why. you'll see. "morning joe" coming r

during the bp oil spill, someone created bp global pr. they started saying all of this sad but funny things. as if it bp could not care less. bp did not call us to take it down. i actually thought i was a brilliant move because it was letting off some steam. if they had gone to shut down the account, it would have been like they were completely and utter the evil beyond all means. >> but it was funny and clear that was somebody doing a parody. >> it have the logo but it was stripping. [laughter] >> would you have shut it down if there was somebody pretending to be bp pr? >> if it said we are official and here it is, we would have said that is impersonation. >> to letters just down impersonation accounts every day. -- twitter shuts down impersonation accounts every day. >> alexander graham bell -- i was going to ask you. alexander graham bell thought it would be a great way to listen to conserves. i'm curious what has surprised you about what winter has become? i am assuming the scale and the diversity of it is beyond what you might have a

past nine months at 900 and expecting parents have entered a contest to see whose newborn will be the bpclosest to 754. wilt wind. everybody who enter the contest at to submit his birth certificate to comcast by august 15th. they will figure out who the winner is. a baby shower. hand great prizes. even if the winner gets a brick a gift certificate and a signed declaration that you are the giants beat the. there is one in the running. buster posy and his wife are expecting twins in august but apparently not until later. when we learn who the winner is we will let you know. in san francisco, charles crawford, kron 4 news. >>pam: jacqueline? >>jacqueline: and a little bit warmer. with a nice clearing and a nice surprise to temperatures warming up. white as the court dense. it will return thursday and friday. temperatures will cool down a little bit as a result. with the 70's for the bayshore that continuing pattern stay with us. >>pam: thank you for staying with us will see you tonight at 11:00 p.m. for over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the di

also in bed with the oil companies like bp. make no mistake big oil puts far more money with the global warming industry than it dennis skeptics contrary to what you may read in the blogosphere. one australia and blocker blocker, she researched how much people spent on the man-made global warming industry. since 1989 the u.s. government in european union spend approximately 85 times in the manhattan project funding research into man-made global warming. why would they cheat the data or lied to us? i can answer that in three words. follow the money. the manhattan project is reputed to be the most expensive scientific project in history and has spent five times that. scientist want to research the habits you will not get your funding. if you are a scientist and want to research had been affected by a climate change you will get the funding. i would like to dispute for a moment the word that is constantly used. i am not denying that to climate change. nobody denies climate change. we had the period where it was warmer than it is n

. >> .as you saw from the bp spill in the gulf of mexico it's not safe. they don't know how to do deep water drilling and it would literally ruin the pol.the main polar bear denning area. >> right. >> .where shell's trying to put on platforms now. i don't get into that argument here with shell. >> right. >> what i do show is that this arctic refuge had great champions, one named bob marshall who created the wilderness society and was in the interior department and wrote incredible books about the brooks range and the arctic and it's usually writers and poets that have championed wild alaska. >> right. >> gary snyder is one of the people i profile in here. i also talk.the influence of some of the beats like jack kerouac . >> mm-hm. >> .and alan ginsberg who went to the arctic in the gift's, ginsberg did, and how that sense of ecology that emerged in the late 50s affected the save wild alaska movement. but fdr i write about a lot, harold ickes his interior secretary... >> yeah. >> .fred seaton, the interior secretary for dwight eisenhower, they all had a vi

. >> as the explosion rocked san augustine in flames fly emergency crew scrambled to surround the bpgas station that was shrouded in flames and smoke with a fuel supply that seemed limitless as firefighters poured everything they could on it. >> this is a gas station to a lot of combustible material in the buildings as well as several large school tanks which my understanding they were involved in the fire just a large amount of fuel, if you have that type of liquid it takes a lot of time to put out because the burned so hot. >> they say only one person and injured everyone else on-site was able to get away at the crew had to move people out of the area not knowing how far this could spread. >> there was a truck, some type of operation going on, what exactly sure who did that person was that was injured. it >> after hours the crews have this under control and now turn to investigating what happened. >> any idea on how that started? >> at this point, there-a- that information has now been released. but there are numerous people that will be looking into this. it will probably take tim

experts say it suggests if your blood pressure bp doesn't drop enough while sleeping it may damage blood vessels or cause parts of the brain to work less effectively. >> and a new study finds women who don't stay active could develop dangerous blood clots in their lungs. researchers looked at 70,000 women and found the risk of developing a pulmonary embowlism were women who were sedentary than those who were active and weight had nothing to do with risk. >> and they were tibl see the just being sedentary increased the risk. >> pemplts say get at least a couple hours of move nmt per day because clots are partly caused by a lack of blood flow. >> time for a look at the forecast. sandhya patel joins us. some of us are thinking about the holiday weekend. they're z.wondering what this might be like. >> it's going to be warming up. i suspect by thursday, we see beach weather, you'll be sitting on the beach. this afternoon there are beaches socked in. a deep marine layer with a strong sea breeze brought temperatures running lower, three to six degrees lower. clouds have not cleared the coastlin

president obama is taking off for ten days for a vacation up in martha's vineyard, in massachusetts bp bt he is being criticized, as off then, foregoing away when the economy is so fragile and the unemployment is so high and the credit rating downgraded for the first time in history. will this vacation hurt the president or is this a temporary kerfuffle. let's take a look right now. here is the president faulking about it where it gives a bad impression. this is out in decorah, iowa. >> some people have been saying, well, mr. president, why don't you call congress back for a special session. and what i said is the last thing people need for confidence right now, is to watch folks on capitol hill argue all over again. and hopefully when they come back in september, they will have a wake up call that says, we need to move the country forward. >> okay, ken walsh, you decided to work this issue. it is so tricky. i have to say in defense of this town, it's empty. if he were working this week, he would be the only one working in washington. >> that's true. there is two points. one is, taking

. >> you'll need that moment when bp had this hole and everything went crazy. to have some moment like that, someplace in pennsylvania. >> listen, if you look -- >> with the chesapeake -- >> listen, the problem is they do this in the rural areas where the population is limited, so it doesn't get the same media coverage. but when the you go into those rural communities and see the few people that may live there, which they're no less of a person than anybody else, the level of toxicity and disruption in some of those water supplies is absolutely catastrophic. it's just not affecting everybody in new york or boston, so it's notsh it's affecting ten people on a farm. >> do you think it could be the big solution, or actually should it be taken off the -- >> it is a big solution. it's not the big solution. i think you ought to keep your eyes on what states are doing, whether it's new york, pennsylvania, texas, colorado, all of the states see this as a fed verse state issue, and they want to step forward, require more sdrougs of the chemicals involved and also regula

biggest perpetrator of wr around the world, to try to secure energy, the one who has just suffered the bp oil spill and all the rest of it is so far behind asia and europe when it comes to efficiency? >> well we didn't raise fuel economy standards for three decades largely because the auto industry went to congress and said don't force us to improve. and then saw the auto industry face the brink of collapse. and now we're reinvesting in technology. the bulk of our oil goes into cars and truck. thanks to these standards set when president obama came into office in the first year, we're going to save more oil than we currently import from the persian gulf by 2030. is that happening now? no. we're putting technology in place and catching up with the rest of the world. >> oirn we're wasting two thirds of everything we burn at a power plant. >> i get what you're saying, let me see. if tomorrow our government didn't have the capacity to set standards or decided not set standards, just let the market take care of itself, do you think that our cars would become better and more efficient? or would

the majority of republicans agree with that view bp although, i have to tell you, when i saw the otheray, my friends in the republican presidential primary, they were asked, would you take a deal in which for every one dollar of tax increases we cut $10 in government spending? 10-1 ratio. and nobody was willing to take that deal. now what that tells me is, you've gotten to the point of where you are just thinking about politics and not common sense. have you to be willing to compromise in order to move the country forward. so here's the upshot. we do have real challenges. we are going to have to make some tough decisions. and i know that during the two and a half years i've been president, we've got through a lot of ups and downs and a lot of tough times. and our job is not finished until every single american who is looking for a job can find a job. and until we have fixed the problems that caused me to run for president in the first place, so that we are growing a middle class and people have basic security and they know if they are following the rules, if they are working hard and l

i don't think it is particularly high this decade, but, of course, the last week has just bp cra beenzy. >> ken and when he's saying it is crazy, run for the hills. ken from harvard, great to see you. richard, always a pleasure. sad to see you across the pond. we enjoyed having you here in the united states. christine, you stay with us. >>> america needs jobs. brand-new republican presidential kept rick perry says look no further than his record as the governor of texas. we'll do that, breaking down rick perry's economic record with candy crowley next. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. [ male announcer ] if you're in a

and was appointed by president obama to chair -- cochaired the bipartisan national commission on the bp oil spill ensure that financial crisis commission. senator graham will discuss his book and then we will take questions for about half an hour or whatever time we need and then he will sign copies of the book which is available outside if you haven't already purchased it. all the sales here at the national press club in all of our book drafts benefit the library of the national press club and that is why we restrict the books to those sold here at the book club. please join me in giving a warm national press club welcome to former governor and former senator and now author, bob graham. [applause] >> thank you very much. i particularly want to tank a larry for all the confidence he has demonstrated in my political career. i have been following larry around or a long time. when i arrived in tallahassee as governor, larry was the president of the capitol press club. the capital press club has one of its annual premier events, ate dinner featuring skits. i had never been to one of these d

, and was appointed by president obama to chair, coach or the bipartisan national commission on the bp oil spill and share the financial crisis inquiry commission. senator graham will discuss his book and then we'll take questions for about half an hour or whatever time we need. and then he will sign copies of the book which is a battle outside if you haven't already purchased it. all the sales are at the national press club and overbook raps benefit the libra at the national press club. that's why we restrict the books to those soldier of the book wrap. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming former governor and former senator and now author bob graham. [applause] >> thank you very much. i didn't want to thank larry for all the conferences demonstrated in my political career. i've been following very around for a long time. when i arrived in tallahassee as governor, larry was the president of the capital press club. the capital press club had as one of its annual for your events and a dinner featuring skits. i've never been to one of these dinners before i became governor. a

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joe madison said yes it needs to be reformed bp but we have rejected the ryan plan. it down the american public's throat even they they said, there is not the reform we want? >> i like a lot of as spefkts ryan plan. the tea party has everybody back in d.c. insane. they call us arsonists, suicide bombers, terrorists, jihadists because they -- >> they are not. >> they sure are. >> let me get -- david -- >> nobody is calling a jihadist or terrorist -- >> oh, yes they have. >> no, they haven't. >> i'm sure heidi will denounce sarah palin saying the president started in a terrorist living room. let me ask you david, give me the political landscape of 24. tea party goes back out. starts doing these town hall meetings after this whole devicive polarizing. are they going to help or hurt in doing this. >> i think you're right, american people weren't too excited about the reform plan when it was first introduced. it doesn't seem to get a lot of grass roots ground swell support from conserve ranks. they were a little bit but to my point of view relatively silent. they want to

got to start somewhere bp. >> the gop based seems to love how extreme their candidates are getting.l shows 64% of republicans are satisfied with the gop field. but the old of the gop is worried. former reagan speech writer peggy noonan took aim today in the wall street journal, writing, quote, if there a deep are more reflective person then he best show it sooner rather than later. she also says, he might be right for an angry base, but wrong for an antsy country. looks like there's an extreme takeover of the gop tp join meg is now richard wolffe, msnbc an list and nia-malika, from the washington post. >> you think there is room over there? >> oh, there is, that's where the energy is. if you can get the top slot, albeit only 20% of the polls, if you can get that far, that quickly, by being more extreme by playing around with the idea of treason and treachery for the chairman of the federal reserve, a more bland reasonable man you could not find, and a republican, bit way, gloves are off and can you get the buzz, maybe for only a month or two. because then you will get a new candidat

. >> anderson, the conversation of residents and businesses for damages from last year's bp oil spillbillion of the 20 set aside. there was a report saying those in florida have been paid the most so far, $2 billion. a florida appeals court ruled that casey anthony must serve a year of probation after being convicted on check fraud charges and sentenced a year and a half ago. we must report to a pro dags officer by this friday. she's been in seclusion since the a kit al in the death of her two-year-old daughter. >>> no i will lease substances were in the singer's system when she was found dead in her london apartment last month. tests conducted by authorities also found evidence of alcohol. but it isn't yet clear whether that played a role in her death. winehouse was known for battling drug addiction. >>> cnn obtained video of a police officer being shot in the neck in california near san diego. first we want to warn you, the video is graphic. the officer grabs his neck during a gunfight. he runs, then falls to the ground. when one of his colleagues, as you see, one of his colleagues