bp, shell, conocophillips, aad chevron have plans with short media relations sections. exxonmobil has an entire 40-page appendix devoted to how to respond to the press. it directs public affairs personnel to "maintain on camera skill prooiciency peaky and also -- proficiency." it explains that communications which convey care and concern for the situation and provide relevant factual information are an integral part of exxonmobil's emergency response. it sets up a four-tiered system of who can respond to media inquiries. the highest level, category d, dictates special treatment for questions about global warming and the exxon valdez. the exxonmobil plan contains 13 detailed, pre-drafted press releases for almost any occasion. give this a minute here. there is a fully drafted press release for an accident involving an exxonmobil facility. if the injury occurred off site, there is a separate press release for that. six of the stockpiled press releases are ready to express that they "deeply regret" an outcome while two more press releases rate -- stand ready to -- stand re

conocophillips has 10. you do not pay any money in royalties, to the american people with the people of the guuf of mexico, for the right to drill for oil, and make billions and billions in profit. when you are asked if you can't stop the massive quantities of oil that are now running the beaches, killing the wildlife and devassating the economy, you say that you are not well- equipped. the catastrophic impact is simply unavoidable. this is unacceptable to the people in the gulf of mexico. this is unacceptable to the this is unacceptable to the people of this

and so are the plans for chevron and conocophillips. shell says it would use the same strategies of top kills and a jump shot that have already failed. each of the plans include a section on responding to worst- case scenarios, involving offshore exploratory wells. on paper, these plans look reassuring. bp's plan says it can handle a spill of 250,000 barrels per day. both chevron and shell say they can handle more than 200,000

and you know, i think that a lot of these other oil companies too, you know, conocophillips will help hold bp's feet to the fire. we can't stop drilling. i got to keep going back to that and our fishermen. we are going to have a lot of people out of work. but he needs to stay on him. it's their problem. it's bp's problem. they need to plug the hole. they need to plug it right away. they need to make our coastline back what it was. let our fishermen go back to work. so we can, we can produce 100% of the greatest seafood produced in the world right here in the gulf of mexico. >> larry: james, what does he say? what would you have him say, you used to be a presidential adviser, what would you tell him? >> i would say you at the largest tort feaser in the history of the united states. let me tell you this is the way it will work. we are a country that holds third graders accountable, we will hold you accountable for everything that you have done. and we are going to start out and i am going to suggest a figure here, i want you to react to it to put it in escrow. let's just start at $20 bi

conocophillips had eight at the same time you had 760. citgo had two safety violations the same time you had 760. and exxonmobil had one safety violation the same time period you had 760. how in the heck do you explain that? >> as i said, we acknowledged the problems we had in 2005 and 2006. the vast number of those things that you've referred to date from that time period. and we have made major changes in the company over the last three to four years. >> you think the changes you made in that time period you're talk about while air pressure ceo -- do you think that they were using those measures and protocols on the deep horizon? >> to my best knowledge they absolutely were. >> up don't think they shortcuted anything on the deep horizon? as ceo of a major company -- looking back, sir, do you think that they cut corners? >> i believe we should have wait the result of the investigations before we draw conclusions. sir, you had to have looked at some of your investigations. internally your investigation did it show any kind of break down?

conocophillips had eight at the same time you had 760. citgo had two safety violations the same time you had 760. and exxonmobil had one safety violation the same time period you had 760. how in the heck do you explain that? >> as i said, we acknowledged the problems we had in 2005 and 2006. the vast number of those things that you've referred to date from that time period. and we have made major changes in the company over the last three to four years. >> you think the changes you made in that time period you're talk about while air pressure ceo -- do you think that they were using those measures and protocols on the deep horizon? >> to my best knowledge they absolutely were. >> up don't think they shortcuted anything on the deep horizon? as ceo of a major company -- looking back, sir, do you think that they cut corners? >> i believe we should have wait the result of the investigations before we draw conclusions. sir, you had to have looked at some of your investigations. internally your investigation did it show any kind of break down?

. >> tomorrow, oil company c o's will be on capitol hill, including exxonmobil, conocophillips, and bp. they will be answering questions from the house oversight subcommittee. tomorrow night, president obama will address the nation from the oval office and the talk about taking to deal with the gulf of mexico oil spill after today's visit to the region. we will have live coveraae of that speech. on thursday, b c. o tony hayworth will testify before the house -- bp c zereo tony hayworh will testify before the house. >> it is beginning to explore under the guise under the arctic. >> tony hayward, this past january, before the gulf oil+ spill, thursday, he will testify bbfore capitol hill. see what officials have said about the spill, all archived on c-span's video library. mooe from the british house of david ameron.th prime minister he told members of the fronal qa threat on troops and vasquez stand have been held up. -- troops in afghanistan have beend

and so are the plans for chevron and conocophillips. shell says it would use the same strategies of top kills and a jump shot that have already failed. each of the plans include a section on responding to worst- case scenarios, involving offshore exploratory wells. . . . . . . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2008] [captions performed by national captioning interests tute] >> i want to ask this question to exxon mobile and to chef ron. -- chevron. if we were to maintain this, how does that affect the energy you get to america? do you look for that energy somewhere else or perhaps even import it from somewhere else? >> well, we will redirect our human resources, the technical talent, to other parts of the world, and we will redirect the riggs and the equipment -- rigs and the equipment elsewhere. >> what is the spread rate? >> well, on a deep-water well, it is about $1 million a day. >> do you echo what he just said? >> yes. the costs are similar to what mr. tillerson mentioned, and we will redeploy people and rigs if we