hayward. what factors influenced it, whether the decisions reflected a management and an operational mind set that failed, failed to maximize safety in a challenging deep sea environment. it is important to note that the picture developing from this investigation is not one of technological limits in deep sea drilling, the construction of an 18,000-foot well was not pushing the envelope of engineering know how so far as we identified, but the picture developing is one of unsafe industry practices, although clearer more focuseded industry standards may be able goong forward, the best industry practice would have resulted in more cautious designs and more testing, more safeguards and ultimately no loss of control of the well. rather and quite clearly the picture is questioning decision making by people charged with designing and successfully drilling, and controlling a well that is a mile under water. it is a series of choices which taken together created an oil well particularly vulnerable to a

hayward answer the questions. he needs to answer the questions himself. >> any one of us could do his job. >> we're in recess for one hour. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> more about the bp oil spill on the cspan web site. you can see all of tony a word's hayward's testimony from thursday. >> our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online and you can connect with us on facebook, a twitter, and youtube. you could also go to our website, c-span.org. "washington journal" is next. later this morning we will hear for a man -- from a member of the afghan parliament. this afternoon, the head of the u.s. international agency for international development will be at the press club. he will talk about haiti and u.s.aid priorities at 1:00 eastern. the house of representatives pushed back a vote on a campaign finance bill. a number of interest groups have received disclosure exemptions and the legislation. this hour,

hayward. what factors influenced it, whether the decisions reflected a management and an operational mind set that failed, failed to maximize safety in a challenging deep sea environment. it is important to note that the picture developing fm this investigation is not one of technological limits in deep sea drilling, the construction of an 18,000-foot well was not pushing the envelope of engineering know how so far as we identified, but the picture developing is one of unsafe industry practices, although clearer more focuseded industry standards may be able going forward, the bestndustry practice would have resulted in more cautis designs and more testing, more safeguards and ultimately no loss of control of the well. rather and quite clearly the picture is questioning decision making by people charged with designing and successfully drilli, and contrling a well that is a mile under water. it is a series of choices which taken together created an oil well particularly vulnerable to a blowout a

hayward. are you know, once and for all, prepared to say there are plumes or clouds of oil suspended deep beneath the surface of the ocean? yes or no, mr. hayward? >> as i understand the data, it indicates that there is oil in very low concentrations at 0.5 points per million distributed through the water. the detailed analysis noaa has conducted in three locations around the spill show that in one location there is 0.5 parts per million clearly attributed to the spill. >> are there plumes of oil beneath the ocean's surface? >> there are concentrations of oil of about 0.5 parts per million in the water column. some of it is related to this bill. other samples have been typed to other oil. >> you do not define that as a plum? >> -- you do not define that as a plume? >> i am not an oceanographic scientist. >> i will take that as a continuing no from you. your testimony contents to be -- continues to be at odds against all involved scientists. yesterday, at the commerce subcommittee on health, th

hayward. i testified before the house, energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations. he apologized for the deepwater horizon spill and offered condolences to the families of the workers who died in the explosion. the hearing is over five hours. >> this meeting will come to order. we are going to ask the press to please clear. >>> this hearing of the >> this committee will commence our hearing. today we have a hearing entitled the role of bp in the deepwater horizon oil spill. we have a number of members present. deep water horizon energy spill. i welcome the members of the energynd commerce committee and they will be allowed to submit written statements for the record, but will not deliver verbal opening statements and in addition aftmembers who are not the subcommittee or on the energy and commerce committee e will be to observe, but they will not be allowed to ask questions due to time constraints, the chairman, the ranking member and the charity emeritus will be recogniz

how did you think hayward did?>> how dare you ask me that. ( laughter ) no, i thought he did horribly-- >> things are going to be okay. >> i'll lie down here if you don't mind. listen, the guy was-- had this big, important job at the time . he probably wasn't there when the decisions were being made, and yet he has eyes. he has ears. he has staff. he can be briefed. he can learn about these things. i'm sure barack obama didn't know much either five, six weeks ago but he has been briefed. but apparently hayward has not been briefed. he said, i don't know, i don't know, i don't know." didn't he get briefed? doesn't he know what happened under his own command? i thought his performance was reasonably pathetic. >> lehrer: i think mark wants to defend tony hayward. >> i do. tony haywards of the alberto gonzales of international oil companies--. >> lehrer: the attorney general >> what his purview of authority was and what he was responsible for. and tony hayward looks like he's been on scholarship. i think the thing is t

hayward. you're not taking responsibility >> lehrer: but several republicans criticized the obama white house in equal or greater measure for its response to the spill. >> the lack of effort by this administration to contain the spill has doomed the economy and wildlife of the gulf coast from an oil spill which could have been contained. >> i've heard some assert that it was lax oversight of the previous administration that led to this accident. well, if that's the case, why did this not happen during the last decade ? >> lehrer: meantime, admiralled thad allen talked on progress of drilling relief wells to stop the oil flow. he stop at the capitol. >> british petroleum has what they call a depth to day ratio. what depth should they be at by a certain rate. they're slightly ahead of that. that's promising. but given the technical difficulties we run into in putting the containment cap on and given the great depths they're working at. i don't think we ought to be assuming this will happen any t

>> hayward did not get religion this morning or yesterday.panies don't act out of feeling, they act out of interest. that's why they did it. you always, love free market capitalism, let the market work these things out. reality is they were playing into the market when they made this decision. i agree, ben, the law should be imposed, yes. that does not mean the president did something unconstitutional by going to the court of public appeal and opinion. i'm happy he did. >> larry: sacramento, hello? sacramento, go ahead. >> caller: yeah, i'm tired of all this arguing back and forth about who didn't do what and whose point, it is too much politics. and i would like to know exactly, what are the options on getting this leak stopped. what can they come up with rather than saying it is the president's fault, it's the president's fault, it's the president's fault. thank you. >> larry: we don't have any experts. i don't think there is anyone who knows how to stop it.? >> that's the point. i am asking what dana means. is the president supposed to be

also i have a question about tony hayward. we are supposed to be able to watch the senate -- or a thim testifying on c-span. can you tell me what channel? host: live on c-span 3 because the house and senate are in today. and it will also be streamed live on our website at c- span.org. for those who don't have access to either, it will be recorded and shown later on the networks. going back to money and bp, an article in "the new york times" this morning looks at the civil aspects. back to phones. georgette is up next. yusef, independent line -- georgia is up next. caller: it looks like we are rewarding the corporations. anyone who calls it a crisis, our government is rewarding them. the american people should recognize that. it is only dealings that are being made to set up a future agenda. i want to make a statement on the people saying we are approaching 57 days at the least. it will have to -- the number 60 -- reach the number 60, because when you deal with individuals. it is all written scripture. the count -- count the nu

. >> the ceo of bp, tony hayward, will be on capitol hill to talk to the subcommittee. we will have this on c-span and c-span.org. >> television is on this one. >> this is what it along the march to pick up the oil that has been pushed into the near shore. and what else we see, this is to try to protect us from hitting the shore. this has been working fairly well. this is looking like -- i am sing less oil on the shore. you see that this is all white. you see that they are changing this out every way -- every day, and they put the fresh 1 in. >> if the oil touches the grass, this is going to kill it. this is eroding the marshes. >> we should be on the land right now. this is how bad this erodes. this is going to go away that much quicker if we have a storm. we have to move the coastline further in. >> the position -- we see that we are on land. we are 50 feet away from the shoreline. this used to the land here. this is from over the years of the hurricane and the coastal erosion. >> what would you be doing here? ing.'d be shrimp >> i just want to have this back. >> i am

hayward as he testifies before congress today? would say please get a complete, honest answer from these congressmen. three weeks ago he said there was nothing wrong with the bp atlantis drawings when the unit started up, and there is nothing wrong today. at the same time, the chief investigator into employee complaints about safety had said yes, there is something wrong. mr. abbott was right, these drawings are not complete. i would say tony, please get this right. i would say in general, lthough bp rigs need to be checked out if they have complete designs and drawing for those operators. i have real doubts about that. >> do you believe there could be other rigs out in the gulf of mexico without completed procedures to take in the event that something goes wrong? >> i know for sure the atlantis did. i know from what i have read that the deepwater had similar problems that could have helped cause the disaster, and i can only assume that at the very least, we ought to be checking out all but bp rigs, checking the drawings, not goin

executive would take over the oil spill response operation but hayward remains on the job. b.p. says it's already paid out $105 million to 32,000 claimants and has spent $2 billion trying to contain and clean up the oil. but that hasn't stopped it from hitting gulf coast beaches causing florida's tourism council to mount a special appeal to would-be vacationers. >> 221 miles. that's a lot of beach to choose from. >> ifill: governor charlie crist. >> most of the beaches in florida are pristine. are unimpacted by this event. the vast majority of them are. and the reality is when tar balls come up on the beach, so long as we're able to get the personnel there in a timely fashion, they can be cleaned up fairly quickly. we can't mislead people. but it is not misleading to say to any potential tourist that the vast majority of our beaches are beautiful. the water is clean. the fish are biting. >> ifill: b.p. declined to confirm reports today it plans to raise $50 billion to cover the cost of the spill. we take a closer look now at what may have led to the deep water horizon explosion

>> tony hayward will be on capitol hill this week to test the four before a house energy and science subcommittee. all of our recent coverage related to the bp oil spill is available at c-span.org /oilspill. also there, the president's address from the oval office. we heard a perspective from two people. >> present obama is going to give a speech about the bp oil spill. what would you expect the federal government to do about the situation? >> i'm giving you my opinion. there really is nothing that they can do. i have been here now for a few days. bhatt a boat down here to put it to work. bp is doing everything for these people -- they have got a better than they have added a long time. it should not be put in that kind of a light. i don't know what else the government could do. they have got all these people working, they got hundreds of boats down here, how many thousands of people. i have watched this go on in person for the last couple of days. boats are taking off every mooth -- every morning. i don't know what else could be done except bringing the national guard in if they tho

. >> reporter: that is why bp's ceo tony hayward makes our list of the culprits of the catastrophe. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> so, we add tony hayward to the list and joins the former ceo of bp, lord john browne, and the mineral management service who did not follow its own protocol. lk tonight, president obama and bp execs face-off at the white house and the oil company makes a $20 billion pledge. is that enough? we are live from the disaster zone, and accused killer joiran van der sloot, and he is ready to make a deal, and save him from a living hell and possibly dying in a peruvian prison? we have shocking video from the inside. >>> and plus, jennifer lopez, the family crisis that led to her personal crusade next on "larry king live." >> good evening, we begin with news from the gulf. anderson cooper host of "ac360" is in louisiana and jean cousteau joins us, and also, we have a video called the "short film that bp doesn't want you to see." here is what president obama and bp executives discussed today. let's watch. >> this $20 billion fund will not be controlled by either bp

s c.e.o., tony hayward, denied such plumes existed. today, hayward faced a different challenge-- reassuring b.p. investors. in a conference call, he said the firm had sufficient cash reserves to meet its obligations, and he pledged to restore both the gulf coast and his company's sullied name. but the president said now is not the time to worry about corporate image. >> my understanding is b.p. has contracted for $50 million in tv ads to manage their image. but they have moral and legal obligations here in gulf. what i don't want to hear is, when spending money on shareholders and ads, that they're nickel and diming small business and fishermen here in gulf having hard time. >> greedy b.p. oil wells burst because you put your profits first! >> suarez: protests, like this one today in washington, added to public calls for hayward and the company to be held to account. for more on the latest efforts to contain the oil leak, we turn to greg mccormack, director of the petroleum extension service at the university of texas, austin. for the

thursday bp say paul, hayward, -- bp's ceo, tony hayward will testify before congress. here is eugene washington in "the washington post." , but no, florida. richard, republican -- pompano. caller: i think it is going to be a speech in real leader would have given probably 45 days ago. he is like 45 days late. when he was down in the gulf he should have taken a news conference and let people asking questions so we can get real answers. thank you very much. host: applebaum of rights and "the post" that this is not obama's katrina. south end, indiana. david, and upended. what about the speech? caller: first of all, if you will start parting ways and say you are democrat or republican, that is the wrong answer first of all. you've got to be an american first. as far as obama doing this or not doing this, saying the right thing not saying the wrong thing, the focus on the president is the wrong area to be in. this is a criminal investigation. if obama were to lift the moratorium like your caller said before, that would be political suicide. and as far as more is being fough

. >> thursday, bp ceo tunny hayward is scceddled to testify on capitol hill. testify on capitol hill. that will be live at 10:00 a.m. perspectives on an effort by the fcc to regulate broadband services. our guests are walter mccormick and kathy sloan. >> well, as the federal communications commission moves closer to reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service, we are joined by two guests who will be discussing hat. walter mccormick is the presideet andcaeo -- and ceo of the telecommunications group. >> we represent the nation puts a broadband service providers. we provide service in urban areas -- nation's broadband service providers. areas and urban areas.rural >> is broadband is reclassified as title ii, what time do you perceive to your member companies? >> broadbent basically has been zoned for enterprise. it has been zoned for development, and what we have seen our inside ordinary investment in innovation and jobs. -- what we have seen our extraordinary investment in innovation and jobs. this will create a pervasive, economic regulation type o

do you trust tony hayward? >> the fact of the matter is, we have to have a productive, cooperative relationship for this thing to move forward. this has to be a unifiid effort or we are not going to get this thing solved. if you call that trust, yes. >> local louisiana officials told a senate subcommittee about frustrations with the government's response. he said he still does not know who is in charge, bp or the coast guard. he says he spends more time fighting bp officials and coast guard officials and oil. what is going on there? weeks ago, we sent letters to perish president letting them know that they can use coastguard officers to get whatever help they need. i would ask those gentlemen to tell me what their problems were and who theyyask and what happened. i would be able to respond. we have had coastguard officers standing next to those guys for three weeks. >> you're not hearing the frustration? >> we have a call every evening with the parish liaison officers and louisiana. the parish presidents have a

. >> how often do you speak to tony hayward? >> as often as i need to. sometimes they're in different locations. i would say daily and may be multiple times of the day. >> have you brought up the claims issue? >> i did. they are looking for any type of input and direction because they want to do this right. it is not a core competency so we need to give them help and guidance. that is what we're doing. >> the meeting this week, will it be with tony hayward? >> it will be the person who runs their claims processing. >> when you speak to tony hayward, do you trust the information they're giving you? >> i get this question all the time. i am not sure it is a matter of trust. it has to be cooperative. we're trying to create unity of effort. ask for information, i get it. if i think i need more, i ask them. if there is ambiguity, i go back and do that. i have given them direction saying we will not go forward until you give me this. constant dialogue. you can: partnering. that is the way it works. >> we're asking for and will be asking for at this meeting, gr

host: president obama meeting with tony hayward today. he will ask bp to set up a fund immediately to help pay at claims. newspapers are reporting this morning on whether the president has the authority to make bp set this up. caller: good morning. and first of all, when obama stopped the drilling i went to the c-span website, and i came along a memorandum that he sent on march 31 to ken salazar. it was a withdrawal of leasing for any wheel a oil or dassgas development. but i saw an interview that the president was still talking about more drilling to get the prices down. if he was still calling for more drilling, but knew he had signed an executive order on march 31, two weeks before i, i hope somebody investigate that. it is a little strange that he would keep calling for more drilling and he has already signed an executive order. you can see it on the white house website. just to let people know the price of gas in cleveland has gone up 22 cents since he stopped drilling. i hate to see by the end of summer what we will be paying. and i

boss tony hayward insisted today his company will stay on the job. >> b.p.ill be here for a very long time. we recognize that this is just the beginning. >> woodruff: but some local officials have already lost faith. john young is the chairman of jefferson parish, louisiana, which stretches south from new orleans. >> i mean, initially i advocate that b.p. should have been concentrating on stopping the flow of oil. and after a week the federal government should have come in and taken control of protecting the shores, the coast, and the wetlands. now i think the federal government ought to come in and take control of the entire operations because b.p. has shown it's just not up to the task. >> woodruff: as the crisis continues, president obama will be back in louisiana tomorrow. his third trip there since the spill began. now a closer look at efforts to cap the well and at that computer model we just saw showing how far the oil may flow we have professor of petroleumy yo science at the university of houston. he spent 20 years in the oil business. and we hope t

he earlier talked about wanting to fire your c.e.o., tony hayward. what was the tone of today's discussion. >> judy, the tone today, the president was very direct, expressed his great concern for the people along the gulf coast, and businesses operating in the gulf coast, wants to make it clear his expectations were that b.p. would meet their obligation. we assured him that we would not only meet those obligations. we'd set aside $20 billion, put assets aside to make sure we can meet those obligations and transition the claims process we've set up to an independent claims producer. i think it was a-- it was a good meeting of the mind. it's what people on the gulf coast need and want to hear. it helps us put-- provide some certainty around what we're putting aside to move forward, and it was a very workman-like meeting that lasted about four and a half hours. >> woodruff: just to be clear about this claims fund, this money is not going to be money that is capped. is that right? >> well, that's right. i mean, we have a well that continues to flow in th

s ceo hayward worked for him, he would have fired him by now. we look at the company's legal liabilities. >> lehrer: and then ge we get an update on health care from susan dentzer, editor of health affairs journal as the administration pitched its reform to senior citizens. >> woodruff: jonathan miller of independent television news reports from capetown, south africa, on drugs, poverty and gangs in the shadow of the city's world cup stadium. >> i don't mean anything to my own family. that's why i look up to these guys. to show me the way. >> lehrer: ray suarez looks at a violent week in afghanistan just ahead of a major nato operation. >> woodruff: and geoffrey jean michel cousteau about the environmental disaster in the gulf. >> my hope is that this is the kick in the butt that we needed for change. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by >> this is the engine that connects aabundant grain from the america heartland to aaron's best selling whole wheat while keeping 60 billio

. >> and how often do you speak to tony hayward? >> as often as i need to, either hayward or dudley. i would say daily or multiple times in the day. >> have you brought up the claims issues? >> yes. >> what is their response? >> they're looking for input and direction. they want to do this right. it is not a core competency of b.p., we need to give them help and guidance. that's what we're doing. >> the meeting you're having there week, will that be with tony hayward? >> no the person that runs claims processing. if i need to meet with him. myself and tracy. >> when you speak to them, do you trust the information they're giving you? >> i get this question all the time. i'm not sure it is a matter of trust. we're working together, it is cooperative. we try to create unity of effort. if i ask them for information, i get it, if i think i need more, i go back and ask them, if there's an ambiguityity, i go back and i say i can't go on until i know this. >> we're asking if and will be asking for greater transparency on the claims process.

yesterday, chairman stupak and i sent a letter to tell me his word -- to tell me his word -- tony hayward that describes a series of decisions that bp made it that seemed to increase the risk of catastrophic blow out. i would like to ask each of you whether you think mistakes were made by bp. >> in reviewing the letter that you both cent, it appears clear to me that a number of design standards were not followed. >> if i could come quickly, you phink that they made mistakes. the answer you would give it yes.d be west depic >> we would not have drilled a well the way they did. >> we have just had a chance to look at your letter. our experts are taking a look at it. i have read it myself. from what i have seen, it is consistent with what the task force found. we have an opportunity to raise the bar, if you will, on standards in the industry, and it appears from your letter that not all standards that we would recommend or that we would employ were in place. >> do any of you disagree with the statement that bp made mistakes? >> is not a disagreement, it is just a confirmation that we do not

. >> tony hayward before the gulf oil spill. thursday he will testify on capitol hill. see what other industry officials have said about this bill with more than 100 hearings all archived at our video library. it is washington your way. region for the fourth time of april's this week. president obama address the bp oil spill from the oval office. he meets with officials tomorrow. >> good evening. as we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. at home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every american. abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al qaeda wherever it exists. and tonight i have returned from a trip to the gulf coast to speak with you about the battle we are waging against an oil spill that is assaulting our shores and our citizens.+ on april 20, an explosion ripped through bp's deepwater horizon drilling rig about 40 miles off the coast of louisiana. eleven workers lost their lives. seventeen others were injured. and soon, nearly a mile beneath the surface of the

hayward and make a request i get an action. last question. >> this comes from jessica resnick. >> i am with "bloomberg news" and had a few questions. the oil that could push out from the rubber seals that you described earlier -- i am curious how much oil you think will be leaking out. i understand it is preliminary. what are the scientists seeing. we knew for example that cutting into the riser pipe could cause a 20% increase in flow. what kind of percentage increase do you see from this? what the sea not been trapped in this cap? >> the content cap is going to capture the oil being brought up to the well bore from the reservoir below. the pressure in the reservoir is around 9000 psi. the pressure readings taken just before the top kill operation began last week indicated that the pressure at the blowout preventer was around 3500 psi. that is the pressure of the zero oil coming up to the well bore, counterbalanced by the hydrostatic pressure of the water at 5,000 feet. there is pressure for the oil to rise up to the top. the n

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>> i made that recommendation to hayward. when end there are no large sections of oil under the way, jacques cousteeu's son went for an hour and a half and couldn't find the end of one. it is serious enough. we were out for three hours the other day with the new guy in charge of bp. i said what do you not see out here? end fishing botes. i said what else. end skimmers. not a one. this base where all the pelicans are nesting, our crews are out there every mork. we can't pick up boom, but we can put it out. they are not picking it up, and we keep adding to it. that oil in that bay is going to destroy all of the nesting ground for the pelicans, and there were no skimmers out there yesterday, or the day before, or the day before that. >> mayor? >> day before yesterday around 5:00 in the evening before my council meeting, some of my shrimperr were on britain sound, which is on the eastern side of the mouth of the river. 25 of them -- bp puts about 25 fishermen in a task force. out of the 25, i have eight of them from grand isle, a

. -- tony hayward and i spoke with another board member. i hhd not realized until those conversations the cooperative efforts across the country to find a solution for this. it is in the interest of all oil companies to make sure they can reduce its and assure the public and people who are affected in louisiana and other coastal states thht there are genuine and technical solutions. >> i reenforce the secretary's recognition of the human tragedy involved in this disaster. on the president was reassuring that he did not intentionally want to affect the finances of bp, he may have an intense -- he may have unintentionally done so. we can ensure effective cooperation across countries to ensure solutions. >> [unintelligible] blowout preventers are subject to rigorous inspection and to ensure rigorous inspection -- and to ensure that it does not happen here. >> my hon. friend is absolutely right. it is in fact the case of that, and a regime and and in the u.s. regime, the blowout is checked on a regular basis. hear, the blood pressure had been c

hayward and make a request i get an action. last question. >> this comes from jessica resnick. >> i am with "bloomberg news" and had a few questions. the oil that could push out from the rubber seals that you described earlier -- i am curious how much oil you think will be leaking out. i understand it is preliminary. what are the scientists seeing. we knew for example that cutting into the riser pipe could cause a 20% increase in flow. what kind of percentage increase do you see from this? what the sea not been trapped in this cap? >> the content cap is going to capture the oil being brought up to the well bore from the reservoir below. the pressure in the reservoir is around 9000 psi. the pressure readings taken just before the top kill operation began last week indicated that the pressure at the blowout preventer was around 3500 psi. that is the pressure of the zero oil coming up to the well bore, counterbalanced by the water at 5,000 feet. of the%- there is pressure for the oil to rise up to the top. the natural gas flares o

either tony hayward or bob utley -- sometimes they are in different places. but i would say daily or multiplied during the day. >> have you brought up the claims issue? >> yes. >> what has been their response? >> looking for any input because they obviously want to do it right. it is not a core competency of bp it so we need to give them help and guidance. >> the meeting you are having this week -- >> it will be the person who runs their claims processing. >> when you speak to it tony have worked for -- the trust their information? >> i get the question all the time. it is not a matter of trust -- we are working together. we are trying to create unity of effort. when i ask for information, i get it. if i need more, i go back. if there is ambiguity, i go back and do that. i will say, we will not go forward until you give me this. ongoing dialogue. cooperation, trust, that is how woodworks. >> we are asking for and will be asking for greater transparency on the claims process. trying to shorten the window for what bp is legally required to do in filling those c

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meanwhile, bp ceo tony hayward is under fire again, this time for attending a yacht race in england onurday. the upper midwest is cleaning up after strong storms blasted through the region overnight. knocking down trees, downing power lines and killing at least one person near detroit. the severe weather also hit chicago and hit it hard. a line of strong storms knocked out power to more than 400,000 people, and blew out windows in the city's willis tower, the former sears tower. >>> former pro basketball star bold died saturday at a virginia hospital where he was being treated for kidney trouble and a rare skin disease. bol was drafted by the washington bullets in 1985. and played for three other teams. at 7'7", he was one of the tallest players ever in the nba. after his basketball career, he devoted his time to helping the people in his native sudan. bol was 47 years old. >>> those are your headlines this hour. i'm don lemon keeping you informed. cnn, the most trusted name in news. to work better on pain than tylenol 8 hour. so why am i still thinking about this? how are you? good, h

. >> how often do you speak to tony hayward? >> as often as possible. either him or bob deadly. maybe multiple times a day. >> have you brought up the claims issue? >> yes. >> what is their response? >> they're looking for any type of direction we can give them. they want to do this right. >> the meeting at your having this week, is that with tony -- >> that is what the person who runs our claims processing. >> when you speak to tony, do you trust the information they're giving you? >> i question all the time. i'm not so sure it's a matter of trust. we try to create unity of effort. i ask for information, i get it. if i think any more, if something is to be clarified, i go back and do it. i say we're not going to go forward until we get this and it's an ongoing constant dialogue. you can call up partnering, but that is the way it works. >> we will be asking for greater transparency on the claims process. trying to shorten the window for what bp is legally required to do in filling those claims. in having a broader understanding through transparency about what has yet to be felt.

chief of staff steve westwell who was standing in for ceo tony hayward. other oil executives at the conference warned that the deep water drilling ban was ... would cripple world energy supplies. the court decision did not end the debate. for more on what's driving it, we turn to rayola dougher, the senior economic advisor at the american petroleum institute which opposed the moratorium. and kiernan suckling, the executive director of the center for biological diverse diversity, an environmental protection group that supported it. what did you think of the judge's decision today? >> we welcome the decision. i'm sure that the folks along the gulf who stood to lose their jobs are pretty happy to hear that decision as well. >> ifill: listening to the president again as well. what his decision did was to suspend granting of permits for new oil drilling. why was that off shore deep water oil drilling, why was that such a problem? >> because it will impact thousands of jobs. it would have cost millions... actually even over a billion dollars in terms of investm

. >> your reaction to the tony hayward testimony yesterday.so, what will the secretary's will be on restoration? -- role be on restoration? >> regarding the testimony of tony hayward, that is a matter of british petroleum -- between british petroleum and the committee. as the comment then of the coast guard and secretary of the navy, -- commandant of the coast guard and secretary of the navy, we have worked together over the past year. we will be in close contact there is obviously work being done and national incident command especially as it relates to long term environmental impacts. we will be actively courting. -- actively coordinating. >> how well his will -- will his role -- [unintelligible] >> we have a great working relationship and a lot of me to respect and longstanding friendship. >> the 90% containment figure -- more specifically on that -- [unintelligible] >> i think i mentioned earlier that by the end of the month, we should be approaching 53,000 barrels a day capacity. what you have is the discovered at a price fixed through th

hayward has been unfortunately overly opt mick from his company's point of view almost every step ofhe way. the exxon valdez cost about $8 billion, today worth more because of inflation. i think $3 billion is probably low, particularly given how much oil is going to be spilling into the gulf from april 22nd to august when the releaf wells are filled. remember the oil just washed ashore for the first time yesterday in alabama and mistress of ceremonies and now is headed to florida. -- in alabama and mississippi. and now it's headed to florida. that's going to be a four-state calamity. host: d know how they tried to make the difference? $8 billion for the cost of exxon valdez but ended up through court cases only paying $500 million for economic damages? guest: and there's three costs b.p. will face. cleanup costs, trying to soak up the oil. in the common o exxon valdes less than one out of every 10 barrels of oil was paid. then paying for the loss of people's income. in the exxon valdez, destruction of fisheries. lastly, punitive damages. it was there where the supreme court reduced t

hayward to talk about claims processing. we met with members of the white house and my staff to talk issues with claims, dated transparency, and the way forward. tracy will give you an update on that right now. >> as admiral allee indicated, we conducted meeting with top bp claims officials to be sure that bp's claims process is more transparent, prompt and responsive to the unique needs of the community and citizens that have been impacted by the oil spill. during the meeting, we directed bp to provide clear information on the entire life cycle of the claims process that they have produced and to ensure that we have greater accountability ffr the american people. we discussed a number of crucial issues during the meeting. i am just going to highlight a couple that i think are very important and crucial to the impact of individuals and businesses along the gulf. one is a pressing concern about the leegth of time is taking to pay businesses that have been impacted by the oil spill. we indicated, and they recognized, that thei

hayward and carval spent the next 20 minutes symptoms sometimes heatedly agreing to disagree about the nature of the operation to contain the disaster threatening to ruin latter's native louiana and two the two then agreed to meet again in the same ext year, this time n it was terse but poll light to mr. carval and gave my skept criticism to what he was promising. tarted off talking tenant uncertainties of oil pills. there is a certainty t an oil spill, though in that once the oil is spilled, you really can't clean it up. exxon spent $2 billion. in its cleanup activities and cleaned up anywhere between 8% and 12% of the oil it spilled which i find an astounding procedure. they had the advantage of rock beaches and the advantages relatively contained area in prince william sound, although the oil eventually escaped and goes a the way to the alaska peninsula. here the mess is bigger. it's more oil. it's the gulf of mexico, which huge body of wate and you don't have theuxury of stone-covered beaches. sort of shell-covered beaches. it's going to be in swamps. it's going to be in all kinds