ironically, mexico and the u.s. government together will be arguing against border security and public safety while arizona will be arguing for the basic right to protect its citizens. isn't there something wrong with that concept? and that's just the way it is. .

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there are no walruses in the gulf of mexico.there are key provisions, for preventing a blowout like the one in the gulf, and for worst case scenarios. we found that none of the companies have an adequate plan. it is constructive and to compare at sun's plan with bp's plan. -- exxon's plant with bp's plan. bp will activate the oil spill response plan and assembled a team of technical experts to respond to the situation. here is what exxon mobile says. you can see the text on the screen. in the event the spills or cannot be controlled by the facility operator or remotely with a safety system, exxon mobile will activate the oil spill response plan and assembled a team of technical experts to respond to the situation. the plans are identical. so were the plans for chevron and konica phillips -- conoco- phillips. shell did not give us a plan, but we were told that they had the same strategies as a bp used that have not worked. on paper, these plants look reassuring. bp's plan says it can handle the spell of 250,000 barrels per day. b

how can this be in a response plan for the gulf of mexico. this is the regional response plan that each of you had to put together. >> i understand. >> and it's unfortunate walruses were included and it's an embarrassment they were included but that's part of a larger marine ma'am ell study used in preparing regional response plans. >> mr. mulva, your plan as well includes walruses. mr. watson, your plan has them on page 11-6. how do you respond to having walruses in your plan? >> respond in a similar fashion. the plans are put together in response to guidelines from the minerals management service. >> do you agree it's an embarrassment to have walruses in a response plan for the gulf of mexico. >> certainly for the gulf of mexico it's not an appropriate. >> do you agree it's an embarrassment to have it in a plan to respond to the crisis in the gulf of mexico? >> i agree it's not appropriate to include for that region. in your response plan, mr. tillerson as will as some of the other plans, including conoco phillips, there is a dr. watts who

how the loss of mexico and cuba will be resolved under international -- the lawsuits of mexico and cuba will be resolved under international law is going to have some impact on bp, but our enough to weahere dependence on oil is impacted in any way. exxon and bp have a special relationship with all the governments of the world because they provide oil and oil runs the world. host: the caller mentioned canada. "the globe and mail," which calls itself canada's nacional newspaper, as a story on offshore drilling. drilling will continue off newfoundland at record that spirit as the bp disaster grows, canada's -- at record depths. as the disaster grows, canada's oil drilling faces scrutiny. independent line. good morning, caller. are you there? caller: yes, i am. it has taken this fine gentleman 21 years to figure out roof of what we all knew -- proof of what we all knew would be the result of the major oil spill. the damage caused by it will never be redressed. we will live with it forever. two, there will be no justice served by this fascist government of ours. our only salvation right now

in the gulf of mexico, it accounts for about 24% of u.s. oil production. oil and gas activity in the gulf, including deep water drilling, accounts for approximate 170,000 direct and indirect jobs, worldwide, deep water productions is estimated to equal in a few years the entire production of saudi arabia, and it is a vital part of an industry that supports more than nine million full and part-time american jobs and adds $1 trillion to our gross domestic product. ttese facts show how critical it is that all industry participants have the trust of the american people. we can secure this trust if we take the time to learn what happened and develop our response appropriately to ensure every participant acts responsibly, learns the right lessons and upholds the high standards. the american people deserve nothing less. thank you. >> we thank you, mr. tillerson. our next witness is john watson, the chairman and exeef executive officer of the chevron corporation . he is a director and member of the american petroleum institute as well as a member of the national p

this is unacceptable to the people in the gulf of mexico. this is unacceptable to the this is unacceptable to the people of this

the gulf of mexico accounts for almost 1/3 of u.s. oil production. if we eliminate that supply and our dependency -- the dependency on foreign oil will indeed go up. saudi arabia will be happy. hugo chavez will be popping champagne. the team of engineers tapped by secretary ken salazar to examine what went wrong on the rig recently wrote, "we believe the blowout was caused by a highly improbable chain of human error is coupled with several equipment failures and was preventable. the petroleum industry will learn from this. it can and will do better. we should not be satisfied --" just wait for a second. "we should not be satisfied until there are no debts and environmental impacts offshore ever. however, we must understand that as with any human endeavor, there will always be risks." let's learn from this awful mistake, fix the problem, clean up the golf, and move forward to fixing our ailing economy and creating private-sector jobs. i yield back my time. >> the chair recognizes the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from california, mr. h

for 33% of the gulf of mexico's exclusive economic zone. as oil continues to flow this yeah is sure tone large further exasperating the economic damage. a recent economic impact study by the american sport fishing association indicated that the enfire gulf were closed to recreational fishing from may through august. leaving $win.win billion of revenue which supports $2.5 billion in total sales, and 18,785 jobs. this is devastating to an area that has already suffered greatly from the aftermath of natural disasters. americans continue be to be frustrated from the lack of solution from all parties involved and i'm interested to hear more about the coordinated efforts between bp and the administration. the economic and environmental magnitude of this disaster necessitates a clear understanding of what went wrong and bpp needs ton held accountable for the disaster. i also look forward to having mms and the department of interior before this subcommittee to also for them to answer some tough questioning. i look forward to the hearing, mr. haywar

the long string is not an unusual well design in the gulf of mexico. as i under it -- >> say that again. >> the long string is not an unusual design in the gulf of mexico, as i under it. hadllibu they wouldn't proceed this way. others said they wouldn't proceed this way. bp knowingly risked well failure to save a few million dollars, and drilling 18,000 feet below the sea. if you made the mistakes the consequences of those would be catastrophic and in fact turned out to be catastrophic. don't you feel any sense of responsibility for this decision? >> i feel a great sense of responsibility for the accident. >> how about for the decisions that made the accident nor likely? >> we need to determine what were the critical decisions, and -- >> did you get my letter detain review. >> it's >> i've read your letter, chairman. >> we asked you to be prepared to discuss these issue? >> as i said, i've seen the documents following your letter. and i can't past judgment on those decisions. >> even though you've worked 28 years in the oil industry, you're the ceo and

canada and mexico are canada and mexico are the number one export markets. ohio was the focal point during the recent campaign. 280,000 manufacturing jobs depend on exports. let's not demonize trade with our closest neighbors. host: our topic is nafta. our two guests, todd tucker and daniel griswold. susanjoins us from florida. caller: to the gentlen from the cato institute, could you please tell me tod your organization? guest: yes, it is funded entirely by private individuals. they share our belief and limited government, free markets. most come in the form of checks of $100.500 dollars. we get no support from governments. we are iependent and non- partisan. host: has any nation become more prosperous without free trade? guest: it is hard to find. some of the poorend most dangerous nations like north korea are isolated from the global economy. the trade is not the only part, but it is an important part of development. host: this is your is saying that nafta has killed off, have to kill off the manufacturing base. guest: the promise was that would be a grea

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and, frankly, us into mexico also. but that brighter delineation by way of the infrastructure that we have put in place, but more importantly the collaborative effort that the secretary spoke to just now, where we collaborate on the strategies, on the application of racehorses, on mirroring efforts in order to bring greater control of that border. as far as to your question about shots exchanged, i can't remember the last time that that happened. i can tell you that it has happened in the past, again, when there was those inadvertent actions that did occur, but i want to reinforce that our partnership with our mexican partners has been just tremendous, and that is part of what is also getting us to better securing the border as we move forward. >> okay. we'll go to this side of the room over here. okay. in the front row here. you guys are letting assistant secretary morton off the hook. >> hi. marissa leno with northrop grumman, but formerly with homeland security international affairs. i want to take a slightly differ

mexico border beset by violent crime in recent years. saenz has authored numerous books of fiction and poetry, his latest collection is called "the book of what remains." >> my name is benjamin alire saenz. i live on the juarez/el paso border on the u.s. side. i'm a latino writer, poet, artist. and i actually like to identify myself these days as a frontierliso. someone who lives on the border. this is the place that really defines me. because it is such a difficult terrain to negotiate because there are no sense of certainties. the fixed ideas of one's identity, of one's natural boundaries the way one uses words that come from all sides. and sometimes they come even by bullets. it's not a comfortable place to live and if you want to be a writer, you don't want to live in a comfortable place. meditation on living in the desert #11 "i am looking at a book of photographs. the photographs document the exodus of mexicans crossing the desert. i am staring at the face of a woman who is more a girl than a woman. she is handing her documents to

the oil resources in the gulf of mexico are not going anywhere. i think it is time we take a step that and explore how to do this better and safer and more efficiently. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back my tiie. chatha>> mr. chairman, just a if we waive opening statements, will we get the additional minute? holloway my opening statement. >> the chair recognizes the chairman from arizona. >> i semele wave my opening statement. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. sullivan. >> i waved my opening statement. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. griffith. >> i want at thank you for calling this important hearing+ today and the witnesses for taking time to come before a subcommittee to discuss drilling in our current and future energy portfolio. our number-one priority must be stopping the flow of oil. it is the job of this congress to do whatever we can to aid and unified command to reach his goal. this is engineering inaction. is not time to put together knee-

is 17 times larger than mexico. low. it has been a foreign policy success with mexico and canada. it has built bonds of friendship. mexico is a different country than 25 years ago. it has a multi-party democracy. they are on the road to modernization. it has been a modest success. host: todd tucker, is it working? guest: agreements of nafta combined with the world trade organization which is global, you can see that the u.s. has said burgeoning trade deficits and a loss of 5000 -- 5 million manufacturing jobs. a significant chunk of it is due to nafta and. the real purpose of agreements like nafta and to some extent the world trade organization is to make the world safer for multi-national corporations and give them enhanced rights in developing countries, to challenge and firemen to policies and other public interest laws. host: in 2008 $1.10 trillion in u.s. goods and services between the u.s. and nafta partners -- about $480 billion in exports compared to 2009. guest: of course, the recession had a lot to do with those numbers. over the history of nafta our trade has grown fast

oil spill in the gulf of mexico. i believe it's my responsibility to keep the homeowners, businesses along the 75 miles of my coastline in my district fully informed so they can be prepared for all possibilities. first thing's first, obviously the spill itself has to be capped. i certainly call on b.p. to deploy every possible resource, every expert, every technology, every available opportunity to plug this hole. this is not about a question of whether the federal government's going to step in and come with a magic silver bullet. everyone niece to be involved. and it means scientists and geologists and people from around the world to figure this out. the permit probably shouldn't have been issued in the first place but we need to get it done. i had the opportunity a keek or so ago to join some noaa researchers on a nine-hour mission in the p-3 plain over the gulf to really understand what was going on, what the currents were going. obviously from the southeast florida side we're concerned about the current which may

that is drilling wwlls to 10 kilometers in the deepwater of the gulf of mexico, ontinuing to explore under the guise in the arctic. >> 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

the gentleman from new mexico. mr. heinrich: mr. speaker, i'd ask the gentleman from washington if he has additional speakers. mr. hastings: if the gentleman is prepared to close i am prepared to yield back. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from -- the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new mexico. mr. heinrich: i ask my colleagues to support h.r. 4445, as amended, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico yields the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4445, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules -- mr. heinrich: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico. mr. heinrich: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present.

you can almost see the gulf of mexico from 100 yards behind my house. you can almost see the gulf appeared it will be up in those waters -- it will be up in those waters. all we need is a hurricane to come through and blow the oil up in here, and there might be air -- might not be a recovery for south louisiana. it is taking away our houses and our livelihood. it is taking away our passion for this area. and anybody that comes to south louisiana or anyone that stays along the coast is always, always taking in the life we are weak -- you are one of our lifelong friends. you cannot go anywhere and the country and feel like you do when you come to south louisiana. that is our nature. that is the way we are born and raised. we welcome everyone with open arms, just like we welcome the oil. we need to lift the ban on the oil right now. we need to be drilling. louisiana will need that not too far down the road to survive. >> what you think the federal government should do to help? >> let's see. where do we go from here? first, they came in after katrina. we sa

below the with thers of the gulf of mexico. the cap as the company has indicated has been successfully put in place. yet very little of the oil is being recovered. why is that? >> well, we have to measure success incrementally. there's no silver bullet solution to this. they have to be very careful that two things don't occur. that the flow of oil & gas does to the lift the cap off riser, and therefore make everything worse. and the second thing is they always have to be cautious of getting water in there and hydrates forming and plugging that pipe that leads the oil and gas to the surface. that again would negate the effectiveness of this cap. but i think over time they will increase the amount of oil & gas flowing to the surface from the five to ten% capture rate that they have now. >> well bp has said that you will see more of the oil being captured over time as they close the valves. but now we're about 18 hours into this operation since the cap was put in place. why haven't the valves been closed yet? what is it that makes

he was born and raised in loving, new mexico. when war broke out, he traveled north to carlsbad and enlisted in the army. after basic training, he was assigned to the 27th infantry division. the 27th infantry division was part of the largest apple fib with us operation in the pacific theater -- amphibious operation in the pacific %% theater. it was during this invasion that on april 28, 1945, private ruiz's unity was pinned down by machine-gun fire by a japanese pill box. they were unable to advance until ruiz grabbed an automatic rifle and charged the pill box right in the face of machine-gun fire and grenades. unfortunately, his rifle jammed and one of the enemy attacked ruiz. without hesitation, he used the rifle as a club and beat back his enemy. ruiz then returned to his original position all the while under fire from machine guns and grenades from the pill box. on his second attempt to free his unit, ruiz was able to overtake the pill box and save the lives of his fellow soldiers. for his actions he was awarded the medal of

for 33% of the gulf of mexico's exclusive economic zone. as oil continues to flow this yeah is sure tone large further exasperating the economic damage. a recent economic impact study by the american sport fishing association indicated that the enfire gulf were closed to recreational fishing from may through august. leaving $win.win billion of revenue which supports $2.5 billion in total sales, and 18,785 jobs. this is devastating to an area that has already suffered greatly from the aftermath of natural disasters. americans continue be to be frustrated from the lack of solution from all parties involved and i'm interested to hear more about the coordinated efforts between bp and the administration. the economic and environmental magnitude of this disaster necessitates a clear understanding of what went wrong and bp needs ton held accountable for the disaster. i also look forward to having mms and the department of interior before this subcommittee to also for them to answer some tough questioning. i look forward to the hearing, mr. hayward

we have some shuttle tankers not usually in the gulf of mexico. these are dynamically positioned so they don't move. they have told us how they will do this. we need to monitor this. >> we did spend some time going through these containment plans making sure that everything was being done to expedite. they walked through the different schedules. we have to remain vigilant to ensure -- in the case of getting to something on the order of 50,000 barrels per day, they are actually manufacturing a riser. there is not one in the world that work for this particular application. >> does the fine limit bp's responsibility for any worker? >> there were significant questions about whether or not those individuals would be eligible under the oil pollution act. that is why we have asked congress to look at changing knee unemployment compensation for a disaster situation. >> as far as the government is concerned, that settles the issue for their liability? >> there is a significant effort to protect these workers. today, we reached a very extensive framework. w

for 33% of the gulf of mexico's exclusive economic zone. as oil continues to flow this yeah is sure tone large further exasperating the economic damage. a recent economic impact study by the american sport fishing association indicated that the enfire gulf were closed to recreational fishing from may through august. leaving $win.win billion of revenue which supports $2.5 billion in total sales, and 18,785 jobs. this is devastating to an area that has already suffered greatly from the aftermath of natural disasters. americans continue be to be frustrated from the lack of solution from all parties involved and i'm interested to hear more about the coordinated efforts between bp and the administration. the economic and environmental magnitude of this disaster necessitates a clear understanding of what went wrong and bp needs ton held accountable for the disaster. i also look forward to having mms and the department of interior before this subcommittee to also for them to answer some tough questioning. i look forward to the hearing, mr. hayward

the host country's team took on mexico. more than 80,000 packed the stadium in johannesburg, including bishop desmond tutu. >> unfortunately, there was a tragedy in the mandela family. >> suarez: his country's best known personality, nelson mandela had planned to attend the opening game, but the former president's great-granddaughter was killed in a car accident last night. south africa scored the first goal of the cup to the delight of millions. but the match ended in a tie when mexico scored late. ( cheers and applause ) played once every four years, the tournament began in 1930. teams are divided into eight initial groups; two advance from each group to face a 16-team knockout contest. hundreds of millions will watch these matches on tv. the frenzy over soccer around the world, however, has never been matched in the u.s. but this time around, americans have bought more tickets than residents of any other country, except south africa. >> they call it "the beautiful game," and i think if you just sit down and pay attention

in the gulf of mexico. but our next job and the reason for this hearing is to get answers infix the failures to prevent a disaster like this from happening again. what is needed are educated reforms, not a rush to judgment, to ensure that all the necessary changes and reforms are made. we need to know what all the facts are and what went wrong out on the gulf. both what went wrong on the rig as well as the federal bureaucracy charged with overseeing the drilling. today we are specifically looking at mms. as i have previously stated in to the chairman observed in his+ opening remarks, the failures at mms have been known for years. there is bipartisan consensus that fundamental changes need to be made in this structure. this must be done to ensure that american made energy production is the safest in the world. on tuesday, president obama appointed a new head of mms. it is unfortunate he cannot be here today, but i can certainly understand that. hopefully, this subcommittee will be able to hear from him in th

we can see this in mexico.rally see this is the gas into the loop current that this "could spread to key west and up the eastern seaboard. we beg you to go and reach out to your representatives in congress and tell them immediately, we need the money necessary. we can't wait on bp. we cannot wait on studies. this sand burn has been studied and approved before this oil spill. we need to do this now. we are fighting a battle against an enemy that is below the surface. the only way to catch that is to be able to build this sam's burn and catch the oil as it hits the sandy beaches. but it would be easier than when it attaches to the plants. the second thing i would implore you to do is to come to new orleans. [no audio] people thought that the louisiana seafood was tainted. the department of wildlife and fisheries has been proactive and closing off areas around the state before there is any oil inundating those areas of those fisherres. we have been very proactive to make sure that louisiana seafood is safe. many p

go to instead of in the gulf of mexico? >> well, we have -- we have deep water drilling exploration and production operations in -- in a large number of locations around the world. in west africa and brazil roux egypt, to name three. as well as the u.k. and north sea. >> you would focus on those areas if this moratorium continues? >> we -- we are focused today on the relief wells. >> i understand that. >> and youeo you should be. you better be. >> i haven't -- i haven't thought frank my beyond dealing with the relief wells in terms of their activity in the gulf of mexico. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> mr. hayward, line of questioning throughout the day, you referred to the blowout preventer. mr. gonzalez, when he asked questions and mr. barton asked questions on there. back on june 4th, you wrote an editorial to the wall street journal. you stated, we in the industry have long had great confidence in the blowout preventer as the ultimate fail safe piece of safety equipment yet on this occasion it failed with

potentially the gulf of mexico can be a dead sea in the near future. if they don't get this stopped within 30 or 60 days, we are looking at major, major strategf mexico, down into the florida keys, up into the caribbean. let's just hope and pray that they can get something establish a better. thank you. host: mike from florida. we have a couple of more guests on this topic in different aspects. at 8:30 eastern time, kathy castor will make her first visit, representing the tampa area in florida. she will talk about her thoughts on oil drilling. and also on what has been happening to the coastline in her part of the state. david michael is our guest at 9:00, assistant labor secretary for osha, we will talk about the clinic workers and what their responsibility is in the area. and then live coverage of tony hayward's testimony with our last segment. we will be back with the topic of the u.s. role in afghanistan with congressman joe wilson of south carolina. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellit

>> overall, the command structure and the way the national emergency plan as well as the gulf of mexico plans work is affected. i understand everyone's frustration at how long this is taking. this spill response has been effective. we have not been able to get it stopped and we're doing everything we can to do that. i think the command structure has actually been functional and they have been the foundation of that. >> now when one recommendation, that the secretary has made, he recommends that there be the finalization of a role that would require the operators of drilling wells to develop robust safety and environmental management systems for offshore drilling operations. in 2009 when this was first proposed, theeoffshore operators' committee and the american petroleum institute raised concerns about it. you are all members of both bodies. pould you suppoot -- is there anyone at the table who would not support the finalization of that rule? i notice, mr. tillerson, chip got the same problem i did. i'm not coming through very well, i'm afraid. would you support the finalization of that

do you agree that it is an embarrasssent to have a walruses a response plan plan forrthe gulf of mexico? >> i agree it is not appropriate to include for that region. >> in your response plan as well as some of the other plans, including conoco-phillips, there is a doctor referred to as an expert, a technical person. he died four years before the plan was actually filed. how can you justify, in response plan, having a person who has been dead for four years? >> it is, but let me point out that he is part of the university of miami's marine mammal research division which has been part of the preparation of this plan for many years. the fact thaa he died does not mean it that his work and the importance of his work died with him. >> there are many individuals who worked with him -- >> i appreciate that. it is 2010. it just seems to me that when you include his phone number in your plan for a response, that you have not taken this responsibility seriously. the same is true for you. is it an embarrassment to conoc o-phillips to have this as a part of your plan? >> the plants need to be updat

leap across the gulf of mexico. the second command post is in mobile, alabama. there is a third incident command located in myanmar which focuses on florida. over -- in miami which focuses on florida. >> you'll notice that this is a bp building. what is this building usually used for. >> this building was designed to be a training facility for our offshore/onshore oil field operators.+ it is a location where we train, develop, and expand the skills and capabilities of the men and women who are involved with producing oil and gas in the operation. >> you have coast guard people here. i see a lot of people in civilian dress in. >> under the national incident command system, this response has been developed as part of a unified command approach. what you actually find in this building, as well as in our operations, is more than 80 different agencies, companies, individuals who have come from literally all over the world as experts, brought together to facilitatt and support our mission here. >> can you explain what the

rise in oil explosion and the consequent oil spill on the gulf of mexico. from london, this is about one- half hour. >> statement secretary of state. >> thank you, mr. deputy speaker. i welcome you to your position. the house will wish to join me in expressing our deepest sympathy for those three very injured in the explosion in the gulf of mexico. and for all individuals and communities affected by spilling oil or fearing that thhy will be affected over the days and weeks to come. our thoughts must be first with them. on the 20th of april, an explosion and subsequent fire on a drilling rig operated by trans ocean under contract to bp in the gulf of mexico effectively killed 13 workers. it sank. substantial quantities of oil were leaking into the ocean. the blowout preventer, which should have sealed the leak, failed. the causes of the accident and now -- of the accident are now subject to a u.s. presidential commission of inquiry and to civil and criminal investigation. there has never been such a large fleet of oil so deep in the ssa. attention of the --

so this is a real anomaly, it seems to me, and the situation where we have the gulf of mexico providing 97% of federal offsre production, nearly 7,000 active leases, there have been 50,000 wells since 1947 drilled. and we have this incredibly unusual event it would seem, producing more spilled oil every day than all of the thousands of wells spilled in the last 30 years. that makes m think about judge feldman's decision, where he said are all planes dangerous because one was. are all trains, all mines, that sort of thinking seems rather heavy handed. i agree that the prudent thing to do, if you have a terrible plane crash, let's stop, let's see what happened. make sure it doesn't happen again. we don't stop 1.6 million people from flying every day after that, for an indefinite period, in the same way, the third of the oil that the united states gets from -- comes from the gulf of mexico, 25% natural gas. so i would like to hear from you duringhis testimony at me point. what you're doi is, you think abo a moratorium, you think about taking the safety steps to make sure the economic conse

. -- ultra deep water in the gulf of mexico. there are proven areas that are not in those conditions. host: there is an article this morning in "the financial times" talking about big oil groups breaking ranks with bp. but they talk about how different oil companies produce their offshore oil rigs differently. our offshore oil rigs designed company by company like cars? or are they basically the same thing? guest: no, rigs are actually built by drilling contractors. in the case of macondo well, that was trans ocean -- transociean. you slay they will contract with a contractor -- usually they will contract with a contractor. sometimes companies will be part of the design and construction of a drilling rig. but more often, however, they have a drilling job somewhere, they go to the contractor, work out a deal for a specific rig, and it may have come off of a hole that was drilled by another company. the difference in the operation of the company's occurs once the rig is off site -- on site. they oversee the operations of the wells

maybe another 30,000 jobs indirectly in the gulf of mexico.t would affect the estimates range anywhere from between 80,000 barrels per day to as much as 200,000 barrels less by next year. fuel. it is a significant impact on the economy. it could be as much as $500 million in revenue to the federal government. it is a big deal. host: tom is joining us from new jersey on the republican line. caller: i have a couple of quick comments. first of all, with regard to the oil companies and the industry, i say to those people up in arms, do not kill the golden goose. there is an old child our rhymed story about the golden goose line eggs and then killing them to get it -- and then killing it to get them all at once. we have to stop banning things we cannot come and try to learn how to control things. that applies to oil, guns, drugs, and a lot of other things. we can get more out of the oil industry and serve the people this country better if we work with them and don't see them as enemies. we have to decide, don't we? we just so we wanted to free ours

we're reaching out to the netherlands, canada, and mexico. we also have some aviation access from canada assisting us as well. with the potential of a containment scenario through the end of the drilling of the relief well and into hurricane season, we want to make sure that the type of resources to skim and burn our what we need. and so we're looking at every source of equipment, and that is the type of equipment we will be bringing in. >> i wanted to ask about a live video feed. is it possible that it is providing too much and not enough information? does it distorts the true picture of what is going on? >> i think he met a great point did we are not horns of a dilemma. everyone wants information about this. they're frustrated, angry, and mad. i think a graphic illustrations of that are clear to everyone through the problem we're dealing with an want something done about it. on the other hand, we're looking at two dimensional video and it is hard to understand what you're seeing. we put people together to put together flow rate estimates, a

the loss of mexico and cuba ll be resolved under -- the lawsuits of mexico and cuba will be resolved law is goingtional have some impact on bp, but r weahere t n oil is impacted in any way. exxon and bp have a special retionship with all t govements of the world they provide oil and oil runs the world. mentioned caller canada. "the globe and mail," which itself canada's nacional as a story on offshore drilling. drilling will continue off record thatt disaster grows, -- at record depths. as the disaster grows, canada's oil drilling faces scrutiny. independent line. good morning, caller are you there? caller: yes, i am. gentlemanen this fine roof of to figure out proof ofll knew -- we all knew would be the of the major oil spill. the damage caused by it will be redressed. live with it forever. two, there will be no justice this fascist ours.ment of salvation right now is spill. the this still could be stopped and it could be stopped by our military. is a nine-inch diameter hol in it solid rocket that hole included -- nine-inch- diameter hole in solid bed rock. that hole to bemploded an

also, to touch on mexico, i think you are wrong. i think mexico needs to be rebuilt. people are coming across the border because it is such a hot environment. guest: i'm supportive of the use of drones. we are currently using unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol certain parts of that area of. that is a useful tool in the will probably expand the use -- it is a useful tool. we will probably expand the use of that. with respect to mexico, and probably more optimistic than you are. i think our two nations working together will be able to get this situation along the border under control. i'm more confident than you are. the area that needs to be patrolled along the coast of somalia is only part of the issue. patrolling is good. interdiction is something we have to do. we need to find better ways to prosecute the pirates that we do captured to end their impunity did we need. we do not know what is happening to the ransom money. i do not think it is going to the good of the somali people. the real issue is helping the transitional government of somalia to exert the ability t

new mexico, and canada, australia.ork back tobring the state that is in dire crises of economic resolution? host: heavy petitioned the governor's office on these issues specifically? caller: i think it is pointless. i think he has failed us. host: columbia, south carolina. caller: i have been looking for a year. there are small jobs here and there that i have found. i am an engineer. host: how did you lose your job? caller: and did have a project worked at places like airports. it came to a screeching halt. all of the project stopped and we new taxes are coming with obama's nomination. investors pulled the plug on everything. that was even if they have the cash. my company had the cash. they decided to stop everything and they went back to europe. i do not collect unemployment. i make too much money. unemployment would be less than one day's pay. i cannot collected. host: how you support yourself? caller: small just here and there. i may work a few weeks to make enough money to live for a month or so. when you are a ce

. >> woodruff: the gulf of mexico oil spill fouled more miles of coastline today, as b.p. pledged to pay damage claims faster. at the same time, the president and congress again stepped up pressure on the oil company. on day 52, the oil kept on flowing and so did the complaints. >> i have spent more time fight ing the official s of b.p. and the coast guard than fighting the oil. >> woodruff: bill any nungesser, the president of plaquemines parish, louisiana, testified at a senate hearing in washington. he said b.p. exec executives did not know just how bad things are. >> there may have been a start when the new guy in charge, bob, came down and we took his hand and stuck in the the oil and he felt it and asked him "what do you they feels like on the back of a pelican?" he seemed to get it, and that was just the other day. maybe we'll see some changes. but until you see and go out there and see what it's doing, it scares the hell out of you. >> woodruff: in its now daily update, b.p. said the containment system on the damaged well head collected around 660,000 gallons of oi

as far as dangling in the ocean off the gulf of mexico, i know what it can do to our environmeets. it will hurt the wallets of every american, no matter where you live. april 15, 2011, we will realize how much of an effect we have had. host: what are the beaches like they're in sarasota? -- there in sarasota? caller: we have the widest beaches in the country and there are small dots of oil starting to appear. independent organizations giving be able to count on them. the range is just unbelievable. what is really happening out there? i would like to see an pndependent body tracking and telling us what is going on. sometime between now and august fed in the hurricane season, it can carry things up into the southeastern states. host: " new york daily news" this morning says that "$1.6 billion is the economic activity at risk because of the spill. 2000 is the estimated number of square miles covered by the oil slick. 51% of the floridians that oppose more offshore drilling since the disaster, 114 million gallons is the estimated number of gallons spilled. hazleton, missouri, bob on th

how does that affect producing wells in the gulf of mexico?re there requirements you are putting on the wells that currently producing, not those being developed, but those that are in production and closed in and operating? >> with respect to the moratorium and its application, we have the moratorium in place including with respect to the 33 deep water drilling operations that were under way. we have ordered those drilling rigs to continue drilling to the point where they can get to a safe place and secure the well. at that point in time, drilling will stop until we complete the safety reviews and the presidential commission report and we can make the determination of how we move forward. with respect to your question on production, production continues in the gulf of mexico. there has been very little interruption because of the border horizon -- deep water horizon. we continue to do inspections and asked for additional inspectors so that we can continue to inspect those facilities, including those production facilities. >> let me ask, you m

[applause] and the ambassador from mexico is here. we are delighted to have him.applause] i think this resilient ambassador from brazil. i did not see him. [applause] and we have the showers affair -- sure -- of their -- we have the charge d'affaires. i have stayed 11 or 12 years, and one of the principal reasons i have is because of the work of joe, and i will tell you how loyal joe is. he was so loyal to the wilson center that his granddaughter is graduating from high school. joe, we appreciate your leadership. [applause] now, tonight, we welcome the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, to the center. he is an academic center and a policymaker in the tradition of woodrow wilson. a world-class scholars. and like wilson, a princeton professor -- a world-class scholar. he is one of the most respected policymakers. . he and i am a sports fans in this whole note that the first pick in the amateur draft will be on the mound for the washington nationals. things are looking up. that is not really my purpose tonight. we know him best as the 14th chairman of the

the dispersant has been sprayed in large amounts into the gulf of mexico.are being told that it breaks it up into small droplets. those are subsurface. we are being told that we have these large oil plumes. bp denieshat. this could really be detrimental to our wildlife and fisheries all the way up and down t food chain, especially when you talk about the possibility of this oil on the golf bottom. for these people that do not understand how detrimental this can be, talk about how this affects the entire food chain from plankton up. >> some of the smaller organisms are affected first. butncreases up the food chain. the bigger animals eat the smaller animals. the larger species and the ocean each species did not produce as 10% to kill off of them is a really big effect. >> we saw in alaska after the exxon valdez, the hearing did not come back. they are still trying today to make sur that there could one day be a harvest of herring. we have a lot of species that have just been discovered and some that have had longevity and as part of the world. they are now o