but the notion of going way out into the hey seas, or even the territorial seas-- which israel does not own because they're an occupying country-- to do that is to escalate a situation -- israel's detriment. i think they've made a horrible mistake here. the country is too much on the defensive. they should have let those people land and deliver their good and then leave. i mean you don't need--. >> woodruff: let's come back to professor wedgwood. is this even something that can be settled by discussing the legal questions involved? >> well, i think, you so now have conflicts that are different than traditional conflicts. we have conflicts that haveab international elements even if they're not classical state-to-state conflict. we have the worry about the effect of terror groups on conflicts. i think, again, the role of iran as a spoiler in the region, which is really prevent anything settlement of israeli-arab issues, is a very serious issue. i worry, frankly, that the u.n. itself is losing its focus. it should be worried about the iranian nuclear program. it should be worried about bei

of darkness in the deep sea, like curtains, just open, and there it is. you see it for the first time for 2,000 years or whatever. you can get used to that. >> logan: how many times have you done that? >> ballard: lots. >> logan: what's lots? >> ballard: 100 times or more. >> logan: 100 or more discoveries? >> ballard: yes. >> logan: bob ballard has made some of the greatest deep sea discoveries of our time. >> ballard: look at that swastika. >> logan: he found the legendary german battleship "bismarck," three miles below in the atlantic. those are the guns? >> ballard: those are the guns. and we almost hit them, because we came in very low on the deck, and all of a sudden, first thing we saw of the "bismarck" was a barrel of a gun coming right at us. >> logan: he also tracked down what's believed to be the remains of pt-109, commanded by john f. kennedy in world war ii. but the one that made him famous was the "titanic." for 73 years, the massive ocean liner sat more than two miles down, more than 12,000 feet of pitch black water, eluding the world's top

that is why these are brought from the north sea. that is not the usual form of transfer. >> i'm sorry, one more. clear leader is a drillship, correct? >> yes, it's very similar to discover enterprise. >> will the clear leader stay on site? last thing i'm confused about is we have this [inaudible] it will no longer be used at that point? it will either of the drillships be used? >> at some point we will make a transition. it will be pretty crowded of there. we will move from they two production vessels, and the tanker yet to be named will replace that with two production platforms. that is the capacity we require to the pricing system. >> that's wonddrful. so the actual burning of of oil is not going to last very long? >> that is a strategy to increaae capacity and create redundancy. that's correct. >> thank you so much. >> will there be a briefing this weekend? >> to be determined. >> a look at the deep water horizon explosion site. you can see the flotilla of ships at the site, including this is burning of natural gas from the leak.

there are plenty of fish in the sea. why... why are sharks so interested in the seal?en: the reason for that is the blubber. marine mammals have a blubber layer, and their blubber... whoa! big shark. their blubber layer is extremely energy-rich. >> cooper: oh, my god. whoa! >> rutzen: that's what i'm talking about. >> cooper: the sharks leap straight out of the water, stunning the seals before devouring them. seals are mammals; they're quick, agile, and smart. but as rutzen has learned, they are no match for the power, speed, and intelligence of the great whites. they have to outsmart the seal. >> rutzen: they... if they weren't as smart or smarter than the seal, they wouldn't have eaten them. >> cooper: watching great whites hunt has become a big business in this part of south africa. each year, tens of thousands of tourists flock to the town of gaans baai, where they are offered a close encounter with great whites from the safety of an underwater cage. >> that was really something! >> cooper: rutzen started his own dive operation 15 years ago. it began as a business,

>> the greatest part of our experience and operation has been in the north sea. particularly norway and the united kingdom. and in norway and the united kingdom, especially developed some of the best practices that are applicable and used around the world. so based on our experience for several decades, those best practices and oversight review have been applied and used in the industry and other places of the world. so i would say that they rank quite up at the top in terms of capability and development of practices. >> mr. odom? >> similar answer in that i think the u.s. has the most comprehensive set of recommendations for the industry in the world. you can find other areas where a particularrregulation may be more stringent than what you see in the u.s. the important part for us as a company is going back to what i called our global standards, how we do things everywhere that often exceed the regulations in any country. >> mr. mckay? >> yes, i would agree with that, are slag -- similar but the u.s. has a strong set of standards. i would add a comment i think l

. >> i think the united states and then the north sea countries have the most mature regulatory structure because that is where it has taken place along this. those -- has taken place above longest. for exxon, believe to be is the best practice and apply it globally. it does not matter where you are. you have a well controlled incident, you need to use the best you have everywhere. we do not make some distinction that i will cut a corner in this country because i can. >> i know in the north sea when they had an accident in 1988 and 100 -- 180 people were injured. changes were made to split the enforcement agency, similar to what the administration is now proposing with the mms. that is a better structure? >> i do not know if the structure is as important as the process by which the oversight occurs. >> i am not sure i can grade all of the differences. >> one model should we be looking at? >> we start with the regulations in each country and then we apply our standards on top of those regulations. they are very similar. the application of our processes and procedures are very similar in al

under the death on the high seas act. those statutes were passed in 1920, another era. as you said, and as chris jones said, neither of them as interpreted allows recovery for loss of society damages to the survivors of those killed in maritime disasters. loss of society or damages for companionship for the loss of care, comfort and companionship caused by the death of a loved one. the ma jort of american jurisdictions today do recognize some right to recover for loss of society damages in wrongful death, but not the jones acted and not dosa. a spouse, child, parent or sibling who loses a loved one suffers a very real loss and the law should recognize that loss. as chris jones also noted, there is one exception to the rule barring recovery of loss of society damages under dosa. in 2000 ach the korean airline and twa air disasters you retroactively amended dosa to provide recovery of loss of society damages to the survivors of those killed in high seas commercial aviation disasters. but for anyone else killed on the high se

under the death on the high seas act. both of those statutes were passed in 1920, another era. as you said and chris jones said, neither of them as interpreted allows recovery for loss of society damages to the survivors of those killed in maritime disasters. loss of society are damages for companionship, for the loss of care, comfort, and companionship caused by the death of a loved one. the majority of american jurisdictions today do recognize some right to recover for loss of society damages in wrongful death. but not the jones act and not dosa. a spouse, child, parent, or a sibling who loses a loved one suffers a very real loss and the law should recognize that loss. as chris jones also noted, there is one exception to the rule barring recovery of loss of society damages under dosa. in 2000, after the korean airline and t.w.a. air disasters, you retroactively amended dosa to provide recovery of loss of society damages to the survivors of those killed in high seas commercial aviation disasters. but for anyone else kille

it shuttles oil from the north sea oil rigs to scotland. will basically have a pumping capability at the surface connected by a flexible hose down to the riser that continually off lows tankers. the bottom will go back to the wellhead. we might be able to move from a containment cap to a hard cap which is a way to produce everything coming out which means we could take leakage down to almost zero. >> do you have an estimated capacity for that system? >> i do not have it with me but we can make that available. >> thank you. >> next question comes from npr. >> good morning. the ap is reporting that they are moving ships into place to flame of the oil and gas as opposed to recover it. is that part of a plan? >> that is the q 4000 that i mentioned before. it can fire off natural gas and the oil, as well. we are concerned that oil to not hit the water. it will be a combination of transferred to oil ashore and firing off oil and natural gas. >> that explains why bp talks about a 5,000 barrel per day capacity. they keep talking about a different d

we visited jerusalem, the golan heights and some of the fabulous farming communities near the sea of gally. for someone who had never visited israel, in fact, i had never seen the mediterranean sea in my entire life. to get to visit it with people who are steeped in the history, the politics and the worldwide consequences of our relationship with israel, it was a tremendous experience. so i want to thank the gentlewoman from florida for including me on the congressional delegation that she led to israel and, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from florida, mrs. wasserman shelt, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. was was thank you, mr. speaker. first -- ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. first before she departs the chamber, let me say what an absolute pleasure it was to travel to the middle east with the gentlelady from wyoming. she was a pleasure to have as a companion. she wa

host: someone asked if the oil spill proves that deep sea drilling should be banned? risky. we have to ask why are the oil companies in the deep water to begin with. how come we are asking those companies to take that risk for are the companies inviting themselves to take that risk? the oil companies are in the deep water because it is where they are allowed to go because they are not allowed to go in shallow water except in the gulf of mexico on the western side. they are not allowed in the shallow water on the eastern side of the gulf of mexico. they are not allowed in shallow water off the west coast or the east coast or off the coast of alaska. that is prohibited. because there is this incredible demand for oil, 20 million barrels per day which is 10,000 gallons per second, the need for oil unless you want to import all of it which changes the risk to another part of the world, if we want to import all of it, we could accept we're completely dependent upon other resources. all the jobs would go way and hundreds of thousands of high- paying jobs go away and we are

there has been conjecture about whether the sub-sea dispersants have the oil. we are actually checking the oil after the dispersants have been applied. they generally make the oil separate, and they would not gather together in a plume. i don't know if there is a causality. there are different water depths to understand what the concentration of oil is at what death. that will be brought together with the data that the -- with the data matter. >> cnn. bp had is running ads saying that will make this right. given everything they have done has felt, how much confidence do you have? >> it is their assertion, and their duty to stand by it. i have not seen the advertisements. i think we need to separate a couple of things. the stuff that has been happening on the sub sea for our applications of technology that normally work in the oil spill, but have never been tried at 5,000 feet. the issue is trying to do things where there is no human access at 5,000 feet. that is pretty much what has been happening. they do have a duty. they are irresponsible party. we are overs

it is very serious because, as i said, according to the law this ship in international sea belongs to the country of flag. it's a clear violation of turkish sovereignty. it is an attack against turkish citizens. we had difficult relations with soviet union during korld war but they didn't attack our citizens. in the last eight to seven years of turkish republic history, first time a state is attacking against our citizens. we cannot tolerate this. >> warner: is this breach do you think irreparable? is this a crisis in an otherwise fairly strong relationship though it's had some problems in the past year or something worse? >> it depends on israeli action. >> ifill: in jerusalem today israel's deputy foreign minister said the dispute between the two nations is not a final break. >> we have tried and pleaded with everybody, including the turkish government, to try and stop this provocation. however, i think still the importance. relations between turkey and israel will necessitate a continuation of good and strong ties for the benefit of the entire region. >> ifill: but officials from t

we are a budget watchdog based in the sea. uld like to thank congressman frank for convening this event thank you for coming here today. even though there are four of a speaking, there are many people involved with this report. the all contributed a measurable amounts of their knowledge and time expertise. if they would all stand and identified themselves-- [inaudible] many of you may be struck with this as deju vu. seems like this appears every few years with little success. what is different about this moment in history and why is the report that we are releasing so necessary? essentially, we are looking down the barrel of record deficits that threaten our economic stability. economic insecurity fosters national insecurity in numerous ways from increasing our vulnerability to external crises to slowing spending for our highest defense priorities. the recently released strategy correctly of firms that our prosperity serves as the wellspring of our power. it also cautions that maintaining that power will maintain discipline in

the sea turtles here have been rescued from the oil, show you how the sea turtles are being treated andtorm alex may soon become hurricane alex, certainly bad news for cleanup efforts in the gulf. skim is temporarily stopped. the coast guard says boats will remain in port until the weather comes. live updates of the storms throughout the hour a tropical storm is not the only thing slowing skimming efforts. local paper down here reporting that for every boat out there skimming oil, there are another four available in the united states that are not being used by bp. we have a guest tonight alleging that bp is slow-make the cleanup on purpose to save money. we are keeping them honest on that those stories and a lot more live from the gulf on "'360" with. >> larry: anderson cooper, 10 eastern, 7 pacific much joining us on the phone, maybe the most beloved lady in america, the former first lady, nancy you, l. well, i couldn't let you do this without my calling you. you didn't call me and ask my permission. >> larry: you know, that's the way she was. if i was in office, i wouldn't have been a

the debt on the high seas thing bothers me tremendously. i will support and work to try and make sure we repeal and reffrm that aw. it is egregious that there is no recourse then the -- than the obligation being reimbursement for a funeral. that is very disheartening in these days and times, and even back in those days and times it should not have been that way. did transocean advise either of you how long they intended to continue giving you your husbands' checkk? are they going to continue health benefits? >> we will receive a paycheck -- we have not spoke about health insurance. >> we of touched on health insurance part. it is my understanding that, until a settlement is reached,%+ we will be compensated with health insurance, up to one year after the settlement. we have to pay for it at the company rate. after that year, we're on our own. >> the life insurance -- is that a company benefit? or is that something that you and your husbands purchased? >> it is a company benefit. >> is it adequate to maintain your family? we do not know how l

probably the worst disaster in history was in the north sea. we have these things happening across the world and we have to improve from each one of them. >> does this show that oil drilling is inherently risky and there can always be a disaster? >> the track record is overall, very strong. but we have this tragic accident that we have to learn from. >> nobody is saying "drill baby drill" anymore. it is ridiculous that this could happen. and there is no response. >> the gentleman's time has expired. we now recognize a member of the full committee, the gentleman from new york. >> thank you. i am wondering if we're all not saying the same thing. and that is that bp should not be in charge of anything in this operation anymore. they have said, in different ways, that there is very little credibility that you have in telling us what is going on. these numbers have been wildly underestimated. it is very clear that you are conflicted when it comes to settling claims with people victimized by the negligence. you want to pay less and they want to get mo

anyone that knows anything about water pressure, the sea, oil and whenever, they realize that this thingas the potential to be with us not for just three months, but one year or more. in his speaking to us from the oval office he is talking to the adults out there in america. he is not talking to the tea parties and these crazy right wing that jobs out there attacking his birth certificate and everythinn. he is trying to reach the adults. thank god america is overwhelmed with adults. host: we will leave it there and go to wayne in north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning, greta. the caller from maryland has got it all wrong. what president obama is doing is trying to further his agenda. bp, yes, they should be responsible, but government should not seize their assets. corporate control of the country, it could bankrupt the country. president obama is using this incident like he uses every incident, to further his agenda, whiih is more government control, more taxes. that is the government that he seems -- that is the direction he seems to be going. he did not give specific. i d

i mean under the sea. what should we know about life, the eco-system? >> well, we need to learn.o learn more because we know very little . i know it's a cliche. we know more about the other side of the moon than we know about our own ocean. there's a lot more research that needs to be done. we cannot fool around with nature like we do now by certainly decide to go have the dispersants being put in there because we don't know what the long-term effect will be on the marine life. we're talking about everything. we're talking about animals. we're talking about plants. ultimately all of that reaches the coast line, as we've seen it now going under the booms and reaching the marshland which is a very, very sensitive environment. as well as florida where pretty much all forms of marine life will spend some time there to hide and find food and protection from predators and on and on and on. >> brown: with the dispersants isn't there a trade-off? isn't the idea to keep more of the oil from coming to the coast? >> i don't believe that's the answer. i think the long-term damage and consequ

that is, the riches in the sea bed, the sea lies that we all depend upon. there are a lot of efforts to try to come to a common understanding on how we will protect those collectively. i share your concern. i'm from texas. this is a terrible disaster in the gulf of mexico. i really cannot speak to what this or any other government could do, is doing, or will do in the future to try to prevent this type of disaster. host: donna hopkins has been with the state department's 1998. -- since 1998. active duty for 13 years. the navy is part of this coalition of navies that are trying to fight the somali pirates situation. who coordinates those activities? guest: there is an international group that is chaired in a rotating basis by several different nations. i believe there are 26 nations navy's actively collaborating to patrol and respond to the areas affected by piracy. the chairmanship of the group rotates among the different nations whose navies are participating. in my opinion, is a model. it is an unprecedented degree of a collaborative response. countries t

the plan includes how to protect wall russs, sea lions and sales. none of which live in the gulf. can we will assured that in six months that the pause button will be pushed or doe look at having a stop and extending this a longer period of time, focusing on the economics of that region? information is being developed as to the root cause of the incident. i hope to work with members of the committee on so we have organic legislation with these functions. we are not waing. 30 day report that we submitted to the president. we worked on that very hard. and ilude d work ining implementation of programs as we speak. >> you had mentioned admiraled that allen and his involvement. he had said that bp has the means to fix the pblem and they need to be held accountable to do it but with proper oversight and that's our job. i was struck yesterday to hear that the president of -- the ceo said he had not actually talked direly to the president of the united states senator earlier asked had bp refused to do anything that the government asked. a follow up to that is has the government rused to d

is fairly unhappy with what we're trying to do in congress, and that is to change the death on the high seasact and make them answerable with punitive dama damages. >> larry: former crack addict, six-time former prison inmate got out, got clean, created a program to help female offenders do the same. watch. >> we all leave prison saying, i'm going to get my life on track. and you end up getting off a bus downtown los angeles, skid row. many times, you don't even make it out of the skid row area before you're caught up into that cycle again. my name is susan burton. after my son died, i used drugs. i went to prison six times. finally, i found rehab and i thought i can help women come home from prison. i picked them up, bring them back to the house. >> she offered you a warm bed, food. like a real family. she made me want to change my life. >> you proud of my, miss burton? >> sure. you came a long way. >> this is life. that's what it's all about. >> larry: since 1998, susan burton has helped more than 400 women get their lives on track. to nominate someone you think is changing the world go to

that we have made huge progress in the north sea. there is a major problem in the attitude toward public relations. until that issue is sorted out in the north sea, will continue to have problems. p> thank you. i would certainly be happy to look at the issues he raises. i personally believe that it is important to have trade union oversight in these matters, in cases where the companies are unionized. and a guarantee to otherpective employees that safety will be given the attention it deserves. >> [unintelligible] companies to outsource environmental and safety critical processes failed to take their responsibility seriously when it really counts, before disaster strikes. they lost their very license to cooperate. what this session will his department have with businesses in the energy sector to get a grip on their direct environmental responsibility instead of simply balancing the rhetoric of corporate responsibility? >> i think my friend for that question which is very cute and well directed. i think there is an issue of but come ou

the beach. that was not a realistic goal in april. you had wins, at 8 feet a 10 foot seas. now bearing the summer the winds lighten up for the exception of thunderstorms. this is a realistic goal. i really do think, again, if a cap -- that is the key, they have to cap it soon. if they capture the well we have a realistic goal of keeping all live from the shores. host: a lot of issues around the rest of the gulf. guest: in lieu of the coast guard coming up with a plan, and sent bp has not come up with a plan, i will submit it to them. i think it is a realistic and achievable plan. host: thank you for your help. congressman, how receptive was the unified command in accepting a local solution? guest: we are going to see. quite honestly, in the beginning the goals were set pretty low. a lot of the local mayors wanted to put a boom across the harbor. that still leaves beach is exposed. in beginning the goal was to keep the fragile wetlands from getting covered, and that has been achieved. now that we have the short-term goals, we think it is a realistic thing to ask that we keep

some of these are coming as far away as the north sea. that had already been in progress. >> why have they consistently underestimated the flow? why is this so difficult? >> frankly, bp is not doing estimates on flow rate. we established our own group and we are doing that now. those are the estimates we are doing. they can do what they want, but the american people understand that these are not being developed under an team -- any model. these are third parties. you want to talk about transparency. you need to be assured we are doing this. >> the amount of oil that leaks will help determine and find -- find that bp will incur. our interest align on capping the well. we would never asked bp to tell us how much they think is leaking in order for us to determine the compensation and penalties to be derived from that. understanding that, the flow of great technical group and has -- as adm. allen has said, our response was not dictated on a flow rate mechanism. hold on. we had a better idea and could use better equipment from all over the gove

development driller ii is 4,662 feet below the sea floor and [inaudible] on task. some of the things we're working on this week -- we've had an extraordinary response to our vessel of opportunity program, in excess of 2,000 vessels operating around the gulf. our goal is to create a command and control system and a tracking system where we can most effectively utilize these vessels of opportunity. we only [inaudible] that local expertise and passion and we want to channel that and make sure we're creating unity of effort. to that end, we're doing a couple of things. we're organizing these vessels of opportunity in groups, establishing a leader with the capability to communicate. a lot of these folks are very, very small and may or may not have radio systems. we're also putting automated identification system tracking devices on the larger vessels so we can bring those in to our common operating picture and have them actually displayed on a computer. we actually brought in extra aircraft into the area to increase surveillance as well. most recently, three additional h

we are bringing in shuttle tankers from the north sea and brazil and other places. they are capable of dynamic positioning where they can provide the stability they need to transfer that oil. if we can get that in place, we can have multiple things in place to have better ability as we move into hurricane season. it is not going to protect us from a hurricane. we can stay out there longer, and it will give us redundancy so if one side goes to maintenance, we can keep producing with the other. this is important because the revised flow rates were able to set rates with a high of 60, but we think it is around mid 30's. we will not know that until we are able to actually assess the flow rate, but in the long run, the final solution is the relief wells. the first relief well as between 8000 and 9,000 feet. it will pass within 10 feet of the well board and then turn and go about 1,000 feet down. that allows them to do the exact measurements to know where to come in. the last 1,000 feet will take a significant amount of time. the original time frame was for the second week

but that the skimming has been delayed by the roughness of the seas, not the ships.rom indiana. caller: i want to talk about possible to clean up the oil and how we are only using certain things. i wonder about the new technologies that we are not using, even though so many people are saying they are the right thing toouse. guest: in 2003, there was a report put out called "oil and the c." by the research -- national research council. in doubt, they collaborate to look at the best way -- in that, they collaborate to get the best way to handle oil in the ocean. the report indicated that this could not happen, but nevertheless, it seemed reasonable. if we're going to do deep happen if there is a spill.uld is it better to disperse it at subsurface, or let it rise? there are folks that have given testimony and they're basically repeating the recommendations of 2003. now it can be done, and i think it took 500 barrels of oil out to the north sea 500 feet below the surface and they released it to see what would happen. you do not want to release it, but they did it to see

we are a budget watchdog based in the sea. i would le . . you foroming here today. even though there are four of a speaking, there are many people involved with this report. the all contributed a measurable amounts of their knowledge and time expertise. if they would all stand and identified themselves-- [iudible] many of you may be struck with this as vu. deju seems likthis appears every few years with ttle success. what is different about this moment in history and why is the report that we areeleasing so necessary? essentially, we are looking down the barrel of record deficits that threaten our economic stability. economic insecurity fosters national insecurity in numerous ways from increasing our vulnerability to external crises to owing spending for r highestefense priorities. the recely released strategy correctlof firms that our prosperity sers as the wellspring of our power. it also cautions that maintaining that power will maintain discipline in setting priorities and making trade- offs. to put it mildly, priorities an

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 natural gas flares off. will the pressure of the oil going up into a much smaller pipe -- the price we are looking at are smaller than the well bore themselves. if they fill up and more pressure is created there, will enough pressure forced the oil around the sides and back down out of the seal? the answer is i do not think we know until we know how the containment cap is seated and how well the rubber seals have done their job and have some video that tells us how much oil, if any, is comin

the sea turtles here have been rescued from the oil. w you how these sea turtles are being saved. hurricane alex, bad news for cleanup efforts in the gulf. skimming has stopped and the coast guard says boats will remain in port until the weather calms. blogger updates throughout the hour and a tropical storm is not the only thing slowing down the efforts. the local paper reporting that for everybody out there skimming a little, there are another format available in the united states not being used by bp. against alleging they are slowing it down on purpose to save money. we are keeping them honest. live from the gulf. on 360. >> larry: joining us on the phone, maybe the most beloved lady in america, the former first lady, nancy reagan. thank you for calling in. >> how nice of you without my calling you. you didn't call me and ask my permission. >> larry: you know, that's the way she was. if i was in office, i wouldn't have been allowed to do this. nancy said, bang, and you don't do it. you check with nancy, don't you? >> i asked her to r

two of the boats have been delayed by mechanical difficulties and remain at sea. " we believe they aren route to gaza. it appears that a total of 37 british nationals were involved in the event. this is different from the number the prime minister gave a short time ago based on what the israeli ambassador has said before. i have spoken to our ambassador in tel aviv and the latest figures are 37 including 11 dual nationals. we have received access to 28 of these individuals, one of whom who was deported yesterday. -- reported yesterday. >> the fact that we have not yet been given full information of british nationals detained in access to all of them. we are urgently pressing the israeli officials to resolve this within hours. there is real and justified anger at the event that have unfolded. the position of the government is as follows -- our guideline is not to travel to gaza we have made it public that we deeply deplore the loss of life and we look to israel to do everything possible to avoid a repeat of this unacceptable situation. the u.n. security council have rightly condemned th

and those depending on the sea food for their livelihood. hope to address this faster than how the exxon spill was addressed. 20-some years is too long we hope to be able to compensate quickly. >> congress womb, good morning. i wonder why we are pursuing deep water drilling when the whole united states is now the number one country in the world with proven natural gas reserves. such a fundamentally superior fuel by far -- the best fossil fuel. we could use our own domestic resource it's beyond me that hr 1835 has been -- it was filed in april 2009. it is still, it's never been heard from. guest: we are trying hard to look at alternative fuels. we are aware that the way we are handling our energy today will not last. it is not safe. we are dealing greatly with out of the country fuels. this is not an american qup out there now. we attempted to pass cap and trade. the policy would put a great deal more techniques on the table. we know we have to do that. we've known this long before it happened. we will continue. we cannot give up on moving aw

. >> looking at the growth in broadband, which has been incredible in the last quarter, what the sea in three to five years? video to broadband -- how does it translate? >> it is really interesting to see. it is especially true, being here at the show and looking at some of the technology being developed, that there is a convergence of what have been separate and distinct products for us -- video, data, and voice. they are converging. customers will get their video through a variety of sources. we know that. we are preparing products to offer to customers that will allow them to do that -- to meet those needs they have. the other trend is mobility. we are involved in launching some wireless service in north carolina and other places in the country to respond to that need. >> carolina has always seemed to be a beta site for time warner. why is that? >> there are a variety of reasons. we have an engineering presence there. our engineers are based in charlotte. we have found that that lends itself to charlotte being a base site. it is a great market. customers are responsive to products.

but all is not well in the sea. increased pressures rom overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution, and introduction of invasive alien species have combined in recent decades to threaten the diversity of life in our oceans. the first observance of world ocean day will allow us to highlight the many ways in which oceans attribute to society. it is also an opportunity to recognize the considerable challenges we face in maintaining their capacity to regulate global climate, supply essential ecosystem services, and vide sustainable livelihoods. as the oil continues to spi into the gulf, it is time to recognize a worldcean day and take the first critical step to saving this vital resource. house resolution 1330 was introduced by our gleeg, the gentleman fr california, representative sam farr, on may 5, 2010. the mesh measure was referred to the committee on oversight and government reform which ordered it reported favorably by unanimous consent on may 20, 2010. the measure has the support of over 50 members of the house.

down between 7000, 8000 below the sea floor. another is down around 3000. the second one is a risk mitigate their, which will move toward what will be the final solution, which will be the relief wells. following the intersection with the well -- with the relief wells, we will put heavy mud to suppress the pressure of the oil coming up from the reservoir, to effectively what i call the bottom kill, as opposed to the top kill which was not successful. what i would like to kind of talk to you about is the area of operations out there. we will try something on you today, and if you would like, take this as a work in progress. there are copies available on the web and we will get it to you. basically we are going to try to give you a three-dimensional work -- look at what the world is out there. three areas of operations. one is the subsea area, containment on the well. the second is trying to deal with the oil on the service, above the well, coming up in large quantities that can be dealt with effectively with mechanical skimming and burning. we know about the

with respect to addressing the fl itself at t bottom of the sea, they are doing as well as anyone can d it is frustrating. it is slow. it does not work all e time. guest: the best minds ithe world are working on addressing the flow. the relief well that is being drilled at 13,000 feet on its way to 18,000 feet is making progress. it is ow with respect to the cleanup above the surface, i'd rate it and f. we are using traditional booming and skimming and burning and it doesn' work. there is a lot of oil out there. why we are not something that oil out of the sea using barges ith big paunch, using supertankers with very large pumps goinck and forth across the ocean -- get the oil off the service and it does not come into the marshes and onto the beaches. we could pua whole lot of capita and equipment to work that ware not doing. that needs to change. >> when you were president with shell oil, -- host: when you were president of shell o, is that h you would do it? guest: you have to make decisns relative to what the situation requires. from the beginning, this was going to be a big flow o

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 off. will the pressure of the oil going up into a much smaller pipe -- the price we are looking at are smaller than the well bore themselves. if they fill up and more pressure is created there, will enough pressure forced the oil around the sides and back down out of the seal? the answer is i do not think we know until we know how the containment cap is seated and how well the rubber seals have done their job and have some video that tells us how much oil, if any, is coming out. there could

the lower marine riser package and in the past they just had a containment dome that was open up to the seand in this case, they will actually have at least a bit of a seal to try to keep most of the water out and the biggest issue that they have to worry about right now are the ice crystals that could clog up the pipe. >> woodruff: what determines whether this works or not? what's the key here? >> the key will be if they're able to successfully position it over top the blowout. there's a significant amount of pleasure and flow coming out of that well head and they'll need to position this capping device on top of that lower marine riser package and they'll need to stabilize it and clamp it down on to it and i think it's an advantage that they can clamp on to this lower marine riser package because it will help hold the... if you will, it's kind of like an upside down tea cup. it will help hold that tea cup upside down and in place so that it can capture most of the oil. >> woodruff: so at this point, professor, how confident are you that this looks like it's going to work ? >> well, they h

obviously that is a lot of metal down there on the sea floor. elect electromagnetics could play a role certainly. the one thing that occurs to me as the gentleman was describing his idea you have to be very careful not to aggravate the fl flow. there's a lot of junk on the bottom of the sea bed. the riser is lying on the floor. the b.o. pfpp. is still on top the well. there have been leaks around the wellhead. so you don't want to jar the b.o.p. and open it more than it is. the flow is actually constricted partially by the wellhead and partially by crimson in the riser pipe. so, you have to be very careful. i really don't know how elect electro-mac net particulars work i really don't know how electromagnetics would work at that level and whether there would be the possibility of jarring something or moving something too abruptly because of the magnetics that would aggravate the flow. that obviously was one of the hesitations that b.p. had about the latest cut and cap operation is when you cut that riser you are giving up some constriction on the

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

it's destroyed the american high seas merchant marines. before, after you got out of the navy, he was at the bombing of pearl harbor then went to merchant marine schools. and sailed until i was born when he gave that up. but now, there's not much of that left. host: frank, appreciate the phone calls. we'll move on to richard on the republican line in south wails. caller: that's right. well, it's a brief question and a comment really. first of all, obviously this is an issue that involves the entire gulf region. and i just wonder whether or not the pride and the feeling towards actually trying to maintain jobs for americans -- and i've got lots of people in my family and in my life who are american -- whether or not you should look at the reality, which this is a situation that needs to be dealt with very, very quickly. and whether or not at this time you just swallow that bit of pride that, in defense of american jobs, just to deal with the situation at hand. which is a matter of ecological and economic disaster. and my other comment that i

what the floating risers would also give us is better sea- keeping capabilities. the vessels are bigger, production vessels, their ability to disconnect and reconnect after a hurricane. so in addition to the risk associated with removing the pipe from the [inaudible] cap we get better flexibility from the new production system and a better ability to withstand a hurricane without losing control of the well completely. and that's got to be factored in as well. >> [inaudible] what about [inaudible]. how much gas [inaudible]? related to what's in the oil stream? >> yes. >> what happens now is on the discover enterprise the gas that comes up is flared off, and then the oil is produced and shifted to a tanker. on the q4000, that's the second one we've established, we got our production rates up, both the gas and the oil are being flared off. where we're -- it's being atomized and it's actually being burned off on site, rather than being produced. at some point in the future, q4000 to where we're actually recovering the oil. measurement of cubic feet of gas, and we can g

two of the boats have been delayed by mechanical difficulties and remain at sea. " we believe they are en route to gaza. it appears that a total of 37 british nationals were involved in the event. this is different from the number the prime minister gave a short time ago based on what the israeli ambassador has said before. i have spoken to our ambassador in tel aviv and the latest figures are 37 including 11 dual nationals. we have received access to 28 of these individuals, one of whom who was deported yesterday. -- reported yesterday. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& >> the fact that we have not yet been given full information of british nationals detained in access to all of them. we are urgently pressing the israeli officials to resolve this within hours. there is real and justified anger at the event that have unfolded. the position of the government is as follows -- our guideline is not to travel to gaza we have made it public that we deeply deplore the loss of life and we look to israel to do everything possible to avoid a repeat of this unacceptable situation. the u.n. securit

it is all under the sea and going everywhere. guest: the secretary of energy, a nobel prize seat --i have a lot of confidence in him. he is not in the business, but they have called experts from all around the world and to this. consulted with everybody. my expectation is that in every other idea has been considered because all of them want the samet thing thehey want this gusher stopped. host: here is a question for you, byron dorgan. i watched the house of commons discussion -- guest: i have also indicated that bp is the responsible party. they have the least, were drilling the well, and contacted for it. there is a responsibility in other areas as well, but bp is the principal here. my understanding is that transition moved their headquarters to switzerland -- that transocean moved at headquarters to switzerland. the keep some people here, but the purpose of moving it overseas is to avoid paying u.s. taxes. in a meeting a week or so after the oil spill, the announced theeone to pay a substantial dividend. i do not think that tr