president obama is using this incident like he uses every incident, to further his agenda, whiih is moreovernment 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 do not think that he can get specific. he is a politician, not a leader. this man does not have the answers. host: on capitol hill yesterday many oil executives from different companies were testifying before the committee. they came under fire from democratic members that said that their plans for addressing an oil spill were carbon copies of that of bp. oil executives were doing their best to distance themselves from bp. the ceo of bp is in town, he will be up on capitol hill tomorrow to testify before the committee of their. we will have live coverage of his testimony on c-span 3 starting at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. about the executive speech ast night, the president talked about that and what he plans to ask of the bp executive. >> tomorrow i will meet with the chairman of bp and inform him that he is the set aside whatever resources are require

with communications, some of the vessels have radios on them, have we dooe an effective inventoryyof whiihs are large enough and have enough trained personnel that thee can actually label where they can engage in skimming, and where thee can identify where that+ will as coming in. it was a useful conversation. a captain, who is the local commander, had gathered a lot of these suggestions and will be moving on these in the days to come here we also talk about claims, to make sure that people here in mississippi, but throughout the region, are going po be adequately compensated before the damage -- for the damages and losses that they are experiencing right now. there are still problems. i will be meeting with the chairman and other officials from b.p. wednesday. so we are gathering stories now so we will have a clear standing of what we can present to bp to make sure that individuals and businesses are dealt with in a fair manner and in a prompt manner. again, there were suggestions on that front as well. i want to thank everybody here who is involved. the folks around the table at the work

i don't know whiih one. >> [inaudible] >> i guess technically -- i am spatially challenged. >> [inaudible] >> let me check on the schedule. >> there are several agenda items that the president has said he would like to see the senate and congress accomplish. [inaudible] what is on the list? [inaudible] you arr working off last year's report. they talked extensively about extending unemployment insurance, extending tax extenders' that have to be done. they talked specifically about financial reform getting to the presiient's desk by the july 4th recess. as i understand it, the house is going to take up in the next day or o the small business lending initiative the president and many believe are tremendously important to getting needed capital to small business owners. i think that's something he would like to see. i on't think immigration is going to get done by the july 4th break. the president is working n -- the president is working with democrats and republicans. he went to the republican caucus and this is a big part of that. i don't think it's going to get done by july 4th. in terms