more than $20 billion? a lot of questions about this deal that the president made. julia reed, contributing editor for "newsweek" magazine. and the author of "house on first street" and senior political analyst and former presidential analyst david gergen. yesterday, david, you were critical of the speech that the president made from the oval office basically saying it missed the mark. did they find their footing today? >> i think they continue to miss their mark on the cleanup. billy and others, you've been very, very clear about that. it's still not well organized. anderson, i think this is the best single day the president has had since the spill began. this was a very solid step forward to get the $20 billion. nobody thought -- i don't think many people thought they would go that high. bp, in the negotiations with the president, with the administration, said they would like to cut it off at $20 billion and the president made clear, no, this is just the start. we're not setting any limit on it. very importantly, anderson, one of the first class persons to run this as an independent