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The well. so far it did pass those tests. then theres another one, negative pressure test. what you do is you decrease the pressure in the well and this would allow the ability to see if there are leaks in the well, leaks coming through the cement casings. and as it turns out, there were two of those tests that showed anomalie anomalies. they were asking, the lawmakers here were asking the head of bp, the head of transocean, what does that mean? and what the head of bp said was it tells you ther...

Louisiana coast. right now we expect to hear more from interior secretary ken salazar who will be speaking with reporters in robert, louisiana shortly. in the meantime lets get the very latest from nbcs mike taibbi in biloxi, mississippi. with a good afternoon, mike. true? 210 gallons being leaked of oil a day according to the "new york times"? >> reporter: yes, 210,000 gallons a day and according to one of the bp executives, alex, who has spoken behind closed doors to members of congressional c...

Our focus of our next story. see you next hour. >> reporter: okay. so, everyone, the widening crisis in the gulf of mexico where the massive oil spill is creeping closer to shore as we speak. president obama is heading south today to get a closer look at the damage being caused by the out-of-control well, which is leaking oil right now. nbcs anne thompson is in venice, louisiana weather the latest on this. anne weather a good morni anne, with a good morning to you, i can see weather remains a ...

Question to mr. gaffy. would you let one of these big guys like lehman go down and not bail them out like president bush did, your president? >> absolutely. >> you would let them go down? >> before president obama even came out with a plan, we said we should have an expedited bankruptcy. chris, what about section 204 in the bill that secures the creditors going forward. what about section 210 in the bill that says the back-door program. >> im learning this like everybody is. control the bankrupt...

The whole economy down. >> let me ask that fill solvic question to mr. gaffy. would you let one of these big guys like lehman go down and not bail them out like president bush did, your president? >> absolutely. >> you would let them go down? >> before president obama even came out with a plan, we said we should have an expedited bankruptcy. chris, what about section 204 in the bill that secures the creditors going forward. what about section 210 in the bill that says the back-door program. >> i...

>> let me ask you a simple question, congressman who is telling the truth? is mitch mcconnell right when he says it is endless bailouts or the president right when he says it is a good soundbite but it is not the truth? >> regardless of who is right today, tomorrow, the president will be right. i just got off the phone with senator dodd. i have been working with him, my staff has been working with his staff to deal with section 210. more specifically, 210 n-10 of the bill and the senator has agr...

Different, just by taking a couple lines out of section 210. now, you had called that bill, and that specific part of the bill, t.a.r.p. on steroids. you believe the senate bill would get us down this path again. you are saying now that senator dodd has given you his assurance that the language will be changed and if a citigroup, a goldman, somebody is teetering on the edge, the fdic steps in, it cannot use more taxpayers money than that firm is worth. so, if it has to sell the whole thing the d...

Student loans. and ultimately the parliamentarian agreed with the republicans that it was out of order. the vice president, joe biden, was in the chair and had the option to overrule the parliamentarian, chose not to. democrats accepted the fact in the senate that there was a mistake and they sent it back to the house. it amounted to a drafting error of some sort. the number has changed now. what is it, jake? >> 31. >> 31 democrats have voted against the democratic bill and total of 210. we are ...

I think we do, boccieri in the bottom, markey, gordon, murphy, kosmas, boyd and kucinich who flipped the other day and, will you be watching how the votes may have come about. >> well be watching it and i want to say they dont have the votes locked down. they have a hunting license and have 210 hard votes for their bills now and a lot of members -- >> really. >> yes, maam i used to be in the whip organization and i guarantee you they dont have the votes, they have the potential to get the votes ...

Staunch pro-life person and knows that sometimes personality is more important than politics. >> martha: congressman, appreciate you being here today. we have you on the record with us this morning saying you think they are at 210, which is pretty interesting news, not what we are hearing from other side. well see what happens when -- >> sometimes people misrepresent their vote count. this happened before, and, there were times when you count up all the votes, it is more than 400, in this case, ...