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Mesmerizing as any performance in a concert haul, and worthy of an audience in its own right. not exactly hard-hitting. >> i dont know where they were. they werent at the bay, cat island. we still are getting killed by the oil out there. >> the -- i mean, i 70 some odd days now, ive been kind of complaining or pointing out the lack of transparency that bp has even though they promised transparency. it doesnt seem like -- i mean, that still seems a major issue that no one is as concerned about as...

The issue that bp is facinging right now is whether to use whats -- the practices normal around the world, which is to try to cause the oil to come to the surface and then deploy the right amount of equipment and the right type of equipment to gather that oil up and get it out of the gulf. using the dispersants allows the -- the oil to stay under the surface and this accomplishes several purposes. it allows the -- it makes it a lot more difficult to quantify the amount of oil thats coming out, w...

Narrate during these operations what is going on. thats stunning, the fact that they will not narrate like nasa does during a space launch what is actually happening underwater. >> the reason they dont let you out there is one word. and it not plastic. its lawyers. they do not move unless some lawyer in houston or washington or london tells them what to do. and that lawyer is saying the last thing that youre going to do is have anderson cooper anywhere around anybody or anything to do with bp. b...

Bp also says, quote, many of our employees are putting their hearts and souls into this response. telling these stories is one way we are recognizing their efforts. >> you know, theres just been so much printed and so much thats come to light since then that no one is trusting whatever bp says at this point. no one is. >> reporter: especially not vicky anymore, who ten days after her interview with bp wrote a negative editorial about the company. comments like those, she believes, would have bee...

Thats just wrong. thats just wrong. and you know, theres a lot of that thats going on. all these little places, we lost so much after katrina. and now its just going to happen all over again. its just a big smackdown for all these small businesses. >> yeah. >> it just makes me angry. >> yeah. do want people to know that new orleans is open for business. the restaurants are open. im not able to eat out very much because im working, but the few times i do, the food is as good as its ever been. sus...

And dump -- a port on shore. as of last week, six vessels have applied for waivers to the jones act. none has been granted. other foreign skimmers are working outside the three-mile limit, kept out by red tape. are they also being stopped by bp to hide the true size of the spill? tomorrow, a dallas investment banker is scheduled to testify before a senate committee. his name is fred mccallister. hes from allegiance capital. he says hes been trying to broker a deal with bp to bring 12 large skimm...

>> reporter: as the managing editor of the newspaper in larose, louisiana, vicky knows a thing or two about journalism. so when a bp employee showed up unannounced to interview her on may 21st at her office, she realized right away, she says, he had an agenda. >> i think what he did was try to come in here and get something positive. >> reporter: what kinds of questions did he ask you? >> what he wanted to know was how peoples reaction was to bp. in other words, i got the impression he wanted to...

>> you know, theres just been so much printed and so much thats come to light since then that no one is trusting whatever bp says at this point. no one is. >> reporter: especially not vicky anymore, who ten days after her interview with bp wrote a negative editorial about the company. comments like those, she believes, would have been edited out by the bp reporter who interviewed her. randy kaye, cnn, new orleans. >> so bp is sending their own employees out to kind of blog the situations they se...

Financial position for bp to be in. >> lets be clear, though. the epa has sanctioned the use of dispersants. dispersants are less harmful and toxic than the oil itself, but you say its really about bps financial interest? >> well, in terms of environmental impact, its about getting the oil to the surface and getting it out of the water. thats the best solution bar none. and i understand that the epa has sanctioned the use of the dispersants, but i also believe that bp is in control of this situa...

Because thats considered a port and dump -- a port on shore. as of last week, six vessels have applied for waivers to the jones act. none has been granted. other foreign skimmers are working outside the three-mile limit, kept out by red tape. are they also being stopped by bp to hide the true size of the spill? tomorrow, a dallas investment banker is scheduled to testify before a senate committee. his name is fred mcallister. hes from alieges capital. he says hes been trying to broker a deal wit...