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People living in the gulf. i think he missed the boat with his speech. it was his last best shot in convincing the country that he was providing effective leadership. there was a sense coming out of the speech that the government is still not on top of this, that we do not have the command structure in place to shut down the leak and clean up the gulf. until that happens, i think the president is going to continue to pay, this leadership is going to erode. >> lets look at what the people are say...

Bank allowing exchange a constructive step. its been frozen against the dollar to help chinese manufacturers to compete amid the weak global demand. >> harris: a warning from the house homeland security committee to keep us safe from cyber threats are not up to job. one congresswoman a cyber catastrophe may be more devastating than the gulf oil disaster. a cyber terrorism analyst joining us now. morgan, what did they find out? >> its cumulative effort. its over a period of time. its not one inci...

But i do think hes gotten to stay focused on this oil spill and look for opportunities now, john, i continue to think he needs to shake up the command structure for the clean-up and protecting the shore and wildlife. until hes put in place hes subject to criticism from residents that play out on television. peel think they are still running all over each other. >> but the escrow account is a good thing. he gave the speech saying bp is held accountable. theyre going to pay, the next day you had a...

About that. its stunning to me that eight weeks later we still do not have a command system in place to protect the coast and to move effectively on the coast. and thats still not there tonight. we heard more about bp. that was reassuring. in terms of payments. but in terms of protecting these coasts we still dont have an action plan or a good command structure in place yet. >> president talked about an escrow account he wants bp to set up, didnt put a dollar figure on. do you support that? >> a...

House? this is really his first face-to-face meeting with his folks. >> the wonder is he didnt meet with them, you know, 54 days ago, 55 days ago. i dont understand that. we talk to foreign leaders who we dont particularly like. we sit down with them all the time. yeah, i think he should be talking to them. you know, i think he ought to be raising hell with them. they have points they need to raise. what we need is joint action. we dont need blame. we dont need to play politics. we need action o...

It up, were not doing our job. >> david, is it right for the president to meet with bp executives in the white house tomorrow? its his first face-to-face meeting with these folks. >> the wonder is he didnt meet with them 54, 55 days ago. i dont understand that. we talk to foreign leaders who we dont particularly like. we sit down with them all the time. yeah, i think he should be talking to them. you know, i think he ought to be raising hell with them. they have points they need to raise. what w...

Ensure safety of worker involved in cleanup and includes a new command structure to make sure states and communities like pensacola and the autonomy and resources they need to go frord and that includes something else, making sure that bp pays for the damages that it has caused. [ applause ] because this isnt just an environmental disaster. for many families and communities, its an economic disaster. here in pensacola and the panhandle, tourism is everything and when the tourists stay home, it r...

Beach and saw no vessels near the coast of florida. came back, i did press and raised this issue. the governor said im going to meet with the president tomorrow, on friday. we heard back from admiral allen they were going to produce 20 vessels, i dont know why just 20. i heard monday they were going to produce them and it would take a couple of weeks. as this oil keeps coming towards florida and we see the sheen and so forth out there, we should have vessels in reserve if they have this many ava...

Dozens of aircraft. more than 27,000 personnel are on the scene. fighting this, every day, putting out millions of feet of boom and cleaning the shores. all told, weve authorized the deployment of 17,500 national guardsmen to respond to this crisis. so far, only about 1600 have been activated. that leaves a lot of guardsmen ready to help. and if our governors call on them i know theyll be ready because theyre always ready so i want the people of this region to know that my administration is goin...

B.p. said deepwater horizon has been a nightmare well that has everyone all over the place. >> on the day you are ready to apologize is the day we can begin to move forward and put together kind of plans to make sure it never happens again. >> democrats hammered executives for relying on identical and hopelessly inadequate disaster relief plan. exxon caved on the point. >> when they happened we were not equipped to deal with them. >> mckay did not. >> the command structure has been functional an...