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What would you say to them? you know, youre only -- youre still at 36% of the popular vote. and there are certainly conservatives in the united states who say the lesson from this is dont try to move to the center because it doesnt work. >> well, you know, the conservatives in the united states can come to their own conclusions, although as an interested observer i would suggest that moving to the center is normally the best place to try and win an election. the conservative party in britain had...

Can find a spending bill, a tax cut bill and one that makes some tough choices going forward on deficits. >> i want to get in here. we obviously can continue this with our main time, but i want to talk a bit about the war in afghanistan, which is such an important focus now. an important focus on this program and others including yours, rachel. because youre just back from afghanistan. it was very interesting as you went there, you went to afghanistan to pose two questions, you said, does it mak...

And there is still a lot of near collisions where people are following visual flight rules. for example, everyone remembers the mid air over new york with the helicopter and fix the wing over the hudson. they were following visual flight rules. meaning they were seeing avoiding. that doesnt work. the airport is still most dangerous part. but once youre in the open skies, there is a lot of room for our nations 239,000 airplanes. the problem is they try to funnel into 460 airports that are commerc...

A sure bet? >> reporter: i dont know expert we spoke to said yes. the tricky part is when will it work. he says its like hitting a target the size of a dinner plate while drilling through a mile of rock. if you miss you have to keep trying to hit the target nearly 18,000 feet below the water service. a relief well stopped a blowout 150 miles off australias coast. there you see video. it took a whole month and five tries to finally hit the right spot. in case this doesnt work or takes too long, o...

Right spot. so it can be a lengthy process. >> oh, as we know. we have been waiting here for now. >> we have been waiting and waiting, exactly. and in case it doesnt work, though, don, in the gulf, other options are being considered. and one of those possibilities, sucking the oil through undersea pipelines to nearby platforms. so at least we know theres some planning, just in case that relief well doesnt work, don. >> yeah, lots of plans. but i think people just want a solution. want it to stop...

Understandably so this has gone on so long, any idea why this wasnt attempted earlier? >> i think the more you do, the more you learn, every time they do something, when it doesnt work, they learn more about the technology and hopefully this is just an engineering progression, were very frustrated that it hasnt been tried before. but i understand when youre doing things for the first time, you got to do a few things, try it, make adjustments and try it again, make adjustments. lets hope this wor...

Pushing it in, increasing the rate to many, many, many tons. the belief is that somewhere they reach a stasis, cutting off the flow of the oil and it stops it, at least, sanjay. thats the theory about the relief wells. >> you know, im a little scared to ask almost, tom. lets say that also fails to stop the flow. its a fascinating description. what else can be done? are there any other plans? >> if that doesnt work, there are other plans theyre working on right now. right now were talking about t...

Thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me on. >> everyone just heard your story. you said for right now your job is done. you dont have work. weve been hearing about these vessels of opportunity, using your boat to try to help with the cleanup efforts. theres a whole process involved in that. is that something youve been involved with or tried to do? >> ive called and registered a month and a half ago. i havent heard a response. i have three vessels and they havent called them...

More mud at a higher rate, pushing it in, increasing the rate to many, many, many tons. the belief is that somewhere they reach a stasis, cutting off the flow of the oil and it stops it, at least, sanjay. thats the theory about the relief wells. >> you know, im a little scared to ask almost, tom. lets say that also fails to stop the flow. its a fascinating description. are there any other plans? >> if that doesnt work, there are other plans theyre working on right now. right now were talking abo...

Im serious. there was no follow up. >> exxon told us it doesnt know how many cleanup workers became sick. dalthorp never filed a lawsuit or a claim. he could never prove the work he did on the valdez made him sick. exxon did pay to study the health effects of almost every single creature that came in contact with oil in prince william sound. every creature, but one. >> from clams and ssels to fish and otters and even deer and bears, but they never studied what this oil was doing to the workers, ...