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The accusations came within 45 minutes of the announcement. >> were not going to relitigate bork. >> i want to talk about this. before we talk about the key races coming up on tuesday, i want you to frame what were seeing here. who or what is behind this wave? >> its simple. and its from both parties. people think washington doesnt work. they think a politician, many of them voted for in the last presidential election to fix washington didnt fix it. they think the government is out of control. t...

Got it much more accurate when they finally release the video. >> yeah, i heard the same history, bill. >> jeff: if this -- let me go, then, to a bigger question, and were going to close this segment out. if this doesnt work, what do you do? what is it that weve got to do something? what is that big last thing that we do that were sure will work? >> lets not say last. lets say next thing. traditionally you put enough stuff on top of it to stop it up. meanwhile, as we say do everything at all onc...

They finally release the video. >> yeah, i heard the same history, bill. >> jeff: if this -- let me go, then, to a bigger question, and were going to close this segment out. if this doesnt work, what do you do? what is it that weve got to do something? what is that big last thing that we do that were sure will work? >> lets not say last. lets say next thing. traditionally you put enough stuff on top of it to stop it up. meanwhile, as we say do everything at all once. theyll drill in from the sid...

Learned the lesson from the big dome. ice christials . now things on the side heat it so it doesnt freeze . then the hot cat. >> it sounds like the top hat and then hot cat and break part of the well open to release pressure. if that doesnt work. >> the junk shot. this is reference to basketball. what they do is lower a tube and shoot in golf balls. wires tools rubber. jam it in there with the device. >> that is where we are right now. >> it is shocking weeks later. they are just jerry rigging t...

Massive oil spill just as bp attempts to curb the flow with a new siphoning tube. nbcs mark potter is following the latest developments in venice, louisiana, good morning. lets start with the latest efforts to stop the leak, whats the latest plan? >> reporter: good morning to you, alex. theyre still trying to control the leak, thats the bottom line. they have not brought it under control. what they are doing now is using the submersible vehicles a mile under the surface working down around the l...

Come up with 9 on,000 of megawatts of potential power, that translates to about 180 coal-powered plants, or its equivalent. its offering us the potential to move forward. there are jobs, and always before its been intermittancy. wind works, it doesnt work. theres been a terrific study from maine to florida thats conclusively shown, they have hooked them up 1,500 miles, 11 meteorologist stations. when they share power, alex, they can easily offset this intermittent deal. so its great. >> its grea...

For weeks now its been reported that about 210,000 gallons of oil was spewing into the gulf, but that is a significant that some scientists say is simply wrong. in fact, one scientist has said that its 12 times greater. not ten times, but 12 times greater than that means there would be more than 2 million gallons of oil a day that is now spilling into the gulf and bp says that figure is not realistic, but the bottom line here, alisyn, no one really knows for sure. and at this hour, efforts are c...

An insertion tube into the riser. if that doesnt work, a top hat funnel will be put on top of it, and theyre trying to clog it with junk and theyre bringing in a relief well that is weeks away. theres nothing in your mind that says maybe none of this would work and that would be the absolute worst-case scenario. >> brian, no, we will stop this leak. >> dudley said once thats done, theyre going to, quote, forens click take this apart and examine every part of this drill rig operation and said the...

Containment vessel. if that doesnt work, then were going to go back to that small containment dome that they created. thats on the ocean floor. thats ready to go in case this tube doesnt work. but thats what theyre going with right now. and they think, if theyre going to see some success from it, they will know sometime tonight. >> so, david, listen, thad allen came out a short time ago and gave some information. it appears that some of his information was not updated. is there some problem with...

Fairs where there are ships waiting there to carry it away. thats going to happen this weekend. if that doesnt work, theyre going to try something else. were going to show you another animation to kind of clarify everything theyre doing here. thats where its going to be taking place. okay? thats where the insert tube will be inserted and try to funnel it up there, if that doesnt work, theyll bring in this top hat, bring it in and kind of lower it over there. they tried to do that with the bigger...