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Same technology. and again, if you do that in an environment where half of the sea is covered with ice, nobody quite knows how any of those technologies work in that environment. >> looking at shells experience in 2012 and early 2013 of trying -- trying to set up drilling practices in the arctic, they -- as far as i could tell -- were considered to be the best at the industry for trying to do something like that. my -- when i look at their record just as a layman, i see a sort of comedy of error...

>> i get the impression you thought they were trying to stall you any way? >> i got the insere impression they were trying to be obstructive. this is where we had to weigh our options, are we going in no matter what or allow them to bully us out of these sessions? this has happened before. the democrats had no problem letting us in to tape all sorts of hearings. since the house changed, weve had a lot of flak trying to get in the door and been backed off. this is a very personal issue. >> when y...

Quarantineed. johnsons dont expect theyll fetch much at auction next year. >> would you be comfortable eating meat there the cows? >> not really. >> i wouldnt want to take a chance. >> they may never know what the cattle drank. because of a government loophole, fracking is exempt from the federal clean water act. companies are not required to disclose what is in the fracking fluid. despite ordeals, johnsons are not against drilling. >> absolutely not against it. im for it. but it should be done ...

Forcing the herd to be quarantineed. johnsons dont expect theyll fetch much at auction next year. >> would you be comfortable eating meat there the cows? >> not really. >> i wouldnt want to take a chance. >> they may never know what the cattle drank. because of a government loophole, fracking is exempt from the federal clean water act. companies are not required to disclose what is in the fracking fluid. despite ordeals, johnsons are not against drilling. >> absolutely not against it. im for it....

Responsible drilling practices into place and minimize the chance of accidents, you can tap immediately and get right to market. martha: john roberts in atlanta. the royal wedding is just over a week away. for the first time today queen elizabeth sat down and met kates parents. so according to "people" magazine. they hosted a luncheon for williams future in-laws. they have been together at different things like williams graduation ceremonies. so also happy birthday to the queen. shell be 85 year...

Six barges brought in from louisiana and blocking in the mouth and air curtain that reasts in the bottom of the gulf. it will be pushing up air bubbles to push it from the lower air columns and installing slip curtains as well. steel pipes filled with polyuratape to get the oil up so they can be cooped up to the surface. >> britany spears has a house there. >> she has been vocal about it. >> it is a beautiful area. beautiful. >> we should tell you about it this morning. wall street journal found...

Procedure, to requirements to have people whether there are issues with safety, to come and present to us. >> but somebody records minutes during those meetings and your directives that come as a consequence of those briefings are written down and delivered to the appropriate managers on the -- >> there are minutes of those meetings. >> i beg your pardon? >> there are minutes of those meetings. >> let me ask you, mr. stupak alluded to the fact that should we allow someone who is perhaps not foll...

The congressional hearings into this matter. executives of bp and transocean and halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else. the american people could not have been impressed with that display and i certainly wasnt. >> president also promised to crack down on federal oversight of the oil industry and its drilling practices. >> for too long, for a decade or more, theres been a cozy relationship between the oil companies and the federal agency that permits th...

Respond. what kind of boom do they have, what kind of preparation do they have for the worst case scenario or what we are seeing from bp is the way the other companies respond. i think the answer to that is yes or otherwise that would have been deployed in the gulf. third, will they be willing to support lifting the liability cap. $75 million for a spill that ultimately that could cost $20 billion to $40 billion is not a sufficient disincentive for companies to engage in the safest possible dril...