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And just do whatever the heck they want to do? get your cell phones out, folks. i want to know what you think about this tonight. tonights text survey question is, do you trust congress to hold bp accountable? text "a" for yes, "b" for no to 622639. the results later on in the show. joining me now is senator jeff binghamton, chairman of the senate energy and natural resources committee. senator, good to have you with us tonight. its always a pleasure. >> good to be with you, ed. >> did we make a...

Jeopardy if this reaches the coral reef. >> oh, its not a matter of just. its going to reach it. let me just paint this picture. youve got whats called this summer highway, the ocean highway. the loop current. the loop current will pick this dispersant up and drive it to the straits of florida. the beginning of the coral. to give you some idea, ed, thats 80 times the volume of all water rivers on earth thats going to go through -- that goes through the straits of florida, and it carries it all t...

Now. i also think its very interesting that the president is now engaged in this -- maybe we better take off this cap for liability. we are way beyond $75 million per incident. i dont think theyre going to be able to get away with it with the american people unless they have unlimited amount of funds. the people that did this are going to have to make it whole. thats where our listeners are right now. they want full restitution. were not just talking about coming back, rebuilding another piece o...

Illuminating. thats "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. before we go we want to send our best wishes to our friend and everybody respects here, barbara walters, undergoing heart surgery this week. good luck, barbara. right now its time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. good evening, americans. and welcome to "the ed show" tonight from new york. these stories are hitting "my hot buttonbuttons" at this hour. nothing is going to stop me from holding bp accountable and all the oil baron...

Theyve laid down. theyre checking them to see if anymore tar balls have washed up. there were some over the weekend. right now its a waiting game. theyre hoping whoever they do on both sides of these islands will be enough to prepare them for whatever disaster comes this way, tamron. >> thank you. the disaster is getting more than a few people hot under the collar including my colleague ed schultz. just check out what happened on eds show last night. >> the brain wizards over at bp are talking...

If he holds on that will be bad news for them. i expect them to be a force, especially, maybe only in republican primaries. theyve proven that they can do that. >> joan, make the call in pennsylvania. one week from tonight. sestak or incumbent senator arlen specter? what do you think? >> sestak seems to be surging and managed to tie specter to bush and, you know, people just really dont trust somebody who flip-flops in the way that senator specter did. so i think the momentum is certainly with s...

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shifting this blame does not get us very far. >> i would suggest to all three of you that we are all in this together, because this incident is affecting -- will have impact on the development of our energy policy for this country. >> i dont believe its enough to just label this catastrophic failure as an unpredictable and unforeseeable occurrence. >> you know, folks, i want to believe the congress is serious about this at this time. we have to understand the dichotomy of this. look wh...

To staying there until he turns into a building. or at least a statue. thats "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. right now its time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" tonight from new york. these stories are hitting "my hot buttons" at this hour. president obama makes his choice for the supreme court. a lot of progressives are concerned elena kagan isnt liberal enough. ill ask senior white house adviser david axelrod coming up in just...

Not a story about politics or ed schultz and rachel mad dow easically tell although they should have to because it is a story that requires you to get everybody their deal. >> isnt president obama making more difficult for that to happen? he is playing down the success or the look of a bombing here, right? i mean, he is not -- people are attacking but he is not giving anything for people to attack against. >> well with you know, you have to be nervous, right you dont want to crow too much about ...