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And the other reason why i think the military analogy is valid, i sat down with admiral allen not long ago and he said that only in a military setting can you really have unity of command. you can have unity of effort or unity of purpose, the way things are set up now with the command center, and the federal officials here and bp there and kind of working together. but everything that we hear from the coast o about the success or failure of the containment efforts, about the oil thats now approa...

Hes got to go in and bring the necessary equipment in place to do everything we can to stave off this environmental disaster of epic proportions? >> the house speaker spoke about this today and about bp. let me play it for you. >> everything bp told us turned out to be a betrayal of the public trust, that they had the technology to dig that deep, that they had the capacity to prevent a blow-out. but if one occurred, they had the adequacy of a response. they did not on any score. and the people o...

>> well, administration, no. i mean this is individual congresswomen that have taken it upon their own because they care. weve had a lot of people that have come down and it is mostly -- it is initiative from them that have helped us and brought us to the table to even have a conversation with bp. you know? >> we wish you all the best and were going to stay on it. thank you. >> we appreciate it. >> we will stay in touch with you and with your fellow oystermen. >> we appreciate you for having us....

Turn the corner after katrina and after rebuilding. i want to play a little bit of your last testimony, think it was may 27th to the house judiciary committee. lets watch. >> our request is as follows. the federal government to ensure immediate compensation paid to the fishermen to provide for income replacement and family living expense. the lack of federal and state income returns must not preclude any fishermen from receiving compensation. >> mr. encalade, at this stage are you more encourage...

Questions as possible, my guess is whey will be doing that. >> when we talk about tony hayward, he is unfortunately, because of that commercial if not else, and his other kbhent about when is he going to get his life back, hes really going to face a withering inquiry on the hill. >> you know, we saw yesterday some oil company executives, and to be honest, there was lots and lots of nastiness going from congress toward them. i can only imagine -- my guess will be exponentially worse. as you point...

Address, they are telling bp what to do in this meeting and going forward. >> tony haywards background is hes a ph.d. geologist who rose through the ranks, not from one of the more management oriented or executive sides of the business, but from the scientific side, so he seems to be really kind of out of his element here. but we all recall that waxman-stupak letter that set up the terms of the reference in this hearing, which demanded answers to all of the things that the congress members and f...

I think that point is very well-taken. >> okay, john harris from politico, thanks as we continue today on a big day here in washington. our live coverage of the presidents meeting with bp executives continues next with the "washington posts" eugene robinson. should the white house take a military-style approach to solving this crisis in the gulf? youre watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. you can see the state dining room just being set up. theyve moved the rose garden meeting insid...

Offered resources, said tell us what you need and well send it, including ships that will suck up the oil and skimmers and this and that, and that many, if not most of these would-be donors, these would-be samaritans are still waiting to hear back from the government or from bp. thats part of the problem. they dont know who to talk to. do you call bp and say, how can we fit in to your plans? do you call admiral allen? >> thats the whole point of the unified command, that thad allen is supposedly...

So what political story will be making headlines in the next 2 hours. the managing editor of the fixed blog joins us now. >> its a little bit of hurry up and wait, we continue to wait for the president, but we think we know whats coming out of this, this $20 billion fund. ive kind of got my eye on tomorrow, another big day on the hill. tony hayward, the ceo of bp going to come under what i can only assume is a withering line of questioning. hes the public face of the villain for many people in t...

Understand what is happening at a given time along that entire front. and to marshal the resources proportionately in the way that they could. im sure people running this for admiral allen and for bp in houston are -- im sure theyre good at what they do and are doing the best they can. im just doubting this organizational framework is big enough. this is not just my bloviating but this is what i am hearing where for example, from people who were directly involved in the exxon valdez clean-up. >>...