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Environmental disaster and in an early release of his statement to congress, he will say he hears, quote, the concerns, fears, frustrations, and anger being voiced across america. this a day after bp execs met with president obama at the white house and agreed to set up a $20 billion escrow for oil spill claims. we are covering this story from many angles from new orleans to new york and atlanta and to washington. before we go to washington, that testimony beginning about an hour from now, bil...

I didnt think it was as bad as a lot of the criticism that hes gotten. but, so today is a day where has to deal with all the headlines of how bad he did in the speech. he meets with the bp execs which i goes is fine. you can say he got a victory because they agreed to the escrow fun. i think they were going to any way. i think unfortunately, for him, as you started out you said it is day 58 of this spill. is he now taking control? thats the problem for him politically, that it has been written h...

Bp and inform him he is to set aside whatever resources are required to compensate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of his companys recklessness. >> sean: if he has learned anything over the last year and a half he has no problem extending the arm of the federal government into the private sector he did it again last night when he ordered bp to set up an account to pay for damages sustained as a result of the oil spill. after meeting what bp execs today the anoint...

Bp and inform him he is to set aside whatever resources are required to compensate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of his companys recklessness. >> sean: if he has learned anything over the last year and a half he has no problem extending the arm of the federal government into the private sector he did it again last night when he ordered bp to set up an account to pay for damages sustained as a result of the oil spill. after meeting what bp execs today the anoint...

I didnt think it was as bad as a lot of the criticism that hes gotten. but, so today is a day where has to deal with all the headlines of how bad he did in the speech. he meets with the bp execs which i goes is fine. you can say he got a victory because they agreed to the escrow fun. i think they were going to any way. i think unfortunately, for him, as you started out you said it is day 58 of this spill. is he now taking control? thats the problem for him politically, that it has been written h...

Under attack for not taking -- they were very quick to release a statement against mr. barton, as you saw the vice president speaking out forcefully right there, this will now become republicans are with big oil, a really big political victory today for democrats and mr. bartons slipup. >> thanks very much, we appreciate it, luke. we want to talk now to governor haley barbour, hes in blue springs, mississippi, one of the groups of people we have seen in the past will probably have a little und...

Because its all promises that are empty. hes not in control of the situation until my shrimpers tell me they have the right equipment to work with and the right safety protection. >> well, we heard from the president last night. now another reminder were waiting to hear from him today, though i am hearing from my producer, its raining in washington, so perhaps we wont get the live picture. you can see the guy the in poncho. we may not see him in the rose garden, but somewhere around the white ho...

President makes his statement later in the rose garden and obviously some of the things they are working out behind closed doors. >> i want to make a basic point and remind viewers we are day 58 of this, and this is the first time that the president has met face to face with the bp execs. is that right? >> reporter: absolutely right. he has come under criticism for it. this is a chance and this is probably why you hear tough talk coming from the president and his top advisers. by any means neces...

From this $20 billion. he wanted to remind people, however, that this is not a cap. this does not mean that all bp is going to be responsible for is this $20 billion. this is essentially a start in what they agreed to in this meeting with several bp execs at the white house today. another $100 million, he just told us, theyve agreed to put into a fund that will go to unemployed rig workers. rig workers out of a job because of this ole mess. let me bring in gloria borger, still standing by here w...

The action items to be negotiated and finalized in those talks today inside that meeting room, as president obama and those bp oil execs are talking. so as of the beginning of the meeting, not a done deal. but among the items they had been negotiated with bp, of course, in these days ahead of the meeting. want to remind you, again, we are waiting for president obama to step out of rose garden to speak on the oil disaster, and also this escrow fund that it sounds like according to an administra...