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Governments flow rate investigating committee. you helped determine how much oil is seeping out. give us your bottom line assess. based on everything youve seen and heard since the tests started four days ago, how does it look? >> certainly the fact that oil is not going into the gulf is a very good sign. however, the concern is growing and needs to be maintained with high vigilance because there are passages by which oil and gas coming out of the well could reach the surface and create uncontro...

So, this whole basic plan that was put together by the oil industry was, go to the mms, get them to approve ultra-deep technology and just coast by, not actually putting in place the ultra-safe drilling technologies or the ultra-fast response capacity that they would need if something went wrong. and they just cut corners, shortchanged safety and the people in the gulf are the victims. >> when you hear today that now the government flow rate team says its upwards -- could be 60,000 barrels, thei...

Scenario. that could be 250,000, 200,000, 100,000, 50,000, 30,000. they admit it. the whole basic plan put together by the oil industry was go to the nms, get them to approve ultra deep technology and coast by not actually putting in place the ultra safe drilling technologies or the ultra fast response capacity that they would need if something went wrong and they just cut corners, shortchanged safety and the people in the gulf are the victims. >> when you hear today that now the government flow...

100,000, 50,000, 30,000. they admit it. the whole basic plan put together by the oil industry was go to the mms, get them to approve ultra deep technology and coast by not actually putting in place the ultra safe drilling technologies or the ultra fast response capacity that they would need if something went wrong and they just cut corners, shortchanged safety and the people in the gulf are the victims. >> when you hear today that now the government flow rate team says its upwards -- could be 60...

Less than half of the oil coming out of the well is being recovered, and it could be as little as one quarter of the oil, wolf. >> why are the numbers changing, jeanne? >> well, the government says more and different data is available and they specifically mentioned detailed pressure measurements within the top hat taken from the 24 hours, and in addition, the scientists used a weeks worth of day the to be collected and acoustic technology, and high resolution video, and because of the methodolo...

U.s. governments flow rate team. requested. despate assurances the government is in charge. requested. but not yet replied to. this, despate the fact that bps own spill response plan called for immediate monitoring of the flow rate. and the researchers tell the associated press the new estimate of 40,000 barrels doubling the last estimate but quadrupling the impact because the oil now has the potential to stick together over much larger distances, jeopardizing more animals, more fishing waters, ...