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>> the government brought in an independent team of scientists. they upped the daily flow rate between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels per day. then june 19th they doubled it to 60,000 barrels a day. >> decision made today. >> now new bp records released by edward markey showed the company figured it was 53,000 barrels a day on the high side of the latest range, and well above bps initial exclaims. bp was lying or grossly incompetent in the first week, in the second week, in the third week. by being s...

Them honest. not a good day for the company. big losses announced, $17 billion in the past quarter alone. the company has a new ceo, bob dudley, who promises to learn from the spill. the old ceo, tony hayward, apparently hasnt learned much. he got his life back and more, and $18 million in severance, he he claims he was demonized in america and says in a conference call, quote, bps response to this tragedy has been a model of good social corporate responsibility. it has mounted an unprecedented ...

And $18 million in severance, he says he was demonized in a conference call says, quote, about. ps response to this tragedy has been a model of good social corporate responsibility. it has mounted an unprecedented response. well, the response was unprecedented. of course, so was the size of the spill. its not saying very much. claiming that bp has been a model of good corporate social responsibility, that just seems to fly in the face of the facts. lets take a look over here at the wall at a cou...

Unbelievable story. they can actually write off this accident at the expense of the american taxpayers. thats why it is so important that we get the flow rate correct. they are find $4300 per barrel per day for the entirety of the crisis. it could be 10 to $20 billion. we must make sure that they pay that fine so that they tax write off they are able to make does not allow them to be protected from having paid back the taxpayers for the damage they have done in american waters. >> you have legis...

Barrels a day. >> i think that the environmental impacts of this disaster is likely to be very, very modest. >> reporter: that number was revised upward to 500,000 barrels a day. >> 500,000 is the e mate and not a bp estimate, because unified command estimate with the coast guard. >> reporter: then the government brought in an independent team of scientists and the flow rate technical group on may 27th, upped the daily flow rate between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels per day. then june 15th, the team...

Screwed up in the first place and its just attack, attack, attack. as david said, were living in a highly charged, highly politicized atmosphere and everything has become politicized. race has always been political. the idea that we can have an intelligent discourse about it at this point with so many other things happening, unfortunately its not going to happen. >> even the reaction to this story, liberals use it as a way to bludgeon conservatives for what they did without looking into the mirr...

Bp. so we went to the white house, asking it, are they going to require bp to reopen the well so that accurate measure flow can be measured? the white house said take it up with thad allen. i spoke to james carville about this earlier today. >> if the weather holds, its possible they do the static kill and once and for all kill this well. that would mean we would never know the actual amount of oil pouring out of there on any given day. >> thats what it means, so bp lawyers would be able to argu...

Static kill operation, meaning heavy muds going to be pumped into the blowout preventer, forcing the oil back beneath the sea floor. but as chad myers told us earl yes, theres this threat of extreme weather in the next couple of days and if that happens operations could be put on hold. now, the only way to accurately determine the companys liability in all of this is to measure the flow rate, how much oil actually poured out of that well. now, the only way we can know that is by measuring it. an...

Require bp to reopen the well so that accurate measurements are measured? take it up with thad allen. i spoke to james carville about this earlier today. >> if the weather holds, its possible they do the static kill and kill this well. that would mean we would never know the actual amount of oil pouring out of there on any given day. >> thats what it means, so bp lawyers would be able to argue that. last night i said it was $a $7,000 fine. thats incorrect. i stand corrected on that. thats a lot ...

Were told the community wants hayward to answer these quest n questions next week. as for the spill, after months of setbacks and failed attempts, bp says the best effort to cap the well will happen this weekend. but as chad myers told us, theres a threat of severe weather in the next couple of days. if that happens, operations could be put on hold. now, the only way to accurately determine the companys liability of this is to determine the flow rate. how much oil actually poured out of that w...