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Deployed. you are saying flow rate is vitally important to knowing what to do next. is that implied in there? are you saying they were wrong about their assessment of flow rate? >> well, i mean, i agree with the president in that as far as i can see, all of the resources that could be available, all the booms are actually deployed. what im trying to reshape the debate in this experiment is it is not from my point of view so much how much oil is coming out but where its going and what its doing w...

They are asking for $8.5 million to examine the well we know is gushing to gauge the flow rate and to assess where its going how the toxic components are reacting under water. mcclatchy newspaper reported back in may, bp had an incentive to not get accurate estimates, mcclatchy reports that bp wasted little time preparing for the lawsuits by retaining experts and labs who might be able to work for the plaintiffs. "countdown" confirmed several insurance companies notified the insurance brokerage ...

>> we will reclaim the civil rights moment. we will take that movement because we were the people that did it in the first place. >> i will ask al sharpton, who is this we? all the news and commentary now on countdown. >> per good evening from new york. the bp oil disaster reaching a somber milestone on the 73rd day and the nations worst ever oil disaster. becoming the largest ever spill in the gulf of mexico, surpassing the 3.3 million barrels off the coast of mexico 30 years ago and still gush...

Of this thing, bp has gone out of its way to avoid providing scientists with the data that they need to study this leak. its one thing for them not to come on to this program or not to be transparent with journalists, not to be transparent with the american people, but to deny the very scientists who are studying this, in many crucial ways, whether its the videotape, trying to determine the flow rate or these underwater plumes, to deny them evidence that they need, scientific evidence, just seem...

The government and bp, with the hurricane approaching today, we wanted to know what the plan actually was for dealing with a hurricane in the gulf. we asked the unified command and the admiral we spoke to would not tell us, would not give us any details. he said the plan is constantly evolving and therefore constantly going out of date. therefore, he wouldnt release it. as for bp, new allegations that the company yet again has been making it hard for independent scientists to do their jobs, to s...

Them honest. the government and bp, with the hurricane approaching today, we wanted to know what the plan actually was for dealing with a hurricane in the gulf. we asked the unified command and the admiral we spoke to would not tell us, would not give us any details. he said the plan is constantly evolving and therefore constantly going out of date. therefore, he wouldnt release it. as for bp, new allegations that the company has yet again been making it hard for independent scientists to do the...

Making it hard for independent scientists to do their jobs, to study what is really happening out there in the gulf. i say yet again because we have certainly seen this before, havent we? bp, youll remember, didnt release the video of the leak until weeks into the disaster and only after being pressured to do so by members of congress. weve heard directly on this program from a scientist on the team charged with measuring the flow rate, how much flow was leaking from the well. and he told us bp ...

Office and pressed them. they said it was a miscommunication but they would provide the oil sample and yet it took three weeks to get that oil sample. >> it does seem -- i hate to say this, but it seems that from the start, from the earliest moments of this thing, bp has gone out of its way to avoid providing scientists with the data that they need to study this leak. its one thing for them not to come on to this program or not to be transparent with journalists, not to be transparent with the a...

Sample would be forgthcoming an showed them their hand. i met with bp executives the day after i learned about this in my office and pressed them. they said it was a miscommunication but they would provide the oil sample and yet it took three weeks to get that oil sample. >> it does seem -- i hate to say this, but it seems that from the start, from the earliest moments of this thing, bp has gone out of its way to avoid providing scientists with the data that they need to study this leak. its one...

Even in his communication to the coast guard, he acknowledged it is important to know. but publicly its irrelevant. >> how long are we going to let them tell us what theyre going to do. when is the government going to say, get out the way, well measure it. why are we letting bp still run the show? >> the story is saying the government wants them to put more instruments down there. so they can better measure. >> right, new sensors in the new containment. >> why dont we just have someone go down a...