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Government officials didnt think they needed to measure it because they thought the leak would be fixed quickly. they were hopeful. all that talk about planning for worst case scenario from day one, when it came to measuring, they werent planning for worst case scenario. they were hopeful. as we learned in katrina, though, hope is not a plan. the stunning thing we learned today is that independent scientists contacted bp with ways to measure the leak as early as may 4th, a scientist named richar...

Each other with air rainfalls. they wanted to see if the shots would pen straetrate the skin o maybe just hurt a little bit. reminds of us this classic. >> im going to kill you. your hands are freezing. >> by the way, in case youre wondering, getting shot in the butt with an air rifle penetr e penetrates the skin. both men had to have the pellet surgically removed. for some reason only one of them has lost his firearms license. coming up, the thick sludge in the gulf. who is protecting the coast...

In the gulf. the obama administration didnt understand or were misrepresenting the flow rate in the early weeks. how disasterous has that been? how did we allow the oil to plaster the entire gulf of mexico by failing to properly respond? jeff corwin joins us later in the town square. first, a look at the word out of afghanistan and the use of predator drones in america. in this case to secure or borders. is that the most efficient use of our money? its the fusion proglide challenge.

This bp document says, and i quote, an absolute worst case flow rate of 60,000 barrels a day was calculated. it goes on to say that a more likely worst case flow rate is 40,000 barrels. now, what is so stunning about this is not that the government estimate is now almost exactly what this apparently early bp estimate was -- i mean, thats stunning, but whats really damning is that bp never publicly said that they had an internal estimate of the flow rate. in fact, they repeatedly said they were f...

Document was written, but it appears to have been written shortly after independent scientists began to make estimates of the flow rate based on that first video released of the spill back in early may. if early on bp estimated that 60,000 barrels might be pouring out of that well or even 40,000 and never once said that publicly, instead saying its 1,000 biarrels or maybe, maybe 5,000 barrels, that would be another shocking example of bps lack of transparency. representative steve scal ichis the...

Scientists began to make estimates of the flow rate based on that first video that was released of the spill back in early may. so if early on, bp estimated that 60,000 barrels might be pouring out of that well, or even 40,000, and they never once said that publicly. instead, saying its 1,000 barrels or maybe, maybe 5,000 barrels, well, that would be another shocking example of bps lack of transparency. one of the people asking questions on capitol hill today was louisiana representative steve s...

Admissions to be had there. frankly a lot of people didnt even notice this today. senator charles grassley did. in a bp document he obtained, this document right here, bp seems to state that early on in this disaster they estimated the flow rate. this bp document says, and i quote, an absolute worst case flow rate of 60,000 barrels a day was calculated. it goes on to say that a more likely worst case flow rate is 40,000 barrels. now, what is so stunning about this is not that the government esti...

Rivers, a guest one week tonight. get a sneak peek at cnn.com/larryking. right now, anderson cooper and "ac 360." anderson? thanks, larry. we are live on this, the 59th day of the bp disaster. today on capitol hill, ceo tony haywar was grilled by lawmakers who grew increasingly frustrated by what they called stonewalling. one congressman apologized to bp for what he called a shakedown by the white house. later he retracted that apology and apologized for using the word shakedown. a starting ...

Word shakedown. a starting admission by bp. it didnt happen during todays testimony. not much starting admissions it to be had there. a lot of people didnt notice this today. senator charles grassley did. in a bp document he obtained, this document right here, bp seems to state that early on in this disaster they estimated the flow rate. this bp document says, and i quote, an absolute worst case flow rate of 60,000 barrels a day was calculated. it goes on to say that a more likely worst case flo...

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