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You dont mess around with mother nature. if she says you are not going to fly that day, you dont push it, you dont fly. >> greta: you worked on the north slope how long? >> from 89 to last september. >> greta: people now about the gulf of mexico and prudhoe bay. different situation in terms of [ inaudible ] >> we have shallow wart we are drilling in offshore in alaska. arctic conditions, different from the gulf and different technology is needed. >> the arctic environment compared to the gulf en...

About their operations and what they found in their investigation. >> we found a pattern where every time they had a decision to make they decided to cut corners, to do things faster than otherwise should have been done, to do it less expensively and the consequence of this is one industry expert told us was, horribly negligent. >> and if bp cant survive in this free market, thats the way it goes. i mean, its very clear that they were operating in the free market, doing exactly what they wanted ...

The shots, and almost in words of maybe a dictator, that this is the way were going to do it? and when i hear reported today by chuck todd here on msnbc that the obama administration is negotiating with bp over a third independent party as to whether theyll oversee the claims process, it just makes me think that bp is calling the shots and not the american people. what do you think? >> well, i think the president and his administration fully understand that this is a moment where the american pe...

Never be the same. how is i going to be put in better shape than it was before? >> well, andrea, its going to take years of commitment to do that, but understand that even if this accident werent happening, the environment in and around the gulf coast gets worse day by day. the marshlands contract. we lose wetlands each and every day. what we have to do is look towards building an environment and an environment in the gulf not the way it was the day this rig exploded or even before hurricane kat...

From representative waxmans letter, brazenly risking the lives and the environment of this country to make an extra buck and he needs to lay out a new plan to wean us off our addiction to oil and to do so in a way that is common sense. its not left-right. its what most industrialized, civilized nations are doing now, investing in alternatives and efficiency in technologies. so he has a real opportunity to do that and to redefine his leadership and to do so not in an angry way. i find all this ta...

Potential nightmare as well because they dont really know the long-term effects of all of those gallons of dispersant, these poisons that were thrown into the gulf of mexico. >> we did get some good news the other day from the epa. they were saying that once they saw that they combined that dispersant with the oil it didnt make the oil any more toxic so with that in mind they said it was a good decision, a wise movie think was the quote to use that dispersant on the oil and keep it from reaching...

You dont mess around with mother nature. if she says you are not going to fly that day, you dont push it, you dont fly. >> greta: you worked on the north slope how long? >> from 89 to last september. >> greta: people now about the gulf of mexico and prudhoe bay. different situation in terms of [ inaudible ] >> we have shallow wart we are drilling in offshore in alaska. arctic conditions, different from the gulf and different technology is needed. >> the arctic environment compared to the gulf en...

I believe the president. i think he has done a lot. i think hes done as much as he can do, but tonight i dont think that he can go to the oval office without drawing a line in the sand and making demands. president obama needs to use his power and really show some guts. thats really what this is all about at this point. can the president of the united states take it to a multi-national corporation that is butchering our environment? this is what the president said earlier in pensacola today. >> ...

The president has to be crystal clear tonight that you and i arent going to get gamed for the bill on all of this. tell me what you think in our telephone survey folks. the number to dial is 1-877-ed-msnbc. my question tonight is does president obama have the guts to force bp to pay every dime for this disaster? press the number one for yes, press the number two for no. ill bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now is ohio congressman dennis kucinich joining us here on "the ed s...

Is chump change in this escrow account and that were going to get a third party thats going to look out for american citizens and our environment. our environment is not and does not have a price tag on it. thats really what we want to know tonight, mr. president. can you stand up to bp? b perk has vast oil reserves and a big bank account, but getting money out of these guys is like getting blood out of iraq. look at all of the different incidents that theyve been involved in and have been able ...