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Traulers picking up the oil that settled on the bottom. the big thing is, whos going to want to eat that? how are they going to sell their catch? >> seems like -- just driving down here, coming down route 23 and seeing the industry and seeing the businesses and seeing the -- you know, whats painted on peoples trucks in terms of where they work, it sort of feels like the oil industry giveeth and the oil industry takeeth away. its the fishing and oil industry. even literally, the oil rigs providin...

Which is a federal program that even president obama has been pushing very strongly on. and so the real problem here is that it outlaws amnesty cities, and i think a lot of people really resent the state telling the cities that they cant put a gag order on their law enforcement on this issue. you know, there are federal issues that law enforcement gets involved with all of the time. bank robbery is a federal issue. drug smuggling is a federal law. but we dont tell local law enforcement they cant...

Energy independence problem and goal and energy dependence problem and it has to have all of the energy resources, added -- at its disposal and safety is this first caveat to any measure we take, whether energy, transportation, or any initiative, america pursues and energy independence is still a very important goal for america, and i believe having all of our energy resources, that our disposal is at the forefront of that. >> chris: just to quickly follow up, you are saying that until we know e...

Federal government has failed to secure that border adequately. >> chris: youre a big supporter of offshore drilling and after the gulf spill in the last ten days you said we should be concerned with what led to the disaster. until that question is answered, i dont think we can move forward on anything else. >> well, again, what im pointing out, first of all, point out three things, what happened in the gulf of mexico. and number one, our priority is to be to control the situation and it is shap...

Federal government has failed to secure that border adequately. >> chris: youre a big supporter of offshore drilling and after the gulf spill in the last ten days you said we should be concerned with what led to the disaster. until that question is answered, i dont think we can move forward on anything else. >> well, again, what im pointing out, first of all, point out three things, what happened in the gulf of mexico. and number one, our priority is to be to control the situation and it is shap...

Energy independence problem and goal and energy dependence problem and it has to have all of the energy resources, added -- at its disposal and safety is this first caveat to any measure we take, whether energy, transportation, or any initiative, america pursues and energy independence is still a very important goal for america, and i believe having all of our energy resources, that our disposal is at the forefront of that. >> chris: just to quickly follow up, you are saying that until we know e...

They literally form constellations. boat captains follow the constellations of the oil platforms. and when its at that scale and that much human operation of oil platforms out there, sooner or later human error will come into play. we will inevitably get this again unless we begin to look for alternatives like offshore wind. >> you know, mike, frankly, are you surprised we dont see disasters like this more often? i think most people would be surprised to hear how you just described some 4,000 ri...

Systems is that theyre not fail safe. unfortunately, we saw an explosion and fire off of the coast of australia just last year. it was not supposed to happen. most of these cases arent supposed to happen. our technology is supposed to be unique and capable of dealing with everything. unfortunately, we find that it fails, either human error or technology. >> how do you balance -- this is always the trick. you balance the need to protect the environment and be good stewards of the earth and the oc...

Dole with the threat of the slick. but in the long run stop the source of the oil. >> look with all of the waves wrapping over the booms it is a pr move. you are trying to do what you can to get down there, but with the weather they are not continuing the oil. they are just lapping over the top of it. >> once you have oil on the water there are no winners. there is a limit to what booming can do based on what you just stated. earlier throughout the event we tried to deal with the oil skimming an...

622639. results later on in the show. joining me now is mike, an environmental attorney, lawyer who his firm has filed a class-action lawsuit in three states on behalf of the shrimpers, fisheries, oystermen and business owners. nice to have you with us tonight. >> how are you? >> im doing fine. i appreciate what youre doing because this is going to have a domino effect on jobs in that region down there unlike anything we have ever seen before. wheres the liability? wheres the culpability here? w...