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If we dont stop it, lets hope and pray that this dome works. if it doesnt work, i dont know where we go. >> senator shelby, let me ask you since you brought it up, it always gets down to this, whether its wall street or oil companies, capitol hill says, well, where were the regulators and why wasnt there a regulation. but you all are in charge of the regulators, arent you? so cant we ask where was the u.s. senate, where was the house of representatives, why didnt they see this coming? >> well, w...

>> reporter: your stock price has been falling. reputation has taken a beating in recent weeks. how repairage are both? >> it is how we respond. if we demonstrate we are responding in the right way, at the federal level, the state and government level, local level, in scale, quality, and success, then i think all of those can be repaired. >> reporter: the containment dome is on it sea bed now. as a geologist, as someone who knows scale of 1 to 10, 1 it doesnt work, 10 it does. >> im not prepared...

Once it gets to the seabed, the underwater remote control submarines will actually attach it down there and theyll attach that mile-long steel pipe so they can siphon the oil out of it. both bp, as well as the coast guard, are working under the assumption that this is not going to work. they say there are just too many varyuals -- variables, things like water push on the dome and oil pressure pushing up, as well as things getting clogged inside that siphon pipe. so theyre working under that assu...

>> reporter: your stock price has been falling. reputation has taken a beating in recent weeks. how repairage are both? >> it is how we respond. if we demonstrate we are responding in the right way, at the federal level, the state and government level, local level, in scale, quality, and success, then i think all of those can be repaired. >> reporter: the containment dome is on it sea bed now. as a geologist, as someone who knows scale of 1 to 10, 1 it doesnt work, 10 it does. >> im not prepared...

This is an engineering feat that has never been tried at this depth with this large of a device, and its really going to be something new. everyone hoping it works, it works the first time, because they didnt make two of these large containers. theyre going to try and make this work the first time. and if they do, they will be able to collect, they say, 80% to 85% of the leaking oil, which would be a huge relief to the environmental damage thats being done out here. >> youre reading my thoughts....

Never been tried before. this well is 5,000 feet down, so theyre considering taking this dome or this box made of concrete and steal that weighs 76 tons and taking it with a hydraulic lift and lowering it 5,000 feet and trying to guide this thing with cameras. the idea is if you can cap that well, then you can trap the oil, and you can siphon the oil out. thats plan a. plan bs a problem because that means drilling a separate well entirely so you can divert the oil into a different well. but plan...

>> yeah, pretty breezy out here, too, alex. that wind is really the problem when were talking about containment efforts. crews have been spreading out there a couple days out there, thousands of feet. some choppy seas and high winds out there, and it doesnt work, essentially. those winds are going to continue to whip up out of the southeast at about 20 to 30 miles an hour. the oil is now to my east. its off of the louisiana coast at this point. if it continues on this track, were anticipating it...

If it doesnt work, then anything i can tell you about why it didnt work, i certainly will. >> sean, youve been down there almost constantly since this happened. ive seen you down there a lot. i have to tell you, im feeling very guilty here wearing a tie in this nice studio with a bottle of water and thats something not available to you down there and i promise i will come down there to see you soon. >> we need you but we appreciate you doing this, thank you. >> thanks, sean. next on "360," did...

Situation. until theres a reason to point a finger, i will try to avoid doing that. thats not saying thats going to be at the government versus an aid organization -- an organization like ourselves. if we fail, ill be the first to say it. right now, its very clear people are without the tools that they need to go back into safe places, whether shelter itself or otherwise. all the organizations now have found a collaborative success. so i encourage all of them, and we volunteer our continued invo...

Obstruction. tell us why you think thats not going to work. >> it doesnt work because look at the results. wait a minute. health care reform they said they dont want. thats not a result. you mean to tell me if i force get you something you didnt want and thought that would be a good result? no. call it results all day, but the reality is the real result will come in november when republicans sweep in the house and the senate and governorships very much as we said, the real result will come in th...