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Wrong with that. details from a new letter sent to the u.s. senate. "fox & friends" starts right now! >> hi, this is valerie bertinelli. youre watching "fox & friends." >> all right. live from studio e, gretch is back after a week in her homeland. >> you mean her home state? >> thats her homeland. >> thats my homeland, come on. i love the sports teams and everything. had a fantastic time in minnesota. >> for a couple of days, brian had this idea about gestures much thats why i went like that. at...

Transocean, the owner of the rig that b.p. leased? maybe. is it possible that there is even a wider net cast? maybe exxon-mobil, chevron, all u.s. oil companies. we know that this president doesnt like oil. we know that barack obama had already reached the conclusion even before obtaining all available information as with the police in cambridge who acted stupidly. when he was asked if he had spoken with the ceo of b.p. here is what he said. >> i have not spoken to him directly and here is the r...

Earlier in week, tony hayward, ceo of b.p., had meeting of government officials in abu dhabi. that stirred up chatter that theyre looker for middle eastern buyers or investors. b.p. says theyre not up for sale, but amid this, concern in some quarters obama administration hit b.p. so hard the stock dropped so much were forcing british petroleum to become another mideast oil company. is it in the best national security interest? after all, b.p. is currently one of the biggest suppliers of our impo...

What are we doing now with the spill? if this were really about the spill, we would first work on what? stopping this! before talking about energy and taxes and cap-and-trade or solar panels or saying dont tell me we cant fundamentally transform the country into solar panels and green energy, you would stop the oil spill. you would get a turn -- turnquet. this should be the priority. its not. hes just now meeting with the ceo of b.p. they know almost nothing about oil drilling. except for egghea...

Thats just for, oh, 9/11. yeah. and besides, the justice department says that we cant profile terrorists because terrorists dont exist. may i just go out on a limb here and say its almost like the president has made up his mind on this guy. and anyone like him. because he knows, talking to a guy like a ceo of b.p., well, theyre not going to tell you the truth. its almost like this guy can help advance the presidents agenda. you see, the president needs what i like to call a villain. he needs a v...

Ive seen them quoted in papers. theyre probably good capital -- thats probably what it is. capitalists. what is it that barack obama knows that he wont even bother to meet with the guy to hear him out? well, until he changed his mind a couple of days later. what is it that the dictator of iran, the crazy guy in iran has in the credibility department that the ceo of b.p. doesnt have? what is it? tell me. id like to know. is the fact that b.p. ceo is a capitalist, is that what does it? when i meet...

Capitol hill, the c.e.o. of b.p. said what youre doing and what youve been doing in the last couple of weeks to stop the oil flow is youre creating it as you go along. why was there not some sort of an emergency plan that was put into action? >> well, you know, gretchen, since the beginning, weve had these two goals about stopping the flow and then minimizing the impact. there are a number of tools available to us. weve actually tried those. i dont know why they didnt work. what theyre doing now...

To go down. b.p. trying again today to cap the oil leak thats dumping thousands of barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico. theyre using a second smaller containment box known as a top hat after the first larger box failed on saturday. this as top oil executives face a second day now of grilling in washington. julie is in washington with more on todays hearings. a lot of blame going around, right? >> thats right. were likely to hear more of the same from these executives today as they go before a...

What im wondering is and what i want to play for you first, talking about the damage that might be done and who might be responsible for it. this is an interview with our david mattingly and the ceo of b.p. >> we are the responsible party. we are going to clean this up, fully and completely. we have said very clearly where there are legitimate claims for business int rumerruption, then will be good for them. >> legitimate claims for long-term, short-term. >> legitimate claims. >> reporter: how m...

The coast guard says it has no information on that and they are reporting that the ferry coming in, lost the ability to steer. then the crash occurred and 3 people sent to the hospital and one critically injured. were staying on the story throughout the broadcast. that is not the only developing story. were learning more about what might have caused the explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig on the gulf of mexico. julie kirtz has the otherstoptories. > -- other top stories. >> "associated pr...