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>> greta: are you satisfied that you can get any information that you need to monitor your program? are you personally satisfied? >> yes, im quite satisfied. also, we have korean speakers on staff now this will help greatly. overall, i think it is the most transparent and best operating procedures, operating conditions weve ever had here. >> greta: what does donald rumsfeld think about this impending crisis? we spoke to a woman at the u.n. world program. she said, im repeating what is being said...

>> greta: are you satisfied that you can get any information that you need to monitor your program? are you personally satisfied? >> yes, im quite satisfied. also, we have korean speakers on staff now this will help greatly. overall, i think it is the most transparent and best operating procedures, operating conditions weve ever had here. >> greta: what does donald rumsfeld think about this impending crisis? we spoke to a woman at the u.n. world program. she said, im repeating what is being said...

And camilla were in a car riding around and there were protests relative to tuition hikes there and it was a scary moment when you you see the pictures of what happened. has that tightened up or changed security for the royal family in the wake of that incident? >> not really. i understand the same car will be used by the couple in the wedding. the police and the royal family they do everything to set standard operating procedures. >> what about those so call peaceful protesters that simply have...

Well, the pressure, location, depth of water and so forth and then produce a risk mitigation plan. this is a process thats used in the u.k. and in norway, and i think some hybrid system of mandatory inspections and a safety case type of approach is probably where were going to need to be, but that will probably ultimately take take l new rule making. but in the meantime, i think we need to constructively move toward that system. >> you called, as we note, the aftermath the most political event y...

Duties and provided a resolution to engage in military wars anywhere they wanted to post 9/11. so instead of targeting and killing terrorists abroad, we were stuck in long land wars that has been the grave ward of superpowers like great britain and soviet union. even though the numbers of al-qaeda in afghanistan have dwindled to fewer than a hundred. so now we come to libya. the president insists the action is not a war but its hard to take him seriously of which he is the military is raining do...

Which is normal operating procedures for them, and if they see anything out of the ordinary they give us a call. >> reporter: just to be clear, there has been no increase in radiation anywhere in the united states, and the experts do not believe there will be. dont take most pa tas yum potae tablets because these are not needed. megyn: many residents are scared and look to protect themselves against radiation poisoning. trace says dont take the pills. i have to say i have a young son, a baby abo...

This is american business, theyre not trying to keep the truth from coming out, but what they are doing is research. and-- >> they are hiring. >> they know theyre not trying to-- >> what would you do if youre bp. >> i agree with you on that, but in the effort of of transparency, with you then also, given this climate of public relations, would you keep quiet-- >> thats the standard operating procedures on legal issues, now that, you know that as well and there are hundreds of universities along ...

Provided the cement services for the well in the days leading up to the disaster. theres a lot of fingerpointing going on between the three companies and others. robert dudley of bp said that its a very complicated industrial accident. it resulted in a series of individual misjudgments by very experienced people and a multiple series of failures of equipment and processes that is going to involve multiple companies. so, look for a lot of fing fingerpointing in the months ahead. >> charles, i gue...

To run a cement bond log, do you believe those decisions reflect the normal decision-making process at bp or would you characterize those decisions as an exception to normal operating procedures. >> theres nothing ive seen in the tefd so far that suggests that anyone put costs ahead of safety. if there are, then well take action. let me put it this the way, mr. hayward, in the remaining time i have left. if you had been physically present on that rig along with the 11 men that were kill ed could...

Operating procedures. >> there is nothing i have seen in the evidence so far that suggests tha -- that anyone putt ahead of safety. if there, well take action. >> if you had been physically present on that rig along with the 11 men that were killed, would you have made the same decisions kansas were made? would you have approved the decision to use only six centimeters instead of 21? would you have made the decision not to run a cement bond log if you had been standing on that deep water horizon...