look at a clime change bill, it's going to be hard tore get one done given the oil spill, ven that drilling off the coast was part of the compromise. >> right. and the president was for that compromise. now it'seen tabled. look at our nbc news-"wall street journal" poll. offshore drilling is still very popur. 60% say they support it. ye the politics are bad on this now. >>well, you ha to come up th assurces for people that thisouldn't happen again. just before this happened, peopleould come in who were for offshore drilling and say nothing bad has happened in the gulf at least for 30 or 40 years. u can't s that anymore. it chgeshe balance. myuess is gdually those poll numbers will reflect that. americans wnt to be independent foreign oil. that's right. it's killing us both economically, foreign policiwise and everything else to take people, countries like iran and venezua that hate us and make them rich. everyone is looking anew at omestic sources of energy
where the debate stood by nominating a woman to sit on the high court. captions paid for by nbc-universal television 26 days after the oil rig explosion in the gulf, another attempt to stop the masve oil leak failed yesterday bp tried the procedure to syphon an oil to t ship the pipe connec didn't work. this a federal officials sought assurances from bp it will live up to its promise to kovr individual compeation claims. with us to discss this and other issues washington is confronting, nework senator huck schumer. the president spoke about bp, the oil spill on friday. he got m md. this is what head to say. >> i know bp is committed to pay for t reonse hold them to thei obtion. i have to say, though, i did not preciate what i conderedo be a ridiculspectacle during