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Administrations response was too slow. >> is this a situation of playing catchup? >> not at all. we had dod resources there from day one. this was a situation that was treated as a possible catastrophic failure from day one. >> youre doing a heck of a job. >> reporter: some conservatives are making comparisons of another disaster. >> that damn oil slick, obamas katrina. >> some are saying this could be obamas katrina. >> i think that is a total mischaracterization. >> reporter: one comparison th...

Our partner, b.p. and -- maybe partner was -- let me back up. they are not our partner. in terms of -- bad choice of words. >> around talk show interviews, homeland security secretary, janet napolitano was pressed on whether the coast guard had relied too heavily on b.p. >> who is in charge of this? >> well, i think the commandant stated it very accurately. b.p. is the sfon party. >> whether the administrations response was too slow? >> is this a situation of playing catchup? >> no, not at all. ...

So at the end of the day, this is the beginning of a campaign for whats going to be massive restoration of the gulf coast. >> in terms of environmental impact, bigger in scale than the results of the exxon valdez still? >> it is unknown at this point. were in a dynamic situation, everything is being tried to stop the source, and thats where the global resources are focused on that particular challenge. but theyre also focused on all the other aspects that the commandant was talking about. >> sec...

Are pushing bp, the company that leased the leaking well to do more and prevent a spill and cause a major national disaster. the drilling rig exploded in the gulf unleashing what the government is saying about 5,000 barrels of oil a day. a full review has been ordered. lets go to dan lothian who is working on this story. >> reporter: first of all, a lot of people are asking whether the administration has acted quickly enough but they are defending their actions saying that the morning after the ...

Two-year term. i dont think that anything is going to change in terms of the chairmanship until next january if it changes at all. as you know, he has some wins under his belt. and there is a real issue of whether or not this is another distraction from what the rnc is in business to do. chris, we have over 3,400 counties across this nation. they have precincts within those counties. our job or the rncs job is to rebuild the party from the grassroots up in all 50 states. we got our clocks cleane...

168-member republican national committee chose michael steele to be its chairman for a two-year term. i dont think that anything is going to change in terms of the chairmanship until next january if it changes at all. as you know, he has some wins under his belt. and there is a real issue of whether or not this is another distraction from what the rnc is in business to do. chris, we have over 3,400 counties across this nation. they have precincts within those counties. our job or the rncs job is...

Late monday and into tuesday, travelers still having major problems. delays up to five hours yesterday. today we are still dealing with this. more than two hours at jfk, la guardia. newark. 40 minutes at boston. did you to low clouds. playing catchup from yesterday. they think tomorrow we are still going to have these problems. the rain will stick around and so are the clouds. this is -- this is going to be a real problem for business travelers, too, tomorrow morning. >> this is very exhausting....

Right from your desk. drop by and get started with a business financial review through a regions cashcor analysis. its how business gets into the rhym of saving. regions its time to expect more. got to tell you, on the surface, a happy ending, but the epilogue could use some work here. typical washington where senator bunnings five-day holdup could translate into weeks, even months, of playing catchup here, and its not just affecting those out of work, but those trying to get work done, like m...

There. all the reporting weve done, morale is an all-time low. there are people in there doing three or four jobs at once and wearing down. >> still so many other open positions that have never been filled. >> theyve been understaffed since day one. chris christie got ousted for mike pence. they were behind the 8 ball from day one, theyre still playing catchup. >> ousted by jared kushner or at least in part by jared kushner. josh, you were in the inner sang item of the obama administration. what...

Be a good thing, but playing catchup is dangerous. >> it was not that long ago that the president was on an island criticizing, you know, all of this as a hoax and et cetera, et cetera. you have got big-name republicans increasingly going after robert mueller, and you have newt gingrich, let me remind you what he said back in may about robert mueller, and he said robert mueller is a suburb choice, and the media should calm down now. this is what he said this week on fox news. >> mueller is corru...