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Worried about worst-case scenario and you had times were very critical of the obama administration sometimes in some of their response efforts. looking back, grade the obama administration on this response effort and what are you expecting for them -- from them going forward? >> well, they simply did not understand how big of a disaster this was to begin with. and they set up a command and control structure pursuant to the law, give them credit for that. but it was a command and control structur...

Work crews are back in position now in the gulf of mexico preparing to begin the process of killing bps ruptured well once and for all some time within the next seven days. >> david mattingly joins us live from new orleans with a never-before-seen interview with outgoing bp chief tony hayward. david, you conducted this interview with hayward in the gulf during the very beginning of the response effort in early may. you asked him about bp taking responsibility for the spill. quite an interesting ...

To 15 stations have been closed by demonstrators who tripped safety switches and cut off power at the pumps. green peace claims the people i am memberized nearly 50 service stations. bp says it is trying to get all of them back up and running as soon as possible. developing story this morning. bps ceo tony hayward, famously said he wanted his life back, is getting his wish. the company announce thing morning he will step down from his post on october 1st and right now it looks like hayward wil...

They were siphoning up oil, of course, to a ship. the most it collected was yesterday. well, today the news we just got a short time ago is that the containment cap is now off. take a look at that picture. that oil is now leaking into the gulf with nothing stopping it once again. containment cap is off. well explain why in just a moment. but another piece of news we got today was, in fact, that two people -- two workers who were a part of this disaster relief, this disaster response, have died. ...

Major staging areas. youve helped to support the response effort and i thank you for that and i know the people of pensacola thank you for that. and all along the gulf coast our men and women in uniform active guard and reserve from across the country are stepping up and helping out. theres soldiers on the beaches putting out sandbags and building barriers and cleaning up the oil and helping people process their claims for compensation from bp. there are sailors and marines offering their boom a...

Changing. it has to be constantly watched. it has to be tracked. were constantly having to redeploy resources to make sure theyre having maximum impact. and we also need to make sure that we are constantly helping folks who have been hurt by it. even as were stopping the oil from spread iing into more and more areas. that means this response effort has to happen on a bunch of tracks. it means containing the oil as much as we can, as quick as we can. we went back to bp and said they need to move ...

Us working through this unified plan with the assistance of these wildlife habitat agencies who are coming in and helping us with this response effort. >> when she says you are raking the sand that detracts from the tracks that are coming -- tur e turtles that are coming and hatchlings going into the ocean and removing carcasses of wild livfe that has died, doing that to cover up, your response is no thats not happening. >> what im saying is we are cleaning these beaches on recommendation of wha...

>> agreed. >> jon: lets move on to the blame came in capitol him. the guys in charge of british petroleum, tolds spill was caused by the failure of a safety device that company built. and that company said bp was in charge and a third company hired to plug the exploratory well didnt do it right and president obama said something about it on friday. >> bp is committed to pay for the response effort and we will hold them to their obligation. i have to say though, i did not appreciate what i consid...

>> agreed. >> jon: lets move on to the blame came in capitol him. the guys in charge of british petroleum, tolds spill was caused by the failure of a safety device that company built. and that company said bp was in charge and a third company hired to plug the exploratory well didnt do it right and president obama said something about it on friday. >> bp is committed to pay for the response effort and we will hold them to their obligation. i have to say though, i did not appreciate what i consid...

>> agreed. >> jon: lets move on to the blame came in capitol him. the guys in charge of british petroleum, tolds spill was caused by the failure of a safety device that company built. and that company said bp was in charge and a third company hired to plug the exploratory well didnt do it right and president obama said something about it on friday. >> bp is committed to pay for the response effort and we will hold them to their obligation. i have to say though, i did not appreciate what i consid...