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The help you need to protect this beautiful coast and to rehabilitate the damaged areas, to revitalize this region and to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again. that is a commitment i am making to the people of florida and to people all across this gulf. >> cnn correspondents are fanned out across the gulf to cover the spill and the presidents address later tonight. were counting down to that. meanwhile a new setback in the oil cleanup, driving home the enormous challenges for th...

Business owners. and kevin costner, remember he testified before congress last week. bp is going to use 32 machines made by costners company to help with the oil cleanup. and president obama just back in dk after two days in the gulf. we expect hes making some final tweaks to his oval office speech. how did we get into this mess anyway? senator thad cochran, this fire that was on board the ship where the oil is being collected, do you have any inside intel on what happened there? >> no, as a m...

York stock exchange. what are investors focused on today? >> wall street is nervous about the death debt problems in england, but today they could focus on the upbeat report on industrial production in europe. that will give wall street an early boost. we have the opening bell ringing now. and today we are seeing another swing in bps stock price now down more than 4%. bps board is going to meet to discuss the dividend today. officials in the u.s. have called on the company to suspend its give de...

On. >> well, i want to say that theyre working hard to gather up that oil. and in fact, this weekend, they will be putting a new cap, one of the controlling type caps and theyre very, they feel very positive that theyre going to be able to capture more of the oil and get it more under control. thats their major emphasis right now. >> mike: well, johns going to be with us the whole show and give us his expert opinion on products like this. they say that hay is for horses. did you know its also fo...

To be fixing this plug in 24 hours. he has been responsive from day one. he has put the focus -- has it been covered? >> when you shall slow on the five things that were critical in which i just named? >> there were boomsz put in place. coastguard was there. those needed to be assessed. you cant put sand out there without environmental considerations. >> oh, come on. >> could it have been faster? yes. but there was a need to go forward. so i think the criticism is warranted but you need to give ...

He was a little known illinois state senator. he says he would have paid more than $100,000. he says the value of the car will determine how president obama is judged by history. so much for the depreciation of automobiles. >> how much is the oil cleanup costing? >> its a massive sum, but just a trickle so far for bp. josh levs has the numbers up next. [ male announcer ] how can rice production in india

Welcome back. how much is the massive oil leak costing bp? our josh levs -- easy for me to say -- is here to break that down. >> it is really early, you know. listen, i appreciate that. here is the deal. the money is kind of stunning. when you look at the amount of money bp is saying it already had to spend, its a huge amount of money and all of the sudden you look at what their profits are all year-round, its amazing. as of thursday bp was saying $450 million it had to spend on oil cleanup. tha...

Britain. it has an uncanny resemblance to blow up some nightclubs in london. similarly, a car was parked outside a club it was crazy, it was so amateurish. people couldnt believe that someone as wicked as al-qaeda could be so completely stupid. but they werent if it had gone off it would have caused tremendous disaster. but it was very crude this is kind of similar. -- it could be anybody. >> sean: to the oil cleanup -- why are you laughing? >> i love your sherlock napolitano good line. by the w...

It at this point. i guess im sort of oil cleanup. in the meantime. but i really dont want to or have i ever had to think about doing anything else. its what ive been doing, this is all i thought id be doing. >> yeah. >> until i wasnt doing anything anymore. this is all i want to be doing. and thats a big thing that were all concerned with is being forced to change our lifestyle and being not able to do the things we love to do. and that were lucky enough to call a job. >> yeah. in terms of the p...

Is as bad as its going to be, what do you feel like your options are? what are you going to do if you cant do this? >> try not to even think about it at this point. i guess some sort of oil cleanup in the meantime, but i really dont want to or have i ever had to think about doing anything else. its what ive been doing, this is all i thought id be doing. >> yeah. >> until i wasnt doing anything anymore. this is all i want to be doing. and thats a big thing that were all concerned with is being fo...