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Petraeus was in charge of this. then he fainted at the hearing! im so crushed! its like all of my leaders are going down in flames, you know? everybody is wilting. then you have this terrible lineup, this mel brooks chorus line of these oil executives putting up their hands again. this is becoming such a recurring visual, these guys standing there with their hands up being, you know, taken to the wood shed. >> willie, what is your take? what is the frustration? again, youre here every day. what ...

Successful result unless we take inspiration from this event to realize like this is the cayuga river catching fire. it is a moment when we can start reinvigorating our industrialized base and were just getting these technologies to come on. i heard in michigan where were hiring hundreds of laid off workers to make lithium ion batteries and thats a great future for the country. >> we had ike who believed the positive role for government. hes the guy that built interstate highway system and broug...

And the contributions to both political parties and theyve gotten off scot-free, and in other words, trust bp has been the motto. trust the oil countries. is this a sputnik moment for both parties? are your guys on your side going to say, wait a minute, this is one of those areas like food safety and airline safety, where its not a question of ideology. its a question of common sense. well make sure that nothing like this happens again? are you still going to be defenders of the oil patch and ta...

Industry. its always gotten away from because of its lobbying power, its contributions to both political parties. in other words, trust p has been the motto. trust the oil companies. will this be a "sputnik" moment for both parties? are you guys going to say wait a minute, this is an area where like food safety, its not a question of ideology, its a question of common sense is that your party philosophy? are you still going to be defenders of the oil patch and take a deregulatory point of view? ...

Education act to respond to sputnik. im not sure some of the republicans in the oil patch are ready to act here now. i dont think they are. i think theyre still going to be stick in the mud when it comes to doing anything. were going to be right back after this. youre watching "hardball" only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] crunch, wheat thins.

Thats an entire ecosystem that is just destroyed. >> but still, clearly the oil washing up on the shore of the beaches, its going to hurt the economy in every way. >> oh, its going to be term. >> and cleaning it up is going to help. but you cant swim in that >> no, no, no. its terrible. and a real ecological nightmare for the water, as well. and i just second what the president said on actual beach cleanup. >> you know, were going to be hearing more from the white house about what the president ...

Water the risks become higher and higher. we found british petrzilka pay their ceos three times more to try to determine how to do this in a safe way. so i think the news of this hearing today is we need to redouble our efforts to make sure that this industry does what it needs to do, but im hopeful tonight. i have a feeling of hope that with the president talking tonight well do what america has always done in moments of great transitions like we did when the russians launched sputnik. we respo...

On sending a man to the moon by the end of the decade. he talked about everything but sending a man to the moon. he talked about jobs. he talked about the fact that it was create new opportunities for the american economy. thats a great opportunity for this president, as well. to talk about how this is the future, the economic future of the united states, and this will create long-lasting jobs that will transform this economy. every -- every bit as much as sputnik did. or john kennedys quest to ...

America has always done in moments of great transition. like we did when the russians launched "sputnik," we responded by going to the moon. when the river caught fire in the mid 70s, we responded with clean air and clean water acts. the president has a chance to start a new economic revolution where we wean ourselves over the next several decades off of oil onto electric cars, electric batteries. we sell those to china and vice versa. i think theres good hope for the president to light the fire...

Only one thing that people have in common that play chess and box is they dont have sex before the match. but chess players dont have it after either. >> what is zorbing? >> you get in a 12-foot -- this is in new zealand only. you get in this giant 12-foot rubber ball. they push you in there like astronauts going into sputnik, and they shove you down a ski slope. >> oh, my. >> thats us doing it. >> i want to be sick. >> yeah. you would get sick. but its really fun. they now have it at daliwood i...