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Information? >> certainly, the drilling team in the gulf of mexico. >> but you are the ceo of the company. do you have any sort of technical expert who helps you with these things who might have been there? >> we drill hundreds of wells a year all around the world. >> yeah, i know. thats what is scaring me. >> reporter: keep in mind the justice department is deciding whether criminal charges may be appropriate in this huge disaster in the gulf of mexico, so certainly tony hayward is aware of thi...

Technical expert who helps you with these things, who might have been there? >> with respect, sir, we drill hundreds of wells a year all around the world. >> i know. thats whats scaring me right now. >> reporter: hayward was bombarded by scathing criticism, another controversy was born when the committees top republican accused the white house of forcing bp to fork over what he called a $20 billion slush fund. >> i do not want to live in a country where any time a citizen or a corporation does s...

Discovery? >> the person who would have briefed me would have been the chief executive of exploration and production. >> were you privy then to any other information difficulties that they had had, the multiple gas kicks, the losing the tools down the hole. the length of time they had been over the hole. the decisions to move quickly because weve spent too much time over this well? >> i had no prior knowledge? >> who would have had that information? >> certainly the drilling team in the gulf of ...

Tony haywards answers to their questions or to have these lawmakers tell, it his lack of answers to their questions. listen to one exchange that hayward had with a texas republican and then another one with a democratic chairman of this full committee. >> the difficulties that they had had, the multiple gas kicks, losing the tools down the hole, the length of time they had been over the hole, the decisions to move quickly because we spent too much time over this well? >> i had no prior knowledge...

Difficulties they had had, multiple gas kicks, losing tools down the hole, length of time they had been over the hole, the decisions to move quickly because we spent too much time over this well? >> i had no prior knowledge. >> who would have had that information? >> certainly the drilling team in the gulf of mexico. >> but youre the ceo of the company. >> and with respect -- >> do you have any sort of technical expert who helps you with these things there. >> with respect, sir we drill00s of we...

Evade responsibility for this disaster. several members of congress demanded to know whether tony hayward was aware of serious problems with the well before aprils accident. >> i had no prior knowledge. >> who would have had that information? >> certainly the drilling team in the gulf of mexico. >> but you are the ceo of the company. >> and. >> do you have any sort of technical expert who helps you with these things who might have been there. >> with respect, sir, we drill hundreds of wells a ye...

Today to bring up his true job description and his true background. i actually think in a way this makes the n.s.a. look a little bit better than it does right now. because we look at edward snowden as a low-level analyst. he says dont look at me that way. listen. >> i lived and worked under cover overseas, pretending to work in a job that im not. and even being assigned a name that was not mine. but i am a technical specialist. i am a technical expert. i dont work with people. i dont recruit ag...

Its brutal. watch. >> thats what this committee is doing. it is an investigating committee and we expect you to cooperate with us. are you failing to cooperate with other investigators as well. theyre going to have a hard time reaching conclusions if you stone wall them which is what we seem to be getting to day. >> im not stone walling. >> you are the ceo of the company. do you have any sort of technical expert who helps you with these things who might have been there? >> with respect, sir, we ...

>> youre the ceo of the company. and -- do you have any sort of technical expert who helps you with these things, who might have been there? >> with respect, sir, we drill hundreds of wells a year all around the world. >> i know. thats whats scaring me right now. >> reporter: hayward was bombarded by scathing criticism, bp a $20 billion slush fund. >> i do not want to live in a country where any time a citizen or a corporation does something that is legitimately wrong is subject to some sort of ...

Coalition, and talk show host of the dana show. well get their takes after this. you watch this. the hammering that bp ceo tony hayward took on capitol hill. its brutal. watch. >> thats what this committee is doing. it is an investigating committee and we expect you to cooperate with us. are you falg to cooperate with other investigators as well. theyre going to have a hard time reaching conclusions if you stone wall them which is what we seem to be getting to day. >> im not stone walling. >> yo...