and just do whatever the heck they want to do? get your cell phones out, folks. i want to know what you think about this tonight. tonight s text survey question is, do you trust congress to hold bp accountable? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. the results later on in the show. joining me now is senator jeff binghamton, chairman of the senate energy and natural resources committee. senator, good to have you with us tonight. it s always a pleasure. good to be with you, ed. did we make any progress the last couple of days? are you confident that what i m talking about, and i do believe the american people are in the same place, the majority of american, aren t we going to get to where we need to be when it comes to full restitution? what do you think, senator? i think we are. we had that question asked several times yesterday, and i think it s clear that the companies are committing themselves on the public record to pay all legitimate claims, to
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that s what s going to come down on all this. what s going to happen to our economy? how did it work out when it went to $4 a gallon of gasoline not long ago? did that help? i m not convinced that bp is an honest broker based on the way they have played in game in the past. get your cell phones out, folks. i want to know what you think of this tonight. tonight tonight s text survey question, do you have confidence bp will stop the leak any time soon? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. as i ve said before, it s all about the money. joining me now, mississippi attorney general, jim hood. mr. hood, good to have you with us tonight. i know you have been working hard on this and had conversations with the oil company. and other people that are involved in this. what s your confidence level that there is going to be complete restitution based on your conversations and what you have asked of the oil company? well, at this point, you
but here we can see what s happening onshore. we can see people potentially losing their family business. we can put a pencil to that. i want to know how they came to this calculation of $10 billion. who did the math on this? let s see. you ve got texas, you ve got louisiana, you ve got mississippi, you ve got alabama and florida. oh, everybody gets $2 billion for the mop-up? is that how s going to work? have they checked with tourism, with the tax commissioners office to see what receipts are coming in? to arbitrarily take a $so billion figure out of the sky and say this is what the liability limit is going to be for incident, i m telling you it doesn t go far enough. get your cell phones out, folks. i want to know what you think about this. tonight s text survey question is, do you believe conservatives are minimizing the damage in the gulf to protect bill oil? text a for yes, b for no to
because we re americans. maybe it will make us be more innovative in the energy sector in this country. let s go to the moratorium on the drilling to see where it shakes down. well, we can t do that, heck, they give too much money to the congress. we re really not serious about energy policy in this country. i want to know what you think about all this. tonight s text survey question is, do you think, do you think big oil owns the congress? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. we ll bring you the results later on in the show. i got a quick question for you. do you know who transocean is? stay tuned. i m going to tell you who they are. you ll be interested to know where they re doing their business. it ain t in america. joining me now, katrina vanden heuvel, editor of the nation. thank you, ed. we really have to cut to the chase. it s about the money. it ain t about energy. that s my opinion. that s yours? it s about the money, it s about big oil money, big banking