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Blowout at which bps so-called vice president of safety, refused to say he felt in any way responsible for the disaster and the 11 workers who were killed. senator jeff merkley, democrat from oregon took part in those hearings as a member of the health education labor and pensions committee and he joins us from washington. if bps vice president for safety, steve flint, isnt responsible for the explosion that killed 11 workers in the deepwater horizon, no executive is responsible. isnt that wha...

Where is the sense of responsibility of the dead rig workers or survivors who had to sign waivers before they could see their families again? up next, if bp cant be trusted to change what can congress do to fix that? and later, a man running for a judgeship in oklahoma has a big electoral surprise. his daughter wages a campaign against him, called "dont vote for my dad." details ahead on "countdown". for just $25 more per pair. hurry in to sears optical today and don miss a thing. im a teenage...

Deal its going to be become, especially in this day in age where people have camera phones and youre never far awave from the media. >> alex wagner, politics daily, find out why that lobbyist got that congressman so drunk. >>ly, just for you. >> thanks for your time. bps ceo is set to change. but what difference does that make if the company wont put safety ahead of its stock price? up next, what is congress congress doing to make sure oil rig workers wont be sacrificed for corporate profits...

Together. they looked at everything from the temperature of their salad dressing to their safety of deep-water drilling and the result was a complete corporate makeover. bp could go through that but it has to have the will power and it has to start with bob dudley. i guess well find out soon if he has that determination based on what actions he takes in the department of the safety team. >> now, tony hayward is out there very proudly talking about bps unprecedented response to the environmental ...

You could call "real change?" >> the first thing well look for is whether steven flynn remains in charge of safety. hes been with the company for 25 years and head of safety for a long period of time. he had every opportunity after previous disasters to makeover the company. didnt do it. maybe he tried. maybe he wasnt allowed but for whatever reason it didnt happen. so that will be a clear indication. but congress also has to do its part. certainly, ref not been clear enough, strict enough, abou...

Government is a solution to our problems is an inaccurate, a very inaccurate statement. >> and republicans always good neighbors, continue to provide democrats with new ammunition for their back to the future argument. including absurdist congressman, joe barton, apologizing to bp, something he would be doing as chairman of his committee if republicans were running congress. and florida senate candidate marco rubio just posted his fiscal platform calling for raising taxes on the middle class by ...

One. one single egregious willful violation where bp had 760. this company ignored safety. cut every coroner favor to turn a larger profit and coming before the american people and congress and saying safety is mber one is completely unacceptable. >> now, if the vice president for safety still has his job and the company has replaced the ceo with another executive who was in place before this disaster occurred, before this explosion occurred that killed bp workers, what has really changed? why w...

Newspaper he has been unfairly demonized and vilified in the u.s., adding that, bps response to this tragedy has been a model of good social corporate responsibility. it has mounted an unprecedented response. hayward also said he wont be showing up on capitol hill on thursday to explainç bps rolen the release of the lockerbie bomber because hes got a busy week. the senate was forced to cancel the hearing as a result. haywards boss, the chairman of bp told cnbc replacing hayward with another co...

If republicans win back the house, joe barton could be the chairman of the committee, tasked with investigating bp, theyre going to play that until the cows come home, chris, quite interesting, indeed. >> luke russert, thank you. we havent heard the last of it. im sorry, luke, we cut you off. so far the impact has largely been contained to the states panhandle. but now there is some concern that it whether spread south and could severely affect everything florida holds deer from marine life to...

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