much worse than previously thought, and much worse than bp is admitting. experts analyzing new video of the gusher say it could be spewing as much as 70,000 barrels a day. that's close to 3 million gallons. by comparison, the "exxon valdez" spilled a total of 250,000 barrels. cnn's brian todd asked a bp official in charge of the spill to respond to that and a lot more. brian? >> wolf, bp is under serious criticism these days for its actions before the explosion and the way it's handled the aftermath, so we spared no ammunition when we met with the top bp official in charge of the response. >> reporter: under intense public pressure, his company's desperately trying to stop this gusher. at the same time, fending off charges that it doesn't have its act together. we put some tough questions to bp managing director bob dudley, one of the top officials coordinating spill response. you first said it was 1,000 barrels a day, and you had it under control. then you said it was 5,000 barrels a day and you were