other big oil companies have other similar response plans. shell and chevron said they could take care of 200,000 barrels a day. if they have some solution that cleans oil faster, folks would love to hear about it. but chances are they don't. chances are their numbers are just as made up as bp's were. four of the five oil companies have plans that call for protecting walruses which, by the way wrrks not spotted in the gulf -- last spotted in the gulf about 3 million years ago, according to what i've read. three of the companies said they're getting information from an expert, a scientist who has been dead for years. edward markey led today's hearings. he will join us live in a moment. we begin with a new flow rate. joining me now, plaquemines parish, host of wwl in new orleans. billy, when you hear this new flow rate number, 60,000 and you hear that bp agreed to send the sensors down this weekend, does it blow your mind?