Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100612:11:56:00
To allow for a thorough environmental review so something like this happens again. the obama administration insists it's only temporary. >> it's not the stop button but the pause button. >> reporter: 30 deep sea rigs are now shut down by the moratorium. the industry claims as many as 150,000 jobs are directly tied to the rigs. from rig hands to boaters, warehousemen to service providers. the bigger concern, it costs up to $1 million a day to run a deep water rig. the moratorium may force some operators to pull out all together, maybe move to different countries like brazil where they're not lo...