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First, finding and producing more oil at home. second, reducing our overall dependent on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. i have got to be honest. we run into the same political gridlock, the same inertia that was held us back for decades. that has to change. >> republicans say the president himself is part of the problem. mike emanuel with both sides from the white house tonight. mike, g.o.p. leaders are saying the administration is keeping the u.s. oil industry from expanding. >> that's right, shep. a leading senate republican saying that this white house is at war ...

Single develop. think are sitting on supplies of energy that are ready to be tapped. >> the president's point is do a better job of exploring the land that you already have. >> shep. >> shepard: the oil industry weighed in on this yet? >> yeah. they were disappointed by the president's speech. they say exploration for oil is a difficult process. they believe this administration has made it tougher on them. here is one expert's take. >> you first have to explore. so you might hold 50 leases covering 250,000 acres. but you are going to strategically drill on specific leases not on all of them th...

Inspector general for the program said it failed to meet some of the most important goals. i think what he means is those big banks just kept getting bigger. >> that's right. he said it's a failure. neil showing that you can pay anything you want to on your last day at work. big criticism of the program. he says by one measure did it solve the foreclosure crisis? no, it did not. 7 million people there were thrown out of their homes and those were the very same folks who helped baking out those banks, he he was very critical today when he talked about it. >> shepard: there is still a lot of mon...

Exposed to what they know is lethal levels of radiation. a very grim turn and words from a family member of one of the crew members there maybe some will be saved by the fact that the plant intends on spraying past the nuclear reactors with a kind of contain debris and radioactive particles discovered at the site and widespread contamination in the air soil. if this works allow to gain access to the center of the core to bring an end to the breeches spreading this radiation. the government is not confirming that's exactly what happened. they will start in a couple of hours on that, shep. >> sh...

>> shepard: of course they wouldn't. you know, it's a strange thing here, james, one day they tell us, the leaders do, we don't know who these rebels are. knowledge gap, we're getting to know them. and now we are hearing they may arm them. what's the administration saying about who they are? >> they are still getting to them as you just said, shep. this option of arming the rebels is being studied intensely. they are not sure even doing that would bring about the desired outcome. u.s. officials said the administration is still in contact with these various rebel groups. one former top official...