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That, like 1973 -- in 1973, americans were in historic gas lines, opec cut back on oil exports to punish the west for supporting israel and its war with egypt and syria. that was a long time ago and we are still trying to figure out ways to make ourselves energy independent in this country. bock beckel is a fox news contributor, andrea santoras is a conservative columnist and fox news contributor. welcome, both of you, this monday morning. >> good morning. martha: bob, it has been a really long time we've been trying to figure out ways to make ourselves less dependent on the middle east for oi...

sight on those beautiful beaches. bill: we're going to check live with trace gallagher. that's an area hard hit. we'll watch the developments over the day. it's unbelievable we're still talking about it and it's interesting what progress they've made now. martha: we're in it almost two months, and the president has plans in keeping bp honest and paying off gulf victims. he wants to establish, this came out over the weekend, an independent fund, taking compensation out of the company's hands, congress at loordz are asking bp to put $20 million, try to imagine this, into an escrow acco...

In the back and forth about all of this. >> i'm going to state right now, if there is a future incident such as oklahoma city, the blame is squarely on the shoulders of bill clinton and barack obama. martha: all right. so there's some of the backand forth on all of that. that was rush's original comment that sort of sparked this controversy, but in recent days it seems the democrats have in some ways been sending very mixed messages about where they stand on the issue of the tea party. one thing is for sure, they're not writing this group off anymore, they're talking about it quite a bit, its ...

Together at beckel's house two weeks ago and said we're going to paint the tea party to -- >> martha: bob? >> the meeting wasn't that big! but look, the reality here is the democrats are not trying to embrace the tea party people, because you know why, those people are not going to vote 99 percent republican, so as far as we're concerned, they are against us and -- >> martha: but here's the problem. >> 50 percent claim to be independents or democrats. so it is crossing party lines. the bottom line is smaller government and lower taxes. i mean, that's the main thrust of what they're talking abo...

some we say might be getting to the destinations very soon. that's where we start. good morning, i'm bill hemmer, welcome to america us noose room. -- to "america's newsroom". martha: good good morning, i'm martha maccallum, europe's airports have been closed for five days, they are trying to get people where they need to go and british airways are canceling flights for tuesday as well. so another day of grounded flights. bill: it's been a truly rough ride for passengers and the airlines, airlines are losing $200 million a day, some carriers now in a risk of filing for bankruptcy, an...