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Allen down there, he said, here's my point guy. he can't plug the leak. why isn't that sufficient? >> he could have picked up the phone and called the ceo of bp sooner than 50 days. but the fact that he never spoke to the ceo of british petroleum for the first 50 days of this incident is emblematic of the detached style of leadership we're seeing here. and the idea of the president looking for someone's a-s-s to kick this week, everyone in america knew on day two whose a-s-s ought to be kicked. bp is responsible to plug that oil, bp is financially responsible to contain the impacts of the disc...

Contain the discharge. i mean i read this morning -- >> congressman, he has -- in fact he's been down there, he's been looking over it, he put thad allen down there and said here's my point guy. >> right. >> he can't plug the leak, he can't clean up the oil. he tells his people to go do it. why isn't that sufficient? >> he could have picked up the phone and called the ceo of bp sooner than 50 days. i'm glad he's meeting with the chairman of bp next week. but i think the fact that he never spoke to the ceo of british petroleum for the first 50 days of this incident is emblemmatic of the kind of...

And his administration need to do a lot more to show they are on top of this mess and not perpetually behind the curve. and the coast guard awaits an answer to its friday letter released to the public directing the ceo of bp to stop the leak and hurry. quote, bp must identify in the next 48 hours additional leak containment capacity that could be operationalized and expedited to avoid the continued discharge of oil. just how much oil is discharging remains an ever-changing calculation. >> there's no crude oil at this time leaking from the wellhead. >> what we now know we are dealing with in ad...

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The ceo of bp to stop the leak and hurry. "bp must identify in the next 48 hours additional leak containment capacity that could be operationalized and expedited to avoid the continued discharge of oil. just how much oil is discharging remains an ever-changing calculation. >> there's no crude oil at this time leaking from the wellhead. what we now know we are dealing with in addition to that is oil emanating from the well. noaa experts believe the output can be as much as 5,000 barrels. >> we first thought it was 1,000 barrels, then we thought it was 5,000 barrels. >> the best estimates are, a...