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Because they don't want to have this compared to what went on with hurricane katrina. then there's -- >> of course, the president tried to reach out to republicans just a month ago by supporting offshore oil drilling. environmentally it has been safe. the last spill was in '69. in the continental united states, this is a bit of an embarrassment for them on that point, right? >> it is. it's along the same part of the country. you have governors down there who now are concerned that the government was too swift-footed. we'll see a lot in the coming days about the white house communicating what i...

Lawsuit. steve harrigan is live in our florida newsroom. do we know what caused this explosion? >> shep, an investigation is still underway. industry experts are saying what they call a blow-out likely happened. that's when pressurized gas from underneath the core of the earth or oil comes booming up through that well and ignites when it hits near the platform. that's what they are say something likely has happened. there is supposed to be a valve on these machines to stop that from happening. that valve obviously didn't work. what we have now is a 600-million-dollar oil rig that failed and ma...

Working on this. bill: democrats and white house pushing forward and, the member of the house financial services committee, down there in atlanta, george, good morning, sir, what is wrong with -- >> bill, great to be with you. bill: we know what the -- the economy, the carnage left on the floor the past two years and why not crack down? >> there is a lot of sus spifrp on the part -- suspicion on the part of the american people, with the government taking over companies and what will they do in the financial sector and the bill on the table the one the president supports would continue the bail...

Just because i'm confident that we'll get them. i only count them when they make the commitment, and i do not have 216 commitments yet, though i think we'll get there in time for the vote. jon: the fact that this has gone on for nearly a year, well, more more than a year, and you're still having to wrangle votes at the last minute, doesn't that show you how controversial this thing is? >> well, you know, i was born in controversy. i came to this congress in controversy. controversy doesn't bother me at all. i spent yesterday down at my university celebrating 50 years of the sit-ins down there....

Actually mean. peter doocy is live in arizona. but first, correspondent phil keating is live in florida, all eyes on the big florida race important to the balance of power in congress and some other nail-biter down there, good evening, phil. >> good evening. first to the governor's race, and congressman three turmeric, ron desantis, rolling to an easy primary victory over his or her book and opponent, air agriculture commissioner adam p. desantis winning by 20 points. fox news called this race just as soon as the polls closed in the panhandle. desantis took the stage to cheers a short time lat...