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Safe. there's always a danger and when it occurs it's always going to be troublesome because you're in a marine ocean environment. i have a bill to ban leases off the west coast of america. we need to shift away from oil. we need to move to the renewable energy policies. as long as we continue to drill, we're going to find ourselves with these kinds of problems. not every year, not every drill rig but it's going to happen and keep this in mind, last year, within the last 12 months, there have been two massive blow-outs on offshore oil rigs. one of off australia and the other in the gulf of mex...

As long as we continue to drill, we're going to find ourselves with these kinds of problems. not every year, not every drill rig. but it's going to happen. and when it does -- keep this in mind, chris, last year, within the last 12 months, there have been two massive blowouts s onl rigs, this is not unheard of, in fact it's all too common. so enough, already. move away from our dependence on oil and let's get on with the renewable energy which everybody says is our future and has to be our future. >> mike, lets get down to this three monkeys we saw today. i use the term, no the that these men ...

Radio show called "ring of fire." gentlemen i'm looking at this piece, robert kennedy first, it seems to me they're talking about a culture of ethical failures, of regulators at the mms having sex, taking gifts from industry representatives, it sounds like they're literally in bed with those characters is that the problem here? >> that was one of the major problems. the agency during the bush administration which is responsible for promulgating regulations and for exercising oversight of the industry really became just a sock puppet for the oil industry. they almost completely ceased any kind ...

Bp used it voluntarily on its british rigs, it was not included here. in addition to that, bp didn't put a deep well valve, a shutoff valve that would be 200 feet below the level of the sand. it's standard operating procedure. they didn't put it there because it would have cost a few more bucks for them. there's also some indication that bp was drilling way beyond its permit limitations. the permit limitations allowed bp to go down to 18,000 feet. apparently they were already at 20 -- between 22 and 25,000 feet when the explosion occurred. there was clearly deliberate and willful negligence th...

Another developing story we're following for you. that huge oil spill in the gulf of mexico, 50 miles off the louisiana coast. that's where the deep water horizon drill rig sank after a huge explosion ripped through it last week. right now, about 42,000 gallons of oil are gushing into the gulf on a daily basis. that's 1,000 barrels. a small army of workers are fighting to stop that leak. they're hoping that robot submarines will be able to trigger what's called a blow-out preventer, basically a valve at the top of the we will head. if that helps, the valve would be closed and shut off the leak...