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>> yeah, it's scary. kids are here. what if it had gone off? >> it's crazy. megyn: like parents don't have enough to wory about. you are worrying about broken bones, scrapes, bruises. that grenade has been destroyed, but police are trying to put the pieces back together to try to do tests to figure out who left it in the park in the first place. politicians have been talking about the need for energy independence for years. now word comes it may be closer to becoming reality. we're learning about a new drilling method capable of tapping into previously out-of-reach oil fields. critics call it ...

The best word to describe how you feel about the midterm elections? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog. keep it clean. >> all right. we always keep it clean here in "the situation room." . >> it's a family show. while bp struggles to contain the catastrophic oil spill, the oil giant faces more controversy over what critics say is a risky drilling project in the far reaches of alaska. the story has a lot of legs. and there's a lot of questions about it. >> the process by which this was reviewed by the u.s. government and questions about the controversial drilling method ...

Richard wolfe, msnbc, and author of "ren gait." thanks. let's turn now to rick steiner, who joins us again from anchorage. rick, good evening. >> hi, keith. how are you? >> more discouraged than usual on this. this new, untested drilling method, frequent gas kicks, puts extra pressure on pipes, extra pressure on well casings. does that sound like a kind of drilling that's already happening all over the world? >> well, yeah. the extended reach drilling has gone on in various places throughout the world. there's no question about that. but just because there hasn't been a catastrophic blowout ...

To marine conservationist rick steiner, who joins us from anchorage. good evening. >> how are you? >> more diskournlgcouraged on t the new drilling method, frequent gas kicks, put extra pressure on pipes and well casings. does that sound like the drilling that's already happening all over the world? >> well, yeah. extended reach drilling has gone on in various places throughout the world. there's no question about that. because there hasn't been a catastrophic blowout doesn't mean that one cannot occur. i mean, look back three or four months on the deepwater horizon and all the deepwater drill...

Path forward, and joe barton has given them that. but more broadly for democrats, this is a terrible scenario for them. and it's not just about bp. the general economy is really what's driving this. but bp surely doesn't help. >> richard wolf, msnbc, thundershower author of "renegade." thanks. let's turn now to rick steiner, who joins us again from anchorage. rick, good evening. >> hi, keith. how are you? >> more discouraged than usual on this. this new, untested drilling method, frequent gas kicks, puts extra pressure on pipes, extra pressure on well casings. does that sound like a kind of ...