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Two oil men in houston and they've been used for that purpose all these years. i think what you're seeing here, what we're beginning to see in this extended testimony is the evidence of the complacency we've been talking about here for the months this has been going on. this confidence that the technology is perfect, this will never happen, we can waive these environmental regulations, and these companies will just do the right thing and you're seeing the result of that after three months now of this disaster in the gulf. >> catching up to where we are today, bp seems to be saying it can safel...

Surplus into a massive deficit, the same people who didn't have any problems spending hundreds of billions of dollars on tax breaks for the wealthiest americans are now saying we shouldn't offer relief to middle class americans like jim or leslie or denise who really need help. >> larry: we'll have the group comment on that. but first, let me check in with anderson cooper. he'll host "ac 360 at at the top of the hour. what's the lead, anderson? >> breaking news tonight. a new option on the table to permanently seal the well in the gulf called the static kill. we're drilling mud is pumped into ...

The same people who didn't have any problems spending hundreds of billions of dollars on tax breaks for the wealthiest americans are now saying we shouldn't offer relief to middle class americans like jim or leslie or denise who really need help. >> larry: we'll have the group comment on that. but first, let me check in with anderson cooper. he'll host "ac 360 at at the top of the hour. what's the lead, anderson? >> breaking news tonight. a new option on the table to permanently seal the well in the gulf called the static kill. we're drilling mud is pumped into the capped well. we'll show you ...

Completion engineer, he then needed to take the 14.2 pounds per gallon mud which was holding 12,000 bottom hole pressure that he was circulating that out and replacing it with sea water. good procedure if you had a cement job. but had no cement job, then -- >> larry: the mud is from the bottom, right? >> no, the mud is from the top. >> larry: the mud is from the top? >> sure. you mixed it up. it's 14.2 pounds per gallon. and so he has that to keep the well dead. and -- but he doesn't know whether he has a cement job or not. >> larry: is halliburton play any part in fault here? >> i don't think...

Completion engineer, he then needed to take the 14.2 pounds per gallon mud which was holding 12,000 bottom hole pressure that he was circulating that out and replacing it with sea water. good procedure if you had a cement job. but had no cement job, then -- >> larry: the mud is from the bottom, right? >> no, the mud is from the top. >> larry: the mud is from the top? >> sure. you mixed it up. it's 14.2 pounds per gallon. and so he has that to keep the well dead. and -- but he doesn't know whether he has a cement job or not. >> larry: is halliburton play any part in fault here? >> i don't think...