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Stack cap ready to go weeks ago? >> great question. before the healthmaster you couldn't do it. but they certainly could have. on the second part of your qution, that's t big one. and they certainly should have had this stacking cap designed not just weeks ago but even before they were doing the drilling operation in the first place. they shouldn't have been out there drilling, and nor should any of the deepwater offshore rigs be drilling unless they have a very, very clear blowout risk assessment, prevention plan, response plan, and a better oil spill response plan offshore. none of the compa...

There. how much soon rer er are we tal about? >> reporter: it certainly s bob dudley, bp's executive in charge of the cleanup, says that the relief well could be completed by the end of this month. now that's about two weeks ahead of what the coast guard has been saying. but bob dudley says that if we have good weather, no more interruptions in the weather, no more tropical storms or anything like that in the gulf of mexico that could disrupt the drilling operation that it could be completed by the end of the month. and finally that gushing well that we've been watching on television for two m...

Morning to you. in terms of that tropical storm, what is the biggest concern right now as the crews work to dig all the relief wells? >> they have about 1500 people at the drill site about 50 miles off the coast of venice, louisiana. 45 ships are there as well. they are working on containment operation and the drilling of the relief wells that will cap this broken well. what they are watching are the wins and the waves. they cannot handle waves greater than eight feet and during a hurricane, you can get the waves of up to 25 to 30 feet high. if this storm continues to drift to the southern gul...

And standing behind barton? what's the take on that? >> well, i think the republicans have a point that barack obama and bp are the culprits here. they're joined at the hip. they're one and the same. i'll give you five quick reasons why. nobel prize-winning energy leader saying we're going to change the world together, partnering up with him, ed. bp advisers are top deputies there. you have bp and obama crafting legislation together, job-killing cap and trade legislation, i might add. then you have what is sheriff salazar giving all these waifrz, obama administration waivers about the drilling...

Before the blowout. deepwater drills is inherently dangerous as the entire country now knows. an uncontrolled blowout can kill rig workers and cause an environmental disaster. we want to know whether you were briefed about the risks and were monitoring the safety of the drilling operation. we could find no evidence that you paid any attention to the tremendous risks bp was taking. we've reviewed 30,000 pages of documents from bp, including your e-mails. there is not a single e-mail or document that shows you paid even the slightest attention to the dangers at this well. you are the ceo, so we ...