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Saying, you told me there was going to be more skimmers, why aren't there more skimmers, you get more skimmers. that's what leaders do. we've seen it in florida with leaders like governor bush during our-s. i was in those meetings with him when we had all our hurricanes. he'd press people for results. governor crist is doing that now in florida, governor jindal in louisiana. we need the president to remain active. the claims thing is great, but we've got to be vigilant about stopping the oil from leaking and preventing oil from coming ashore. >> senator george lemieux from florida, thank you v...

Situation. account president do other things? can he get beyond energy and beyond bp? what about all of the foreign policy challenges? what about all of the other problems? this does threaten to overtake the white house. >> well, it could. i think there's perhaps this potential. i don't think necessarily it will be the case. i think the way the president can kind of escape the potential trap that is laid for him here is to clearly demonstrate to the american people and to the world that every possible thing that could possibly be done is being done, and when you have a situation where the pres...

No, seriously, where are you guys going? ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! ni hao! [ female announcer ] the new classroom. see it. live it. share it. on the human network. cisco. how will the president's showdown with bp play in the gulf? will it help residents with whether the president is on their side. the bottom line here, john, is the president gives an oval office speech with the stakes as high as it was. and it didn't go over well with a number of different audiences. what do you think? >> look.

News. in fact this issue is still very much being negotiated. we've seen reports now confirmed by nbc that bp has agreed to this $20 billion fund for claims that the fund would be administered by ken feinberg who is known for administering the 9/11 compensation fund. we do know that. but you put your finger on one of the key outstanding issues here -- is this fund all-in for bp, or is it just a down payment as the white house says it wants? that's the real issue for bp. because $20 billion, as you know, is a huge chunk of change. bp likely is looking for certainty saying, we can't just have a ...

Okay? bp has stepped up and said $20 billion in escrow. bp needs to pay. but why is the speaker, just as the president, focused on blame gaming right now instead of fixing the problem. >> because they caused the problem, congressman. i mean you told the "financial times" last week, "that they should stop -- that the president, administration, should stop blame andvillification instead of focusing on stopping the oil. president and the administration can't stop the oil. bp has to stop the oil. >> what they can do, what they can do right now is mitigate the environmental disaster. again, florida...