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The last time it happened domestically, 1969. we know about valdez, that was a tanger, though. have we just not developed the technology because this has not happened in 41 years? >> you put your finger on it, joe. we were not prepared for something like this. that's the real problem. if we are going to drill out there, we need much better safeguards, fail-safe system after fail-safe system. the wetlands are fragile and can't sustain this damage. >> obviously, there's federal aid, but the president made it clear when he went there yesterday about the economy, bp, picking up the responsibility ...

Won't turn around quickly, unfortunately, is the oil spill. this is an environmental disaster of already ethic proportions, but we talked to t. boone pickens this week who said if anybody believes we are going to fix this in a month or so is dreaming. this is a catastrophe. >> the problem is the oil keeps flowing every day with another 200,000 gallons. we really don't know how to turn it off. the relief valve didn't kick in. there's a need to drill some relief wells. it will take a couple of months to do that. the possibility now is that within a week we can put a cone over it. and that has a ...

622639. results later on in the show. joining me now is mike, an environmental attorney, lawyer who his firm has filed a class-action lawsuit in three states on behalf of the shrimpers, fisheries, oystermen and business owners. nice to have you with us tonight. >> how are you? >> i'm doing fine. i appreciate what you're doing because this is going to have a domino effect on jobs in that region down there unlike anything we have ever seen before. where's the liability? where's the culpability here? what's the call for the lawsuit? >> you nailed the story perfectly at the beginning of this progr...

Resister. >> he is not touching the gas pedal and there it goes. professor chris gurtis of stanford, center for automotive research. give me one line that comes to your mind on this report? >> the report shows you can rewire the pedal and defeat the fail-safe system. this is well known. he rewired the pedal -- >> but it can't happen in real world according to you? >> there is no evidence that it exists in the real world i've seen. >> they went to a lot of trouble today, neil to test several cars. ford over here. fusion i think. no that is a b.m.w. fusion there. they said what they did to the t...