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>> the government brought in an independent team of scientists. they upped the daily flow rate between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels per day. then june 19th they doubled it to 60,000 barrels a day. >> decision made today. >> now new bp records released by edward markey showed the company figured it was 53,000 barrels a day on the high side of the latest range, and well above bp's initial exclaims. bp was lying or grossly incompetent in the first week, in the second week, in the third week. by being so wrong, it also delay ed the massive response that would have been put in place earlier. >> report...

Them honest. not a good day for the company. big losses announced, $17 billion in the past quarter alone. the company has a new ceo, bob dudley, who promises to learn from the spill. the old ceo, tony hayward, apparently hasn't learned much. he got his life back and more, and $18 million in severance, he he claims he was demonized in america and says in a conference call, quote, bp's response to this tragedy has been a model of good social corporate responsibility. it has mounted an unprecedented response. well, the response was unprecedented. of course, so was the size of the spill. so that's...

And $18 million in severance, he says he was demonized in a conference call says, quote, about. p's response to this tragedy has been a model of good social corporate responsibility. it has mounted an unprecedented response. well, the response was unprecedented. of course, so was the size of the spill. it's not saying very much. claiming that bp has been a model of good corporate social responsibility, that just seems to fly in the face of the facts. let's take a look over here at the wall at a couple of examples. we kind of picked these, frankly, randomly. there's a lot more. for weeks, bp un...

Unbelievable story. they can actually write off this accident at the expense of the american taxpayers. that's why it is so important that we get the flow rate correct. they are find $4300 per barrel per day for the entirety of the crisis. it could be 10 to $20 billion. we must make sure that they pay that fine so that they tax write off they are able to make does not allow them to be protected from having paid back the taxpayers for the damage they have done in american waters. >> you have legislation produced in the house and the senate. what do you hope and what are the top priorities in te...

Barrels a day. >> i think that the environmental impacts of this disaster is likely to be very, very modest. >> reporter: that number was revised upward to 500,000 barrels a day. >> 500,000 is the e mate and not a bp estimate, because unified command estimate with the coast guard. >> reporter: then the government brought in an independent team of scientists and the flow rate technical group on may 27th, upped the daily flow rate between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels per day. then june 15th, the team more than doubled the estimate to 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day. >> the decision made -- >> report...