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Corner and they're on the way back. >> gm would not have made a commitment to a third shift unless the money guys figured this is going to stick. >> i think the flint assembly plant and the heavy-duty trucks here are a real economic indicator of where we're going. people are going back to work. companies are starting to buy pick-up trucks for their businesses. this is all great news. >> reporter: it's a snapshot of a wounded corporate giant on the rebound with human consequences beyond. >> while what's good for general motors is good for the u.s. may not be the slogan of the day, when we creat...

Commd? you didn't have to kick this up to the white house or anybody like that to say, hey, we're going to flood a significant portion of missouri? >> certainly we keep the vertical chain in alignment and informed on what decisions i make, but the decision in accordance with the program is, the president of the mississippi river commission. >> reporter: and that's you? >> and that's me. >> reporter: and there wasn't much time. just eight days from an alarming weather forecast to walsh's worst fears coming true. how did this affect you personally? >> certainly i know the, many of the people who...

Forecast to walsh's worst fears coming true. how did this affect you personally? >> well, certainly, i know many of the people who own land there, and been to their house, and i know them personally, and i was talking with them, and they understood the difficulty of the decision that had to be made. >> reporter: was the right decision made, and would you make it again? >> well, that's a good question, and frankly, we haven't had the time to go back and look at it. >> reporter: that's because huge decisions and their human consequences are now looming in louisiana where another floodway could s...

That there are going to be long-term effects that you have not yet even encountered? what is your game plan for the health effects, for the environmental damage down the road that hasn't even been calibrated? >> well, in the process of the natural resource damage assessment process, we collectively are working as a scientific community to assess, evaluate and understand those medium and long-term consequences. in addition, bp is funding through a ten-year grant of more than half a billion dollars scientific research that looks at both environmental, economic and human consequences to the tragi...

Victory lap. megyn: saddam hussein invaded kuwait and he says we have blood on our hands because children died. those of the imam's feelings about this country. this is the man behind the mosque who is supposed to promote religious tolerance does that change anything for you. >> what he's saying is that the sanctions reimposed upon iraq had human consequences, that angered some people in the muslim world and understanding how our policies have affected the way -- affected the way some of radical islam has tried to twist a message of peace and give you the islamic greeting, which is a greeting ...