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>> reporter: john, often those things are separate. commercial and environmental interests are in two separate areas. here they are not. you damage the environment, you damage the fishery, and when you do that, the women and men who (%)%t work on the and can't get the oysters go to work in the oil industry. now they have the moratorium on the oil industry, the oil industry has a bad name. they're mad at the oil industry but if you can't get shrimp or oysters, the other job is working in the oil industry. they are very, very krned they are getting hit on both sides, and the environment and econ...

>> we appreciate your perspective and i want to bring into the conversation, jessica yellin sitting here with me. as we watch the pictures, this is the prelude. this is the coming attractions in the movie theater. we see tony hayward with staff and attorneys in the room. we see journalists in the room. the members are beginning to come in. this is america's new villain at the moment. fairly or unfairly, the american people, and especially the people in the gulf coast -- the mention of his name causes outright visceral anger. a huge challenge for him and also a challenge for the congress. >> fo...

Welcome back. i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. live pictures of capitol hill as we get ready for what's likely to be a day of fiery questions posed from lawmakers with the house subcommittee of energy and commerce. posing these questions to the ceo tony hayward of bp. he's expected to stick with his 11-page script. he has a statement that we have also been privy to where he will apologize profusely, acknowledge mistakes have been made involving bp and the oil spill that took place. now 59 days ago. will that be new? i'm joined in washington by my colleague john king. john, while we see this...

Who is the third party? we want to know how the money will get to us. the feels is we can have high level discussions about escrows and money, how does it get through to the people who need it? you discussed it with respect to the claims process. the frustration on the ground, as you know, john, from being around here, these are not people who live high on the hog. these people make a living, and it's something your father did and your kids might do after you. that's the frustration. how do we get et money and who is running it? >> ali velshi along the gulf coast. let's check in back quickly w...

Forward. the partisanship we see is paralyzing the ability to do that, which is why i wrote the book i did, "why we hate the oil companies" because we cannot make progress with this level of partisanship. >> john hoff miter and jessica yellin. we have a team of reporters across the gulf of mexico. we are continuing to wait for the testimony from tony hayward on the top right of your screen, and he will testify that they still don't know what caused the continued spewing of oil into the gulf of mexico. he will say he is sorry. we are going to take a quick break. [ male announcer ] nature valley