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Cap for another hole. the clean-up effort continuing above sea level. amid new questions about how the obama administration handled the crisis. news out that the interior department's chief of staff, actually left to go on a rafting trip three days after the leak had been reported. two years ago, federal regulators told bp that it did not have to file a plan to handle an offshore oil disaster. good thing they didn't have a plan. the administration in full damage control mode today, sending homeland security secretary janet napolitano to the gulf to oversee the clean-up efforts. and the small b...

We're dealing with a convicted felon that killed 15 people and injured 170 in texas, because they were wanton and reckless. they haven't changed. as a matter of fact, this person that landrieu is trying to defend, if you really look at everything, they have more of a history, $300 million fine against them, ed. one of the biggest fines for militanting price is in america. what they were trying -- >> mike, is she absolutely the poster child at this hour for protecting big oil? i mean, she's against the liability cap. you've got constituents down there of hers on the verge of losing everything a...

Senate campaign. do you have a response to mary landrieu? did you show enough concern for katrina and are you trying to shut down the oil industry in the gulf? a lot on the table, senator. we need you to answer to this stuff. >> let's talk about the oil industry. i won't shed any tears raise the liability cap to $10 billion when bp made $5.6 billion in three months, the first three months of this year. when the entire top five oil companies made about $25 billion in the first three months of this year. i think that they should follow the rule that all of our mothers taught us, when we were gro...

Raised the liability cap. even if it's per incident per company. how many players do we have in there? folks, this is a $500 billion mistake accident, mishap, whatever you want to call it. i just don't think $10 billion does it, even if you've got ten companies. the bottom line here is, is this -- why do i sense that americans haven't grabbed the ripple effect that we're going to be looking at in all of this? now, we have this fight breaking out over offshore drilling. congressman rush holt on the ed show. congressman, where do you stand? >> good to be with you. >> you bet, sir, thank you. i'm...

All legitimate claims will be honored. and i would add one further point. i think it is inevitable that the over-cap will be exceeded. >> the ceo of bp has stated that they expect to exceed the liability cap of $75 million. when i said, will you be responsible for the economic damages, he said that is something that we will have to work out in the future. >> reporter: now, after that meeting last night senator bill nelson there along with senators to introduce legislation, that would bump that cap up significantly to $10 billion and make it retroactive. i asked the senate majority leader if he...