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Period for severe weather from seven days down to as few as three days. there is no way they can avoid compromising the programs that safeguard our country, he said. and marsha mcnut director of the u.s. geological survey was even more blunt, warning house republicans about the cuts they've already voted for which would cause 21-day furloughs at u.s. tsunami warning centers and cripple america's ability to maintain its tsunami warning buoys or analyze their data. >> japan was just hit by a tragic and devastating 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. shame on us if we don't learn from their misfortune. >...

Programs reducing our warning period for severe weather from seven days down to as few as three days. there is no way they can avoid compromising the programs that safeguard our country, he said. and marsha mcnut director of the u.s. geological survey was even more blunt, warning house republicans about the cuts they've already voted for which would cause 21-day furloughs at u.s. tsunami warning centers and cripple america's ability to maintain its tsunami warning buoys or analyze their data. >> japan was just hit by a tragic and devastating 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. shame on us if we don't ...

You didn't hear what i read earlier. bp -- gushing oil from an underwater camera, democrats celebrated that as a victory for public accountability. but it was actually a painful defeat for obama, the camera produced an indelible image that highlighted how ineffectual obama was for two months in stopping this catastrophe. do you agree with that assessment? >> i do not agree with that assessment. i forced bp to put up the spill cam so that bp could not continue to hide behind the low balling of this problem, that they had been engaging in up until that point, in fact the president, detailed not ...

And neither does the general public. i think that continues to be the failing in the way in which bp deals with this issue. >> what about the obama administration and specifically the point people it has dealing with this not only thad allen, marsha mcnut, but the others, ken salazar, janet napolitano, steven chu. do you have confidence in them? >> i think they are making the right decision right now, slowing down bp and not allowing them to rush before the science is completely understood. that is the role of the government, not just to limit the liability of of bp but to ensure the liveabili...