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This was absolutely awful. but here's an advantage they had in alaska. this was a finite amount of oil in one tanker that came out at once and they were able to address it and deal with it. some studies there in just recent years show they still have pockets of oil up there from this spill more than 20 years ago. but at least they knew what they were dealing with. the point these researchers i spoke to today stressed over and over again is, as long as the oil is flowing down here in the gulf, this will simply keep growing and growing and growing, and they have no idea where the end will be. sa...

Also here in texas 2005 had texas city. british petroleum where people died. british petroleum will be responsible for ten national wildlife threats of a cornucopia of wildlife, beautiful beaches, salt marshes, sandy barrier island, the home of black skinners, the largest tern colony in the united states. to not be stepping forward and talking about the wildlife cost, what's going to happen to the economy in louisiana now and do be doing the kind of statement you just read tells me that british petroleum is going to be in deeper trouble in days to come because they're not facing the consequenc...

Secretary salazar we'll employ new technologies to impact oil exploration, for tourism, the environment and our national security. and we'll be guided not by political ideology but by scientific evidence. that's why my administration will consider potential areas for development in the mid and south atlantic and the gulf of mexico. while studying and protecting sensitive areas in the arctic. >> you heard it there. earlier we got an e-mail from a prominent critic of offshore drilling and bp. to say it got our attention doesn't do it justice. it got douglas brinkley a spot on the show tonight. t...

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To say it got our attention doesn't do it justice. it certainly got us the man who wrote it, historian douglas brinkley, a spot on the program tonight. his latest week "the wilderness warrior" thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me, sanjay. >> you just heard from president obama there. he's also said bp is ultimately responsible for funding the cost of the response and the clean-up, as we know, it's something in the oil pollution act. but that doesn't mean the administration had judged the firm as negligent. they were specific about that. are they negligent? is this firm negligent? >> ...