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Shore on mississippi's delta, home to hundreds of species of wildlife. the slick, 120 miles wide. the undersea leak feeding it, still uncapped. efforts to stop the flow, failed. bp no choice but to shoulder the responsibility. the federal government responsibility is growing. president obama is in a politically awkward spot. for his decision last month to permit for drilling offshore. take a listen. >> under the leadership of secretary salazar we'll employ new technologies to reduce the impact of oil explosiratioexplo. we'll protect areas vital to tourism, the environment and our national secu...

The epa and the fbi have been breathing down bp's necks. this looks like you'll be hearing the word british petroleum in an ugly way. it's not the flower symbol of their logo. it's been a company in the last few years that have been cutting a lot of corners when it deals with safety issues. >> you're pretty fired up about this. we told them you were going to be talking to us tonight and we had a statement from them as well. i want to read it to you, david, and get your response. when bp plans any activity, drilling or otherwise, in addition to all the required permitting for our plans we also ...

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, 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. sanjay? >> tom, thanks so much. we'll be tracking this throughout the hour and the night, as that oil makes landfall. we'll bring you the latest developments. the live chat is up and running, ac360.com. an interview i really wanted to do, douglass br...

Firm adds negligent. they were specific about that. a-r they negligent? is this firm negligent? >> we'll find out. really looks like it. bp has had a horrific response. they did dole with the fact you had a blast. they're not talking about the environmental end game here. they've basically gone undercover and started doing the blame game on the oil rig company instead of taking projects responsibility for this. you know, british petroleum in 2006 had the worst cracked pipes in the north slope of alaska, the epa and the fbi have been breathing down bp's necks. this looks like you'll be hearing ...

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 troubles in days to come because they're not facing the consequences of what the company's responsible for. >> you know a fair amount about this industry, doug. you know, one thing, when you talk about the rigs, you talk about the company itself, bp ceo has laid blame on trans-ocean saying it's their rig, their equipment, their people, their safety processes. does he have a point in that at all? >> of course. they're also hired by b...