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Profits, getting things done quickly, putting safety lower on the list. most republicans also say there are tough questions facing bp, but one republican, joe barton of texas said he owed mr. hayward an apology. he said the $20 million fund was a slush fund and a shakedown. ali velshi is among our correspondents down in the gulf region. as you listen to this, based on your conversations with so many people in the region, obviously they want to hear most from mr. hayward. what do you make of it so far? >> when the president announced their in his primetime speech the other night, i was with a g...

Man out here, i have news for him. >> what's that? >> we're not going to stand for it. i'd rather see my money from my shrimpers go to the department of agriculture. i have a good friend down here who knows how to take care of people. he takes care of his farmers and ranchers and cowboys. that's where i want my money to go. >> we are listening to everything you are saying about your industry. i also want you to stand by as well. we're asking what is the bottom line here on the reaction to the president's primetime speech. we asked our panelists as they were watching to grade the president. we ...

Unprecedented response. >> if it wasn't, it is now. >> should be, absolutely. something you can do without dice in college. so if you're listening to that, you're saying, ok, the unprecedented response to the unprecedented spill and now this is a good time to change gears and go to a green economy. he brought up climate change but not actually being honest and saying this thing is forever stuck in congress. >> right. and the democrats didn't even give him 12 hours to basque in the glow of a primetime speech before they already said that's not going to happen. >> senator feinstein said the clim...

Suzanne malveaux at the white house, thank you. in the primetime speech, the president spoke to the nation, and among those listening, the people living in the disaster zone. for two months their frustrations have been building and their demands for more action. >> it all sounds good, and i got to have confident in my president that he'll follow through with some of the plans that we have been going over with, but i just don't know. i just got a lot of fears and unknowns. >> he said nothing. it was photo opposite. all it is is photo opes. >> it really upsets me. it's not the money. it's the ...

The retirement age in france from 60 to 63. and, all of the unions in france are planning protests, frankly, a strike across the nation, later this summer, so it is a rock and a hard place situation because you have the european union commission president warning that if cuts aren't made, countries are in jeopardy and you've got the union saying that they are bucking these cuts, because there could be other drastic falls from that. bill: it sounds like there is a long way to go. amy kellogg, thanks, what is coming up. martha: counting down to the primetime speech, from the president tonight an...