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They would have no better response than bp has. representing to the american government that there is a response capability to protect the people of the united states and its oceans in the event of an accident, in my opinion, merits the opening of a criminal investigation. they do not have the capacity. they would all be relying upon the same boom. they would all be relying upon the same skimmers. they would all be relying upon a prayer and hope that somehow or other a solution would be found to a problem after it had already unfolded. >> are you satisfied with this $20 billion escrow account ...

This well is leaking less than that amount. bp is struggling to contain it and has been criticized by the government. i asked if they overestimated their ability to respond? >> what you're seeing from our response capability, this is huge, not just bp, there are federal agencies and state agencies here with us. i think it speaks well that we were able to manage, to get resources to quickly in these areas and really start a pro active response effort. >> reporter: robert thomas teaches journalism students how to cover the oil industry. have they done a good job? >> an awful lot of people feel l...

Noaa and only meant to start a dialogue, but mms won't say whether they changed their plan after the criticism. >> we've really had problems with mms for over a decade recognizing this is an agency that really thinks of the oil and gas industry as their partner or client rather than as an industry they should be regulating. >> reporter: despite several calls and e-mails from us, mms did not respond to that. records also show that before this accident, bp was confident it could handle this kind of spill. in one document, the company said it has the capability to respond to a worst-case discharg...

Jim kim jong-un that they are off shore. if he engages in provocations, look at what happened in syria. this could be a president that responds. does this carrier group really have that kind of response capability? the carrier actually, the "u.s.s. carl vincent," huge asset, aircraft on board but not terribly useful against the north korean threat. those aircraft aren't likely to go anywhere. there are missile ships along the carrier out there. they can shoot down missile launches. if it gets to that point, there's pretty serious trouble. this is sending that message to kim being very open abo...