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>> contribute to help the people who have been devastated in japan. >> i was impressed with his picks and his knowledge of players, but that wasn't what the american people needed to see yesterday. >> american leaders may be saying what japanese citizens are not hearing. >> who's in charge of this response effort? is it the government? is it tepco?
Recovery operation that the firefighters were through. it brought me comfort. it let me know that through all of thi journal i and t bodies and parts we wer picking up and putting in body bags, that it gave us a symbol of hope and helped us to carry on and i felt that was important to humanity. >> mike: it was a remarkable find, frank, thank you very much for being here today. [applause] >> also, with us is richard sheerer, the director of the mayor's office of emergency management. and he was the one who coordinated the response effort at ground zero. richard, it's great having you here today...
As many of you know, i've actually been with response effort since two hours after the accident began some 108 days ago. i will be returning to my role as the chief operating officer for the company after today. and as part of that, i'll continue to work on our activities and what we've learned through this response as part of the efforts to get the industry back to work in the gulf of mexico. mike has been our incident commander in houma which is one of our two very large incident command posts since i think the 27th of april, so 5 days into this accident. mike's done an extraordinary job dow...
Of an arkansas camp clowned. seven of the victims are children ages 7 or younger. search crews hope everyone is now accounted for, but just in case, they have a dozen canine units looking for more bodies. the area is isolated and cell phone service is poor, which is why they likely missed any warnings. those who did survive had just seconds to get to safety as the flash foods hit, most of them had been sleeping. maybe the fourth time had been the charge for president obama, back in the gulf coast right now, as his approval ratings are dropping and estimates in the amount of oil in the gulf a...
Day. this well is leaking less than that amount and bp has been criticized for not handling it well. i asked a bp spokeswoman if they overestimated their ability to response. >> this is huge, not just bp, federal agencies and state agencies here with us. i think it speaks well that we are able to manage, to get resources so quickly in these areas and start a very proactive response effort. >> reporter: now, while they may not have been able to handle the amount of spillage they thought they could, they are hammering at their contention this is an unprecedented release of oil and their response...