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Manager in 2008 she decided to delay hiring sort of core staff. back in 2006, 2007 2008, she was ramping up to run, she had a robust rapid response operation. right now, seems like there's one staffer, nick merrill and a couple other folks helping out. it doesn't seem like she has the capacity to get whatever information she wants out there out there. >> how stunning is that knowing the expectation, the feel of inevitability that these mistakes are being made. >> but this goes back it is a flashback from 2008 when we thought going into this thing that she had the cadillac of operations, and in...

It's dangerous work for the coast guard. take a listen. >> with so many people involved in in response operation, we have air assets, float assets, we have people staging in different areas, it's maintaining that safety. we've been going on, this operation has been going on for days as you're well aware in very challenging conditions. >> one blessing is there's no sign of any fuel leak, which is the other major concern here, rick. and 250,000 gallons of fuel on board, shell's drilling in the arctic is suffering one mishap after another and nervous, that it could have another oil disaster on it...

Time spot? >> because the push to la see know voters. let me talk about bill clinton for a second. he is going to be in the house tomorrow putting barak obama's name into nomination. and there is a lot of nervousness among the republican party elite that the leaders as to how good he's going to be. they're a little bit concerned that bill clinton will definitely be an exclamation point in this convention, that he will make some points that may be very difficult to counter against with the rapid response operation that the republicans have. so they're nervous looking at bill clinton because the...

sure he can't win? as the penn state tragedy unfolds, is stwitelevision let something defend themselves in brief interviews that don't say much? >> in retrospect, i -- you know, i shouldn't have showered with those kids, so -- >> that's it? >> yeah, that's what hits me the most. >> plus, we'll talk to the young pennsylvania newspaper reporter who broke the story. and nbc hires chelsea clinton as a correspondent while msnbc brings megan mccain on board. is a famous last name now more important than knowing anything about journalism? i'm howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources....

>> turning now to the national disaster in the gulf. it is day 97 and there is word tonight, b p's embattled ceo tony hayward will soon be out of a job. a government official confirming to fox news today, bp is changing leadership come tomorrow, up until late last month though, hayward had been the very public face of the company throughout this oil disaster and he received plenty of criticism for handling of it, including his decision to attend a yacht race in england while oil continued to gush into the gulf. you'll remember hayward sparked outrage after making this comment during an intervi...