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Republicans in the oil patch are ready to act here. i don't think they are. i think they're still going to be stuck in the mud when it comes to doing anything. >> we just need a majority. we don't need everybody. >> we need 60 sflarts too. thank you, congressman and mr. inslee. thank you for joining us, jonathan. coming up, president obama's prime time address from the oval office coming up. and what will he have to do to demonstrate that he's in charge? we're going to talk to this the president's point person on. >> what we found was that the these five companies have response plans that ar...

Litera literally thousands and thousands of vessels working and they're working to get the oil capture period. 15,000 barrels a day were captured this week. another 8 to 10 will be d added and by mid-july we're talking about capturing 60 to 80,000 barrels of oil a day and that's happening because this administration, under the leadership of the president has directed bp to change their response plans to bring in more equipment, to make sure we are doing everything we possibly can to get this under control, number one, and then secondly, obviously the cleanup. it's very important. i just came b...

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What's going on out there. there are already literally thousands and thousands of vessels working. the most important are those trying to get the oil captured. 15,000 barrels a day was being captured up until this week. another 8 to 10 will be added. more vessels are being brought in. by mid-july we're talking capturing 60,000 to 80,000 barrels a day. this administration under the leadership of the president has directed bp to change response plans to bring in more equipment, to make sure we are doing everything we possibly can to get this under control, number one. and then secondsly, obvious...

Being deployed by helicopter, by boat and land, to evaluate reports of oil and act as dictated by the response plans. we also remain ready to respond to any wild life that might have been impacted. so far, we had two oil birds cleans and they will be repeated. we received word friday of two dead birds and three dead porpoises off louisiana. we are working to identify whether the deaths are a result of this spill. in st. petersburg, florida, our command post is up and running. i would like to clarify some reports. grand isle, louisiana department of environmental quality personnel confirmed tha...