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>> whenever the president of the united states comes into an affected area, questions get answered more quickly, assets get deployed more rapidly, and there is a greater focus and attention where it needs to be right now and that's the gulf states. >> with bp putting together a response tonight to government demands to speed up the oil containment on wednesday, bp executives will pay a visit to the white house for their first meeting with president obama since the rig explosion, juliet. >> juliet: that should be an interesting meeting, julie. julie kirtz live in washington. thank you. during t...

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Life they've had for generations and what it likely to have been a part of the agreement with bp, the president said bp is a strong and viable company and that it is in everyone's interest it remains so. >> wendell goler live in the briefing room. thank you very much. really, little people are so much better. when karl hinrich vonburg became chairman of bp he thought the challenge would be job cuts. today he sat at the table with the president of the united states trying to defend his company did against a political and public back jar. the chairman went on vacation days after the rig explosio...

White house chief of staff rahm emanuel about the situation and he plans to speak personally about the president during the president's visit to new york. the president has arrived in new york a short time ago and he'll be here for the next few hours. >> i have been told that he was going to meet with some of those officers, some of the heroes from the times square bombing incident. he's got a big democratic party fund-raiser later in the evening. do we know anything else about what he's doing in new york city? >> no, there had been a lot of anticipation about that meeting and we're waiting to...

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