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Last night told the salt lake city tribune he wants to limit how much damages people can claim from bp and center taxpayers pick up the bill. >> is that something you would be supportive of, increasing that cap on the liability for environmental damage? >> no. >> that's the assurances provided by law. >> for part of the damage. >> yeah, it probably does. >> is that equivalent to the bailout? >> i don't think -- well, i don't think that's equivalent to a bailout. >> democratic congressman of louisiana wrote to bm yesterday asking them to suspend executive bonuses indefinitely and use those fund...

Drilling at those depths? >> well, i know from bp's standpoint we want to really understand what's happened. there's almost a rush to justice on this. we want to understand what happens so we it make sure it never happens again on any well bp drills or frankly, on anyone. the moratorium we know has been a hardship for those rig workers who aren't working right now. as a goodwill gesture, we're setting aside $100 million towards them. but in terms of the political discussion around this and decisions, i think we're certainly going to step back and let the government decide what it wants to do. ...

>> right. well i know a lot of -- >> these ceos -- >> i was saying i know a lot of people like yourself that thousands, tens of thousands of jobs will be lost here. the rig workers, cooks, support ships that help the rigs but you had a chance actually to speak to the president himself when he toured your parish. what did you say to him and what was his response? >> he was gracious enough to invite me into his vehicle when we were going to the beach. and, i had to take the opportunity to ask him to reconsider. just knowing what it would do to our economy, that it would devastate our economy. an...

Jobs will be lost here. the rig workers, cooks, support ships that help the rigs but you had a chance actually to speak to the president himself when he toured your parish. what did you say to him and what was his response? >> he was gracious enough to invite me into his vehicle when we were going to the beach. and i had to take the opportunity to ask him to reconsider. just knowing what it would do to our economy, that it would devastate our economy. and that it would take a very, very long time for us to recover from this. >> what did he tell you? >> it seemed -- he said that the mood of the...

Before the blowout. deepwater drills is inherently dangerous as the entire country now knows. an uncontrolled blowout can kill rig workers and cause an environmental disaster. we want to know whether you were briefed about the risks and were monitoring the safety of the drilling operation. we could find no evidence that you paid any attention to the tremendous risks bp was taking. we've reviewed 30,000 pages of documents from bp, including your e-mails. there is not a single e-mail or document that shows you paid even the slightest attention to the dangers at this well. you are the ceo, so we ...