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Response for an oil disaster in the gulf of mexico, which is after all the western hemisphere's hurricane's alley, surely, you would factor the storm season into your disaster response plan. and that's why you don't work for bp. joining us now is congressman ed markey, democrat of massachusetts. chairman of the energy and environment subcommittee who wrote to bp ceo asking if the company made disaster plans that accounted for the possibility of hurricanes in the gulf. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you. glad to be on. >> have you received any response from bp on your letter to bp...

Reviewing theed ed adequacy of current version of the spill plan. bp officials say they're commit to taking every safety precaution to prevent a blowout. they say they're minimizing their environmental footprint in that area of alaska. bp officials tell us they're going to start extracting oil from that well early next year. >> i'm not a technical expert on any of this stuff, but why would bp decide to drill horizontally from just above the well site? >> a lot depends on the climate. ice flows in that region and can damage an offshore rig. if you have drilling from on island, you don't have to...

Chairman of the house energy committee. they are testifying really trying to distance themselves from bp. these are executives from exxonmob exxonmobil, from chevron, from the other companies. some senators, however, and congressmen are not having it, and accusing them all of less than robust emergency spill plans. in fact, the ceo of exxon was saying their spill plan would be different except it was prepared by same company that prepared bp's spill plan. back down here on the gulf, federal authorities are working to allow more international ships in to help in the clean-up and announced guide...

Doug from bp about the walruses in the company's gulf of mexico oil spill response plan, and here is the incredible response we got. >> the spill plan that bp had that has been reported widely was talking about protecting walruses and sea otters and a main point of contact is someone that died five years before the plan was created. did bp really take this seriously? >> well, i think you have to go in and look at that plan in detail. the document that refers to things like walruses and seals actually refers to species that can be heavily impacted by a spill and all species, not ones unique to ...

Gulf of mexico response plan. my new hero, tom costello, asked doug from bp about the walruses in the company's gulf of mexico oil spill response plan, and here is the incredible response that he got. >> the spill plan that bp had that has been reported widely was talking about protecting walruses and sea otters and a main point of contact is someone who had died five years before the plan was ever created. did bp really take this seriously? >> well, i think you have to go in and look at that plan in detail. the document that refers to things like walruses and seals actually refers to species ...