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The company might have for not getting that accurate flow rate count, which will be provided when the relief wells go through, this is more of a business question, would those be outweighed by the loss in stock value each day of the spill, not to mention the risk of somehow getting caught further with something else going wrong? >> i think right now bp's more worried about cash than they are their stock price frankly. every day that they have the well flowing without the entire volume being measured is a day they can argue that the volume is much less than what we think it is. if they get a ca...

Into this gulf. now, if that happens, there is no -- bp has no plan. hayward can do his world tour. he can go to china, libya, saudi arabia and ask for cash. they are not going to be around. and i've got to tell you something. people are not paying enough attention to that. i'm hearing on the coast where the company is meeting with bankruptcy lawyers at the same time they are telling us everything is okay. >> well, the fascinating news is that the stock value of bp has gone up today, so that's what's happening economically with that company. who can figure. thank you very much john hofmeister....

When it's going to stop flowing naturally out of that hole. >> chris, i'll tell you -- >> no one knows that yet. >> at this point there's no way to put a projection on this and that is what bothers everybody. look, if this goes bad, you're talking about 2 billion -- 2 billion gallons of oil moving into this gulf. now, if that happens, there is no -- bp has no plan. hayward can do his world tour. he can go to china, libya, saudi arabia and ask for cash. they are not going to be around. and i've got to tell you something. people are not paying enough attention to that. i'm hearing on the coast w...

The last four quarters worth of business at bp. and frankly, for british petroleum, that's $20 billion worth. as you mentioned before, the stock market is down overall today. british petroleum since the spill has lost about 17% worth of its stock value. today the stock is down another 3 1/2%. >> wow, pretty significant numbers. we know the numbers are only going to get greater as this woil continues to leak. felicia taylor, thanks so much on the floor of the new york stock exchange. appreciate that. doctors in texas call this woman a miracle. you're about to see her. she doesn't remember muc...

They can't do controlled burns. mother nature is letting herself be known. >> shepard: chris gutierrez, thank you. >> bp executives say the company is doing everything in its power to contain the spill but that may not be enough. bp brands itself as a friend of the environment, a energy company that goes beyond petroleum but the stock value is taking a hit. jonathan hunt is live here in new york. first, what exactly is bp doing? >> they're scrambling to keep up with this unfolding disaster. they have set up an onshore command center. they had an offshore command center several days to deal wit...