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In the clinton administration, worked in the obama administration, who couldn't put aside those views. there were a lot of references to the period of time when she was dean of harvard law school, and she threw military recruiters off campus because of the university's objection to the don't ask don't tell policy. but the bottom line is, there are still 58 democratic senators after robert byrd's death. there is no organized attempt at a filibuster, i think the odds overwhelmingly favor her confirmation at this point. how many votes she gets, i don't know. tomorrow is the day when they have a c...

Are still 58 democratic senators after robert byrd's death. there is no organized attempt at a filibuster, i think the odds overwhelmingly favor her confirmation at this point. how many votes she gets, i don't know. tomorrow is the day when they have a chance to question her. her good fortune is that the republicans are going to be going after her at the same time that david petrais is going to be testifying on capitol hill. so it probably won't even get that much attention. no news is good news for her. >> all right. jeffrey toobin, appreciate it. thanks. next on the program, did bp get a f...

Wrong, and how that could hurt the vice president. and that would almost certainly have delayed final approval to drill. instead, bp got the pass from the agency at the interior department that's supposed to regulate it. keeping them honest, as bad as all this sounds it gets worse. it's not just bp and deepwater horizon, in fact, most oil companies working in the gulf get the same pass. that means of the hundreds of oil projects operating today in the gulf, most got to skip that final critical environmental review. >> so is the whole system is broken. it's not about bp having some individualiz...

>> exactly. when i first heard it, somebody should tell the doctor what patients he's going to be operating on. but, yeah, this is the people who support the rig workers. the rig workers are covered under that $100 million. >> although rig workers will say, that's not enough. >> right. and that's probably going to have to get increased. for every one man on the rig, you have 10 to 15 other supporting jobs that load the supplies, that run the boat that bring the food out to them. all these things, bring the supplies, clean the boat. there are many more supporting jobs than there are rig workers...

Gotten the lease, leased the rig, and hired the crew. eric molito is with the american petroleum institute. >> you don't want to hurt that industry any more. this industry provides a lot of economic input and jobs to that gulf region. >> reporter: there are other environmental reviews prior to this final one bp and others did not have to pass. none as rigorous. the law allows 30 days for this review. given the slow pace of government bureaucracy, no one thinks they can get done in 30 days. that's another reason why the agency gave bp the pass. the interior department won't comment because of p...