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Welcome back to "hardball." just when you thought the gulf oil disaster couldn't get worse, it does. today an undersea robot bumped into the venting system and bp had to remove the cap that had been containing some of the spewing oil. now it's rushing full force into the gulf. john hofmeier is the ceo of shell and the author of "why we hate the oil companies." reason for that. i've asked you to come on for a reason, obviously thinking with inside the box and trusting bp to come up with the next attempt has not succeeded. in fact, it's gotten worse from the day we've been in there. we tried jun...

Been containing some of the spewing oil. now it's rushing full force into the gulf. john hofmeister is the former ceo of shell and the author of "why we hate the oil companies." reason for that. i've asked you to come on for a reason, obviously thinking with inside the box and trusting bp to come up with the next attempt has not succeeded. in fact, it's gotten worse from the day we've been in there. we tried junk shot. we tried, oh, cut and cap. we tried everything here. i forgot what, did we drop? >> top kill. >> we've tried everything. is there something we would do if we were more adventuro...

They can have magnetic sensors on them, they certainly have temperature sensors. so i think that they will be able to hit the target. >> one expert said to me, i don't know if this is overblown or not, that there is still really concerned about the structural base of this whole operation. if the rocks get moved, this thing could really explode and they're sitting on a billion potential barrels of oil at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. is that a real concern or is that just out of the question unrealistic? >> well, i've heard concerns about the structural integrity of the well. in particular,...

Sensors and they can have temperature sensors and different sensors, so i do believe they will hit the target. >> one expert said to me, and i don't know whether this is overblown or not, but they are concerned about the structural base of this whole operation if the rocks are moved, this thing could really explode, and think are sitting on a billion potential barrels of oil at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. is that a real concern, or is that just out of the question unrealistic? >> well, i have heard concerns about the structural sbeg ri in of the well, and with the top kill, mud was drill...

Assumptions that they would have made in early of water quality would be okay. there wouldn't be much impact on marine life. and also oil wouldn't wash up on the shores even within a month of a scenario that would be five or 10 times worse than what we are dealing with now >> greta: in the report is there any reference to what they are trying to do right now? so it would show they anticipated this as a possible solution. is this new method to stop this leak brand new? >> references iner s of anything from a dome or a top kill or cap are not there. this is a response plan that gives you the imp...