Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100505:03:29:00
>> thank you. >> i don't want to take too much time away from what you are doing because it is so important for the response. when did you get your first examples of what was spilling into the gulf? >> about a week ago this monday. we had a loose sample from the gulf, and then we got some wellhead oil a couple, >> i understand when you got that first sample you were very concerned about what was in that sample, what that said about what type of oil that was. can you show us that sample and tell us what concerned you? >> this is a subset, it has the consistency of roof tar. crude coming out of ...