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Accent. here he is. the ceo of bp. >> i was not a part of that decision making process. i was not involved in that decision. i can't possibly know the basis on which that decision was taken. i'm afraid i can't recall that. i don't recall that either. i was not involved in the decision making. i cannot answer you question in that form. i can't recall that number. i can't answer that question because i wasn't there. i'm afraid i can't recall. i'm i fradafraid i can't recall either. i don't know. >> i'm thinking of "my fair lady." they don't care what they say as long as they say it properly. i d...

Bankers. you know, i've heard him speak one-on-one. he's very knowledgeable. he knows how to do this. that's number one. number two, they're going to set up a claims form. everyone submits a claim. if you're a person who owned a little store, then you show last year this time i made x. this year i'm making zero. you've got to the quantify your claim but the money's in the pot, chris. that's the most important thing. the money is in the pot. >> so first in, first dibs, right? >> that's it. that's it. but you know, lawyers are going to have a say. us lawyers have a say how this is distributed. b...

Let me finish tonight on this strange decision by the political right to attack bp's decision to create a $20 billion escrow account to pay those damaged by the oil spill. rush limbaugh calls it a slush fund. michele bachmann calls it redistribution of wealth placing her in full agreement with mark levin, terms republican congressman joe barton today called it a shakedown. he says he was ashamed at yesterday's announcement that will bp was going to make the $20 billion that it creates a terrible precedent. he said all this only to retract it all later. oil has its friends in congress, and his ...

Here. these are republican who's hate the federal government so much they prefer to attack the government than blame a universally despised oil company. as for bp's hayward, he did his best impression of the blundering sergeant schulze character from hogans heroes, i know nothing, i see nothing. what about the explosion? too hard to reach conclusions. were there problems in drilling the well. never heard of any. was he stonewalling? no he wasn't involved in the decision making. we'll get to hayward essentially taking the fifth amendment right at the top of the show. see if this sounds familiar...

It a shakedown. he said all this only to retract it all later. oil has its friends in congress, always has. its friends have always been there to protect it from hands-on safety regulation and paying its share of taxes. remember the oil depression allowance, those that are death and taxes are inevitable are only half right when it comes to oil. these small people, the bp chairman calls them. these people in the gulf that have seen their lives shattered. could this be a time in the obama administration when the loudest voices on the political right have bet on the wrong pony? do they wish to en...