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To the table and help answer questions he declined to do that. it was really disappointing testimony, and it's still going on. i'm getting ready to go back myself and question him some more. at least we'll have this on the record. i will also say this committee, the oversight and investigation subcommittee, is not going to just stop today. we're going to keep bringing the bp employees and their subcontractors in until we get answers to how this terrible tragedy occurred and how we can prevent did in the future. and how we're going to compensate the victims quickly. >> you know when a plane cra...

The way understand it, bp will pass on it first, if they agree to pay, they pay. if they don't it, goes to the panel for review. that stounds like a fairway of a check and balance system to see can the right thing be done and can it be done quickly. >> strategic retreat. in military terms it means you go back to higher ground. if you know you're losing you go back and fight another day. is that what tony hayward and his people decided to do before they went to the white house to agree to the $20 billion? >> they have no bargaining leverage whatsoever. they are in deep trouble. if they want to ...

Declined to do that. it was disappointing testimony. and it's still going on. i'm getting ready to go back myself and question him some more. this committee, the oversight and investigation sub committee is not just going to stop today. we're going to keep bringing bp employees and their subcontractors in until we get answers to how this terrible tragedy occurred and how we can prevent it in the future and how we're going to compensate the victims quickly. >> when a plane crashes or we have a tragedy, we have a black box we try to find in the water. we try to look at all the technology and lea...

Shakedown. with the attorney general of the united states who is legitimately conducting a criminal investigation and has every right to do so to protect the interests of the american people. participating in what amounts to a $20 billion slush fund. i'm only speaking for myself. i'm not speaking for anybody else. but i apologize. >> that was joe barton, the congressman from texas. later in the day, hours later after a lot of heat can came down on him. heat from his fellow republican. in fact, the leaders of his party. he said this. whether we believe it or not. these are his words at the end ...

Of the way, five different ways that they could have helped prevent this explosion. they took shortcuts. they didn't do what the industry's best practices were, and they tried to save money. they sent away the subcontractors that were going to do a key test to save $116,000. we have a lot of the information now. we're going to keep probing until we get all this. >> penny wise and a found foolish. >> in an unconceivable way. >> thank you very much. bernard has been on the program before. the former chairman of the new orleans port authority. thank you. i know you were watching intently yesterda...