moratorium on deepwater drilling. >> right, that deepwater drilling moratorium that was put in place right after the bp oil spill will be lifted within the hour. we are told that by several government sources. the administration say deepwater drilling can resume so long as the operators meet a new and tougher set of safety regulations so that's been a policy fight and as you know a big political battle for the add manager because the industry didn't like it and a lot of politicians along the gulf coast, democrat and republican didn't like it either, tony. >> the timing of this, can we read anything into the timing of this? you're a smart, savvy analyst of political events. my understanding from you is that this is happening a month earlier than expected, right? >> the moratorium was due to expire at the end of november. the administration is announcing this now. one of the reasons it says it would move as quickly as possible to get the review done but there are people who say, wait a minute, a democratic senator, mary landrieu of louisiana put a hold on the president's nominee to run the office of management and budget