war. if we were at war with a foreign country, we would be in occupied territory. the federal government needs to take over, tell bp to pay for it at the end of the day, get a chain of command and get the job done. they need to intensify the manpower and equipment. >> neil: who is the boss? i'm sorry for being sim police tic but normally someone calls the shots. who is it? >> you're -- the coast guard is supposed to be calling the shots but they're talking to bp and getting them involved. that's what i'm saying, the president should exercise his authority and say this is my guy, if we need -- this is the guy, or lady, who will call the shots. bp, at the end of the day, you're going to write a check. set up an escrow account to clean this thing up, to plug the hole, you put x amount of money