the entire key issue on all. this is controlling pressure from the reservoir, and the pressure out of the reservoir right now and i m giving you a range between 11,000 to 12,000 pounds per square inch pushing up into the macondo wellbore as a result of that well that was drilled. how is the pressure being controlled? they lost pressure and that s what caused the event to begin with on the 20th of april. we had a cap recovering some of the oil, but we ve been venting oil, and when you vent oil that releases pressure and the lousiest, easiest analogy i can give you is putting a thumb on a hose to try to lower the pressure on the stream when watering the garden. we have tried to close off the hose but we can t do it completely because if you do it
and the pressure out of the reservoir right now. i will give you a range. i think between 11,000 and 12,000 pounds per square inch pushing up into the wellbore as a result of the well that was drilled. now, the issue is, how is that pressure being controlled? obviously, they lost pressure and that s what caused the event to begin on the 20th of april. we had a cap that has been recovering some of the oil, but we have been venting oil and when you vent oil, that releases pressure and the lousiest, easiest analogy i can give you is putting your thumb on top of a hose to get a higher pressure stream. we have been slowly using mechanisms to try and close off the hose, but we can t do it a completely because if you do it completely then there s a pressure further down in the hose that you may cause a leak. so, what we are trying to do now is actually get physical evidence because we don t know the quicondition of the wellbor and the way you do that is
after my interview with you, we re going to speak with darrell issa who said the white house hasn t been particularly forthcoming about assets with respect to the gulf. is the white house doing enough? all i can tell you is that from the outset and i have been involved in this thing since the rig exploded on the 20th of april. we have coast guard liaison assets at the county level, at state level. they have authorities to move assets. we have adapted our response in this spill to taylor it to the needs and the environments of local governments starting with booming requirements and now with skimming requirements, we re working very, very closely with them and all along the goal has been to be transparent, you have to have people all pulling the same way together.
martin feldman under protection from u.s. marshals. in florida the first beach has been closed because of the spill and worst case government estimates putting the daily spill at 2 1/2 million gallons. to date an estimated 130 million gallons have seeped into the gulf, going back to the 20th of april, that s equal to some 12 exxon valdez spills. rick leventhal is live on the beaches, grand isle, louisiana, the death threat not shaking the resolve of the judge at this point, is it? reporter: federal judge martin feldman sticking to his guns, refusing to delay his decision to overrule that moratorium by the obama administration that would have delayed by exploratory drilling for at least six months. the administration says that it wanted to make sure there would be no further incidents, no other rigs like some of these, having incidents out there at sea. but the federal judge said there was no evidence to suggest there might be another incident. in the meantime, it might
job. in he wants to go sailing, let him sail because he is not capable of managing the situation as mr. scalise aptly pointed out. geraldo: one is the lag time between the disaster and president obama s escalating it to an issue of national importance. the disaster on the 20th of april. not until the 14th of may or second of may the first trip and the 14th of may called it a ridiculous spectacle to have the oil company ec executives there. you would say that the president s lag time in responding is a true reason for him to be criticized? i think there is no question. i think that is felt on both the left and the right. it is not just conservatives. i think people on the more liberal side would feel the same because he just didn t seem like he was fully engaged early on. clearly it wasn t the president s fault, he didn t cause this to happen but it is all about executive leadership and how the president is coming