15 minutes past the hour right now. it took bp 87 days to finally stop the oil. so it is stopped. that s the good news. the bad news, estimates are 218 billion gallons were spilled. right now it is not leaking. the hope is that they can continue keeping this well capped. right. will the cap hold or too soon to breathe a sigh of relief? back with us, a physicalists professor with city university of new york and also the host of sci-fi science on the science channel. thanks for being back with us this morning. and we were talking yesterday morning and talking about the setback. there s the cap that was on. it was leaking the equipment, the attachment leaking and you re saying none a positive sign. wait. we ll see this may work out, and it did. that s right. look at the big picture. you had eight failed attempts. 88 days of floundering and flailing about and finally they re getting a grip on this now. entering the last chapter, i think, in this tragedy. better late than never.
i thought they would use the time to tell you the truth about how bad things were so you can prepare yourself and your family. took me three days to see the lie from the last administration. the lie was we re fine, this will fix it. relax. i m going to sleep with someone s wife to fix their marriage. what? believe me, the uber wealthy, elite and politicians are batoning down the hatches and they re preparing for transformation. if we re so good, why are we transforming into something else? i want you to look at the numbers. the deficit in the last 18 months, we have had a deficit for the last 18 months. okay? last month, our government spent $218 billion, but we took in only $153 billion. that is $65 billion short. where do we get that money?
time to tell you the truth about how bad things were so you can prepare yourself and your family. took me three days to see the lie from the last administration. the lie was we re fine, this will fix it. relax. i m going to sleep with someone s wife to fix their marriage. what? believe me, the uber wealthy, elite and politicians are batoning down the hatches and they re preparing for transformation. if we re so good, why are we transforming into something else? i want you to look at the numbers. the deficit in the last 18 months, we have had a deficit for the last 18 months. okay? last month, our government spent $218 billion, but we took in only $153 billion. that is $65 billion short. where do we get that money?