how did america find itself adrift and what is your prescription to correct that? well, there s an important sort of to look at the country, what has happened over the recent years, and i mean education is slipping, and innovation is down, and the middle-class is struggling to hang on, and many of to job th have left our shores and not come back and these are real pr problems. rather than the politicians focused on fixing j ining thing mired in bipartisan politicians. this is a time when we need a public to put in place politicians and leaders who are there to really need to be at work to fix problems. the reuters poll says that 73% of americans believe that the country is on the wrong track and almost half think that the worst is yet to come.
clearly good news, noile is seeping out. on a morning, we are trying to assess what bp s message is. they have had pr problems. we have lambasted them for making ridiculous statements . bp flip flopping. we are considering drilling again in the same spot. that caught the people in the federal government, the interior department. later in the day, we are taking that back and focused on the clean up now. they want to start drilling, all be it not the same well but the same spot. that is rubbing people away and especially since the investigations are going on. but what poom think caused it is not the location. they think it is faulty well construction so it makes since from bp s point of view.
from the deep water horizons rig. we re going live to get more details on this box. not long ago spirit airlines making headlines because they were the first airline to start charging for your carry on bag. that s the least of their pr problems right now. their passengers, stranded. a strike by their pilot canceled all their flights saturday and also today. we ll have the latest on what s happening to get those planes back in the air. but first a check of stories making headlines. take a look at this massive fire burning at a gas company in greensboro, north carolina, this morning. it started with lightning strikes. a pipe with 20,000 gallons of gas is on fire along with two tanks. part of the interstate was closed. nobody had to be evacuated. we ll keep you updated.
headquarters of goldman sachs, executives might be celebrating today if the wall street giant wasn t facing civil fraud charges and being held up as a poster child for financial reform. the investment bank reports its first quarter earnings doubled to $3.5 billion. well above expectations. but a conference call to tout those gains turned into a grilling about the company s legal and pr problems. federal regulators accuse goldman sachs of misleading investors who turned complex mortgage-based securities that were expected to fail. a top lawyer for the bank told reporter s today that the firm would never intentionally mislead anyone. in the midst of this mess we confirm that goldman sachs is getting advice from a former obama administration insider. we want to bring in ed henry. what can you tell us about this? what s the white house s reaction? they re trying to stay away from this because they don t want it to look like they re too close to their former aide here. greg craig.
toyota has been replacing gas pedals on millions of vehicles, but what of the decision to replace pedals and not electronics is actually based on dollar-driven science? that was the suspicion in congress today and now ted rowlands is keeping them honest. reporter: toyota is apologizing on capitol hill but it is not admitting to anything specific. in fact, an initial report given to congress this month couldn t find anything wrong with toyota vehicles. that report was compiled by a company called exponent, hired by, guess who, toyota. we have asked people to evaluate exponent s analysis and they said it was not a very good analysis. reporter: exponent is an engineering firm with the nickname masters of disaster. when a big corporation gets in trouble, these are the guys they call to help defend them. and those big corporations read like a who s who of companies with major product or pr problems over the past decades, like exxon. when the valdez ran aground, exponent concluded