in charge of this critical agency, a man with deep, deep ties to the oil industry, and secondly he erred in listening to salazar and opening up the atlantic coast, the eastern gulf coast of mexico and the arctic in alaska to new offshore oil drilling. that was a mistake. the good news is the president can reverse course. we re early in that process. he can do that. he can reform the mineral management service and frankly he can ask ken salazar to step down in the wake of this crisis. so there s a lot of opportunities for the president to fix what s going on out there. kieran, great thanks for your perspective and time tonight. thanks for having me on. flash point. in phoenix this evening the basketball team celebrating hispanic heritage night on report an illegal day. reverend al sharpton is there and will join us from the protest site. this is a would-be republican congressman s new ad. tea time approaches.