parish president billy nunges r nungesser, present. he and others locked horns with the person in charge of the oil spil, thad allen it s more dispersed, hard to find. we re going to be as aggressive as we can. again, we re finding less and less oil as we move forward. why would thad allen say we don t see the oil like we used to anymore? he doesn t i said this from day one, and i m sorry, thad allen. he doesn t have a clue. reporter: nungesser showed us these pictures that he say were taken by staff just yesterday, photos showing oil in his parish. when they tried to share the photos with allen, things got heated. i said i have photos. he said we know there s some
julia reed, contributing editor for newsweek magazine. and senior political analyst and former presidential analyzer david gergen. yesterday you were critical of the speech the president made from the oval office, basically saying it missed the mark. did they find their footing today? i think they continue to miss their mark on the cleanup. billy and others, you ve been very, very clear about that. it s still not well organized. anderson, i think this is the best single day the president has had since the spill began. this was a very solid step forward to get the $20 billion. nobody thought i don t think many people thought they would go that high. bp, in the negotiations with the president, with the administration, said they would like to cut it off at $20 billion and the president made clear, no, this is just the start. we re not setting any limit on it. very importantly, anderson, one of the first class persons to run this as an independent party, ken feinberg did an
reporter: it s especially in the interest of american taxpayers, who could be stuck with funding yet another huge bailout if bp doesn t survive. ed henry, cnn, washington. that, of course, is one of the big fears. will taxpayers end up footing the bill and will it be much more than $20 billion? a lot of questions about this deal that the president made. julia reed, contributing editor for newsweek magazine. and the author of the house on first street. and senior political analyst and former presidential analyzer david gergen. yesterday you were critical of the speech president obama made from the oval office, basically saying it missed the mark. did they find their footing today? i think they continue to miss their mark on the cleanup. billy and others, you ve been very, very clear about that. it s still not well organized. anderson, i think this is the best single day the president has had since the spill began. this was a very solid step forward to get the $20 billion. nobo
the fact that where have you heard they own 20% of it? i haven t heard that. it s been reported at various news media. let me double-check that. they own 20% of the company that produces i appreciate you being on the program tonight. we ll look into that. billy, thanks as well. billy nungesser. a closer look at the $20 billion fund to help aid claims. is this good for the american people? we re keeping them honest. ed henry has a report on that. the wildlife, what is happening with the efforts to rescue birds? how this rehabilitation center is treating birds rescued from the oil. how people are trying to save them when we continue live from louisiana. i feel like i have to wind myself up just to get out of bed. then.well, i have to keep winding myself up to deal with the sadness, the loss of interest, the trouble concentrating, the lack of energy. [ male announcer ] if depression is taking so much out of you,
united kingdom, it s not good enough for us. the epa should be the watchdog not the lap dog of bp. they re still using it, despite the fact that where have you heard they own 20% of it? i haven t heard that. it s been reported at various news media. let me double-check that. i appreciate you being on the program tonight. we ll look into that. billy, thanks as well. billy nungesser. a closer look at the $20 billion fund to help aid claims. is this good for the american people? we ll take a look at that. we re keeping them honest. ed henry has a report on that. the wildlife, what is happening with the efforts to rescue birds? how this rehabilitation center is treating birds rescued from the oil. how they are being cleaned, how people are trying to save them when we continue live from louisiana. [ engines revving ] [ tires screech ] [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] before you take it on your road trip. we take it on ours. [ children laughing ] this summer put your family