no-fly list. i have a message for to you go back to the gate immediately. comedy central s stephen colbert had this take on the suspect s failed bombing attempt. this was so incompetent. it was a failure, guys. no, guys, it was scary, remember? hi, mr. terrorist, whoever you are. those people are just jealous. that was a wonderful bomb, and we re all sufficiently terrified. there s no need to try again, okay! the other big news of the week the oil still gushing into the gulf of mexico. let the blame game begin. the drilling rig was a transocean drilling rig. it was their rig and their equipment that failed. run by their people, their processes. let me be clear bp is responsible for this leak. bp will be paying the bill. the leader of british petroleum america explained how hard it is to stop the leaking
the gulf three weeks ago today. we re told a worker took these pictures from one of the fire boats nearby. the blast killed 11 people and unleashed a flood of crude that s still gushing into the gulf as i speak. on capitol hill today, senators from two committees grilled top executives from three companies connected to that rig. bp was operating it. but transocean actually owned it. and halliburton had sealed it or attempted to seal it with cement. because drilling usually wrapped up a few days before the blast. so, let the blame game begin. bp as leaseholder and operator of the well hired transocean to drill that well. transocean opener of the drilling rig had responsibility for the safety of drilling operations. the most significant clue is that the events occurred after the well construction process was essentially finished. drilling had been completed on