ignoring the law and playing favorites, he should treat california the way he s treating florida. reporter: environmental concerns, memories of oil spills like the 2010 deep water horizon oil spill and its devastating impact on local economies is what s behind the opposition. nearly every governor with a coastline opposes it, including several republicans. maine s governor the lone one to show some support. an interior department spokeswoman said there is no politics behind the florida waiver. if other governors would like to request meetings with the secretary, they re absolutely welcome to do so. zinke has pitched the plan as a step towards energy independence and potential $15 billion in federal revenue. this dramatic drilling plan is a proposal for now and has yet to be finalized, but this could open the administration to legal challenges. some states could argue that these decisions are being made
drilling for it. i mean, obviously deep water horizon was a terrific and tragic exception to that but the fact of the matter is, we re going to have drilling in offshore places, i know both china and saudi arabia have approached the u.s. about drilling in our waters. and i would much rather have a u.s. company. steve: sure. drill. because they are subject to u.s. tort and as long as we have tort lawyers in this country, i think that s better than any regulation. and the fact that bp cost almost $100 billion both in market value, penalties. steve: great point everybody would be very safe if they didn t wind up with one of the leases. joe, you you would know, you used to run a big oil company. we thank you for joining us from down in naples where it s 42 degrees right now. thank you, sir. thank you. steve: all right v a good
fields in world war ii. the fact of the matter is it s great for our national security and great for our economy. steve: so it s good, joe, for our national security. it s good for our economy. what about our environment? because there are a number of even republicans, for instance, rick scott from the state you re sitting in right now down in florida, he poses the plan. he said this, i have already asked to immediately speak to secretary sinky, interior secretary to discuss the plans i have toll remove florida from consideration. my top priority is to ensure that florida s natural resources are protected. he doesn t want an oil spill. everybody thinks about the deep water horizon bank in the 1970s with the spill out in california. they don t want that to happen in their state. oh, listen, i fully agree with that as a resident of naples, florida. but, a current resident of naples, florida. the fact of the matter is i will point out two things. most oil spills occur transporting the o
we bring in teams from all over the country and switch teams out to make sure everybody is fresh and go home, take care of the family front and respond to help people. bill: can you think of a frame of time that parallels what we ve been watching over the past month? yeah, sure. i lived deep water horizon as the director of alabama emergency management. if i remember correctly it was a 78 day activation. bill: that was one event. these are several spread out over a great area. you re right. i would say it was somewhat similar to the 2004 hurricane season when we had charlie, francis, gene and ivan hit at the same time. but the area of damage was pretty concentrated in that 2004 hurricane season versus what we re seeing here. bill: 2004 was a big year. my best to the men and women who work with you and under you.
top, right? absolutely. in six months we ve gone from no drama obama to captain chaos. and it would be easier for us who served in the obama administration, we have serious issues in our country and world faces right now and what is remarkable to me is that as many troubles as trump administration has had, they haven t really today face a crisis like a hurricane katrina or deep water horizon. all of these issues they are dealing with are ones of there own making. what is striking to me is that republicans in congress have basically enabled this incompetence tense along wait. basically issued some statements of concern. but they haven t stepped in to try to protect the democratic norms in our country. margaret, there is a breaking story in the washington post which i imagine you saw at least the headline. the president himself dictated the statement. wildly misleading statement. any other casual social interaction you would call