fast enough? i ve not gotten a recent update on that. i will try to get one. obviously we ve had taken some, we took a series of steps after the bp incident. primarily around deepwater drilling. let me not go too much further than what i have. if this situation warrants, we ll certainly update that. i will say that the president was in a meeting in the situation room. i don t know if he s been notified. john brennan who is in that meeting, does know about the incident, before somebody asks, i don t know whether or not it s the national security room. if john had or had not had a chance to discussion that with the president. who is in charge of following up with the coast guard? i do not know who is on the scene. the coast guard obviously the production facility is located in federal waters. they are the ones that are in response. i don t know if there s a, who
deepwater drilling. let me not go too much further than what i have, and if the situation warrants, we ll certainly update that. i will say the president was in a meeting in the situation room. i don t know if he s been notified. john brennan, who s in that meeting, does know about the incident. i just don t before somebody asks, i don t know if whether or not it s a national security meeting that john had or had not had a chance to discuss that with the president. who would be in charge? is this falling on the coast guard? i do not know who is on the scene, but you can the coast guard, obviously, the production facility is located in federal waters. they are the ones that are in response. i don t know if there s, who the highest-ranking person is on the scene. following up on the middle east peace talks, what does the president see as his role going forward now? does he feel like he s appropriately set the stage and now it s secretary clinton who s taking the lead? and i
we took a series of steps after the bp incident primarily around deepwater drilling. let me not go too much further than what i have. if the situation warrants, we ll update that. the president was in a meeting in the situation room. i don t know if he s been notified. john brennan, who is in the meeting, does know. i don t know that he had or had not had a chance to discuss that. i do not know who is on the scene. the coast guard the production facility is in federal waters. they are the ones in response. i don t know who the highest ranking person is on the scene. following up on the middle east peace talks, what is the presidency in his role going guard now? does he feel like he s
financing market and therefore for the housing market and the last thing a weak economy needs is more trouble in the housing market. john harwood, thank you for that report. we ll be watching that today. to the gulf now where a new report today estimates that more than 75% of the oil that spilled is still there. in the meantime, the obama administration is tightening up the rules on deepwater drilling. let s turn to correspondent on duty again in venice, louisiana, anne thompson. good morning. let s start with the report that the oil is, in fact, still there. we all remember the story a couple of weeks ago that said about three quarters of it was i don t know. what gives? reporter: savannah, report from the university of georgia and from a team of scientists who have really led the way in talking about those underwater plumes of oil. and basically, what they say is there s no way that the majority of the oil that spilled into the gulf could simply disappear. and if you look at th
end to its moratorium on deepwater drilling. william riley, the co-chair of the presidential commission investigating the oil spill, tells the associated press he doesn t see why rigs that have passed inspections can t resume drilling while a broader safety review is under way. and question answered. would he or wouldn t he? the big question hanging over president obama s weekend trip to panama city, florida. would he take a dip to show gulf coast beaches are beautiful and safe? those are your top stories here on state of the union. up next, clearing the air at 30,000 feet.