deepwater oil drilling is lifted. some say the ban was lifted because of political pressure of louisiana senator landrieu. she says that she will not lift the hold on the president s proposed budget director until she sees where the moratorium is actually lifted. the lead prosecutors in 49 states are launching a joint investigation to see if mortgage companies broke the law foreclosing on thousands of homeowners. the allegation, the bank employees processed foreclosure forms without ever reading them. the amazing story of survival is still unfolding in chile right now. 17 miners have been rescued so far. esteban rojas will be the 18th. on his way up in the capsule as we speak. with more on the effort, we re joined by bruce dial, a former mine inspector who spent more than two decades at the federal mine safety administration. thank you very much. first of all, talk to me about
jack, i love how you skew things to make them look back like the fear-mongering republicans. two years ago, you were an objective reporter until you realized that objectivity does not seshlll, ap the nd then you to cause trouble. i m disappointed with you. and steve from florida says the end justifies the means and i m sure that president obama would say the same thing. if you want the read more you will find it on my blog at jack cafferty.com. kate bolduan is monitoring other top stories in the situation room right now. hey, kate. lots going on, wolf. environmental groups are blasting the white house s decision to lift a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling. interior secretary ken salazar says there is always going to be risks, but he is confident that the risks are reduced
damaged the well. it s still inconclusive. no matter what happens, if they can t shut in the well, they are going to go back to containing the oil. they say they can do that quickly. the helix producer, two of the vessels already at the sight. they ve got discover enterprise there. it s got a cap that can go on top of the new ceiling cap. they have a lot of ways to go. when they get the system up and running, it can capture 20,000 barrels more than what the government thinks is flowing out at the high end. hey, anne, we made a technological leap here. we re having a debate about the moratorium on deepwater oil drilling. have they by succeeding in some form of this found a way to reassure the government at the end of the day that now we know how to deal with this if there
from early to mid august. the naacp is concerned that minorities helping to clean up the oil spill is a lower paying jobs. the group sent a letter to bp requesting a meeting with the firm s chief executive officer to address the issue. meanwhile, appearing on fox news sunday yesterday, senior white house adviser david axelrod defended the obama administration s push for a six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling. the important thing is this. we want the president has does not want to stop this drilling. what he wants to do is make sure that something like this catastrophe doesn t happen again. it s not an optimal situation. we re dealing with the greatest environmental catastrophe of all time. and put so much people out of work and been a tremendous tragedy for that region. we don t want a repeat of it
sunday senior, david axelrod defended the obama administration s push for a six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling. the important thing is this. we want the president has does not want to stop this drilling. what he wants to do is make sure that something like this catastrophe doesn t happen again. weir dealing with the greatest environmental catastrophe all time and put so much people out of work and been a tremendous tragedy for that region. we don t. a repeat of it because we re imprudent. the bottom line it would be very easy to ban something that clearly didn t work very well and has one of the biggest environmental disasters, if not the biggest one to hit our nation ever under way right now. but deepwater drilling involves jobs that would be lost if that s the issue here, halpern. this is the most high profile piece of a larger problem the president has which is try to get national consensus on a big