security. that is probably going to be more of a combination of virtual borders, virtual patrols. reporter: that was then-candidate obama on the campaign trail. so why is the virtual fence turned into virtual unreality? too many promises from boeing, not enough oversight from the dhs. this is from a quote, dhs has not effectively managed and overseen its sbinet prime contractor, that would be boeing, thus resulting in costly rework and contributing to sbinet s well control called his tris of not delivering promised capabilities and benefits. in their official statement they stand by their work. in part their statement raetds, boeing stands behind its work on the system as reilliable, effective border security tool. so what now? nearly $1 billion of your money into this thing, the dhs extended boeing s contract until december 18th and had this to say, dhs is currently reviewing the independent quantitative science-based reassessment of the sbi-program. a way forward is expected short
almost 100% confident, that as far as the gusher is concerned, it s been stopped. what s your nightmare scenario? well, the nightmare scenario has always been total loss of well control. there s basis for optimism moving forward. so you think it s sealed? well, it needs to be sealed from the bottom. we ve sealed the casing pipe from the top. we need to drill into the area outside the casing pipe and well bore and do that with the relief well. that will be happening this week. i want to play you some sort of things from april and june when we were trying to get a grip on what you were dealing with here. it has involved into an environmental challenge of the first order. already this oil spill is the worst environmental disaster america has ever faced. as we all know, there is no precedent for a leak of this size and at this depth. so it was basically environmental armageddon almost from the beginning. now we get this report that
accepting the risk. so if we use your own words, if you re going to hold bp accountable, then we have to manage the risk. shouldn t leadership at bp be held accountable here? there is no doubt that i ve focused on safe reliable operations. we ve made major changes in everything we do over the last three years. we changed people changes have made since april 20th, when the bp deepwater horizon exploded. what changes were made then? based on what we know so far, we have made changes with respect to the testing and evaluation of blowout preventers. we ve made changes with respect to insuring that people who are likely to be dealing with well control are up to date and fully validated for well control procedures. and as we learn more about what
operations. we ve made major changes in everything we do over the last three years. we changed people what changes have you made since april 20th when the bp deepwater horizon exploded? what changes were made then? based on what we know so far, we have made changes with respect to the testing and evaluation of blow-out preventers. we ve made changes with respect to insuring that people who are likely to be dealing with well control are up to date and fully validated for well control procedures. and as we learn more about what happened here, we will continue to make changes. okay, that s sort of been the tenor of the discussion. we ll continue to follow that they re on a break right now i hope they get a little more done, when we come back. there s a lot being done in the gulf of mexico right by where i am now. in fact, yesterday i spent the day out there with the coast guard and with the team that are
there is no doubt that i ve focused on safe, reliable operations. we ve made major changes in everything we do over the last three years. we changed people what changes have you made since april 20 this when the bp deepwater horizon exploded? what kheupbgs were made then? based on what we know so far we have made changes with respect to the testing and evaluation of blowout prevent teres, we ve made changes with respect to ensuring that people who are likely to be dealing with well control are up to date and fully validated for well control procedures. and as we learn more about what happened here we will continue to make changes. my time is just about up. i m going to try to hold members quickly to our time. let me just ask you this the last five years i ve been up here, your safety record you