with bp, they sure as heck better know that this is going to happen on the 27th or can you imagine? they are setting some pretty high expectations with that date and it s not just the day that they are reporting their second quarter earnings on july 27th, but july 20th, the prime minister of the uk david cameron is coming to the white house to meet with the president. they couldn t don t want to have an embarrassment where bp and the oil spill overshadows everything so there is pressure from the british government as well. err rin burnett said bp is the largest oil company employer of americans and all of these american jobs depend on this and if this company is really in deep trouble, all of these americans this is an added economic disaster to the country if that thing goes down. that s why this white house, as much as many may criticize how they have handled it they were dealing with a complicated problem when it came to bpp it