what s his take now? reporter: on the face of it, the state agrees in some ways with the federal government that yes, deepwater drilling could be a threat to public safety. but they do not agree with the length of that six-month moratorium. they feel it can be shortened considerably. bobby jindal told me he has suggestions for ways that they can possibly compromise. for example why not put a federal inspector on every rig that can shut down production? why not allow the 33 riggs impacted by the moratorium to drill but not up to the reservoir? that s where the greatest dangers are. for example, why not drill in the areas known pressures, know what they are dealing with. reporter: where do we go from here? the government is going to appeal. that could take a couple of months and nobody will be drilling while that s still out there. i think we are all going to be looking at what bonnie just mentioned about the weather possibly moving into this area.
bp ought to be in the clean energy business. americans have an unquenchable appetite sadly for oil and my part of california has one person, one car on the freeways. but nonetheless, we have to move off of that as president obama said and as the committee recently legislated. congresswoman, what could you sign on for? i know you made your views well phone just now on offshore oil drilling and whether it could be safe and what do you say to democratic colleagues of yours on the gulf coast feeling the pull of the economic issue there and out of work oil rig workers and what it means to the louisiana economy and mississippi? what can you sign on for on this? i have often said the energy fight is regional, not partisan. the folk that is live there reflecting the constituents. i understand the total damages to those that worked on the riggs, the family sadly of those that died, $100 million.
for is anything in the gulf of mexico is safe. protects not only the environment but the military mission. we have a huge military base that s out, you know, goes out into the gulf of mexico. but, you know, our position is now there will be no more drilling throughout in the gulf of mexico. that is your position. are you my position is that we re going to have to continue to do drilling in the country. short to midterm. i don t want to see any new riggs permitted anywhere to make sure it never happens again. we know you have got to join the president now on pensacola beach. thank you for your time. thanks for having us, chuck. a few things to know. both republicans and if you heard congressman miller, conservative republican, no offshore drilling shows you not in my backyard. much stronger than any sort of partisan divide that some people believe on oil drilling. i want to ask you this as an attorney. senator lemieux said if you couldn t rent your condo because
explosion and his theories about what caused it. i want to get back to the timing of the blowing up, the explosion out there in the gulf of mexico of this oil rig. the cap and trade bill was strongly criticized by hardcore environmentali isist wackos bec it allowed more offshore drilling and nuclear plants. since they are sending s.w.a.t. teams to inspect the other riggs, what better way to head off more oil drilling nuclear plants then by blowing up a rig? i m just noting the timing here. what a ridiculous comment to make. the worst environmental disaster. all part of a world we live in where a part of the world could be destroyed for years and here he is saying it could be have been sabotaged by environmentalists who care more
the actual event occurring by getting law enforcement to interdrik. jane, the other thing you should know is the crooks are getting smart too. they sale it steal it they take the goods somewhere and let it sit for a day or you two and watch to see if the police show up. a little battle between the good guys and the bad guys in all of this. jane: brien yang where do most of these thefts take place? reporter: well, some of them are targets of opportunity. guys pull into a truck stop like here on i-95 in maryland and just take a break go to the bathroom and they come back and their riggs are stolen. but there is an organized crime element to this. there is a gang element to it we re told florida, atlanta georgia. new jersey and for some reason dallas, texas are places where a lot of this is taking place. they can walk away with about 500,000 worth of consumer electron nix just wug one rig jane? brian wilson in maryland. thanks brian. while intelligence officials reveal fears tha