and, megyn, these criminal charges could carry up to five years in prison each. we did reach out to bp. bp is declining comment. separate from this, bp fill faces a justice department lawsuit that s going to trial in february of 2012 to, basically, determine who is liable for what happened at the macondo well. and, you know, bp is saying in its regulatory filings that other companies are possibly responsible for what happened with the macondo well exploding and collapsing. basically, transocean, halliburton which was responsible for cementing the well, those are the companies that bp is saying should share the blame in the collapse of that macondo well in april of 2010. back to you, megyn. megyn: lizzie mac, thank you, lady. reporter: sure, delighted. megyn: we ll show you why a group of top economists are barely giving the president a passing grade. and some classic cars rolled out for kim jung-il s funeral.
centralizers were used to stabilize the well, not 21 recommended by halliburton which was constitutional in instrumental in the engineering, also a bp e-mail from april 16, just four days before the explosion aboard the deepwater horizon rig in which 1bp official said who cares about that early decision about the stabilizers, it s done, end of story, we ll probably be fine, end of quote. then another e-mail, six days before the explosion which martha just referenced in which 1bp engineer remarked that deepwater horizon has been, quote, a nightmare welch has everyone all over the place as an indication of the tenor of the questioning, those two democrats on house energy and commerce committee, waxmark and stupak have written saying time and time it appears that bp made decisions that increased the risk of a blowout to save the company time or expense. that s how it s going to be here today. we ll keep our eyes posted on it all day long. martha: the words in those e-mails are going to