correspondent jan crawford, and dany washington post. i ll have a final thought on a week when everything that could go wrong at the white house did. but first day 48 of the disaster in the gulf. captioning sponsored by cbs schieffer: we begin this morning with admiral thad allen. commandant of the coast guard is is kind of the point man, is the point man on all of this. as i understand it, admiral, they ve now put this container on top of the well. bp s executive tony heyward said this morning it s trapped about, what, 420,000 gallons but how much of this oil is still escaping? we re not sure, bob. that s the reason we need to get this production as high as we can. then we ll have a better basis to determine what else is is coming out. we ve been making sometimes. producing oil from that well will give us a better idea of what s coming out of it. schieffer: maybe as much as 40% has been captured now, somebody said? do you think? well, i m hoping we catch as much as
could go wrong at the white house did. but first day 48 of the disaster in the gulf. captioning sponsored by cbs schieffer: we begin this morning with admiral thad allen. commandant of the coast guard is is kind of the point man, is the point man on all of this. as i understand it, admiral, they ve now put this container on top of the well. bp s executive tony heyward said this morning it s trapped about, what, 420,000 gallons but how much of this oil is still escaping? we re not sure, bob. that s the reason we need to get this production as high as we can. then we ll have a better basis to determine what else is is coming out. we ve been making sometimes. producing oil from that well will give us a better idea of what s coming out of it. schieffer: maybe as much as 40% has been captured now, somebody said? do you think? well, i m hoping we catch as much as we can. i m withholding any comment until we know production is at a full rate and we close all those vents and
we re not finished. we ll never be finished. reporter: part of that obligation will be paying damages. mckay said his company would consider paying claims above the $75 million cap imposed by congress 20 years ago. mary landrieu s louisiana constituents are particularly interested in that outcome. will bp pay? we ve been very clear, tony hayward our ceo has been very clear. we are going to pay all legit legitimates claims. define legitimate please. substantiated claims. i can t define the term. here s the intent. the intent is to be fair, responsive, and expeditious. and to. as to the $75 million that you mentioned, we think that we re going to exceed that obviously. that is irrelevant. reporter: it was the first in a series of hearings to explore the causes and effects of the giant spill that could impact off-shore drilling for years to come. but several senators said congress should seek to improve the practice, not abandon it. our nation will need a lot of oi
reading the written testimony for today s hearing, reading the written testimony, i hear one message. the message is don t blame me. well, shifting this blame does not get us very far. ifill: plus we look at the obama administration s plan to toughen government oversight of offshore drilling. lehrer: saul gonzalez has more on the child sex abuse scandal shaking the catholic church in ireland. i was an altar boy of the church. i was sexually abused by one of the local priests, father ivan payne for about two-and-a-half years. ifill: we follow up on the nomination of elena kagan to the supreme court with a look at how it s playing with karen tumulty of the washington post and tom goldstein of scotus blog. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran s best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon
the trooper asked him if he was recording it, he said no. we find that to be true. i don t understand. reporter: it s a hard lesson for anthony who said he never even knew about the law. i wouldn t have put it on the internet. i wish i could take everything back and make this thing go back. reporter: anthony has hired an attorney. he is now scheduled to appear in a hartford county court before a judge. derek valcourt. in addition to the wiretap charges, the biker faces charges of excessive speed. investigators say 29-year- old betsy brigan was strangled while pregnant. andrew jackson is charged with her death. the couple met at the city jail where rigan worked as a food services manager and jackson was served time for auto theft. jackson faces charges of murder, assault and reckless endangerment. vic, back to you. the updating news we first told you about 4:00. a serious accident, sky high chopper 13 over the accident. the driver of the big rig apparently lost