i m only speaking for myself. i m not speaking for anybody else. i apologize. joe barden is the latest has the democrats present them as the big oil party. the g.o.p. is not the only one with a relationship, the think tank, steven crowder columnist and fox news contributor. steven, again, there may be a kernel of truth how they went about getting this 20 billion dollar escrow fund, but apologizing to bp was the worst nightmare for the g.o.p. will this work to paint the republicans as the bill oil party. you re not going to hear me defend barden or bp, i think i think it s a legitimate
although it s early, fox & friends is here and time to say i love dad and more with each passing year. nice. butterfly kisses. happy father s day, happy father s day. i love that you love butterfly kisses. my wife danced with her dad to that song at our wedding and a lot of daughters danced with their dads. happy father s day to all you dads out there. come on, you don t like butterfly kisses? you get a pass because your wife and father danced. thank you for waking us with us with fox & friends. tony hayward the ceo from bp sent back to britain got his life back apparently in a big way. he went on his favorite yachting race yesterday. yeah. captain clueless. right next to clayton s face. right. this was the jp morgan asset management round the island race. he was one of thousands of sailors, happy to finally, finally be able to get his life back. of course, this is set against the back drop of the people in the gulf really never able to get the
under intense pressure from president obama, bp announced it would put 20 billion dollars into a fund compensate victims of the oil spill. cancel shareholder dividend the rest of the year and 100 million dollars to a fund who help oil rig workers side lined by moratorium on deep water drilling. the deal was worked out in a four hour meeting wednesday at the white house. tony hayward faced a contentious grilling on capitol hill. since i became ceo we ve made progress and made it clear to everyone in the company have you met that commitment that you made and . we made major changes, we made major changes. you made major changes now we see this disaster in the gulf. is that indicating that you didn t keep that commitment? one of the reasons that i am so distraught could you answer yes or no? is that i don t want to know whether you re distraught. i want to know whether you think you ve kept your commitment? joining the panel, wall street journal business colu
bp will pay up and pay up big. bp has agreed to fund all legitimate claims from the gulf oil spill. the set aside is $20 billion paid into an escrow account growing down at a rate of $5 billion a year. that $5 billion a year will pay claims for economic damages of gulf coast locals and for the cleanup itself. the fund will be administered by kenneth fineburg. the 9/11 victims fund and other comparable payouts. question, is this a fair and swift plan, pat buchanan? i think the $20 billion is a tremendous amount of money. i think it ll go a long way to repairing the damage and the gulf and those businesses. i think it s a good plan. it helped the president because he did not have a good night the night before in his speech. where i do disagree, john, is this. this money, this $20 billion, mr. feinberg i m sure is a brilliant man. who s he? the gentlemen that did the payout to the 9/11? he s obama s czar? i don t think that s where it ought to be the county executives
washington to put the public s interest first. a willingness to score more political points so that we can start solving more problems. but are members listening? the goc is taking aim in a new add. mixed messages then coming from the leader of the democratic party. the president of the united states and the d&c, wh nxdnc, w going on? the committee with a new add they say will start running this weekend. i don i don t think they can resist themselves. here is why. they got an early gift from joe barden from texas. thursday he created a political firestorm when he was questioning tony hayward, the chief of bp. and he apologized to bp and