the original well took 90 days to drill, and it could take it could take that long to drill a relief well. so if it takes up to 90 days is that something that the president is comfortable with? well, i m not sure the president can alternator the pace of drilling in the atlantic i mean in the gulf, i m sorry. i used this phrase yesterday as secretary salazar used this phrase, and that is we are going to do what we have to do. we will keep our, as secretary salazar said our boot on the throat of bp to make sure they are doing all that is necessary while we do all that is humanly possible to deal with this incident, absolutely. on the plane ride back yesterday did the president share any personal reflections with you about what he saw on the ground, how he is feeling about all of this? i talked a little bit about this on the trip home, you get a
catastrophic gulf coast oil spill. it began as a louisiana problem. it is now far, far beyond that. florida governor charlie crist just is declaring a new state of emergency involving a massive stretch of florida coastline. 200,000-gallons a day are believed to be leaking making their way through florida, louisiana, mississippi and alabama and that may not be all. the coast guard says it will take up to three months to effectively stop the oil from leaking and the department of defense authorizing 6,000 national guard troops to help with the cleanup efforts. we are waiting for news from the white house right now, a briefing is about to start as we get word from the ceo of bp that he will meet with cabinet officials in a little more than 90 minutes. and here is the big story shaping up right now. we are getting word this hour that this oil threat could extend far beyond the gulf of mexico. powerful currents could carry this mess up the east coast. and that is where we start th
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we re getting criticize it have it sized is we only had one briefing here. their response is at the scene federal officials, state officials and bp were involved in an aggressive response to first the catastrophic explosion and fire at the deepwater horizon rig then the search and rescue, then dealing with the oil leak as it became better known. and robert gibbs is due out in a couple of seconds. one other thing i will say quickly to our audience, megyn, in 90 minutes at the interior secretary kim salazar and homeland secretary janet napolitano will be talking in a few moments about their response to the leak. megyn: as soon as news is made at the white house we ll go back there. thank you very much. homeland security saying that no suspects are being ruled out. a manhunt now on for the person behind this failed bombing in new york city. but now the question, was this