i like this. revolution: oil spill disaster. this one, this is really good. stop the oil catastrophe. the people must act. that s like what they were saying! it goes inside the paper and i ll get to more of this later on in the program. this is by the way, revolutionary communist newspaper. available everywhere in new york city. the people must act. come to new orleans and stop the oil catastrophe. we have a bold vision and a big plan to rally people to stop the catastrophe. what are you going down rallying with corks? what are you doing? how are you going to stop this? protect the environment and spread the revolution. revolution. yeah, that s right. van jones had his revolution thing, too. he cofounded a communist revolutionary, where they were calling for overthrow of the government. it was called storm. if you haven t read the notes on storm yet, his
invisible people that we see every day but we don t really see them. reed, great stuff. we appreciate you inspiring us with that. go to reed s website, yearofgiving.org. we wish you continued luck in this, reed. thanks, ali. happening now, day 57, the oil catastrophe. we have just heard that crews have had to stop down on their work siphoning oil from bp s broken well. there was a fire aboard one of the ships on the sea apparently from a lightning strike. more details from the gulf as we get them. but the oil collection has stopped for now. meanwhile, executives of oil companies have been testifying on capitol hill today. congressman ed markey says they put zero time and pun toward thinking about solutions. president obama wrapped up a two-day tour of the gulf coast today. and tonight, he ll be talking to the nation from the oval office. you can hear his remarks live on cnn from your tv, your computer or your iphone at 8:00 eastern.
the shots, and almost in words of maybe a dictator, that this is the way we re going to do it? and when i hear reported today by chuck todd here on msnbc that the obama administration is negotiating with bp over a third independent party as to whether they ll oversee the claims process, it just makes me think that bp is calling the shots and not the american people. what do you think? well, i think the president and his administration fully understand that this is a moment where the american people want real strength in dealing with not just bp, but in dealing with the challenge of the oil catastrophe itself. we may not all agree, but we have to pull together as a country in order to protect our environment or take a new energy direction and the president has an opportunity, it s a very important opportunity and i hope that he ll be able to rally the country on behalf of new energy policies and on behalf of protecting that environment. that environment is our
for sure, ed, to take the country in a direction of what renewable energy would look like. look, if you re going to drill there will be a spill. it s just automatic. we have to ask ourselves, will we continue to pay this price that we re paying with this oil catastrophe in the gulf? are we going to continue to see these kind of spills? because you know what? once they drill there s no guarantee. there s no risk assessment that says it s risk-proof to start drilling a mile beneath the surface of the water. we have to realize that. we have exorbitant expectations and we have to start being realistic in what we re asking. i think we can still have the same quality of life in the united states if we move towards renewables. we have to start today and the president, hopefully, will give us a new direction and let s keep in mind, it s the people and it s also the natural environment and the aquatic culture that s under attack. that s all part of who we are. don t you think this is a moment
enough, bill. bill: cape canaveral, they need all they can get, at the moment, thank you, phil. martha: a lot of you are following this on-line that s story unfolds and we have full coverage at foxnews.com, click on the link at the top of the page, we re following all angles, on the situation, this will be an incredible effort, to lower this thing over that spill. and, try to get the oil to the surface, how will it affect your kitchen table? another big question. about the fish in the area, and what might be affected in that way. and, we ll get you all that today. bill: i figure by afternoon we should figure out whether or not it will work. 100 tons? martha: and describing and needs to sink in on the ocean floor to create a vacuum and then suck the oil out of the top. bill: they have the best people on it. we ll see if it works and do you know this guy? this is tom strickland, chief of staff of the interior department and his agency is responsible for managing the oil catastrophe. gu