against radical terrorists. which a lot of democrats don t want, don t want to use those words, don t want to say it. welcome back to hardball. this was house minority leader, john boehner today. the times square terror plot and the oil rig disaster have republicans and democrats angling to get a political edge on these fights. for which side is winning, we go to the strategists, steve mcmahon, a democratic strategist and todd harris, a republican strategist. do you think it s fair of boehner to be jumping on this times square thing. here s a guy that puts a bomb together, he s a naturalized citizen. he s caught within 50 hours, they put him away. looks like he s squealing. they will get him. we follow the lead back to pakistan. pretty good work there. what s the problem? there s no question, there s been some phenomenal police work after the fact. the question is, the only thing that kept this bomb from going off was the fact that apparently the guy wasn t a very good bomb-maker
first you have to acknowledge, that we re in a war against radical terrorists. which a lot of democrats don t want, don t want to use those words, don t want to say it. welcome back to hardball. this was house minority leader, john boehner today. the times square terror plot and the oil rig disaster have republicans and democrats angling to get a political edge on these fights. for which side is winning, we go to the strategists, steve mcmahon and todd harris a republican strategist. do you think it s fair of boehner to be jumping on this times square thing. here s a guy that puts a bomb together, he s a naturalized citizen. he s caught within 50 hours, they put him away. we follow the lead back to pakistan. pretty good work there. what s the problem? there s no question, there s been some phenomenal police work after the fact. the question is, the only thing that kept this bomb from going off was the fact that apparently the guy wasn t a very good bomb-maker. it s not like the p
against radical terrorists. which a lot of democrats don t want, don t want to use those words, don t want to say it. welcome back to hardball. this was house minority leader, john boehner today. the times square terror plot and the oil rig disaster have republicans and democrats angling to get a political edge off these fights. for that we go to the strategists, steve mcmahon and todd harris a republican strategist. do you think it s fair of boehner to be jumping on this times square thing. here s a guy that puts a bomb together, he s a naturalized citizen. he s caught within hours, they put him away. we follow the lead back to pakistan. what s the problem? there s no question, there s been some phenomenal police work after the fact. the question is, the only thing that kept this bomb from going off was the fact that apparently the guy wasn t a very good bomb-maker. it s not like the plot was foiled. i think that while the police work in terms of apprehending him was phenomenal,
will do next. all i do know is that there has to be more to life than explaining the ridiculous accountability destroying rules of the united states senate to confused and angry and frustrated constituents. obey talk we ll talk abouts furth inner the hour. in texas there has been an explosion at an oil refinery in san antonio where an 18 wheeler was being loaded with fuel when it suddenly blew up sending flames and smoke shooting into the air. at least three people were injured. officials are trying to account for all 100 employees right now. several new developments to share in the gulf shores oil rig disaster. the coast guard is planning another controlled burn and that could remove some oil from the open waters. also the coast guard announced bp had capped one of three leaks gushing more than 200,000 gallons of oil a day into the gulf. some new satellite images show the oil creeping closer to the
juliet: welcome back. the man in custody for an attempted times square terror plot a awaiting a court hears. faisal shahzhad was head to go pakistan, he was pulled off a plane moments before takeoff. shahzhad will face a judge today. he says he acted alone. we re going to find out if that s true. we have a live report from washington. bill: before it is over, it might be the largest environmental disaster in u.s. history. that s from florida senator bill nelson. he s calling for a federal investigation into the oil rig disaster and he s pushing for a bill that would raise the amount of money companies must pay for these events. the democratic senator is with me from capitol hill. senator, good morning to you. good morning, bill. bill: as i understand it, federal law caps liability for a company at $75 million. is that what bp is on the hook for, essentially? isn t that extraordinary?