the person outfront tonight is billionaire aubrey mcclendon. he s the outspoken, charzmatic scion of one of america s founders and a founder of chesapeake. chesapeake could be the next enron, or worldcom. chesapeake energy is second only to exxonmobil in drilling for natural gas in this country. more than 13,000 americans work for mcclendon, enjoying perks, which according to reuters includes on-site botox treatments. chesapeake also boasts a campus with three restaurants and a 72,000 square foot fitness facility, with a rock climbing wall. while these goodies may have won the employees over on the short term, it may have been among the first signs that something doesn t add up. mcclendon has often made grandiose promises that aren t backed by reality. at a minimum, i think they can create a million jobs over the next few years. the they he s referring to is a fund chesapeake was launching. now, mcclendon is not a household name, but what he s fighting for is. even as
new plans for terror. a special report. but first, tonight s enron. the persons outfront tonight is billionaire aubrey mcclendon. he s the outspoken, charzmatic scion of one of america s founders and a founder of chesapeake. chesapeake could be the next enron, or worldcom. chesapeake energy is second only to exxonmobil in drilling for natural gas in this country. more than 13,000 americans work for mcclendon, enjoying perks, which according to reuters includes on-site botox treatments. chesapeake also boasts a campus with three restaurants and a 70,000-square foot facility with a rock climbing wall. it may have been among the first signs that something doesn t end up. mcclendon has often made grandiose promises that aren t backed by reality. at a minimum, i think they can create a million jobs over the next few years. the they he s referring to is a fund chesapeake was launching. now, mcclendon is not a household name, but what he s fighting for is. even as natural ga
in part, because the relationship between the united states and pakistan is so incredibly complicated. white house officials say that president obama has been updated regularly by his national security advise or tom donl and say that top officials reached out to the pakistani counterparts to express condolences and to express support for any investigation getting under way. the state and defense departments also released this statement. we do have a graphic of it. secretaries clinton and panetta have been closely monitoring reports of the both express condolences for the loss of life and support the intention to investigate. one analyst says this could be a catastrophic blow to u.s. reels with pakistan. it s already been an incredibly tough year, especially given the killing of osama bin laden. remember, secretary of state hillary clinton just visited pakistan a month ago to try to smooth out relations and also to
on two fronts because this is not just an environmental nightmare but a public relations catastrophe for bp. bob dudley joins us live from houston this morning. mr. dudley, you ve just been officially pointed president and chief executive officer of bp s gulf coast restoration organization. you will report to tony hayward who remains ceo of overall company but in terms of handling this oil spill, now that you re in charge, what are you going to do differently than tony hayward was? well, the first thing we re going to do, john, we had a temporary organization set up across the gulf coast. we ll make that permanent and work it so that we push more an more bp s resources through the unified command structure with the coast guard in new orleans. we re just going to make sure that the transfer of the claims process to ken feinberg is an independent leader of that moves smoothly. meantime, we ll continue to write the checks, pay the claims and make sure that we re there for a long time, m
situation room with the whole national security team. that includes the president, the vice president, secretaries clinton, gates, jim jones, lot of the folks that they criticized and senior staff criticized and will have to answer to them. questions to them and present his case to them as well. this is going to be a very significant development either way. this president very much prepared to replace him if he decides that s the way he will go. when it comes to talking out of turn, general mcchrystal is a serial offender here. when he said about president vice president biden s ideas on afghanistan. saying that it could lead to chaos-stan. now, this, does the president seem in the mood to give him a third chance? you know, from his outer appearance and it is very typical obamaesque, if you will, his style, is to be that professor, that lawyer, to see all sides of the issue here. at least to give general