and for 87 days the oil spewed from the well that lay 5,000 feet below the surface off of the coast of louisiana. we watched it live underwater, the worst oil spill in history, and the disaster released 260 million gallons of oil and a devastating blow to the ecosystem. just this week, the bp executives announced a settlement between bp and the plaintiffs. joining me from miami is former senator bobรง graham, the co-chr of the presidential commission that investigated the bp oil spill. back with me is msnbc host alex wagner and also at the table is doug hinkley, senior biologist for the wildlife federation. senator graham, i want to start with you, because you said this week that you were disappointed with congress lack of action and here we are two years later and they haven t taken any action to make drilling safer and what could congress do if