if it is 60,000 barrels per day times $4300 per barrel per day, which is defined in the event of gross negligence, that could wind up being 6 to $8 billion fined on bp and we ll finally be able to determine what the ultimate total damage was to the gulf of mexico. thank you very much, congressman ed markey. we know you re in demand. glad to be here. thank you. eugene robertson is a pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the washington post and a political analyst. speak to me about the fallout on the oil if, in fact t has come to a close on day 87? it s obviously a good thing for the obama administration politically to get that thing shut off. they have to be looking at that in the white house as a beautiful picture, maybe the most beautiful picture they ve seen in a while of the underwater cam of no plume of oil coming out.
going out into the gulf of mexico. if it is 60,000 barrels per day, times per barrel per day, which is defined in the event of gross negligence, that could wind up being 6 to $8 billion fine on bp and we ll finally be able to be able to determine what the ultimate total damage was to the gulf of mexico. thank you very much, congressman ed markey. we know you re in demand. eugene robinson is a columnist for the washington post and an msnbc political analyst. eugene, speak to me about the politics of oil, specifically if in fact it has come to a close on day 87. what s the fallout? it s obviously a good thing for the obama administration politically to get that thing shut off. i mean, they have to be looking at in the white house as a beautiful picture, maybe the most beautiful picture they ve seen in awhile of the underwater cam with no plume of oil coming out. they ve waited a long time to
picture, maybe the most beautiful picture they ve seen in awhile of the underwater cam with no plume of oil coming out. they ve waited a long time to see that and to see it, you know, just step outside of the political calculation for one second. it s a wonderful day for the environment and for the gulf mexico and for all of those people out of work and maybe we can begin to get this episode, it s not over yet but maybe we can maybe it s the end of the beginning at least. yeah, the color combo i m looking at it on the monitor is a lot more pleasant to view than what we ve seen for the last two months or so. what toll, eugene, do you think it took on the president assuming now that it comes to a close? what damage has he sustained if you care to put it in a katrina like comparison, feel free to do so. i m not huge on the katrina comparison, but certainly, the white house could have been
closing that off. for a period of time, it will look as if a thing is shut off and no oil flowing. until we get that word, we should not take that next step. during this testing, that will be shut down. that s when we start to do the testing and pressure to make sure it is where it needs to be and make sure the containment cap is working the way it they hope it does. ed, at one point last night when watching the underwater cam. it looked like the oil had actually stopped and started flowing again. what was going on there? it was hard to say what was going on there. that is part of what we will see happen here, as they start closing off that valve. it s going to look as if things have stopped and come to a conclusion. that s when they start doing that testing. in what they call integrity testing of this well. that is to determine whether or not this containment cap will work, because if there s damage
never thought too much about the ownership. always a colorful character if you re a yankee fan. knew how much he was and how much he micromanaged the team to some extent. as we say fair well, let s get get this to work countries of nabl. red sox nation, yankees nation. george steinbrenner, passed away during the night for the all-star game. campbell brown takes it away right now. hi, everybody. major political battle brewing tonight. naacp versus the taef parting. condemning what they call racism in the tea party. calling that divisive and a lie. is this about racism or