before 10:00, just two hours after well operations apparently resumed, gas surged from the well, up the riser, and the rig exploded in a fireball. 11 workers on that rig are missing and presumed dead. we called bp to get their reaction to congressman waxman s claim. the oil giant says the matter s being investigated and they won t have any comment until that investigation is complete. also right now, the white house is rolling out a plan to beef up fund for the oil spill relief efforts. among other things, $118 million package would compensate out of work fishermen and provide additional money for the impact on the seafood for the gulf. ed henry is live in the gulf. how would the white house pay for this? reporter: good morning, christine, you know there s already a tax of 8 cents a barrel. the white house wants to increase that tax by 1 penny per
congressman, henry waxman, b.p. officials privately admit that the well fail aid critical pressure test just hours before it erupted and went into flames. it suggested that natural gas could have been sweep into the system which could have been a cocktail for catastrophe. information reviewed describes an internal debate between transocean and b.p. personnel about how to proceed. what we do know is that shortly before 10:00 p.m. just two hours after well operations apparently resumed, gas surged from the well up the riser and the rear exploded in a fireball. 11 workers on that rig are missing and presumed dead. we called b.p. to get their reaction to congressman waxman s claim. the oil giant says the matter is under investigation. until that is complete, there will not be any further comment. along the gulf coast in