and given what we hear today about the white house saying bp appears willing to set up a victims' compensation fund, president saying he was on a fact-finding mission in the gulf to prepare for the meeting. does it still not look like bp is more in charge than the administration is? >> unfortunately, bp is in charge right now. last friday, the coast guard said please, bp, please add additional resources and speed up what you are doing to plug the hole and contain the oil. but we as the united states cannot be in the position of supplicant, asking a company that is responsible for this terrible tragedy, the worst environmental disaster in our nation's history, to please do something. i mean, this company is responsible. more to the point, it has a record of cutting corners and abrogating the public interest altogether in favor of maximizing shareholder returns. it's time, and i think we're very close. last week the president and the administration said shareholders