john fugelson and john cain. a lot to talk about this morning. that was in unison, i like it. we ll ask the congresswoman about it. this morning mitt romney turning his full attention to the general election after sweeping yesterday s gop primaries in connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island. a better america begins tonight. tonight is the start of a new campaign to unite every american who knows in their heart that we can do better. the last few years have been the best that barack obama can do. but it s not the best america can do. tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointments of the obama year. but romney hasn t quite clinched the number of nominations just yet. right now he has 764 of the 1,144 needed. newt gingrich 141 and ron paul 75. romney supporter congresswoman mary bono mach. nice to see you this morning. you, too. rick santorum was holding on for a long time and the cultural conservative kind of vote for so long now and h
thousands of miles, and we re all working on the pickens plan. what we ve come down to is we ve done a darn good job of convincing, one, the american people that we have an energy plan for america and it makes sense. where all of us are in the game now. doesn t make any difference whether you re a democrat or republican. it doesn t have anything to do with it. it s us, america working together. the question is, can you convince washington? joining us now, founder and chairman of bp capital management, boone pickens. good to have you back on the show. you look great. you look great. you seem tired of fighting this fight, though. you tell me i look great because i m getting so old. no, you look great. getting ready to call me a legend too. that s a guy that s 75 years old and still has a job. you re 83 and still fighting forward. how is the battle going? it makes so much sense. you re still running in roadblocks in washington.
president obama rips into republicans on the economy. then, are we safe? a scary report about u.s. security says who knows? next on larry king live. larry: we re going to learn a lot tonight. we welcome back one of our favorites, boone pickens, the legendary oil man, founder of bp capital management. those are his initials, by the way, not associated with bp oil. he advocates the oil for reducing u.s. dependence on oil. four new days of testing continues in the gulf mexico. this followed 87 days of oil gushing into the gulf. is it over? you remember our first meeting was 38 days. larry: 38 days. 38. larry: it was supposed to end and you said it s going to go another 38.
republicans on the economy. then, are we safe? a scary report about u.s. security says who knows? next on larry king live. larry: we re going to learn a lot tonight. we welcome back one of our favorites, boone pickens, the legendary oil man, founder of bp capital management. those are his initials, by the way, not associated with bp oil. he advocates the oil for reducing u.s. dependence on oil. four new days of testing continues in the gulf mexico. this followed 87 days of oil gushing into the gulf. is it over? you remember our first meeting was 38 days. larry: 38 days. 38. larry: it was supposed to end and you said it s going to go another 38. i remember.
president s proposal for offshore drilling is dead on arrival. we can see the obvious risk of drilling to our coastline, our environment, when equipment is too be too safe to fail, fails. we ve seen the devastation. now we should all know that drill s not too safe to fail and it has never been. when we said that drilling could destroy jobs, fishing and tourism sectors, they chanted again, drill, baby, drill. but now, they ve stopped chanting. now the founder and chairman of bp capital management, the man pushing those guys in washington, mr. t. boone pickens, trying to get energy reform on track. good to see you again. now, before we talk about that, before we talk about the gulf, let s talk about a sooner. a sooner you know well. we just had elizabeth warren on. sure did. it was like a family reunion over there. you ve known her for a while. you bet.