build a record to show that bp from their perspective really does have a lot of culpability in what happen. big hearing days in washington are washington drama as, political drama as. maybe in the country you don t think they are important to you, just those of us that cover washington. this is an american problem. indeed an international problem. nowhere more do they xwar what they might hear today and answers they are looking for today along the gulf coast. that s where cnn s chris lawrence is now and is live in new orleans. what are folks down there saying before this appearance? reporter: i think that two things. one, emotional level and the second thing on a specific level. under the emotional level, they want to hear something from the bp official that speaks to him understanding what he s caused here, what the company caused down here. fishing, food, more than just industries down here. they are really engrained in the culture and part of the way of life down here. and i thi
chairman markey thanking mr. hayward for setting up the fund to help the families in the gulf of mexico. ed markey taking his time to lash back at the leading republican in the room, joe barton of texas. jessica yellin, a partisan fight now breaking out, congressman barton saying this is a shakedown, a slush fund it musseled out of bp. ed markey saying that it s what should happen. its astonishing the political debate that s happening across the country about the proper role of government. i was watching when they cut away to hayward while barton was making this comment. i don t know if a foreigner would understand the domestic politics of the tea party movement versus the democratic party. it i will point out it brings to
confident that that $20 billion fund is going to help. however, the oil continues to gush. this as ceo of bp, tony hayward, will be making his way to capitol hill for that testimony to begin. our live coverage continues after this. thryax paercrse h!! eye so tesri. it nt neti dne. pyte veen. on fm mps. [ male announcer ] at toyota, we care about your safety.
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bp s profits dropped 45%. now, i just happen to be a poor, polish lawyer from zoit, but it seems to me that this is a curious response to a drop in profits and makes me wonder what the compensation package of our witness will be this year. mr. chairman again, i thank you for your diligence and hard work on this issue. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses today and look forward to working with you on this matter. thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. next, miss backburn, three-minute opening statement, please. thank you, mr. chairman, i thank you and ranking member burgess for holding the hearing, and mr. hayward, i thank you for your willing ms. to testify before this committee. you know, when news of the bp spill began and information about the well started to circulate, it seemed that there was problems not only with bp but also with mms bureaucracy,