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Compromise? where is the compromise? reporter: you have seen a lot of sound and fury, not only today but over the course of the last several weeks on this issue. a lot of moving parts today, but everybody seems to be sort of spinning their wheels and we re not making any progress, at least not publicly. first, you mention the fact that senate republicans here at the white house today en masse, a day after senate democrats were all here together as well. jan happily report mitch mcconnell said it was a candid exchange they had. jay carney said it was a good, constructive exchange, and the two sides are going to need to work together to find common ground, but that is going to be rare ground to find indeed. you mention the fact that the president has asked democrats not to draw any lines in the sand, and he s drawing a contrast himself with some of the declarations, those shermanesque declarations we talked about yesterday that john boehner has made. another moving part, just minutes a ....
We re about a mile away right now. why can t we get any closer? right now safety is paramount. today is a very essential day in the operation. there is a lot of moving parts today. just for the safety of the operation we need to stay about a mile back. reporter: these operations show no signs of standing down. the new cap may bring hope there will soon be an end to the leak but there is still an oil sheen in the water and smoke from burning gas and oil climbs up the horizon. while those flames are burning, that tells you that the well has not been shut off. and it is expected to be a very dramatic moment out here when those flames behind me are finally extinguished. when that happens, that means the flow of oil has been stopped and that well has been capped. but in the meantime, bp says work will continue on the surface to improve oil collection in case their new capping plan does not work. and part of that plan to continue working out there is ....
I wanted to see if there was anything going on that might show this catastrophe is turning a corner. this is as close as we could go. we are a mile away. why can t we get any closer? safety is paramount. today is a very essential day in the operation. there s a lot of moving parts today. the safety of the operation, we need to stay a mile back. reporter: these operations show no signs of standing down. the new cap may bring hope there will soon be an end to the leak but there s still an oil sheen in the water. and smoke from burning gas and oil climbs up the horizon. while the flames are burning, that tells you that the well has not been shut off. it is expected to be a very dramatic moment out here when those flames behind me are finally extinguished. when that happens, that means the flow of oil has been stopped and that well has been capped. but in the meantime, bp says work will continue on the surface to improve oil collection. and in case their new capping ....