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Federal government in any way. is that a fair assessment? you know what, i think when you look at this, what you see is the administration, as you know, president obama had said he was going to allow some of this drilling. now, this plays into politics pretty intensely, martha. remember, he was after the cap and trade deal and he wanted to get some republican votes, and in order to get the republican votes, what he was saying was yes, we re going to have some of this off shore oil drilling that you ve been seeking, but it wasn t known that previously, his administration had been in court, saying the same thing, and you know, in fact, taking the bush administration position that an essential part of america s energy future has to be oil and gas. and i just think that s a surprise to people and it s why this article is stirring a little hornet s nest here. martha: it raises the question, because when they had an opportunity to do things differently, clearly presented, and it made them ....
There was a tone of disbelief at the answers. this is a 6-person panel, a joint investigation conducted by the u.s. coast guard, as well as the minerals management service, that s the federal entity that s been in charge of regulating and inspecting and investigating all off shore oil drilling operations. we have a live camera inside there today, more inspectors, investigators, regulators in the industry expected to testify today. yesterday it was revealed by testimony that at the time of the initial inferno, there appeared to be absolutely no coordinated fire response, neither transocean nor bp, on that rig deepwater horizon, prepared to handle a fire inferno of that magnitude. also the inspector of the federal government who authorized and signed off on the blowout preventer mechanism basically told the coast guard, asking the question that yeah, i signed off on it even though bp failed to show me it would ....
Are of the drill, baby, drill right now because almost immediately after this happened, or within a few days, then the obama administration mentioned that now they re going to put everything on hold after they had just announced last month they were going to oil up off-shore drilling. that s interesting, gretchen, because what they announced was a much less ambitious program than the one they inherited so they really weren t even going that much farther. they announced a mission to explore. right and the knee jerk reaction of not just the administration but also even governor charlie crist, we have we do have ultimately at the end of the day very safe off-shore oil drilling. people do it all over the world. this is a huge, huge disaster. and it has to be taken care of. but what s our alternative is to get more oil from other places like the middle east or other places. or some other and venezuela. we should be trying to get our own energy here and harnessing it. look at h ....
Democrat vs. rubio the tea party republican and it got feisty. i m just shocked to hear, you know, now the new lingo from the governor talking about obama care. i wonder if he said that to the president when he was walking with him on the beach. when we were on the beach, we were protecting florida and that s what i talked to him about. oil drilling. i didn t interrupt you. you re for off shore oil drilling. no, i m not. i m opposed to it. oh, now you are. now you are. now you are. it s confusing. it is confusing. we were protecting the beach, walking on it which is interesting because a lot of people think the hug of barack obama, the hug of, yes, of then governor and still governor, soon-to-be former governor crist when he embraced barack obama s health care plan and endorsed his stimulus plan. that hug right there? that did it for him. he ended up splitting from the party in order to have a shot of winning the senate. no wonder meek is confused. charlie crist u ....
Involving 270,000 vehicles. toyota changing a spring part in the engine, and says that corrects the problem evidently, the company saying it received about 200 complaints but no accidents lucky have been reported. martha: president obama promised change in the way that things were done in washington during the election but a new report today in the wall street journal, it s very interesting, getting a lot of attention, it says when confronted with a court decision back in 2009 that our oil rigs were presenting a real danger that was based on gir irrational environmental evaluations it was the bin laden administration that overruled that and to find a way keep drilling and the court overturned that due to the bin laden administration. juan williams joins us, first of all, thank you for being here. i think hindsight is 20/20. any administration will look at this situation, there s a ....