the president today finally after thirty eight days
stepping
foreword saying that the gulf oil issues are not bps issues
that they are the president's issues and that he will hold responsibility for them
uh... from i haven't done anything the folks here the young turks i prepared for you a
sampling of some of the president's
most relevant commentary today if we could jr can we run not the video number three people
should know that from the moment this disaster began
the federal government has been in charge of the response a
as far as i'm concerned bt is responsible for this with the disaster
and we will hold them fully accountable on behalf of the united states
as well as the people and communities victimized by this tragedy
we will demand that ever
they pay every dime they open the damage they've done
and painful losses but they cost
and we will continue to take full advantage of the unique technology and expertise they
have
to help stop the slick
but make no mistake
bb is operating at our direction
every key decision an action they take it must be approved by us in advance
we're also moving quickly on steps to ensure that a catastrophe like this never happens
again
before that producing oil here in america is in central park of our overall energy strategy
but all growing must be safe
but in this instance the oil industries cozy and sometimes corrupt relationship
with government regulators met little or no regulation at all
but this will still has made clear that more reforms are needed
four years
there's been a scam mostly close relationship between all companies in the agency that regulates
that's why we decide to separate the people who permit the growing from those who regulate
and ensure the safety of the drill
i'd also announced that no new programs for drilling new wells will go forward until a
thirty-day safety and environmental review was conducted
their reviews not completely more than anything else this economic and environmental tragedy
and it's a tragedy
underscores the burgeoning for this nation to develop clean
renewable sources of energy
doing so will not only reduce stress for environment
will create a new homegrown american industry they could lead to countless new businesses
and new jobs
but at the very true over all of our problems
whether it's in the gulf of mexico or anyplace else
is our inability
to see the entire picture
our government too often works with corporations and special interests to allow them to keep
secrets
to allow them to hide from us what is really going on
that very practice is apparently very much at work right now in the gulf
who could blame british petroleum
on captain underwater volcano of oil that is now changing
perhaps
four decades
one of the most
abundant
economically relevant
and globally spectacular resources that we have
which is the gulf of mexico
they may have done it as a result of their own carelessness
recklessness
and ultimately greek
you believe the reporting the sixty minutes of the parts of the year they were coming
out of the water their again more investigations to be hat
but what is the point of having a free press in our constitution
what is the point of having new media like the one that you and i are using to communicate
right now
or our constitution
that claims a first amendment
win did so-called journalism in this country
is controlled by our government and the corporations
who may in fact the the subject of the story