"It's going to be painful for a lot of folks. Folks are going to be frustrated, and some folks are going to be angry. But I promise you this: that things are going to return to normal. This region that's known a lot of hardship will
bounce back
just like it's bounced back before. We are going to do everything we can to make sure that communities
get back on their feet
. And in the end, I'm confident that we're going to be able to leave the Gulf Coast in better shape than it was before."
The value of BP shares have fallen sharply again, dropping more than 9% in London, as directors of the oil company met to discuss whether to suspend dividends to shareholders.
There has been no announcement yet, but it's thought that BP will suspend the payments.
The federal police in Mexico say at least ten officers have been killed in an ambush in the western state of Michoacan. James Read has more details.
A federal police convoy of four vehicles was returning to Mexico City when it was trapped at a roadblock in the town of Zitacuaro and sprayed with machine-guns.
Police returned fire and say they killed some of the attackers who withdrew taking their
casualties
with them. Soldiers and police are searching the area, and there are reports of further clashes. The gunmen haven't been identified, but this looks like another incident in Mexico's escalating drugs war. Michoacan is the headquarters of La Familia, one of the country's most violent drugs gangs.