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upstream and floods below, a special report. glastonbury kicking and the hike here with the foo fighters making a special appearance at the legendary testable. -- festival. ♪ anchor: welcome to bbc world news america on pbs and around the globe. we start with warnings over the safety of the titanub that exploded near the wreck of the titanic this week. according to emails seen by the bbc the boss of the company dismissed concerns repeatedly over the safety of the craft and a deep-sea specialist told the ocean gate ceo that clients could be at risk and urged him to stop using the mercil book until it had been classified by an independent body. -- submersible until it had been classified by an independent body. he said the following.

he went on to say "as much as i appreciate entrepreneurship and innovation you are potenally putting an entire industry at risk, so i implore you to take every care in your testing and sea trials and to be very very conservative." stockton rush replied, "i have grown tired of industry players who try to use the safety argument to stop new entrants from entering their small existing market. let's go live to the person covering the story from his from boston this evening. carl, great to see you come in so tell us about this exchange between these two people. correspondent: yeah, emails the bbc has seen and there is a long exchange between the ceo of this company that operated the festival -- vessel and an expense deep-sea explorer. you mentioned the back-and-forth

but a couple of things stand out, there were lots of concerns brought up one about the carbon fiber used to construct the main part of the chamber, where people actually sit inside the titan, saying this was not an appropriate material to be using for this kind of deep-sea vessel. the other concern was as you mentioned about outside certification saying you know this vessel needs to be certified by someone outside the company. the two went back for him stockton rush essentially dismissed these claims saying that they were baseless. >> this was clearly preventable. we do have regulations or the issue that has to come out here that as an industry, but we make submersibles and art making them here in los angeles for 30 years, the best of submarines in the world. edward not be allowed to -- it would not of been allowed to work and british coastal waters because it would have to be

certified in the same in canada, and it turns out they operated in international waters were no coast guard has no jurisdiction. well, they found two loopholes, and much to say it was not very wise. anchor: carl, we were listening to more safety concerns but it seems to me there are a growing number of concerns about the approach ten by ocean. carl: yeah, really a chorus of concerns, some from 2018 where we saw that email exchange and several other industry groups raising concerns and that was five years ago, before the titan made its first deep-sea mission down to the recos of the titanic. other concerning -- concerns coming out now and we just heard from one of those heads of deep sea support groups raising concerns now, and we had been hearing from james cameron not only the director of the famous

titanic movie but and explore himself who has taken 33 trips to visit the wreckage of the titanic, and he had similar concerns about the carbon fiber, construction, and lack of testings so the timeline takes his from safety questions now not only but five years ago to 20 when the titan had not even made a voyage to the titanic yet. anchor: carl, tell us more about recovery efforts with the coast guard and what has been happening there. carl: that's right. we are hearing now on friday that the u.s. coast guard in concert with the u.s. national transportation sety board will be launching an investigation to find out what was wrong. of course we heard earlier that bohaveeellinfotiomofvese sf oe t full investigation and there will be a separate investigation in canada. officials will be looking into what happen and be centering that investigation around newfoundland, the closest land to wear that dive took place.

anchor: carl, thank you for reporting from boston. all rht, our correspondent is in st. john's newfoundland where we have been reporting all week. it is great to see you. canada's transportation board has launched a safety investigation. can you tell us what this is about? correspondent: that's right, so they will investigate exactly what happened involving this and the submersible. the polar prints, the ship that launched it is canadian-flagged, so it is compelled to carry out a safety investigation and they will send a team to st. john's and newfoundland where they will gather information, carry out interviews and assess what happened. we know that because god says that the submersible suffers this catastrophic implosion. the navy has come out and said

it heard a sound on sunday which was consistent with an implosion. that was when the submersible lost contact with the polar prints one hour and 45 units into his dive and they pass investigation to the coast guard and they carried out the large rescue operation because the data was not definitive. also it was mentioned that there will be a separate investigation involving nixa and the coast guard in the u.s. -- the national transportation safety board and u.s. coast guard. anchor: you have been speaking to people in st. john's about this tragedy. what have they been telling you? correspondent: yes that there are more than 100,000 people who did here in st. john's by more than 500,000 in newfoundland itself and people were completely transfixed by what happened and everyone is talking about it they stopped and asked us about it and want to give their opinions and it is a mixed view. people have a great deal of sympathy for what happened but many of them you know they tell

us about how they have all lost someone at sea, such as to quote some people to you. scott a fisherman i spoke wh him earlier he said that ocean was unforgiving and that he had lost people at sea and he was saddened by what happened and another ma'am danny a carpenter -- man danny, a carpenter, he questioned the scale the operation said to me, "if you paid me $250,000, i would not go down there," talking about how the ocean is a place you know where once you go and you know you would take the risk and it was also in reference to how much money passengers paid to to get on the titan. lots of questions about the safety and the scale of the operation, but they all shared that deep simply for the families. anchor: right. our correspondent reporting from newfoundland. as always great to talk to you. now a las vegas businessman says he was offered a last-minute ticket for the titan expedition because of a scheduling class.

jay belushi attacks that he says reflect a conversation with stockton rush who died in the submarine implosion and he wanted bloom and his son to join the expedition and offered him a discounted price of $150,000 per person instead of the usual price of 250,000. you can see that bloom raising concerns and texts" my son's friend research what could go wrong and put a scare in him and i'm trying to talk him down but concern to go and concerned about the data -- danger." he responds with the following text yet very stupid the pressure is over 100,000,000 pounds no spur whale or squid will be able to mess with the submarine while there is obviously a risk and it is way safer flying in a helicopter or even scuba diving and there has not been even an injury and 35 years in nonmilitary subs." ultimately bloom and his son could not go on instead another

man and his son signed up for the expedition and j bloom joins us on our program to talk more about this. thank you for being with us. given these texts back and forth, did you feel pressured to join? j: not so much that i felt pressured to join. it is enticing. it is something that you can check that you did something that very few people had the opportunity to do, so had we not had safety concerns, it is something we really would like to have done but the more we learned, the more concerned we became. anchor: two other passengers ended up taking the place you and your son would have had. what went through your mind this week when you saw what happened? jay: that is the most haunting piece of this. you know this is a story that is everywhere and anytime i turn on the news or open my laptop work on -- go online it is right

there and there are pictures of the people who lost their lives in this tragedy and i look at that picture of the father and son who took our place and think , but for the grace of god that could be my son and myself, so it is really really upsetting. anchor: that must indeed be such a feeng that strange feeling. you attended a titanic exhibition with stockton rush in march anhe told you that he put this expedition was as safe as crossing the street. do you think that he believed that? jay: 100% he believed it. he was so passionate about this project. this was his life. and unfortunate but that does it creates a predisposition where any facts that are in support of his predisposition he will accept blindly in any facts that disprove or challenge his predisposition he dismisses as somebody else's opinion but it jaded him, blinded him to the

real dangers. it is unfortunate that he did not allow some objective dispassionate third-party to look at he was doing and give him some constructive feedback. anchor: did he at all at that point talk to you about the dive and some of the risks involved in the mission at hand? jay: he said he said there are risks involved but there are risks involved in everything you do, crossing the street is dangerous when your car is dangerous, and he said this is safer than flying your helicopter or scuba diving. there is nominal risk. 35-yearhe safety record of the industry but he completely disregarded his deviation from the industry norms. anchor: hmm. we spoke yesterday to cbs reporter david pogue who had been on the titan submersible for a story he was doing and he

said this is part of innovation. people climb mount everest, go scuba diving, go hang gliding, the risk of death made people feel alive. what you think about? jay: i both agree and disagree. yes there is risk in everything you do and that was stockton's position but the risk needs to be a calculated risk and you need to be able to risk dispassionately and look at what the risks are. if this was a dive with robert ballard who discovered the titanic -- and stockton was a lone wolf without resources and that was mixed together with duct tape and deputy 40. he was using consumer grade products for a commercial environment and it is a commercial and varmint that is about as hostile as it gets on this planet. anchor: some experts have

suggested of course that this type of summers obese should be better regulated in the future. do you agree? two yeah --jay: yeah, i think stockton should have sought outside feedback and criticism to make it safer and improve on what he was doing instead of just assuming he knew everything. it disturbed me but the hatch could only open from the outside. even if the sub had not imploded and there was a failure and it floated to the surface, you could not get out. you would still suffocate if you radio contact, so yeah, it bothered me that the hull was made out of carbon fiber. carbon fiber shatters vice under pressure. the pressures down there are actually enormous and i think he was so passionate about what he was doing that he just completely disregarded all the

things that should have concerned him. anchor: if in the future there were never -- another opportunity to go on an expedition into submersible, would you take that opportunity? jay: i would consider it. i would bet it thoroughly. -- vet it thoroughly. i would have my son vet it thoroughly. if you have someone like james who has independent partners and scrutiny under not so emotionally invested they disregard the warnings, i would certainly consider it. certainly a bucket list item. it sounds amazing. the risk has to be very calculated. anchor: j bloom thank you for joining us on bbc news. great to speak with you. jay: thank you for having me. anchor: to ukraine now, and two weeks after the destruction of a huge dam, thousands of people

are struggling to put their lives back together. ukraine blamed russia for the attack on the dam. andrew harding sent this report. andrew: a boat beached on the roadside. plenty of puddles and in places more than puddles. how can i live in this, asks anna. but the worst of the flooding is now over in this frontline city still targeted daily by russian artillery. somebody has helpfully marked the high water part in here on the garage door, the lines where the floodwaters slowly receded from this area. but there is mud everywhere. retired teachers, irina and eve kenya, clear through the wreckage of their home.

>> [speaking in foreign language] translator: we are like rats. we have endured so many disasters, the flood, as if we have become to immune to it all. flood rescue workers suddenly raced for cover as russian guns start up again. but many civilians here refused to be driven out that the city, defiance is a resilience that only seems to have grown since the events of june 6. that was the date that suspected russian saboteurs destroyed this nearby dam, releasing a delusion -- deluge of water downstream. what about upstream? the llapse has emptied out the bothered -- largest body of freshwater in ukraine. the nearby towns have all run

out of water. 500,000 people suddenly rely on emergency does >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: what you think it is like curing water with a donkey. >> gary -- scary, she says come in the future as -- is even scarier. azovstal many local men have taliban left to fight the russians taliban --azovstal many local men have left to fight the russians but they are still working the fields. there are no polite words for what the russians done here to our environment, both men agree. and there is something else oubling them. across the floor of the empty reservoir, russian troops are in control of europe's largest nuclear plant. it feels closer than ever now. it's future uncertain too, another worry on this muddy,

unpredictable frontline. andrew harding, bbc news, ukraine. here in washington india's prime minister narendra modi met with top business leaders and continued talks with vice president, harris and secretary state antony blinken at a state lunch. both countries pledged to strengthen ties and earlier i spoke to our business correspondent who covered the visit. thanks for joining us. why do you think we saw a state visit for the prime minister? correspondent: i think the united states really feels that india can be a really strong partner, especially when you consider just china's rise in the region, so that is why the united states has really sort of thrown out all the red carpet and really had these lavish welcomes and you know, a speech to congress and you know, meeting with tech ceos, all part of this push to really solidify the relationship between india and the united states,

especially in view of china's rising might. anchor: this trip also did meet with criticism. correspondent: in fact the criticism came from members of president biden's on political party, in addition to human rights groups, who talk about the fact that india is deploying antidemocratic practices and there is a real crackdown on ethnic minorities and that is something the biden administration in the past has made a forefront of their policies, but it seems in this particularnstance that they were overlooking it, or at least that is the criticism, they are overlooking that in the face of these changing geopolitical views. anchor: one of the events we saw with prime mr. modi was a luncheon he spoke at hosted by secretary of state andy blinken and vice president kamala harris was in attendance. what did he say? correspondent: i think everyone here is looking at this trip of the united states and india are looking at it as a success in one of the things mr. modi was

talking about were a lot of the economic art and ships and you know the -- diplomatic partnerships both countries have agreed upon over these last days. have a listen. >> [speaking in foreign language] translator: we are working with renewed trusts in areas of new and emerging technologies. we are resolving long-pending and difficult issues in ade. correspondent: kamala harris also spoke. correspondent: again this idea that regardless of what would've happened, i think everyone knew very well they will come out of it and say it was fantastic, that they both extolled the virtues of the relationships with each other and that was certainly the spirit of what, harris also had to say. kamala harris: thank you for your leadership to help india emerge as a global power in the 21st century. you have helped to reinvigorate the quad and your leadership of

the g-20 is making new strides on climate, finance, and you have been a proponent of international institutions and global solutions to global challenges. anchor: alright interting to see what happens next in this relationship. great to have you in the studio. now, it is one of the most important music festivals on the planet with around 200,000 people gathering at worthy farm in somerset for glastonbury. over the next few days they will see how plan acts such as guns and roses, celtic -- elton john, in the arctic monkeys. ♪ correspondent: t wonderful world of glastonbury, where dressing up as normal, and can be a right royal laugh. this festival town emerges in the somerset countryside, the size of bath, and for the first time entirely powered by renewable energy. if you love it, you really love

it. >> this is my first time. it is incredible. it is more like a city than a village. correspondent: what made you want to spend your honeymoon here? >> it is glastonbury. >> where else would you want to spend your honeymoon? correspondent: what is the best thing about glastonbury for you? >> [indiscernible] [laughter] correspondent: texas last appeared -- and today they are back. is there something very validating about it being the pyramid stage? >> is a female-fronted band, yes. it really is. i'm like 35 years old. there's not many women in music to get the last. [indiscernible] so i am like, yes. i was here in 1999 when we last played. ♪ correspondent: the three headliners on the stage this year our male,

, they say that they suffer from a pipeline issue for female artist. >> [indiscernible] to get the biggest budgets, records, pushing it forward. a lot of people talk about how much it has changed. it has not really. >> i feel honored to be a woman on the pyramid stage. [applause] correspondent: she was up before texas. royal guard, then the arctic monkeys, confirming after laryngitis scare for the front man and throughout the date e glastonbury perennial, who is to not surprise back? anchor: all right before we go from the musical arts returned to the brush and he saw variety. the last of her by an austrian artist gustav clip is hding to arson, lady with a fan expect -- gustav klimp is heading to

auction. the portrait was found on an easel in his studio when the painter died in 1918 and only a few such paintings remain in private hands d other works include lucian freud and others. thank you for watching well news america. ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs.

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