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headline. business money to the u.s. illegal immigrant uses the so-called march into. conflict zones around the world. the president warns the euro currency could drag down the entire union with. portugal could be forced to accept bailout money to save their economy. and the u.s. . trying to. dispute between the president karzai criticized washington

tactics and his country meanwhile human rights activists claim there are cases of prisoner abuse still waiting to be made up in. the gulf of mexico oil spill was one of the worst environmental disasters the world has seen hundreds of millions of gallons of oil spewed into the water following an oil rig explosion now coverage of the disaster has virtually disappeared from america's press and as bob barr now joins us he wrote a book on the catastrophe he tells all t. that nothing has changed with industry regulation and the problems are still there . six months ago the worst environmental disaster took place in the u.s. the b.p. oil spill unleashing more than two hundred million gallons of oil into the gulf coast how could this disaster have been prevented and why has this story fallen

from the front pages joining me now to talk more about this topic is bob cavanaugh our author of disaster on the horizon and c o of a look at technologies thank you very much for sitting down to speak with r.t. happy to be here mr cavanaugh are you say that the b.p. oil spill was not an accident it was a tragedy that didn't have to happen why did it happen the problem with the industry has and has had for years is that it's essentially been on regulated in the us our regulations are our self and forced we sort of to the government that we're doing what we're supposed to be doing there are very few inspectors that actually come out to start to see if we're actually following all the rules and regulations and because of the deregulation of our industry at least on the federal waters over the last ten years the problems that we have

a big getting worse and worse and there's been no one forced me to correct them mr crabbe from what i understand one of the many reasons you wrote your book is because you believe that americans still don't understand the extent of this tragedy a tragedy that is considered the greatest environmental disaster in u.s. history how bad is it we don't know how bad it is the problem is that the vast majority of the oil never came to the surface it's in the oceans still today now some of it's being biodegraded there is microbial degradation where some of the oil does get eaten but we don't know how long that takes and in cold war. water three thousand four thousand feet deep there could be vast plumes of oil that we can't see this destroying the food chain and the scientists that i've read and talked to will say that this oil gets and gets into the food chain and could cause damage all the way up it to to humans eating eating the seafood to come in from the gulf and

it's a huge concern six months of passed we have not seen congress act on any legislation that's exist story has basically fallen off the radar every u.s. news channel and major newspaper how come nobody is talking about this you know it's tragic the u.s. government and b.p. both wanted this story off the television because it was twenty four seventh's with the. feeds the b.p. had where you could actually watch the well flow and all of the reporting that was going on the government doesn't really want to get that off the off of the television so they actually work with b.p. to make that happen i believe and that's what that's what i concluded in my book exactly you actually dated it you said on june sixteenth there was a twenty billion dollar merger between the obama administration and b.p. that's exactly right government or no oil industry and that together what exactly

do you mean by that if you go back to the first weeks of the blowout between congressman markey and the pin in the. obama administration the rhetoric became sharper and sharper and sharper against against b.p. to the point where even london they were saying that we were bashing the brits and when in fact we were we were warned about the gulf of mexico. the rhetoric escalated until the meeting in the white house on june sixteenth where b.p. agreed to put twenty billion dollars in escrow to pay all the damages everything changed instantly the rhetoric toned down the government. were working more with the with the b.p. and other other contractors in the gulf and all of a sudden they were speaking with one voice there were a few disagreements here along the way but admiral allen began speaking for b.p. and for the government and so all of a sudden the decision making all merged and. from there on they were there their

interest were aligned the government wanted to keep b.p. afloat so they could pay the twenty billion so they wanted to get this story off the television as fast as possible so b.p. could recover what does that say about accountability that says there's not any what you're describing sounds quite similar to the type of conversation that was taking place fine following the two thousand and eight financial collapse in the u.s. a lot of people are saying it was because wall street was working under no regulations they were playing by their own rules and more than two years later americans and possibly people all over the world are still looking for accountability i mean are there parallels between both incidents there absolutely are if you look at the new drilling rules that are being proposed by the department of interior nothing has really changed and the changes that have happened are all basically

putting another set of rules that are self certified on to the oil and gas companies there's no redesign of blowout preventers there's no redesign of systems there's no redesign of drilling rigs required so all of a sudden we're going to go back doing the same thing that we were doing before now secretary salazar talks about extending the permit review period from a statutory thirty days to ninety days but that requires congressional action and in after this midterm election that's not going to happen they're not going to change that law he read about lobbyists in your book. to lobbyists play in this situation the huge mistake that the industry makes is that they allow paid lobbyists to speak for us. there are some executives who go to capitol hill but they only talk to republicans they don't talk to the to the democratic side most of the time and so we have lobbyists who make money by stirring up controversy

so lobbyists don't want the rules to be fixed they don't want to head to make progress because the more conflict there is the more negotiations there are the more money they make you say that there was a collusion between the obama administration and b.p. hi the severity of the spill key committee tells you that the fines in the in the u.s. are determined by the number of barrels that are put in the water so it was really important for us to know how much oil was put in the water b.p. during this entire time never disclosed what the flow was even to this day they've never admitted what the flow was at the beginning it remember the coast guard said the well it's tough flowing was flowing zero be pieced it on the stage with admiral landry while she was saying that knowing they had our ovies on the bottom at that moment trying to shut the blowout preventer in because it was flowing only forty

feet above them after b.p. agreed to the twenty billion dollar payment then the government stopped pushing for that that that flow right once the if you recall the middle of july about july thirteenth or so they set the capping stack on the well that allowed them to collect oil and take it to the surface instead of doing that they decided with the government to shut the well in which was a very risky move because they had no idea what the condition of the casing was below but they decided to shut it in so they could so they could get first off to keep them for more oil into the water but also to keep from having to measure the flow scatter usage of the energy security of the united states relies on moving away from fossil fuels all. our native sources of energy right we've seen other countries work this way and work this way successfully and this is something that u.s. candidates and us elect their fish oils promise to do if the us administration does

not finally and fulfill the promises of moving away from fossil fuels where does that leave energy security in the united states it leaves it in saudi arabia. the challenge we have is that we're importing seventy percent of our oil today from other countries about half of it from countries who just hate us and so we're actually giving money to countries that fund terrorism or at least allow terrorist terrorists to reside there and because we're not taking any steps any material steps to reduce that importation like strong fuel standards conservation more solar wind biofuels because we're not really taking any of those steps we we continue to stay out of control we've lost control of our own destiny france does eighty percent of their electricity with nuclear we do something like less

than twenty and we haven't built a nuclear reactor in the u.s. for over twenty years but we don't provide any long term investment support for wind or solar or any of the other renewables we need a long term comprehensive plan but that takes political capital and with the oil and gas industry pumping in the last ten years hundred twenty plus million dollars in campaign funds and as long as they have that strong support in congress. i don't see a solution to this at this this takes this takes courage why would you want to be dependent on so many other countries the people in congress are focused on one thing getting reelected. and as long as it's not right in their face they'll continue to look the other way they'll talk about doing something but when it comes down the taking the hard tough steps they will do that until forced what it's going to take is a crisis in the us a severe crisis to get congress to move what do you mean by severe crisis fuel

shortages. people freezing up north in the winter time be huge blackouts electrical blackouts i'm talking about serious things like happened in california back in two thousand two thousand and one where you think that could happen throughout the country absolutely. i'm very worried about it how soon do you think what you just don't know see the problem is with seventy percent of our oil being imported from other countries saudi arabia or opec could decide to cut imports by half it would be if it happened quickly it would happen in a day if they decided to do that now it's it's a bit of a standoff because we have all that money going to them so they they enjoy the money but they also control the price they control the supply the other challenge is that. many of us believe that saudi arabia and the other opec countries don't have nearly the oil supply that they wanted the body to think they did and so they

may be struggling to deliver the amount of oil it are delivering today and not have the flexibility they had thirty years ago so if you hit that supply curve that demand it's the supply curve the next barrel of oil was worth a zillion dollars because everybody needs a barrel of oil because the demand is not very flexible thank you very much for happy to be with you. my grandmother did not like with because. he was afraid. and she was very cold. she froze. arliss frankenstein's monster. we don't have the problem. every time and effort is made. on the palestinian or in the european saudi to negotiate. to the violent attacks

against israel which i have no fear of war call the. song goes you have no. calling the leader of the state of israel one of the main terrorists in the world. we are supposed to be seriously examining history but you mention a few words about jewish culture lapidary and people gets so upset this is i'm sorry to say it's so form of emotional blackmail.

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hello and welcome to the sports news here from la to moscow and other. feisty friendly russia coach dick advocaat prepares to face the belgium side he will tell us all. leading machine quarterback michael vick produces one of the performances of the season as philadelphia stunned washington and the n.f.l. . gale force chris kyle becomes the first west indian to score a triple century on foreign soil after hitting three hundred thirty three they took their test taking lanka. as it was football and russia coach dick advocaat says his former side belgium will be a good sparring partner when the teams meet for a friendly on wednesday it will be the first time he'll face the belgian since quitting is then manager to take charge of the russian national side of the kawi without the senate of alexander

a new call for the maybe straw for the nice off after they've picked up injuries in the side when the russian premier league title on sunday lunch at all cost is expected to play in the match which has been held in some seven hundred kilometers south of moscow where a sell out crowd of thirty five thousand is expected and the car expects belgium to go for the win russia's next competitive match is a euro twenty twelve qualifier against armenia in march. and england meanwhile are also affected by injuries ahead of their friendly with france at wembley on wednesday night key players including john terry wayne rooney remain defoe and actually colo all absent though it does offer a chance for some new faces and the excitement on the field of jordan henderson and striker j. boss roy who plays for a championship side cardiff he started his career with last will fall out of favor with the management and despite having had several clubs in a short space of time some found his form scoring fifteen goals for his club this season. the mention that. you know mater is has been one

of the most of. the last couple years of. what you know what i'm going to my age and you know it really spoke to me and i had a very conscious effort to change my life around on and off the show and you know get back to basics and you know work hard. at us or france that coach laura blong says the game is just one step in a long rebuilding process after labor failure at the world cup the former sweeper took over after the tournament in south africa even though he admits the squad is not as strong as there was in the past he believes france have enough talented players don't worry again. because we have had some great sides before about what we have got now is a good group of talented players who are beginning to grow some of them are playing in foreign leagues some of them are playing here in england and what i'm looking to develop is a top center a heart center and let these players grow and progress to learn another dimension

to their play another style and another facet to their play while playing in different leagues as well as playing in the french league. meanwhile world cup run us up the netherlands are preparing to host turkey and i'm still down despite the fact some key players are still recovering from injuries managing that mavic has decided not just bring any surprises and has opted for a conservative squad also and by munich have already registered back and said of the corpse of striker robin van persie and van bommel and they are being qualify as a medal and stand top of group having won all of them matches to date against san marino finland and sweden to join fighting it dismissed talk of other issues overtaking the match against turkey he thinks it will bring in new names and he feels the time is right. and meanwhile faith is ethics committee have begun the second day of their investigation into allegations of corruption in the world cup bidding process is reynolds tomorrow from tahiti and nigeria's amos adamu seen here

i currently suspended from the fetus to. forman executive committee following media reports they would accept inducements from countries bidding for the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two world cups in return for their votes the ethics committee will finish their investigation on wednesday if adama to mari a found guilty plea for says the executive committee will vote on who will host the world cups without them the members will take part in a secret ballot in zurich on december the second. action now from the n.f.l. where quarterback michael vick was virtually unstoppable scoring two touchdowns and throwing four touchdown passes as for the delphia thrash washington fifty nine twenty eight before kick off all the attention was on the redskins quarterback donovan mcnabb he just signed a contract worth seventy eight million dollars over five years but vick soon took center stage starting things off with an eighty eight hours to do sean jackson the first school in the evening. then touchdown himself saying

a gap jean his way into the end zone. and by the time he found jerry macklin at the start of the second quarter the eagles were up thirty four points to nothing and then turned to set a team record for total yards in a game of five hundred and ninety two votes it all revolves around vick his arm accurate as you like. jason about benefiting here and in philadelphia eventually won fifty nine twenty eight. every in the n.b.a. phoenix have kept up their winning ways beating denver at home for the twelve time in a row the final score was one hundred points to ninety four however phoenix was sluggish at the start and then that that big first off leading by twelve points but in the second the sun was found a game tying it to eighty one in the afternoon war except turnaround jumper steve nash and they do to call you then it's excessive three pointers to make it ninety

eight eighty nine and i gets didn't get a chance to make a late rug the last time they claim victory in phoenix back in two thousand and four. and in other games they beat memphis eighty nine seventy two. in dallas to marry victories oklahoma utah golden state and it's detroit new jersey pub the better for the l.a. clippers. meanwhile the celebrations continue for the new formula one world champion sebastian vettel after here right back at his red bull team's headquarters in austria and he was a proud man leaving his private jet with trophy in hand as he strode across the tarmac in salzburg battle became the youngest ever champion to twenty three years and one hundred thirty four days after winning the abu dhabi going point on sunday his award added to the constructors trophy which read also one that's been carried by team principal christian horner battle won four races over the season but have not led the championship at any stage until he received the checkered flag on

sunday it's still sinking in australian team mates mark webber was one of the chants of the title himself was gracious in defeat. legal drive to get some sleep in the plane in no where here again certain moment everything is going very fast but i think we have some time in a room like ahead in the plane you try to realize the whole thing a bit better so it's really crazy in some way from where you're disappointed of course but the end of the day it was a great great battle. sebastian fully deserved the chairmanship he drove very well and we had some good races a lot of the year obviously the team has come a long way in such a short period of time so a lot of positives of course to look at obviously for me it's still a little bit disappointing at the moment but i look back at this year being still with a lot of positive memories meanwhile you same bolt of the world's fastest man has been in italy to visit the home of some of the world's fastest cars the jamaican triple olympic sprint champion took

a break from training i went to ferrari's headquarters in the town of marinello to complete a couple of test drives the one hundred and two hundred meter world record holder that took a few spins behind will have to classic ferrari's bolt is back in training after missing the end of the european outdoor season with back problems four year old hopes to defend two hundred titles at the twenty eleven world championships in south korea. cricket and australia have named a seventeen man squad for the upcoming ashes with the first test against england starting in brisbane on the them but the twenty fifth australia's recent run of losses and concerns over form around such a spinner nathan hauritz may have caused the australian selectors to hedge their bets on their first test choices darts is likely to retain his place as australia especially spin at the gabba the selectors have also named left arm off spinner doherty and leg spinner steve smith young batsman callum ferguson. provides a middle order variety as well as coverage for simon cattle who returns to first

class cricket this week after a thumb injury and vice captain michael clarke who has a sore back. would be far away from from playing our best cricket the last of a period it's all about others there's been a bit of doom and gloom around us driving about about the performances of the day in the last little bit but. happy to see some of the younger guys standing up in first class cricket looking for this this week's round of matches getting under way and saying some more great performances and you know when the team is actually with us the squads actually trim back getting to brisbane and preparing the best way we can to make sure we start the series very very well so we got really excited about our cowboy for the ashes to get on the wire and meanwhile i play chris gayle has become the first west indian to score a triple century on foreign soil after reaching the joint twelfth highest tech score with a magnificent three hundred thirty three on day two of the first test in sri lanka in goal gayle's innings was also the first triple hundred at the go international stadium the windows had begun the day on three hundred sixty two for two with get

on beaten until hundred nineteen he finally fell to a down three mendis after matching the three hundred twenty second pitch or ninety nine save the terrorist attack and five hundred eighty nine gallons only the fourth man to achieve the feat twice in test history after sitting back and patrick running lara flynn to say wagner and lara holds the all time individual test passing record of four hundred runs had to go recreation ground against england in two thousand and four. if some telephone player is always welcome in and in our team but it's off to the manager but our team is still young and we're still hungry to india game soon especially after the. especially after the summer. you know if you want to you want to win all the games and that's all the sports news this bulletin i think for.

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