this caused extensive damage to the gulf ecosystem and significant harm to the gulf coast economy still not fully recovered. i hope to hear from the witnesses on both panels today how we can prevent spills of this magnitude in the future in a responsible and sensible manner. just as importantly, i want to hear how to mitigate damages that resulted from the deepwater horizon spill. the administration's moratorium on offshore drilling added significantly to the well's negative economic effects. three rigs forced it suspend operation the in the gulf affecting thousands of american jobs. at least eight rigs have left or plan to leave the gulf in order to pursue operations elsewhere. it is highly unlikely they will ever return. at a time of record unemployment and soaring debt, we should be implementing policies that increase american jobs and income instead of ones that restrict them. it was clear at the on set that the administration and bp were not prepared to handle a spill of this magnitude. although i praise the efforts of the coast guard and noaa, the initial shortcomings and coordina

we have any of the gulf restoration network in a fire over and they did find pictures and i can send that to anybody that like oil fresh oil coming in and i right before i came here i saw pictures of boom going on on the boat and i can i say that that's from mcconnell say it was applicable to macondo site can i say that's not well i don't know but i do know that there are two hundred three hundred a year around the country tankers you know so this is a major problem is a global problem. changing what are we up against actually just a mechanical question and probably hopefully a very quick one. why don't the canadians just refine their own handle and if they want to so it's gasoline burning down here in trucks all right well one one of the things about these canadian tar sands thankfully is that up until now they still demand puffed and so the canadians are desperately trying to get this oil the market and so it is an environmental disaster that is affecting indigenous people in canada right now affecting people that live in alberta and beginning to move its way out and so one of the

i think it is ok it is not over there is it is that we have any of the gulf restoration network get a fly over and they did find pictures and i can send that to anybody that like oil pressure coming in and i came in i saw pictures of boom going on info and i can i say that that's from the macondo site it was applicants from a condo site and i say that's not well i don't know but i do know that there are two hundred to three hundred a year around the country pipeline tankers you know so this is a major problem the global problem. jamie what are we up against actually just a mechanical question and probably off with very quickly. why don't the canadians just refine their own dam and if they want to sell this gasoline bring it down here and trucks right one one of the things about these canadian tar sands thankfully he said up until now they've still been landlocked and so the canadians are desperately trying to get this oil in market and so it is an environmental disaster that is affecting indigenous people in canada right now affecting people that live in alberta. and beginning to move

we played for the entire gulf coast region. all the entire who dat nation who was behind us every step of the way. >> i really think that that infused the people of new orleans with a new sense of confidence, a new sense of purpose. you know what, we're going to survive. i think they got that from the saints' season. >> you found redemption, and it's wearing a gold helmet. >> yes. it's fabulous. pretty good. >> when we come back, big oil. big money. >> if there wasn't oil, there wouldn't be a louisiana. >> and big problems. >> this is like a cancer, a big disease. how can we remedy this? [ woman ] welcome back, jogging stroller. you've been stuck in the garage, while my sneezing and my itchy eyes took refuge from the dust in here and the pollen outside. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. it's the brand allergists recommend most. ♪ lily and i are back on the road again. where we belong. with zyrtec®, i can love the air®. when you switch your car insurance to esurance. i c

a lot going on in the gulf of alaska.ill tell you if thaw get strong -- if they get stronger we may have to mention rain. after that thick fog burns off, than we will have sunshine and warmer weather. just a little bit. this is for mainly inland areas. should see aisler burn off by the coast. inland areas it should -- maybe a few 90s as well. more fog though. mild on saturday and cooler on sunday. >>> the irs is warning about people who are posing as tax preparers and offering to help. find out what you should look for. >>> the reason police are going back to that island in norway where 69 people were killed in a deadly massacre. >>> traffic on the san mateo bridge looks good. but we do have problems in one bay area city on a major road causing delays. for >>> thick fog gives way to sunshine. warmer inland. 60s around the bay. 70s maybe low 80s. >>> here is a quick look at some of the top stories we following for you right now. this morning police in santa rosa searching for two gunmen. they robbed an armored car warehous

the gulf war. it's believed japanese participation is aimed at securing waterways in the persian gulf that are crucial for japanese oil shipments. >>> next we go to our bureau in bangk bangkok. >>> the united nations is warning asian countries about a major bird flu alert. a mutant strain of the deadly virus has the potential to cause an outbreak if the region. the world health organization reported recently that a 6-year-old cambodian girl died from avian influenza. the agriculture organization issued a statement calling on the international community to increase surveillance and preparedness for a possible outbreak. experts are especially concerned because of a variant found in vietnam and china that seems to sidest sidestep vaccines. the disease has killed 531 people around the world since it was first detected in 2003 according to figures from the who. experts say five of the six countries where the virus is especially entrenched are in asia. the places most at risk are vietnam, indonesia, bang

russia's ross now strike a historic cooperation deal paving the way for joy oil exploration from the gulf of mexico to russia's vast parts of china. just after nine pm here in the russian capital you're watching artsy nato says it's close to success in libya as the gadhafi regime has fallen for the alliance vowed to continue its presence in the region to secure that you run mandate meanwhile no one still knows the whereabouts of the fugitive colonel and the fighting between rebels and government loyalists continues near gadhafi his hometown of the libyan transitional government is denouncing the extradition of the colonel's family after they fled to neighboring algeria this comes as a rebels claim to have killed the leaders youngest son although that's not been independently confirmed now in tripoli people are struggling for stability after the rebel takeover parties media financial reports. graffiti on the seat she claims will continue tripoli the city has indeed changed appearance recently. what used to be one of the most beautiful on the african a train in khost now looks neglected and

the gulf war. it is believed the participation is aimed at securing waterways crucial for japanese oil shipments in the persian gulf. >> hi there. time now for your weather update. across asia we're seeing a lot of clouds building over japan from the west and also this very large typhoon over the pacific that is slowly but surely approaching mainland japan. the typhoon maintained its strength packing winds of about 120 kilometers per hour gusts reaching 180. right now it's moving in a westerly direction but of course it is expected to veer to the north and then aim for mainland japan. it could make landfall early friday morning anywhere along the pacific coast in central and western portions of the country. it continues to be a very large storm system, bringing some fierce winds, torrential rains to the islands and we'll also start to feel the effects of the storms, strong winds, heavy, blustery winds will really impact central portions of the country starting tonight into your thursday. we're look

there are thousands of wells in the gulf of mexico. in this particular case there was a tremendous amount of oil. ultimately this incident put some two hundred million gallons of crude oil. some of that was a gaseous mixture into the environment. many of you saw firsthand what that site looked like because after a few weeks the video of the actual site on the bottom of the sea was being televised. that became a personal involvement for a lot of people in america. for those of us that were on the front lines, i arrived about a week after this phase of it, once the rig had collapsed. it was initially the deputy federal coordinator, and about june 1st became the federal coordinator on scene, july 15th they finally secured well with a containment device that was put on top of the blowout preventer that was part of the technical failure that occurred here. for those of us on the front lines, needless to say, this was a difficult period because we had a new oil spill every minute every day and for many of us that have a background in this ki

the gulf cooperation council are working very hard to instigate instability in syria and this sort of instability will take a sick bent specifically they are working on agitating a civil war within syria and they want to call that everybody loose and they can have they want to but the purpose of such a war is to bring syria gone to its knees and destroy syria like they did with iraq and libya force the point is to recreate this syrian regime in a way that is more favorable to the united states government the nato alliance and the royal regimes from saudi arabia to a moral code. now more than one hundred thousand worshippers have spilled into the streets of moscow to celebrate the end of the holy month of ramadan as muslims around the world market festival of aid tens of thousands of muslims flock to mosques around the capital during the early hours of the morning the turnout was so great the vast majority of worshippers were forced to create outside of many streets became blocked or whatever causing chaos on oscar was busy road network authorities commented on how calm the celebration

now partners in the quest to restore the gulf.on, nbc news, barataria bay, louisiana. >>> and that's our broadcast for this monday night, as we start off a new week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang in for jessica. >>> we're looking at shots, live pictures in san francisco. this is the bart protest. you might have heard a lot about this in the last few days. it was an organized protest after yesterday's cyber attacks to the bart website. the group anonymous planned the protest at 5:00. at 5:10 it started in ernest.

that's going to bring a lot of rain to the gulf coast and maybe more.e'll have to keep an eye on this through the weekend. craig. >> a lot of red and orange on that map. we appreciate that. let's look at the other news making headlines. rebels in libya giving gadhafi until saturday to surrender. there's news one of his sons is trying to negotiate the terms of his own surrender. it's what he is telling the associated press. gadhafi and several other sons remain at large. >>> today a judge in aruba will decide if there's enough to keep this man held captive of the death of robin gardner. he claimed she disappeared during a snorkling trip. a chilling 911 call out of florida where a female murder victim begged police to send help to her home. she made several frantic calls to emergency operators after her husband attacks her in longwood. >> i could be dead right now. you wouldn't even know it. it's been 20 minutes. >> at one point, she stays on the line 15 minutes asking for help. hours later, she's found dead in a nearby parking lot. her husband is now und

called the keystone pipeline and would extend about seven hundred miles from alberta canada to the gulf coast of texas and would transport oil sands. this is a seven billion dollar project and what apparently double oil imports from canada critics call this the dirtiest project on earth some saying it's yet another example of big oil getting what they want hundreds including well known actors and scientists have been arrested while protesting and those in favor including the white house state department they say it's not minimal impact on the environment and that if we don't build it someone else in the china well brands olson is here in studio to talk about this is the communications manager of the rain forest action network ranch for those people who are unfamiliar with this i mean you guys have been outside people against this project have been outside every day for what seems to me more than a week talk about the biggest issues against this proposed project well this is the biggest oil pipeline that's been proposed in states and decades and it's basically a lifeline to the canadian

developing in the gulf of alaska. out ahead of that high pressure will build in. 60, 70s, 80s and a few upper 80s and a few 90s. here is sal. >>> steve, good morning to you. traffic is moving along pretty well around the bay area. we are looking at the golden gate bridge. traffic looks good heading out to the toll plaza. also the bay bridge toll plaza is light. no major problems on the bridge. lower deck of the bay bridge. road work in the right lanes this morning. watch out for the construction zone. and san mateo bridge traffic looks pretty good. now let's go back to the desk. >>> all right, thank you, sal. we begin with overnight news from santa rosa. police are searching for two men that stormed into an armored car warehouse late last night. allie rasmus tells us how the crime created a terrifying situation for the workers inside. allie. >> reporter: according to san if rosa police the two victims were both prose of the garda armored truck company. we are in santa rosa. this lot is where they store the armored tru

look at that guy coming out of the gulf of alaska. that will move in, push all that moisture off toward the east but keep us cool. so the high tried to build in. tried to build in. it backs off. lots of fog, sun. near 60 on the coast. clearing skies. a lot of 80s inland. sonoma, napa 70s. 73 kentfield. clear lake and ukiah in the upper 80s. 67 alameda. pleasanton at 80 degrees. santa clara 78. 77 wood side. menlo park at 74. pacifica daly city san francisco low to mid 60s. temperatures not really budging much. a possible warmup inland but really i may be the only one that notices it. a back to a pattern night morning fog and more of the same. >> thank you, steve. 6:50 is the time right now. today the gap launches its first major marketing campaign since a management change in february. >> this is the last stronghold of denim in the u.s.. >> gap will roll it several 30- 90 second documentary style videos. spotlighting its 1969 denim line and los angeles studio. the company will also have taco trucks in san francisco another major citie

destroyed with those inspections ninety two probably ninety five percent of iraq yourself the first gulf war destroyed almost nothing and you know post-war u.s. bell damage assessments confirm the weapons inspectors were effective they force to get rid of this stuff. they had that country under control by one nine hundred ninety eight at the latest those inspectors had discovered most of the weapons of mass destruction and the iraqi programs at that point were essentially at an end before the war in iraq the united nations inspectors told us. that saddam hussein. did not have nuclear weapons capability ironically the major effect of the invasion of iraq in terms of weapons of mass destruction as to be has been to show that the inspectors were right all along the inspection regime worked. it was the most intrusive inspection regime in history and it worked and i think on the day that's another reason why we went to war for not. these maniacs. urging our enemies weakening our troops resolve and confusing the american people you should listen to these protests because they're obviously hopi

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i think that the nato alliance using some regional tools like third and the gulf cooperation council are working very hard to instigate instability in syria and this sort of instability will take bents specifically they are working on agitating a civil war within syria and they want to call that everybody loose and they can have they want to but the purpose of such a war is to bring syria down to its knees to destroy syria like they did with iraq and libya of course the point is to recreate this syrian regime in a way that is more favorable to the united states government the nato alliance and the royal arab regimes from saudi arabia to. have you with us you with our senior called the call for you this hour financial blame game. the market needs the money ball the trial. trust. political process e.u. policy makers accuse the markets of threatening the eurozone recovery experts point the finger at the politicians themselves and their indecision. plus a multi-billion dollar war chest wasted by the united states look at where the american taxpayers' money allocated for iraq and afghanis

i think that the nato alliance using some regional tools like turkey and the gulf cooperation council are working very hard to instigate instability in syria and this sort of instability will take a sectarian bent specifically they are working on agitating a civil war within syria and they want to call that evolution they can have they want to but the purpose of such a war is to bring syria down to its knees to destroy syria like they did with iraq and libya of course the point is to recreate this syrian regime in a way that is more favorable to the united states government the nato alliance and the royal arab regimes from saudi arabia to morocco. some of this part here in the russian capital kabul suicide bombing in the russian republic of chechnya that's left at least seven people dead and eighteen injured when a question about now joins us live with latest on the story. within it good to see you are bring us up to date what is the latest that you know. well this night of the capital of of the republic of grozny was head spy to last the first ever happens later in the evening on the

terrorist activities in the gulf, we are seeing in effect kuwait become more permissive, significantly more permissive. do you have an opinion on this yet? >> my answer senator if i may is somewhat general. i would say our relationships with countries such as kuwait and other gulf states and certainly countries like pakistan are complex and have multiple dimensions. i do think that the counterterrorism effort is a central goal or a central feature of those relationships. if i am confirmed i would look forward to the opportunity and the role of nctc director to provide my objective and my unvarnished view about the counterterrorism threat to contribute to the overall discussion and development of a posture or a country like kuwait. >> thank you madam chair. >> thank you very much. mr. vice chairman why don't you go ahead and i will finish. >> mr. olsen i want to ask you, on three or four different subjects here to give us a general discussion and response to some questions that i'm going to lay out, but i am more interested in your general discussion on the issues. but obviously i think

that's whether a driver hit him at mission and newmont gulf of mexicory and drove off -- newmont gulf of mexicory. >> we were walking back from the giants game back to our hotel. we got to an intersection and crossing with the light, a car came screeching out of the street, hit one car, careened over into a second car and that was where my son was and that car continued down the street. i understand he hit several other cars and drove away. he didn't stop. what went through your mind at that moment? >> i wanted my son to be all right. >> tonight police have the suspected driver in custody, j.r. stone talked to witnesses who helped police catch him. seemed like he was out of his mind. >> maureen is describing 21- year-old andrew vargas accused of crashing this white suv into a nine-year-old boy and driving off. the boy is in town from pennsylvania. thursday night he went with his family to see the phillies. >> it was a young boy lying on the ground. images of the aftermath are vivid. she says the driver not only hit the boy but this car, that car and this taxi, all as he went the wrong

believes it may have more than 20 billion barrels of recoverable oil in the untapped portion of the gulf of mexico. havana is kicking off a new era in offshore oil exploration. as cnn's shasta darlington reports, u.s. officials are expressing concern. >> reporter: undaunted by last year's massive bp disaster on the other side of the gulf of mexico, cuba plows ahead with an ambitious oil drilling plan. the island currently produces 60,000 barrels of oil a day, about half its needs in onshore wells like this one. now full scale offshore exploration is gaining momentum. in 5,600 feet of water, deeper than the bp pell, other companies have also set their sights on the rig. the iadc has held numerous talks with cuban oil company, kupet. >> they're providing seven wells over the next two to four-year period. >> estimates for the oil shore reserve range from 5 billion to 20 billion barrels of oil. foreign oil companies, none from the united states, have leased 21. in the wake of the gulf spill some in florida are worried about cuba drilling so close to home. >> ultimately if there is a spill, s

that is the prize that a normal refinery would be in the gulf coast the prize that you see for the eye around eighty five dollars is the price in the mid continent area of the pipelines to where the consumers want to buy it so that price is really not one that anyone should really be looking at so the prices in america are between one hundred and five hundred then the prices in europe are between one hundred five one hundred ten and the prices in asia are between one hundred five one hundred ten so the eighty five dollars most an evolution from a comparison point of view all right who are human defective thank you very much for your analysis and we still have time to have a quick look at those figures or prices are climbing up and. just as you can see. about eighty five dollars a barrel and brant is at one hundred eight. the cook at british metals up to hitting another all time high of one thousand nine hundred dollars per ounce this morning gold is losing ground and silvers also low it's trading at forty three dollars per ounce european stocks extending monday's rally tracking overnig

displaced more than 1 million gulf coast residents. crippled the mississippi gulf coast and southeastern louisiana. of we watched as americans were abandoned on the rooftops of their homes, and we realized that our system could not even get water to the people of a major american city for days. and this too reminded us that we are all vulnerable. not only to the danger of foreign enemies, but to the neglect of our own public institutions. the lessons of katrina were critical lessons. katrina exposed the consequences of our aging and inadequate infrastructure. the floodwaters also revealed the long-standing racial and economic differences that made an entire population vulnerable to disaster. and how long did those lessons last? did our priorities as a nation change in any profound way? whatever momentum our renewed sense of responsibility brought has been halted by this recession. right now, even as the wealth gap between white americans and americans of color widens, the argument in washington is over how much of the social safety net

and over parts of the central and south plains over the gulf coast.rop a little bit which allows cooler air to filter in from the north. tremendous change and the upper midwest. we'll see some of the heat stay through the four corners. a little bit on that line. we may be dealing with triple digit heat into next weekend. keep your fingers crossed, we'll see changes for millions of americans. that's the latest in terms of the weather. i wish i could say we have a big cooldown coming. >> people are running out of patience if they haven't already. >> i can't blame them. it's mow nnotonoumonotonous. >> you're a huge captain morgan fan. >> absolutely. >> we're not talkingability spi the spiced rum. >> specifically a 50 by 20 chunk of a wooden hull has been found along with unopened cargo boxes and chests. they're trying to protect the site from looters. international business times is reporting the rummaker captain morgan helped fund the dive team. certainly good all around there. >> pretty neat stuff. it only stands to reason that the captain morgan compa

not only in syria we're going to see in all the surrounding countries lebanon jordan sooty all the gulf area has everything it's going to turn upside down so again i'm seeing this is playing with dede fire so they have to think twice about what's going to happen but the thing is they're not thinking right see the worst this is not their first mistake this is their they're the the hundreds mistake that they've been doing so far and what they did in libya russia will never ever allow there have been in syria and more than one hundred thousand worship or so spilled into the streets of moscow to celebrate the end of the holy month of ramadan as muslims around the world market first of all of a huge tens of thousands of muslims flock to mosques around the capital during the early hours of the morning the turnout was so great for the vast majority of worshippers were four separate outside many streets became blocked or whatever causing chaos of moscow's busy road network authorities commented on how calm the celebrations were and said there had been no incidents islam is the fastest growing a

watch the western gulf, by the way, this weekend and japan is about to get hit by a major typhoon.e of this is global warming. it's nature doing what nature does. >> bill: ok, can you give us any preview of what's happening now with the storm in the east coast? do you have any patterns? does it even have a name? >> no, it's going to be named katia, i believe, but what will happen is the pattern, overall pattern will set a major cool shot down the plains, texas you're going to cool down in the wake of whatever develops in the gulf of mexico. when that happens, the jet stream will buckle and the storm may be in the position to try to run the eastern seaboard again in 8 to 10 days. but this is what we've seen before the season. i was on fox business in may saying this is an east coast year. look out and that's what happens. it's simply the weather doing what the weather does. >> bill: is there any chance -- i know there's a speculation, i usually don't do this. because things are so dire in texas, that there's a storm that's coming now, the next one can go through the gulf and actuall

gulf coast and southeastern louisiana. the rooftops of their homes, and we realized our system could not even get water to the people of a major american city for days. this, too, reminded us that we are all vulnerable. not only to the danger of foreign enemies but the neglect of public constitutions them lessons of katrina were critical lessons. katrina exposed the consequences of our aging, inadequate infrastructure. the floodwaters revealed the long-standing racial and economic differences that made an entire population vulnerable to disaster. how long did those lessons last? did our priorities a as nation change in any profound way. what momentum it brought has been halted by this recession. right now, even as the wealth gap between iet white americans and americans of color widens the argument in washington over how much of the social safety net we must cut while not raising taxes on the rich, right now as the president reminds us time and again that we need to spend on fixing our crumbling infrastructure he is met wi