the finger pointing over the b.p. oil spill continues more than a year after eleven men were killed and five million barrels at least of oil blanketed the gulf of mexico dick cheney's halliburton is in trouble after was alleged that the corporation destroyed evidence that may have proved it was partly responsible for the b.p. oil spill and deaths poured into court documents filed in new orleans this week albert destroyed the results of physical slurry testing and it has at best lost the computer modeling outputs the showed no channeling in part because it wanted to eliminate any risk that this evidence would be used against it at trial and quote so why does it seem like everything dick cheney touches turns criminal and the bigger question why does it seem like everything big oil touches turns messy here's shed some light on the tentacles of big oil and it's corrosive impact on our environment economy and government i'm joined by investigative reporter b.b.c. contributor greg palast whose new book is entitled vultures picn

it was unreal the b.p. oil spill was a non-story. killed eleven people it was the worst environmental disaster the united states has ever faced in its history gulf coast communities are still feeling the effects of it and likely will indefinitely is through our lifetimes but i guess if you're one job is to be a show on the radio for transnational corporations like b.p. like limbaugh as it is and you see things a little differently and that's very. crazy alert the day t.v. jumped the shark when it comes to reality t.v. the dutch have just won the race to the bottom in the new reality show from the netherlands known as guinea pigs the two co-hosts agreed to dabble in animalism that's right what better way to get to know each other than to eat each other the two of us had tiny pieces of flesh surgically removed one man had taken from his belly the other from his backside the flesh was then sauteed and exchanged and served up to be eat as one of the co-hosts said while chowing down nothing is really that special and you're talking about

pain and ricky workman and no one is being held accountable the massey mine disaster just like the b.p. oil spill or american tragedies on their own but they were also symptoms of a much bigger problem in america today the decline of our moral values we need to realize that these corrupt millionaires and billionaires didn't build america they don't deserve the perks and extra benefits they get simply because they have a lot of money just like us and if we don't change our value system and return to embracing the ninety nine percent who actually contribute to our communities and build our communities rather than that part of the one percent who leech off of our community and those leeches will destroy our society it's time to roll back reaganomics including rolling back the reagan tax cuts every turn of the values of teddy and franklin roosevelt. as the big picture for tonight for more information on the stories we covered visit our websites of thom hartmann dot com free speech dot org and our tita also check out our two youtube channel the words of tom. this entire show is also available fr

coming up next to my daily take what does a reason or oil spill in brazil have in common with the b.p. gulf oil spill last year i'll be looking at how the brazilian government is trying to crack down on corporate criminals. i'll explain next. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is you may be you with a global missionary see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sasha's when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. at first very much as burned as right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. this is much stronger than anything if you buy a lot of these used thousands of times i'm stronger than any one of the bird you ever put you know. this year we've seen well over five thousand american patriots hauled away in handcuffs from peacefully protesting against the high crimes on wall street meanwhile that one bank story has gone to jail for those very same crimes so in the hopes that some of these banks are will be h

for the first time since last year's b.p. oil spill, uncle sam auctioned off drilling rights in the gulf of mexico. today's sale pulled in over $337 million in winning bids. the interior department put oil lease auctions on hold after the 2010 deepwater horizon oil disaster. b.p. was among the 20 companies bidding for the new drilling rights today, and conoco- phillips submitted the highest bid at just over $100 million. a federal judge has signed off they have seen all the money transfers leading up to m. f. global's collapse. it is now working to see if those transfers were legal. that came after a federal judge signed off on a deal allowing failed brokerage mf global to continue using cash to finance its bankrupt. the judge says none of the money cover bid the decision came from customer accounts. tomorrow m. f. global's ex c.e.o. makes his third appearance on capitol hill. >> tom: just two weeks left to take care of tax issues before the calendar turns to 2012. that's why we're focusing this week on some last-minute tips to c

b.p. employees from the 2010 gulf oil spill. possible charges include lying to regulators about the risks associated with the drilling of the well. and as well the "associated press" report officials in the florida panhandle splurged on promotions. using the $30 million in tourism grants from the b.p. oil company. finance $1 million christmas display in panama city. fishing and poker tournaments, as well as more than $13 million worth of advertising. >>> it wilfriday will not existr isamoa. tonight they will jump to saturday. they are doing it to make it easier for trading with neighbors who operate a day ahead. samoa government says the workers schedule toed work friday will still be paid. five days until iowa caucuses. we break it down with the panel when we come right back. >> chris: flurry of action on the campaign trail today as the candidates crisscross iowa before tuesday night caucuses. time to bring in the panel. steve hayes from "the weekly standard." kirsten powers of the daily beast website. syndicated columnist char

incidents involving oil rigs world wide that includes the mexican gulf incident of twenty ten when a b.p. oil rig exploded causing a disastrous leak it was only plug after around five million gallons of oil spill to into the ocean the russian platform in today's incident was built in one thousand eight hundred five and was one of the largest in the country at seventy meters long and wide it was due to set sail for drilling off the vietnamese coast at the end of its current assignment and of course keep you in touch with developments on this tragedy in the sea of a horse so do stay with us. and of course in our days on the rescue operation in their hunt skier available anytime you like on our twitter feed do you follow us at r.t. dot com to be on top of this breaking news story. well this is our scene live from moscow i'm alison with the other main news stories that we're covering this hour for you fresh clashes flare up in west. in catholics just days after a demonstration by oil workers ended with eleven people dead. the west and its allies mounted pressure on the syrian regime as russian th

the oil giant b.p. g the subcontracting company halliburton of intentionally destroying damaging evidence to protect itself from blame. wait a minute. those who companies destroying damaging evidence. this is considered the worst oil spill in history. a deadly explosion on a b.p. oil rig killed 11 men, unleashed 200 million gallons of crude oil into the gulf of mexico, and halliburton was working on the rig at the time and now b.p. has filed suit claiming that halliburton got rid of results showing cement they used to seal the well may have caused the blast. halliburton has denied the accusation. >> another day in court, sadly, for our blago. a judge will decide how much time the ex-governor will have to spend behind bars. that's weird looking, shooting it through glass. and it is destroying some of his handsomeness. come on, blago, make yourself known, there he is. our blago. plus an escaped convict on the run and he could be out for revenge. run from that in a dark alley. there he is, poised to discove

incidents involving rigs worldwide that includes the mexican gulf incident of twenty ten when a b.p. oil rig exploded causing a disastrous leak only loved after around five million gallons of oil spilled into the ancient russian platform in today's instant was built in one thousand eight hundred five and was one of the largest in the country centimeters long eight hundred wide it was due to set sail for joining off the vietnamese coast at the end of its current assignment of course we'll keep you in touch with developments on the tragedy in the sea of states. this is our team from moscow on carriage the other main news we're covering the press clashes flare up in western just days after a demonstration by oil workers ended with eleven people dead. the west and its allies around the syrian regime as russia fights to get its draft resolution accepted at the u.n. and solving the crisis peacefully. the wait is finally over as russia has accepted as a member of the world trade organization eighteen years of tough talks. riots have reportedly flared up in western kazakhstan one person was kill

unlike previous instances of rigs well why includes the mexican gulf incident of twenty ten when the b.p. oil rig sank after explosion and major fire broke out disastrously was plugged in the after around five million gallons of oil spill in the sea the russian rig in today's instance was built in nineteen eighty five was one of the largest in the country at centimeters long and eighty meters wide tuesday to set sail from drilling off the vietnamese coast at the end of its current assignment. say with r.t. more on that breaking news story as we get it here. moving on now and fresh riots reportedly flared up in western kazakhstan one person was killed and eleven others injured at a railway station where people were protesting against a fatal crackdown striking oil workers in a town around one hundred kilometers to the northeast what is your piskun off the latest from kazakhstan. on saturday a group of protesters blocked a really station including train with over three hundred people on board in western gaza in total seven bastard trains and three freight trains were delayed and at around eight

slogan less government business more business and government we saw it lack of regulations did in the b.p. oil disaster in the gulf last year that killed eleven men in the massey mine disaster that killed thirty eight people when you get rid of all the rules and the referees and the market will inevitably descend into chaos and sometimes the people die. by generate a boatload of wealth for the one percenters at the top for a little bit but then as has happened every time free marketeers have succeeded in letting the free market work it all comes crashing down. imagine if you want to a baseball game and there were no rules there were no empire players there were no balls and strikes no limit on how many people were on the field no foul ball lives no specific order to the bases what kind of game would you see played out to be chaos complete and utter chaos the republican reply to this let the team with the most money determine the rules of the game they can have five strikes they can move the pitcher's mound closer and get a home run with just three bases and the team with less money they have t

is out of again this time to dick cheney's corporation is accused of destroying evidence in the b.p. oil spill it makes investigative reporter greg palast joins to expose just out roses big oil. you need to know this ninety nine percent movement continues its raid on the nation's capital it's part of the take back the capitol day of action thousands of patriots stormed the lobbying epicenter of k. street this afternoon for the year which is one of the main organizers of the rally the purpose of the day's action is to track down those responsible for crashing the economy and causing millions of ninety nine percenters to lose their jobs and homes all those people failed to pay their. taxes not the people who lost their jobs and homes but the people crashed a new report this month by the public campaign names some names for the ninety nine percent movement to target in two thousand and eight and two thousand and ten thirty major corporations spent more money lobbying in washington d.c. than they paid in taxes among the worst abusers general electric p.g. any of arise and wells fargo and boe

b.p. claims oil service firm halliburton intentionally destroyed evidence about the work it did on the cement used on the deep water oil well that blew out, killing 11 workers. that blowout led to the worst off shore oil spill in u.s. history. halliburton called the accusations it destroyed evidence untrue. >> tom: it's one of the hottest categories for holiday spending, but the stock sector hasn't been so hot this year. tonight's word on the street is "technology." i recently spoke with james rogers, a reporter at thestreet.com, and began by asking him for the outlook for tech spending in 2012. >> you know, it's uncertain with so many things hanging over the economy at the moment, and the super committee. and with europe there's a lot of things ongoing. and there could be stocks, high points >> one of those is one that's been around for a century. ibm. 30% of the revenues are from europe. and the mideast and warren buffet owns it. ask that sent the stock to a 52 week high. ibm isn't the sexiest name in tech, but it's a consistent dividend payer. this is a return of $109 billion in shareholde

[applause] >> congresswoman bachmann, you were very critical of the extended shutdown after the b.p. oilll that lasted upwards of 5, 6 months, in terms of a moratorium. i was wondering, if you were president and there were such a disaster again, what would be an acceptable period for oil drilling to cease? for to you get to the bottom of a problem? >> well, what we needed to do was find out what the true cause of the problem was. and the obama administration wasn't willing to have a true and thoughtful investigation to get to the bottom of it. president obama jumped to conclusions and he put a moratorium on accessing american oil on the gulf region that actually hurt the economy more than the original disaster. but i want to add something on keystone. keystone is extremely important, the pipeline. this pipeline is one that would have brought at least 20,000 jobs, at least $6.5 billion of economic activity. if i was president of the united states, i wouldn't have taken the decision the president obama did. his entire calculus was based upon his re-election effort because quite frankly, th

: congresswoman bachmann, you are very critical congresswoman of the extended shutdown after the b.p. oil that i believe lasted upwards of five, six months in terms of a moratorium. i was wondering, congresswoman, if you were president and there were such a disaster again, what would be an acceptable period for oil drilling to cease, for you to get to the bottom of a problem? >> well, what we needed to do was find out what the true cause of the problem was. and the obama administration wasn't willing to have a true and thoughtful investigation to get to the bottom of it. president obama jumped to conclusions, and he put a moratorium on accessing american oil on the gulf region that actually hurt the economy more than the original disaster. but i wanted to add something on keystone. keystone is extremely important. the pipeline. this pipeline is one that would have brought at least 20,000 jobs, at least $6.5 billion worth of economic activity. and if i was president of the united states, i wouldn't have taken the decision that president obama did. his entire calculus was based on his re-el

president, through hurricanes katrina, gustav and ike and the recent b.p. oil one of the largest environmental a disasters in our history, the general has proven his leadership to the people of louisiana and our nation time and time again. benny, as he's known by his friends, credits his father with inspiring him to serve in the national guard. his father joseph audrey landruno was a world war ii veteran. benny, who grew up in vedri nevmentment, louisiana, chose to follow in his fearnlings footsteps and rose through the ranks in the louisiana national guard. he enlisted as a light weapons infantry in 1969 in the 773rd maintenance battalion. two and a half years later he graduated and became a second lieutenant platoon leader as part of the 3671st ma maintenane company. from these very early beginnings in the national guard, he progressed rapidly through the ranks. during his time with the guard, he was part of several major campaigns, including a deployment during desert storm. and during the first gulf war general landreneau and his battalion were tasked with

invited about a dozen of the world's largest oil and gas corporations including b.p. exon new coil and to develop as an oil fields in the caspian sea nowadays azerbaijan is number one in the commonwealth of independent states in terms of capital investment. for the. government is doing all it can in these days to. development production and transportation. so as to cater to multiple customers as a result we have great prospects of the. german reporter that has lived and worked in azerbaijan for twenty years he has witnessed all the changes bolton day as john has gone through. really from the menders income. income like the. to put. forth. one of us via john's major interests is in foreign investment and seeks to provide favorable conditions for foreign businesses in the city of gebal are three hundred kilometers north of back to a piano factory can be found. coming from a family of piano makers turns left wing has shifted the production this time. from germany to as. he claims his business is the largest of its kind in all of asia. this model for one twenty one upright

b.p. for activities related to last year's gulf oil spill. one alleged b.p.led to suspend drilling operation when safety protocols were not met. 11 rig workers were killed in the explosion that started the spill. >>> 70 years ago today, december 7, 1941, was indeed a date that lived in infamy. that characterization from president franklin roosevelt came as the japanese bombing of pearl harbor began a deadly chapter in history. phil keating has rare video evidence of that terrible day. >> this is a big piece of history. a lot of it has been disposed of, passed on, neglected. even thrown away. >> no one truly knows how many people have seen this extremely rare footage of the attack on pearl harbor. the thick black smoke rising from the u.s. battleship and destroyers, the boats racing to rescue sailors and the explosion of enormous fire balls all captured in the ongoing chaos by navy war photographer clyde daughtry. almost immediately the government classified his footage. once december classified 41 years later, only six minutes of his film remained. until a re

b.p. has led to a management reshuffle with two out of three independent board members quitting the russian british oil venture former german chancellor gerhard schroeder and mining industry veteran james lying have reportedly stepped down from the board after a company meeting on friday and earlier this year b.p.'s russian partners a are to the british major to arbitration over its failed attempt to enter an alliance with the rival bourse net they are said the attempt to deal violated their shareholders agreement with b.p. . let's have a look at the markets oil is low on concerns europe might fail to tame its debt crisis countering signs of iran will call for production cuts at this week's opec meeting branch is now trading at one hundred eight dollars a barrel while the w t o is that ninety eight dollars per barrel of. european. jobs before you cement france so a combined thirteen in the hospital and here is a short time debt. and asian shaz on the law is the make it finished monday's session higher though they had to sign gains as easily and cross red debt rate is retraced once to review the credit

one was the oil spill plan that had been filed by b.p. prior to the disaster where they projected a capacity to do much more and clean up efforts than it was capable. whoever signed that document is certainly in harm's way. and the other thing we read about is whether or not there was accurate records being maintained as you get to the final 100' where the amount of pressure that had the potential and did cause the damage in the drill, may have been underreported. that is what the feds think. if you have a name that signed a document and the information is false, you have a possible case. too early to tell but there are mighty nervous people sitting around decks whoever was involved in preparing the reports. >>trace: the documents will tell the story, if documents backed up the fact the engineers didn't know what was going on out there or were trying to change the facts that could hurt. >>guest: it is all who knew what and when and there are specific environmental crimes where there is some intent element, but, it is less specific and jus

the oil services company will pay $250 million to settle with b.p. over the gulf of mexico oil spill. it was cameron's blow-out preventer which failed at the mocondo well, causing the gulf's biggest oil spill ever. cameron shares surged 6% closing at $47.55-- a gain of $2.69. but shares of british petroleum closed unchanged today. the company plans to put the payment in its $20 billion trust fund to pay for compensation and environmental damage. and, finally, if you want to see an impssive gainer today. take a look at r.s.c. holdings. the shares lept nearly 60% today. the rental equipment maker is being acquired by united rentals for about $2 billion. and that's tonight's market focus. >> susie: all this week, we've been talking about year-end tax planning with kevin mccormally of kiplinger's personal finance. in tonight's tax tips, kevin joins us live to answer some of your questns. kevin, great to you have on the program, thanks so much for all your tax tips all week long. >> thank you, i'm happy to be here. >> susie: now we're going put on the spot