it's on the way to that baytown refinery.aturday at midday, there was a collision between an oil tanker and a barge that was being towed by a houston-based company called kirby inland marine. the tow boat that crashed has been involved in a string of 20 accidents and other incidents reported to the coast guard over the last 12 years. including two other accidents that occurred when that boat was pushing barges containing asphalt or oil like it was on saturday. it's according to the "houston chronicle" reviewing government records. well, that company that owns the towboat and now partially sunken barge says they'll pay for the cleanup costs associated with the new oil disaster in galveston, but the coast guard is on scene. they have hundreds of people in dozens of boats trying to clean up this heavy, gunky, marine fuel oil. the conditions are windy and choppy. they're not doing a good job containing the oil so far. as of this morning, the oil had already spread about 12 miles into galveston bay. by sun up tomorrow, we should h

exxonmobil said the closure forced the company to reduce fuel production at the baytown, texas, refinery this time exxon expects to meet its commitments. the stock is higher by 42 cents. let's look at oil while we're at it. oil besides the geopolitical pressures on pressures. we're still, adam, almost at $100 level, which is still surprising. adam: heightening tension in eastern europe is calling for lawmakers to ease restrictions on u.s. natural gas exports to our allies in europe. committees in the house and senate are holding hearings which address the issue. peter barnes is on the story and he joins us from washington with the very latest. peter. >> adam, that's right. washington is moving faster to increase exports of liquified natural gas. the obama administration gave the green light yesterday to another natural gas export project, the 7th one. the energy department has been criticized for dragging its feet on these approvals. it did not say yesterday if russia's takeover the crimea was a factor in this latest decision but the energy secretary hinted last week that geopolitical co

exxon says the closure has not affected the nation's second largest refinery at baytown. a federal appeals court has suspended same-sex marriages in michigan. dozens of couples conducted weddings saturday, after a federal judge struck down the state's *ban on marriage for same-sex couples. but an appeals court ruled that the state wasn't given the required period of time to *appeal the judge's order. so the earliest any same-sex couple can get *legally married is michigan, is wednesday. a new study suggests, a person who gets anxious over having to solve a math problem, can blame his parents. this is excellent. it seems, math anxiety may be genetic. researchers at ohio state university studied identical twins with differing levels of fear over doing math. they concluded, while *environment is still the primary reason for math anxiety, as much as 40 percent of the problem is due to a person's family *history of anxiety or trouble with math. i have to think about that. i have five siblings in my family and i don't think any of us are really good at math. >> if you hear your

she just moved to baytown with her dad and brother one month ago. >> we're both from alabama and endedup in texas. it's interesting. i made a friend. a lesson would be not to be afraid of law enforcement we're here to help. >>> the warriors, 18 exwales above .500 for the first time since the '93/'94 season. tonight they are at oracle arena. right now, san antonio is showing why they are one of the best teams in the western conference. up at halftime. curry, has 15 points and three assists. toegeny parker leads the spurs with 12 points and three assists. there's already been a marriage proposal and kron4 producer is participating in a shooting contest. that's our guy josh. more on that tonight on the kron4 news at 11:00. you will have to wait for that. >>> the sharks going for their eighth win tonight facing the capitals. sharks tied it up in 1 in the second period with the capitals. patrick marleau notched his 30th goal of the year for san jose. eric farer with the lone goal in the game for the caps. 12th of the season. >>> one year removed from the final four, cal women's basketball p