arrest bp! >> narrator: ...and threw a spotlight on a company that americans knew little about. >> in washington today, protesters called for the us government to get hostile with bp. >> mr. hayward! >> narrator: when two months after the blowout, bp's ceo tony hayward, came to capitol hill... >> the testimony you are about to give to be the truth, the whole truth... >> narrator: ...he was there to explain what happened and why. >> begin your opening statement, and let me again, on behalf... >> narrator: from the start, it didn't go well. >> chairman waxman, chairman... >> tony hayward, look at my hands. this is what it looks like for the plaquemines down there, and i think you need to be charged with a crime! you need to go to jail. as a matter of fact, i've got some chains and i'll... you need to be charged with a crime! >> can you tell us under oath that the decision to use six centralizers instead of.... >> narrator: amidst the technical questions, there were deeper concerns... >> you're the

we wanted to get bp's response. it's a pretty compelling argument you make, this could -- long shot that it may be -- bp could have trouble on its hands or financial system. bp launched a bond over subscribed the company told us raising $3.5 billion in a day on credit default swap rating improved as a result. they are saying they need to raise money, in the debt markets everything is fine. let's bring in richard quest. one thing we know about bp, this company is a cash machine. yes, it has huge costs and uncertainty ahead of it. that's one thing to be clear. they are making money hand over fist. the prosperity, this is a vital british interest as well, isn't it? >> hang on a second here. take off your nationalistic flag for a moment, christine. yes, it is of importance to the u.k. economy, major company, the largest on the market in the u.k. one of the largest. before you start throwing a rock across the atlantic, 50% of bp shareholders are in the united states. a vast portion of its revenue comes from the united st

but, bp never knew that because halliburton never told them. critics are outraged. >> bp and halliburton knew that the cement was not going to work. this is like building a car with brakes that you know are going to fail. >> reporter: investigators also independently retested a similar cement formula. it, also, proved unstable. the federal report concludes, bad cement was not the explosion's sole cause but good cement would have prevented it. mark strassmann, cbs news. >> president george w. bush's memoir won't officially be released until the week after the elections but this morning we're learning new details. according to the drudge report president bush said he gave the order to shoot down hijacked airliners 9/11 and at first thought that's what happened to the jet that crashed in pennsylvania and talks about his decision to quit drinking and the decision to invade iraq. >> his presidential role model has been harry truman who left office incredibly unpopular and only decades after he had been out of the white house did history begin to giv

bp says it has no comment. bp's ceo bob dudley declined an invitation to appear before the committee. markey said he's hoping dudley will reconsider. brian? >> tom costello in our washington bureau tonight. tom, thanks. >>> we now turn to politics, the midterm elections just five days out. lots to talk about, and so we've assembled part of our political team here with us in the studios tonight. chuck todd, andrea mitchell and david gregory all with us from washington. chuck, we're going to start out with you. where do we think of things five days out? >> right now, campaigns are focused on two things. number one, winning over any remaining undecides. and number two, trying to get out the democrat or republican bases who remain a tad unmotivated or unconvinced. after two days in the hospital to treat infection related to her successful battle with breast cancer, california republican carly fiorina was back on the stump today, trying to close the narrow gap with senator barbara boxer. >> this is a very tight race

. >> still to come here on gmt, a new boss and a new star for bp. it is a big jump in prices, but japanese smokers -- japan has raised taxes on cigarettes by 40% in an effort to get people to cut down or quit. the most popular brand has been 3.ised by 1/thir >> coming out to a cold place like this for the habit -- here in japan it has just gotten a lot more expensive, too. the government has increased the taxes by record-breaking 40% cypr. a pack is now 410 yen. it is still a big shock to japan pot smokers, and that is the reason why the government has done it. -- to japan's smokers. and that is the reason why the government has done it. around 10% of women and old in the habit. overall, japan is the fourth biggest tobacco market in the world. how have people responded to the tax rises, all signs are they have been busy holding cigarettes to try to beat the increase -- to hoard cigarettes to try to beat the increase in price. even so, they have had to ration. all that cigarette hoarding is likely to have an effect on japan's economy. some economists

transocean or bp? >> well, i can -- i'm not sure that your question reflects the situation this particular case. in that case, there were two incident command centers running simultaneously and their open lines between the two. so there was a lot of dialogue going on. as i mentioned, the b.o.p. was not within what we were trying to do, other than to initiate that effort. we were very much involved with trying to get that started. but as far as who is going to do it, or how they're going to do that, that was not for, that wasn't, within our scope. >> yes, sir. i just want to understand relationship, how do you interface. so you are called by transocean, but there's some relationship between bp, transocean. so i just want to be clear in my mind what those relationships are. now, i have an e-mail from you to mr. raney lord. i believe he is the company -- easy operations manager. >> yes, sir. i like toprovide is likely to come in this document, as i understand has been provided to all council. >> council,

neither bp or shell participated in the bids-- neither bp or shell required acreage to bid rounds.ead they acquire their acreage through direct bilateral negotiations with the oil corporations in the nl see. one of the things that distinguishes the bilateral negotiations from the bid round format is bilateral negotiations result in better terms for the international oil company in this case bp and shell. one of the things that distinguishes bilateral negotiations is the type of projects bp and shell were pursuing were big. they were complex, they were technically difficult. they were very capital intensive. one of the things that allowed bp and shell to pursue these negotiations was that they have the expertise and they also have the capital in order to guarantee or convince the libyan oil corporation that they would be able to manage the projects they had undertaken. it is also worth noting that the only other types of companies that have the capital to be able to pursue these projects are happy expertise to pursue these projects were already in libya. these tend to be referred to

acknowledged that it skipped a critical test on the final formulation of cement used to seal bp's oil well before it blew out catastrophically in the gulf of mexico. the company came under increased scrutiny when investigators from the president's oil spill commission revealed that tests performed by the company before the deadly blowout showed the cement to be unstable. halliburton said it did not conduct a stability test on the final mix of cement after a last- minute change by bp added more of a certain ingredient. >> see this week, they had a major tornado roll through, watch these two buildings on the right side. this is what tornadoes can do, they can take buildings and throw them like they're tinker toys and it is part of a powerful system that swept across the states those wide buildings on the left, hear what men and there they go. on the next. >> they have run for weather for sure but we do have a storm that we will be tracking so we will have to get more weather and a few minutes. aa

do they want the money put louisiana first or that pushed bp first? do they want a person who respects women are disrespect them? had you base your children every morning and say i want you to abide by the law and be honest but i'm going to vote for the guide that lie to us. we in louisiana are smarter. we need to make sure we elect an independent expert louisiana offers that worries about the citizens of the state first and not his own career. i promise i will never embarrass you. >> thank you for tuning out. you listened and heard a lot. i bring those ideas to washington. i will continue to do that. your boats weor can have real checks and balances against the obama administration. we need to get our country back on the right track. we need to save our fundamental freedoms and our future for our children. i ask for your vote so i can continue to actively to do important work for the louisiana. coastal restoration, hurricane protection, highways, infrastructure. i've looked forward to doing that important work. >> thank you. thank you book. that conc

neither bp or shell participated in the bids-- neither bp or shell required acreage to bid rounds.nstead they acquire their acreage through direct bilateral negotiations with the oil corporations in the nl see. one of the things that distinguishes the bilateral negotiations from the bid round format is bilateral negotiations result in better terms for the international oil company in this case bp and shell. one of the things that distinguishes bilateral negotiations is the type of projects bp and shell were pursuing were big. they were complex, they were technically difficult. they were very capital intensive. one of the things that allowed bp and shell to pursue these negotiations was that they have the expertise and they also have the capital in order to guarantee or convince the libyan oil corporation that they would be able to manage the projects they had undertaken. it is also worth noting that the only other types of companies that have the capital to be able to pursue these projects are happy expertise to pursue these projects were already in libya. these tend to be referred

bp is a glut oil exploration and production company. they do wholesale very well -- is a global oil exploration and production company. they're very well with the it -- they do very well with this technology. but when you do transactions with individuals, dealing with a vessel of opportunity operator, local folks involved in subcontracting, catering services, whatever, it is very difficult to write a specification and outsourced corporate values and empathy to a second and third party. a lot of the issues down their late to events have taken place in the gulf, the stress these folks have been put under, and try to understand to do that while you are filling the contractual actions out there. that goes into bedside manner, at that tissue. we dealt with that by putting more coast guard people and lower parts of the organization, tried to flatten the organization and the decision- making down. i do believe it is very, very hard to translate corporate intent through the second and third tier contractors of you are trying to create the face

>>chighizola: i've gotten one cheque only from bp and that was in may. and i haven't received anything else since then. >>blanchard: we figure we've lost 2.25 million dollars and they've given us 165000 so far... >>utsler: there's a huge challenge just in the physical documentation and processing of that number of claims. >>reporter: the damage isn't only financial... a recent gallup poll shows that cases of clinical depression in coastal communities have risen 25% since the spill... >>speier: we're seeing the early signs of domestic violence right now. we're seeing increased anxiety. generalised anxiety. clinical depression. >>reporter: the well was capped last month and the us government says 75% of the spill has dispersed. but many here believe the chemical dispersants used on the spill have simply hidden the oil... >>overton: we don't know entirely where the oil is that was in the deepwater and is that going to have any impact on the ecology and the deep ocean. >>blanchard: we've got our coast guard riding around in a helicopter looking for something

the contract workers from bp, i've got to believe that between the coast guard and bp, they don't wantnd anything. they want this to be over. and we're still out there picking up oil. and as we've said, anlderson frrks the very beginning, we're fighting more with bp and the coast guard. here we are again to leave assets in place to fight this oil. there's no written operational plan. the only plan they give us is a transition plan, and they keep wanting us to sign off on this no visible oil, when we continue to pick up oil. i don't understand it. it's mind boggling to me. >> so they're asking you to sign off saying you're not seeing oil but you're saying you're still seeing oil? >> they continue to want us to go from step two to step three meaning they can pull out any assets they want in the transition plan, that we signed a month or so ago, to leave assets in place through hurricane season. and every day they're ratcheting down, pulling stuff out, and in this thick document they say it gives them the right to do that, when there's no oil on the surface. but our crews, the local fishe

. >>> a government panel has uncovered a potential cause of the deadly blowout of bp's oil well in the gulf. that led to the worst environmental disaster in history. the presidential commission looking into the disaster received evidence that bp and haliburton knew months before the accident that the cement mixture they were using to seal the well wasn't holding. the cement's failure to prevent oil and gas from entering the well has been identified by bp and others as one of the causes of the explosion. halliburton is now acknowledging that it never tested the final mixture after a last-minute change from bp. >>> an nbc news exclusive shows early results from an ongoing pentagon study finds the majority of u.s. troops do not object to serving alongside openly gay troops in the military. nbc's richard engel, who first reported the findings yesterday, reports military sources say the majority of troops also believe don't ask, don't tell, could be done away with. some service members, however, did strongly object to a change in the controversial policy. the final pentagon report is due ou

bp has announced a 30-year deal to search for oil in the caspian sea. sokolov has joint exploration in that region. this is the latest move by bp in finding fresh opportunities under the new leadership of chief executive bob deadly grey the allied irish bank is selling its stake in the u.s. group -- bob dudley. the allied irish banks is 19% tax owned by the taxpayer, has been bailed out by the irish government, and has been ordered to shore up by $14.5 billion. it has already sold a stake in the polish bank. you can see that the markets are steady after hitting that two- year high, and capping the weakness is the tech sector. the u.s. dollar fell, and the big story to keep our eyes on his u.s. jobs. numbers are out tomorrow, and the u.s. jobs numbers are very important for the global economy. that is it for now, george. >> it would be fair to say that things have not exactly gone to plan for the organizers of the commonwealth games in delhi, and even before the competition started, athletes and officials were grumbling about the accommodations and the q

meanwhile, bp wants to fund part of what it woes for damaging resulting from an oil spill in april. bp plans to offer $20 billion in compensation to those affected by the spill. >>> major japanese postal delivery system yamato said it plans to build a new terminal, the first of its kind. it will build the site adjacent to haneda terminal. it will cost $1.7 billion and cover 200,000 square meters. by using the newest equipment that automatically sorts parcels and over 200 discharge stations yamoto said it can offer more efficiently. they plan to start operations in october 2012. >>> next for you is a recap of the latest market figures. >>> next comes saki ochi with the weather forecast. >>> hi, there. welcome back to your world weather update. we are keeping an eye on our tropical storm system here. rather, now a typhoon. it has really strengthened over the past couple of hours, packing winds of over 120 kilometer per hour. much stronger gusts will remain in the northerly track and start veering towards the northeast, getting very close to the southern islands of japan and possibly a

bp said it was worried the fire could put workers at danger, but the sal age company president said bp wanted -- the ravage company president said bp wanted to figure out how hot the fire was and it was a waste of time. >>> 85% of men believe their last female sex partner had an orgasm while only 64% of women reported having one and while only 7 or 8% of women identified as gay or bisexual the number of individuals that have had those interactions in their lives is higher. you can look at the whole study on www.myfoxdc.com. click on web links. >>> turns out heart break can break your heart actually. researchers measured the heart rate of people who submitted pictures of themself to see what others thought of them. if they were rejected heart rates fell even more. >>> a student tackled and robbed on campus. tonight on 11 at the news edge police going on patrol with police on the university of maryland. as we're tracking the shifting landscape in the nation's capital new numbers reveal a dramatic population shift in several areas. >>> and daredevils descending into a live volcano, the st

bp money, to pay claims in the gulf. it is not quasi-private. it is private. >> you do not have restrictions on you? >> no. i do not have tort law restrictions. i am trying to take advantage of my understanding of current law as to who is eligible in the gulf to get paid and how much they should get paid and i use that as a basis to try and design a system that will treat people fairly. it is not easy. >> it would seem almost impossible. what about the guy in boise, idaho? >> i cannot get shrimp from the gulf, so my restaurant in boise is losing money because i cannot serve shrimp. >> and you say? >> if you are so far away from the gulf and you can get trapped elsewhere. spare me. [laughter] >> what about the shoe salesman in biloxi, mississippi. >> that is tupper. mr. feinberg, i am a shoe salesman in biloxi, mississippi. the fisherman who i sell issues and to are not coming in. now my business is off. i am right on the beach. pay me. i am inclined to pay that person. even if you are eligible, you have to document your

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because months ago people were saying, why are you listening to bp too much. can't trust what they are saying. they are going through a buzz saw here with what the critics are saying. it's a commission appointed by this president. it's hard for them to sarks ty, is your own commission. they are raising questions about your credibility. that's tough for the white house. >> two questionses. were they transparent? did they have documents that said we don't agree with this one, i'm sure it's right? and the other question s. the competition tense question. then you get into the competence. >> you can talk to people working for these agencies and they were frustrated that the white house was not getting out the message that they felt needed to be true. there was a lot of competing information and it's astonishing, when you cover the white house, you realize how slow and hard it is to communicate within this government system. it could be really, really horrifying troublesome. >> a lot of politicians to talk about just ahead. the president is in chicago tonight. that

all were considered failings in this summer's bp disaster., president of shell oil, half of its six deep-water rigs in the gulf need work to meet the new requirements. >> we should think of it as a safer system overall and get back to work. >> reporter: brian lambert put up his home for sale and out-of-work shallow water driller in deep financial trouble. >> my worries are that it will take years for us to get back on our feet again. >> reporter: but, environmentalists are worried. the bp investigation has yet to close, and the gulf is back open for business. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >>> straight ahead, your wednesday morning weather. and in sports, texas finally wins a postseason series. series. ♪ [ sniffs ] morning. you got in pretty late last night. dad, i'm not sixteen anymore. still, it was late. well... you're not gonna have to worry about that anymore. yeah, why's that? ♪ todd's a lucky man. ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ that's what i told him when we talked last week. ♪ ...is folgers in your cup the craftsman cordless m

. >>> and the bp bombshell. the report on what bp knew before the oil spill disaster. back in two. i'm among 30,000 employees who used to work for hp. i was supposed to retire there. carly fiorina changed all that. [ cheri ] fiorina laid off 30,000 people. and she shipped our jobs to china. and india. i had to pack my bags and i was out the door that night. we even had to train our replacements. she didn't need 5 corporate jets. [ farrell ] one hundred million for herself. fiorina never cared about our jobs. not then and not now. [ boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. >>> troubling news about the deadly oil explosion in the gulf. investigators say test results show there were problems with the cement used to seal the well and bp and halliburton both knew about it. the explosion of the deepwater horizon created the largest offshore oil spill in u.s. history. the commission today accused halliburton of knowing only one of four tests showed a cement mixture would hold. the special mixture has been identified as one of the main causes of the accident. >>> airport pat-d

alex jones originally spun a tale that somehow halliburton had blown up the bp oil rig.nn beck never said that. he was careful one of his of a sow's to say, i am not saying soros behind it will spill itself, but is profiting from it. -- he was careful to say one of his episodes to say, i am not saying soros is behind the oil spill itself, but is profiting from it. >> george soros starts with john podesta who is a center for american progress, selects the obama transition team. soros buys $900 million in gasoline powered bras. in a completely unrelated story, bp has the oil spill. >> that was when back talking about the oil spill and how would he says the bridge -- the brazilian gas company benefited and the obama administration had invested in denton. >> yes. we spent time in the article discussing if the obama the ministers and had nothing to do with it, but there was a $2 million loan which was headed at the time by bush appointees the caymans and not weeks after soros had decreased his investments, not increased. all this is a moot point because soros divested from hi

she stood up for bp when no one else would. michelle bachmann not doing [ bleep ] for the people of the 6th district but more than her share for the special interests in washington. >> greta: candidates aren't the only ones. friends of harry reid paid for this brutal ad. >> introducing sharron angle's crazy -- made with real demint it will ref you up for second amendment remedies before militia practice. all made with nonfloor dated water. -- so, so, so extreme! >> greta: us rick klein editor for abc world news. at last they are getting more creative. >> you have to be funny to breakthrough. at last we -- at least we are seeing humor. you have to match that up with your campaign message. hard to see that in the crazy

an official inquiry finds false used in the cement to seal the bp oil well. rescuers finally arrived on the indonesian islands swamped by the tsunami. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcasting in the united kingdom and around the world. it also ahead, taking aim at the white house. republicans have victory in their sights as the midterms loom. and interruptions on the red carpet, protesters appeared at the rome film festival. >>> hello, thank you for joining us. the president of the european council has announced that eu heads of states have agreed to establish a permanent crisis mechanism to safeguard the financial stability of the eurozone has a whole. speaking at a summit in brussels, he said the absence of such a mechanism during the great financial crisis -- during the great financial crisis threatened the eurozone. >> mission accomplished for france as president nicolas sarkozy may be languishing and the polls at home, but in brussels thursday night he felt like a winner. his campaign for tough new rules to protect europe's single currency appeared to h

services company halliburton have seen its shares drop 15% on revelations on its work on the exploded bp oil rig. an inquiry has found it should have known cement used to seal the well was unstable but carried on regardless. previously halliburton claimed the design of the rig was the problem. 11 workers were killed, of course, in america's biggest offshore oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the current argentinean president, christina fernandez kitsch ner, has led tributes to her husband. he was her predecessor as leader and widely expected to run for president again. hundreds gathered to pay their respects. from buenos aires, we report now on a nation in mourning. >> mourners began gathering outside the main palace in buenos aires almost as soon as the president's death was announced and they kept coming and coming. many sleeping their overnight to be sure they have not missed the chance to pay their last respects to the man who governed them from 2003 to 2007.

this commission stem from the bp deepwater horizon oil spill this year. it was formed as a nonpartisan independent group to examine the relevant facts and circumstances concerning the causes of the deepwater horizon explosion and the developed options to guard against potential offshore oil spills in the future. we should not forget that this tragic accident took the lives of 11 men. the the golf was flooded with boil for almost three months. the economy was badly impacted once again just five years after the destruction of hurricane katrina. the work of this commission has now arrived at its halfway point. we began with their first public hearing in new orleans on july 12. before that, my fellow commissioners and died wind -- and i went on trips to meet with a variety of people in the region, listening to stories how this catastrophe affected them and their families and their communities. after that, our investigators in our hearings explore topics that included how we regulate and oversee offshore drilling, how we can improve the culture of drilling ind

>p >>>> no specific threatt bp but americans traveling livip living living in eur to be on guard.tp the stathe state departmt to be on guard. tp the stathe state depart travp travel alert about a plot to attack several cities. u.s. officials say americans do not need to alter travel plans but should be vigilant. as reported, the british government is as equally concerned. >> this reinforces the need for vigilance against a continuing terrorist threat. the threat level against the united kingdom continues to be assessed as severe, which is not a change but, of course, is very serious. >> reporter: also this week, osama bin laden released two new statements. they will be examined by intelligence agencies in case they contain coded order to militants. u.s. counter-terrorism officials believe senior al qaeda leaders may have planned to tack several european citiesxd similar to th terrorist assault in mumbai when men fanned out in the crowded downtown killing and wounding almost 500 people. pakistan's border region with afghanistan is still a haven for al qaeda training camps in spite

the response pushed bp every step of the way.is is getting backup from democratic senator ed markey who is over the whole cries. and he's saying the whole finger should be pointed at bp and not at the white house. >> we heard from ed henry at the bottom of the show. and now this. thanks, ed. >>> just 26 days until the election, democrats struggling to hold on to their majority in congress. they're trying to stay ahead in places they hoped to feel strong at this point. >> well critics are put something blame on president obama. last night on "parker spitzer," the conversation centered around what the president could have done better. >> he's loyal to a fault. doesn't understand that americans actually respect people with the guts to fire people. and he should have done that then. mike was quite right about the that. >> who do you fire? >> axelrod. a sweet guy, straightaway. and rahm emanuel -- >> axelrod -- >> well, when are you going to be tough? when is the machine really going to work? it works in congress. it eventually did th

>>reporter: although opinion about bp so far... is at best... mixed... >>blanchard: we don't find they've done nothing right. you know they've done eth >>voisin: post katrina... we had funds coming down from the federal government it took 3 and a half years to get into the fishing community. post deepwater horizon, 3 and a half week later we had fu the fishing community... >>chighizola: i'm afraid they'll just leave. takeoff, leave and just say... we something. >>reporter: but there is one point everyone living near this fupi cst agrees upon... >>speier: we're looking at something that could be multiple decades in length. >>utsler: stl t long way to go. anchd: i think it's gonna take 8, 9, 10 years before we get back to where we were. >>reporter: and so the pain here will coin..onafter the visible signs of america's worst oil spill have gone... >>still to ce wld business... >>tall, green and very hot stuff: we check out the solar tower that could revoliose neblengy >>and archery may be an ancient sport but it is attracting new fans. wta aim at the world

that officials were too optimistic about handling the disaster and relied too much on data from the bpil company, and blocked worst-case estimates about the extent of the spill. the obama administration disputes the commissions finding. earlier, our correspondent in washington told me the report has not yet been finalized. >> this is a a draft report, written by staffers working for the national commission. it is not a final, signed off report yet. but these documents have been made public on the commissions website here today, and they are pretty damning in their criticism of the obama administration. the main criticisms are that during the first crucial 10 days of this incident, government officials were overly optimistic in their impression of bp's ability to handle the oil spill. government scientists under estimated initially the amount of oil pouring into the gulf of mexico and later overestimated the amount of oil as it evaporated or otherwise been taken out of the sesa. the report -- the sea. the report singles out carol browner. she went on american television and all this and

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i know people are wondering-- now that the well is capped, is bp gonna meet its commitments? i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. >>> >>> well, the headlines were crawling this summer with reports of bedbug outbreaks in major american cities. bad news if you're house was infest infested. but maybe not as bad as some of the yeepcreepy crawlies that turn up in louisiana. that's where billy the experm nay or the has built a booming business, by policing the boundary between humans and nature. ryan owens reports. >> reporter: in a country aswarm with bedbugs and stink bugs snakes in toilets and alligators in back yards, the pest control guy has gained newly elevated status. and those critters may have no bigger enemy than billy the exterminator. billy runs vex-con. a family-owned pest control service in a tiny louisiana town. but they don't handle ordinary pest ps. >> he's got me! he's crushing my arm, dude. he's aggressive. flaming around, extremely dangerous. this is over five feet long. >> reporter: and they aren't

i know people are wondering-- now that the well is capped, is bp gonna meet its commitments?s here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. >>> well, i have nothing but good news this morning. we'll look at first warning doppler weather radar. we'll put it in motion. what you'll see is the end of the rain getting out of here. the sunshine returning today. temperatures in the low 70s. >>> in the news, heavy rains. they could be to blame for a sinkhole. find out the street that's shutdown and complete first warning weather coverage of what's gone by and put your phone down. drivers can only talk on the phone with a hands free device. >>> and the parents of a virginia girl found dead in the city blame the police department for a botched investigation. more news and first warning weather and the first traffic report of the morning and week's end in a few minutes. ,,, >>> it's friday. >>> >> it's a tgnir friday. >> that means thank god it's not raining friday. >>> well, it will

reilly made mention of bp. will your report bring more attention to bp and halliburton, and show what role they played? guest: we call these the root cause hearings that we will have on the night of november. we will go into what was the context -- on the ninth of november. we'll go into what was the context, what are the things that occur before the disaster? the relationship between the minerals management service and the companies in terms of assuring that the equipment on board and under water was fully ready to perform in the case of an accident. we are also going to be looking specifically at what happened in the hours surrounding this explosion. i think we will know a lot more about the industry, government relations, we will know more about the activities among the private sector, such as the three companies that you just listed and how that might have either avoided or contributed to this accident. host: utah, john is joining us. go ahead. caller: i just wonder if you guys iare investigating exactly wh

do they want the money put louisiana first or that pushed bp first?do they want a person who respects women are disrespect them? had you base your children every morning and say i want you to abide by the law and be honest but i'm going to vote for the guide that lie to us. we in louisiana are smarter. we need to make sure we elect an independent expert louisiana offers that worries about the citizens of the state first and not his own career. i promise i will never embarrass you. >> thank you for tuning out. you listened and heard a lot. i bring those ideas to washington. i will continue to do that. your boats weor can have real checks and balances against the obama administration. we need to get our country back on the right track. we need to save our fundamental freedoms and our future for our children. i ask for your vote so i can continue to actively to do important work for the louisiana. coastal restoration, hurricane protection, highways, infrastructure. i've looked forward to doing that important work. >> thank you. thank you book. that concl

. >>> the first finding commission looking into the causes of the bp oil well dissaster in april were released today. they say tests before the deadly oil well blowout should of thrown up a red flag. they say that the president's oil spill commission found bp and the contractor tested a cement mix used in the drilling process and found it to be unstable but used it any way. the mix prevented oil and gas to enter the well is one of the causes of the disaster. >>> a new security program at the port of oakland reached a milestone today. it marks 5,000 trucks registered in what is called a security trust enrollment program. designed and implemented after port officials consulted with truckers, port workers and law enforcement. >> it is a public enterprise. i am proud of the improvements we made over the years to support security. today we are celebrating another great step in protecting our port for the region and orination. -- our nation. >> it lets them readily identify trucks that are authorized to pick up and drop off. it is by a measure california voters passed in 2006. >>> police of