capetown's poor-- and there are millions more of them-- occupy the sprawling flats.hese the tin-roof shacks of the cape of no hope where gangster gun law rules. but there's a diva in this township. she refuses to accept her fate. ♪ she sings an aria. follow my heart, it's called. her philosophy of hope. ♪ >> i feel like i'm in a place where there's no one, just you and your voice. we have to be happy, forget about where you come from, forget about the clan , the drugs and all that. you just have to be somebody else. >> reporter: her mother gave her four daughters a tick ...et out of the township. they've all been to university. the diva sets her sights on europe. >> living here is not good. very bad. you go to the shop and you get mugged in a very few minutes. you lose your wallet and everything. murders happen in the daylight. >> yes, they do. it's the young boys. they just take the cell phones and the wallet and going to sell them. >> for the drugs. >> for the drugs. >> reporter: drugs and poverty are a dangerous mix. four out of five of all the murders and armed r

legislative and other reforms put in place after the north cape skandia oil spill off the coast of capetown. we know how important penalties and fines are to keeping sea farers safe and marine ecosystems healthy. like my fellow rhode islanders, i insist that in the future oil companies do everything they can to prevent needless deaths whether in the gulf, of the coast of nonge or anywhere in our great country. today's hearing is an important step toward that goal and i applaud you for holding it, mr. chairman, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. our first witness is christopher jones. mr. jones is currently a partner at the law firm in baton rouge, louisiana. more important than his professional background, he's -- he's the brother of gordon jones who is one of the 11 rig workers who lost their lives the day of the explosion. gordon jones is survived by his wife michelle, two young sons, stafford maxwell -- stafford and maxwell, one of the sons irk understand, was born shortly after the accident. is that correct? mr. jones, please go ahead, the floor is yours. >> chairman leahy, ra