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chevron. this is the power of human energy. the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: storms of protest raged around the world today after the israeli raid on ships off gaza. it happened 80 miles off shore. it was in international waters. organizers said they were trying to carry aid through an israeli blockade. the naval barrier went up three years ago after the militant group hamas seized control of gaza. there had been previous attempts to get through-- some successful. but today, violence erupted. we begin with a report from julian manyon of independent television news. >> reporter: it was an operation the israelis had rehearsed. armed israeli commandos repeled from helicopters but were confronted by pro palestinian activists wielding sticks, metal bars an

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chevron. this is the power of human energy. the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: there was a fast- moving transition of power in britain today. conservative leader david cameron became prime minister after labor party head gordon brown resigned. brown made a statement to the assembled media outside number 10 downing street, his home for the last three years. his resignation brings the labor party's 13 years in power to a close. >> as you know the general election left no party able to command a majority in the house of commons. i said i would do all that i could to ensure that a strong, stable, and principled government was formed, able to tackle britain's economic and political challenges effectively. my constitutional duty is to make sure a government

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chevron. >>> welcome back to the next hour of fox 5 morning news.lison seymour. here are a few stories coming up. we've been talking about this one. a prince george's county funeral home, disturbing discovery in the garage of that funeral home. dozens of bodies piled 12 feet high. this morning the funeral director is speaking out about the story. >>> also in massachusetts, a convicted killer, he did his time, he's now going for a job. he was convicted of murder some years ago. now he wants a new job. we'll tell you what position he's applying for that has many in that community quite upset. >>> and there is a new stage play in town called church girl and we're talking to two of the stars. karen clark and we know her from the clark sisters family and r&b legend and talking about her new play. and also actress robin givens who

we have a company in oklahoma, they have since sold their offshore devin industry partnered with chevron and found a really big discovery. we want that kind of technology-sharing. we want those kind of people, oklahomans and others creating those jobs to be out there. my first question is can't we accomplish the end goal of cleaning up the mess and having the money there without necessarilying all the folks out? that's my first question and my second question is about the more or the yum. i've had a lot of the shallow water drillers in my office. the noolings drill anywhere from 4,500 to 5,000 feet. i think they are vastly different than what you have in the offshore. they complete wells in a short amount of time. there could be thousand s of people laid off if the morer to yum goes through. i understand you have to go in and do the inspections and i also want to applaud you all for looking at breaking up m.m.s. i think it is a positive step forward. again, i'm not here to talk about the clinton administration or the bush administration or sorry, mr. bishop or whatever, the obama adminis

chevron and conoco felt were working on this, pitched it to the senators over the past month, tryingne the language. host: we are speaking to darren samuelsohn about the energy and climate bill released. they have a brkdown of everything in the bill. questions and comments. don on the independent line. texas. caller: first of all, c-span rocls. -- rocks. is there any hope of doing anything to the environment with this type of legislation? we are not the only ones feeling things into the atmosphere. as a second, somewhat related question. this oil spill in the gulf of mexico, it seems like they did not have any plan for a disaster. don't you think that people would have planned for these types of potential of these -- eventualities? guest: the house passed their bill in june by a pretty narrow margin. nancy pelosi pushed a bill through. it is sitting in the senate now. it has been pushed back behind e healthcare bill, behind the financial regulatory reform bill now. majority leader reid said that he would not bring this within sight of the floor unless he could get 60. i think the nex

chevron and conoco felt were working on this, pitched it to the senators over the past month, trying to refine the language. host: we are speaking to darren samuelsohn about the energy and climate bill released. they have a breakdown of everything in the bill. questions and comments. don on the independent line. texas. caller: first of all, c-span rocls. -- rocks. is there any hope of doing anything to the environment with this type of legislation? we are not the only ones feeling things into the atmosphere. as a second, somewhat related question. this oil spill in the gulf of mexico, it seems like they did not have any plan for a disaster. don't you think that people would have planned for these types of potential of these -- eventualities? guest: the house passed their bill in june by a pretty narrow margin. nancy pelosi pushed a bill through. it is sitting in the senate now. it has been pushed back behind the healthcare bill, behind the financial regulatory reform bill now. majority leader reid said that he would not bring this within sight of the floor unless he could get 60. i t

record by the inspector general of the investigation, concluding that -- they are not listed but i see chevron, as one company that was involved in this investigation. do you know of any involvement in the inappropriate, or potentially illegal or criminal activities with your employees, in these investigations? >> are you referring to the mma? i know of no bp involvement. >> any transocean? >> none, sir. >> i cited the obama administration, which had approved nearly three dozen deep-water oil rigs, and some of these have been approved, and some of these are pending. are there others in the list? do you have others that are considered deep-water exploration? >> we have other operations and proposals. >> at what level? >> in deep water, anywhere from three-4000, all the way to 8,000 feet. >> and again, i was not aware that there were this many approved, were pending. and he said in your experience, they had never had a situation like this happening before. they had never had this happen before. is this correct? >> i do not think that this would blow out in 40 feet of water. >> the approval for t

have you considered hiring another oil company like chevron, or an oil spill contractor to take over day-to- day response from bp? >> when i have the ceo of a large petroleum company and oil drilling company tell me that they would be following the same sequence of events, that tells me that there would not be anything to be gained by doing that. and what they're doing is largely in line with industry standards. it's exponentially more difficult at 5,000 feet. >> have you actually had those discussions with other oil companies? >> i have. i will not attribute. >> and the second one, are you looking at a contingency plan in case the relief wells themselves do not work? we were talking to some contractors to do is -- contractors who said that is not a 100% sure either. >> no one should give 100% guarantee on anything associated with this incident until it is done. i am not had a conversation with bp beyond the two relief wells. there's talk that could be about a third relief well. those are discussions we have not had yet. the focus right now was to get the two wells that are under con

i see chevron as one company involved in the investigation. do you know of any involvement in some of the inappropriate or potentially illegal or criminal activity with your employees in these investigations. anyone with your firm? >> no the obama administration submitted nearly three dozen deep water grid proposals mr. mckay before. >> yes, we do have i was -- >> i was unaware that there were this many approved or pending. is that correct? >> i do not believe there has been they said the this was the plan that was given they constructed after the incident. this is basically which you submitted. i have a copy of the approval of the statement from bp. i just got the first one yesterday and is that correct? waaf and you have done this around the world. europeans to have another measure, is part of a plan. you seem to be experimenting with the dollar unfortunately on fossil fuel, 20% in the gulf, where so dependent on that. 60 plus% and the addition of technologies mr. newman? >> a couple of things. first fellahs of what it is impossible mr., wha

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