it was written by lynn woolsey after the 2007 cosco busan oil spill in the san francisco bay.ill gained momentum after the bp spill. >> s it was confusing during the cosco busan spill but that was nothing compared to the confusion of the gulf disaster. >>> the house also passed a second bp related bill to fund research and development for safer oil and gas drilling. >>> all right. we spent a lot of time earlier in the newscast talking about an unusually cool weather. let's get more perspective from our chief meteorologist, bill martin. bill, it's just really cold out there. >> yeah, temperatures below the average. outside we go to the isotherm map. look how it bellies into the delta area, right? and then all of a sudden you hit the valley and there's the heat. you can see the heat shunted to the east. what's gonna change, the heat will move to the west. we'll see upper 80s. the forecast calls for low clouds and fog tonight as we've seep. but the big difference tomorrow, it burns off quickly. today it was slow to burn off. the long-range forecast calls for a slight warmup. it's

home to a lot of shipping traffic, sn, and that has caused several recent spills, including the cosco busanrash. that happened in 2007. a new state bill would require floating barriers to be put around the ships as they refuel. there's also talk of a new fee to help cover the cost of any potential clean up. >>> 6:38 right now. want to get you updated on the morning commute. >> we'll take you to livermore. reported a debris and then an accident. now another accident. a motorcycle is now down. the driver was reported laying on the freeway as well. so an ambulance, of course, is headed to the scene and now it sounds like all lanes of westbound 580 are blocked. folks are squeezing by on the right-hand shoulder. this is a huge issue for anyone familiar with this commute. there's no good alternate for you. surface streets not really great getting through livermore and dublin, it's going to be a nightmare on city streets as you're going west past vasco. so a lot of folks are going to head down through livermore. highway 84 and over towards the sunol grade as well. ace train is an option, but not a

it was confusing during the costco -- cosco busan disaster. chairman gordon, i want to thank you. chairman baird, i want to thank you for helping me streamline the coordinating committee in h.r. 2693. and ranking member hall, i want to thank you for accepting the changes that we made and the improvement. i also want to thank the members of the science and technology committee and the staff who worked so hard to improve this legislation and ensure that it reflects recent developments in the gulf. madam speaker, h.r. 2693 streamlines the interagency coordinating committee to include representatives from noaa, the coast guard, e.p.a. and the department of interior while retaining the coast guard as the chair of the interagency committee. this insurance that the agencies with the most research expertise in oil spill prevention, detection and recovery and mitigation are working together for common solutions in an effective and efficient way. additionally, the interagency committee is required to collaborate with the other federal agencies listed in the oil pollution act, and my bill no