the deepwater horizon sank on the morning of april twenty second birthday. shortly thereafter the u.s. coast guard began to observe an oil slick spreading from where the rig once stood in the well as blasting full force another adult and only orders or at least nothing while no plates are not there for eighty seven days that oil would flow without pause leaving the u.s. government the oil industry and the world scrambling for solutions or to steal told the truth is we don't know when that's going to start doing everything we can finally on july fifteenth the well was capped and the oil stops flowing and the world turns its attention elsewhere in the story wasn't over there was a bigger story. southern united states is sort of the rehearsal for us imperialism. the first twenty years the world companies had in the twentieth century in the easy and there was no tax on what they're appropriating from the receipt of the sociologist called internal formula is we're kind of a colony of the united states for a colony where you can get oil and gas you take all the re

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the rig known as the deepwater horizon was drilling in over a mile of water and over three miles. on april twentieth two thousand and ten approximately nine forty five pm methane gas from the well ignited. eleven workers were never found. the deepwater horizon sank on the morning of april twenty second birthday. shortly thereafter. u.s. coast guard began to observe an oil slick spreading from where the rig once stood in the well as blasting full force into little animal equaling there's a. method well known plates who had eighty seven days that oil would flow without pause leaving the u.s. government the oil industry in the world scrambling for solutions for a ton of steel told the truth is we don't know when that's going to start doing everything we can finally on july fifteenth the well was capped and the oil stopped flowing and the world turned its attention elsewhere but the story wasn't over there was a bigger story. southern united states is sort of the rehearsal for us imperialism. the first twenty years the world companies had in the twentieth century in the easy and there

. >> deepwater horizon explosion and oil spill, tragic fatalities in one of the worst environmental disasters ever. and an economic calamity that make their living out of the sea or from tourists on beaches. here in louisiana, a new industry is being created by lawyers encouraging companies to make multimillion-dollar claims against the british oil company, taking a advantage of the house -- t and an in- settlements. there are painstakingly nursing this giant back to health, but all that good work will be put in jeopardy by the colossal sums they are paying out to businesses in the gulf coast reason -- a region that claim to have been damaged by the debacle including billions of dollars handed out to businesses that they say they deserve to pay. >> plenty of attorneys, it was sort of a no-brainer that we had to take a look. we did not expect to see that and it is sort of a surprise. >> a local lawyer. he is taking on cases like local fishermen. >> and they're not competing against one another for a limited pool of money. >> and their profit actually rose. the construction company admitted the

they owned the deepwater horizon drilling rig which caused the massive and memorable oil spill. shares closed down more than 1% today to $54.04, but are up more than 25% over the past year. >> shares of refiner tsoro, riding the waive of a strong energy sector. they won approval from the antitrust regulators to buy one of bp's refineries in california for $2 billion. shares up just about 7% to $62.24. >>> shares of pandora took a hit after a pair of analyst remarks. one downgraded the online music service to hold on fear that it's too expensive. while the other brokerage initiated verageit theell rating. pandora reports earnings next week. the stock fell 2.5% to $16 and change, but up 75% so far this year. >>> and a pair of software companies making strong debuts on wall street today, tableau software and marquetto, which makes cloud based marketing software, flying high. tableau up 63%, and marquetto, up to $23.10. >>> one year ago tomorrow that the highly anticipated facebook ipo took place. and the public offering was anything but smooth. coming up, a look at how the company

hayward took heat for the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010. his appointment is part of a reshuffling of top management jobs at xstrata as the company cuts costs. jpmorgan shareholders have a surprise in store. as shareholders vote whether to strip jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon of his chairman title, the results are on lockdown. typically shareholders can get an update on the votes as they come in. however, the new york times reports the firm totaling up the votes is keeping them secret from some shareholders until tuesday. the firm says it's because of a request from a wall street lobbying group, pension fund shareholders, calls the practice unfair. a couple of drug stocks are getting a shot in the arm from promising cancer treatment results. bristol myers squibb stock is up 31% this year. the company saw positive results from a two-drug combination that helped reduce tumors in patients. and swiss pharma company roche holdings tested a single drug, which also reduced tumor growth. that stock is also up for the year. the ipo market remains brisk. th

oil spill the deepwater horizon in the goal of was there was a seventy million dollars artificial cap on live below the now what about encourage b.p. to do take on excessive risk now let's play devil's advocate here for wal-mart there was no specific environmental impact that was found in order to be related to these types of dumping that happened in sixteen counties so should there have been a crime at all should they have admitted to a crime if there was a. no evidence well there was certainly evidence that they were that they were dealing with hazardous materials and that they were actually causing harm with the crime that they committed was unnecessary or that they cause harm it was that they violated the clean air and water act to that they violated the insecticide fungicide and dentist side act meaning that they improperly hand of all these hazardous materials allowing for the potential of there being an environmental impact so it was that kind of risky behavior that. breaking the law and that they acknowledged listen we plead guilty to this but to go back to your point about th

deepwater horizon spill in the gulf of mexico there was a seventy million dollars artificial cap on their liability that only encourages these corporations to take bigger and bigger risks and kind of disregard what they should be thinking for the average person and there was very little actually payback from that b.p. is still being cleaned vironment is still being dealt with finally what do you think should have happened how would you quickly have seen this resolved i think it should have been resolved a lot more quickly than it was i think wal-mart was probably cleaning up their act as soon as this i don't think there was a problem after these initial cases were filed so this was wasting a lot of money and a lot of resources are to produce original kersey s. and prime interest producer thank you guys so much you're out of this debate thanks for having us well imagine there is no poverty at sea if you try but i'm not talking about beatles legend john lennon's one nine hundred seventy one hit song one economist says the solution to poverty is simple get rid of country borders people nayak

he was right after the deepwater horizon spill happened when he proved all the response spills were carbon copies from each other, including same phone numbers for the same dead guy after the spill. he was right after fukushima. just this morning, yet another nuclear reactor, this one in pennsylvania, was shut down due to a faulty generator. and ed markey was right about shell's accident in the arctic. the reason it ended up beached on the island with all of the endangered species and all the rest of it because shell was trying to avoid paying taxes. i do not know if his republican opponent is getting anywhere calling him pond scum. but calling him an inconsequential member of congress is probably not the right tact. if you agree with the consequence he causes or not, the dude is causing consequences. >>> so on sunday night, the mayor of rio de janeiro punched a guy in the face. he was out to dinner at a japanese restaurant, apparently like in restaurants here, you cannot smoke inside restaurants at rio. so the mayor stepped outside to have a smoke and fairly short order, the mayor ended u

he was right after the deepwater horizon spill happened when he proved all the response spills were carbons from each other, including same phone numbers for the same dead guy after the spill. he was right after fukushima. just this morning, yet another nuclear reactor, this one in pennsylvania, was shut down due to a faulty generator. and ed markey was right about shell's accident in the arctic. the reason it ended up beached on the island with all of the endangered species and all the rest of it because shell was trying to avoid paying taxes. i do not know if his republican opponent is getting anywhere calling him pond scum. but calling hill an inconsequential member of congress is probably not the right tact. if you agree with the consequence he causes or not, the dude is causing consequences. aaah! aaaaah! theres a guy on the window! do something, dad! aaaah! aaaah! what is happening? they're rate suckers. their bad driving makes car insurance more expensive for the rest of us. good thing there's snapshot from progressive. snap it in and get a discount based on your good driving. stop

we witnessed our nation's most severe environmental catastrophe, the deepwater horizon disaster and have taken action to hold accountable those who are responsible. we also mourn the loss of innocent lives. we struggle to understand and respond unspeakable acts of violence including the terrorist attacks just two weeks ago on behalf of all who were killed or suffered industries on such violence and we've paid tribute to far too many law enforcement who in the line of duty and in service to their country has made the ultimate sacrifice. despite these and other challenges, my colleagues and i have taken meaningful and historic steps to fulfill duties to the american people, to carry on the essential work like edward levi. this work will always be unfinished. i believe we can all be encouraged by the progress we've seen in the last two years. nowhere is this clearer than the civil rights division. since 2009, the division is that more cases than ever before come and put in record numbers of police conduct in human trafficking cases. we are working tirelessly to protect the voting rights of

prison for nearly five years after impersonating a federal safety official following the 2010 deepwater horizoneal. connie knight was busted after posting fraudulent hazardous safety training after the spill. she was sentenced to 57 months and ordered to pay more than $25,000 in fines. >>> four, a volcano is shooting ash and steam and gas thousands of feet into the air. look at this, the pavlov volcano is one of alaska's most active, started erupting monday. authorities have issued an orange alert for aircraft, that's the second most serious of four levels and the ash cloud extends 60 miles from this volcano. >>> and five, e-mails from michael jackson's manager could become important evidence in the wrongful death trial against aeg live. those e-mails were thought to be lost but were found after what the judge called a lot of red tape. aeg lawyers argue jackson was responsible for his own death and that an addiction to drugs led to his bad decisions. >>> o.j. simpson's fate is in the hands of a las vegas judge right now. she will decide whether the former football star turned convicted felon ge

scalise: she's been a huge help to me on so many issue, when the deepwater horizon disaster happened three years ago, she was right there helping not only to get people back to work but also to help draft and lead through the legislative process the restore act which provided incredible support to the people become home. she also provided great help to constituents on a friday afternoon when we got a call from a father whose son needed lifesaving treatment, she worked through the whole weekend to get f.d.a. approval for a life-saving clinical trial. a great public servant, somebody i think we can all aspire and look up to. we will miss her here at the capitol and i will miss her in our office but she'll be going on to bigger and better things, i wish her the best and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and rhett re-my rashes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. mr. moran: the safe