bp's deepwater horizon blowout that dumped more than 3 million barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico - and the exxon valdez spill - which devastated pince william sound. but for decades, the oil industry has been joining forces to prepare for the unthinkable in the arctic. one of the key questions? how will oil behave in ice? the industry's current work on that question is being done by the arctic response technology joint industry program. they did not respond to techknow's request for an interview, but this video is posted for public viewing on their website. >> ice can often be our friend. it can provide a condition for us where the ice acts like a boom or a barrier that will limit the spread of oil. >> the industry position on ice is consistent. according to this 2010 industry sponsored report "the presence of cold water and ice can enhance response effectiveness by limiting the spread of oil". but ice is not always your friend. andy mahoney is an ice researcher at the university of alaska, fairbanks. he says industry field research shows oil can get into ice. >> what we do know

not too long after that the deepwater horizon event took place. it was avoidable.ut most conventional analyses did not include their safety culture, their environmental management. that is not just a feel-good add-on. it is central to the success or failure of a business like that. other kinds of businesses, like financial services, human culture is central. and if you understand more about how they are managing their people, and spreading their values throughout the workforce you will learn more than simply looking at these quarterly reports. james: i make a joke about how you spend half your time on climate, another half on something else. --h what half of your time what do you anticipate doing on the sustainable capital? are you going to be an active public debater? mr. gore: absolutely. my cofounder and i have been writing a lot of op-ed's in the wall street journal, financial times, etc. and also in the trade press that serves the industry. we give 5% of our profits to a foundation that is completely focused on sustainable capitalism. there is an ideological h

address to the nation twice in 2010 when the deepwater horizon was leaking oil in the announced the end of combat operations in iraq. office for third time in an attempt to calm a nervous nation. >> reporter: and a rare appearance of the oval office president obama delivered a 13 minute address of the growing isil. >> the threat from terrorism is real but we will overcome it. we will destroy isil and any other organization that tries to harm us. >> reporter: isis to credit for the shooting in iraq paris and the woman in the attack in california posted allegiance to isis. they say we. >> that does not mean that an idealist ideology has not spread that is a fact that muslims must address. >> reporter: he called for stronger gun laws, he says he does not favor a ground war in iraq or syria. he does want to make it harder for those who wish to do harm from entering the u.s. >> i've ordered the homeland security to look at the visa waiver program in which the female terrace and san bernardino came to the country. >> reporter: the speech left republican candidates wanting. is that all there i

one, when the deepwater horizon was spewing oil into the gulf of mexico. again when he declared an end to combat operations in iraq. ben and juliet, as you guys correctly pointed out, it really is not as much as a democrat, republican issue. we have heard criticism from >> juliet: you're saying the reaction, why did he do this? why did he even have the speech? why in the oval office? >> ben: a lot of people are concerned that whatever we're doing with isis does not seem to be working. robert, thank you very much. spee1 scary. it is 6:08 a.m. thousands of san bernardino county workers are going back to county workers are going back to work today following the shooting last week. the county shut down except for some of the essential services. >> juliet: investigators are looking into whether tash enough a leak radicalized her husband and if she was the driving force between behind the massacre. there seems to be nothing in her husband's history that would implicate him as the driver that attack. >> juliet: a special tribute to paris. you too and punk rock le

department has dropped the manslaughter charges against two bp rig supervisors over the 2010 deepwater horizon rig explosion in the gulf of mexico, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. in total, four former bp employees faced criminal charges after the disaster. two of the cases have already been resolved without the employees serving prison time. on wednesday, prosecutors dropped the involuntary manslaughter charges against the other two employees, donald vidrine and robert kaluza. in zurich, swiss authorities have arrested a handful of top fifa officials in a series of pre-dawn raids on luxury hotels in zurich. the top officials were arrested on charges of taking millions of dollars in bribes. at least two are being extradited to the united states. their arrests are part of a massive corruption scandal that has led to the arrest of about two dozen top officials and the suspension of fifa president sepp blatter. south africa's top appeals court has ruled that olympic and paralympic runner oscar pistorius is guilty of murdering his girlfriend reeva s

the deepwater horizon oil spill to start. five years after that disaster parts of the gulf of teaming with life, including o-search studying how many sharks are there and where they're going. >> yeah, finely, looking good old cool. >> she's a 10-foot-long tiger shark, the first tiger shark at >> here it is, finely the tiger shark for all of you to enjoy following across the gulf of mexico. >> last month this group wrapped an expedition off the coast of texas. chris fischer is their leader. >> tiger shark, sort of the leader of the gulf? >> yes. tiger sharks love to come into beaches and estuaries as well as roam offshore. >> they tagged four sharks with gps trackers, two tigers and two hammerheads. they're posting all their data to their website, in the process bringing global attention to a body of water with an often muddy reputation. >> a lot of people think of the gulf as a mess, largely because of the spill. what kind of shape is the gulf in? >> i think the gulf is in pretty good shape. if you talk to the people out ther