this verdict that we got ends a four-year saga, actually, for exxon mobil.he new york attorney general's office alleging that they had misled investors about the true cost of climate change, but the key here is that exxon mobil was found not guilty in this case, and it was dismissed with prejudice, which means that the case cannot be brought again on these facts in new york. and this is an important case because of course exxon mobil is the united states's largest oil company. very big decision there. >> live from london for us, thank you. >>> coming up next, a look at the 1 big thing from "axios." democrats charge the president with abuse of power. we're going to lay out the next steps that's likely to have the president impeached before christmas. >>> and backlash against william barr for mischaracterizing and lying about the report on the russia probe. "morning joe" is just moments away. ♪ everybody... with low prices and free shipping on millions of items at amazon. ♪ i suffered with psoriasis i felt gross. people were afraid i was contagious. i was cove

what about exxon mobile. let's take exxon mobile. >> i'll say that i mean, to me, exxon is an obvious name to choose we don't own it. we would rather play, what we call the pipelines like a kinder morgan or a targa or a viper energy, which actually they take a cut off the top line and they own anchorage and they have really nice dividends and they're going to, like a viper energy isn't going to be susceptible to the price of oil because they're taking it off the top line we would rather own the smaller names than an exxon or a bp. we think that gives us more upside and a better dividend >> josh, take this list on not including disney i know where the view is on disney take citi or any of the other names. >> thinking back on this year, disney is one of the few ideas that the desk universally loved early in the year, got involved with i think we as a show did a really good job on that name can't say that for every name. i think we covered that to death. i think tyson is really inest thering. this is a stock tha

oil giant exxon mobil a u.s. judge said there was no evidence investors were misled about the true cost of addressing climate change the company was accused of causing investors a total of $1600000000.00 losses by using inappropriate accounting of. saudi arabia's central bank governor says the country is ready for any liquidity squeeze after saudi aramco stock begins trading on wednesday local banks are being monitored after heavy demand for loans to buy the stock around coles listing on the riyadh stock exchange is the world's largest on record at over $25.00 and a half $1000000000.00 budget airline ryanair is the c.e.o. michael o'leary has described the e.u.'s single european sky initiative as a lamentable joke the single european skies seeks to reform europe's air traffic management system to minimize environmental damage the commodore leary argued vehemently against the take zation traffic claiming it represents only 2 percent of c o 2 emissions. the 10th of december is the anniversary of alfred nobel's death

and she goes back to the '70s and talks about how exxon mobil was at the forefront or exxon was at thence. >> yep. >> they were at the forefront. they knew what was going on. >> they wanted to be the bell labs of climate science and they were able to predict warming. they were able to predict what releasing carbon in the atmosphere was going to do. and then when they realized that it was -- or some people in the companyli

we start with exxon mobil tonight. why that one? >> right. well, i guess just as a backdrop, as you said, energee has a tough area, and we like the sector now becausee like the defensive types of names. >> right. >>y ene fits in there very neatly. global energy producer.rated they've had severalct pro in the work that will come on over the next couple of years to drive cash flow and sustain that 5% dividend yield, which some we're pretty comfortable to tha so we like exxon dmobil. n a couple of etfs. why that one? >> so that's a broad-baseden gy play. we just think the $60 plus oil prices right now are we think opec plus, the opec groups will cut back on what they'v already offered to us. that's goi to sustain that. xle offers a 3.6% dividend yield, probably going higher. a l of companies have already cut back on capital expenditures to help drive their cash flow and that's probablybottomed. so we should start to see some more money move into the oil services group as cital expenditures start to turn up. >>finally, boy, here's one with a very

exploded several times just this year we had fires and deer park at the petrochemical plant and exxon mobil plant in baytown and fires broke out at the k.m.c. go chemical plant and. this put a lot of pressure on the news anchors to stand outside and pretend the air is safe to smoke i mean great. now to mention the infamous west fertilizer company explosion in 2013 was so powerful that it registered as a 2 point one magnitude earthquake it leveled homes in a 5 block radius and killed up to 15 people and injured up to 180 well that's nothing compared to the damage done by the winds at the macy's day parade at times to control knocking this balloon into a parade route. surely that great worker survives but think about the p.t.s.d. they'll face the next time they try to get a walnut. we as a nation need stronger regulations so that we're no longer getting beat down by the real seasons or later will not crack reporting from a safe distance outside portland. and the macy's day parade on their way care of the rejected tonight. during your headline from the future tomorrow you'll read a confused ro

maybe -- maybe take the -- take the fight to the steps of exxon mobil, shell, bp, chevron. >> amy, thanks so much for joining us. we'll have you back on soon. that'll wrap things up for me this hour. she's got a podcast called "drilled." and i've been listening to it and it'll make your blood boil along with the boiling temperatures we're experiencing. but she -- and we talked about this. but it is a really good explainer for how we got here. and she goes back to the '70s and talks about how exxon mobil was at the forefront or exxon was at the forefront of -- of climate science. >> yep. >> they were at the forefront. they knew what was going on. >> they wanted to be the bell labs of climate science and they were able to predict warming. they were able to predict what releasing carbon in the atmosphere was going to do. and then when they realized that it was -- or some people in the company realized that it was going to affect their bottom line, they hired different scientists to doubt the scientists that said there was going to be global warming. basically, predicted where we are today. a

chevron's plan to write as much as $11 billion in assets and being oil -- has manye-down wondering if exxon mobil. exxon made a strong play in u.s. natural gas about a decade ago. energy prices have tumbled. exxon is not commenting. that is your business flash update. coming up, british voters heading to the polls. we discussed the u.k. general election next with heather conley from the center for strategic and international. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. bloomberg first word news. president trump, a setback on his effort to build a wall on the u.s. border with mexico. a federal judge in oakland, california, has barred the president from using military construction funds to build the wall. the jud

the joint venture requirement thisutos, petrochemicals, is where exxon mobil and tesla can have wholly-ownednts in china. laws,has also passed some which are pretty responsive to u.s. concerns. if the u.s. wanted to take a victory lap, it has enough material to do so. scarlet: you're based in beijing. i wonder, how is the narrative in china on the tech front different than what you hear here? we are used to hearing the same discussion points and the same pressure points being brought up . how do people in beijing think about this? dan: i would think about general secretary steve's comments in saying that china has to get ready for a new march. the party has to prepare for a combat spirit. they thinking about a siege mentality. that this is politically intolerable to the communist party, that the u.s. has the ability to shut off major firms and flows. they have to figure out a lot of these technologies, and they will invest a great deal to do so. scarlet: and they are ready to do so for years on end. dan: many years and many billion. scarlet: thank you so much. safe travels. we have some brea

. >> a miss to new york's attorney general who lost her show trial against exxon mobil. ecessor four years ago brought the suit under new york's notorious martin act, claiming had that exxon defrauded investors and the public about the cost of climate change. the problem for the ags, no evidence which the judge pointed out in dismissing the suit. let's hope it's a warning to state ags to start using litigation to impose a political agenda. >> jason. >> it's a miss to time magazine for naming greta thunberg the person of the year. i think it continues the exploitation of this young lady to scare people into thinking some climate apocalypse is around the corner. reportedly the protesters in hong kong were on the short list. i think that would have been a better choice. paul: mary. >> a sad sit today for jersey city police detective joseph seals, a hero cop who gave his life in the line of duty last week. he was a 15 year veteran with a stellar reputation for bravery and dedication. he was shot in the back of the head by assailants who went on a rampage in jersey city. he le

exxon mobile, chevron, conoco, philips, koch industries.h mcconnell and republicans in the senate. that's the real story here. this is about corporate greed that is destroying the climate and hurting americans, and the vast majority of americans know, but don't necessarily understand how the money is flowing from big oil to the republican party. >> all right. jeffrey sachs, your op-ed on cnn.com. thanks so much for being with us this afternoon. and we'll be right back. >> great to be with you. thank you. it looks like cheese but it smells like barf. with tide pods, you don't need to worry. the pre-treaters are built in. nice! if it's got to be clean, it's got to be tide. robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. >>> new video just in to the cnn newsroom. an avalanche at a ski resort in the swiss alps. cell phone video you see the beginning of the avalanche on a ski slope. six able to

exxon mobil has got offices there and unicom global. tell us about them.y're at was the old merck site. it made sense to them, the location, the proximity to airports and the businesses they work with. cheryl: what about fun things to do there? >> clinton, the red mill is one of the most photographed locations in the state of new jersey. cheryl: we're looking at pictures now. they're beautiful. >> we do the haunted mill in october. if you want to get a good scare, that's a good place to go. we have people lining up for hours to get in. and then it's just this friday's our papa raid. cheryl: the rubber duck erase, i want to come to -- ducky race, i want to come for that. >> you have to go in the river and collect the ducks as they come over the falls. cheryl: then never mind. and the spruce run reservoir. people can go fishing there. >> fishing, boating, swimming. cheryl: what do you think attracts people to live there? >> the proximity to the city makes it easier. my husband travels into the city for work. it's a small town. everyone knows everyone. i grew

the philippines has just determined 47 major companies, including, oh, shall, mobile, as shell, exxon mobilechevron, bp, and total could be found legally and morally responsible for human rights abuses in the philippines that resulting from climate change. we will speak with the former philippines climate chief negotiator yeb sano. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "stayin alive" by the bee gees. extinction rebellion protesters danced to the song in a "disco-bediance," shutting down a major street in madrdrid for o hours. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the madrid,mate summit in spain. the commission on human rights of the philippines has just determined that 47 major companies, including shell, exxonmobil, chevron, bp, and totatale, could be found legally and morally responsible from harm from climate change. the commission found the could be held accountable under civil and criminal laws. climate activist have hailed the decision as a landmark entry for climimate justice. accordining to greenpeace, this marks th

even passing the likes of exxon mobil.o you think we will ever have an attorney general that will invite charles as far as becoming more and more of a reality and if we get a guy like bernie sanders in the white house. [laughter] [applause] well, i mean, i don't know. how about that. i don't have an answer to that question. there is no body of law but i think that would happen anytime in the near horizon that american politics is very unpredictable. these will be the final two questioners, go ahead, please. >> [inaudible] do you feel the full effect their attitudes going forward and if so, in what way? >> to be blunt, i don't think that it will affect their attitudes, i don't think that will affect the corporation in any significant way. charles koch was the driving strategic thinker, the innovative force behind the corporation and political network so as personally tragic as the passing is to him and his family, you are not going to see a significant change. at the moment to watch is when charles steps away and takes the

back in this country, exxon mobil s won a legal victory linked to climate change. judge in manhattan ruled company lied about the potential costs of future climate regulations. new york state had charged the energy giant duped investors. a 23rd u.s. house republican is retiring, and will not seek re-election. reesentative ted yoho of florida announced his decision today, citing his pledge toe sely 4 terms. yoho is strongly aligned with the tea party factn and president trump. with judy woodruff, a deep dive into confidential documents revealing distortions by those leading the war in afghanistan. climate scientists release warnings about the arctic. attempts to reform maryland's parole system, where those sentenced as minors to life have only a sliver of a chance at release. and more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west,rothe walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. story, broken by the washingtong post, of a trove of government documents that broadly condem' america'operations in afghanistan over n

hunter biden was making five times more than a board member for exxon mobil. i've heard of that company. i found this very extensive profile in the new yorker. hunter said at that point he had not slept for several days driving east on interstate 10 beyond palm springs he lost control of his car which jumped the median and skidded to a stop on the shoulder of the wnd side. he called herts which came and gave him a second rental. they found a line of white powder residue. hertz called the prescott police department and officers filed a narcotics offense report listing items seized including a plastic bag containing white powdery substance, a secret service business secard, credit cards a hunter biden's driver's license. that is what we would call evidence. i don't want to make light of substance abuse issues. it's a little hard to believe that burisma hired hunter biden to resolve their international disputes when he could not resolve his own n dispute with hertz rental car over leaving cocaine and a crack pipe in the car. it continues, hunter stayed in los ang

economically sensitive ones take a look at micron, up 3% caterpillar up 1% and fedex up 3% and exxon-mobil up 1% president trump saying we're close to a deal. again the optimism tempered by trade sensitive stocks like these in semiconductor and energy moving today. we'll send it back over to you. >> dom chu, thank you very much. >>> so there are the numbers now let's get to the news behind them and we begin where else, in d.c. and the rather familiar tune that a trade deal is reportedly near i mean like this close maybe. kay lar tashy is live at the white house. what do we know right now? >> reporter: today it is very close with very in all caps according to the president's tweet today. he was very positive he seemed to be in a deal-making mood today not only with that tweet that moved the stock market up but also these remarks earlier today at an event celebrating the passage of 12 weeks paid family leave for federal workers here is the president >> you look at europe, you look at asia and a lot of different places and we won't talk about china because we're working a deal with china but

back in this country, exxon- mobil has won a legal victory linked to climate change. a state judge in manhattan ruled today there was no proof the company lied about the potencoal s of future climate new york state had charged the energy giant duped investors. a 23rd u.s. house republican is retiring, and will not seek re- election. representative ted yoho of florida announced his decision today, citing his pledge to serve only four terms. yoho is strongly aligned with the tea party faction and president trump. and, on wall sneeet, the dow industrial average lost 27 points to close at 27,881. the nasdaq fell five points, s and, the s&p 5pped three.e still to comonhe newshour: a deep dive into confideveial documentaling distortions in the w in afghanistan. climate scientists release a dire warning about the arcti attempts to reform maryland's parole system, where those sentenced as minors to life have only a sliver of a chance at release. >> woodruff: we return to the ongoing story broken by the "washington post," of a trove of government documents that broadly condemn

these are the richest corporations in the history of corporations exxon mobil broke the all-time corporate earnings record and corporate profit records year after year after year. bidding on record every successive quarter and what they have to clean up when things go wrong, his diaper filling. and paper towels and they don't do any r&d on that and that to me is like how can they do that. how could they have gotten this big and powerful rich that went out injuring having any further account of. that just blows my mind. host: son picking up the point. what you are talking about is corporate in paris possibly. what we do about that. he didn't regulate them. [applause]. rachel: you check with a review essentially the way that they finished that review is by staying, this is not making rachel news book, has brought making big radical proposals on how to do this. in take a look at this has brought rocket science. take a look at this is about making sure that the interest of this industry don't outstrip and overpower competing interests are that just as important or more pounds. the need to be r

exxon mobil took the all-time corporate earnings records and profit records year after year after yearo speeding their own record every successive quarter. and what they have to clean up when things go wrong is diaper filling. and paper towels but they don't do any r&d on that. that to me, how can they do that? how can they have gotten this big and powerful and this without having been held to any further account. that blows my mind. >> what you're talking about is corporate irresponsibility. so what do we do about that? >> regulate them. it's governments. was - - [applause]. you talk about the review in the new york times. the way that the dust finishes that review is that this is not making - - rachel's book is not making radical proposals on how to deal with this. right. dealing with this is not rocket science. dealing with this is about making sure that the interests of the industry don't outstrip and overpower competing interests that are just as important or more important. they need to be regulated. and it's possible. this is the part where i feel like american citizens and news

is doing the same with exxon mobil in total so all of these countries there are other elements anotherpart is coming into play some of the biggest players in the region so it's always very tempting to try and move forward without having any consensus and that's what goes as i said before 'd main tensions and he would have made the same bold promotes i mean it's even going to get worse so how optimistic are you then that any of this can actually be resolved you talked about people gathering around the table but you've also talked about about warships out there as well. well the greek government has been trying for years now to go to the international court in the hague with decade in order to show the solution that both sides have enough managed to come up to an agreement so far but looking about the political element i have to say 'd i'm not very 'd optimistic being a former navy officer myself having beaming the region several times and here having 'd fronted warships in the region i have to say that this is a scenario that worst case scenario that we should try in any case to avoid a

exxon mobil, broken the all-time corporate records and corporate profit records year after year after year just beating their own record every successive corner. what they have to clean up join things go wrong is diaper filling. if they were tells and they don't do any r&d on that. that to me is like how can they do that. how can they have gotten this big and is powerful in the stretch that went out ever having been held any further, in that. host: picking up on the point in a way, what talking about over there is corporate responsibility what are they do about that. rachel: they regulate them. [applause]. host: you talk about the review. rachel: one of the ways that they can assist reviews by staying this has brought making rachel news book has brought making big radical proposals for how to deal with this. actually, take a look at this has brought rocket science. doing that with this is about making sure that the interest of this industry don't outstrip and overpower competing interests that are just as important or more important. the need to be regulated. and it is possible. this

this is really about the fact exxon mobil is threatened shell oil is threatened cargo is threatened.he most powerful businesses in the globallre economy that is reliant on the continued extraction and exploitation of fossil fuels. there are other ways of organizing a business but they are not as profitable. is not as profitable to have a solar business as oil and gas. we have had a deliberate spread of misinformation on the airwaves and in print with fossil fuel companies funding misinformation campaign i have argued we've heard evidence of on this show. we have lost wonders we will never get back because of it. and now we are in a moment whered regular people are declaring an emergency from below.w. that is what we see with the climate strakes and what greta started with her loan act in front of the swedish parliament a little more than a year ago forgot this point she was 15 years old learned about climate change in school watched nature documentaries and learned about biodiversity law and the crisis and looked around by her own telling the world didn't make sense if this was true

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exxon mobile can have attack on a billion dollars bill if we drop the sanctions on russia.ion, those eight russians that went to moscow or donald trump or others or members of the senate who were super, super prorussia seeming had been compromised and russia got here e-mails, too. senator marco rubio in 2016 reminded us that their e-mails got it, too. could it be compromised or purely economics or a combination of both? >> it could be a combination of both certainly. it sounds like republicans would not be too excited to have their e-mails released or very out spoken now and especially fox news that has become our version of the state immediate wmedia t saying russia is our ally that we should be supporting and not ukraine which is very alarming. i think it is a combination of both. it is power and money and russians know very well how to exploit both. >> you have tucker carlson telling them we should be on russia's side. thank you very much julia davis. >> donald trump's impeachment players are storming the sunday morning talk shows. we'll sort out all of that nonsense aft

but as far as the bigger integrated companies go, i also like exxon mobil i think that would be a good stock to consider also with a nice dividend. so i think stocks like this, individual names, are good things to add to your portfolio. but again, the easy way to play it is with an etf. >> all right that's the contrarian play because it's obviously been a lager so far this year kim, let's take this back to the leadership nasdaq, 9,000. its tech and communication stocks that are doing all the heavy lifting. we know the mega cap names out there. can those names in the nasdaq still be trusted on to continue this trend higher? >> i don't think anything is trusted. but i think you should look to the technology and data supplier kind of area for your portfolios and you might want to go down not just in those big names but the next rung lower to try to find some undiscovered values. but our society is moving in -- in a direction of everything being connected. and the things that connect them, semiconductors and the data companies, which are now telephone -- the old telephone companies. i thin

hunter biden was making more than five times more than a board member from exxon mobil. and i found this profile on hunter biden in the new yorker. hunter said he had not slept for several days, driving east on interstate 10, he lost control of his car which jumped the median and skidded to a stop. he called hertz which came to collect the damaged car and gave him a second rental. the hertz rental officer told me he found a crack pipe in the car and a line of white powder residue. hertz called the police department and officers filed a narcotics offense report listing items seized in the car including a plastic bag containing a white powdery substance, a secret service business car and hunter biden's driver's license. that is what we would call evidence. and i don't want to make light of anybody's substance abuse issues. but it's a little hard to believe that burisma hired hunter biden to resolve their international disputes when he could not resolve his own dispute with hertz rental car over leaving cocaine and a crack pipe in the car. it countries. hunter stayed in los

cap is actually larger than the russel 2,000, larger than the s&p energy index, which includes exxon-mobile company in the world , and some say with the china phase i deal, who does that help the most? probably apple since we don't have to pay 15% tariffs on iphones and ipads so looking to be a good year especially if they compete at $100 billion in buybacks that we saw from apple this year. neil: all right, susan thank you very very much. susan following it very very closely and we're also following tesla very very closely apparently problem once again with its autopilot technology that keeps coming up, after this i'm your mother in law. and i like to question your every move. like this left turn. it's the next one. you always drive this slow? how did you make someone i love? that must be why you're always so late. i do not speed. and that's saving me cash with drivewise. my son, he did say that you were the safe option. and that's the nicest thing you ever said to me. so get allstate. stop bossing. where good drivers save 40% for avoiding mayhem, like me. this is my son's favorite color,

exxon, shell, mobil, and others knew that their products wouldn't stay profitable once the world understood the risks , so they used the same consultants that the tobacco companies had used to launch a huge communications effort to develop strategies on how to feel less. us.ool the difference is that tobacco companies were primarily harming people who smoke. the fossil fuel companies are harming the entire planet and all its inhabitants. the companies not only hid what they knew, a coalition together with the koch brothers and other billionaires spent tens of millions of dollars on think tanks like the heartland institute that promote false science, sowing confusion about global warming so that people won't try to stop him. their line was and continues to be that they quote science about climate change is not clear and even if it were the fault lies with governments and consumers , not with him. you see, but the thing is these oil companies have played a big role in actively stopping government's from enacting clean energy policies with exxon leading the way. for example, exxon prevented th

make several oil companies much more attractive in 2020 bank of america, for example, believes exxon mobills assets, expands production and doubles the cash flow by 2025. >>> second, lower rates in 2020? not necessarily. many central banks don't seem to want it. shifting political winds in germany will lead to the passage of large scale stimulus programs there to boost its slower economy. european bond yields will move back towards positive territory. that will force money out of u.s. bonds and into european bonds all while pushing u.s. yields higher and keeping the bank rally here going. >>> finally, the direct listing craze will peak when airbnb goes public via direct listing. it's all the rage right now. private equity investors disappointed with ipo returns this year are pushing direct listings to cut costs and allow employees and private equity to sell shares but no one asked the buy side direct listings, spotify and slack are both underperforming the overall market and a disappointing airbnb debut will convince many that allowing early investors to sell all at once may not be right f

apple and exxon-mobile down at the bottom, we have walmart and travelers on the top end. let's take a look at the s&p as well if we can also down just about a quarter of a percent down 7 points on the s&p at 32.14 and the nasdac also down one-third of a percent down 26 points at 89.19. all right now let's take a look at dow components apple and microsoft, the titans. they contributed the most to the markets big year, no doubt no other stocks even came close, but today, as we rounded out, they are starting off the day down slightly, as you can see apple down half a percent same story for microsoft. now let's take a look at the biggest dow winners of the past 10 years, these are some remarkable numbers. apple, united health, visa, boeing, nike, shah, are these stocks poised for more gains next year? are these among your picks for the new year? >> yes, they are. certainly apple and microsoft and amazon are my top picks for 2020 and the primary reason for that ashley is these stocks lead a lot of the benchmark indices they are in so as passive investors see the market rising,

right and saudi aramco, the size towards the five biggest oil companies combined — bp, shell, exxon mobiles to use those reve nu es to and the plan is to use those revenues to invest into other industries are. interesting city -- to see if that works. thanks very much. a lot of the investors are mom—and—pop investors and saudi aramco but also institutional investors so it is still 98% owned by the kingdom but technically it is not. a quick look at the markets out us stocks in particular arejumping. we have seen global hives across the board the markets, very much lifted bya board the markets, very much lifted by a single tweet, donald trump, saying that he is very close to a deal with china when it comes to ta riffs deal with china when it comes to tariffs on those talents coming in on sunday on a range of goods that will be about $156 billion worth of goods. fingers crossed! we shall see. thank you, victoria. at this time of year, hedgehogs are usually fast asleep, hibernating for the winter. but not this year. there are fears that mild autumn weather meant hundreds of baby hoglets were b

under contract, and we have 200 exxon experts and other con sur sultants that are ateping to manage this. we are mobilize on prince william sound. the claims office was staffed by 30 people. it's open and adequate funds are placed in accounts in local banks. those are available to provide immediate advanced payments to those requiring monetary support while claims are being prepared, reviewed and processed. i've insisted that that be done as expeditiously as possible. our infengs is to provide fair, reasonable and prompt settlements. as of noon tuesday, we had the remaining oil that could be removed from the taker, we had that off -- all out of the ship, as i'm sure most of you read in this morning's paper, the ship was successfully refloated, and it's now in an area on naked -- next to naked island where we will do temporary repairs. when that's completed, we'll take the ship into dry dock somewhere and repair it permanently. a couple more comments. for now it's too early to assess the long-term environmental damage. natural resource doonl damage assessment is underway. a number of them, epa, noa, a num

under contract and we have 200 exxon experts and other consultants that are attempting to manage our part of this we are mobilized to mitigate the economic impact on the communities of prince william sound a claims office was staffed by 30 people where it's open and adequate funds are placed in accounts and local banks. those funds are available to provide immediate advance payments to those requiring monetary support while claims are being prepared, reviewed and process and i've insisted that that be done as expeditiously as possible. our intention is to provide fair, reasonable and prompt settlements. as of noon tuesday we had the remaining oil that could be removed from the tank or what was on the reef we had off the reef. we had that all out of the ship as i'm sure most of you read in this morning's paper the ship was successfully refloated and it's now in an area on naked next to naked island where we will do temporary repairs and when that's completed we'll take the ship into drydock somewhere and repair it permanently. couple more comments for now it's too early to assess the long term environmental damage