they said they could handle an exxon valdez size spill every day. they couldn't. bp said the spill was 1,000 barrels per day. it wasn't, and they knew it. in preparation for this hearing, the committee reviewed the oil spill safety response plans for all of the companies here today. what we found was that these 5 companies have response plans that are virtually identical. the plans site identical response capabilities and tout identical ineffective equipment. >> ovover one million dollarsrsl be awarded to the teams that prove that their cleanup s systm could meet the competition's strictest requirementnts. >> our firirst prize, the winn schmidt oil cleanup x challenge was a response, essentially, to somethining we all remember,r, e deepwater horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico. in 2010-- i certainly remember, i'm sure a lolot of folks do--this was ongoing every day, oil spilling into the gulf, the havoc it was wreaking on wetlands and other critical ecosystems of the gulf coast, you know, from texas all the way to florida. and the sort or feeling of helplessne

captain todd ajari: "historically spills we've had in the past exxon valdez costco busan those type ofincidents the concern is for the wildlife. and if there should be any oil and wildlife reported we're covered that's one of the reasons that were here for we do our best to minimize that impact."(pam) the barge owners have a contract with bart to conduct routine maintenance to the transbay tube ... which runs under that part of the bay where the barge went down. bart says, the tube was inspected this morning and checked out okay. train service was not affected. (grant) last night's stormy weather caused damage all around the bay area but the damage was not limited to land... several high priced boats, in town for a big boat show, were damaged during the gale force winds last night in richmond. kron four's jeff bush shows us the damage and tells us if the show will go on. this is not what you want to see if you are the owner of a fancy sailboatwinds topping 50 miles an hour with five foot swells smashing the boats against the docks and against each other. the boats are in town for the p

this and said, you know, reinventing how to clean up oil on the surface hasn't changed since the exxon valdezit? >> i don't know. but the competition will bring the best ideas to the top. >> it's odd to hear you say i don't know. the government assumption is that someone in government does know and can pick. but you're giving away all this money, and you say "i don't >> we >> we don't pick the winner in advance like the government does in research. the research funding agency says, you're a good researcher, here's money. we flip it and say, i don't know which of you hundred teams are the best one, but the one who achieves this, we'll pay you. we only pay for success. >> and i'm waiting for that great big check. >> so wendy schmidt offered a $1.5 million prize for a faster way to clean up oil. >> 350 teams around the world registered to enter the comp >> we >> we gave it our best shot. we'll see what hatches. >> some teams had no prior experience with oil spills. >> we get asked all the time, how long have you been in the oil industry? well, counting today? >> the top ten teams went head-to-he

have been out monitoring the situation since dawn. " historically spills we've had in the past exxon valdezn those type of incidents the concern is for the wildlife. and if there should be any oil and wildlife reported we're covered that's one of the reasons that were here for we do our best to minimize that impact."(grant) the barge owners have a contract with bart to conduct routine maintenance to the transbay tube which runs under that part of the bay where the barge went down. bart says the tube was inspected this morning and checked out okay. train service was not impacted. (grant)three homes have been red tagged due to damage from a major mudslide in the oakland hills(pam) the slide also affected an east- bay-mud service line. right now, there are 23- residents without water this is the area where the mudlside occurred during thursday night's storm... kron4's haaziq madyun gives you a close look at a road that is now closed because of the slide. follow this crack in the road and it reveals a huge chunk of aitken drive that is no longer theresotnelsy rodriguez/ebmud spokesperson: "with

that's 12 times more than the exxon valdez tanker spill in alaska. i should say that many attempts have been made here by many democrats in congress to make sure we continue to update our laws, but republicans blocked legislation that would have upheld the responsibility for polluters to help pay for liability, improve offshore safety and environmental responses. so today it is very frustrating that the president of the united states is proposing to roll back the important safety regulations that were put in place during the obama administration. in fact, this book right here shows the deepwater horizon impact that was discussed by members of congress, the problems we had at the department of interior and asked that these new regulations be put in place. these regulations by the obama administration helped put a new regime in place after deepwater horizon. but now president trump is bringing those regulations into question suggesting that we should roll them back. he is even questioning the new regulations on blowout preventer systems and well contro