at the center, former president gary southern, a constant figure during the disaster. at the time many in the community accused him of being dismissive. >> a line he's repeating. >> it's a long two days, i don't have a comment. >> reporter: did you lie under oath to protect yourself? >> no. >> reporter: he faced the most charms. arrested and accused of lying. his attorney said: in charleston it took weeks for many to trust the water. something most will never again take for granted. >> you don't think about where your water comes from. >> gary southern could face 68 years in prison. his former company reached a plea deal. part of that is that the government will not seek money for the victims because the company is bankrupt. >> all right. thank you. michael shank is a professor at george mason university, working on environmental policy on capitol hill. he's in the studio. what got the executives into trouble? >> well, they allowed essentially a chemical. m.c.h.m. - is it hazardous, toxic - they allowed 10,000 gallons worth of that to get into the drinking water of 300

but on monday freedom industries former president gary southern, he of water drinking fame was arrested at his florida home on federal charges of bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud and lying under oath during the company's bankruptcy hearings. the fbi says southern lied over and over again in court over his involvement in freedom industries before the catastrophic chemical spill. they're either outright lies or at the very least misleading. the complaint says that southern repeatedly told the court he barely had anything to do with freedom industries until a few weeks before the spill and described his role as a part-time financial-type consultant. the fbi said he was hired in may 2009 to serve as freedom's ceo. he served on the board of directors from march 2010 until october 2013, managed their business affairs at two facilities and exercised authority in hiring employees, executed contracts and supervised employees. southern's attempt to downplay his role prior to the spill looks at its face to protect his personal assets from bankruptcy court and a number of lawsuits filed against his for

attorney is the one prosecuting this second executive, gary southern, from the west virginia coal chemical that same u.s. attorney is the one prosecuting this second executive, gary southern, from the west virginia coal chemical drinking water disaster. the u.s. attorney says the drinking water disaster investigation continues. he expects more announcements soon. so maybe there will be even more arrests. this is not how the coal industry expects to be treated by government in west virginia but who know a few more arrest, a few more part-time felony indictments, maybe the expectations are start to charge. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> looks like it's a new day for that industry in west virginia. >> seriously. >> it turns out the most important rule for defending torture is to never admit that it's torture. >> the cia is lying. >> there was a lot of cherry pick going on by this committee. >> those who put together the senate report. >> torture dependent just happen, after all. >> the cia tortured detainees for years. >> torture is something we avoided. >> wate

attorney is the one prosecuting this second executive, gary southern, from the west virginia coal chemicalsame u.s. attorney is the one prosecuting this second executive, gary southern, from the west virginia coal chemical drinking water disaster. the u.s. attorney says the drinking water disaster investigation continues. he expects more announcements soon. so maybe there will be even more arrests. this is not how the coal industry expects to be treated by government in west virginia but who know a few more arrest, a few more part-time felony indictments, maybe the expectations are start to charge. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> looks like it's a new day for that industry in west virginia. >> seriously. >> it turns out the most important rule for defending torture is to never admit that it's torture. >> the cia is lying. >> there was a lot of cherry pick going on by this committee. >> those wut

gary southern is accused of bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud, and lying under oath during freedom industries' bankruptcy proceedings following the spill. prosecutors say southern developed a scheme to shield himself from lawsuits and protect his personal fortune from liability claims. more than 300,000 west virginians were left without drinking water and dozens were hospitalized after freedom industries spilled a coal-cleaning chemical into the elk river. and the pakistani education activist and indian child rights activist have been only awarded the nobel peace prize today. at age 17, she is the youngest person ever to win a nobel prize. in 2012, she would shot in the head by taliban gunmen who courted her school bus. she survived and continued to campaign for the rights of girls to go to school. decades0, a leader for and international movement against child slavery and the exportation of child workers. but a ceremony in oslo today, both laureates were honored as champions of peace. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm

at the center, gary southern, a constant and controversial figure during the disaster.the time many accused him of being dismissive. >> look, guys, it has been an extremely long day. >> reporter: a line he is still repeating. >> did you lie to protect yourself? >> no. >> reporter: he faces the most charges. arrested this week and accused of lying about his role with the company that has declared bankruptcy after the spill, his attorney said: in charleston it took weeks for many to trust the water, something most will never again take for granted. >> you don't think where your water comes from, until you don't have it. >> reporter: southern could face 65 years in prison if convicted. there was a plea deal that the company will not seek money for the victims. >> thank you. >>> federal prosecutors have sued the city of new york. a justice department investigation of reichers found what it called a deep-seated culture of violence towards young inmates. the new york mayor announced the end of solitary confinement for 16 and 17 year olds. >>> up next, the sony picture's hacki

attorney is the one prosecuting this second executive, gary southern, from the west virginia coal chemicalter disaster. the u.s. attorney says the drinking water disaster investigation continues. he expects more announcements soon. so maybe there will be even more arrests. this is not how the coal industry expects to be treated by government in west virginia but who know a few more arrest, a few more part-time felony indictments, maybe expectations will start to change. >>> good morning. right now on "first lackook," hy rains, massive flooding, mudslides and that is just the beginning. >>> former vice president dick cheney calls the torture report crap. beyond name-calling, is anyone going down? >>> plunging oil prices sent stocks into free fall but it's not all bad. thanks for join is us today. torture report fallout. former vice president dick cheney is just furious and he's fighting back slamming critics who claimed the cia's enhanced tear investigation tactics don't work. >> this report says it was not successful. >> the report's full of crap. we asked the agency to go take steps and p

gary. mark and stephanie lowrie came from southern california. >> we brought flashlights so we are ready. > reporter: pg&e crews worked to tremendous store power at stockton and post streets with this morning's storm knocking down underground equipment. 85,000 customers lost power in san francisco from downtown to lake bruset. the utility has hired repair crews from oregon, washington, and southern california. more than 100 businesses on pier 39 intent the morning without electricity. the fog harbor fish house scrambled to open for dinner. >> it is challenging to bring people into the restaurant if you can't cook. so it is just an absolute waiting game. >> reporter: the outage hit if financial district hard closing bart's montgomery station for hours and paralyzing some muni trolleys but for those inconvenienced today, there is always tomorrow. sharon chin, kpix5. >>> well some people in hillsburg decided to have a little fun for the rain. >> instead of just shopping at safeway, they kayaked there. tubed, even managed to wait for it a little bit. a drain clog during the storm caused a parki

southern california. there is our top headlines this morning. i want to run through the data check very quickly and get to gary shilling.ell under 60. on to the next screen. we've got the flattening out. the ruble blows through 65. the dollar index doesn't move all that much. this is an interesting market right now. shilling shilling is still with us. et's bring up the oil chart. the oil chart, gary, just says it all. the brutality of this move, you do a 40, 50-page monthly report for your clients. we are well in excess of two standard deviations through the 10-year trend in oil. when you see this brutality, what does it mean? >> it means we're not through it, because there's really no bottom in sight. the saudis are playing a game of chicken with the waco peck members. >> exactly, not with north dakota. >> no, they're playing it with the frackers too. they're playing it, and they're really saying we can stand a lower price than you can. remember, it's not the average cost that's important, it's the marginal cost. >> where is that marginal cost now? >> for frackers, some of them it's probably below $10 a barrel. >> wher

gary tuchman was telling us about. thanks to you, mary schiavo and david soucie. >>> we have another developing story in southern california rescued after being trapped on a snowcovered highway in the san bernardino mountains after a car accident left them nowhere to go and a foot of snow piled on while they were waiting. want to get to is asara sidnor. they were quick and precise and moved 130 people off those roads, sarah. >> reporter: that's right. lot of people go a foot of snow what is the big deal? things got slippery and there have been strong strong gusts of wind that come here comes another one, every few minutes, that managed to push some of the cars so we're also feeling it. we're in the foothills, not up into the mountain because we could also get stranded as we tried to go exactly where the rescue is happening or was happening, but certainly we're seeing people come down from the higher elevations and their car has, you know, the snowcover on it. these 139 people were in their cars they could not move around. they were slipping and sliding all over the place. they were scared and calling for rescue. that rescu