halliburton says the claims are without merit. this is an interesting exchange of allegations which will be poor court battle. >> the context is we are into legal arguments ahead of civil court case that will take place in new orleans early next year at which blame will be apportioned and damages in this case will be quantified. it was the biggest oil spill in u.s. history. various companies were involved. the u.s. government appointed the commission but and pinpointed the cement that should fco to comic-con doh oil well as having been the root of the problem, it shouldn't prevented the leaks of oil and gas, but it did not. bp says that halliburton the contractor had the primary responsibility for the cement. halliburton says that bp meddled in the type of mix that was using in the cement at the last minute and did not carry out the protests. so that is the existing legal argument. accusedabp has halliburton of deliberately destroying evidence related to this case. bp alleges that halliburton deliberately destroyed evidence of tes

a halliburton plant that cleaned missile casings during the cold war. halliburton items us they have accepted responsibility for the problem and are working with the community to clean it up. i can imagine some people at home saying, look. companies make mistakes. companies have to do the manufacturing process. nobody sents out to poison anybody. >> it isn't about finger pointing or blaming. we need to join companies and communities together. because they coexist and one depends on the other. >> reporter: there are going to be a lot of people who listen to

history bp has filed a lawsuit against halliburton which did the cement job for the deepwater horizon oil rigged bp claims that halliburton destroyed evidence on some and testing and violated court orders and not producing computer modeling results halliburton says that the suit has no merit the final federal report on this bill said that bp halliburton and trans ocean all share responsibility for that disaster >>a new discovery in space astronomers to measure the two largest black holes in the universe each hole is 10 billion times the mass of the sun and holds a more than 300 million light years away before these findings the largest black hole was only 6 billion sons >>even though his presidential bid is suspended herman cain is still aggressively raisi ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of a pain free holiday. ♪ ♪ this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. man: my electric bill was breaking the bank. so to save some money, i trained this team of guinea pigs to row this tiny boat. guinea pig: row...row. they generate electricity, wh

. >> tom: one of the companies involved in the gulf of mexico oil disaster last year claims halliburton intentionally b.p. is not telling the truth. b.p. claims oil service firm halliburton intentionally destroyed evidence about the work it did on the cement used on the deep water oil well that blew out, killing 11 workers. that blowout led to the worst off shore oil spill in u.s. history. halliburton called the accusations it destroyed evidence untrue. >> tom: it's one of the hottest categories for holiday spending, but the stock sector hasn't been so hot this year. tonight's word on the street is "technology." i recently spoke with james rogers, a reporter at thestreet.com, and began by asking him for the outlook for tech spending in 2012. >> you know, it's uncertain with so many things hanging over the economy at the moment, and the super committee. and with europe there's a lot of things ongoing. and there could be stocks, high points >> one of those is one that's been around for a century. ibm. 30% of the revenues are from europe. and the mideast and warren buffet owns it. ask that

they suggest halliburton failed evidence. halliburton denies the allegations. >>> it is going to cost a lot of money to fix union station. the earthquake damage the ceiling of the main hall. look at bat. -- that. there is scaffolding being put together to allow the repair without major disruption to visitors. >> there were places where you able to walk. >> we are told is going to take make all the repairs. youif you ride the megabus, seat for free early next year. booking then start free seats today. go need to use the code free. winter weather in alone star state. issues, caused traffic schools to close. the kids did not mind the smell at all. there was also snow in parts of oklahoma. >> oklahoma city has had quite a year. >>> it is going to be a big rain producer. all look. a time lapse. you can see as we go through the day, clouds are moving and if canlook on the ground, you see the rain. far, most areas, quarter to a half inch of rain. temperatures, they will be tomorrow, too. high temperature, 60 degrees. 10 degrees abov

halliburton has denied the accusation. >> another day in court, sadly, for our blago.ill decide how much time the ex-governor will have to spend behind bars. that's weird looking, shooting it through glass. and it is destroying some of his handsomeness. come on, blago, make yourself known, there he is. our blago. plus an escaped convict on the run and he could be out for revenge. run from that in a dark alley. there he is, poised to discover plum amazins, the amazing alternative to raisins and cranberries with more fiber, less sugar, and a way better glycemic index. he's clearly enjoying one of the planet's most amazing superfruits. hey, keep it down mate, you'll wake the kids. plum amazins. new, from sunsweet. >>shepard: this is "studio b" at the bottom the hour. reckoning day on planet blago. the former illinois governor and our friend blagojevich flag trying to convince the judge to go easy on him in chicago today. our blago faces time in a federal prison for corruption including he tried to sell or trade president obama's former senate seat. he was found guilty. th

says they covered up the evidence that halliburton b.p. covered up the prior blowout for the same reason they know it didn't work spiro shock teleports cement didn't work two years earlier they went before congress b.p. and its oil company partners who you know all the big americans companies were in with them in the in the caspian sea and they swore up and down that they had no problems for fifty years with this stuff. they knew it blew out the same cement the same operation in the caspian now wait a minute i get a cable if this is true deepwater horizon is not an x. that it's a homicide so in vulture's picnic what i do is different people knew my you know best democracy money can buy some leather for this different i think you were me and you got more time with me you know on the on the investigation so on this one i go off to zero by john and by the if you don't or is there by john that's because the eighty second airborne hasn't arrived there yet it will now because of the welcome you know of kabul i got you know they got a lot they go

a halliburton plant that cleaned missile casings during the cold war. halliburton items us they have accepted responsibility for the problem and are working with the community to clean it up. i can imagine some people at home saying, look. companies make mistakes. companies have to do the manufacturing process. nobody sents out to poison anybody. >> it isn't about finger pointing or blaming. we need to join companies and communities together. because they coexist and one depends on the other. >> reporter: there are going to be a lot of people who listen to you and say, okay, important that we have healthy water but we're in economic crisis in this country right now. we need jobs. >> of course we need jobs. there's an opportunity here to create jobs in science, in technology, in developing new ways to dispose of our waste. you can put people to work. that's bringing back america. and it's worth it. and it's a fight that will i continue to do until the day i die. >> and 15 years after the hinckley settlement that made her famous, erin brockovich is still

bp said that halliburton destroyed evidence on the contenttroke tent of concrete. halliburton said that this is meter itless. >>> forced to strip, even reveal personal medical equipment, three elderly women said it happen to them at the same airport. >> three women, all over 60 and all with medical histories and all humiliated as they traveled at j.f.k. last weekend. >> i never heard of a person's pants or under wear taken off. >> the claims from the three women that they were strip searched are not stunning. >> they could be more to that story. >> these all happen understand the same day, two women on the same flight and they have came forward with claims of having to take off their pants to have their medical apparatus examined. >> she said to pull down my pants. i could not believe it. >> the tsa said that passengers with a urine bag will not be required to expose them for inspections and that the passengers should not have to be asked to lift or show any sensitive part of the body, and that seems to have been violated. when the agents saw what type of bag it wa

halliburton has rejected the claims. election figures suggest that the current president in the republic of congo is leading the vote for president. still to come on "gmt," hundreds of protesters are still being held in russia after last night's demonstration in moscow. we speak to one activist was there. >> the relationship between france and germany has been the power house behind european integration, shrined behind the tree of 1992, setting up the european union as the single currency. >> it was in france that the european project got its kickoff. the six founder members sign that the treaty of paris, setting up what was then known as the coal and steel community. 60 years later, almost by instinct, the french see themselves as the heart of the european union. as one prime minister once said of this man, general de gaulle, when he speaks of europe, he means france. this idea of a france as the equivalent is still very much alive today. over the years, mass opinion has shifted. today people are deeply suspicious of br

halliburton was in charge of pouring that cement. bp also says halliburton destroyed incriminating computer models. bp has asked a judge to penalize halliburton and recover the computer models. both companies were found to be at fault in the worst oil spill in american history. >>> jerry sandusky accused of trying to tamper with the witnesses. in an interview with "the new york times," sandusky has said he's stayed in touch with the alleged victims, including having dinner with one over the summer. all eight of the victims are expected to testify at the preliminary hearing. >>> a new report says that former penn state head football coach joe paterno and several board members of sandusky's three mile charity invested in a major real estate deal back in 2002. that's around the same time sandusky was accused of raping a boy in a penn state locker room. this is according to a website the daily. paterno and three second mile investors just secured financing to build a $100 million luxury retirement community. they also invested a golf res

bp says halliburton destroyed evidence. halliburton was a contractor and says it's reviewing court papers. >>> winter doesn't tart for another couple of weeks but don't tell that to people in new mexico and texas. a brutal snowstorm closed parts of interstates 10, 25 and 0 in new mexico. add to that gusty wins and dangerous windchills. it is just plain nasty. rob, this has got to be the weirdest want in the history of man. >> we're just getting going. just one week into it. if you go by the official calendar of the 21th or 22nd we're still not in it. new mexico getting it. quirk question got less than an inch yesterday enough to break a record. the snows are putting out but blowing know is creating hazardous conditions and some is stretching toward kansas city. second system is rain and warmth. new york back through d.c., as far as the snow is concerned most of this is blowing snow and the rainfall across the northeast continues to come down. some of this will be heavy at times. maybe an inch or two in spots, delays in new

the filing claims halliburton officials destroyed evidence about possible problems with it cement slurry that was poured into the well. the oil must be cemented properly to avoid blowouts. the blowout at the well, the deep water horizon well led to the worst offshore oil spill in american history. >>> a police officer and a bystander were wounded when a man opened fire on an amtrak train at union station in dallas, texas. the shooting suspect was killed when the officer returned fire. the officer and bystander are expected to recover from their wounds. >>> the sentencing phase begins today for former illinois governor rob blagojevich. most legal experts say he'll get about ten years in prison for corruption charges including attempting to sell president obama's former senate seat. blagojevich is expected to learn his fate as soon as tomorrow. >>> another member of the fourth world is being accused of sexual abuse. two men are accusing the boston red sox's club manager, donald fitzpatrick, of abusing them back in the 1990s. one victim said fitzpatrick assaulted him twice at fenway park. t

bp claims halliburton got rid of damaging documents so they can't be used at trial. the documents reportedly detail problems with halliburton cement that went into drilling the oil well that blew out last year causing the oil spill off the louisiana coast. bp is asking a judge to order a foz forensics team. halliburton says the accusations are baseless. >> suicide bombers strike afghanistan. these are the worst attacks since the fall of the taliban 10 years ago. heather covar reports for wjz. dozens are dead, and many others are hurt. >> reporter: the first blast hit during religious ceremonies in kabul. survivors held shoes of the dead and wept in the streets. several more afghans died in a second blast in the northern city of plaza -- mazahishariff. the attacks happened on the shiite holy day of ashoura. afghanistan has a history of violence between sunnis and the shiite minority but attacks on religious days are rare. afghan president hamid karzai, calls the first attack unprecedented in scope. it happened near the presidential palace where he lived. he spoke from

bp saying halliburton destroyed key evidence that pointed to problems with its cement slurry.ourt filing, but it believes the allegations are not true. >>> still to come this morning, newt gingrich surging to the top of the polls, but how long can he keep it up? we'll ask republican strategist john mclaughlin and ari fleischer to look into their crystal balls. >> they can see things we can't. >>> obese kids oblivious parents. a growing number of children are overweight or obese, and their parents don't even know it. how is this possible? we'll talk about it, straight ahead. >>> and they now know what caused that giant wall of water to slam into japan in march. the anatomy of a deadly tsunami is ahead on "american morning." >>> it's 39 minutes past the hour. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. >

bp also accuses halliburton of failing to produce incriminating evidence. >> halliburton calls the accusations untrue. >> fire investigators say a kitchen fire is what caused a three-alarm blaze in northwest baltimore. broke out late friday night in the 6500 block of red cedar place. officials say a tea kettle was left in the stove in one of the units. no one was hurt. but nearly 100 senior citizens were displaced. >>> the new maryland casino is hoping to put hundreds to work. maryland live casino at arundel mills is looking to fill certain management conditions. officials say more jobs will be filled later. but suggests applicants roll the dice. the first phase of the operation will open in june. >>> mild weather comes with gray skies and rain. but there is a change on the way. wjz has weather and traffic together. bob turk has the weather and traffic now. >>> by this time tomorrow afternoon, we'll be back in the upper 40s, beginning to cool down. right now, we have rain and drizzle and some fog in the region. it's all moving in from the southwest, as you can see. take another look around. ar

. >>> bp is accusing halliburton of destroying damaging evidence that halliburton is to prove for last they say they suppressed computer evidence that could be used against them. halliburton says bp's charges are, quote, without merit. >>> could there be another earth? nasa dwovred a planet outside our solar sam that likely has water and rock and a surface temperature near 72 degrees. but astronomers say it may be a bit to big for life to exist with a rocky core and mostly ocean. >>> the countdown is on. 28 days until the iowa caucuses, just 35 until the first primary in new hampshire. we need to check the ground game in the big states. here's mark murray. mark, good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> big news. what's the poll in south carolina say? >> it says the newt surge is continuing. it's the freshest sign yet that the newt momentum is pushing ahead, chris. gingrich has almost a 2-to-1 lead over mitt romney in the state. the winner of the south carolina primary since 1980 has gone on to win the republican nomination. >> let's talk about the other big news, mitt romney going to a

halliburton is denying allegations. >>> we are following the very latest in a vote 2012 this priority. president obama preparing for a trip to kansas where he will talk about the economy. meantime, newt gingrich and choice of search and the polls -- a surge in the polls. >> with the month to go before voting begins, a new "the washington post" poll out this morning shows the size of newt gingrich's lead in iowa. among republicans 33% favor the former house speaker. newt gingrich sits 15 points ahead of his nearest rivals. and 43% of likely caucus attendees say newt gingrich has the best experience to win. >> it was a great honor. it is amazing how well he is doing. >> newt gingrich travel to new york on monday to kiss the ring of the aman who wants to be kingmaker, donald trump. he then got into a dustup with mitt romney. >> he is a lifelong politician. >> newt gingrich reminded voters that mitt romney has been around the block, too. >> i do not count running for the senate in 1994, running for governor, and running for president for six years. i do not know if that makes him a career

they say the seal halliburton put on the rig was defective and led to the disaster. the halliburton spokesperson says bp's allegation that it destroyed evidence is without merit. well, at this hour, more than 100,000 porn sites are going live with the xxx name. internet regulators came up with this to make porn sites identified easier and for those not interested to avoid altogether. >>> the millionaire, entrepreneur and real itty tv star, now donald trump having a direct impact on the presidential race though he's not even a candidate. carol kocostello joins us from w york with today's "talkback question." we've been talking about trump throughout this whole campaign, all year now. i mean, he's not even a candidate. >> i know. we're exploring this question. why is mr. trump so relevant during this campaign? mr. trump, the donald, reality show star, rich real estate guy, republ republican kingmaker or so it seems? newt gingrich seemingly in an effort to cement his lead had a p 0 o with wwow with trump like bachmann, perry, romney and cain before him. >> donald trump

>>mark: of bt is accusing halliburton of intentionally destroying evidence. here is video of the oil spill in 2010. bp claims that halliburton destroyed evidence so that it could not be used against them in trial. a spokesperson for halliburton says fish she believes the accusations are meritless. 11 people were killed in that explosion. >>mark: there is word of the big seven from last year's deadly explosion at a west virginia coal mine. the owner of the mine were 29 were killed has agreed to pay nearly $210 million. the agreement between the federal authorities and the new owners includes criminal restitution to the miners' families and upgrades as well as penalties for violations. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. one of the developing stories we're following live, president obama is arriving at the kansas city airport above air force one--aboard air force one. fact the president will be talking about helping the middle class. we will be right back though for what if dot . >>mark: the san francisco and mid-40s. we have been seen the co

. >>> bp has filed court paper that say accuse the company halliburton of destroying evidence after the 2010 oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico. that raises the stakes in the fight to assign blame and damages for the disaster, which killed 11 people and led to the biggest offshore oil spill in u.s. history. halliburton has told media outlets that those accusations are not true. >>> checks, magazines, even prescription drugs could take longer to reach your mailbox by next spring. the u.s. postal service plans to eliminate more than half of its processing centers and nearly 30,000 jobs. the cuts are part of a $3 billion savings plan to help the postal service avert bankruptcy next year. >>> the future of federal aviation administration chief randy babbitt is uncertain today. the transportation department is deciding how to handle his drunk driving arrest. babbitt was charged with driving while intoxicated this weekend when he was spotted allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road in virginia. a former pilot himself, babbitt al aggressively cracked down on pilots flying under the

bp has filed a lawsuit against halliburton.rig explosion last year in the gulf of mexico. bp claims halliburton destroyed evidence of problems with cement in the well. the explosion killed 11 people and set off that huge oil leak. now take a look at what people in new mexico are dealing with. an icy, snowy storm hit the state yesterday. it's been so bad that parts of interstate 10 and 25 are closed. there's a winter storm warning in effect until late this morning and some places could get more that a foot of snow. >>> and if you have a christmas tree, you'd better check for snakes. a family in idaho found one slithering around the branches and had to call the fire department to get it out. it's not exactly the royal treatment with britain in the austerity mode. the government is freezing queen elizabeth's pay. max, what's the deal? the queen has to tighten the royal belt. >> they've agreed to a new funding deal. she used to get lots of different government grants and now one grant linked to all the property that's owned by the

it is pointing the fingers at halliburton for example. halliburton was responsible for cementing the macondo well. it is also citing inadequate communication between bp, halliburton and transocean. transocean and halliburton were the contractors on the macondo well, jon. this possible criminal charges coming early next year would come in advance of lawsuits that are going to go to trial in february by the state of new york and ohio pension fund there. and also the state of louisiana is moving against bp in court. so criminal charges could come against these individuals as early as january 2012. the other issue, jon, we saw criminal charges brought against exxonmobil and the captain of the valdez as well. jon: most of oily mess is cleaned up but the legal mess will go on for years sounds like? >> reporter: that's right, jon. arthel: and some of effect on families continues as well. he already made it to the rose bowl and now one college football player is getting kudos for his off the field heroics. risk as has the story. >> reporter: mark

accused halliburton of destroying evidence that could prove it shared responsibility for the spill. the oil company said halliburton employees destroyed test results showing the contractor used a faulty cement mixture to plug the macondo oil well. the well exploded, killing 11 workers and causing the worst manmade environmental disaster in u.s. history. ead of the faa resigned after being charged with drunken driving. randy baab it was arrested over the weekend in northern virginia driving on the wrong side of the road. he was a long time airline pilot and a recognized expert in aviation. he became head of the f.a.a.in 2009. at least 50 people were killed in syria in the last 24 hours, in violence between rival muslim factions. activists said it happened in the city of homs overnight, after a spate of kidnappings earlier on monday. amateur video showed victims lying injured in the streets before being taken away for treatment. the violence pitted members of president bashar assad's minority alawite shi-ites against the majority sunnis. also today, assad received public support from

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the kind of corruption we of seen come out of halliburton is outstanding. when i was in the navy i washed my own clothes. 60 minutes reported that we taxpayers are paying $100 every time a load of clothes is washed in the middle east. this is insanity. this is the kind of waste that cut of the various description of where the services are being cut that you've been hearing this morning. i ride the buses and see the homeless, but i do not see the homeless anymore, i see the number one third. the suicide rate has been pointed out as increasing. i have been spending more and more time working on the front lines, seeing how the veterans have long waiting times. not enough services. as a senior myself i realize seniors are treated very poorly by comparison to the way they are in europe. and i think we can get there. occupy people are taking care of the hungry. why is that? there is not enough money in the public sector. we need to bring the war dollars home, and i hope to see a commitment from the public sector to see the commitment with occupy people are. >> th

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with a new set of oil spill violations, today's charges builds on earlier allegations that bp, halliburton and trans-ocean together ran afoul of 15 off shore regulations in drilling, designing and cementing the failed well last year. the companies already face up to 46 million in fines for those earlier citations. bp has 60 days to appeal the latest violations. the company said it plans to do just that. >> tom: the obama administration says too big banks are not doing enough to help american homeowners avoid foreclosure. the treasury department says j. p. morgan chase and bank of america are doing a poor job of helping people lower mortgage payments as part of the government's own foreclosure prevention program. the treasury department plans to withhold payments from that program to both banks for a third straight quarter. >> tom: with the markets waiting and watching for european leaders to come up with a big solution to their debt troubles, it's likely any fix will not end the volatility. so says tonight's street critique guest, he expects the big swing to continue. michael farback with