this plant just blew up. >> it's the isom, the isom! >> narrator: it was the biggest industrial accident in decades. >> get me at least a half dozen available firemen. we got people trapped in these trailers, trying to get to them. >> it's been a sad day for the bp texas city titans. it's a really sad day for me, personally, as well. at this time, regretfully and with shock, i have to report to you that there have been some fatalities. >> mr. browne has spent the morning visiting our site. he's now agreed to spend a few minutes with you. this is john browne, our group chief executive. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, good morning and thank you for joining us. yesterday was a dark day in bp's history. all of us at bp are very deeply saddened by the loss of life and injuries suffered by so many people. >> narrator: lawsuits ensued. >> my name is john manzoni. i live in london and i'm with bp and my... >> narrator: in a taped deposition, john manzoni, head of refining, was asked about his visits to texas city. >> when was the first time

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your weekend forecast isoming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the baseball playoff res down to the final four and tonight, the american league championship series gets under way in texas. here is nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. the alcs starts tonight. rangers slugger josh hamilton thinks enough is enough. >> how many times could they win it, you know wat i mean? there has to be a change at some point. so, you know, it's nothing that we're going to back down from. everybody on the outside looks at this and says, obviously, the rangers are underdogs. we don't look at it that way. we look at how we've played them this year. we've played em pretty good. >> ought to be a pretty good series. tonight, game one. >>> hockey in dallas, an emotional homecoming of sorts for mike madan opep played 20 seasons for the stars' organizations. after this one, you probably wishes he played 21. madonas returned with a win. >>> college football, randy to