it took four years to clean up after the exxon valdez spill. but still, two decades later, if you turn over a rock -- >> on your finger there? >> yeah. >> 21 years later. that's oil from the exxon valdez. >> yep. >> time heals all wounds. but it takes a lot of time. you will be affected for the rest of your life on something like this. >> reporter: the ecosystem has mostly bounced back. but hundreds of thousands of sea birds, otters and even killer whales died from exposure to oil. and their populations have not fully recovered. neither has the herring population, once the backbone of the local fishing industry. >> that's a real stunning revelation, that they would exhibit a total lack of recovery, decades into the future. >> reporter: on top of the physical damage, there is the psychological damage. in the local communities, suicides, divorces, bankruptcies, domestic and substance abuse all went up after the spill. >> it's certainly going to get worse before it gets better from a social and emotional standpoint in the gulf. and those injuries

it is also the area of maximum impact of the exxon valdez spill. now, 21 years later, we are going in search of oil. >> on an undeveloped island, i am with a local boat captain who studied the exxon spill. he knows where to look. >> we are going to see a black -- >> 21 years later? >> yes. >> exxon spent billions on the cleanup, just like bp is now. exxon was ordered to pay more than 3 billion pounds in damages, but one of long courts -- but it won all long court battle and paid only a 10th of that. now cordova finds it hard to put the past behind them. >> my heart goes out to them. >> they do not even know yet. >> these former fishermen are reminded of the trauma they endured. >> when i first got here, there were 5000 people living here. if we have 1600 people living here year round, i will be surprised. >> he said that is because of the oil spill? >> yes. it broke a lot of people. >> many feared the past year could foreshadow the future of the gulf of mexico. cordova, alaska. >> interpol says as many as 5000 people have been arrested and in four

so, we used more in ten days than the whole valdez experience. responders tried to use these dispersants at the valdez spill, but only used 4,000. bp has used 1.8 million gallons. such a use of dispersants seems to be an unchartered territory. dispersants have never been used underwater like this. so, i'm here to listen to those people that have been confirmed by the senate to tell us the truth, and we encourage you, today, speak truth to power. speak truth about what you know. speak truth about what you don't know. don't pull any punches and knowing both of you, as i do, i know that you won't. i would really ask on behalf of the people and those watching c-span, don't use an acronyms that we told bp we would use the rt and then go back to refer the rnc and dnc and keep the politics out of it. we are not going to talk bt it like that. do like the vice president says, straight talk and plain talk and that is what the people want and what i want. let's really put our questions, our concerns and the good news we know out in the sunshine. we have to

so, we used more in ten days than the whole valdez experience. responders tried to use these dispersants at the valdez spill, but only used 4,000. bp has used 1.8 million gallons. such a use of dispersants seems to be an unchartered territory. dispersants have never been used underwater like this. so, i'm here to listen to those people that have been confirmed by the senate to tell us the truth, and we encourage you, today, speak truth to power. speak truth about what you know. speak truth about what you don't know. don't pull any punches and knowing both of you, as i do, i know that you won't. i would really ask on behalf of the people and those watching c-span, don't use an acronyms that we told bp we would use the rt and then go back to refer the rnc and dnc and keep the politics out of it. we are not going to talk bt it like that. do like the vice president says, straight talk and plain talk and that is what the people want and what i want. let's really put our questions, our concerns and the good news we know out in the sunshine. we have to

so, we used more in ten days than the whole valdez experience. responders tried to use these dispersants at the valdez spill, but only used 4,000. bp has used 1.8 million gallons. such a use of dispersants seems to be an unchartered territory. dispersants have never been used underwater like this. so, i'm here to listen to those people that have been confirmed by the senate to tell us the truth, and we encourageyou, today, speak truth to power. speak truth about what you know. speak truth about what you don't know. don't pull any punches and owing bothf you, as i do, i know that you won't. i would really ask on behalf of the people and those watching c-span, don't use an acronyms that we told bp we would use the rt and then go back to refer the rnc and dnc and keep the politics out of it. we are not going to talk bt it like that. do like the vice president says, straight talk and plain talk and that is what the people want and what i want. let's really put our questions, our concerns and the good news we know out in the sunshine. we have to learn

and while it's clear that one dead bird, one oiled bird is too many, compare that to exxon valdez spill in 1989, when more than a quarter million birds were killed. >> so, 2,800 birds. thank you, jeffrey. and green chutes in the marshes. but of course, for 11 families, today is a painful reminder of 100 days without fathers, husbands, brothers, sons. those that died back on april 20th. by the way, the companies involved are still negotiating compensation. >>> next, to california, a race is under way tonight to control two huge wildfires north of los angeles. more than 2,000 people have been forced to flee, and more than two dozen homes and buildings have been burned, as the fire scorched thousands of acres. >>> and overseas in pakistan, an investigation is under way into the crash of an airbus jet today, which killed all 152 people on board. the plane was trying to land at an airport in islamabad in heavy rain and thick clouds. and the control tower warned the pilot he was veering offcourse, but he was quoted as saying "i can see the runway," and then the crash. our nick schifrin made h

roughly 20 years after that, the exxon valdez occurred. both of those oil spills had significant affect on changing laws and regulations on how we manage and respond and manage resources. the clean water act is one that came after the santa barbara oil spill. the open air pollution act came in after the exxon valdez we ask ourselves that after this event, what will be the legacy of the bp horizon oil spill for the future of the united states and the gulf of mexico in how we manage development of resources and that is the protection of our natural habitats that support restoration, fisheries, and static qualities of going to the beach on a sunday afternoon. with that, i would say thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. and mr. henry. >> i want to thank the commission for convening of this hearing. i want to concur on the comments that this is critical that the lessons of this event result in changes in preparation, changes in response capability so that the events are minimized, but should event occurred, there are adequate preparation and c

the -- in exxon valdez you know. this oil is weathered so the known toxins are are gone by the time it gets on shore. the exxon valdez, they used pretty rigorous steam cleaning methods, so there was a lot of air sol and if you weren't wearing respiratory problems. you either breathe it, eat it, or determinal exposure. we're talking about compounds we don't know a lot about of the semivolatiles, almost all testing relates to the benzenes, the known things osha looks for with human health. in an oil spill, you have different compounds, particularly the aromatic compounds are not apparent. so very little is known about those toxicities and the other is we have a -- we have to get a route of exposure. you're not going to see benzene. it's gone. it was in the oil. it isn't there anymore system of what are these people really being exposed to and if anything, if -- you can smell the oil, it has an odor. most of that is high molecular weight sulfur compounds our noses are sensitive to. are they toxic? don't know. we haven't

as the oil broken up in a different way than in the exxon valdez situation? >> beckham 8. the size of the league under the ocean as well. it is controversial for different reasons. some say dispersants are more toxic than the oil itself. you are right. they are also using this person. >> they are moving the surface ships away from the cap, but the capping device is so far down, we assume it will be ok? >> that is also very good news. the concern was that if they were not going to be able to monitor the cap as they have been for the last several days, that they might have to remove it and in case there were any leaks that came from the cap, and more worry from the ocean floor as well. the fact that they feel confident enough in the cat to move away, if need be, should that -- confident enough i handicap to move away, if need be, should the storm, yen is a good sign. >> thank you very much. the pakistan been -- pakistan -- he says this is a move to preserve continuity in the fight against islamist militancy. he was appointed by the former sheriff in november. he served at an

alaska after the "exxon valdez" spill is still not back to the way it was. >> it is amazing. let's hope this is the fix that they need. thank you. >>> we want to remind people, you can take an active part in the bay area morning news by being a fan of our facebook page. a warning this morning. thieves hit several local office buildings in palo alto, smashing windows and stealing electronics. it's happening around the east bay shore corridor along highway 101 and south to san antonio road. several are happening in neighboring cities as well. they recommend businesses and office builders not to leave computers in plain site. and to try to improve lighting and surveillance if you need it. >>> a pro mehserle rally has police on edge. officers are getting ready for possible violence on monday. that's what members of the group in support of mehserle and law enforcement officers plan to rally outside of the walnut creek superior court. organizers say it will be a peaceful event not meant to insight violence or upset the grant family. the contra costa sheriff's department says the gr

then an amazing run from jaime valdez which he signed to one up. came intercepted jonathan beaker three to finish the game just twenty minutes to go . to to the finest. meanwhile the caesar delegation shadow to visit russia next month stopped over in australia to evaluate their bid to host the world cup in twenty twenty two coming straight from south korea chilean football federation president harold may nichols and his assistants were welcomed at sydney's opera house by the head of australian football frank lowy and other officials an aboriginal group performed a traditional smoking ceremony will feature delegation will be down on does the three days before moving on to other countries finally won the world cup for another twenty eighteen or four years later after russia england the usa as well as joint dates from belgium in the netherlands spain and portugal in the running for president want to stray has opted to focus only on twenty twenty two. just to be played to show the whole of what we are it's not a. competition between the other countries

wilson valdez ended this one with an rbi single. not a bad day for the phils. they won, 3-2. oswalt expected to pitch tonight. >>> another walkoff. this one in the west, padres and dodgers. oscar salazar with a cue shot up the middle. in came the winning run. padres won it, 3-2. they have a 3 1/2-game lead in the west. >>> the yanks' alex rodriguez remains stuck on 599 homers. perhaps he should take notes from robinson cano. belted his second homer in as many days. yanks beat the indians, 11-4. >>> finally, you know things are going well for a team when they come up with inside jokes or maybe a secret handshake. for the rangers, it's the claw. the gesture is kind of like a high five. rookie mitch moreland had his first experience with the claw against the a's. after his first big league hit, look at the dugout. come on, rook. show us some love. we want the claw. and there it is. the a's fought the claw, but the claw won, 7-4. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> well, can anyone knock off leo at the box office? y

she lives in a remote fishing town of cor coach a the site of the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. she's informed the public about the ongoing environmental, economic impacts of the "exxon valdez" oil spill. miss gibbons, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman and commit members. i am honored to be here today and speak briefly about the still ongoing impact to people in my community and across prince william sound. i am myself and not an exxon plaintiff. the precedent-setting decision in that case equated exxon's punishment at the time, the most profitable corporation in the world to a loss of individual working men and women after 20 years of litigation. when the decision was announced in my town, the streets were silent and people were somber and they just did not speak for days. you walked into the local breakfast dive which is bustling with activity and fishermen talking about the upcoming season and it was quiet. people worked days, they stared at the wall. there are five key messages that i wish to deliver to you today and they're important with what's going on in the gulf. abo

the end maisie run from jenny valdez put the portuguese two one up. by departing a challenge you were before the intersect to put you on the front of the cat three wood forty four lies a coup finished one came forward to watch were. another news alberto contador says he is relieved to have won the tour de france the spaniard winning the race for the third time in four years after beating andy schleck by thirty nine seconds while russia's denis menchov also on the podium finishing third overall contador had given himself a vital lead in saturday's time trial and was able to print editions of champagne as they headed to the finish paris of the last stages one bar britain's mark cavendish you pulled away because meat is in the chantilly say five stage things became vitiate happy man but the greatest of pools were safe and contador and at twenty seven years old he still has the chance becoming one of the greatest riders ever the grades of seven time trial when alonso in front was twenty third i wrote he announced his second time in the sport afterwards an

greenpeace recorded these images, and its experts say the spill dwarfs the exxon valdez disaster. as many as 90 tons of crude may have leaked into the yellow sea since the massive pipeline explosion two weeks ago. the disaster happened near the port of dalian, the site of one of china's strategic oil reserves. a lot of issues, and so the weekended with kind of a whimper. >> tom: and let's not forget about the big "e," lots of earnings. let's take a look at tonight's marke "market focus." >> tom: the market really marked time this week, as investors digested lots more earnings. for the week, the dow industrials were up 0.4%. it is the only major index to be higher tonight than a week ago. the nasdaq slipped 0.7% thanks to the mid-week weakness, and the s&p 500 inched lower by just 0.1%. a third of the third quarter is in the books. july was the best month for shareholders in the past year. all three of the major indices were up 7%. the economically sensitive material and industrial stocks have provided the biggest push, both sectors posted double-digit gains this month. all 10 of t

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in the 11th inning of last night's game, the phillies' wilson valdez singled for a walkoff win against arizona. the 3-2 win brings philadelphia to within 2 1/2 games of division-leading atlanta. >>> in san diego, oscar salazar, of the padres singled in the ninth inning for are a walkoff victory over los angeles 3-2. the padres increase their lead to seven games ahead of the dodgers. >>> in the american league, the white sox now lead the central division by 1 1/2 games. paul kanerko homered. the white sox beat the mariners 9-5. >>> carlos pena, tampa bay, homered and had four runs batted in against detroit in a 4-2 victory. rays' david price became the first pitcher to win 14 games in the american league this season. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and a heart-warming homecoming for some four-legged heroes. there's oil out there we've got to capture. my job is to hunt it down. i'm fred lemond, and i'm in charge of bp's efforts to remove oil from these waters. bp has taken full responsibility for the cleanup and that includes keeping you informed. ever

fernandez a very good diving header from him and then there was another good goal amazing burn from jenny valdez to put proportion to one up. before leaping to set the record german from the very end it was another finnish. so to say it was the final score. now in other news alberto contador says he's relieved to have won the tour de france the spaniard winning the race for the third time in four years after beating and each leg by thirty nine seconds while russia's tennis menchov also got on the podium in third place contador had given himself a five lead in saturday's time trial and was able to drink the traditional glass of champagne if they headed to the finish in paris the last stage was one for britain's mark cavendish and pulled away in closing meetings of the film's release a five stage in this year a happy man but it was contador who received the greatest of course in the twenty seven years old and still has the chance of becoming one of the greatest riders ever at the greatest of them all the seven time tour winner lance armstrong announced his second retirement from the sport after th

, we'll get the latest read on unemployment still ahead this morning and earnings from exxon vald valdez. the dow fell to 10,497 and the nasdaq was off also. >>> it doesn't appear that the pace of foreclosure is slowing in this country unfortunately. realty track monitors that and says the foreclosures rose in 75% of the major metro areas in the first half of the year. more than 1.6 million homeowners received some sort of notice, that's up 8% from last year and works out to be about every 1 in 78 properties. florida, california, nevada, and arizona accounted for the top 20 cities within those states with the highest foreclosure rates. back to you. >> thanks, courtney. >>> facing the inevitable. just last week the social networking site facebook passed an incredible milestone, 500 million users. our next story isn't about adding users. it's about losing them. we take a look at the delicate subject of death on facebook. >> reporter: there is a way it's always been, the wake, the funeral, the burial, and, well, that's really it. after that final resting spots tend to be pretty lonely place

then and maisie run from jaime valdez the portuguese side to one up. if i came into septic tanks and i think it's really cool for me from him with just twenty minutes to go i to to the finest. cycling now and alberto contador says he's relieved to have won the tour de france the spaniard won the race for the third time in four years after beating andy schleck by thirty nine seconds while russia's denise menchov also made the podium by finishing third overall contador had given himself a vital lead in saturday's time trial and able to drink the traditional glass of champagne with the riders headed to the finish in paris the last stage was won by britain's mark cavendish from the way in the post it just shows in these a side stage wins for him this year but it was contador who received the greatest applause and twenty seven years old still has the chance to become one of the greatest writers ever the greatest of them all seven time tour de lance armstrong was twenty third overall and announced his second retirement from the sport after his contador said

days as much as 5.2 million barrels of oil spewed into the gulf, almost 20 times more than the exxon valdez. more than 3,500 pelicans, sea turtles and other wildlife found dead. oil is suspected. bp has paid $256 million to people who lost income and profits because of the spill. today, three environmental groups released a plan to rebuild louisiana's oil-tainted coastline. >> what we can do is make the coast more resistent to future spills and that is a lot of what the restoration program will do. >> reporter: the five-year plan calls for restoring barrier islands, using river diversion to bring much-needed sediment and using sediment to fill in cuts and restore land bridges. making these wetlands spill resistent comes with a price. the groups want congress to come up with $2 billion for projects already approved but they say to truly make this coastline healthy it could cost up to $20 billion. they want bp to make a down payment of $5 billion to get the effort started. to return the coast not just to the way it was, but the way it should be. tomorrow, national incident commander thad alle

she liv in a remote fishing town of cor coach a the site of the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. she's informed the public about the ongoin environmental, economic impacts of the "exxon valdez" oil spill. miss gibbons, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman and comm members. i am honored to be here today and speak briefly about the still ongoing impact to people in my community and across prince william sound. i amyself and not an exxon plaintiff. the precedent-setting decision in that case equated exxon's punishment at the time, the most profitab corporation in the wor to a loss of individual working men and women after 20 years of litigation. when the decision was announced in my town, the streets were silent and people were somber and they just did not speak for days. you walked into the local breakfast dive which is bustling with actity and fishermen talking about the upcoming season and it was quiet. people worked days, they stared at the wall. there are five key messages that i wish to deliver to you today and ty're important with wh's going on in theulf. above all, you canno

as we all know, open 90 came in response to the exxon valdez spill, and thanks to ms. woolsey's leadership we actually begun in our subcommittee to how to review how the research effort to prepare for and prevent these kinds of spills was going on -- was going forward. sadly, that proved to be very pressing because the spill that involved in the gulf is precisely the kind of effort -- event we were trying to prepare for. the average folks i represent say to themselves and they ask us a few simple questions. what went wrong that actually began this? how do we prevent future spills from happening? and if there should be a future spill, what can we do to clean it up and to better understand and mitigate the environmental impact? the legislation, both bills before us today, answer those questions. they extract material in a safe manner. one of the credible measures we're doing is reprioritizing some of the funding so there will still be an emphasis on the extractive technologies but with greater attention paid to the safety of those, both to the safety of the crews working

so the exxon valdez had a whole sale change in its approach to safety. not a change in terms of surround pressing workers supports of problems but actually tackling safety issues. is it possible that we will see from bp a whole sale change in its approach to safety? you're in charge. will you lead that change? or are we going to see more of the same? >> there's been a significant change that started in 2005 and there's been dramatic change over the last 500 years and i've been very much part of that as the safety professional. that's what i do every year. i've spent the last 20 years dedicated to making those improvements. so we have made progress and our commitment is to carry on with that. that if things do go wrong, we will investigate them. we'll look at the causes and put in place actions that prevent recurrence. >> as you're aware, following the explosion that resulted in the death of 176. the united kingdom renounce its offshore safety regulations and as part of that reform. risk control measures and health and safety management systems are in pla

and it is believed that the deepwater horizon will supersede the valdez by several times. how could that be? if the deepwater horizon is leaking at anywhere between 10,000, that's been reported, and as high as 60,000 barrels a day and you multiply that by 80 days, you're talking about a range of 800,000 to 4.8 million barrels of oil. now, the deepwater spill took place 42 miles from venice, louisiana, which has 572 miles affected out of 7,721 miles. those are shoreline miles and so what that's saying is the impacted area is approximately 7.4%. in mississippi they have over 108 miles that are affected out of 3 at total tie -- 309 total miles which brings it to approximately 30%. alabama has over 67 miles of coastland affected out of 607 total tidal shoreline miles at approximately 11%. and florida has over 69 miles affected out of 5,095 total miles at approximately 1%. so when we consider the daniels that have happened so far -- damages that have happened so far with this spill, some of the damages that are caused are to the beaches that we will talk about tonight, to fish,

after the exxon valdez accident in alaska, one study concluded it cost $80,000 to clean each oiled sea otter that was captured and that two thirds of them died within two years anyway. but mackenzie says the jury's still out on what mortality rates will be for birds and animals from this disaster. >> i know there are a lot of studies out there. some of it based on old data. some aren't using the current technology and capabilities that we have. some of these studies are 20 years old. so we're looking at additional studies to find out how are we doing and i think that's coming down the pike to answer some of these questions because they're out there. until we can really prove to people that pelican a lived two years, we're going to have a thing to prove to the american people. i think were capable of doing >> reporter: so the studies are underway?eporter: in fact, privy several scientists told us they are frustrated that moresome cas government red tape prevents them from more complete investigations. in the meantime, wildlife scientists like patti holland thut a further influx of crude

i know what exxon valdez, it took 21 years. and only six to 5000 over that period of time and people worked in the boat's only attend thousand. guest: hopefully the passage of the oil pollution act in 1990 will assist us in moving this process a lot quicker we are all anxious, and a lot of us are meeting with mr. feinberg and mr. rosenthal to help assist to move the process faster. host: can you talk about that? your meeting is, when will they take place? why are you and others meeting with them? guest: i was asked by senator leandro to me -- landrieu to meet with them, to transfer some of our experience in handling 150,000 claims post-katrina, but we also wanted to engage. fortunately mr. feinberg has been going around speaking publicly in louisiana and the gulf coast. his partner has been meeting not only with lawyers from bp but claimants, trying to get an idea of what can be done to move the process more quickly and the efficiently and to do it right and fairly. so, that is an ongoing process. we are anxious for mr. feinber

it occurred in northeast china it is as flawed as the exxon valdez spill.flooding in pakistan has killed 267 people most of those who died are in northwest pakistan. 22 people have been killed in kashmir. many others still missing. back here in the bay area just didn't police in oakland are looking for suspects in two shootings that took place last night the first shots were fired in the 2900 block at 1015 officers say one person was taken hospital for that the second shooting was reported in the 1200 block right around and 30 so 15 minutes later. they say another victim was taken hospital both victims said to be ok this morning it will recover from their injuries. we will take a break and be back with more on kron 4 newest the time is 439. we will be back in 62nd for 40 this morning growing controversies surrounding coyotes and number of sightings have been reporting plan county park. >> very hard to see. >> they're talking about the loss of the cat tagger she believes it was killed by one of the coyotes here you can see you to video of one of the coyotes

not really be something that you can answer directly, but i was involved years ago in the "exxon valdez" incident up in alaska. so i saw first hand many of the same issues that we're dealing he with fishmen and with the issues that have impacted their livelihood up there. one of the things we found up there is many of the fishermen got jobs working in the cleanup process. we're seeing that happen, of course, in the gulf, which is, i guess, a good thing. have you been involv in anyf the process whereby folks have been compensated in the way of working in the cleanup, and has there been any comparison with what their income is as it related to fishing? and does that have an effect on the claim? >> it certainly has an effect on the claim. right now under the protocol, if somebody was earning $5,000 a month as a fisherman and now can't fish but has put them to work on a vessel of opportunity to help clean up the oil at $8,000 a month, then there's a $2,000 difference in what they were earning before as to what they're earning now, i would deduct that $3,000 from the $5,000 and give them a c

not really be something that you can answer directly, but i was involved years ago in the "exxon valdez" incident up in alaska. so i saw first hand many of the same issues that we're dealing here with fishermen and with the issues that have impacted their livelihood up there. one of the things we found up there is many of the fishermen got jobs working in the cleanup process. we're seeing that happen, of course, in the gulf, which is, i guess, a good thing. have you been involved in any of the process whereby folks have been compensated in the way of working in the cleanup, and has there been any comparison with what their income is as it related to fishing? and does that have an effect on the claim? >> it certainly has an effect on the claim. right now under the protocol, if somebody was earning $5,000 a month as a fisherman and now can't fish but bp has put them to work on a vessel of opportunity to help clean up the oil at $8,000 a month, then there's a $2,000 difference in what they were earning before as to what they're earning now, i would deduct that $3,000 from the $5,000 and gi

. >> and as we've learned from the "exxon valdez," even now they can turn over stones and still findrs later. >> it will be around for a long time. >>> when we come back, what lindsay lohan did on her last day of freedom before she heads to jail later today. >>> is the "jersey shore" cast fist-pumping their way to a big >>> is the "jersey shore" cast fist-pumping their way to a big pa them.eis no >>> robert shapiro never walked away from o.j. but apparently lindsay may just be too much for even him to handle. >> she's spitting out lawyers, it's incredible. >> according to tmz, yeah, he didn't last long. according to tmz, they're reporting right now he has informed the judge in the lindsay lohan case that he's no longer representing her. they're not specifically saying why he's decided to drop the client. but when he took on the case he said he would publicly represent lindsay only if she agreed to jail and followed his instructions, and there was a lot of talk that at the time of all this, she kept saying to him, you should be appealing. even her dad got involved and said, you should

all of the workers that work on the valdez oil spill are now dead.are dead because of the dispersant is banned in all other countries. they are allowed to be used down here. when the water keeps up sufficiently down here, all of the oil suppressed by the dispersant will rise. we will then see massive amounts of hydrogen sulfide, been seen dispersed into the air to a deadly level. i am volunteering right now. you have to take a course to get down there and do the actual cleanup. i am on the island. i have been able to sneak in cameras to take pictures. guest: i hope you share your pictures. we all need to be educated. there are chemical constituents with crude oil as well as the dispersants. those are extremely important questions. the toxicity is extremely important. i hope when you do the training that you are able to share some of that information with folks so that they know what you are seeing also. we all need to share all of the information that we have so that we are all education -- educated about conditions. bp is the founder through the uni

not really be something that you can answer directly, but i was involved years ago in the "exxon valdez" incident up in alaska. so i saw first hand many of the same issues that we're dealing here with fishermen and with the issues that have impacted their livelihood up there. one of the things we found up there is many of the fishermen got jobs working in the cleanup process. we're seeing that happen, of course, in the gulf, which is, i guess, a good thing. have you been involved in any of the process whereby folks have been compensated in the way of working in the cleanup, and has there been any comparison with what their income is as it related to fishing? and does that have an effect on the claim? >> it certainly has an effect on the claim. right now under the protocol, if somebody was earning $5,000 a month as a fisherman and now can't fish but bp has put them to work on a vessel of opportunity to help clean up the oil at $8,000 a month, then there's a $2,000 difference in what they were earning before as to what they're earning now, i would deduct that $3,000 from the $5,000 and gi

i want to offer a suggestion to you that we learned as a result of the exxon valdez tanker spill that regional citizens advisory commiees can be a powerful force in assuring on an ongoing basis the kind of watchdog role of both industry and for that matter federal and other agencies that can be important partners with keeping your communities safe in the future. i know that this doesn't specifically address the immediate concerns you have, but when we're thinking about the future and things that you might want to consider, a system of regional citizens advisory councils, along the lines what's happened with the prince william sound regional advisory councils, i really urge this region to seriously consider. take a look at what has happened in alaska and model it. i realize you have more communities, more states, more jurisdictions that you have to integrate, but there's something there that i think will be useful to you. because it provides in an ongoing basis, not only an opportunity to create a forum to ask tough questions but also integrate planning and to engage local people in a

after both of exxon valdez and the disaster in the gulf, i'm not sure how many more wakeup calls we need. but i do know that we're going to need people like mark schrader and his crew to help us educate on what's happening to our oceans. i commend the crew of the ocean watch for moving us forward on this difficult path. i recently read a quote by a british man named thomas fuller, in 193 he said, we never -- in 173 rks he said, we never know the worth of water until the well is dry. i sincerely hope that with the advocates like of the crew of the ocean watch, we will prove mr. fuller wrong. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces that the correct tally on roll call vote 440 was 331 ayes and 119 nays. mr. burton of indiana. without objection. >> madam speaker, when we were debating the issue of afghanistan a couple weeks ago, during the three-minute time that i had, i brought up the issue of rules of edge gainlment. these are the rules that our men and women in uniform in afghanistan and iraq have to follow if they're going to be confronted by the

reaction and industry said expectation -- setbacks occasioned by the 1969 oil spill and the exxon valdez. no one wanted to repeat those failures, so industry had an incentive to maintain strong environmental productions. that encouraged planning and safety precautions. that formula worked well. three months ago, and for the many years proceeding, the regulatory response structure was based on a past history of success. since 1980, the largest spill from about in federal waters was only 800 -- from a blowout in federal waters was only 800 barrels. unfortunately, it now the federal government has established future policies -- must establish future policies and the aftermath of -- in the aftermath of this scenario beyond anything anyone has come -- has contemplated. offshore regulators need to have a good working relationship with industry, to understand what they are regulating, and to avoid imposing one size fits all rules that ultimately decrease safety. for half a century, the gulf mexico has produced 1/3 of our nation's oil, a huge economic benefit to america with an impressive safety

exxon valdez was heavy crude. louisiana is a different product. will we have tar balls? yes we will. this is not a new occurrence. we are concerned about our fishery and our fishermen. what i told ken feinberg was that $20 billion -- if we lose our heritage and culture, that is not enough. one-third of the domestic seafood in the lower 48 states comes from louisiana. 12 million is plenty of product. right now, we are standing in a processing facility. i own the local seafood distribution plant. these are fresh, soft-shell crabs that we get in daily. they start in early spring, and and in the early fall. we have plenty of them. you are looking at 50 dozen soft crabs. everything is refrigerated. we are under a government plan, as far as added analysis. we have a bunch of paper work to do every day. this is the main finlay room right now. normally, we have 30,000 or 40,000 pounds of fish. processing over here is comparable to the restaurants. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> you can see the b

what can i tell them so far and they said we don't have the numbers yet but do know relative to the valdez and alaska, the economic impact is going to be greater because of the spill itself and the nag anitu magnitude of economic on the coast is more intense and we know how devastating alaska was. on the moratorium, i want to rst stress something critical. the first is that there is no one i don't think in law lou ou not fishermen nor iustrialists who does not want to protec the environment of the state. this is where we live. we all snull know that we have it. but the moratorium is real. we are talking about up to 38,000 jobs throughout the gulf region. each rig supports about 230 jobs on average. the average wage for those jobs is $98,000 a year and you put that together and you are talking about close to $2 billion of lost wages a year and tax revenue losses which could surpass $700 million and those are tax dollars, tt is lost money we can't spend on hospitals, roads or schools. and so, i would like to say that we are advocating for a solution. a way to mitigate the impact on the morat

the exxon valdez one, he lost me. host: we will go on to another phone call, twin cities, minnesota, valerie on the republican line. good morning. could -- caller: put a cap on what the big oil companies receive, like at the gas pumps. let the oil price be cheap to get them in line. they should not get so much money and make all of these mistakes. host: ok. valerie, i am going to remind you to turn your television. any response? guest: we would like to think that the oil companies, with the massive profits over the years, would have reinvested some of that money into the development, research and development for safety and for recovery. apparently, they did not. i would like to think -- part of the legal syste provides compensation, two aspects -- one providing compensation to victims who have been injured and damaged. hopefully that will happen here. the second is the terence of bad conduct. hopefully it the rest of the industry will get the message that we need to be working harder to prevent future spills, because

i want to offer a suggestion to you that we learned as a result of the exxon valdez tanker spill that regional citizens advisory committees can be a powerful force in assuring on an ongoing basis the kind of watchdog role of both industry and for that matter federal and other agencies that can be important partners with keeping your communities safe in the future. i know that this doesn't specifically address the immediate concerns you have, but when we're thinking about the future and things that you might want to consider, a system of regional citizens advisory councils, along the lines what's happened with the prince william sound regional advisory councils, i really urge this region to seriously consider. take a look at what has happened in alaska and model it. i realize you have more communities, more states, more jurisdictions that you have to integrate, but there's something there that i think will be useful to you. because it provides in an ongoing basis, not only an opportunity to create a forum to ask tough questions but also integrate planning and to engage local people in

exxon valdez was heavy crude. this is a very different product. this is not a new occurrence for us. we are being very cautious about what we are doing. what i told kenneth feinberg is that to $20 billion -- if we lose our heritage and culture, it is not enough. one-third of the domestic seafood comes from louisiana. in may of 2009, we had 37 billion pounds of products. mywe're standing in processing facility. these are fresh softshell crabs that we get in daily. it is a delicacy in louisiana. they start in early spring and in -- and end in early fall. you are looking at 50 dozen at soft crabs right there. everything is refrigerated. we are under an act of planned. -- at the planned. this is the main room right now. normally, we have about 30,000 pounds of fish. right now, we have about 10,000 or 12,000 pounds of fish right now. this is processing over here. this is the black drum that we are processing over here. these will go to the restaurants. some of these will be eaten for lunch today. over here, we have to know, black drama, -- a black drab

what can i tell them so far and they said we don't have the numbers yet but do know relative to the valdez and alaska, the economic impact is going to be greater because of the spill itself and the nag anitu magnitude of economic on the coast is more intense and we know how devastating alaska was. on the moratorium, i want to first stress something critical. the first is that there is no one i don't think in law lou ou not fishermen nor industrialists who does not want to protect the environment of the state. this is where we live. we all snull know that we have it. but the moratorium is real. we are talking about up to 38,000 jobs throughout the gulf region. each rig supports about 230 jobs on average. the average wage for those jobs is $98,000 a year and you put that together and you are talking about close to $2 billion of lost wages a year and tax revenue losses which could surpass $700 million and those are tax dollars, that is lost money we can't spend on hospitals, roads or schools. and so, i would like to say that we are advocating for a solution. a way to mitigate the impact on th