Welcome to inside story, im ray suarez. Crude oil is nasty stuff, hard to handle, hard to move from place to place without making a mess. Full of chemicals that can make you sick. When hundreds of millions of gallons of crude came bursting out of a hole punched in the ocean floor in a massive uncontrolled release, it can cause a lot of damage, to coastal communities, wildlife and livelihoods, and to families that said goodbye to someone that never came home from work alive, the loss is incalculableful bp and partners were sued. Billions in fines and legal damages were levied. And five years since the well blowout we asked did the money get spent properly. Is the gulf of mexico recovering. Did anything change, lowering the risk of a blowout happening again. Well start the programme with al jazeeras Jonathan Martin reporting from louisiana. Reporter shore lines stained in oil are no longer common in gulf coast communities much the tarlike odour passed. What linger said five years after t
I quit shrimping with them. I didnt go shrimping anymore. America tonights michael okwu five years after the bp oil spill. Is the gulf catch safe to eat . Thanks for joining us, im joie chen. It is high season on the gulf coast and its a grim anniversary. Five years since the Worst Oil Spill in u. S. History. On april 20th, 2010, the deep water horizon rig exploded, leaking over 200 million gallons into the gulf of mexico. While sunshine has returned to the shore there are still deep questions about what lies beneath the surface. Americaamerica tonights michael okwu returned to the water with those who say they know best, just how much has changed. Reporter what kind of fish are you catching in these waters . Puppy drowns all kinds. Point ocean indian tribe tucked deep in the wetlands of southern louisiana. For more than 40 years these waters have put food on their table and money in their bank account. Reporter what would you guys do if you werent living off the water . What would we
Can scandal force a university to follow a change concept . You were putting something out on the market that you didnt think would be safe . So i didnt go slumping anymore. America tonights michael okwu, is the gulf catch safe to eat . Thanks for joining us, im joie chen. Thisit is high season on the gulf coast. Five years since the worst owl spill in u. S. History. In 2010, the deep water horizon exploded and leaked huns of thousands of gallons into the gulf of mexico. There are deep questions about what lies beneath the surface. Michael okwu returns there to those who know just how much has changed. What kind of fish are you catching in these waters . Puppy drums drums,. Teresa and Donald Dardar are part of the point ocean india tribe. For more than 40 years these waters have put food on their table and money in their bank account. What would you guys do if you werent living off the water . What would we do . Yes. Oh, lord, i dont know. Reporter you never even considered that . No.
Start of the castro era. We are following breaking news this morning. This is brand new video from the greek island off the Southern Coast have turkey in the Mediterranean Sea. Coast guards say three of dead after another boat filled with migrants ran aground. I am randall pinkston, this is Aljazeera America. This latest incident comes one day after what may be the deadliest mass drowning in the history of the Mediterranean Sea. Hundreds of migrants from africa are feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of libya sunday. An emergency meeting is underway in france of the European Union. They are facing criticism for scaling back rescue efforts. Immigration has always been a major issue for the e. U. How long ago did they scale back the rescue efforts and is this latest tragedy creating a shift in e. U. Policy when it comes to migrants . The Italian Government instituted an operation called our sea and for the 12 months it ran from october 2013 and october 2014 it did pick many p
The Opposition Free Syrian Army says the rebels will not attend a peace conference in geneva in january. It says there will be no ceasefire during the talks. Thousands of pro european protesters demonstrate against ukraine this is jailed Opposition Leader yulia to recycle goes on a Hunger Strike in solidarity. At present one thousand soldiers to the Central African republic a six Month Mission is going and maybe to support the African Peacekeeping mission there. Firstly this hour the head of the Free Syrian Army says it will boycott the upcoming peace talks in geneva. Opposition general citing injuries said the fsa will not abide by a ceasefire and continue its fight to topple syrian president. Charlottes up through out the geneva to cricket in january. Justin someone is covering this story for us now from the re tested. The surprise was his decision to boycott the talks heres brian lately the sodas and snacks and games especially on a couple of areas. So to move on to that going into