to make a decision on the financial bottom line of the sitting president of 2 united states should we be doing this to people? we ve never done this to them before. but that s what we re doing now. last night south carolina made their call. they said no to the president. the state will not be granting his application to have the taxpayers on the hook for the environmental cleanup. they did not buy the president s argue. there s no relationship whatsoever between the president and his namesake son and that means the president s company will be responsible for any cleanup costs at that site instead of the taxpayers. now, we contacted the president s lawyer to ask for a reaction to-the-decision by the state of south carolina; we haven t heard anything back but i need to tell you, i need to tell you, we did hear about this matter from the president s lawyer back in december when we first contacted him at the story. at the time the president s lawyer told us this whole deal was stetsettled
your company has to pay, mr. president, you had? that s a loutsy position to put these folks in south carolina in, these are mid-ranking government officials, people in charge of enforcing these state regulations, they re being asked to make a decision on the financial bottom line of the sitting president of 2 united states should we be doing this to people? we ve never done this to them before. but that s what we re doing now. last night south carolina made their call. they said no to the president. the state will not be granting his application to have the taxpayers on the hook for the environmental cleanup. they did not buy the president s argue. there s no relationship whatsoever between the president and his namesake son and that means the president s company will be responsible for any cleanup costs at that site instead of the taxpayers. now, we contacted the president s lawyer to ask for a reaction to-the-decision by the state of south carolina; we haven t heard anything back bu
damages from the explosion and fire are estimated by authorities to be $2 million, plus $1.5 million more in cleanup costs. the video doesn t really do it justice. actually watching it, and it was just, yeah, once in a lifetime thing. i m never going to see something like that again. dallas, texas. december 8th, 2005. an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don t understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering accidents and traffic jams
authorities to be $2 million, plus $1.5 million more in cleanup costs. the video doesn t really do it justice. actually watching it, and it was just, yeah, once in a lifetime thing. i m never going to see something like that again. dallas, texas. december 8th, 2005. an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don t understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering accidents and traffic jams
linzie janis abc news, owls head, new york. well congress has opened an investigation into that oil pipeline rupture along the central california coast last month. lawmakers want maintenance information on the badly corroded section of pipeline which released more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil. the spill blackened beaches 100 miles away. cleanup costs have already top topped $100 million. it was a rough week on capitol hill for the company at the center of the exploding air bag controversy. now a surprise move from the president of that company. here s abc s david kerley. reporter: the ceo of takata for the first time publicly [ speaking foreign language ] reporter: deeply apologized bowing for the deaths and injuries his company s airbags have caused. those airbags explode with excessive force, shattering, sending shards of metal through the bag into drivers. eight have died, seven in the usa. we ve tried to talk to takata.