transocean. that s the owner of the deepwater horizon oil rig. bp s also suing cameron international, the maker of the rig s blowout preventer and a third suit reportedly is targeting halliburton. bp accuses the contractor of fraud and negligence. many people question if oil companies can prevent future disasters. our poppy harlow discusses that with the president of shell. it is a cnn exclusive, it is part of our coverage cnn in-depth the gulf a year later. reporter: we are on the mars platform. just take a look. we are about 150 miles out from the coast of new orleans. below us there are 24 different wells drilling thousands and thousands of feet down into the gulf. so oil production here goes on 24 hours a day, seven days a week. it never stops. overall what would you say the spill here on the gulf a year ago has cost shell in terms of having idle production? well, it s a difficult thing
finally tonight, it s been one year since the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico leading to the worst oil spill in united states history. in the past year, congress has failed to pass a single law related to the oil spill. in fact, republicans in the house are trying to pass bills that would speed up the permitting process for new offshore drilling. and bp, the company at the heart of the spill, has contributed $35,000 to house and senate republicans. only one democrat received a donation of $3,000. but while politicians are getting paid, many small businesses in the gulf are wondering, you know, what the heck happened to their compensation? attorney ken fein berg is in charge of the fund set up to reimburse the businesses damaged by the spill. he says his firm has done its job well.
people are noting no comment from fidel about this. it could signal the biggest change that cuba has seen in decades. that s absolutery right. they tell you don t get distracted while you drive. you drop your wallet, is it a good idea to grab it? probably not. this happened and a 10-year-old boy and his nanny nearly flew over a bridge. pictures show their car, teetering on the edge here. i mean, how close can you get? the tires hanging in the air. the nanny lost control because she dropped her wallet while driving and tried to pick it up. the car veered off the road, crashed through a metal railing and rammed into the bridge, almost flipping into the canal below. the woman and child were trapped over an hour before emergency crews were able to come to their rescue. in the end, they were rescued. no one was hurt. exactly a year ago today, we were talking about this, one year ago today is when that explosion occurred on the deepwater horizon in the gulf of mexico and it triggered
morning. it is wednesday, april the 20th. welcome to both of you. it s a sad anniversary, the anniversary of the explosion of the deepwater horizon oil rig where 11 people lost their lives and we dealt with that for months. a yer on the story still unfolding, still seeing the damage to tourism in the area. we ll check on that all the next three hours. also a lot of questions. can the wildlife recover. yep. and will the waters ever be the same? we re going to be covering that this morning. we have another big story developing right now and that is a one-two punch of extreme weather. a new line of severe storms on the move right now through the south and the midwest. there is a look at the radar. heavy downpours, hail, parts of half a dozen states are under a tornado watch as we speak. we have some amateur video of a funnel cloud touching down in bowling green, missouri, where witnesses say that this system destroyed one home and two barns as it made its way across there. also t
years requires the airlines to prominently show the fee s and taxes on their web sites. and the situation in texas is intense. a spokeswoman tells us that it is burning from border to border. firefighters from 34 states have joined the fight. and firefighters are struggling to contain the fires that have burned more than 170 homes and 1.5 million acres. how can we forget these images? 100 years after some 1 million gallons of oil spilled into the gulf. bobby jindal marked the anniversary where they held a prayer vigil for those who died on the deepwater horizon oil rig. in louisiana and its humble oysters were among those covered in the oily sludge, but on top