hundreds of migrants believed to have died off libya when their ship overturned en route to italy, it overturned in the mediterranean. one survivor says there may have been 950 people on board including some who had been locked in the hold by smugglers. the italian prime minister is calling for a european council meeting to address the crisis of migrants fleeing syria and north africa for europe. it is a somber day of reflection for many along the gulf coast. five years ago, the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded killing 11 workers and triggering the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. it would take three months for crews to finally to cap the leak. much of the gulf has recovered but scientists say residual effects are still here. you see tar balls that are washing up. what it points to is the fact that oil is still in the system. just because we can t always see it everywhere we go, it s still out there. two studies found up to 10 million gallons of oil is still left on th
share. high profits, sunday night at 10:00. we re also coming up on five years since the biggest oil spill in u.s. history, some 200 million gallons of sticky black crude oil gushd into the gulf of mexico after a deadly explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig. the vp oil disaster left hundreds of miles of coastline contaminated thousands of animals dead and the livelihood of so many in question. senior investigative correspondent drew griffin went back to the gulf for an update, part of a new fantastic documentary airing tonight on cnn blowout, the gulf oil disaster. watch this. louisiana, the marshes and the shores of these small islands were once covered in oil. today, from our boat, we spot two dozen workers, wearing face masks, shoveling, working on a stretch of beach. we pull up to take a look. how are you doing?
1989 when the exxon valdez oil tanker crashed into a reef off the coast of alaska. how nbc nightly news reported it that night. oil tanker smashed into a reef near valdez, alaska, today causing the worst oil spill since the alaska pipeline opened 12 years ago. the 1,000 foot super tanker filled with more than 1 million barrels of oil on its way to california. more than 300,000 barrels or 13 million gallons spilled out by early this evening. one spokesman for fishermen called it an incredible catastrophe. that 11 million gallons of oil spilled into prince william sound. it was the worst environmental disaster in history. that is, until the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico in 2010. by the time that well was capped, 210 million gallons of oil had poured into the gulf. that s 199 million more gallons
and here s the best part you still own your home. take control of your retirement today. jon: new developments in the civil trifle the bp oil company over the deadly explosion of the deepwater horizon oil rig in the gulf of mexico. the oil company executive who lead bronze medal s investigatiobp s investigation is defending his report. he said his safety team did not
be used to cover some of these risky bets. what about those customers and where their money is, peter? reporter: well, most of the $1.6 billion has been tracked down and majority of it has been recovered but the bankruptcy trustee who is working on behalf of the customers is still fighting to get the last few hundred million dollars of this money that is stuck over with european bank regulators. martha? martha: just 100 million. a couple hundred million dollars. nothing big. peter, thank you very much. peter barnes in washington. reporter: you bet. gregg: british oil company bp agreeing to pay the largest criminal penalty ever in american history to settle all the cases stemming from that massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico almost two years ago. the associated press reporting that two bp employees will also face manslaughter charges over the deaths of 11 workers on board the deepwater horizon oil rig. the explosion and fire