sits bp s monster of an oil rig. it s atlantis. when you ask for the engineering documents, the blueprints, the schematics that show you how to put this thing together, you ll get a surprise. 90%, that s right, 90% of the safety documentation was missing as of the end of 2008. that s according to the advocacy group food and water watch who got the information from a bp supervisor turned whistle-blower. the group says it s an accident waiting to happen and in court seeking an injunction claiming it needs to be shut down now because in an emergency no one would know how to. in a production facility, as sophisticated as bp atlantis, there are millions of components, moving parts that the operator needs to know where they are to turn it on, to shut it off in case of an accident, and it is outrageous that 90% of the safety documentation is missing. reporter: last month, two dozen members of congress sent a
he seafood coming out of the gulf in the wake of the disaster. we have the program director at food and water watch, a national consumer organization. don t make me say shellfish three times really fast in a row. it won t be good. it s good to have you with us. let s talk about this. bring us up to speed about what you re doing and how we as consumers can know if the seafood products are safe. well, unfortunately, the labelling system in the united states isn t very good. and it s difficult for consumers to know what they re getting. we have something here called country of origin label. right. but there is so many exemptions that it s not as useful. so seafood that is processed or seafood that is prepared is exempt which means things like restaurants or something as simple as a lemon peppered or bake on wrapped scallop don t need to disclowe where their come from. you live in tampa, florida. you know this all too well about what s taking place in the region there. but assure p
not there yet. how worried should the world be about iran s nuclear program, queen noor? i believe that iran s nuclear program needs to be looked at in the larger contest of the middle east and certainly pakistan and india. there are those who would say, look is there a set of double standards being applied here when you look at pakistan and india and his real, not signed the mpt and not opened up their installation and they have transparency and you have nuclear arsenals and you have countries that, i pray and global zero believes there should nobody more proliferation, which means no nuclear weapons in iran but also there must be elimination of the nuclear arsenals like israel he is, pakistan s and indias if we want to dim minute fish in the tens in that larger region and sap a great deal of the threat that is presented by these extremist groups. hat larger re great deal of the threat that is presented by these extremist
romney, i think. sarah palin is always going to be in the mix. he has a big following w that following, these comments are not necessarily going to hurt him. the log cabin republican, back in 2008 a group of gay republicans. that s right. they reached out to mike huckabee to try to get him to you know, at least understand their positions on many of these issues and he said at the time, wolf, i will never forget, they said, i look forward to having that support. i think he needs to open a dialogue with the log cabin republicans and other like-minded individuals so he can be enlightened a little bit more on these issues. you disagree with that i think if mike huckabee wants to be a viable candidate, he has to expand his base, not just talk to people that enjoy this. he has expand it and be more understanding if he wants to be a serious presidential contender. do you think at a minimum, what he said, making this comparison to polygamy, incest and drug use was inarticulate, sha
recommendations, and the president has appointed a food safety working group to push on issues just like this one, wolf. the criticism over the years and you know this criticism yeah. the industry knows this criticism that it simply had too cozy a relationship with federal regulators and that s a problem. that s right. tony corbo with the group food and water watch said it s historically been a problem especially with this industry. people from the meat and cattle industry taking positions within the administration, and then going right back and working with the industry. it s happened for years. the obama team has been pretty careful about not letting lobbyists and other industry reps to take positions in these regulatory agencies, but it certainly does bear watching, given the history in this case. so, you did some reporting. should people avoid eating beef? is it as simple as that? it s really tony corbo said he wouldn t avoid eating beef. what you ve got to do