Washington journal. Also live on American History tv on cspan3. I woke up at my home which was in eagle river. A suburb of anchorage. And it was all over the news. So by the time i got to work, i knew all about it. First reaction was disbelief. How could this happen . And the second reaction was just shock at the enormity of it. They spilled, i think, 11 million gallons of oil and covered, like, 11,000 square miles of ocean. Before it was done. The scale was inconceivable until it happened. Where r you working, what was your job there . I worked for the anchorage daily news, a reporter at the time primarily doing investigative work but also covering business so i had covered oil even before the spill. Can you tell us what the history of the oil industry was in alaska, how large was it during that time . The modern oil industry that we know today got its start in alaska in 1967 when there was a huge oil strike on the bay of the states north slope. The pipeline began operating in 1973 an
Who is falling behind . Weve got the latest l polls ahead of the big democratic debates coming up, and end of the month and then spacex reach for stars two big successes lodging rocket to space station and getting the giants space hop per, that even elon musk says looks like a water tower to blast off a the ground. Mornings with maria beginsing right now. Weve got a big program this morning joining conversation Fox Business Network Dagen Mcdowell and the brewer group investsment banker nfl star jack brewer great to see everybody today. Great to see you happy friday. My name better than you Maria Bartiromo. [laughter] rally up everybody. Dagen is in the house. Come on. So sweet. All right weve got gdp this morning that is important. Going to dig into that. So were expecting almost 2 growth 1. growth so things to watch out for ill jump ahead. Household spending infrastructure, investment and military buildup could contradict 4 percentage point to gdp but get a reversal inventory draw dow
Will the free democrats be able to and green party for my deal with that . Democrats this is bloomberg surveillance. Im mark martin in london. Equities, seven days of decline before today. Sinceosing streaks november last year. The streak has ended one hour into the thursday session. Stocks are up hundred, buying 4 10 of 1 . Sterling lower, the dollar falling for its first day in three. Retail sales data across the bloomberg terminal terminal, down roughly. We will bring it to life. Nflation tuesday german 10 year yield up today. 39 basis points, rising for the first day in three. 48 basis points before the ecb. In october, 26. That puts it in perspective. Its come down since then. Oil is up, 55. 35. U. S. Rose,in the extending its record run. But get bloomberg first new first word is with sebastian selleck. Sebastian ron johnson has become the first republican to oppose the gop tax plan in the senate. He says it doesnt do enough for a lot of businesses. That came as house leaders clea
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