information available. in this particular case, pg&e did identify this line section as being a high priority project in its 2008 gas transmission rate case filing. subsequent to that filing, pg&e performed an external corrosion direct assessment in 2009, and based on the updated assessment and the assurance it provided us, we rescheduled the project accordingly. pg&e spent more on its gas transmission program, more than authorized from 2008 to 2009. so the bottom line here with the statement is they re not denying the basic facts of the story they re just saying they looked at their priorities and determined they shifted from 2008 to 2009. dan, appreciate the reporting. let s dig deeper now with mark toney of t.u.r.n. the utility reform network. you believe if pg&e had done this work this would have been prevented? it s hard to say that exactly. what we do know is that pg&e has a pattern of receiving money for
to stop. and that s what you re seeing, i think, this year is a populist, a revolt against the establishment of both parties and they ve just eaten the republican establishment for a snack. now dinnertime is november and only democrats are going to be on the menu. that s a great metaphor and i applaud you for it. the problem is the closest metaphor i think many people can see historically is to the know nothing party of the 1840s and 50s which was a populist uprising of anger and venom against the establishment. it burned out quickly when economic times returned to normal. in that case anti-immigrant fervor there s another historical precedent, governor spitzer, i think there s a much larger historical precedent and that s a country founded by a group of people that didn t want to be told what to do by an elite royalty that thought it had the answer to everything and right now washington is doing that. it s bankrupted the country and right now people are really concerned about i
economic times returned to normal. in that case, it turned to anti-immigrant fervor there s another historical precedent, governor spitzer. i think there s a much larger historical precedent and that s a country founded by a group of people that didn t want to be told what to do by an elite royalty that thought it had the answer to everything. and right now washington is doing that. it s bankrupted the country and right now people are really concerned about it. i think the republican party just got a wake-up call that said, look, we don t want to send a message out that says we re more concerned about keeping our power in washington than listen to republicans. dana, do you think it s going to burn out? i don t, and mr. spitzer said something that was very interested that this isn t tethered in fact or reality. i have to point out that mike castle is a very established beltway candidate for sure but he s also a candidate whose record differed from where the majority of americans
until pg&e until that section of pipe it identified years ago will be replaced. if they would have fixed that section that they said they wanted to fix maybe they would have found something that would have led them to look a mile or two south of there. we don t know that. what we do know is, the project was slated for 2009, it didn t get done and now they re proposing to do it again in 2013. reporter: pg&e provided us with a statement. it says, quote, pg&e is committed to performing the work necessary to assure the safety of its gas transmission system. accordingly, pg &est is constantly prioritizing its projects. did dent with this line section as being a high priority project in its 2008 gas transmission rate case filing. subsequent to that filing pg&e provided an assessment, based on the updated assessment and the
now 52 and seriously ill, graham wants retribution. he and the fellow survivors have been fighting this case for six years and never had an apology. in my book, the catholic church are the most dishonest organization that i ve ever come across in my life. they re making the suffering of these children tenfold more than if they recognize the damage they have done. this is him. james call ger. so smart. so sophisticated. and yet, the biggest abuser of children all right james is now in jail for multiple rape. the children s home he ran st. williams catered for particularly vulnerable boys. a little bay but look at the wheelchair. look at the push chair. reporter: boys like graham abandoned by his mother a few days old, a teenager in the care of the church, a church that failed him then and never said sorry. i do not believe they were