thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening, and thanks for watching. it keeps getting worse for b.p., and the gulf of mexico here on this day 43 of that massive oil spill. the obama administration confirmed the justice department is investigating the oil company for criminal misconduct. susie: tom, so far all efforts to stop the leak have been unsuccessful. and the urgency to come up with a solution is critical now that hurricane season is here. it began today. and a serious storm could spread oil beyond the gulf region. tom: certainly new worries in all of this bad news drilled into b.p. s shares, they plunged 15%, raising questions if the oil giant can survive this crisis. we have two reports looking into b.p. s future and that justice department s criminal probe. we give why stephanie dhue. reporter: after meeting with state and federal prosecutors in the gulf region, they confirmed an ongoing criminal and civil investigation. the department of jus
thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening, and thanks for watching. it keeps getting worse for b.p., and the gulf of mexico here on this day 43 of that massive oil spill. the obama administration confirmed the justice department is investigating the oil company for criminal misconduct. susie: tom, so far all efforts to stop the leak have been unsuccessful. and the urgency to come up with a solution is critical now that hurricane season is here. it began today. and a serious storm could spread oil beyond the gulf region. tom: certainly new worries in all of this bad news drilled into b.p. s shares, they plunged 15%, raising questions if the oil giant can survive this crisis. we have two reports looking into b.p. s future and that justice department s criminal probe. we give why stephanie dhue. reporter: after meeting with state and federal prosecutors in the gulf region, they confirmed an ongoing criminal and civil investigation. the department of jus
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening, and thanks for watching. it keeps getting worse for b.p., and the gulf of mexico here on this day 43 of that massive oil spill. the obama administration confirmed the justice department is investigating the oil company for criminal misconduct. susie: tom, so far all efforts to stop the leak have been unsuccessful. and the urgency to come up with a solution is critical now that hurricane season is here. it began today. and a serious storm could spread oil beyond the gulf region. tom: certainly new worries in all of this bad news drilled into b.p. s shares, they plunged 15%, raising questions if the oil giant can survive this crisis. we have two reports looking into b.p. s future and that justice department s criminal probe. we give why stephanie dhue. reporter: after meeting with state and federal prosecutors in the gulf r