no winner announced. the jackpot still growing. good evening. it s great to have you with us on a busy sunday night. i m whit johnson. we begin with the breaking news. urgent efforts off of southern california. crews working to contain one of the largest oil spills in recent history. at least 126 thousand gallons of oil leaking into the pacific. the source believed to be a pipeline 4 1/2 miles off the shore. the area impacted, a 13-square-mile stretch between huntington and newport beach. the impact already being felt on tourism. the last day of the pacific air show canceled. people urged to stay away from the beaches. images coming in of oil washing ashore. reports of dead birds, fish, and other wildlife. officials say they ve stopped the flow. but warnings of a potential ecological disaster.
accomplished. that was i m sure as you know snl poking fun at senator sinema part of the season premier last night that marks its 47th season. what you just saw there is a taste of the political humor. president biden with his fair share, as well. feign. let s focus on the two things that poll best with all americans. lowering the price of prescription drugs. no. raising taxes on billionaires. all right then. just tell us. what do you like? yellow starbusts, the film the polar express and when someone eats fish on an airplane. just a behind the scenes look at what s happening in washington or snl. coming up next hour following the news in california. more than 120,000 gallons of oil
of course, they said the four of them were elated when they were finally rescued and the coast guard says the expressions on their faces said it all. what caused the ship to capsize? we talked to you yesterday. and you just said at that point we didn t know. we didn t know if it was top heavy or what. do they know any more this morning? well, there are questions being raised about whether the vehicles that were being transported on this ship were properly latched down. and so i did speak yesterday afternoon with the c.o.o. of the company that owns this ship. they believe the c.o.o. believes that rules were, in fact, followed to latch down the vehicles on board but they are waiting for the investigation to figure out what happened. now concerns about oil leaking from the ship. how concerned is the coast guard about that? yeah, jim, so the coast guard this morning tweeted that there are no leaks coming from the
the conservative billionaire and influential donor to the gop has died. he was 79 years old. koch retired as vice president of koch industries citing ill health. he and his brothers charles were powerful. they funded foundations and political groups to spread their small government free market message. passengers on a hawaiian airlines flight had to breathe through wet paper towels as smoke killed the cabin during a flight. you can see a picture there taken by a passenger. this happened just 20 minutes before the plane was scheduled to land in honolulu. nearly 200 people were on board. officials say it came from oil leaking onto hot parts of the engine. the crane deployed the emergency slides for evacuation on