and they re organizing protests offshore drilling is is inherently dirty it s inevitable that there will be an oil spill such as was the case off the coast of santa barbara in two thousand and fifteen where our hundred thousand gallons of oil spilled into the ocean killing fish marine mammals and other wildlife. and you can go as far back as two thousand and ten to the b.p. departed horizon spill which spilled millions of barrels into the gulf of mexico the plan has already drawn heavy criticism from several coastal states among them the carolinas and california also in florida where memories of the deepwater horizon spill remain fresh the two thousand and ten oil platform explosion claimed the lives of eleven oil workers and devastated the gulf coast. apple now says its i phones and computers are affected by the security flaw disclosed in intel processors earlier this week billions of devices around the world could be
will investigate the administration s response to the benghazi terror attacks. critics have questioned the information given to the public. heather: new details in a tragic train crash that killed four u.s. veterans. investigators say that warning bells and lights were going off when their parade float crossed on to tracks. gregg: update on the oil platform explosion. four men real estate in any way the hospital and rig owner vows to search for another man still missing. heather: president obama in thailand today on the second leg of his asian tour weighing on the escalating violence in the middle east telling reporters that israel has right to defend itself. he urged the jewish state without ramping up military activity in gaza. egyptian officials say a senior israeli official has arrived for talks on a cease-fire.
wc eye on earl. the hurricane s impact this morning on north carolina. take this seriously and be prepared but don t panic. and the state of emergency in new england. then, dramatic rescue. the oil platform explosion in the gulf, the crew members fast action, and how they got to safety. and, touching trend. competitors can t wait to get their hands on the ipad technology. it s friday, september 3rd. from abc news, this is world news now. and it s the story we ve been talking about all week for several days now and officially on this friday morning, earl is here. earl has arrived and it is finally making that slow turn up the northeast. so north carolina getting what
the atlantic this would take a turn and go up the shore sure enough man it looks like we can be hopeful that the worst of this is not going to hit us. that s the way it looks now, particularly for the north carolina area looks like the worst going to be offshore. if all goes well the worst of the weather will stay off of new england as well. shepard: ed rappaport in miami good to be with us, thank you for all you guys do. thank you. shepard: just in to fox news we ll move away from the hurricane to give new brand new video. this just in to fox news from the oil platform explosion in the gulf of mexico today. did you hear about this? another one happened off the coast of louisiana about 200 miles to the west of where that awful bp disas per disaster happened in this case 13 workers were on the platform at the time of the explosion. they all ended up in the water. they all made it back to shore.
oil platform explosion. some house democrats are already demanding answers. the house energy and commerce committee is asking scott josie, president and ceo of mariner energy, for a briefing on the incident. for abc news, eric barajas, houma, louisiana. meanwhile, at the site of the bp oil well, engineers there have removed a temporary cap that last month stopped all that gushing oil. no additional oil has seeped into the water because the well has been plugged with cement. that temporary cap was removed so that part of the well that failed to stop the spill can now be replaced. then the drilling of a relief well that will plug the broken well for good can proceed. federal safety investigators have been looking into consumer concerns about pampers diapers. that s after 4,700 complaints of severe rashes, all on children who had worn swaddler and cruiser dry max diapers, which hilt the market a few months ago. investigators could not find a direct link between these diapers and the s