And thank you tonight for cspan for being here. This is a first for me. Maybe you guys are used to this. Im going to cover just a few basic things before we get started. Copies of the book are available downstairs. I think they are at the register. You can purchase them there and then bring them up here to get signed after the event. If you could take a moment silence your phones, i think we would all appreciate that. Youre welcome to take photographs. You can post them on social media, if theyre good. And then after the event, or after the author has finished speaking it will be a q a. Then if you could please wait for a mic, come by with a a microphone so we can all hear your question, that would be great. All right, lets get started. James hornfischer, hes a writer, a literary agent and a former book editor. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller neptune inferno, the last and other 10 can sailors and the ship of goes. Hes widely acclaimed historical accounts of the u. S.
The infamous oil spill cam from the 2010 bp disaster. Oil spewing into the gulf for nea three months but now weve learned of a Different Oil spill from two years ago. So why are we bringing this to you now . Investigative reporter david hammer got exclusive video and talked to a whistleblower who knew he needed to expose his supervisors for dumping oil into the gulf and trying to cover it up. Evan howington had a dream job. It was like a highstakes video game. Controlled remotely operated vehicles. Robot submarines oil rigs use to do important and sometimes dangerous work, deep in the gulf of mexico. But on his very first day on the uncle john oil rig, howington felt something wasnt right. Before the uncle john even left pensacola harbor, howington noticed Hydraulic Oil dripping off the docked submarine and into the water below. He took pictures. He laid down absorbent cloths. He told his supervisor. Who apparently didnt care. And that was just a prelude to an even bigger shock when th
Away, and they were dispersing away from the officers, at that time, one of the individuals in the group turned and fired several rounds towards the officers. Reporter is it known what the officers were doing here and what they were investigating . They were in the area doing their usual evening walks. Thats what they normally do. Reporter there wasnt anything out of the ordinary. Just like any officer in their neighborhood, they want to go up and know the groups and find out who is around and who is not supposed to be around. They want to make sure that the community is safe. Reporter it was the usual patrol then at that point people started to run in opposite directions. What then went up to the shooting . The one suspect turned around and shot rounds. We take that seriously. That is an attempt to harm our officers. We had several teams with our special operations coming and they assisted the patrol officers out here. The investigation is ongoing. Reporter three hours later, we looki
Fletcher but we have moderate congestion on the map towards the bruce b downs area so thats going to definitely be the area of concern. And weve been giving the alternates of u. S. 301 or 275. Just a heads up for folks who are going to take 275 regardless, maybe they never take 75, youre going to have a lot of folks on your interstate, in this area, trying to avoid the crash. Were already above 30 minutes which is unusual for the busy part of the commute. We havent even reached that yet. 36 i4. Give yourself extra time. With that being said, we want to get to Alcides Segui who is live right now. We have questions about why this person was out there. The good news is, they seem to have wrapped up the investigation at the seen. Now folks can move through. Have you learned anything new . Reporter no. Florida Highway Patrol is trying to figure out what happened here. The crash happened at 4 00 this morning. Pedestrian was walking along the interstate or walked in the middle of the intersta
Man while responding to a call of domestic violence. The incident happened on campus drive, near st. Francis boulevard off highway 101. Police were responding to a call of a man possibly with a knife chasing a woman. The suspect fled into a backyard. Where an officer shot him once. These aerials of the neighborhood are from our helicopter partnership with sky 7. The unidentified wounded person was taken to a hospital. And is expected to live. Authorities have now released the names of two of the three People Killed in a fiery crash. Following a chp chase saturday night. Amid super bowl revelry. The crash happened near brannan and ninth streets in San Francisco. One of the dead is identified as 27year old gene mollique, jr. Of bay point. The second man is 31year old David Hamilton the third of antioch. The third person killed in the car has not been named pending notification of the family. Pam the Highway Patrol responded to reports of a car doing donuts. And when they arrived, the car