that owns that pipeline that not only does the pipeline need to be drained immediately, they also need to physically send the ruptured section of the people pipe out for testing and conduct what sa called a root analysis of the spill and involve a third party outside to review the ults results of previous pipeline inspections. but as of tonight, it is still a mystery as to what caused the pipeline leak in the first place. local papers have been digging into the safety report of plains all american looking for clues. the l.a. times reporting that since 2006 the pipeline company has received 175 safety and maintenance infractions, including pump failure, equipment malfunction, pipeline corrosion and operator error. the company has had to pay over $23 million in property damage over the last nine years. last week the head of the santa barbara county energy division said that he was curious as to why the pipeline leak didn t trigger an automatic shutoff of the pipeline.
suzanne. you have a good weekend. hello to you all. i am the aforementioned t.j. holmes in today for randi kaye. let s start with allegations at a university but we are talking about a different university this time. we are talking about syracuse. listen to this now. associate men s basketball coach bernie fine is on administrative leave while police investigate claims of child molestation that now date back to the 1980s. two step brothers say fine touched them inappropriately when they were ball boys for syracuse. but a 2005 investigation by the school found no corroboration, no evidence. the brothers are speaking out now, spoke to espn last night. probably when i was in sixth grade, 11, 10 years old, and he started trying to touch me and things like that. you know, and honestly, i don t even remember if i thought that was what was supposed to happen. you know, i know i cringed up and didn t want it to happen and i was very, like what s going on. it was just i just rem
we have plenty of time, but water levels are rising. that s the danger. you could have short-circuits, pump failure, electrical failure. and if that happens, then we re in deep trouble. gregg: they say they have nine backup plans. what s the worst case? they even admit that water levels now are at about 7000 feet above sea level. if it goes to 1400, that s the magic number, 1400, even they admit all hell could break loose at that point. gregg: like what? pumps could fail, water circulation could fail and in 36 hurs, boiloff will take place, the core could be exposed, like at fukushima. and again, we re watching the water levels carefully, they re stable now, but they are expected to rise sloafl over the next few days. gregg: we don t want to unnecessarily alarm people, but how worried are you about this? right now, it s stable, it s fuk 1450e78a it s fukushima in slow motion. we ve had ample opportunity to put safety systems in but