teachers from talking to their students about homosexuality. all that and more 15 minutes away on newsnation. breaking news now, a coast guard investigation into last year s deep water horizon explosion in the gulf has concluded that rig owner transocean had put serious flaws in its safety management system, contributing to the disaster. the report also found that lax oversight by the rig was ineffective in preventing the disaster. more on that to come. virginia republicans kicked off the campaign season with a home state tradition, the 63rd annual shad planking, a political free for all named after that fish. governor bob mcdonnell fired up the crowd by saying when it comes to the budget battle, washington has something to learn. listen, i want to just say, you know, i really love shad. i even ate it once. and i just wish that the members of the united states congress
one. that may not happen for several days if it is determined the shaft needs to be reinforced with steel. kidnapped aid worker killed by her captors in afghanistan. that word from britain s foreign minister. he says it happened last night during an attempt by nato forces to to rescue the 36-year-old. she had been held hostage in the eastern part of that country since september 26th, kidnapped with three other afghan colleagues. a federal judge in louisiana has pushed back the start date of a trial that will divide blame among companies involved in the bp oil spill until february. the delay came because critical testing is likely isn t likely to be done until then. companies involved with the spill, including the rig owner and bp have been accused of trying delay other trials related to that spill. the nfl is dealing with another scandal involving a female reporter. the league is reviewing
at fault, claims b.p., the rig owner, transocean, and the cement contractor halliburton along with b.p. s own employees. but one lawyer who represents hundreds of people in the spill affected says b.p. blaming others for the gulf oil disaster is like bernie madoff blaming his accountant. the legal phase of this disaster is just ramping up. chris guiterrez with the news live in new orleans tonight. tell us what b.p. officials claim were the key failures here. you bet, shepard. here s the report right here. 193 pages and in it, a lot of fingerpointing and one direction, fingers are pointed at halliburton which was contracted to do cement work and according to b.p., the cement work failed to contain the hydrocarbons of the natural gas escaping from that well and in the other direction, fingers are pointed at transocean because b.p. says its employees misread the pressure test to determine the well s stability and then they failed to recognize and react to the hydrocarbon. shepard, again
containment box is going to go down there, this one called the top hat, it s going to be in place on top of that oil well in the gulf of mexico, we hope. the first dome failed to do the trick, it got clogged by ice crystals. meanwhile it is day two in hearings in washington and in louisiana about what exactly went wrong here. lawmakers are losing patience with bp, the rig owner, transocean, and the subcontractor, halliburton, watch this: i hear one message and the message is don t blame me. well, shifting this blame does not get us very far. it s like a bit of a texas 2-step. oh yeah, we re responsible, but bp says transocean, transocean, said halliburton. so i can see the liability chase that s going to go on. martha: phil keating is live near empire, louisiana. phil, day two of the coast guard s hearings outside new orleans as well. i bet we re going to expect more grilling there today, right? without a doubt. yesterday afternoon it got really terse in there and
leak, likely before the disaster, that may have knocked it out of commission. and bp told the committee that the well in this case failed a key pressure test, just hours before the explosion. there was a discrepancy between two pressure readings that shouldn t have been there. one reading showed significant pressure in the well bore, the hole being drilled, while no pressure was observed in another line. the head of transocean, the rig owner, was asked about that today and what significance does that have? the significance of the discrepancy between the two pressures, would lead lead to a conclusion that there was something happening in the well bore that shouldn t be happening. committee chairman, henry waxman, said according to what they have been told, the committee, that could have been indicated that gas was seeping into the well causing that pressure which could have caused the explosion. the decision was still made after those tests to proceed with the drilling operati