today, the justice department announced a massive civil action against bp drilling contractor transocean and several other defendants in the bp oil spill, accusing them of failing to take necessary precautions to prevent the blowout, seeking liability under the federal oil pollution act plus fines under the clean water act. remember, now, 11 rig workers died. but an obscure law from 1920 limits what their families can collect. keith jones is the father of gordon jones who died on the deepwater horizon and left a wife and a baby behind. we know gordon s body was cremated. then the fire boats washed his ashes out to sea. i admit having nothing to say good-bye to is much, much harder than i thought it would be. call it closure or whatever, something is missing for us. if you want these companies, one of which is headquartered in great britain and another in
i want to take you live to eric holder giving a press conference on the lawsuit against bp and others. let s listen. in the wake of the oil spill in our nation s history, tony helped to lead the justice department s effort to hold responsible for any and all parties responsible for this disaster. today we re here to announce the initial results of our civil investigation. now, this investigation began shortly after april 20th of this year when an explosion and fire destroyed the deepwater horizon offshore drilling rig that was located the gulf of mexico approximately 50 miles from the mississippi river delta. this incident claimed the lives of 11 rig workers, and it marked
heard in the moments leading up to this fire. wolf? tom, thanks very much. standing by. the coast guard is getting ready to have a news conference on what they know. we ll check in with them shortly. more than six weeks after bp s well was capped, bp began removing the blowout preventer. replacing it is a final stage for the permanent fix. removal of the device must be done slowly because it may hold value as to why it failed back on april 20th. that triggeredard the explosion that killed 11 rig workers and caused the massive oil disaster. let s get the latest now on earl s whereabouts. the hurricane, the storm, where it may be heading. joining us now from mime set director of the national hurricane center, bill reed. how much damage can hurricane earl do to the east coast, bill? well, that s yet to be determined, but obviously with
miner responds presently. but mr. paul has a history of responding to deadly incidents by suggesting they were unavoidable and that stricter regulation would not have prevented nor mitigated them. after the deepwater horizon explosion killed 11, mr. rand said he would deny rig workers the protection of additional safety rules, comparing the blast to the dotiki coal mine collapse that killed two kentucky miners in april. criticizing washington for trying to find out why both events happened. what i don t like from the president s administration is this sort of, you know, i ll put my boot heel on the throat of bp. i think that sounds really un-american in his criticism of business. i ve heard nothing from bp about not paying for the spill. and i think it s part of this sort of blame game society in the sense that it s always got to be someone s fault. instead of the fact that maybe sometimes accidents happen. i mean, we had a mining accident that was very tragic, and i ve met a lot of
down our throats. the sister of one dead kentucky miner responds presently. but mr. paul has a history of responding to deadly incidents by suggesting they were unavoidable and that stricter regulation would not have prevented nor mitigated them. after the deepwater horizon explosion killed 11, mr. rapid said he would deny rig workers the protection of additional safety rules, comparing the blast to the dotiki coal mine collapse that killed two kentucky miners in april. criticizing washington for trying to find out why both events happened. what i don t like from the president s administration is this sort of, you know, i ll put my boot heel on the throat of bp. i think that sounds really un-american in his criticism of business. i ve heard nothing from bp about not paying for the spill. and i think it s part of this sort of blame game society in the sense that it s always got to be someone s fault. instead of the fact that maybe sometimes accidents happen. i mean, we had a mining ac