You ready for me, mr. Chairman . Yes, mr. Roe, we have your statement. It will be included in the record in its entirety. And under the circumstances, you can deliver it in its entirety or summarize, either way. Ill just sort of summarize it. Ill here to provide a frank response to questions regarding Exxon Valdez Oil spill, and to describe our continuing to efforts to deal with its consequences. Before this, i do this, however, i want to express sincere regret as to what happened on behalf of all the employees of exxon and certainly on beha of myself. I really cant tell you how sorry we are this disaster occurred. And we are particularly sympathetic to the impacts on the residents of alaska and particularly those in the Prince William sound area. Thats where the difficulty is really creating a great deal of problems for those people. As has been said many times this morning and by us earlier than this, we take full responsibility, and weve done so from the beginning. Well continue doi
On the response taking questions from the reporters and then secretary dick cheney and transportation secretary Samuel Skinner and epa administrator william riley. I have a brief statement and then i will defer to the experts. Nearly everybody is aware of the oil spill in alaska and the hardship for local citizens. We all share the sorrow and concern of alaskans and the determination to mount a sustained cleanup effort. Our ultimate goal must be the complete restoration of the ecology and the economy of Prince William sound including the fish, Marine Mammals and birds and other wildlife. The Exxon Corporation has acknowledged responsibility for this spill, and its liability for the damages. Exxon should remain responsible for those damages and for employing civilian personnel necessary to control further damage. However, exxons damages are not enough, and with mr. Stephens and others, i have decided to add additional federal resources to clean up the effort for additional equipment on
Ill is up rise, either pie. Ill summarize it. I am here to product response to the oil spill and designed with the efforts to deal with the consequences. Before i do this, however, i want to express sincere regret as to what happened on behalf of all the employees of exxon and certainly on behalf of myself i really cant tell you how say we are sympathetic and particularly those in alaska and the Prince William sound area and thats where the difficulty is creating a great deal of problems for those people. As weve by, and we will continue doing all we can can in spilling up the and theyve already been this uponment in the area, and high the skies make it a particularly different problem. A few comments about the spill to put it in perspective and its been changed many times. The spill is 240,000 barrels that occurred early on march 24. We have other factual information. The weather was clear. The ship had no known mechanical difficulty. A change was requested because of ice and the outg
Mounting concern at the financial concern to have and have nots, the premier league awash with tv revenue, record tv deals, but the rest of the Football League having to survive on much less of an amount. Theres also concern over the way the efl scrutinises prospective owners, with the owners gambling too much and trying to reach the premier league, and also whether or not in the modern digital age, it is sustainable to have 92 professional clu bs age, it is sustainable to have 92 professional clubs throughout the country. But whatever the reasons for the predicament of these two clu bs for the predicament of these two clubs and others, there is no doubt that the sadness and dismay at the peril that these two very proud and historic clubs now face will extend well beyond these two towns in the northwest. After bury missed that deadline set by the efl, the club owner steve dale said they werent given enough time. We asked the efl to work with us. Sadly, maybe they will give us a re brie
We are not going to help borisjohnson shut down parliament and drives us out of the eu over an election period, thats not going to happen. They dont trust the people, they dont want an election, ok, perhaps they dont think they can win, ill go to brussels, ill get a deal. Peers have approved legislation aimed at blocking a possible no deal brexit. Robert mugabe the man who delivered independence for zimbabwe but went on to become its dictator has died at the age of 95. In the wake of hurricane dorian, officials in the bahamas say the situation there is dire and warn the death toll may rise dramatically. In a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. At 7 30pm well take a look back on a momentous week in british politics and look forward to what we can expect from the coming week at westminster. Just ahead of that the secondary school in sussex, where more than 100 parents and pupils have been staging a protest over gender