there. of the people on the balloon, 21 people on board. 19 dead. some from britain, france, china, other places. the pilot is one of the people who survived. he survived by jumping off at some point there and ending up in that sugar cane field. you can believe as the investigation begins by the egyptians right now that is the man they want to talk to. as of now all of these balloon flights which this h. been a major tourist attraction there in egypt are grounded. shep? shepard: with the investigation the finger pointing already. absolutely. and in egypt this is a significant story for no other reason than tourism is the life blood of that economy. it took a big hit back during the revolution in 2011. you can imagine now as these pictures are being beamed around the world it certainly calls into question the safety standards there in egypt for anybody who is headed. the muslim brotherhood regime right now is saying, hey, look. all of these safety concerns in that lax oversight star
pleaded guilty to criminal charges including manslaughter. bp has paid 25 billion in claims and clean up cost. this criminal trial i should say this civil trial that s ongoing now will determine whether the company is off the hook or on the hook for billions more. casey stegall with the news outside the court house in new orleans. we are now hearing from northerly key witness. ier, shep shepard, we are. lamar mckay the former president and chairman of bp america. he was the lead american representative for bp on the ground in the wake of this disaster. he echoed on the stand today much of what his company lawyers have argued all along that blame is to be spread around among transocean and haliburton. of course, a very stark con tration to the saflt concerns that you just talked about raised by that forensic engineer for much of today, shep.
other people are saying the chaos of the revolution has allowed all sort of back safety practices to grow and continue inside egypt. either way 19 people dead and clearly a singular horrific way to die as we saw in that video. shep? shepard: leland vittert live for us tonight. remember the reports from the pentagon? violence is down in afghanistan. it s one reason afghan forces will be ready to take over security after 2014. we re making progress. look at the numbers. now we know the numbers were wrong. taliban attacks are not on the way down in afghanistan. as violent in 2012 as it was in 2011. no change at all. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon tonight. jennifer, what happened? well, with little fanfare, shep, u.s. and nate officials in afghanistan removed from their web site the month-to-month figure saying attacks by the taliban were down by 7% last year. there seemed to be a mistake. a mistake that led to administration officials making statements like this. violence lev
his hands. he has not been given any immunity from the u.s. there will be no immunity from prosecution there either. it remains to be seen what happens to moussa koussa. they wanted information but they may also want to put him on trial in the future, shep. shepard: complicated. jonathan hunt will be chatting away with you if you so choose. go over to the fox news .com/shep. appears i m wearing my glasses on that thing. that s weird. click the on the hunt thing on the right and join the conversation. he is a great conversationist, that jonathan hunt. enjoy him. colonel qaddafi today warning the west that they have started something in libya they cannot control meaning we. in a statement to libyan television qaddafi says the leaders who decided to launch a crusader war between christians and muslims it is they who have stricken with madness. it will be out of their control no matter what methods of detraction they have at their
chaotic refre retreat of the rs shows that they will need help. secretary of defense gates says qaddafi will eventually be removed not by a military overthrow from the rebels but by political and economic forces, shep. shepard: how are the libyan people reacting? they are really hearing the government lying on state government line on state television. saying he was an aging man and he had diabetes. he asked for permission to leave and was given permission to leave and some day soon they will welcome him back into the fold her in tripoli. shepard: thank you, steve. be careful. the defense secretary robert gates says the task of arming and training the libyan rebels should fall to somebody else and not the united states. gates made that comment during a hearing today in the house armed services committee.