readjust. nonetheless, two state beaches closed until now june 4th so this memorial day weekend spoiled and then some. alex? absolutely. and talk about spoiling in terms of the impact on the local business community. what s that been like? it s interesting, the pictures are scary and yet it is a small area. it s about less than eight miles of beach and it s mainly these beaches and so a lot of the businesses in santa barbara, which is 20 miles from here are saying look we re open it s not as bad as it seems in that small area. so they re trying to get the word out that it s not as bad as it seems. they re going to have an impact because people are scared away. thank you so much. appreciate the live shot of the beautiful beaches. joining me now, chris woodward. with a welcome to you, i m curious about the company that owns this pipeline. what can you tell us about the
openly gay members but not leaders. the oil disaster on the move 17 boats working on the spill have now recovered over 9,000 gallons of oil. they hope to save animals. two state beaches are now closed because of it and there are more than 300 people cleaning up beaches and boats. we will do everything necessary to protect california s coastline. as for the company that owns the pipeline that burst on tuesday, plains all american federal records show 175 safety incidents since 2006. this morning millions of americans are hitting the road for the memorial day weekend. many of the highways and bridges they will cross are in need of major repairs. reporter: do you know there are more than 600,000 bridges in this country and many of them
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pipeline. that s one of the reasons they also were fined in this matter. you know plains all american saying look considering the amount of business we do these are not an unusual amount of pipelines. but right now the environmental defense center a nonprofit organization in this county which is very aggressive in offshore oil drilling litigation they are poring over all the documents related to this spill. while they have not said they are threatening to sue you can bet that they will file a lawsuit if they find anything that thinkey think is untoward or done wrong by plains american in this case. no doubt the state could jump in as well because of what has happened to all these state beaches on this memorial weekend. the one thing you can t undo no matter how many lawsuits you file is the damage that s been done. paul thank you very much. appreciate it. well the first suspect to make bail in sunday s deadly
may have reached the ocean in santa barbara. clean-up doesn t occur overnight. it s long process. california jerry brown declaring the state of emergency to free up additional resources. we will do everything necessary to clean california s coastline. reporter: investigators work into the possibility of criminal charges, environmentalists say it s too soon to tell how it will affect other birds and animals. this is one of the worst places to have an oil spill. reporter: federal record shows the texas plains company responsible for the pipe had 171, more than three times the national average. we are committed to continuously improve our safety and excellence program across all of the plains. reporter: two state beaches are now closed for memorial day