What was behind the deaths of hundreds of elephants last one. Im going to richardson welcome to the show the u. S. The death toll from cove at 19 has passed at the grim milestone of more than 200000 people according to Johns Hopkins university its the highest number for any country so far accounting for more than one in 5 coronavirus deaths worldwide the u. S. House of representatives held a moment of silence for the victims led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi rise for a moment of silence and remember its of those more than 200000 americans who have passed away from the coburg 19 virus. Palosi has a blames at the deaths on of the does information and negligence of the white house the president on all trump insists the United States is rounding the corner in the pandemic the high death toll is putting his handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the spotlight as he campaigns for a 2nd term in office. Well on this a dark day for the u. S. Lets speak now it to our correspondent Stephanie Simons in
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Ends and the determination to mount a sustained cleanup effort, our ultimate goal much to be the complete restoration of the ecology and the economy of Prince William sound including all of its fish, marine mammals, birds and other wildlife. The Exxon Corporation is acknowledged responsibility for this bill, and its liability for the damage. As exxon should remain responsible for both damages and for employing civilian personnel, necessary to control further damage. However, exxons effort, standing alone are not enough. And after consulting with the congressional delegation, senator ted stevens, senator frank macau ski, congressman don young, i have determined to additional federal resources to the cleanup effort. In addition to the considerable federal equipment already on the scene. This new effort will focus on the job of helping recover oil now in the water, and restoring beaches and other damaged areas. This effort should not in any way relieve exxon from any of its responsibiliti
We have your statement. It will be including the record in its entirety and under the circumstances, you can deliver it in its entirety if you wish or summarize, either way. I will summarize it. I am here to provide a frank response the questions regarding the Exxon Valdez Oil spill and to describe our continuing 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 the exxon and certainly on behalf 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 in particular 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 and well continue doing all we can to clean up and mitigate those
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