david willis reports. it is known as cev city, a 13 mile stretch of coastline that has come to define the california dream dash macro cev city. now the sands have been disfigured by large black paddles of oil after a ruptured offshore pipeline sent thousands of gallons of crude spilling into the sea. normally a mecca for sun worshippers, the huntington beach shoreline is now close to tall tourists and is likely to stay that way until cleaning crews have finished removing thick globs of oil from the sand and rescuing imperilled birds and wildlife. that imperilled birds and wildlife. git this time we have recovered eight live birds that appear to be oiled, including three western grebes, one brown pelican that succumbed to chronic injuries. chronic in uries. questions are bein: chronic injuries. questions are being asked chronic injuries. questions are being asked about chronic injuries. questions are being asked about why - chronic injuries. questions are being asked about why it -
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cars still burning. crude spilling in to the river with one witness saying a half mile of that river is on fire. it happened about 30 miles east charleston west virginia along the kanawha river. one resident tells us the freight engine plowed through the home of a local pastor who survived. the cars were exploding and it was a considerable amount of fire. we could see it a mile away. reporter: as these pictures show, the explosion happened very close to homes. more than 60 nearby homes evacuated. 200 to 300 people sheltered in the middle of a snowstorm nearby. the csx train had more than 100 cars. 25 derailed. it is crude from north dakota. more flammable than other oil. the amount of oil has jumped dramatically, 400% from several years and federal regulators say the tank cars are vulnerable and need to be reinforced. a year and a half ago 47 people were killed in a derailment near
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falling debris from crumbling buildings, especially as aftershocks continue to rumble through the region. at least 29 after shocks have been recorded with strengths of up to 5.4. police say early instances of looting have been contained. the focus of city officials now is assessing all of that damage and planning how to get the city back on its feet, alex. that s a lot of damage to clean up for sure. all right, veronica, thanks so much. well, right now, the damage blowout preventer at the well that sent millions of gallons of crude spilling into the gulf is slowly being brought up to the surface. bp successfully replaced that damage preventer with a new device yesterday and no oil or gas seen leaking from the well during the entire procedure. so the process to lift the old cap to the surface could take about 24 to 36 hours. in about 20 minutes from now, we ll be speaking with charles hadlock on how this paves the way for the well to be permanently killed. new word from presiden
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there is an over newt curfew in effect. the focus of city officials is assessing the damage and planning on how to get the city back on its feet. alex? only two serious injuries. wow, that is a miracle. veronica. thanks so much. right now the damaged blowout preventer at the well that spent millions of glance of crude spilling into the gulf is slowly being brought to the surface. bp replaced the damaged preventer with a new device and no oil or gas was seen leaking during the whole procedure. the process to lift the old cap to the surface could take 24-36 hours. a welcome change of pace for the uchltd s. stock market. wall street closed out its first winning week in a month. the dow jumped 128 points yesterday continuing a sharp turn-around from last month s ugly performance. investors have been encouraged by yesterday s jobs report. the overall unemployment grew to $9.6%. august saw the addition of
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