offshore oil pipeline, leading officials to close beaches along the state s southern coast. joining me now from san francisco is jacob ward. what s the latest on this oil spill? reporter: good morning, jose. at this hour, more than 130,000 gallons of oil from an underwater pipeline are flooding the beaches around huntington beach and the environment. boaters there were, in fact, gathered for an air show over the weekend, when the oil spill struck, and reported spelling gasoline and suddenly being in the middle of it. at this point, there is no immediate word as to where it came from or exactly how it s going to stop. it s not even clear at this point, jose, that the spill has, in fact, been capped off. and as you know, that community is built on the idea of access to the beach. for the moment, that access is too dangerous. jose? just what an environmental disaster. jacob, california is now the first state to require that students get the covid vaccine to attend in-person classes, h
allegations this morning? well, it is extraordinary, the revelations that have come out of this interview with frances haugen and out of discovering that the wall street journal had been using her documents that she brought out of facebook for their explosive series on it. at this point, facebook is going on the media offensive, issuing statements and putting experts out in front of the camera. in fact, facebook has said to us in their statement that it is ridiculous to believe that they would put profits over the safety of their community, saying in this statement that it is important to understand just how much they have invested in safety. 40,000 people, billions of dollars invested since 2016. all of that, they say, pushing back against the allegations that frances haugen made on 60 minutes last night. jacob ward in san francisco, thank you for being with me. still ahead, the journey to the united states is treacherous enough. now, we re hearing about kidnappers extorting