The oil rig exploded on the night of april 20th, 2010. Eleven workers were killed in the fire. 172milliongallons of oil gushed into the gulf of mexico. Bp will pay 4. 5 billion in fines. Two employees . Charged with manslaughter. One with lying to congress. Cbs News Reporter on what bp knew before the explosion. Reporter the two former bp employees charged with manslaughter were the highest ranking bp supervisors on deep water horizon. The test found signs that combustible gas was seeping into the well. The indictment alleges bp managers Robert Kaluza and donald failed to call these on shore. They allowed work on the well to continue. Want gas came up the well and exploded. U. S. Attorney general eric holder. This is an indication that we have shown and the company has admitted as a result of their actions people died there unnecessarily. Reporter federal authorities also charged david rainey about lying to investigates. Rainey insisted 5000barrels of oil were leeing every day when he
California. Meteorologist joins us for the Weather Center with more on the dry condition and the fire danger. Paul. As long as we dont get any rain fall. Below normal rain fall for february, march, and april. We just been upgrated or downgraded from a severe drought to an extreme drought. We are getting the official decloration tomorrow. All of the bay area and 63 of the state of california. 63 of our state is now under an extreme drought. This is a bad situation, which is just getting worse and with this ridge of High Pressure not moving, i dont see any rain in our immediate forecast. I see more records being broken today. Santa cruz shattering the daily record. Oakland, an alltime january High Temperature of 78 degrees. San jose 73. And San Francisco 71 degrees. Very warm and very dry. Is there a change to either of those two . Ill have the answer coming up. Developing news out of southern california. Nearly 4,000 people are out of that you are homes in the San Gabriel Mountains toni
Lines that are an hour long just to get into the stores here, allen. And that is just not half the story. The turkey was juicy and later, so were the deals at the livermore premium outlet. The boots look cute on you. The crowd big enough to make your head spin. Lines stretched nearly as far as the day is long. All the way down the corridor here and wraps around the building. And the bags were stuffed as the bird of the day. Dont want to wait until 10 00. Shoppers were committed, if not a bit delirious. Got leggings, leggings, and some, whats it called . Mascara. Tired and high on sugar. How much pie have you had . I only had two pieces. Ive had like a full pie. A combo not always conducive to shopping. The desert will be when we get home. We couldnt get too full, because we couldnt fit into the pants we were going to try on. Critics put an antifamily label, but those werent the labels crowds were concerned with. Oh no. Ready to shop, you better bring a snack. This is for shopping. Or e
Multiple injuries that are consistent with being run over by a motor vehicle. Those injuries she received, she was alive at the time. In this new report, the city says wait a minute. If she were alive, then how come the coroner found no foam in the trachea or lung tissues of the deceased . If she were alive, the city argues, she would have breathed in one or more of those items. The city knows she was ejected from the plane just like two other passengers who were right next to her, both of whom died. So the San Mateo County coroners decision was faulty. The Attorney Says the city is likely building its defense against the wrongful death lawsuit already filed by the girls family. The girl was already dead. And therefore, that as tragic as it was that her body was mutilated, the fire engines did not cause her death and therefore, she has no claim against the city and county of San Francisco. So, who is correct about how she died . This is the sort of question that could get answered by a
Across the street to my car like i do every night when i leave there, and thats when it happened. Surveillance video shows bryant seconds before he was struck by a passing car. From this angle, we see the suv, a dark porsche make a wide, unsteady turn and moments later i realize it was too late, so i braced myself for impact. It hits bryant. Watch again at the top of your screen. Bryant tries to get out of the way, but he falls to the ground. The porsche pauses and takes off. I cant believe they dont have enough love for their human brother to go out and see if they are okay. If they are even alive. Crash left bryant with a broken femur and intense pain. Also painful, the mounting medical bills. Doctors had to surgically insert a titanium rod in his leg. I got a couple screws in here, a couple screws up here. Hell be off the job for months and he doesnt have medical insurance. His only hope that the person behind the wheel will come clean. Now bryant thinks there may have been windshie