Welcome to newsroom international. Were taking you around the world in 60 minutes. Were beginning with breaking news. An explosion on an oil platform in the gulf of mexico just set off a major fire. Two workers are now missing. Want to bring in chad myers with the latest on what we know about this. Any details . Literally things just coming in here. It was a production platform. It was not a drilling rig. It was in shallow water. It was not deep water. They were not drilling. There was not a blowout. This is not take two, okay . This is not like we saw in 2010. This is not an environmental disaster according to the coast guard thats out there right now. This is not what we saw when it took ray year to cap that oil from coming into the gulf of mexico, but six were injured. Two possibly killed from this explosion. It was considered to be a production problem. Production and drilling completely different. Production means its railroad working. They dont even believe there was any oil comi
An apparent suicide. We will start this edition in iraq. Nominated by parliament and accepted by the president , iraq could soon have a new Prime Minister. He has been called on to form a new government, that the man currently in the job, Nouri Almaliki, is not ready to leave. Almaliki is being blamed for failing to stop sectarian violence. He was the choice of the u. S. And iraqi president. As a ally body has emerged as iraqs new Prime Minister. The Vice President of the National Assembly has managed to get the shiite majority to back him. U. S. President obama has promised to back him. Dr. The new iraqi leadership has to regain the confidence of its citizens by governing inclusively and by taking steps to demonstrate resolve. The United States stands ready to support a government that addresses the needs and grievances of all iraqi people. The International Community has been calling on iraq he authorities to form a new government capable of uniting a country gripped by two months of
welcome to newsroom international. we re taking you around the world in 60 minutes. we re beginning with breaking news. an explosion on an oil platform in the gulf of mexico just set off a major fire. two workers are now missing. want to bring in chad myers with the latest on what we know about this. any details? literally things just coming in here. it was a production platform. it was not a drilling rig. it was in shallow water. it was not deep water. they were not drilling. there was not a blowout. this is not take two, okay? this is not like we saw in 2010. this is not an environmental disaster according to the coast guard that s out there right now. this is not what we saw when it took ray year to cap that oil from coming into the gulf of mexico, but six were injured. two possibly killed from this explosion. it was considered to be a production problem. production and drilling completely different. production means it s railroad working. they don t even believe the