from abc news, this is world news now with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. morning, everyone. what an end to a major chapter in late night television. is it the biggest? three decades, and i have to say the folks over there have not they couldn t have done a better job. it was just an incredible i think it went over 20 minutes than scheduled and cbs let them run with it. you re not going to cut dave on on his night. we re going to get more into that. you ll want to see some of it. we start this half hour out in california. uh-huh, with in fact, officials along the central coast of california are calling this a nightmare situation. this oil spill out here spreading out into the water along the shoreline. right now believed to be 105,000 gallons of oil leaked from a broken pipeline. about 20% of that is believed to be reaching the water. abc has all these details. reporter: black waves crashing ashore are coating
santa barbara s pristine beaches with thick oil with no escape for child life. a mother whale and her baby are seen swimming dangerously close to this massive spill now stretching across at least nine miles. the oil slick out there has traveled in several directions. it s not a perfect square. it s not a perfect triangle and it will continue to disperse over time and spread out. reporter: as clean-up crews race to remove the thick sludge, it s unknown how much oil spilled from this ruptured pipeline tuesday before the leak was capped. plains all american says the line was at full operation, transporting 2,000 barrels of crude per hour. the company is taking full responsibility as the epa launches a federal investigation. we regret this incident and apologize to the residents and visitors of the area for the inconvenience this caused, especially on this memorial day weekend. i can assure you we are here to make it right. with such widespread
good morning. i m reena ninan. i m t.j. holmes. here are some of the top good morning. i m reena ninan. i m t.j. holmes. here are some of the top headlines we re following this morning on world news now. state of emergency has been declared along california s central coast with oil from a broken pipeline having soiled at least nine miles of shoreline. that pipeline had no previous problems. it underwent a complete inspection two weeks ago. we ve got more details straight ahead. with one in seven american vehicles at risk of air bags exploding with deadly force, drivers set a record. nooding the government s recall website, but none of the 17 million newly recalled cars are listed yet. newly released documents from osama bin laden s hideout revealed new details about his obsession with bringing down america and an application to join al qaeda along with an electric array of books. and ahead of mcdonald s annual stockholder meeting
paid for by abc, inc. morning, everyone. what an end to a major chapter in late night television. is it the biggest? three decades, and i have to say the folks over there have not they couldn t have done a better job. it was just an incredible i think it went over 20 minutes than scheduled and cbs let them run. we re going to get more into that. if you didn t see it, you ll want to see some of it. we start this half hour out in california. uh-huh, with in fact, officials along the central coast of california are calling this a nightmare situation. this oil spill out here spreading out into the water along the shoreline. right now, believed to be 105,000 gallons of oil leaked from a broken pipeline. about 20% of that is believed to be reaching the water. absence database abc s brandi hitt with all these details. reporter: black waves
crashing ashore are coating santa barbara s pristine beaches with thick oil with no escape for california wildlife. a mother whale and her baby are seen swimming dangerously close to this massive spill now streaming across at least nine miles. the oil slick out there has traveled in several directions. it s not a perfect square. it s not a perfect triangle and it will continue to disperse over time and spread out. reporter: as clean-up crews race to remove the thick sludge, it s unknown how much oily spilled from this pipeline tuesday before the leak was capped. plains all american says the line was at full operation, transporting 2,000 barrels of crude per hour. the company is taking full responsibility as the epa launches a federal investigation. we regret this incident and apologize to the residents and visitors of the area for the inconvenience this caused, especially on this memorial day weekend. i can assure you we are here to make it right. with such widespread devastati