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Megyn: how do the passport agencies and how does the state department, how do they defend themselves. >> reporter: they say for one thing its anee memory news challenge to try to make shes things secure to prevent a terrorist, to prevent somebody that should not have a passport from getting one. 13 million are issued every year. we had a briefing from the states department spokesman and he says we obviously have work to do. on capitol hill youll hear from a deputy secretary, brenda sprigg who sa...

Remotely operated pump stations? >> thats the industry standard. most of the standards -- >> i have to stop you, because we heard industry standards before. is that the safest route to go, or is that the most economically viable route to go? >> we believe its the safest route to go, because a mass majority of incidents occurred due to human error. >> richard feinberg says a fire here nearly burned the station down in 2007. now theyre investigating a spill. >> and you feel that these accidents, l...

That is why we went to remote pump station number nine. a few years ago it was manned, workers were here to ensure it worked properly. but company cost cutters replaced them with new monitors and cameras. in late may, it stopped when both the power and emergency power failed. 5,000 barrels of oil overflowed into a spillway. the company has yet to say what exactly went wrong. mike joyner is the vice president of operations for the alaska pipeline. is that a good idea to have remotely operated pum...

Of instances occur due to human error. >> reporter: richard feinberg says a fire here nearly burned the station down in 2007. now theyre investigating a spill. >> and you feel that these accidents, little or minor, though some may say they are, are precursors or warnings to something along the lines of a land-based exxon valvaldes. >> yes, that the possibilities are much greater than the risk assessments count for. >> reporter: he says its owned by several major oil companies and even though bp ...

Is that the safest route to go, or is that the most economically viable route to go? >> we believe its the safest route to go, because a mass majority of incidents occurred due to human error. >> richard feinberg says a fire here nearly burned the station down in 2007. now theyre investigating a spill. >> and you feel that these accidents, little or minor though some may say they are, are precursors or warnings to something along the lines of a land-based exxon valdez? >> yes. the possibilities ...

Traffic accident have had their lives turned upside down twice. >> once by fate, once by human error. one woman died, another survived, and we are now learning how their identities got mixed up. heres david wright. >> reporter: 19-year-old abby guerra and 21-year-old marlena cantu were driving home from disneyland last week when the left rear tire of their suv blew out and the vehicle flipped over. >> the past week has been a horrific experience. and clearly, multiple mistakes have been made. >>...

Women involved in a tragic traffic accident have had their lives turned upside down twice. >> once by fate, once by human error. one woman died, another survived, and we are now learning how their identities got mixed up. heres david wright. >> reporter: 19-year-old abby guerra and 21-year-old marlena cantu were driving home from disneyland last week when the left rear tire of their suv blew out and the vehicle flipped over. >> the past week has been a horrific experience. and clearly, multiple ...

And were going to deal from time to time with human errors. as the media reports and weve learned, human error was -- is what happened. i think the president has just stepped back and said let me get away from this for a while and let me let my advisors do what they want. i have an election coming on. today will be a positive comment with the well stopped as long as it continues to quit flowing oil. >> neil: i wish you and your company well and maybe get your guys back on the job of. cracking ...

Investigation. i dont know where you stand on this, but i do want to ask you, is that too much to ask for given that this is an accident that killed 11 workers? >> yes, it is a little bit excessive in what he has required with the oil fields. this was probably human error, and it is excessive that he would shut down all 33 deepwater platforms at this point. they should just up the regulations and do better inspections and let everybody get back to work. >> you are the second person in two days w...

Criticism, he shouldnt be doing that if he is worried about pr but hes not. >> alisyn: its not just a pr error, it is a human error. he never got his arms -- bp ruined peoples lives. he has never connected with that. it vis much, let them eat cake. >> clayton: he said i want to get my life back... me... now you have your life back. >> alisyn: rahm emanuel the president chief of staff, took a shot at him and he said, to quote tony hayward hoe got his life back and i think we can all concluded tha...