What witches do – and what’s done to suspected witches – is given sensational treatment in Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 silent film Häxan. A century later, it’s disturbing for even more reasons.
environmental disaster and in an early release of his statement to congress, he will say he hears, quote, the concerns, fears, frustrations, and anger being voiced across america. this a day after bp execs met with president obama at the white house and agreed to set up a $20 billion escrow for oil spill claims. we are covering this story from many angles from new orleans to new york and atlanta and to washington. before we go to washington, that testimony beginning about an hour from now, billowing towers of smoke hang over much of the gulf of mexico. and that s a welcomed sight for gulf residents. the smoke is coming from crews that are burning the blankets of oil before they actually reach ashore. ali velshi went out on the water to see the practice of up close and joins us from new orleans. reporter: this is as counterintuitive as you can imagine. you are seeing thick black smoke burning from oil. that s a good thing because that s oil that s not going to make it to s