their records since the month of july, they ve only been here twice. in one instance there was a small leak at the meter, which we replaced. fixed it right away. in the second instance there wasn t a leak found anywhere. we may never know if there was a second leak and if so, whether or not it was a associated with the explosion. the pipe itself was last inspected in march. keeping them honest, we asked for the results of that inspection. but we were told they couldn t be provided because of an ongoing investigation. we got the same response as a press conference. that is part of the ntsb investigation. and i really cannot share the findings of that particular assessment. reporter: pg&e is taking responsibility, setting up a $100 million fund for victims. this week they plan on giving everyone whose home was destroyed up to $50,000, no strings attached. they claim it s the right thing to do. what is still unclear is what pg&e may have done wrong and whether there s a chance it
been here twice. in one instance, there was a small leak at the meter, which we replaced right away, and the second instance, there wasn t a leak found anywhere. reporter: we may never know if there was a second leak and if so, whether or not it was associated with the explosion. the pipe itself was last inspected in march. keeping them honest, we asked for the results of that inspection but we were told they couldn t be provided because of an ongoing investigation. we got the same response at a press conference. that is part of the ntsb investigation and i can t share that. reporter: they are setting up a $100 million fund for victims, and this week, they plan on giving everyone whose home was destroyed up positive $50,000, no strings attached. they claim it s the right thing to do. what s still unclear is what pg&e might have done sbrong whether there s a chance it may happen again. so let s take a look at how
press conference. that is part of the ntsb investigation and i really cannot share the findings of that particular assessment. reporter: pg&e is taking responsibility setting up a $100 million fund for victims. this week they plan on giving everyone whose home was destroyed up to $50,000, no strings attached. they claim it s the right thing to do. what s still unclear is what pg&e may have done wrong and whether there s a chance it could happen again. ted rollins, cnn, san bruno, california. got a tell you that tragedy in san bruno raises questions about the safety of aging pipelines across country. josh levs has been checking in that. what are you finding? got to remind everyone how incredibly huge it is. this is your all-natural gas pipelines in the united states. you re seeing in the blue the interstate, the ones that go across different states. the red, intrastate ones that operate inside certain states like texas, oklahoma, arkansas, but you can see it s massive. in fact,
the pipe itself was last inspected in march. keeping them honest, we asked for the results of that inspection but we were told they couldn t be provided because of an ongoing investigation. we got the same response as a press conference. that is part of the ntsb investigation and i really cannot share the findings of that particular assessment. reporter: pg&e is taking responsibility setting una $100 million fund for victims. this week they plan on giving everyone whose home was destroyed up to $50,000, no strings attached. they claim it s the right thing to do. what is still unclear is what pg&e may have done wrong and whether there s a chance it could happen again. ted, this story makes us think about gas lines near our home. i have no idea about this kind of stuff. what do we know about the condition of other old lines in california and, frankly, around the rest of the country? well we know for sure that there are a lot of old lines. a lot of these major lines went in the 5
of last week s deadly explosion in northern california. the company says the money is for day-to-day expenses and comes about w no strings attached. the so-called christmas day bomber have suggested that he may plead guilty to some charges. and this time, it s igor that s the monster. hurricane igor has grown into a powerful category 4 storm, packing 150 mile-an-hour winds. it s expected to continue to grow and could hit bermuda dead on as a major category 5 hurricane. that s a check of the news. now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. the republican primary in delaware, the little state of