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Laura seen from the international space station tonight. you can see the size and scope of this system. there is a state of emergency at this hour. all of this, of course, right in the middle of a pandemic. we do have the new track this evening, right near new orleans, and meteorologist rob marciano leads us off from the storm zone. >> reporter: tonight, mandatory evacuations along the gulf coast as families brace for the one-two punch of two tropical systems. in grand isle, louisiana, residents...

A compendium of different problems and that a number of companies were actually involved in this disaster, harris. >> harris: all right. trace, thank you very much. you know the gulf oil disaster shos firsthand the extreme dangers people can face while working on those offshore rigs. now one company is using a training facility built for astronauts to teach oil and gas workers how to survive a catastrophe in deep water. our kris gutierrez has the story from the johnson space center in houston. >...

even falls, with forecasters predicting potentially catastrophic flooding. >> im al wli velshi. raging floodwaters from hurricane irene washed him away, but a new jersey man lived and now telling us how he survived mother natures wrath. in just a few hours the governments new jobs report. will it be welcome news for you, your job, and the recovery? well break it down on this "american morning." good morning, everyone. it is friday, september 2nd. jobs day, september 2nd. welcome to...

Regulating offshore drilling is that the companies claim to be almost unrelatable, right? they implicitly and explicitly assert they know more than anyone else how to do this. they are the experts and have the advanced technology to pull this off and if they cant be left alone to do it they at least please need deference, leeway, recognition they know what they are doing. that is the industry attitude. sometimes frankly the government adopts that attitude, too, and goes along deferentially becau...

There are. obviously folks are saying this is an active season. im always skeptical of predictions. you never really know. how do you prepare for this? >> weve had meetings with bp and the coast guard. were still waiting for all their equipment and personnel. weve actually picked out a place in the north end of the parish. i dont think well get all the equipment, all the people out, realistic. even if we pull the trigger on their evacuation the same time we do the offshore rigs, logistically hav...

Parish. i dont think well get all the equipment, all the people out, realistic. even if we pull the trigger on their evacuation the same time we do the offshore rigs, logistically having barges with 200, 300 men that have to be transported by boat back to shore is a big task. so, were going to take this location as a last resort to hunker down in the north end of the parish. we will not put the citizens in harms way. when the contra flow goes into place, those vessels and buses will not be allow...

Operating in the united states. to this end, im looking forward to examining with mr. hayward whether there is a deficient safety culture at bp that led to this disaster and other recent ones, including the bp refinery explosion in 2005 in texas city, texas. in a bp pipeline spill in 2007, which released 200,000 gallons of oil into the alaskan wilderness. mr. hayward, why is bps record on safety so spotty? what is equally as important as our efforts to combat the spill as the knee-jerk legislati...

Theyre going to separate the responsibilities of that service into two. the first one, you can see, the magnifying glass which basically signifies that is going to be an enforcement arm thats going to look into safety and enforcement of that safety on offshore rigs. and the second one is going to be what the minerals and the service already does. and that is that theyre going to collect the money, issue the leases, collect the royalties. lets go to the gulf right now. weve made a commitment to s...