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Reasonable compromise. just the day before the shooting in newtown, lawmakers in michigan passed a bill to allow people to carry concealed weapons in churches and in ohio, cars in guns at the state house and in florida, soon issuing their millionth concealed weapon and firearms license. just today, david, in michigan, republican governor rick snyders pledged to take a closer look at the measure that would allow concealed weapons in schools and churches and reacting to the news not to what many p...

In the wake of the gulf oil disaster another bp drilling project is drawing second looks. drew griffin of cnns special investigations unit juourneyed inside the arctic circle to bring us the controversy. >> reporter: we are three miles out to sea off the north slope of alaska. take a look down through that fog. thats a drilling rig on a tiny man made island. bp owns the rig and dumped tons of gravel into the water only 22 feet deep to build up this island. cost so far? about a billion dollars. b...

Than off a floating rig. but environmentalists say its a clever way of gaming the federal permit system. rebecca noblin represents half a dozen environmental groups. >> if there were an oil spill, that oil is going into the ocean. its not on land. so, this really is -- this is drilling in water. >> reporter: thats the heart of the debate. does putting the massive drill rig on a 32-acre pile of gravel mean bps liberty island project should be subject to federal rules for drilling on land or shoul...