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Designed to divert attention from a dysfunctional city council. whoa, who are you calling dysfunctional? that comment came on friday after the city of richmond sued chevron. then on saturday more than 2,000 people marched on that refinery in protest of what chevron did there a year ago. police say it was largely a peaceful and organized protest, but more than 200 people were ultimately arrested on trespassing charges. they had planned to be arrested, and they were. today chevron settled the crim...

Chevron. then on saturday more than 2,000 people marched on that refinery in protest of what chevron did there a year ago. police say it was largely a peaceful and organized protest, but more than 200 people were ultimately arrested on trespassing charges. they had planned to be arrested, and they were. today chevron settled the criminal charges that were related to that refinery explosion. they agreed to pay roughly $2 million in fines and restitution. should be noted that represents a little m...

From five to eight days and in the interim the oil prices can act crazy. >>guest: they can. we saw extreme volatility today with market jumping around a dollar in a few minutes on different headlines. the one thing you have to remember, neil, if the storm doesnt do as much damage, usually the products like gasoline and heating oil will go down more than they who is gone up than before the storm. i am very concerned about this storm because of its track. a category two storm in alabama or into ne...

it is scary in the end. stay tuned. well tell you exactly whats going op. good morning. welcome to "early start." im john berman. >> im zoraida sambolin. 5:00 a.m. in the east. coming one a man who says he has been cured of hiv. dr. sanjay gupta talked to him. youll hear about that later this hour. really remarkable. plus, brett favre couldnt stay retired after all. hes back in football taking a job you might not expect. well tell you all about it. stay tuned. you need to watch befor...

To cause not only the deepwater horizon but the terrible refinery explosion at texas city a few years ago. so what i hope for them to know is that business is business. a job of a corporation is to make money for its shareholders. everybody knows that, but theres another side to it. theres the human side. theres the men and the women that work on these rigs and i was hoping that as a result of this disaster that some consideration, more consideration, would be made for their safety. >> mr. jones...

People trying to get into the water, and so far, very little evidence of that here, and people are complying with the police warnings and staying away from the water and staying off of the beaches and i should mention that 20 miles or so out there and you cannot see it because of the marine layer is catalina island and the catalina flyer is a boech that goes to catalina just took off from long beach a moment ago so in some ways maritime traffic remains normal, suzanne. >> thank you, casey. we kn...

In connection with a deadly refinery explosion. five years ago the blast at a plant in texas city, texas, killed 15 workers. bp has agreed to pay $50 million to correct safety hazards at the refinery. the government says the fine reflects bps disregard for workplace safety. bp denies it doesnt do enough to keep workers safe. and now to the sliding stock market. the dow has lost ground in five of the last six wall street trading sessions. >> the loss of nearly 59 points yesterday followed the l...

All right. well before the current crisis in the gulf, some bp employees were charging the oil giant fostered a culture of profit over safety. well, a culture that left many bp field workers in fear for their lives, they say. the situation came into sharp focus during bps handling of another deadly disaster five years ago. a refinery explosion in texas that killed 15 people and injured 180 more. heres part two of abbie boudreaus exclusive investigation. >> reporter: brent coon represented many o...

Refinery explosion in texas city, texas and alaskan oil pipeline spill? >> i think we acknowledged in 2005 and 2006 that we had serious issues. and as a consequence, set out to the implement systemtic change in the culture and safety of bp. i set the tone from the top by saying very clearly safe, reliable operations were our number one priority. we invested billions of dollars in the integrity of our plant. weve recruited many thousands of engineers and technologists into our company, including ...

And finally tonight on the ed show," more about oil. british petroleums ceo tony hayward repeated his pledge today to pay all necessary clean-up costs. but weve heard a lot of empty promises from these guys over the last 60 days. the shrimpers, fishermen and oil workers are still saying show me the money. for more on the claims, let me bring in attorney brent kuhn. he sued bp in 2005 after refinery explosion in texas. and is also involved in current lawsuits against the company. mr. kuhn, good t...