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The tougher standards for the equipment that failed in the bp disaster are coming, but drilling starts again in the meantime. so given what we found so far in our reporting on this, i am really happy the ap ran their own big long story on this today. i am hoping this will goose some more big time print coverage of drilling safety after the bp disaster. particularly with the anniversary of the bp rig explosion coming up next week.

17 days of this is ok. but they are after the government would appreciate you please getting your stuff together. are too lax and they are going to tighten them up but until then they are going to keep handing out permits. the tougher standards for the equipment that failed in the bp disaster are coming but drilling starts in the meantime. so given what we found so far in our reporting on this, i really am happy the a.p. ran their own big long story on this today, seriously, no snark i am hoping...

International peace. thank you for your time today. >> thank you very much. as many of you know, we are now coming up on the one-year anniversary of the bp oil disaster. yes its been a year. look at that picture. you remember seeing that day in, day out for months now? the company, bp, could be facing possible criminal charges for that deadly rig explosion. whats the likelihood of that, however? and the likelihood of a conviction? ♪ [ male announcer ] from advances in medical imaging that he...

North florida and if you are in those areas check out your local news. so for the next 30 minutes. we have word from secretary clinton, obama administration said they have not decided whether to arm the libyan rebels and secretary chin done says no decision on arming the libyan rebels and they are watching with all of us, make no mistake. we are learning more about pay outs to the families of the workers killed on the rig that exploded in the gulf of mexico in the worst offshore oil disaster we ...

The u.s. ambassador to mexico has resigned over a diplomatic cable on wikileaks, he complained about mexican security forces not doing more to combat mexican drug cartels. this comes less than two weeks after mexican president calderone met with president obama to discuss white house security. and while you were sleeping, investigating a slick in the gulf of mexico, three miles off the louisiana coast. no word whether its in fact oil and coverage in the deep water verizon rig explosion that star...

Loss in two decades after this devastating rig explosion in the gulf of mexico. but theres still a sweetener for shareholders. and as google loses ground, chinas top internet search engine more than doubles its money in the fourth quarter. egypts credit rating downgraded. its tourism industry crippled. central bank and stock market closed. egyptian officials on guard against financial free fall. essential supplies such as food and fuel are running low. merchants are rationing supplies in som...

If you ride drunk, you will get caught... and you will get arrested. okay. we want to give you another quick update on the developing story, the breaking news from about an hour ago. were talking about a rig explosion. still caught between whether

You can see that. we do not know if anyone is hurt. if they got away. the plane has just gone down. thats all i know. when we get the new information on this, context and perspective and facts we will bring it to you but i want to show you what happened although the signal is not too great from kgo. wait, one more thing -- no, no update. >> more breaking news and pictures of the rig explosion that happened in the gulf. brand new. happened today. and now to the newsroom. i have not seen video yet...

Rates have been falling since spring, and this is the lowest 30-year rate since freddie mac started tracking. president obama when he was speaking on tuesday night mainly on iraq, but he talked also about the economy, its clearly on his mind, and he said, quote, our most urgent task is to restore our economy and put the millions of americans who have lost their jobs back to work. jenna, jon, back to you. jenna: well get back to you in the briefing room when robert gibbs steps up to the microphon...

In the air right now and the coast guard is responding of course. unknown injuries and no known status on the workers. we dont know if they hit the water with flotation devices. we just dont know. so thats what we know right now. lets see the area again one more time here, reynolds. >> back out a little bit, give people at home a better idea where this is taking place. lets clear this and lets expand this one more time. you have baton rouge here, heres new orleans. its the southern half of the s...