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One retailer said he has a backlog of 3,000 orders. lynn? tracy, thanks so much. in the wake of this weeks nuclear crisis in japan, last night on the last word with lawrence odonnell, lawrence asked bill richardson if he thinks japans difficulties should serve as a nuclear safety wakeup call for the united states? >> i dont think we need to panic, but we need to look at all procedures. we have to look at the five nuclear plants that are probably going to be built in the next ten years, the -- ...

Count collective bargaining, what are they going to collectively bargain over if is not salary and benefits. >> nurses who work in hospitals have safety issues that they confront. emts. teachers who cheech our children have ideas about curriculum and improving student performance. those are things we always bargained about. if he shuts this down for two years or four years until we are in a better fiscal position perhaps people can understand it. but we have tens of thousands of people protestin...

>> farm lands in the northern regions, more than 100 people have been reported killed or are still missing because of those floods. in the disputed region of kashmir, funeral services for a protester killed in a confrontation with police. officers fired on 1500 rock throwing protesters in an indian controlled region. a surge in violence there since june has claimed 24 lives. >> toyota, get this, is hoping super low lease prices will lure you into a local showroom. car maker reportedly betting it...

>> ok. yeah, let me tell you what universal said about the situation. we design our attractions so that the maximum number of people can experience them. and based the decisions on careful research. there will occasionally be people who for whatever reason dont ride in a rides restraints. this is true at attractions everywhere. so you werent like upset? do you understand where theyre coming from? you werent upset about this, were you? >> oh, of course. i understand completely where theyre coming...

Head, still above the blow-out preventer, sucking the oil out of it, those two ships are still working. for them to stop, the waves would have to be 12 feet. waves are not that big. theyre not expected to get that big. at least this well is not spewing oil like it was a couple of days ago, unabated, when they were trying to put that cap back on. that cap, at least tonight, is still there. anderson? >> well continue checking in with y, chad. what a cnn investigation has uncovered about a progra...

Is more than 600 miles away from the oil, yet it has shut down almost all the cleanup operations, shut down the skimming, shut down the burning. those two boats, those two ships that are still above the well head, still above the blow-out preventer, sucking the oil out of it, those two ships are still working. for them to stop, the waves would have to be 12 feet. waves are not that big. theyre not expected to get that big. at least this well is not spewing oil like it was a couple of days ago, u...

The oil, yet it has shut down almost all the cleanup operations, shut down the skimming, shut down the burning. those two boats, those two ships that are still above the well head, still above the blow-out preventer, sucking the oil out of it, those two ships are still working. for them to stop, the waves would have to be 12 feet. waves are not that big. theyre not expected to get that big. at least this well is not spewing oil like it was a couple of days ago, unabated, when they were trying to...

The epa and the fbi have been breathing down bps necks. this looks like youll be hearing the word british petroleum in an ugly way. its not the flower symbol of their logo. its been a company in the last few years that have been cutting a lot of corners when it deals with safety issues. >> youre pretty fired up about this. we told them you were going to be talking to us tonight and we had a statement from them as well. i want to read it to you, david, and get your response. when bp plans any act...

Firm adds negligent. they were specific about that. a-r they negligent? is this firm negligent? >> well find out. really looks like it. bp has had a horrific response. they did dole with the fact you had a blast. theyre not talking about the environmental end game here. theyve basically gone undercover and started doing the blame game on the oil rig company instead of taking projects responsibility for this. you know, british petroleum in 2006 had the worst cracked pipes in the north slope of al...

Clean-up, as we know, its something in the oil pollution act. that doesnt mean the administration had judged the firm as negligent. they were specific about that. a-r they negligent? is this firm negligent? >> well find out. really looks like it. bp has had a horrific response. they did deal with the fact they did deal with the fact you had a blast. theyre not talking about the environmental end game here. theyve basically gone undercover and started doing the blame game on the oil rig company i...