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Investigated three similar deadly accidents. and one of the things theyll be looking at closely here is the maintenance of these boats. the coast guard is actually the administrative body that signs off on these boats. and they tell us that annually these boats are inspected. they couldnt say for sure whether this boat had been inspected recently or not. now the ntsb comes in, theyll be investigating that process and determining whether maintenance was a factor in this accident. >> all right. st...

Difficult because you have, you know, economic woes. you also have the concern about, you know, the wars in afghanistan and iraq. but heres where i think the democrats have an opportunity. the republicans have not offered any alternative vision. the reality is, democrats have gone out there and had to deal with incredibly tough problems that they inherited and made incredibly tough decisions and now i think it is up to the voters to decide. but this is where the steele issue does, i think, pose ...

A massage therapists claims that former vice president are al gore made unwanted schedule advances toward her four years ago. 54-year-old molly haggerty claims gore groped her during a massage session at an upscale portland hotel in october, 2006 but police did not file charges because they say there was not enough evidence to move forward. police will not say why they reopened the case now a spokesman for the former vice president tells nbc news that gore unequivocally and emphatically denies t...

Not to mention all the shallow water drilling. these rigs are not going to sit out in the gulf of mexico for six months it costs them $500,000 a day. so they are going to leave. they are going to go to brazil. they are going to go to indonesia. we not only lose the energy, we lose hundreds of thousands of jobs. in 2005 we had a bp explosion here in texas city at a refinery. we closed that refinery down but we didnt close all the refineries in the united states. so investigate bp but dont make a ...

And in my "playbook" there wasnt of blame to go around during todays hearings on the oil spill in gulf of mexico. ron wyden of oregon hammered bp for failing to address a history of safety problems. >> we understand that the specific cause for the deep water horizon disaster isnt known, but this sure fits, in my view, a pattern, a pattern of serious safety and environmental problems at bp. >> what im telling you is i have not been aware of or seized deficiencies in the gulf of mexico systems. >>...

Toyota going head to head today. ray lahood described the meeting with toyota president as quoting, tough but respectful. that meeting comes as u.s. highway safety officials investigate the japanese carmaker for safety violations. toyota has been find nearly $16.5 million for not reporting safety problems. history in the making. stay right there. you are going to see it. president obama due to announce his choice for the u.s. supreme court. cnn has confirmed that she is elena kagan, the presiden...

Some of the toughest critics of b.p. in all the world are here, too, and weve been getting an earful from them about the incidents happening over in the gulf of mexico. now, b.p. they know has had a string of safety problems, a history of safety incidents. best known, a fire at a texas city refinery back in 2005 which left 15 people dead. many more injured. that and other problems including this latest spill put down to by these critics, cost cutting at b.p., profit seeking. that has singed the ...

Agents are looking into whether massey energy company was criminally negligent in its attention to safety concerns. a separate report suggests the feds are also investigating whether inspectors from the mine safety and health administration accepted bribes to ignore safety problems. the labor department denies that allegation. this news comes on the heels of a report that massey energy offered a settlement of $3 million to the families of each of the miners who died. that is not justice. massey ...

Another mining problem so soon after west virginia. it appears this particular mine also had some safety problems. >> state records are coming out today. theyre saying this particular mine. the dough tiki mine had -- t violations in the past. >> jon and jane a fluid situation. the rescue began after reports these two guys were trapped in there. that was last night. perhaps some progress. as soon as we get more information well bring it to you. jane: rick, thanks. also breaking at this hour were ...

This front right here, which eventually will clear that out and shift the winds a bit is going to stall out here this weekend and probably into monday and tuesday. so i think we are going to be dealing with persistent winds for a while. winds that will be strong. coastal flood alerts in effect this weekend, shepard. and on top of that we have high tides this weekend, spring tides that are astronomically higher than your typical tides are anyway. >> shepard: that does not look good at all does it...