the seaport would be locked, and no commercial ships can go there and pick up all the food. supply will be stopped. we calculated over 200,000 families would be affected, losing their livelihood, probably for a generation, 25 years. the clean up would have cost $20 billion, that s the best estimate that we received. in 1989, the exxon valdez spill leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude into the gulf of alaska, a slick that covered over 1,000 miles of coastline. even now, pockets of oil are still being discovered. yet on yemen s fso safer, four times as much oil. this is big. and i looked at the first price tag of, how are we going to raise $141; million? in the end, after two years and between 23 countries, private companies and even the general public, enough funds were raised to launch an operation to transfer the oil. an elementary school in bethesda, maryland. kids, six, seven, eight years old, heard about this and went out and raised. they sold lemonade or what
and good morning, everybody. it s wednesday, october 5th. a very cool, crisp day here in the northeast. welcome to american morning, everyone. lots of news to tell you about today. first, amanda knox is back on american soil. what a homecoming it was. knox touched down in seattle shortly after 8:00 last night, p.m. she thanked everyone who supported drew griffin was there. what was it like? reporter: before she even spoke, before anyone spoke, you could just see the relief on their faces. first the attorney addressed the crowd. if the if there were questions. mom and dad addressed the crowd? any questions for them? no. everybody just wanted to hear from her. amanda knox, and when she came to the podium, she said she had to remember, i have to speak in english now. i m really overwhelmed right now. reporter: after spending four years in an italian prison, amanda knox could hardly believe she was back home in seattle. i was looking down from the airplane and it seem