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So here is breaking news out of california tonight and it is ugly. this is refugio beach. that sploch you see is oil. the u.s. coast guard saying an oil pipeline has ruptured there this afternoon creating this spill that stretched four miles of the california coast. refugio beach is about 20 miles southwest of california, up the coast from los angeles. i think you can see here this is where the oil pipeline apparently burst. it didn t burst in the water, it burst on the land but it appears the spill, the oil, traveled down under a highway and ultimately into the water, into the ocean. authorities say the pape line leaked today for about three hours. it was reportedly stopped by about 3:00 local time, 6:00 eastern time. this is the pipeline operated by plains all america pipeline. ....
This is refugio beach. that splotch you see is oil. the u.s. coast guard saying an oil pipeline has ruptured there this afternoon creating this spill that stretched four miles of the california coast. refugio beach is about 20 miles southwest of california, up the coast from los angeles. i think you can see here this is where the oil pipeline apparently burst. it didn t burst in the water, it burst on the land but it appears the spill, the oil, traveled down under a highway and ultimately into the water, into the ocean. authorities say the pipeline leaked today for about three hours. it was reportedly stopped by about 3:00 local time, 6:00 eastern time. this is the pipeline operated by plains all america pipeline. there s no word yet on how much oil spilled or, more importantly, what type of oil has spilled into the ocean here. ....
Hopefully we ll get their cooperation with that. sergeant patrick swanton with the waco police department. i know how hard you re working there. thank you for taking the time to talk with us tonight. good luck. yes, ma am. thank you. we have lots more ahead tonight including that breaking news i was just talking about from this california oil spill. we have images from that spill just coming in and we have that next. boy: once upon a time, there was a nice house that lived with a family. one day, it started to rain and rain. water got inside and ruined everybody s everythings. the house thought she let the family down. but the family just didn t think a flood could ever happen. the reality is floods do happen. protect what matters. call the number on your screen or visit the website to learn more. ....
Southwest of california, up the coast from los angeles. i think you can see here this is where the oil pipeline apparently burst. it didn t burst in the water, it burst on the land but it appears the spill, the oil, traveled down under a highway and ultimately into the water, into the ocean. authorities say the pipeline leaked today for about three hours. it was reportedly stopped by about 3:00 local time, 6:00 eastern time. this is the pipeline operated by plains all america pipeline. there s no word yet on how much oil spilled or, more importantly, what type of oil has spilled into the ocean here. refugio beach is a state park. its camp site is fully booked for memorial day weekend this weekend. i guess that might not happen. we re watching the situation and efforts to contain it. we ll let you know as we learn more. ....
Keepers. they turned over to federal prosecutors this video that they took and also the results of their sampling in that river during the spill. well, last week, the federal case about the spill wrapped up and so now we can see that evidence, too. we could see what federal investigators got to see. in that federal case duke energy pled guilty nine times. the company agreed to pay $102 million fine which is the largest criminal fine in north carolina history. so duke s coal ash spill was a crime. duke pled guilty. but ever since that spill, one central question has been whether the state government of north carolina itself was in some way criminally involved. north carolina s governor pat mcquarry spent 0 years working at duke energy before he went into politics. as the new governor of north carolina he and his state government stepped in three times to stop, effectively to big foot lawsuits against duke. the moukory administration stepped in over and over again ....