House last year stays bottled up in congress. meanwhile, his agency has approved 11 deep water drills and permits since february. 17 more are pending and new poll polling shows that 69% of americans want drilling. what nobody wants is another tragedy like the one that took 11 lives last year. that s what brings us here tonight. so there s clearly a lot left undone a year after the disaster. there s much that may not get done any time soon. before we bring our guests in, who are passionate about the region and unique way of life and also what steps need to be taken to move forward, let s begin by taking you back to day one. it began with a powerful explosion less than 24 hours ago. helicopters and ships are searching the waters off of venice, louisiana, for 11 people who are missing after the blast. federal authorities tell cnn so far there has been no report of any oil spill. at first it seemed like a story about trying to find those people, rescuing those people and dealing with the explosion. the burning oil rig sank into the sea.
Since the deep water horizon tragedy. tomorrow will mark one year sthans rig blew up, a year since 11 men died. a year since the world watched 200 million gallons of oil pour into the ocean and people saw their lives change overnight. they lost customers, money, their businesses suffered. they suffered, too. the way of life was threatened. a lot of people made promises to fix things, to clean up the beaches and the bayous, to make lives whole and to make sure nothing like this happens again. so tonight we re taking a look at how well bp, regulators, legislators and others have lived up to their promises. a year ago, with oil in the marshes and the beaches, bp s ceo tony hayward said we will make this right and so did his lieutenant, doug suttles. we won t quit until we get this job done, i can promise you that. so did the federal government.
sweeping and swift. well, yes and no. his new agency replaces the wildly discredited minerals management service that used to oversee drilling and the agency has issued new rules, but he s had to fight for funding from congress, and a comprehensive package of safety reforms that was passed by the house last year state bottled up in congress. meanwhile, his agency has approved 11 deep water drills and permits since february. 17 more are pending and new poll polling shows that 69% of americans want drilling. what nobody wants is another tragedy like the one that took 11 lives last year. that s what brings us here tonight. so there s clearly a lot left undone. a year after the disaster, there s much that may not get done any time soon. before we bring our guests in, who are passionate about the region and unique way of life and also what steps need to be taken to move forward, let s
The same section of north dallas and now we re expecting them to call us back on exactly what they ll do going forward. if they call off the seven, if they keep the search going, those sorts of questions. right now the case is still open on susan loper but a body has been found nearby where her car was found. jenna: more as we get it. thanks. rick: one year after the deep water horizon tragedy, new off shore oil drilling permits are going forward with new rules and regulations, too, but critics say the industry is gambling on the chance of another big spin. kris gutierrez is live from the helix producer rig off the coast of louisiana. hi kris. reporter: rick, this production vessel was actually used last year during the bp oil spill to collect oil that was spewing into the gulf of mexico and could be used again in the event of another disaster. we should point out the government stopped all deep water drilling following that spill. the moratorium was lifted in october but new drilling
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