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>> shepard: the oil giant bp did indeed have the resources to prevented the deep horizon water disaster instead turned safety system into quote a traveling road show. that from the government's first witness in the very high stakes civil trial today. this witness is an engineering professor who says he had warned those officials years and years before the explosion do not cut cost for accident prevention. he says they didn't listen and that safety failures ultimately caused the blowout in 2010. that rig exploded and sank into the gulf of mexico. 11 men died and millions upon millions of gallon...

This is "studio b." at it the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. day two of the high-stakes civil trial over the deep water horizon disaster in 2010. the first witnesses for the plaintiff on the stand, a forensic engineering testified the oil giant bp put saving money over safety, and according to the witness, that move ultimately led to the deaths of 11 men and devastated the american gulf south. the government witness also said that in the years leading up to the disaster -- his listen to this -- bp cut costs in the gulf of mexico by 22%. at the same time the company increased...

Washington, d.c. have delivered. listen to keith jones, he lost a son on the deep water rig. he was pushing congress to change an archaic maritime law that limits liability in cases like his son's. >> if you want these companies, one of which is headquartered in great britain, another in switzerland, to make every effort to make sure their employees don't act as these did putting american lives at risk, you must make certain they're exposed to pain, and the only place they can feel it, their bank accounts. as a friend recently said, make them hurt where their heart would be, if they had a hear...

Precisely what lawmakers in washington, d.c. have delivered. listen to keith jones, he lost a son on the deep water rig. he was pushing congress to change an archaic maritime law that limits liability in cases like his son's. >> if you want these companies, one of which is headquartered in great britain, another in switzerland, to make every effort to make sure their employees don't act as these did putting american lives at risk, you must make certain they're exposed to pain, and the only place they can feel it, their bank accounts. as a friend recently said, make them hurt where their heart ...

Have still not been kept. >> bp also points to the $20 billion pledged to make people and businesses whole. but as we showed you on the program last night, only about 25% of it has been paid out, and a lot of people who believe they've got legitimate claims say they're being stiffed. 25%, of course, is still better than nothing. and absolutely nothing is precisely what lawmakers in washington, d.c. have delivered. listen to keith jones, he lost a son on the deep water rig. he was pushing congress to change a law that limits liability in cases like his son's. >> if you want these companies, one...