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>> the nation the world didn't understand how bad this oil spill was. >> the images were iconic. louisiana state bird covered in oil, a symbol of the gulf disaster. p.j. hahn was there to document it >> the media would get out there before the workers would get out there and once they saw the birds covered in oil gasping for air and the pictures came back we said yeah we'll get some help. >> authorities did not want the media to see that did they? >> absolutely didn't want us to see that and as a -- as an amateur photographer so to speak, i was out there photographing, taking photographs, and i had a lot of the media with me and we happened to catch birds in oil that were trapped in the oil, covered in oil. ♪ >> so if that story had gotten
improvements in the debt crisis in europe. dow is up nearly 7% since the start of this year and is about 1% from the record close of 14,164. that was recorded in october of 2007. a great day for your 401-k. >> years before the 2010 gulf disaster, british newspapers reported tony hayward said his company was being too cautious. a court heard what he had to say after his company dumped millions of gallons of oil into the water. that is next. plus, more signs that the white house may be leaving the sidelines in theory and walking right onto the field. does that mean military intervention? that is coming up. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness?
environmentalists and the white house. >> one of the big mistakes bp made and many companies make is they put one person in charge of everything. >> there's no question we're going to learn a lot from this accident in the gulf coast. >> reporter: by july, hayward was on the way out. bob dudley was promoted to ceo later that year. a new ceo helped take off some of the heat coming from capitol hill and the white house. what about safety and risk management? in a video just launched on bp's website, dudley details how bp has restructured. >> looking to the future, it also explains the changes we're making in bp today to put safety and risk management at the heart of everything we do. >> reporter: another big change? bp the oil giant is just a bit smaller as it sells $30 billion worth of assets as part of putting $41 billion aside to pay for the gulf disaster. bp does have plans, of course, to grow again.
>> there's very, very slow growth. it's deliberately very slow growth because they don't want to get caught in sort of the position where they're saying, look, you're starting to cut corners again. they have to be the ultimate in terms of caution, i think, going forward. >> reporter: for long-term growth, bp is refocusing in certain areas. deepwater deals were struck off china, australia and brazil. onshore deals in indonesia and india. and in early january of this year, an announcement that bp would swap equity with russia's largest state-controlled energy firm to explore the deep waters of the russian arctic, the first private oil company to shop shares with a state-controlled oil company. but if dudley hoped this would help bp move on from the gulf disaster, it hasn't. bp is now mired in a legal battle with its russian partners
at the heart of everything we do. >> reporter: another big change. bp the oil giant is just a bit smaller as it sells $30 billion worth of assets as part of putting $41 billion aside to pay for the gulf disaster. bp does have plans, of course, to grow again. >> it's very, very slow growth and deliberately very, very slow growth because they don't want to get caught in sort of a position where they're saying, look, you're starting to cut corners again. they have to be the ultimate in items of caution. i think going forward. >> reporter: for long-term growth bp is refocusing in certain area. deep water deals were struck off china, australia and brazil. on shore deals in indonesia and india. and in early january of this year, an announcement that bp would swap equity with russia's
the good news is a lot of the oil has evaporated and disbursed and it's looking like it's not as quite the environmental disaster for the ecosystem as people thought. but the pockets of louisiana are in awful shape right now and bp should be staying on that, as should the federal government. >> doug and billy, we're going to ask you to stick around. we'll talk a little bit more about that money after the break. later, bp's man in charge of paying out the damage claims. he says we should look at what is half full in the glass. some people trying to get compensation for that say they no, that glass is completely empty. how did an air traffic controller put the first lady's flight on a course that calls for last-minute evasive action when "360" continues from the gulf. ♪ [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work,
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.
these were provided by bp only after weeks of prodding by congress and the media. >> the defining moment is when the camera came and people could see this wasn't a trickle, that it was gushing out. >> i basically told the senior leadership at bp, i said, you're going to have to stream this video, there's no choice. >> what is it like, what is the toughest part, jack? >> our future. it's really scary. we're very resilient people, but i don't know if we can spring back from this. >> we're sorry for the massive disruption it's caused to their lives. there's no one who wants this thing over more than i do. i would like my life become. >> more from bp's ceo. he issued an apology today for saying he wants this disaster over because he would like his life back.
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do in louisiana while the cameras were there. as soon as the media stopped doing a drumbeat on them, they disappeared. the fact that you can have a cnn reporter go to some of the offshore islands and find oil, why aren't they down there continuing to have an environmental cleanup? they also haven't made good to the people of louisiana. they have put some millions in, but it's coming in in such a trickle that many are flustered. the good news is a lot of the oil has evaporated and disbursed and it's looking like it's not as quite the environmental disaster as people thought. but the pockets of louisiana are in awful shape and bp should be staying on that, as should the federal government. >> doug and billy, we're going to ask you to stick around. we'll talk a little bit more about that money after the break.