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People trying to get into the water, and so far, very little evidence of that here, and people are complying with the police warnings and staying away from the water and staying off of the beaches and i should mention that 20 miles or so out there and you cannot see it because of the marine layer is catalina island and the catalina flyer is a boech that goes to catalina just took off from long beach a moment ago so in some ways maritime traffic remains normal, suzanne. >> thank you, casey. we know that the folks that we saw in the water should not be in the water, but it looks like things have...

In connection with a deadly refinery explosion. five years ago the blast at a plant in texas city, texas, killed 15 workers. bp has agreed to pay $50 million to correct safety hazards at the refinery. the government says the fine reflects bp's disregard for workplace safety. bp denies it doesn't do enough to keep workers safe. and now to the sliding stock market. the dow has lost ground in five of the last six wall street trading sessions. >> the loss of nearly 59 points yesterday followed the latest unemployment report. here's abc's business editor dan arnall. good morning, dan. good morn...

All right. well before the current crisis in the gulf, some bp employees were charging the oil giant fostered a culture of profit over safety. well, a culture that left many bp field workers in fear for their lives, they say. the situation came into sharp focus during bp's handling of another deadly disaster five years ago. a refinery explosion in texas that killed 15 people and injured 180 more. here's part two of abbie boudreau's exclusive investigation. >> reporter: brent coon represented many of the victims from the 2005 texas city refinery explosion. he says bp has a history of covering u...

Refinery explosion in texas city, texas and alaskan oil pipeline spill? >> i think we acknowledged in 2005 and 2006 that we had serious issues. and as a consequence, set out to the implement systemtic change in the culture and safety of bp. i set the tone from the top by saying very clearly safe, reliable operations were our number one priority. we invested billions of dollars in the integrity of our plant. we've recruited many thousands of engineers and technologists into our company, including misdemeanor from other industries such as the nuclear industry, and other parts of the chemical and...

And finally tonight on the ed show," more about oil. british petroleum's ceo tony hayward repeated his pledge today to pay all necessary clean-up costs. but we've heard a lot of empty promises from these guys over the last 60 days. the shrimpers, fishermen and oil workers are still saying show me the money. for more on the claims, let me bring in attorney brent kuhn. he sued bp in 2005 after refinery explosion in texas. and is also involved in current lawsuits against the company. mr. kuhn, good to have you with us tonight. the $20 billion, the claims process, the independent party that's goin...