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Teachers from talking to their students about homosexuality. all that and more 15 minutes away on "newsnation." breaking news now, a coast guard investigation into last year's deep water horizon explosion in the gulf has concluded that rig owner transocean had put serious flaws in its safety management system, contributing to the disaster. the report also found that lax oversight by the rig was ineffective in preventing the disaster. more on that to come. virginia republicans kicked off the campaign season with a home state tradition, the 63rd annual shad planking, a political free for all...

Containment box is going to go down there, this one called the top hat, it's going to be in place on top of that oil well in the gulf of mexico, we hope. the first dome failed to do the trick, it got clogged by ice crystals. meanwhile it is day two in hearings in washington and in louisiana about what exactly went wrong here. lawmakers are losing patience with bp, the rig owner, transocean, and the subcontractor, halliburton, watch this: >> i hear one message and the message is don't blame me. well, shifting this blame does not get us very far. it's like a bit of a texas 2-step. oh yeah, we're...

Leak, likely before the disaster, that may have knocked it out of commission. and bp told the committee that the well in this case failed a key pressure test, just hours before the explosion. there was a discrepancy between two pressure readings that shouldn't have been there. one reading showed significant pressure in the well bore, the hole being drilled, while no pressure was observed in another line. the head of transocean, the rig owner, was asked about that today -- >> and what significance does that have? >> the significance of the discrepancy between the two pressures, would lead -- le...

April 2nd he muted his responsibility by blaming transocean, the rig owner and operator for the accident itself. i don't know how that plays in terms of public relation in this country. it doesn't play very well. i put it to him that it was a mistake. he said but it's very important to make that distinction clear. >> shepard: i want to go back to what u.s. chemical safety and hazard investigation board reported on the heels of the 2005 investigation. quote. the texas city disaster was caused by organizational and safety deefficiencies at all level of the bp corporation, warnings were present f...

72 people were gunned down last week. the gulf drug cartels and the -- are engaged in bloody warfare for control of the drug-smuggling routes throughout that area. and new details on that oil rig fire in the gulf of mexico. rig owner mariner energy said the flames were the result of a fire, not an explosion. the coast guard said there was no leak. no word what caused that fire. this all happened 200 miles west of the deep water horizon explosion. now take a look at this picture. this is the one mike was telling us the top of the hour. this is just amazing video or pictures at least. all 13 wor...