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Federal regulators issued a second set of violation against b.p. for activities related to last year's gulf oil spill. one alleged b.p. failed to suspend drilling operation when safety protocols were not met. 11 rig workers were killed in the explosion that started the spill. 70 years ago today, december 7, 1941, was indeed a date that lived in infamy. that characterization from president franklin roosevelt came as the japanese bombing of pearl harbor began a deadly chapter in history. phil keating has rare video evidence of that terrible day. >> this is a big piece of history. a lot of it h...

plane headed into this thing. they are calling it a tropical disturbance for now just to see if it's serious enough to name it a tropical storm possibly in the next couple of hours. keep in mind we're also learning major oil companies are not taking any chances with this disturbance. evacuations have begun just in case and the mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu, he'll be holding a news conference as they are all watching this disturbance as well heading precariously closely to their government line. we'll keep an eye on all of it and let's move on to some other news. moammar gadhaf...

Explosion. workers also bypassed alarms and automatic shutdown systems according to the reports, ones that could have helped deal with this disaster. the rig workers didn't get enough training on how to disconnect the rig from the well to avoid a disaster. big picture, the report states transocean's failure to have an effective safety management system and instill a culture that emphasizes and ensures safety contributed to the disaster. a spokesman for the transocean company says that it strongly disagrees with the coast guard's findings. senator john ensign handed in his letter of resignation...

We shouldn't forget in all of this that 11 rig workers did die in in that accident and explosion and by the time that the oil well was finally capped at the bottom of the gulf 206 millions of gallon had escaped. >> do you remember that scene of seeing the oil just being pumped into the ocean, it was very tough and it just went on and on and on. >> every day and that was the amount of oil that spilled was actually 19 times more than was involved in the exxon valdez spill and the response to all of that oil was the largest armada of vessels assembled since d-day. >> and it's easy to forget about...

>> but you were saying that you think you're a superior candidate based on the fact that you're richer then hem. >> not necessarily a candidate, how do we compare, i'm much richer, that doesn't necessarily make me bigger. >> he says flattering things about tim pawlenty, sarah palin, and michele bachmann, particularly that the two women had a lot of energy. he says he'll announce if he's running in june. in the meantime, the man whose job he may or may not want, barack obama, is somewhere behind those blue curtains. he's in northern virginia. you can see there's a big crowd there. he'll be talk...