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Reporter, political strategist l. joy williams and mike conseoul who is a fellow at the roosevelt institute. so nice to have you all here. okay. those of us living on the coast are watching this trial. remind people what this trial is and what the kind of central claims are here. >> right, this is the civil trial. >> right. >> where they are going to be determine who is responsible basically for the gusher, as you correctly identified it as, and right now there's a lot finger-pointing in that trial which started this week. bp, halliburton and transocean, thee were all operators of the rig, and...

A senate committee investigating the corporate tax code says microsoft and hewlett-packard used offshore units and tax loopholes to shield billions of dollars of profits. both companies say their strategies are legal. a new chemical analysis finds virtually all tar balls washing up in alabama since hurricane isaac are directly linked to the bp oil spill. the trustee paying claims from ber nad mod dove's $17 billion ponzi scheme says so far $2.5 billion has been returned to victims. apparently undeterred by widespread complaints about apple's new map app, customers snapped up the first ip...

Half. they are receding. continue to do so just as long as there are no roar rain up north of substance. everyone will get to mop up the mess isaac created all through the this holiday weekend. on the beaches biloxi along the coast they do remain closed as well as debris removal. that's continuing all weekend and also waiting for federal investigators to get down here to make sure there are no tar balls left over stirred up from the two years ago bp oil spill. harris? >> harris: phil keating. thank you very much. remnants of isaac now soaking the mid section of this country. some of the areas ...

Studied, they are in poor health. >> dean, you have some visual aids with you, and is that right? my understanding is that you live in grand isle and you brought with you tar balls so that doug was telling us that the oil spill is not over in the sense of the effects are not just over, but you are actually still seeing the tar balls, and -- oh, my gosh. look at that. >> we are seeing them on a daily basis, melissa. you could pick up thousands and thousands of these on the beach everyday. >> that is çstunning. >> you are finding that on the beach near your home? >> on the beach. on my propert...

Up. some occupy members are uncomfortable using wells fargo. but the group calls it a time sensitive issue. >> gulf coast residents say clean-up from b.p. oil spill is not finished. even though the government says the company is no longer responsible. as we told you wednesday, b.p. only has to pay for oil that come ashore. if it is proven to be from the deep water horizon spill. the "new york times" reports the company admits it will be harder to establish that link as time passes. estimates are that 10% of the oil remains and residents are still spotting tar balls and mattes of weathered oil ...