Oil giant BP and government officials at every level are working feverishly to minimize the devastation caused by the growing oil slick spawned by the the oil rig that exploded almost two weeks ago. Can the oil flow be stopped? How effective are efforts to contain the mess? How much of the coastline has been impacted? What is the economic toll? And how strong has the federal response been to this disaster? We ask Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise.
Archives for May 2010
Finding the Times Square Bomber
Over the weekend, a crude but massive bomb was found in the back of an SUV in New York City’s Times Square. So where do authorities start the hunt for the attacker and possibly others who are part of the plot? How do they separate solid leads from the flimsy ones? And what lessons have been learned by the way police responded to the threat? We ask retired FBI agent Bob Hamer, a former member of the Joint Terrorism Task Force.