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Official, significant pressure discrepancies were observed in at least two of these tests which were conducted just hours before the explosion. transocean, one of the worlds largest operator of drilling rigs, says it has no reason to believe that the rigs fail-safe device called a blowout preventer, was not fully operational. but weve learned from cameron, the manufacturer of the blowout preventer, that the device had a leak in a crucial hydraulic system and a defectively configured rap. >> inte...

This well. youve had some evidence of negligence already in a serious case. having said that, the tsa handles this issue domestically, and the plan is within a year to transition this no fly list into the tsa. in other words, it would be government controlled. i actually think that ought to be sped up. we ought to get it done as soon as possible. the no fly list is difficult because already they have had a missed match today of someone. >> right. >> so people are very sensitive about it. on the ...

Atmospheres, something like that. so the idea is to lower this thing down on top ever so carefully. >> lets take a look at this. >> this product of millions of dollars and years of research, to lower this thing down on top of this well, but its under water. its going to swing around. then youve got to get it in place. and then oil can come out from underneath it. >> yeah. >> so ive got to tell you, they call it a preventer. its two valves. its a valve on top of a valve. and its really not, in my...

We know that whats happened here in the gulf has exceeded even what bp said was their worst-case scenario for this. should they have not been given approval to do this in the first place? >> raching, i think that is but one of many questions that were all going to look for time to answer with facts. facts were getting now, facts well continue to get. i think one thing is clear. that is there was supposed to be a fail-safe here, this blowout prevention valve. its not safe at all. it hasnt worked....

Bp right now. all has to be done with remotely operated vehicles. everything is being done because it looks like we had a failure pf the blowout preventer which is above the well thats supposed to close it down in times of emergency which appeared not to work. >> thats the big question. how does that not happen? how does a fail-safe procedure fail? >> i would defer to secretary salazar for follow-on comment. basically its a multi-stage device that sits above the well head that can cut the pipe, ...

Mr. hang, at this hour how do you see this, the magnitude of this disaster? >> its simply getting bigger and bigger. there are very, very high seas. theres high wind thats going to blow the oil in these very wavy breakers right over those booms. its going to be a complete bust. its just going to spread throughout that area. its going to soak into all those very fragile habitats and the impact is going to be just simply catastrophic. >> from your knowledge, who has the equipment that could go dow...

622639. results later on in the show. joining me now is mike, an environmental attorney, lawyer who his firm has filed a class-action lawsuit in three states on behalf of the shrimpers, fisheries, oystermen and business owners. nice to have you with us tonight. >> how are you? >> im doing fine. i appreciate what youre doing because this is going to have a domino effect on jobs in that region down there unlike anything we have ever seen before. wheres the liability? wheres the culpability here? w...

Happened at all raised more questions than answers. william la jeunesse is live from los angeles, why, now, why is there the belief by some that this man may have faked the swire thing? >> reporter: megyn, youre right, some people believe this could be another balloon boy, an elaborate how convincing hoax. number one is public relations, toyota is done being on the offensive, theyre going to fight back, and theyre going to do a show and tell at qualcomm parking lot in just about two hours. secon...

Data bus that the brake has been pushed. isnt that correct? >> you are much better than i am. i believe so. >> for all of us here who are concerned about fail-safe and acceleration caused by electronics, i think im asking you, isnt it fair to say that although electronics could at times be a problem, and your people have not eliminated that, the solution is, in fact, electronics in this case and thats whats going to give the higher level of safety? >> well, i can only say this is an added measur...

Absolutely pursue anomalies and make sure theyre not a failure in hardware or software. jon: toyotas president says hes taking the company back to basics, but as you alluded to, theyre talking about this new electronic gadget that would disable the accelerator if you stepped on the accelerator and the brake at the same time. that doesnt sound like bakes, that sounds like more electronics and potentially more problems. >> well, certainly when youre so electronic and so much of the weight savings ...