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The deepwater horizon disaster wasn't the only focus on capitol hill today. lawmakers heard testimony about another gulf coast, potential catastrophe, according to whistleblower ken abbott, former consultant on atlantis, another deepwater rig, huge rig, deep well. he claims it's operating without crucial plans, cost cutting measure and another example of what he says is bp's widespread disrespect for safety. >> ken you're basically saying that the atlantis rig, bp oil rig in the gulf, producing far more oil than the deepwater horizon did, is unsafe, correct? >> the drawings were not completed ...

He claims it's operating without crucial plans, cost cutting measure and another example of what he says is bp's widespread disrespect for safety. >> ken you're basically saying that the atlantis rig, bp oil rig in the gulf, producing far more oil than the deepwater horizon did, is unsafe, correct? >> the drawings were not completed properly, which is going to cause problems with the operators being able to operate the rig safely on an ongoing basis. because of the size of the atlantis, four to five times the output of the deepwater, any failure there could be four to five times the problem th...

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People like yourself that thousands, tens of thousands of jobs will be lost here. the rig workers, cooks, support ships that help the rigs but you had a chance actually to speak to the president himself when he toured your parish. what did you say to him and what was his response? >> he was gracious enough to invite me into his vehicle when we were going to the beach. and, i had to take the opportunity to ask him to reconsider. just knowing what it would do to our economy, that it would devastate our economy. and that it would take a very, very long time for us to recover from this. >> what di...