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from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." investigators get the first close-up look at critical piece of machinery that was supposed to have prevented the massive bp oil spill. the 300-ton blowout preventer that should have sealed off the flow of oil after the deep water horizon rig exploded is tonight an important piece of evidence. after being carefully lifted from the seafloor last even under the careful eyes of the fbi. the full explanation of the explosion that killed 11 workers is undetermined, but now investigators are a step closer to learnin...

everyone. welcome to "today" on this monday morning. i'm natalie morales. >> and i'm lester holt. the two of us are sitting here together, it means one thing, it's a monday holiday. we're laboring away. matt and meredith will be back tomorrow. always good to be with you. >> the "b" team. no, we're the "a" team. >> b-plus. anyway, this time last week, of course, we were watching tropical storm and then hurricane earl made a real close pass to the east coast and now we're looking back in the gulf there is a new storm to worry about today. >> that's right. it's tropical storm hermine wh...

from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening. investigators this weekend are gegtd their first close-up look at the critical piece of machinery that was supposed to have prevented the massive bp oil spill. the 300-ton blowout preventer which should have sealed off the flow of oil after the deep water horizon rig exploded is an important piece of evidence. after carefully lifted from the seafloor last evening under the watchful eyes of the fbi. the full explanation is undetermined, but now investigators are a step closer to ...

oil spill. the 300-ton blowout preventer which should have sealed off the flow of oil after the deep water horizon rig exploded is an important piece of evidence. after carefully lifted from the seafloor last evening under the watchful eyes of the fbi. the full explanation is undetermined, but now investigators are a step closer to learning how the tragedy unfolded into this country's largest environmental disaster. nbc's anne thompson was on board the thip that retrieved the preventer and joins us from new orleans with more. ann. >> reporter: good evening, lester. the blowout preven...

Didn't like to go out fishing but went anywhere. donald clark was the assistant driller, father of four, remembered as soft spoken with an excellent work ethic. stephen curtis was an assistant driller, craze bet outdoors and war a kamoed tuxedo vest. gordon jones was a fluid specialist and mud engineer, a rabid lsu fan. his second son maxwell was born after the rig exploded. he obviously never got to see him. wyatt kemp loved hunting and fishing and remembered for his sense of humor and love of his family. karl kleppinger jr. served in operation desert storm, loved nascar and professional wres...