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>> right. >> and days before this was happening. this seems to me to be the most condemning information that we're getting these days is what was going on there before the blowout, the blowout that killed 11 people. >> i believe that's right, lawrence. the damning piece of evidence here is continuing to drill with one of the control pods on the blowout preventer leaking. the mms regulations, now the boem, whatever we call it today, regulations clearly say that if both of those pods are not operational, you must discontinue drilling, discontinue operations until it's repaired. the leak was repo...

Blowout, the blowout that killed 11 people? >> i believe that's right, lawrence. the damning piece of evidence here is continuing to drill with one of the control pods on the blowout preventer leaking. the mms regulations, now the boem, whatever we call it today, regulations clearly say that if both of those pods are not operational, you must discontinue drilling, discontinue operations until it's repaired. the leak was reported several times and they went ahead and drilled anyway rather than shutting down operations and that's a bad piece of information for both bp and transocean. >> and just...

11 people. >> i believe that's right, lawrence. the damning piece of evidence here is continuing to drill with one of the control pods on the blowout preventer leaking. the mms regulations, now the boem, whatever we call it today, regulations clearly say that if both of those pods are not operational, you must discontinue drilling, discontinue operations until it's repaired. the leak was reported several times and they went ahead and drilled anyway rather than shutting down operations and that's a bad piece of information for both bp and transocean. >> and just to drill this point home, to bor...

Would pump the oil up to the surface ship. jenna: we understand that there is another investigative hearing taking -- taking place outside of new orleans. who is talking and what are they saying? >> reporter: everybody associated with the transocean-owned rig the deepwater horizon, as well as the renters of that rig, that would be bp. right now ron sepulveda is on the stand. he was the well site leader. he testified that his shift ended on board that rig four days before the april 20th explosion. he noticed that one of the blowout prevent teres had a leak on one of its control pods and he rela...

Shore the damage will be at least mitigated. >> finally, real quick, what have they learned on the ground there in louisiana about why the well failed in the first place? >> reporter: well, a lot of this information is coming out of washington in hearings here in louisiana, a lot of finger pointing. some of the things that authorities believe contributed to the problem, a leaky cement cap, they say, also, a loose fitting on the blowout preventer, and also there was a dead battery in one of the control pods. these are some of the things being looked at but there's a great deal of finger pointin...