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In the gulf. bp has not been able to stop the leak, but the company could be getting close to trying another capping of it. as we learn, there were problems before the rig exploded last month, killing 11 men. david lee miller joins us live from venice, louisiana, so what are we learning new about the investigation, david? >> well, you know, jon, success has many fathers but failure is an orphan and no more is that true than in this ongoing investigation. bp, the operator of the rig, the subcontractors, all pointing the finger at one another, saying that it's their fault. now, let's talk specif...

19 minutes after the hour. leaky, loose or not working, bp executives admit the blowout preventer on the well had more than 200 system failures before that massive leak. meanwhile, the oil company released the first underwater video of the gusher that continues to release oil and gas into the gulf of mexico. even bp have acknowledged during hearings on capitol hill. congressman bart stupak is investigator of the committee that investigates the spill. congressman, as best you're able to ascertain, can you tell us what you was the genesis of this? what caused the massive leaking well? >> well, t...

Use warm warm and methenal to keep the top hat warm and the gas hydrates at bay. that's what they're counting on. they're also looking at another option and that is called an insertion tube. it's basically taking a riser, again a pipe that has a drill pipe inside and attaching it to the broken riser and then pumping the oil out that way. and the third option they're looking at is something called a junk shot, that could take place as early as the middle of next week, and that is essentially to send rubber debris under high pressure, things like shredded tires and golf balls into the blowout pr...

Implementation of the well. now, there are a series of valves that are in place in the event that something does go awry this, is called a blowout preventer and now there are reports, this coming from congressional testimony and others, that the blowout preventer had a problem with its hydraulics, and that problem may have prevented the blowout preventer from cutting the drill pipe and sealing it off. there's also a report that the blowout preventer has a control pod, it's two of them, one of them we are told had a faulty battery. also to throw into the mix very quickly, there is a cement cap ...

Multiple occupy shuns in parallel. we tried the large dome over the weekend. it want successful. too much hydrate formation. a consequence of there being much greater gas in the flow of hydrocarbons than we had anticipated. so we are now moving to deploy over the next 72 hours, a smaller containment device, a so-called top hat. which is described like that because it looks like a top hat. put new the water on the end of a piece of drill pipe to fit over the leak. we'll be doing that over the next 72 hours. in parallel there are a series of other operations being planned on the blow-out prevent...