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He may not have known. here's a bigger issue. >> let me stop you on this, john, because you're the expert. this is something i think is common sensical. if something goes wrong in our business, everybody from the top down wants to know who did it. wouldn't he from the top down immediately say what happened to the drilling mud? what happened to the cement? and go through quickly a checklist right there with his people between him and that well and find out what happened? wouldn't he want to know before he even thought about lawyers? >> i certainly would. and i would certainly want to be fully b...

Drilling mud in the ocean. drilling mud is often made using synthetic oils and other chemicals and in this case also may have used significant quantities of anti-freeze which is toxic, mr. hayward, will you commit to disclosing the ingredients of the drilling mud? >> yes, we will. i believe that all of the mud that's going to the ocean is water based mud with no toxicity whatsoever. >> will you also commit to disclosing all other measurements you have made relating to mchemical, oil and methane in the water. >> we will continue to do that and we will make them available in whatever form is app...

>> i can't recall that number, i'm afraid. >> please submit for the record. how long would the test have taken? >> in the order of hours i believe but i'm not certain. >> please submit that for the record. now, you were supposed to engage in circulating drilling mud in the well bottom when the casing is on the bottom and before cementing. this is referred to as bottoms up. did bp fully circulate the mud, yes or no? >> i don't believe the mud was fully circulated. the process that the team on the rig was follow was in line and approved by the mms. >> thank you. did bp -- can you assure us under...

The other four oil companies and henry waxman and ed markey about whether those plans do differ. the democratic congressmen believe they're all of the same. we heard 90% similar. i think ed markey said they have different-colored folders, but they're all the same plan. the oil companies say they are different, but that will bear some investigation over the next few days. >> when you read "the wall street journal" and in fact, the news pages of "the wall street journal" it is fraught with the red flags that went up and ignored as the congressman said in terms of causing this disaster. it wasn't...

Procedure that is known as a, quote, cement bond log. also, because of time concerns. third, bp did not fully circulate drilling mud which we've all learned a lot about in the past two months. again, that was a time issue. fourth, bp did not secure the connection according to this report or the casing hangers between pipes of different sizes which seems problematic on the surface. and all of this as these new e-mails coming out showing that bp knew they were taking a big risk, referring to this particular well in one instance as a nightmare well. james rose sen live on capitol hill this mornin...