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Stop order authority. if they see something going on that compromises safety or integrity, they have the ability to stop production. but i'm told that bp doesn't give that authority, that it is further up the chain of command. is that correct? if so, is that something that bp may consider changing given what's happening? >> on the drilling operation such as this, anyone can stop it. the bp man, the transocean driller, the transocean pool push e the oim or bp well site leader. it requires everyone to agree to continue. if there's one person who dozen does not agree, they do not continue. >> whe...

Rig workers and cause an environmental disaster. we wanted to know whether you were briefed about the risks and were monitoring the safety of the drilling operation. we could find no evidence that you paid any attention to the tremendous risks bp was taking. we've reviewed 30,000 pages of documents from bp, including your e-mails. there's not a single e-mail or document that shows you paid even the slightest attention to the dangers at this well. you are the ceo, so we consider the possibility that you may have delegated the oversight responsibility to someone else. we reviewed the e-mails and...

Site that have what is called stop farther authority. in other words if they see something that's going on that compromises safety or integrity, they have the ability to stop production. but i'm told that bp doesn't give that authority, that it is further up the chain of command. is that correct? and if so, is that something that bp may consider changes given what's happened? >> on a drilling operation such as this, anyone can stop it. the bp man, the transocean driller, the transocean tool pusher, or the bp well site leader. it requires everyone to agree to continue. and if there is one perso...

Until they've managed to finish that drilling operation where they will pump cement in to cap this completely and permanently. but, again, we're seven to ten days away, they say, from seeing the next attempt to shut the flow of this oil off completely. >> david mattingly, thanks so much in new orleans. also in new orleans, what's happening today, a concert to try to help raise money for people who rely on that coastal shoreline. we're going to actually be joined by singer and music tad benoit. we'll talk with him in just a few minutes. about ten minutes from now about why he's decided to be ...

Leak, likely before the disaster, that may have knocked it out of commission. and bp told the committee that the well in this case failed a key pressure test, just hours before the explosion. there was a discrepancy between two pressure readings that shouldn't have been there. one reading showed significant pressure in the well bore, the hole being drilled, while no pressure was observed in another line. the head of transocean, the rig owner, was asked about that today -- >> and what significance does that have? >> the significance of the discrepancy between the two pressures, would lead -- le...