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Tires, golf balls, into the blowout preventer to clog it. the blowout preventer, remember, is the emergency brake on the oil flow. it's supposed to be a fail-safe system. it did not work here. and yesterday in washington, it was the focus of a lot of criticism from a house panel, particularly because bp said there was a hydraulic leak in the blowout preventer, and the battery was dead on what was supposed to be the dead man's switch. monica? >> okay. anne thompson, thanks for that update. amazing video. well, despite the devastating gulf oil spill, most americans say drill, baby, drill. that...

Say when it's on the seafloor, you're supposed to check it every three days. they checked it, but they didn't run any critical tests. because if they would have, they would have realized that another backup system that put these rams in there to cut off this pipe was wired wrong. was wired wrong before it was even put into the sea. it's just an unfortunate number of errors on this one safety device, the fail-safe system failed us. >> then the question arises, whose fault is it? and the other day when interior secretary salazar said he wanted to divide up a minerals management service and take ...

Before she was set to graduate from the university of virginia. >> what happens next in the investigation? >> reporter: well, huguely is in custody in charlottesville at this time. i spoke to a spokesman with the short lotsville police department. they are chasing down leads tells me. there have been a number of reports of past violence between this couple. he wouldn't confirm they know about any past violent altercations with these two. he would say they heard about them and they are investigating. no trial date has been set. huguely has been charged with first degree murder he remains in cus...

Before she was set to graduate from the university of virginia. >> what happens next in the investigation? >> reporter: well, huguely is in custody in charlottesville at this time. i spoke to a spokesman with the short lotsville police department. they are chasing down leads tells me. there have been a number of reports of past violence between this couple. he wouldn't confirm they know about any past violent altercations with these two. he would say they heard about them and they are investigating. no trial date has been set. huguely has been charged with first degree murder he remains in cus...

Safety record. a significant refrain on the cause, the fail safe system failed and the blowout preventer that should have capped the leak. could one backup system that wasn't there have made a difference? >> a $500,000 part that could have shut in the blowout manually once it failed was not on the rig. and i think that will be a focal point going forward. >> reporter: environmental policy expert richard charters talking about a crucial switch which shuts down the well by remote control even if the rig is damaged or evacuated. the deep water horizon didn't have one. rigs in other countries have...