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They said they went through safety drill after safety drill. safety was job one and they got e-mails from their husbands that corners were cut and safety was sacrificed. >> reporter: give us a sneak preview. what's going to be your question for tony hayward? >> to try to establish that line of was the ceo briefed on the problems they were having with the well. it was a difficult weapon well. this wasn't something that happened in the last 20 seconds of its existence. this was going on for days and week beforehand. was he briefed? what was the result of those briefings? did he direct them to pr...

Procedure, to requirements to have people whether there are issues with safety, to come and present to us. >> but somebody records minutes during those meetings and your directives that come as a consequence of those briefings are written down and delivered to the appropriate managers on the -- >> there are minutes of those meetings. >> i beg your pardon? >> there are minutes of those meetings. >> let me ask you, mr. stupak alluded to the fact that should we allow someone who is perhaps not following the best drilling practices to continue to drill. is there any other well to your knowledge, i...

Off to one side or the other? >> i wasn't part of the decision-making process on this well. i've looked at the material -- >> that's not the question i asked you. was there a procedure that could have been followed that actually would have given that information? >> i can't answer that question. >> i'm not a cement engineer, i'm afraid. >> there is, and those people were available and for whatever reason, they decided not to do that, do you think that might have made a zimpbs in the ultimate story of the deepwater horizon? >> i'm not prepared to speculate on what may or may not have made a dif...

I've met with fisherman, business owners and families. i understand what they're going through, and i promise them as i'm promising you that we will make this right. after yesterday's announcement, i hope that they feel we're on the rights track. i'm here today because i have a responsibility to the american people to do my best to explain what bp has done, is doing, and will do in the future to respond to this terrible accident. first, we're doing everything we can to secure the well, and, in the meantime, contain the flow of oil. we're currently drilling two relief wells. we believe they rep...

Discovery? >> the person who would have briefed me would have been the chief executive of exploration and production. >> were you privy then to any other information difficulties that they had had, the multiple gas kicks, the losing the tools down the hole. the length of time they had been over the hole. the decisions to move quickly because we've spent too much time over this well? >> i had no prior knowledge? >> who would have had that information? >> certainly the drilling team in the gulf of mexico has -- >> but you're the ceo of the company. and -- do you have any sort of technical expert...