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I'm page hopkins. bp delivered the most detailed account to date to what was the oil leak. a dead battery and leak failed the blowout preventer. two pressure tests should have warned crews of potential problems with the well. speaking of the white house, after meeting with afghan president karzai president obama said plans for withdrawing troops next year remain on track. the justice department filed its first official response to state challenges to health care reform. the mandate falls within congress' power to regulate interstate commerce. a boycott of business with arizona in respons...

Hydraulic system and obviously something that wasn't configured right, tony. we should tell you that these are obviously very much preliminary findings in this congressional investigation and even members of congress here admitting that they raised perhaps more questions than answers. but i think it sounds like we are getting perhaps towards some answers. >> i think you're right. brianna, you said the well may have failed two crucial -- i believe you said pressure tests. why is that so important? and take some time to walk us through this. >> reporter: they've been doing a lot of explaining in...

During this hearing. first off, that this well before the explosion may have failed two crucial pressure tests. the other thing, that the safety shutoff device, that blowout preventer, we've heard referred to as the bop here in the last couple of days, was not working properly before the explosion. listen to what congressman henry waxman who is the chairman of this full committee, said at the beginning of this hearing. >> transocean, one of the world's largest operator of drilling rigs, says it has no reason to believe that the rig's fail-safe device, called a blowout preventer, was not fully ...

To cover damages and support recovery from the spill. this morning lawmakers said a house investigation found a key safety device on the oil rig was faulty and that bp gave conflicting accounts on pressure tests conducted hours before the explosion that killed those 11 workers and caused the giant oil spill. meanwhile the company is set to try its latest attempt to stop the 200,000 gallons gushing into the gulf every day. bp says a two-ton top hat is on the sea floor and ready to be positioned over the leak. democratic senator arlen specter is not helping his cause, his own cause as he mou...

It's unlikely they are waiting for the cement to cure. once they do pressure tests, they will declare it dead. bp expects to do that sometime today. great news for bp here. it's a milestone to the recovery. the oil hasn't flowed into the gulf for about 65 days since they did the static kill. there's still a lot of oil out there. it continues to wash ashore here in louisiana, almost on a daily basis. just this week, they collected 25,000 gallons of oil or so here in louisiana. they are still dealing with the clean up here and that is likely to go on for some time. so, people here excited that t...