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Statements about what happened on the rig. the statements were controversial, what happened? >> we don't know. the previous statements were not released. later the panel asked bertone questions about the rig's captain, what he did and didn't do in the moments after the explosion. they asked bertone about that earlier statement he had given to the coast guard, that the captain was upset with a crew member for pushing an emergency distress signal. and the captain also ordered another rig worker to leave an injured worker, a man on a gurney behind on the deck. that injured man survived. now, this...

Of the rig assurance audit, conducted by bp, and april 20, 2010? >> i do not have that number. >> so bertone made previous statements about what happened on the rig. the statements were controversial, what happened? >> we don't know. the previous statements were not released. later the panel asked bertone questions about the rig's captain, what he did and didn't do in the moments after the explosion. they asked bertone about that earlier statement he had given to the coast guard, that the captain was upset with a crew member for pushing an emergency distress signal. and the captain also ordere...

Explosion. they asked bertone about that earlier statement he had given to the coast guard, that the captain was upset with a crew member for pushing an emergency distress button. and the captain also ordered another rig worker to leave an injured worker, a man on a gurney behind on the deck. bertone says that injured man survived. now, this line of questioning got heated, because a few weeks ago, the captain himself testified before the commission, but a transocean lawyer complained bitterly, that no one asked him about those allegations then, and he was not there today to defend himself. >> ...

Barbara starr at the pentagon for us. thank you, barbara. should the general get his marching orders? is that seems to be the question of the day. and you are certainly weighing in. you can leave your comments for us at cnn.com/tony. you can also go on to facebook and twitter. we will have some of your comments later this hour. were there warning signs of disaster on the deepwater horizon? one rig worker says there were. weeks before the explosion. he is speaking out, only to cnn. but right now, let's get to a briefing in washington, d.c. the administration's point man, the point man on th...

And had just picked him up and threw him, you know, over the hand rail, and he ended up bouncing off the pedestal for the crane. he's like a father figure on the rig because he was just so kind and would teach anything you needed to know, and, you know, just to see him get blown up like that, i mean, it was -- it's heart wrenching. i cannot explain it. >> was it the impact that -- did the explosion kill him or the fall? >> yeah, i think he was dead when it exploded. >> i ran to the -- my front fire station. >> chris choy heard that dale burkeen had been injured. he and a fellow rig worker trie...