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Into pieces. >> we have 30 minutes of air on him as he enters the water, the safety cap is made out of carbon fiber, they have a titanium backing plate a. roll cage in them like the dragsters and the windshield was made out of a cap of a f-16 fighter jet, but it's tough stuff but when you hit water at 217, weird things can go wrong. bill: investigators found nothing wrong with the boat thus far, anyway. hoff has been racing like this for 32 years and friends say he died doing what he loved. patti ann: a massive arms deal between the u.s. and saudi arabia may be causing tension with israel. eig...

That's the government in the north sea that requires that, and yet those exact same safety caps that in theory -- and i don't know that that specifically would prevent everything that has happened here -- but those safety caps are not mandatory in the gulf of mexico. do you know why that is? >> well, let me react, dylan, there's a lot of questions there. let me try to take them as best as i can as quickly as i can. >> why don't you start with the safety caps. >> okay. first on the safety cap issue, there's been some misunderstanding in the media about this question. it's what they call an acou...

>> dylan ratigan is in new york. he has a question for you, david. dylan. >> hi there. in the north sea it's mandatory that there's a safety cap on all towers like the tower that was used or is used in the transocean rig that has collapsed in the gulf of mexico. it is not mandatory that a safety cap be placed on the top of those towers. why is that? >> i don't know, dylan. but, obviously, coming out of this incident, there is going to be a major review of all sorts of required equipment and procedures. and i think, you know, it's early to say exactly what's going to change. i don't think it's ...