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Tonight an interview with a survivor of the deepwater horizon. his job was critical, to send down cameras and inspect the well, the rig, the blow-out preventer, checking for anything unusual. weeks before the explosion, he says he found it, a cloud in the water. it was a leak, he says. he talked to special investigations unit drew griffin about what he says he saw and what happened after the discovery was made. >> tyron benton may well have seen the first signs that something was very, very wrong on the deepwater horizon. >> did you ever get close enough to the leak to see what exactly was lea...

Issue. the white house is in fact appealing the ruling while the interior department works on drafting a new ban. because of the appeal, 33 idles rigs are still shut down and that's still threatening thousands of jobs. weeks before bp's deepwater horizon oil rig exploded and burst into flames sending millions of gallons of crude spilling into the gulf and killing 11 people, tyrone benton may have witnessed the first sign of the catastrophe that was about to unfold. >> benton operated remote vehicles from that rig every day at 6:00 a.m. he sent down cameras and their job is to inspect the wel...

Finny. despite the talk on capitol hill and all the apologies from bp, there is nothing that will bring back the 11 workers who were killed april 20th when the deep water horizon drilling rig exploded. just moments ago, tony hayward addressed the victims and their families. >> when i learned that 11 men had lost their lives, i was personally devastated. three weeks ago, i attended a memorial service for those men and it was a shattering moment. i want to offer my sincere condolences to their friends and families. i can only begin to imagine their sorrow. >> one of of the men killed in that hor...

Way because they just couldn't keep hanging in there. and they lost everything. >> we learned yesterday about the faulty blowout preventer which could not be activated because, a, a dead battery, b, a loose fitting that leaked hydraulic fluid and, c, modifications that were not reflected on the schematics which caused a whole day of wasted effort to shut down the spill. the blowout preventer was designed, manufactured and installed without any government oversight at all. "the wall street journal" today reporting that after bad test results of the new cement seal on the well, bp decided to mov...

Well as to disperse the chemicals from the air and mother nature not working well with the fight to contain and collect the oil out there in the gulf. as for other off shore oil platforms, the coast guard confirming two addition al off shore rigs have been shut down now, one evacuated because they're near where the deepwater horizon exploded and sank on april 20th. they were not leaking, they have been shut down according to the coast guard for precautionary reasons. as for a source, a cause for this explosion and what has led to the breach in the off shore drilling, the rig, well, there are p...