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Made with specific parts of the construction, design and decisionmaking going on in the days leading up to this disaster, april 20th. they found a lot of indications of things where a choice could have gone one way or the other and the committee believes bp chose to go with something cheaper, faster and easier to get done with the hope that they could move on. now, we understand that there is economic pressure but bp was facing a pressure because the rig was 43 days late. they were so far behind. they had only expected it to take 51 days to build. so, it was nearly twice as long in the process...

Setting the stage for rather dramatic developments. >> reporter: that's right. what is still unclear is whether the president had made up his mind as to what he would do when he sat down for the one-on-one with general mcchrystal. what we have learned is that the president did give him a chance to essentially defend himself. a senior administration official telling cnn that the president did ask him about the article and general mcchrystal, quote, tried to explain the situation. what's clear in all of this is that the president and other administration officials had lost confidence in general ...

A half months from the broken well today expected to eclipse that 3.3 million barrel mark. weeks to go until bp finished drilling two relief wells it believes are its best chance of plugging the leak permanently. bp attempting to break up much of the oil as it leaves the well. the epa releasing the results of its first tests on dispersants, saying that the brands being used correct it. seems to be ralph equal in toxicity to all other dispersants. dispersants are indeed quite toxic, they are supposedly less toxic than the oil. not the most reassuring of results. the epa to do more testing, duri...

Is standing behind nasa's top man who says president obama wants the space agency's top priority to be muslim outreach. senior correspondent brian wilson reports it's just the latest hurdle for a troubled space program. >> liftoff of discovery -- >> reporter: nasa is an agency facing tough times. when the final two shuttle flights are completed early next year, the u.s. will have no capability to launch astronauts to low-earth orbit. we'll depend on the russians for that. the constellation plan to go back to the move has been scrapped and the follow-on obama space plan is vague and underfunded...