>> no questions. >> douglas brown? >> no questions. >> halliburton? >> no questions. >> no questions. >> did you say that you tried to start the generator that night? >> after the incident, when we needed power to possibly run fire equipment, yes, we did try to started after the incident. >> when was that? when did you start to do that? >> are you asking? >> time wise. >> time was, after the initial blast, i cannot say exactly. i would say less than 10 minutes. >> had mr. mansfield been taken out of the engine control room? >> yes, sir. as i said, myself and willie assisted mr. mansfield to the bridge. >> and then, did somebody direct you to try to start the generator? >> whenever i got up there at the time, i got up there, mike williams was up there. doug brown was up there. we had all of us up into the bridge. the captain said that we needed power to attempt to fight the fire. we then informed him of the damage that had occurred, and that we were not going to be able to attempt to get main power back on the bridge. he then asked if it would be possi

douglas brown? >> doehe have questions? >> yes, he has questions for mr. sims. >> what is his name? >> mr. steve gordon. can you hear me sir? >> and not real clear. >> steve gordon. counsel, c you hear me? >> yes, what is your name? >> steve gordon. mr. sims, once again, your drillings operations manager for bp, correct? >> currently for the elite well by the d d three. >> what is your other title? >> that is it right now. >> that is it right now. before -- >> was the word "completion of" title?rt of her title stocyour >> iw ould say it has been -- the tle has been written a number of ways. the wells ops manager. both ways. written >> has the word "completion" ever bombarded your title? >> that is what the "c" sants for, yes. >> thank you can you tell me rew fort look of the c the deepwater horizon? >> would you explain? >> i have been told by bp they thought they were considered the "a" team. is that true? >> what bp said? >> what did he income of the deep water rise in crude? -- deepwater horizon crew? >> i think the crew and the rig had good performance. associated with that rig.

douglas brown said he witnessed an argument between a b.p. official and drilling manages for transocean, the rig's owner. he said the pressure to finish work was intense. >> prior to the event, were you aware of any type of concerns or pressures from either transocean or b.p. personnel concerning completion of this particular drilling project? >> yes. >> when were those, please? >> i didn't really hear anything verbal. it was passed around via other people that this well is taking too long and they were in a hurry to complete is it so they can move on to the next. >> lehrer: there were new calls for accountability of the house natural resources committee hearing in washington. >> but i do think it is important to determine whether "deepwater horizon" is the wall street of the ocean. privatizing profit while the public bears the risk. >> lehrer: the frustration from politicians on both sides was apparent. arizona republican jeff flake suggested government had learned nothing from past spills. >> we're still shoveling sand on the beach or doing

. >> no questions from counsel for [unintelligible] douglas brown? >> we have questions. >> yes, sir. >> does he have questions? >> yes, sir. the council for douglas brown has questions for mr. sim. >> what is councils' name? >> he will announce his name. >> that would be steve gordon. >> that is not really clear. >> steve gordon. >> would you come within the radius of the phone? >> council, can you hear me? >> what is your name? >> steve gordon. may i proceed? >> yes. >> mr. sims, once again, you are drilling operations manager for bp, correct? >> currently for the relief wells being drilled. >> what is your other title? >> that is it right now. >> ok. >> before, i was drilling operations manager for exploration and appraisal wells. >> was the word completion ever part of your title? >> um -- honestly, i would say it has been -- the title has been written a number of ways. the ops manager, wells ops manager -- it has been written both ways. >> once again, has the word "completion" ever been part of your title? >> completion would be what the c stand

>> no questions. >> douglas brown? >> no questions. >> halliburton? >> no questions. >> no questions. >> did you sayhat you tried to start the generator that night? >> after the incident, when we needed power to possibly run fire equipment, yes, we did try to started after the incident. >> when was that? when did you start to do that? >> are you asking? >> time wise. >> time was, after the initial blast, i cannot say exactly. i would say less than 10 minutes. >> had mr. mansfield been taken out of the engine control room? >> yes, sir. as i said, myself and willie assisted mr. mansfield to the bridge. >> and then, did somebody direct you to try totart the generator? >> whener i got up there at the time, i got up there, mike williams was up there. doug brown was up there. we had all of us up into the bridge. the captain said that we needed power to attempt to fight the fire. we then informed him of the damage that had occurred, and that we were not going to be able to attempt to get main power back on the bridge. he then asked if it would be possible to

douglas brown. thank you, sir. are there any questions that we did not ask you more information relating to the investigation that you would like to offer at this time? >> nothing comes to mind. >> thank you, sir, for your testimony. william make yourself available in the future? >> yes, sir. >> you were dismissed. we call on mr. burgess with transocean. >> good morning, mr. burgess. thank you for being here. >> a false statement given to an agency of the united states is punishable by fines and or imprisonment. knowing this, do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you get? >> yes, i do. >> thank you, sir. please be seated. >> good morning. before we began, are you comfortable with having the representative from transocean's council represent you? >> yes. >> can you please state your name and spell your last? >> micah burgess, b-u-r-g-e-s- s. >> who are you employed with? >> transocean. >> what is your job? >> i am a driller. >> how

my name is douglas harold brown. i was a chief mechanic and acting second engineer on the transocean deepwater horizon. i am 50 years old, married have a 10-year-old stepdaughternd live in vancouver, washington. i saw the original one from korea to new mexico and have worked on board a the vessel until sh exploded at 10 p.m. on april 20th, 2010. since 2004 i worked in the engine control room. here's what happened to me that night. shortly before 10 p.m. i was completingly shift and making my log entries in the control room when we heard a loud hissing noise followed by gas alarms going off. th was followed by the sound of engines ramping up very loudly. these engines provide power to the entire rig and are equipped with an electric and mechanical trip. they are supposed to automatically shut the engines down if they exceed certain rpms. as the engines revved louder and louder i kept expecting the trips to shut the engines down but they pfeffer did. they just kept revving higher and higher. the one automatic trip that

my name is douglas harold brown. i was a chief mechanic and acting second engineer on the transocean deepwater horizon. i am 50 years old, married have a 10-year-old stepdaughter and live in vancouver, washington. i saw the original one from korea to new mexico and have worked on board a the vessel until she exploded at 10 p.m. on april 20th, 2010. since 2004 i worked in the engine control room. here's what happened to me that night. shortly before 10 p.m. i was completingly shift and making my log entries in the control room when we heard a loud hissing noise followed by gas alarms going off. this was followed by the sound of engines ramping up very loudly. these enges provide power to the entire rig and are equipped with an electric and mechanical trip. they are supposed t automatically shut the engines down if they exceed certain rpms. as the engines revved louder and louder i kept expecting the trips to shut the engines down but they pfeffer did. they just kept revving higher and higher. the one automatic trip th

. >> douglas brown? >> jeff seely. how are you, sir? >> i'm fine. how are you?want to pick up kind of where you left offnd i think you answered it but i want to be clear. as i understand it you get to the bridge. you say you're going to eds. captain says hold on let's not do it right now, right? >> that's correct. >> and then i think fairly soon thereafter you did hit it, right? >> probably 30 seconds because, i mean, we were right there by the panel ands i tell him, he said, chri calm

gordon brown, scottish labour party, 29,559. douglas chap man, scottish national party, 6,550. derrick jackson, land is power, 57. mclaren, independent, 165. john maineland, scottish liberal democrat, lindsey patterson, scottish conservative and unionist, 4,258. i declare gordon brown elected to serve in parliament as a member for the kirkcaldy. >> i hope we will be able to hear from gordon brown. yes. he has notes for a speech coming out. his majority goes up by nearly 5,000 votes. >> i thank my fellow candidates for the dignified manner in which they fought this campaign and can i thank this great challenge which is now a central focus of our whole community life. i want to thank the staff for what they have done. let me thank the returning officer and the staff who administered this count with such speed and courtesy and care, insuring that everyone who has met the rules has had the chance to vote as i hope and believe it is the right of citizens everywhere throughout our country. let me say to the people of this great place there is no greater privilege to snerve parliament

. >>> talking about the proposal story of douglas brinkley who wrote a definitive book on hurricane katrina. yon if you saw michael brownieved the president wanted this to spread because he wanted to secretly shut down the offshore drilling and robert gibbs singled out fox news for giving him the softball treatment. >> for those who weren't let in on the big secret, mr. brown, fema director brown, under katrina, intimated on fox, and it wasn't -- i will editorially say, didn't appear to be pushed back on real hard, that this spill was leaked on purpose in order for us to walk back our environmental and drilling decision decisions and that the leak that we did on purpose got out of control and now is too big to contain. >> last night, we interviewed mr. brown. he seemed to be trying to say he never said what he had said. take a look. >> what evidence, as a former government official, i would think you would choose your words carefully. what evidence do you have that they would want this, this is basically a plot to shut down oil? >> in january, the president gave an interview to the "san francisco chronicle" in which he