above that is the riser. this riser is in sections and it goes with the rig. the other purpose is your control system, your control lines go out to be a blowout preventers. your hydraulic fluid goes down your riser. your fiber optics goes down the riser. this rise are also conducts power and control systems for what is on the ocean floor. it allows you access to the well. the riser is that important device. now i want to talk a little bit about a blowout percenters. it is really hard to see, but if you look at the right hand side of this picture, you can see the white hard hat. that is one of the people. you can see the scale of a blowout preventer. this is a scale of that equipment. it is important, i think, to know that the blowout preventer it is in many different sections. the bottom part of the prevent heart is aware of the rams are. a lot of people talk about gramm's. that is where the ram devices are. above there is what we call the lower marine riser package. usually, in that package is another kind of well control device. it is like a big don't act th

. >>> here's one competition all of us early risers could probably win. a nine-day sleepoff in spain was no snooze fest. kmeters met up for an afternoon nap challenged by sunlight and roaring crowds, all while doctors monitor to see if they're actually asleep. points are awarded for sleeping positions and even snoring. top prize? shoods 14,000. bill i know you're with me. i think we could do that for free. >> a little drool on the pillow. >> just a chance to sleep and anyone watching probably understands us early risers. >> yes, they do. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. >>> today, it's expected to be announced that more than 48 million americans who get social security checkless go without cost of living increases for the second year in a row. >>> today, your tax deadline is up for those who filed extensions in april with the 2009 forms with the irs. >>> one year ago, the nation was captivated by reports of a colorado boy trapped in a run away balloon and it turns out it was all a stunt tha

but i'm told that these are not like risers for you but they are actually just in case the sit/lie lawses. [laughter] something that has helped me over the past few years, legislation, sometimes you need to come down with a stash of camomile just to relax and take it easy as those mayoral vetoes come raining down on your in your 40 easier. supervisor campos: thank you. supervisor dufty: thank you. i am submitting an in memoriam for bill patterson. he was a philanthropist and investor who led the effort to memorialize the california academy of sciences. he was 48 and suffered from a brain tumor. but patterson was the p in spo partners, a low-profile but highly successful investment firm, started in 1989. it manages a concentrated portfolio of public and private investments, but he is also well known for his philanthropic activities and his leadership role in rebuilding the academy of sciences and moving it to its new home buying golden gate park. this month, he contributed $250,000 to the campaign for the academy and was a major donor and fund raiser for it. he was born in columbus, ohi

for some of the late risers, folks who get up at 7, 7:30, they'll only know a morning commute with rain. it's 52 now. don, take it away. >> how about the traffic right now? here's sharon at wjz traffic control. >> traffic is looking good because it's still pretty early. we have one disabled vehicle on 95. it's not causing delays. that's at the ft. mchenry tunnel. the accident in the clearing stages at caton and wilkens. pilgrim lane remains closed at between sandymount road and fielding drive. everything is running smoothly. 53 miles an hour. there's a live look at 70 just west of the belt way running without delays. there's a look at 295. remember, wjz 13 is always on. back over to you. >>> here's what people are still talking about. they're all out and all alive, the saga in chile is over. that's video of the last rescuer getting ready to leave the mine. all miners were lifted to safety. here's charlie d'agata. the ordeal is over. >> reporter: finally, there is freedom for the men now known in chile as the 33. the miners trapped for 69 days in an underground prison are all out. >> we

he loose like a community riser. he is losing the swing voters he will need. >> in the backyard where the swings are. >> to appeal to the people he already has. >> how ironic is that? anna, go for it. when you were on the show you loved obama. you couldn't stop talking about him. >> you couldn't stop talking about how i couldn't stop talking about obama. i was not one of those ridiculous people. but i think he is suffering the reprecussion repercussions of being the beacon of hope. he is to blame for this 24-year-old who doesn't have a job? who graduates at 24? >> the man's entire campaign was not about a single specific thing. he said, i am going to be about hope and change and hope and change. it meant everything to everybody. now the chickens are coming home to roost. he didn't say we will do this, this, this, this. he promed everything to everybody. -- he promised everything to everybody. it can get you over the line, but everybody is saying where is mine? >> isn't this with every president? doesn't every preside

tomorrow by midnight tonight really clouding up and mist and drizzle tomorrow morning if you're an early riseren we should see things clear up. satellite and radar composites, a lot of clouds from the south and west. our usual marine layer is shallow. 1400 feet deep. a steady on-shore flow today. some high clouds and low clouds that will slowly thin out making for some sunshine today but look what's on the way. an upper level trough. this is going to miss the bay area skirting the south. it could bring out a little moisture around monterey, more likely in the sierra nevada. northern sierra looking at valley rain. southern maybe some snow above 8,000 feet and the rest of us, maybe our east bay mountains, diablo could see a few sprinkles, mist and drizzle along our coast tomorrow morning. back home today we will be looking at temperatures coming down. a pleasant afternoon though. we'll have clouds from time to time. 76 sunnyvale, 78 san jose today and the pumpkin festival promises to be a busy one for sure with a cooler day today and it should be pretty nice at our coast. give us the sunshine th

before 5:00 here at at&t park and with wild fans, i wonder if christie smith caught up with the early risersght now off union square. >> we are at the pine crest diner with a couple of giants fans streaming in and out. they are easy to spot because they have a dazed jittery look about it. i can't believe what they saw. very excited about it. a lot of them talking about the pitching game and how everyone's expectation was built up around that. the batting game that came out to play. the fans went absolutely crazy. the crowd just nuts with this 11-7 score. leading into all of this, it seemed like one run made the difference. then we saw it all. home runs, doubles and errors against big texas. pñzi usno carrierri. we can work something out i'm sure. time now is 5:49. the city's mayors are not the only ones betting. giants fever is hitting your commute. >> the top exec 5s at bart have a friendly wager with dallas rapid transit known as dart. when the giants win, an official will have to dress up as giants gear and serenade bart riders while passing out san francisco treats. >> i don't know if i

speaking in this auditorium in orlando, florida, to some die hard republicans who came out for a fund risero hear her rally the troops and get out the vote and deliver her message. part of her message was a very hard knock on president obama. you might recall earlier this week, president obama, in a speech of his own, told voters who were sitting with him that one of the reasons this has been a tough election for democrats is that people are upset, and because people are upset, they're not thinking clearly. well, sarah palin used that phrase, she said -- she used that phrase to -- against the president and ran with it in a rift here that got the crowd going. we wanted to replay that for you. this was sarah palin speaking just a short time ago. >> friends, the president is now telling us that we're not thinking straight because of all the fear and frustration that americans have. he claims facts, science and arguments aren't winning the day because we're not thinking straight, quote unquote. well, mr. president, you've got it right on one point there. we are afraid, knowing that your economi

the card officials was asked request v you seen evidence of a leak and she said "we've examined the riser pipe" which is a pipe that goes from the bottom of the ocean up to the rig "and found it's not leaking." in fact, the report says they had not examed that pipe. it turned out later upon examination to be leaking. so if you look at this... if you look at those thing two things you see examples of where they sort out set out this high strain dard for themselves and the way they would handle the spill and didn't seem they were up to it most of the time or some of the time at least. >> suarez: the report makes clear the commission's belief that the government misstated all during the early parts of this crisis the amount of oil that was spilling into the gulf. but do they maintain that the government knew these figures were false? >> i make one clarification. this is not something that the commission itself has voted on, this is the staff of 2 commission. the obama administration made that point very clear today they think this is different than the commission having sort of decided on in

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we were concerned if the weather was not as nice as it was, it's very unlikely that riser acting as an anchor would have been able to do that. we would have had an invuntary release. no one knowshat that outcome would have been, but you want to control that rig. that's why we came out with vanguard outfitted with expensive chains, ad hoc living arrangements so that we could potentially lasso for instance. >> any other questions? should we take a recess before the flag state questions? >> yes, sir, a 10 minute break and reconvene at 11:45. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] louisiana. this is 50 minutes. >> thank you, your honor, and thank you mr. martin. i represent the republic of the islands which was the flag amrgs for the -- administration for the deepwater horizon. the board earlier received testimony from don winslow regarding this incident, and he testified that transocean had a contract with the company named o'brians for salvaging response. do you recognize that name? >> i do, and -- i do. >> he testified it was his understanding that it was o'br

[applause] the last time i was here, the last time i was on the stage, i was on a riser with other delaware local politicians watching michele obama deliver one of the most incredible, most inspiring speeches i have ever heard in my entire life. i am sorry, mr. president, but we both married up. [laughter] [applause] michele -- the first lady speaking about her husband and the issues at stake in that election of 2008 was incredible. she was inspiring. she was moving. not much longer on a beautiful day just like this, i joined with so many of you to hear from dan candidate, now president, barack obama. i was moved. so many volunteered, work, and voted for change in 2008. we believed in the possibility of progress and of change. more than ever, we now need to get to work together to make real that change, to deliver on that change, and to move forward on that change. we have only 18 days left till election day. i need you to connect with your friends and family to remind them of what we have fought and search for to build a stronger community. scripture teaches us that to those of whom much i

>> i went to bed around 9:30 come i am an early riser. >> should they have communicated -- why did the -- you didn't receive the results of the negative test because why? didn'trequire two or the test was no concern? >> all of our tests are of concern. we -- everything is critical. usually the protocol has been the people to negative tests on a regular basiacross the gulf. if there is an issue call, 247/ 365. >> so the people on site didn't feel that was a problem to contact you? >> that's right. >> should the leader be given additional authorities, do ou have the authority that you need? >> yes, sir. >> should the weld team be given additional resources to execute a drill and execution project? right now people get moving around and you might not have the people you need to respect i would take all the resources they can give me. >> any other board questioned? is their anything like t add to what you've given to us in your appearances here? thanks for coming back. we will stay in touch with you might you be available again if we have another -- [inudible] >> i am sorry. >> thank you v