. >> who is tommy daniels? >> tommy daniels is the electrical supervisor. keeping onhe topic, on the panel, was there ever a problem with a pressure regulator valves? >> yes sir, there was 3 >> could you elaborate? >> at about the same time of the inadvertent stick movement, anthere was an issue with the bop control panel purge system. how that system works is the dog house is purged, so it is positive pressure and the panel inside the dog sh is also purged, so that you have two purged systems working simultaneously. another tool pusher had held the back door open to the doghouse for an extended period of time in the drilling shaft lost purge. -- and the drilling shaft lost purge. during this extended time frame of him having that door open, someone had opened both of the glass access doors to the b of the control panel, and it lost purge. i got a call from the ad on tower which was also one of the deceased, dawn clark. i was told that i was needed to the record immediately, that the panel was dead. buy it -- before i got up there, marquette already arrived

. >> who is tommy daniels? >> tommy daniels is the electrical supervisor. keeping on the topic, on the panel, was there ever a problem with a pressure regulator valves? >> yes sir, there was 3 >> could you elaborate? >> at about the same time of the inadvertent stick movement, and there was an issue with the bop control panel purge system. how that system works is the dog house i purged, so its positive pressure and the panel inside the dog shaq is also purged, so that you have two purged systems working simultaneously. another tool pusher had held the back door open to the doghouse for an extended perd of time in the drilling shaft lost purge. -- and the drilling shaft lost purge. during this extended time frame of him having that door open, someone had opened both of the glass access doors to the b of the control panel, and it lost purge. i got a call from the ad on tower which was also one of the deceased, dawn clark. i was told that i was needed to the record immediately, that the panel was dead. buy it -- before i got up there, marquette already arrive

tommy daniels was instrumental. i can tell you how many hours or days he spent focused -- i cannot tell you how many hours or days he spent focused on getting these shares results. being new to his position, he took it upon himself to resolve this issue. he was still working toward that up until the time of the explosion. it had not been resolved. >> to your recollection, while you were at the deepwater horizon, roughly three months, was there ever an incident or kickoff when the "a" share was down? >> not during my time there. on other wells, the was. >> how long ago was that? >> not exactly. >> but in the "a" share was down during an incident? >> it was internally discussed that it caused the kick. they lost all communication to the drilling package. the had no way of monitoring anything for several seconds. before they could get the b chair up, they had taken a kick. >> i want to go back to something. you said -- while talking about the pressure regulator, you said it was policy that they had those in bypass on t

tommy irvin. [applause] state party chair jane kidd. [applause] and the dnc southern finance chair daniel halpern is in the house. [applause] so, atlanta, it is wonderful to be here, wonderful to be among so many good friends. a lot of people here worked hard on behalf of my campaign. i am reminded of the story president lincoln told about one of his supporters who came to the white house seeking some patronage, seeking a job. and apparently in the outdoor reception area, he said, look, i want to see lincoln personally because i'm responsible for him getting that job. nobody did more than me. it's payback time. so lincoln lets him into his office. he says, sir, i understand that you take responsibility for me having this job. the guy says, that's right. and lincoln says, you're forgiven. [laughter] look, we all know that the last few years have been extraordinarily challenging for the united states. eighteen months ago, i took office after nearly a decade of economic policies that gave us sluggish growth, falling incomes, and a record deficit, and policies that culminated in the worst fin