spewing oil into the gulf of mexico was labeled a nightmare by a bp engineer nearly a week before any of us had heard of deepwater horizon. internal documents released by congress reveal what it describes as a series of money-saving shortcuts leading up to the april 20th blowout, all detailed in a letter to the company s ceo who testifies on capitol hill later this week. tonight, 56 days into into the crisis, the oil spill appears on the map as a massive dark stain fouling the marsh lands of louisiana to the beaches of pepsi-cola, florida. pensacola, florida. president obama promised things are going to get back to normal there. while for its part, bp says it now has a plan to capture 40 to 50,000 barrels of oil a day by the end of the month. our coverage begins with lisa myers. reporter: in the crucial days before the explosion, congressional investigators say bp made a series of decisions to save time and money at the expense of safety. chairman henry waxman heads the i
world headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with brian williams. good evening. i m lester hold in tonight for brian. we learn today that the well spewing oil out of the gulf of mexico was labeled a nightmare by a bp engineer nearly a week before any of us had heard of deepwater horizon. internal documents released by congress reveal what it describes as a number of money-saving shortcuts leading up to the april 20th blowout, all detailed to the ceo who testifies on capitol hill this week. 56 days into the crisis, the oil spill is a dark stain fouling the marshlands of louisiana to the beaches of pensacola, florida. president obama promised things are going to get back to normal there. while for its part, bp says it now has a plan to capture 40 to 50,000 barrels of oil a day by te the end of the month. our coverage begins with lisa myers. reporter: in the crucial days before the explosion, congressional investigators say bp made a series of decisions to save tim