BP Knew Equipment Was Leaking Oil Weeks Before Explosion

Monday morning's Daily Mail reports from London that Tyrone Benton, a worker on the Deepwater Horizon rig, said he spotted a leak in the blowout preventer -- part of the rig's safety equipment -- weeks before the explosion. And reported it. The preventer was shut down and a second one installed -- but there was no attempt to stop the leak.

Monday night Benton will be interviewed in depth -- and so will his claims -- on BBC-TV's "Panorama," a program similar to our "60 Minutes."

Check out the story here.