h@ making news on this tuesday, july 27th. >> it's official. after months of missteps, bp's ceo is on his way out. but is his american replacement up to the job? secrets revealed. fallout from the release of major military documents. who leaked them? and could there be more? pitcect pitch. the big league's sensational season continues with another no-hitter. and good morning, everybodks for being w thanks for being with us. bp made it official overnight. tony hayward will step down as the company's ceo in the fall. >> hayward is being replaced at

the helm by an american, who grew up along the gulf coast. lama hasan joins us from london where the announcement was made. good morning, lama. >> reporter: bp is calling it a mutual agreement. and a mutual decision. call it what you like. either way, tony hayward will be stepping down as the company's ceo. tony hayward has been with oil giant bp for 28 years. on october 1st, he'll step down and take a job with the company's joint venture in russia. he's been the face of this oil disaster and has been nicknamed captain clueless for the way he handled the crisis. it's also been a p.r. disaster for the company because of these gaffes. >> i want my life back. >> reporter: and greenpeace says it plans to shut down every bp across central london in protest. bob dudley is the man who will be taking over from hayward. he will be the first american in the company's history to take this position. >> i saw compassion in his eyes. i saw a guy that cares.

>> reporter: he's already in charge of the cleanup task. >> i think we can always do a lot better. everybody can do better here. >> reporter: according to bp, dudley has a, quote, deep appreciation and affinity for the gulf coast. but not everyone agrees. >> the perception in the states at the moment, is it's only an american who is going to be able to save the day there. >> reporter: as for the oil slick that's devastated the gulf of mexico for months and affected so many residents, there is some respite and welcome news. on day 99, the spill appears to be shrinking. but rebuilding their lives will be a long and difficult road ahead. and here's some numbers for you to crunch. bp says it has set aside $32.2 billion to cover the cost of the spill. and from april to june, in three months, bp says it has lost $17 billion. rob? vinita? back to you. >> after so much speculation finally confirmed. lama hasan this morning. thank you. in the gulf, workers trying to cleans l spill is

facing a new challenge. much of the crew has disappeared from the surface of the water. where is it going? we'll have more details on that later in this half hour. white house and pentagon officials say the massive leak of secret military documents reveals nothing new about the conflict in afghanistan. >> but the gritty details from six years of war is rattling the already shaky support for the u.s. campaign. john hendren joins us now from washington with the latest. good morning john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita. good morning, rob. the head of the website, wikileaks, says what he likes to do is crush those who abuse their power. but the pentagon says when it comes to leaked documents in the war in afghanistan, what they're doing is endangering national security. the sheer scope of the leak is unprecedented. >> there's names. there's operations. there's logistics. there's sources. >> reporter: the biggest security breach in u.s. military history. 92,000 classified documents, published on the website

wikileaks. the leaked records detail missions gone horfully wrong. helicopters shot down. and allies, the pakistanis playing a deadly double-cross with the americans. all of it setting off alarm bells in washington. >> it poses a very real and potential threat to those who are working hard to keep us safe. >> reporter: 180 of the dispatches suggest pakistan's military intelligence agency, the isi, is helping the afghan insurgency attack american troops. and is generally responsible for suicide operations in kabul. for u.s. officials, it adds up to an enormous embarrassment. >> i'm looking forward to my meeting with the defense minister. >> reporter: the documents are believed to have been fed to a former computer hacker by this man, army intelligence analyst, brad manning, now behind bars in kuwait and accused of document theft. >> he thought there was a lot that needed to come out. >> reporter: the hacker thought the soldier was endangering u.s. lives, alerted the fbi. >> had i not acted, i would have

wondered for the rest of my life, did i get somebody killed? >> reporter: the documents detail a 2007 commando raid gone wrong. after five rockets struck an alleged al qaeda compound members of the delta force arrived to find seven dead children and no al qaeda leader. vinita and rob? >> you said there are 92,000 documents. how would he manage to copy all of that data without ever being detected? >> reporter: it's kind of a funny story, vinita. actually, what he did was brought in cds, with labels like lady gaga. he would pop them in. erase the music on the cds. and copy the information. all the while, lip-syncing to lady gaga or whatever it was he had in there. it was a simple ruse. and it seemed to have worked. >> well, all right, john. thank you very much. the u.s. navy man killed by the taliban has been identified by family members as justin mcneeley. his father was a fire official in southern california. and he sent an e-mail to his colleagues confirming the death

of his 30-year-old son. nato confirmed this morning that one of the two missing sailors was dead and his body has been recovered. a search for the other sailor continues. we have learned this morning that portland, oregon, police have questioned former vice president al gore about allegations he sexually abused a massage therapist. a law enforcement source confirms to our portland affiliate, detectives interviewed gore in san francisco last thursday, after dropping their case against gore earlier this year. police reopened their investigation. gore has denied the accusations. a wheelchair-bound congressman has resided over the house of representatives for the first time. rhode island democrat joe langman, presided. he was elected in 2000 and is the first quadriplegic elected to the house. he was injured in a shooting accident when he was a teenage 3er7. two days after deadly storms hit the washington, d.c. area, tens of thousands of people are still without power. an official says it could be

severare it's fully restored. workers are scrambling to repair power lines and transformers that were damaged by hurricane-force winds. and now, for this morning's weather from around the country. severe storms from the dakotas to the upper peninsula of michigan. gustd d isolated tornados in green bay, minneapolis, and duluth. thunderstorms and downpours from texas into the mississippi valley and southeast. flooding in arizona and new mexico, with thunderstorms stretching into the central rockies. >> 90s in colorado springs, salt lake city and boise. and 105 in phoenix. 82 in fargo. 88 in detroit. 95 in omaha. mostly 90s, from boston all the way down to miami. and coming up next, it's one of the best-selling vehicles ever. but how will drivers react to the redesigned ford explorer? we'll show it to you. and it could be a season for the record books, after another no-hitter last night.

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the dow has climbed back into positive territory for the year. the benchmark rose 100 points monday, finishing above its 2009 close. fedex helped lift shares. the company, which is considered a barometer for the company, says business was better than expected. stocks were also boosted by a showing home report showing home sales have rebounded from a record low back in may. overseas markets are mostly higher today. tokyo's nikkei average was down slightly.

but hong kong's hang seng is rising. and in london, the ftse opened higher. kraft is promising to make its crackers healthier. the company says it will more than double the amount of whole grain in many of its nabisco crackers including ritz and wheat thins. kraft says the move is a response to better nutrition. whole grains improve die gegs and provide essential nutrients. ford has rolled out a completely redesigned explorer. the suv is more like a crossover now. it sits on a car platform which means it's lower to the ground and has a smoother ride. it's also more fuel efficient, getting similar miles to the toyota camera. the new explorer starts at just over 28,000 bucks. and will be in showrooms this winter. continental airlines is trying to have passengers board planes without giving their boarding pass to an agent. it would allow passengers to swipe their own pass. there are gate agents. but they would be free to handle problems or deal with things

like upgrading the seats. next on this tuesday morning on the search for oil, could much of that oil slick actually be vanishing? and the president gets ready for an appearance on daytime tv.

russian cosmonauts are playing tv repairmen this morning. they head outside the international space station on a six-hour job to replace a video camera and beef up cable connections. as for the old camera, it's too toxic to carry back to earth. so, it's being tossed overburn to become another piece of space

junk. back on the ground, expect flooding in the south, on i-95 and 85 in the carolinas and georgia. wet on i-10, from jacksonville to san antonio. and on i-40, from memphis to little rock. slick from phoenix to new mexico. and in the upper midwest, from milwaukee to fargo. >> if you're flying today, expect airport delays in minneapolis, dallas, houston, memphis, charlotte, atlanta and new orleans. in the gulf this morning, workers are just days away from permanently stopping that leak. but on the surface, a bit of the mystery here. where exactly is all the oil? >> much of the crude has simply vanished. jeffrey kofman went looking for it, by boat and by air. >> reporter: for 86 days oil spewed into the gulf. perhaps 200 million gallons of it. so, where is it? >> i think it's underneath the water. you know? it's between the bottom and the top of the water. >> reporter: trooper salvador cipriano has been laying out boom.

but he saysing there nothing to catch. is there oil in the marshes? >> not right now. >> reporter: it's become hard to find the oil. we surveyed the marshes and found none. and in a flight to the rig with the coast guard, there was no oil to be seen. >> it's been an elusive bunch of oil to find. >> reporter: two weeks ago, skimmers picked up about 25,000 barrels of oily water in 1 day. last thursday, they picked up a total of just 200 barrels. that doesn't mean all that oil is gone. there are thousands of small patches like this below the surface. but experts say, an astonishing amount has disappeared. here's why. the light crude began to deteriorate the moment it escaped with high pressure. then, it was zapped with dispersant. the oil that made it to the surface was baked by 100-degree sun. and whipped apart by wind and waves. and so, according to experts, much of it was reabsorbed into the environment. >> mother nature is doing what she's supposed to do. and we're losing most of it to

microbial degradation in the ocean. >> reporter: there's hundreds of skimmers on-call. but in recent days, there's not much to skim. thad allen says the kill of the well will begin next monday. and that well should be cemented shut, once and for all, by saturday, august 7th. massachusetts senator, john kerry, says he is not trying to avoid paying taxes by dock his new yacht in rhode island. if the $7 billion "isabel" was tied up at his summer home in nantucket, kerry would owe about $500,000 in massachusetts sales tax. he says renovations are under way in rhode island, where the vessel is under warranty. he says he always pays his taxes. president obama visits with lady on "the view" on thursday. it will be the first time a sitting president is on a daytime talk show. it won't be his first faceoff with the all-female cast.

candidate obama stopped by on his way to the white house in 2008. on the show, barbara walters, returning for the first time since undergoing open-heart surgery in may. wyclef jean is considering to run for president of haiti. but the family released a statement, saying he has not made a final decision. he was born in haiti. and grew up here in new york. he's been raising money for humanitarian aid for haitians, even before this year's devastating earthquake there. a major accomplishment in baseball is becoming almost common place this season with yet another no-hitter. here is max bretos with espn news. >> good morning. 2010 has been the year of the pitcher in major league baseball. the tampa bay rays knows all about it as they have been the victim of a perfect game and a no-hitter. matt garza trying to change all that. striking out jackson, then, miguel cabrera. the tigers had a no-hitter

through six, as well. they load the base on a couple of walks. max scherzer feeds one to matt joyce. how about that step line? four runs. one hit. third of the year for joyce. all eyes on matt garza. johnny damon gets a good piece of it. it will stay in the park. flies out to center. garza, no-hitter through seven. top of the eighth. strikes out brendan bosh looking. next batter ryan raburn swinging. garza, no-hitter through eight innings. now, into the ninth. don kelly, grounds to second. two outs away for garza. looking to get the first no-hittner tampa bay rays history. jared laird, caught looking. one batter left matt garza going for history. >> the 1-1. up, fly ball right field. and he's got it.

matt garza just threw a no-hitter. no-hitter. >> garza was close to perfect, facing the minimum 27 batters. garza, the man of the hour. back to you in new york. >> our thanks to espn. we haven't done one of these in a while. but it's a good one. it's time for our morning snapshot. a shiny, new office for a professor. >> this is what science professioner matt burr found after returning from vacation. students wrapped the office in aluminum foil, everyone down to his pencils and coffeemaker. the last time the office was covered in fairy tale pink fabric and bows. the foil may have gone over a little better. >> the office looks like leftovers, doesn't it? coming up next, the stories we'll be following today including the morning's top story. a new ceo for bp.

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esday. the bp board makes it official. ceo tony hayward will step down in october, to be replaced by american robert dudley. as for dudley's vision of the company, we'll hear from him, coming up on "good morning america." the gulf oil disaster will be discussed in detail today on

capitol hill. the spill's environmental and economic impact will be the topic at four congressional hearings. wall street looks to extend its gains today, after the dow turned positive for the year yesterday. investors will be watching for new reports on consumer confidence and real estate prices. the oregon sheriff investigating the disappearance of kyron horman plans to brief the public on the case this afternoon. and he could release new detail about how the 7-year-old vanished. kyron's mother and father believe the boy's stepmother is involved. and vice president joe biden is touring national parks to highlight stimulus-funded projects. today, he visits the grand canyon, after yesterday's stop at yellowstone. some $700 million has gone to 800 national park projects. later today on "good morning america," all the new details on the most talked about wedding in years. chelsea clinton ties the knot this weekend. we get a preview of the place, the flowers and the all-important guest list that

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story of survival. >> the north carolina toddler was involved in a freak accident, that left a metal hook in his brain. but he's alive and well, thanks to a xwings of skill luck and prayer. here's wabb's tarya gibbs. >> reporter: he's your typical toddler. but a week ago, his child like curiosity, nearly cost him his life. >> the chair was going backwards. >> reporter: the 17-month-old fell on top of a pressure washer. the "l"-shaped hook, seen in this x-ray, is lodged in the brain. one of the worst impalements the surgeon had ever seen. >> this story had two possible outcomes. one is very good. and one is very bad. >> reporter: the wound was near the largest blood vessel in the brain. that's why neurosurgeon credits the medical care he received before he arrived at unc

hospitals. >> nobody gave up hope. everybody knew it was serious. >> reporter: as it turns out, his uncle, carlton redd has emt training. so does his aunt. and their neighbor is a rescue squad volunteer, who had a saw capable of cutting the power washer. still, it was touch and go, before and after the risky surgery. >> didn't sugar-coat anything. he said, mr. jones, more than likely, we pull the screw out-his head, he's going to bleed out and bleed to death. >> reporter: even dr. germanwala had to admit, there was a chance this little boy wouldn't survive. >> losing one or two ounces of blood in an adult is often no problem. in a 17-month-old, that makes a huge difference. in this particular case, i think we had a lot of help from above. >> a lot of people say a miracle. yes, he is. i like to prefer it, as he is a blessed baby. >> reporter: in chapel hill tamara gibbs, abc news. >> and he is well enough to be on "good morning america" later