mr. hayward may in fact have been right. does the administration owe him an apology? >> nobody owes tony hayward an apology. >> that today in the briefing room at the white house. >>> and across the south tonight, people are reeling in 100 degree heat, smothering state after state like a blanket. the combination of heat and humidity makes it feel like 120 degrees in some places, and it's not just sweltering, it's dangerous. steve osunsami is in atlanta. >> reporter: in memphis today, the thermostat read 104. add the stifling humidity, and it felt more like 120. >> it doesn't quit. it's hot at night, it's hot during the day. it's hot all the time. >> reporter: so far this week, at least 12 people have died in in the triple-digit temperatures breaking records across the south and midwest, including one man who ignored the heat advisories and was out mowing his lawn. firefighters are going door to door urging residents to cool it. >> just about through? >> yes, just about through. >> okay, good. make sure you stay hydrated. >> reporter: in columbus, georgia, and jacksonvi

mr. hayward, who will be leaving the company, i think our board does respond, and take actions. >> so mr. hayward would be held accountable for this ins depth, so he -- he didn't incident, so he didn't leave on his own? >> i don't know the specifics of that. he may very well have left on his own. >> besides mr. hayward, which other senior executive within bp has been held accountable for this incident? >> i don't know. >> okay. >> now you say that you have been involved in the oil field response, including the killing of the two relief wells, is that correct? >> sorry, say again. >> now you say you have since april 20th, you say you have been involved in the oil spill response? >> ye >> including the drilling of the two relief wells, is that correct, sir. >> yes. my role in the response has been to communicate from a text calmics preexpect of to the outside world, press, public, governments, kind of what we're doing, so -- because early on, it was very confusing, people didn't understand. technical aspects and so my role has been to try to understand what we're doing and put it in a langu

mr. hayward, who will be leaving the company, i think our board does respond, and take actions. >> so mr. hayward would be held accountable for this ins depth, so he -- he didn't -- incident, so he didn't leave on his own? >> i don't know the specifics of that. he may very well have left on his own. >> besides mr. hayward, which other senior executive within bp has been held accountable for this incident? >> i don't know. >> okay. >> now you say that you have been involved in the oil field response, including the killing of the two relief wells, is that correct? >> sorry, say again. >> now you say you have since april 20th, you say you have been involved in the oil spill response? >> yes. >> including the drilling of the two relief wells, is that correct, sir. >> yes. my role in the response has been to communicate from a text calmics preexpect of to the outside world, press, public, governments, kind of what we're doing, so -- because early on, it was very confusing, people didn't understand. technical aspects and so my role has been to try to understand what we're doing and put it in a

mr. hayward, union city low '70's. san ramon valley temperatures in the '70s even the '80s. down in the south bay testers are tapping out in the '70s, '80s here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. shows that cooled down could warm up ever so slightly on thursday cited, cool free friday, saturday, sunday. checked and traffic with erica. smooth writer on the bay with no real problems or complaints to reporters get quick bridge deck chairs the bay bridge traffic is moving without delay. headed for all approaches. we had overnight construction in effect, that's overnight and then was. meeting lights are off trent in 38 easy eight is in for the macarthur maze into fremont. you're red december tale is looking pretty good conditions are slightly thicker and no delays is you had westbound. those bright lights are on your screen making their way into hayward rocking in an easy, breezy 13 minutes. and we will wrap coat with a quick look to the golden gate, no cars inside sun is coming easy ride you concealable the fog that there but traffic is clearly moving at the limit. james. >

mr. hayward appears to be right. does the administration 0 him an apology? >> no. understand that 1/3 of what is capred was based on, directly on a containment strategy that had to be conducted. a containment strategy that we pushed bp forward on. that we. bp to accerate in order to capture the -- that we pushed bp to accelerate in order to capture the leaking oil. nobody knows tony hayward an apology. bp has obligations as the polluting party in this incidents. ce. the apology that is owed, and the apology that is owed is to the disruption to the lives of families, fishermen, hotel owners, people that grew up in and understand the beauty that is the gulf of mexico. that's the apology. >> how much of this excess you are laying out is it to bua trio d how able to bp an much to the government? >> if you look at the directives signed by admiral allen, we asked for and demanded that the containment strategy be accelerated. we askedor and demanded that not one relief will be drilled but two to ensure an amount of redundancy in the system that would allow for a mistake o

mr. hayward and a set down direction that is relaxed to the low slot traffic.s this morning just a few slowdown's here and there. bridge check, bay bridge, westbound light, easy conditions across the span or any of the approaches and while the purchase and a tear bridge earlier was a little every now it is not at all. an easy trip across a span despite a strong said unknown in a high- rise. in beverly backed up the ride. golden gate, trouble-free all morning long so it continues it is and light, easy ride through marin county and of novato all the way to the toll plaza. james. >> thank you, news service morning a fast-food drive-in goes into effect today in santa clara county now the ordinance will ban restaurants from giving away towards of meals that are high in fat, calories, sugar. during his five run the phone is the santa clara supervisor who opposed the ordinance, >> good morning. to >> morning. >> today is the first day doesn't terrify timely restaurants are we talking about? >> this would apply to any restaurant in santa clara county that would give a

mr. hayward, the lens by which the public measures their response is not the technology at the wellhead. it is the compassion and empathy shown to the people who are affected by this, in terms of claims process and the vessels and opportunity and so forth. if you do not have the capability of compassion in this spill -- what is the role of the responsible party? what do we expect them to do? beyond that, i think we have moved, since the exxon valdez, the expectation in this country, that we will have the whole of government response that will include things like behavior health among long-term medical monitoring, things that are not currently allowed under the oil spill trust fund. i think we have redefined the social contract with the people of america on what you do in case of these responses. during hurricane katrina, when i worked as a federal official, we would dispatch out -- we would establish trailers to get people out of the emergency housing. the moment you had with intent people in a trailer site, you needed social workers, the veterans of america, and when you look at the sta

temperatures about 52 in san francisco, 57 for livermore, hayward and around you. 55 fairfield in concord. a decrease in rosa hall of resume mr. novato 62 your afternoon-7 cisco. dunnage redwood city same story for fremont, monday. 86 for antioch and livermore. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. showing 80 degrees for an afternoon high at some of the war was in an spas' upper 60s run the big blows is ridiculous, will continue as very similar temperatures or the next few days is like cool them with family and others da. sissy's at apprehensive to the crows. erica. >> the writer on the bay is a good with no real delays to speak of, and no real cars on the road address hundred city we do has awarded a construction to warning about him those corrections of your duron road. the to let them live their clothes of a live minnow. eight minutes from the macarthur maze this is consistent. in two san u make your way one way traffic control is in effect that is in effect a 6:00 a.m. but traffic is so light it is not too bad a problem. taking a look at the golden gate you can see just a couple cars on the road making their way in

mr. feinburg. ideal -- almost daily with bob dudley, the c.e.o. before that, tony hayward. they know what's expected of them. they by law don't have to acknowledge anything. they are the responsible party. they've been designated that in writing by the coast guard, and that means that they are responsible for all costs associated with this. so i think the combination of the legal framework around the designation of a responsible party, the intense scrutiny they're under right now, i think we're in a place where they understand their commitment. but we have to understand, too, the federal government has a role here and we have to make sure they comply with the directions that are provided and they meet their responsibilities as well. it's not really well understood but under the oil pollution act of 1990, responsible parties actually a legal designation and both b.p. and transocean have been designated responsible parties in that. failure to comply can result in either civil or criminal penalties. host: margaret in new york on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good

mr. feinburg. ideal -- almost daily with bob dudley, the c.e.o. before that, tony hayward. they know what's expected of them. they by law don't have to acknowledge anything. they are the responsible party. they've been designated that in writing by the coast guard, and that means that they are responsible for all costs associated with this. so i think the combination of the legal framework around the designation of a responsible party, the intense scrutiny they're under right now, i think we're in a place where they understand their commitment. but we have to understand, too, the federal government has a role here and we have to make sure they comply with the directions that are provided and they meet their responsibilities as well. it's not really well understood but under the oil pollution act of 1990, responsible parties actually a legal designation and both b.p. and transocean have been designated responsible parties in that. failure to comply can result in either civil or criminal penalties. host: margaret in new york on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good

hayward. i attended the next hour will continue to see '50s, '60s out there by noon time notice of this yellow that left mrming up into the afternoon notice of this red to the central valley we could see some spilling over into our area. livermore 90 degrees today. the upper seventies to santa rosa. 75 degrees in nevada upper 60s their mill valley. 63 degrees and standards as their, the ocean beach at 58. san mateo 73 degrees. through hayward, union city mid-70s. 73 for castro valley. over to a simmer on but temperatures are in the mid-80s and might even get up to 88 in inactivate 90 degrees and livermore. set the upper '70's. 84 san jose. the bradys in los gatos. morgan hill. the pattern over this next week is going to be a cool down so we're going to continue to see this debitors: offer the next couple of days. well below average keeping that fog around in the morning hours. check on your tuesday morning to meet with george. >> of hot rods, cooling down. the ride on westbound to for a big improvement here let us take a closer look to the right of lafayette, it is no longer backed up there is only a littl

hayward, union city and fremont. further inland to the typically warm-up really nicely only getting into low 80s in places like pepper, antioch. 7 mrthe bay. the accident is gone but the slow traffic remains from highway 5 is improving a bit in the northbound direction. we did check to see the drive and 101 north of the guadalupe parkway that backup is still separate from the delays here. sillies is now backed up all the way to the guadalupe parkway. if you one avoid the delays you can use middlefield of camino or interstate 280 to get around back up. çç the back of summing up of insurance center fell for the sun-dried >> thank you an iowa egg producer is minnesota. the cdc said about state health officials say least 266 californians and seven distributed around the country lucerne, albertson, mountain dairy, ralph's, boomsma's, sunshine, hillandale, trafficanda, farm fresh, shoreland, lund, dutch farms and kemp. the food and drug administration is investigating. now the food and drug administration isn't meant investigating a company big city center says recall eight are in cartons' 3 digit code on its view grabber curtain and l