robert dudley will replace the embattled tony hayward. the first non-british citizen in the role. i spoke to him about the company's efforts to clean up the gulf. >> there hasn't been any oil spewing into the gulf since the 15th of july. the cap is on there. we just had a tropical storm come through and a low-impact bull's-eye comeover the site and the cap retained its integrity and they're back in the relief well and we're setting up something called a static kill by next weekend which could pump in heavy mud and cement in the well and we have the possibility of permanently killing it, say, by next sunday. after that the relief well is right there and that's the next step if we need to use that. i'm optimistic that we will see no more oil flowing into the gulf. >> so what is your expectation in terms of containment and restoring the region. tell me what's next. >> so we're all over the gulf. we're here with the coast guard and i talked with thad allen. all of the oil on the surface, of course, the oil has not been flowing for a while, it's harder to find. traces of oil are still

s gulf of mexico oil spill they will be joined by tony hayward the outgoing chief of b.p. who will be taking up a non-executive director role on the board of the russian joint venture to pay for more we now live to our correspondent. who's that rolls next headquarters where the meetings that you take place hello to you zena now all the any details about the subject of these discussions. then did robert dudley is here in moscow to build new bridges with the russian government russian investors it up also brushing their shoulders in taking keep the peace and good relations with russia is essential for b.p. robert dudley has a history in russia and with his first visit since the disputed two thousand and eight but this time in a new role as the c.e.o. of b.p. so one of the main topics of the discussion is likely to be b.p.'s operation in russia and russia even the. order of these global oil output currently and if we look at the future it will see that the tanking b.p. has let me have a reader will be bernie and it's very important for the company if you do the fact that b.p.

s gulf of mexico oil spill dudley will be joined by tony hayward the outgoing chief of b.p. he'll be taking up a non-executive director role on the board of the russian joint venture. for more i'm joined now live by our correspondent. who's out rolls next headquarters where the meetings take place. hello dana thanks for joining us on the any details about the subjects of these discussions. definitely there's several subjects that are likely to be on the table today here at the rosneft headquarters where first to be a prime minister crucifixion again was tony hayward's and robert dudley a meeting also on the hudson all of the russian oil giant such as while enron staff and the media just like to be very interesting due to the fact that robert dudley is his first visit to russia up to two years of absence up to he escaped prashar are to the dispute with the russian billionaires and also the stakeholder seem to keep neat but probably done their work in russia for a long time so you know those are all the main players of the whole industry very well done so it might be a new beg

nobody knows tony hayward an apology. bp has responsibilities and obligations as the responsible polluting party in this. >> when it comes to disaster, president obama came to office with one lesson in mind. you do not lose if you prepare for the worst. the white house remembers this. president bush failed when he underreacted to hurricane katrina five years ago. in american politics, treating every disaster as critical is a good way of making sure you are not kicked out of office. the oil may be going, but problems for the president and bp are not over. the oil company still has to pay billions in compensation and the president has to persuade voters in the gulf he will stick with them longer than the oil sticks in the sea. bbc news, washington. >> a federal judge in the united states has overturned a ban on same-sex marriages in california, in a case with nationwide implications. the judge found in favor of gay and lesbian rights activists who argued the ban was discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional. our corresp

bp announced today officially they will replace tony hayward as ceo. with the -- [ applause ] this is -- this is kind of funny. they are offering him a spot running their operation in siberia. for real. you think they even have an operation in siberia? maybe they are just planning to leave him out there on an ice floe or something. even though this guy, tony hayward, deserves it, i kind of -- i don't know what it is, but i kind of hate people losing their job. i don't like to see it. my heart goes out to -- actually, my finger mostly goes -- my middle finger goes out to him. [ applause ] but bp has selected an american who is from the gulf region to replace him and -- well, forgive me for being cynical, but it seems pretty obvious that the only reason they hired this guy is to try to calm us down. >> ceo tony hayward will step down in october. bp hopes the move will help to improve american opinion of the oil giant. in another move to soften the company's image, today bp named hayward's successor, mittens mulaney. a 3-month-old tabby from atlanta who e

>> 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 jacksonville, texas -- >> we put these cookies on our dash about an hour and a half ago. >> reporter: it was ho

the company scheduled an interview with its c.e.o., tony hayward.nd then, they cancelled, saying no one at b.p. could sit down with "60 minutes" for this report. in other interviews, hayward has said this about transocean, the owner of the "deepwater horizon." >> tony hayward: the responsibility for safety on the drilling rig is with transocean. it is their rig, their equipment, their people, their systems, their safety processes. >> pelley: when b.p.'s chief executive officer, tony hayward, says, "this is transocean's accident," what do you say? >> bea: i get sick. this kind of division in the industry is a killer. the industry is comprised of many organizations, and they all share the responsibility for successful operations. and to start placing-- we'll call it these "barriers"-- and pointing fingers at each other is totally destructive. >> pelley: who's responsible? >> bea: b.p. >> pelley: in early may, we went out to the gulf and found mats of thick floating oil. all told, about five million barrels of oil spewed into the gulf, the largest offs

bp, and bp is committed to tony hayward.h, good. because our number one concern here is how are you guys doing. [ laughter ] who cares? this is pretty crazy story. a hospital in britain is going to use a fleet of robots to deliver food, handle dirty linen and dispense drugs. yeah, that's good. because if there's one thing that puts patients at ease it's having "the terminator" show up to change their bed pans. [ laughter ] "do not be ashamed. it's nothing i haven't seen before. [ applause ] it is human. it happens. let rusty sniff your crotch." [ laughter ] the robot and the dog are friends. >> steve: that's a great movie. >> jimmy; it's a great movie. oh, man -- i said it first. [ laughter ] >> steve: oh! hey, you guys. the u.s. beat algeria in the world cup today! [ cheers and applause ] what is up with that? yeah! that was an amazing finish. it's so cool. >> jimmy: that's right. the u.s. scored a goal with three minutes left to play. and get this, the revs completely forgot to disallow the goal. [ laughter ] so that's a w

didn't say anything. [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] and while obama was playing golf, bp ceo tony haywardctually spent his weekend as a ritzy yacht race, where he watched -- [ audience boos ] >> jimmy: yeah. he's not here. he's not here. [ laughter ] but, yeah, he watched his 52-foot yacht compete. isn't that crazy? if that's not bad enough, he was watching is it from his 100-foot yacht. [ laughter ] apparently, tony hayward's yacht is called "the s.s. middle finger." [ laughter ] it makes more sense now. [ cheers and applause ] some people. a yacht race. some big political news today. it's rumored that president obama's chief of staff rahm emanuel will leave the white house at the end of the year. he says the work is important to him, but he wants to spend more time screaming at his family. [ laughter ] listen to this, jason hirschhorn, the co-president of myspace is leaving the company after five months on the job. however, he did say that he was going to keep his office exactly the same so he can go back and check on it every few months when he's bored. [ laughter ] he still gets a few

-- was 20 hayward -- was tony hayward the one who got it right? >> nobody owes him an apology. bp has obligations as the responsible party in this instance. >> president obama came to office with one lesson in mind -- if you do not lose if you prepare for the worst, and the white house members this -- president bush failed when he underreacted to hurricane katrina five years ago. in american politics, treaty every disaster as critical is a good way of making sure you are not kicked out of office. the oil may be going, but problems for the president and for bp are not yet over. the oil company still has to pay billions in compensation, and the president has to persuade voters in the gulf that he will stick with them longer than the oil states in the sea -- sticks in teh sea. >> and the food standards agency says meat from a second offspring of a client count has ended the food chain. has been confirmed that two bullets from embryos of the california con in the u.s. or brought to inform in the scottish highlands and meat from one sold to consumers. the italian government has surv

not on the table instead he also is maybe in south america all central europe dudley's joined by tony hayward the outgoing chief of b.p. who will take up a non-executive role on the board of russian joint venture b.p. and in separate news from the company it said this is succeeded in the static kill of its leaking well in the gulf of mexico and the oil is no longer leaking into the sea. the construction of the north stream gas pipeline is reach an important milestone with a second branch of the pipe finally coming ashore in russia projects will provide gas to millions of european homes when it's completed which is due in two thousand and twelve. here at the broad overbet in the baltic sea the construction of the noise pipeline project is only progressing now which you see behind my back at two pipelines the first one was a pulled out of the water just a week ago in july the twenty eighth and what happened just a couple of hours ago is that the second finally reached the russian soil now you see that both pipelines are lying in a specially trained that will be back filled up to the initial sea

joined by tony hayward the going to be for b.p. who will take up a non-executive role on the board of russian joint venture tank a b p and in separate news for the company it says it's has succeeded in the static kill of its leaking well in the gulf of mexico and that oil is no longer leaking into the sea. but just federal antitrust service says there's a billion dollars worth of direct foreign investment on its way ahead of the agency eager at a t.v. if all flight a raft of new deals approved by the government on wednesday the agreements cover such things as transport infrastructure food and mining in particular the canadian company can most gold will gain control over to three teacher cold and sober fields in the north of russia in a deal worth more than three hundred million dollars. the annual rate of inflation in moscow fell to its lowest level in july at five and a half percent month on month consumer prices rose point four percent the same pace as a jew the figures were in line with the analysts forecast and it was buckwheat

are not on the table instead the assets may be in south america or central europe is joined by tony hayward the outgoing chief of b.p. who take up a non-executive role on the board of the russian joint venture. the annual rate of inflation in russia fell to its lowest level in july a five point five percent month on month consumer prices rose more point four percent the same pace in june the figures were in line with analyst forecasts and it was buckwheat chicken and orange prices which rose the most the cost of rice bananas and cap it went down. a billion dollars worth of direct foreign investment is on his way to russia according to the country's federal antitrust service head of the agency it go on outlined a raft of new deals which has been approved by the government these include such things as transport infrastructure food and mining in particular the canadian company came last gold will gain control over two strategic gold and silver fields little of russia in a dual worth more than three hundred million dollars a fund to finance russian infrastructure projects has been drafted by th

first, what are your thoughts about tony hayward, the ceo, stepping away with $900,000 a year in pensions and stock options worth millions? >> so what's new? i mean, that's -- that's what they do. that's why every time you fill up at bp you'll help contribute to his pension fund. and now here comes the fan mail from the independent gas station owners who really have nothing to do with bp. okay. >> larry: let's get a call. orlando, florida. hello. >> caller: hello. michael, when obama was running for president, he received a record number of small donations from average-income americans like myself. the supreme court has now ruled that corporations can spend unlimited amounts toward campaign advertising. do you believe that the rich and powerful are trying to marginalize average voters by outspending them in campaign elections? >> yes. next question. >> larry: all right. all right. another question would be, and this is a twitter, if you were the new ceo of bp, you were taking over, what would you say to the american people? >> i would -- wow. i would apologize. and i would say that, ameri

first tony hayward said there was negligentable harm. >> rose: former c.e.o. of b.p.. >> yeah. then he said it was 1,000 gallons. then it said it was 5,000 gallons. then the court ordered them to make that camera public. then he is talking about. and now the newest scam is 75% of the the oil has disappeared. >> rose: and your judgement is that the oil has not dispersed. >> charlie, the same people that said this is the biggest oil disaster in the world are saying that all of a sudden abracadabra disappears, but yesterday a report came out of the university of georgia saying that is not the case. >> rose: how much of the oil is still there? >> here's the thing. when they say, how come when you say 57%, are you talking about 75% of the oil on the surface of the gulf of mexico or 75% in the gulf. and one of the reasons they use corexit so that stuff wouldn't be on the surface so, it would just sink to the bottom. >> rose: i ask you about admiral allen, let me ask you about president obama. president obama said we are taking charge of this oil spill, correct? >> he said that. >> ro

the only name i heard you mention was tony hayward. am i correct her in my recollection? >> well, yes. and i must admit i jumped to conclusions because tony had left as a result of this. but what i would say is we haven't finished our investigation yet and i'm sure when the investigation is finished and the group causes are understood, the appropriate actions will be taken at that time. >> okay, then my question is is mr. heyward beat in the company because you was held accountable for the safety issues? >> i'm going to sustain you. he testified he doesn't really know. he knows the timing as we all do, but you have no knowledge of the privy of the arrangement by which he left his decision to you. >> that is correct. i do not. >> not even from the news meeting? >> we would want -- we all have that information, so we could draw our own conclusions from it. next question. >> i'll go to a different issue. are you aware, sir, that the marine authorities for the bp in the gulf of mexico have testified that he doesn't know whether this is a marine safety problem or well control p

s performance and i've been very frank about this with tony hayward and bob dudley oshgs mar mckay and the other leaders there. b.p. is an oil wide oil exploration company. that is what they do and that's what they've been organized to do, that's how... their current culture is aimed at that. when you have an oil spill, we have to get right down to the personal transaction level, you have to be concerned with claims with shrimpers of lost income, so when i talk about b.p.'s performance i like to split it into two parts, one at the well head. they've done an extraordinary amount of engineering work and technology. they brought things into the gulf of mexico that did not exist to do what they've done and stop the well. and many... >> rose: this is after the spill? >> right. many of those technologies did not pre-exist before the spill, had to be brought, there engineered and put in place. you could discuss whether or not it should have been there beforehand but regarding their engineering effort to control the well i give them high marks. >> rose: and these are things that have been deve

if i want something done, i called tony hayward. the believe that this starts to break down. i have mentioned this before, vp is a very large oil exploration -- bp is a very large oil exploration company. if you look at the things that need to be done in this bill, at the wellhead, they did an extraordinary feat in bringing these technologies from the north sea and an bola. this was nonrecurring engineering investment in the future. when you start to pay claims which is the responsibility of the responsible party and you hire a third party contractor, it is different to have outsource empathy and compassion. their ability to connect one on one with the public when you insert a third party in between, if you have corporate values, trying to go into that attenuated. the lens by which the public measures a response is not necessarily the -- at the wellhead, this is how people were affected by the claims process. it is difficult if you don't have that competency to ability to translate into that third- party contract. moving forward, we need to understand a couple of things. what

the only name i heard you mention was tony hayward. am i correct her in my recollection? >> well, yes. and i must admit i jumped to conclusions because tony had left as a result of this. but what i would say is we haven't finished our investigation yet and i'm sure when t investigation is finished and the group causes are uderstood, the appropriate actions will be taken a that time. >> okay, then my question is is mr. heyward beat in the company because you was held accountable for the safety issues? >> i'm goin to sustain you. he testified he doesn't really know. he knows the timing as we all do, but you have no knowledge of the privy of the arrangement by which he left his decision to you. >> that is correct. i do not. >> not even from the news meeting? >> we would want -- we all have that information, so we could draw our own conclusions from it. next question. >> i'll go to a different issue. are you aware, sir, that the marine authorities for the bp in the gulf of mexico have testified that he doesn't know whether this is a marine safety problem or well control probl

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 or error. i think that the response as it is would have been different had admiral allen and others, the scientific team, secretary chu, to do ushed f bp things more comprehensively and faster. >> the last 24 hours have been given full. we have not heard how the president was informed. was there a phone call? what was the moment where the president saw that maybe this phase had succe

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 morning. good morning. thank you. a

if i want something done, i call tony hayward sometimes in the middle of the night. i have given written and verbal orders and they are followed. where this starts to break down in the minds of the public -- bp is a large oil production company. when it comes to the petroleum industry, they are what i call the wholesale. their capabilities are aimed at exploration and production of oil and energy. if you look at the things that need to be done and it is not at the wellhead -- they did an at therdinary speecfeat containment system. that should not be discounted. when he starts having to pay claims, which is their legal responsibility, and you hire a third-party contractor, is difficult to be outsourced and defeat and compassion. their ability to connect one on one with the public when you insert a third party in between -- if you do have corporate values, it gets attenuated. as i have told mr. dudley and everyone else, the lens is not necessarily the technology of the wellhead. is the compassion shown towards the people who are affected towards this. it is difficult i

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 morning. good morning. thank you. a

if i really want something done, i call tony hayward or bob dudley, sometimes in the middle of the night. i give them written orders and verbal orders and they are followed. in the minds of the public, where it starts to break down -- i mentioned this before -- bp is a very large oil production and exploration company. when it comes to the petroleum industry, they are what i would call wholesale. in their corporate capabilities and competencies are in the exploration of oil and energy. if you look at the things that need to be done during a spill and it is not at the wellhead -- at the wellhead, they did an extraordinary feat in bringing these technologies from the north sea and angola and bringing in the containment system. when you start having to pay claims, which is their legal responsibility as the responsible party, it is difficult to write is specification and outsource sympathy and compassion. their ability to connect one on one on a transactional basis with the public, when you insert a third party in between, first of all, a few that corporate values, trying to inject into that

>> if i really want something done, i call tony hayward, sometimes in the middle of the night. i have given written orders and verbal orders, and they are followed. i believe where, in the minds of the public, this starts to break down -- i have mentioned this before. bp is a very large oil exploration company. when it comes to the petroleum industry, there what i would call wholesale. their corporate capabilities and competencies are all aimed at exploration and production of oil and energy. if you look at the things that need to be done during a spell -- a spill, and it is not at the wellhead -- at the wellhead, they did an extraordinary feat in bringing together these technologies and creating a containment system. it is an extraordinary investment in the future, and it should not be discounted. when you start having to pay claims and you hire a third- party contractor, it is difficult to write a specification and outsourced empathy and compassion. their ability to connect one on one and a transactional basis with the public, when you insert a third party in between -- first