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The white house. it allows them to shift the heat from the president on the oil spill and the recovery efforts to whats going on on the hill with the republicans. joe bonner, a republican, in the house is now calling on joe barton to step aside from the top spot on the energy committee. and robert gibbs has been pushing that along. he sent out some tweets last night saying the republicans need to think about whether they want barten in that top spot, whether or not hes the right person. if the r...

Tony hayward promised to do everything in bps power to address the economic and environmental consequence of the and to ensure that bp uses its lessons learned to make energy exploration and production safer and more reliable for everyone. yes, well, that is pretty much what hayward vowed three years ago after bps fatal texas refinery explosion. the fact is, with deepwater horizon, congressional investigations show bp was still trying to penny-pinch to save millions. >> there were very serious s...

Disaster. bp is capturing more oil from its ruptured well. the pointman in charge says just over 1 million gallons were sucked up yesterday. thad allen is coordinating efforts to use 2,000 private vessels to help in the clean-up. at least three people are dead from tornadoes that tore through minnesota. our meteorologist bonnie schneider says some of the tornadoes were half a mile wide. they stayed on the ground for about 20 minutes at a time. the midwest could be in for more storms today. h...

Reputation was in tatters over accidents, safety violations and employee deaths. bps texas city refinery had just exploded, killing 15. investigators found bp had violated its own safety protocols. hayward promised to do away with what he called the more for less cost-cutting strategy that had become the norm at bp. >> he wasnt going to put them in danger. they were not going to be bp employees who died on his watch. >> reporter: fast-forward three years to the gulf of mexico and the deepwater h...

And so they believe the stimulus is working, just not fast enough to get those jobs back. other problem, of course, as the president tries to talk about jobs again, all everyone else seems to be talking about is oil. >> speaking about oil, the testimony yesterday, the congressional testimony where tony hayward from bp was there, these congressional hearings are weird. a lot of grandstanding. but one of the weirdest things ive heard in a long time was what texas representative joe barton says abo...

A bigger risk of severe weather, where we could see more tornadoes possibly here in the midwest. ali, this does include milwaukee and chicago, so were watching for possibly wind damage and large hail. i will keep you posted if we get any tornado warnings in this area. in the meantime, stay inside until that storm passes. >> bonnie, thanks very much. well check in with you later. bonnie snyder in our severe weather center. coming up next, well return to the oil disaster. among todays developmen...

Too many things. now, this is not a resignation. he was asked whether he, the chairman of the ceo should be resigning, and he said thats not what were focused on. he said were focused on fixing this thing, and he said they still dont know the cost to fix this well. but he also made a point that tony hayward wanted to lead this effort. thats why he has been in the gulf since really this began. ali? >> and jim, this is fascinating, because that someone would think that maybe he didnt -- he said to...

Bps chief executive was subjected to a grilling so savage it was more like ancient rome than capitol hill. you make your own decision object what you thought tony hayward did yesterday. one thing i want to tell you a little bit about when we come back -- i talked earlier to a gentleman from the coast guard about the vessels of opportunity program. opportunity for people who cant use their vessels for either tourism or fishing to actually try to help out in this spill and recover some of the mone...

Dispersants have killed the shrimp off. there isnt work for them right now. but they are keeping very busy, helping the coast guard, the federal effort, and the bp effort, to try and collect oil and deal with the oil spill right here. im joined now by lieutenant commander michael heisler with the operations section in lafitte. youre operating from just across the road here. >> yes, sir. >> thanks for being with us, michael. tell us about what youre doing here and how it involves the locals who a...

New maintenance and operating technique that is uniform at all their plants. but in terms of stopping the leak, hayward told the "financial times," we did not have the tools you would want in your tool kit. >> tony hayward knew what the weaknesses of bp were, meaning that over the last few years, there had been very high-profile accidents. it was incumbent upon him to put in place the measures to make sure that something like this did not happen. he did not do that. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn,...