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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 we're 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. we'll check in with you later. bonnie snyder in our severe weather center. coming up next, we'll return to the oil disaster. among today's developments, a big shake-up at the top of bp's operations. we'll tell you about that when we come back.

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 that's not what we're focused on. he said we're focused on fixing this thing, and he said they still don't know the cost to fix this well. but he also made a point that tony hayward wanted to lead this effort. that's 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 didn't -- he said too much, or the fact that he appears to -- and i'm talking about tony hayward now, the ceo of b...

Bp's 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 can't use their vessels for either tourism or fishing to actually try to help out in this spill and recover some of the money they're not making.

Dispersants have killed the shrimp off. there isn't 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. i'm joined now by lieutenant commander michael heisler with the operations section in lafitte. you're operating from just across the road here. >> yes, sir. >> thanks for being with us, michael. tell us about what you're doing here and how it involves the locals who are largely fishermen and shrimpers. >> yes. my actual position is liaison officer to the mayor. ...

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, new york. want to talk about a gym with a bigger purpose than just fitness. no profits here, just...