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What happened to mr. abbott. not only was he fired, but your company put out an advertisement to hire someone to replace him on that job. earlier you said all the other bp wells in the gulf of mexico that had been completed are secure and are safe to operate. do you still standby that? >> i do. >> do you know the judge said it is not true that the documents were completed when he substantiated his obligations. he's a district judge. he comes in. he does the evaluation. and he substantiated the whistle

>> a new person wz put in charge. his name is ken abbott. he's been testifying all day in washington across the street in the natural resources committee. he raised the same concerns there was not proper documentation on the bp "atlantis." he was fired even though he raised issues that obviously have a lot of resemblance to the kind of attention, to the safety protocols that were part of the bp horizon rig. is it part of your policy, mr. hayward, to fire employees who raise questions about the sif safety of your rigs? >> no, it is not. mr. hayward, i'm afraid that's

coverage of the tony hayward hearing as you can see before you here in congress. tony hayward is the chief executive officer of british petroleum. we will continue to monitor the hearing and address what we've learned so far, if anything, from his testimony. we are joined by congressman bruce braley. congressman, do you feel like you know anymore this afternoon than you did this morning? >> i do, dylan. i feel like we know there's a huge disconnect between mr. hayward and bp's statements about their commitment to safety and what we know now is the reality of their disturbing safety r...

>> his name is ken abbott and he came forward or he was hired in august, 2008. he was hired to manage the document for the atlantis platform. when he discovered there were such great document deficiencies he went to management, he worked with them to try to correct the problem, and he was faced with consultant resistance. in early 2009 his contract was ended and he went forward to the department of the interior minute merle management the agency charged with regulating offshore platforms. he also brought forward these allegations to bp's independent om budsman's office. at that point in time t...

officials say workers were finally able to insert a mile long tube and begin siphoning oil from the busted well to the tanker on the surface. it is still only a partial flicks that could slow the leak but it won't actually stop it. david lee miller is in venice, louisiana. >> for the first time in weeks bp had good news but oil continues to bush -- gush into the gulf. insertion of the tube into the leaking ty pipe is successfully siphoning off some of the oil but won't say how much. add add complication a second but smaller lake has not been addressed. efforts are underway to complet...