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Worried about worst-case scenario and you had times were very critical of the obama administration sometimes in some of their response efforts. looking back, grade the obama administration on this response effort and what are you expecting for them -- from them going forward? >> well, they simply did not understand how big of a disaster this was to begin with. and they set up a command and control structure pursuant to the law, give them credit for that. but it was a command and control structure that the law says that the coast guard is 51% in control and bp and the others the rest. well, in ...

Work crews are back in position now in the gulf of mexico preparing to begin the process of killing bp's ruptured well once and for all some time within the next seven days. >> david mattingly joins us live from new orleans with a never-before-seen interview with outgoing bp chief tony hayward. david, you conducted this interview with hayward in the gulf during the very beginning of the response effort in early may. you asked him about bp taking responsibility for the spill. quite an interesting answer. >> reporter: yeah, kiran. this was part of a longer conversation i had with tony hayward ab...

To 15 stations have been closed by demonstrators who tripped safety switches and cut off power at the pumps. green peace claims the people i am memberized nearly 50 service stations. bp says it is trying to get all of them back up and running as soon as possible. developing story this morning. bp's ceo tony hayward, famously said he wanted his life back, is getting his wish. the company announce thing morning he will step down from his post on october 1st and right now it looks like hayward will stay with bp heading up a new oil and gas venture in russia. hayward will eventually be replaced ...

They were siphoning up oil, of course, to a ship. the most it collected was yesterday. well, today the news we just got a short time ago is that the containment cap is now off. take a look at that picture. that oil is now leaking into the gulf with nothing stopping it once again. containment cap is off. we'll explain why in just a moment. but another piece of news we got today was, in fact, that two people -- two workers who were a part of this disaster relief, this disaster response, have died. now, we got this update -- all this information, just a short time ago to the man who was in charge...

Major staging areas. you've helped to support the response effort and i thank you for that and i know the people of pensacola thank you for that. and all along the gulf coast our men and women in uniform active guard and reserve from across the country are stepping up and helping out. there's soldiers on the beaches putting out sandbags and building barriers and cleaning up the oil and helping people process their claims for compensation from bp. there are sailors and marines offering their boom and airmen overhead flying overhead and spraying dispersant and coast guard men and women on the cu...