mitchell: and good evening. cbs news has learned tonight that b.p. chief tony hayward will be out and replaced in the next few days. hayward, who angered gulf coast residents and the white house with what they called insensitive statements, is not commenting on the reports, but his ouster could come when the company s board meets this week. tony guida has the latest. i m devastated by the accident, absolutely devastated. reporter: unfortunately for tony hayward, too many of his comments about the disaster in the gulf spoke much louder than those. b.p. s board meets monday amid a flood of reports that hayward is out. there is no doubt that he is going. it will be announced at the very latest on tuesday. reporter: terry mcalister, energy editor of the guardian in london, says the decision to oust hayward is an attempt to salvage the b.p. brand in america, where the company earns fully 40% of its profits. the company cannot continue in its present state in america,
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with russ mitchell. angered gulf coast residentss and the white house is not commenting on the reports but hi ouster could come when the company s board meets this week. tony guida has the latest. ivy devastated by the accident, absolutely devastated. reporter: unfortunate leigh for tony hayward, too many of his comments about the disaster in the gulf spoke much louder than those. b.p. s board meets monday amid a flood of reports that hayward is out. there is no doubt that he is going. it will be announced at the very latest on tuesday. reporter: terry mcalister energy editor of the guardian in london says the decision to oust hayward is an attempt to salvage the b.p. brand in america where the company earns fully 40% of its profits. the company cannot continue in its present state in america. and the only way of giving itself a fighting chance is to get rid of the boss. reporter: hayward provided all the
angered gulf coast residentss and the white house is not commenting on the reports but hi ouster could come when the company s board meets this week. tony guida has the latest. ivy devastated by the accident, absolutely devastated. reporter: unfortunate leigh for tony hayward, too many of his comments about the disaster in the gulf spoke much louder than those. b.p. s board meets monday amid a flood of reports that hayward is out. there is no doubt that he is going. it will be announced at the very latest on tuesday. reporter: terry mcalister energy editor of the guardian in london says the decision to oust hayward is an attempt to salvage the b.p. brand in america where the company earns fully 40% of its profits. the company cannot continue in its present state in america. and the only way of giving itself a fighting chance is to get rid of the boss. reporter: hayward provided all the rope necessary to hang himself. statements as a geyser of oil poured daley in t