there are things that work, and things that don t. but that is the thing about getting ahead, it requires taking the risk that might work or might fail. and failing is a luxury that many of us simply can t afford. for john taking a risk with his new oil and gas venture may be the thing that pushes him into that billionaire status. so we re taking to the skies to check on the site for his new project. you have to understand what is an opportunity. what is a door that s opened for you. you ve got to understand this, okay, right here is an opportunity for me to improve. i have to say that from all the way up here it s easy to forget that for many down there those opportunities are becoming more and more rare. well, that was pretty awesome. he s used to it. just another friday for him. for me pretty awesome. in all honesty, i m enjoying myself. thank you very much. cheers. in one day with john, i m getting to do things that most people don t get to do in an entire lifetime, a
after an explosion killed 11 of his employees, just got his wish. tony hayward is out. he got the boot five hours ago though he s not stepping down until the first of october. he ll leave with a year s salary in his pocket. that s $1.6 million. it looks like hayward will stay with bp for now heading up a new oil and gas venture in russia. also overnight, bp s second quarter earnings were announced. a bruising $17 billion loss. we re covering all the new developments for you. jim boulden is live at bp headquarters in london. carter evans is covering the money angle here in new york city. we begin with jim in london. can a change at the top turn the company s tainted image around? reporter: well, certainly bp hopes so. they hope by putting bob dudley, this american who was born in raised in mississippi, can change the face of bp, especially in the u.s. which is such a crucial market for this global energy company. obviously tony hayward was
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 by the man who has been overseeing day-to-day cleanup operations, bob dudley. dave mattingly joins us live from new orleans with a never-before-seen interview with outgoing bp chief tony hayward. david, you conducted the interview in the gulf during the beginning of the response effort in early may. you had a chance to ask him a lot of questions about, you know, what went wrong, was there a back