that left tony hayward, an engineer who had headed oil exploration worldwide. he took over in 2007. >> tony hayward was well regarded-- bp guy, engineer, extremely capable, an oilman through and through, and someone to consider a very worthy successor for john. >> i guess i should start by saying this has been one hell of a year. i mean, it really has. it started with a tsunami. it continued with texas city... >> narrator: when hayward took over, he spoke candidly about bp's problems. >> we then nearly sunk our flagship project in the deepwater gulf of mexico. and i think the only good thing i would say about all of this is, a, it's good to have it all behind you. >> the message he was sending was not only that things had been bad, but that he was splitting away from john browne. >> this is about a fundamental lack of leadership and management in the area of safety, period. >> tony hayward came into bp's ceo role on a mission to fix the problems that the company had. in his view, he thought that browne had been too aloof and too focused on growing the company,

coming in last on the surveys, former bp ceo, tony hayward. for the record, i voted for the donald. >>> this is an emotional moment right now. the clock is at zero. we started at 350 hours, something like that? "american freak show" is out today. the wait is over. your patience will be rewarded at book stores across the country. based on some of the video i've seen this morning, i want to urge calm in the u.s. we've already seen the rioting in athens, greece. chaos inside the parliament there in taiwan, and now just new video in to us. this is in spain. wow. i don't know why they brought all those tomatoes over a book. it's chaos over a book. these are people who are not able to get their hands. it's a limited release on copies of "american freak show." they are losing their minds. we are getting an early report -- do we have video -- my gosh. university book stores. the oregon duck and the houston cougar are fighting over a copy of "american freak show." it's ugly out there. i want to urge people, as i stretch so we can watch this entire vide

ceo of , tony hayward, is stepping down officially today. hayward's departure comes after e was heavily criticized for the bp oilpill in the gulf. he will be replaced by robert dudley, who already began working bp chief executive. >> thanks so much, courtly. have a great weekend. >> reporter: you too. >>> metro riders could have a new way to hit the rails, according to the washington examiner. metro officials are working on a system that would allow ders to use their credit or debit cards to pay for their trip. that was brought on by the srt chip card was no longer being manufactured. the remaining supply was bought out by metro and will last approximately two years. metro board member say the new payment system wou not replace smart trip cards but operate alongside the current system. >>> metro will open an hour early. organizers of one nation rally expects thousands of attendees. rally organizers paid metro for an early 6:00 a.m. opening. >>> all right, tom. we have one closing to mention to you before we go to our weather. st. mary's is c

tony hayward in the wake of his handling of the gulf oil disaster. robert dudley will immediately take his place. dudley has already started work as c.e.o. announcing earlier the creation of a new risk and safety division as part of b.p.'s attempts to rebuild shattered confidence in the company. the remnants of nicole have claimed four lives in north carolina. the highway patrol says two adults and two children were killed when their vehicle skidded off a road and filmed into a ditch filled with water. troopers say the s.u.v. hit a patch of water and lost control. one other child survived and is being treated at a hospital. they were travelling from atlanta. officials say these are the first deaths in north carolina connected to the storm. >> good morning, i'm greg toland. ray rice will make the final call whether he plays sunday. if it is up to him he will be in the backfield. yesterday he practiced with the mann contact jersey. he is trying to overcome a bruised knee he suffered on that play against the browns. he said it is better. he will be read

hayward. sorry our gulf got in the way of your oil. >> so i'm only speaking for myself. i'm not speaking for anybody else. but i apologize. i do not want to live in a country where any time a citizen or corporation does something legitimately wrong is subject to some sort of political pressure that is is again, in my words, amounts to a shakedown. i apologize. >> let's turn to senior fellow at the brookings institution. good evening, e.j. >> good to be with you, keith. >> nevada, first. do we have consensus this was not a game changer for either candidate last night? >> i was really struck with the sound bite you showed. it was a choice between the free market and americanism. was she saying the free market is un-american? which maybe the real news of the debate is she is the closet socialist. listening to some of the commentary on this, i have to say that, if the standards apply to sharron angle for winning the debate were applied to my baseball skills, i would be in the alcs tonight. i don't

. >>> big changes at bp as tony hayward is officially stepping down today. he was criticized for the handlg of the gulf oil disaster. executive director robert dudley will immediately taking his place. he already staed his work at ceo. he announced the creationf a new risk and safety division as part of the company's attempt to rebuild confidence in the company. >>> president obama expected to make a big announcement regarding his chief of staff. is leaving for a chance to be the mayor of chicago. pete rouse will be his replacent. rahm emanuel nts to move into his chicago area home but the tenants don't want to move out just yet. illinois is his primary residence and still considered a registered voter there. >>> with just about a month until midterm elections, president obama is trying to fire up his younger supporters. commander in chief spoke at a fund-raiser at dar constitutional hole by gen 44, referencing president obama being the 44th president. and mr. obama implored his supporters to do whatever they can to help democrats this november. >> we can't

. >>> robert dudley formally takes over bp from former ceo tony hayward. of course, he has a big job to do, restoring the company's reputation in the wake of the gulf oil spill. >>> finally this half hour, the proposition sparking debate in california's upcoming midterm election. >> the high level of debate involves no candidate, no party, but it's definitely drawing some opponents and supporters from both sides of the aisle. here's diana alvear. >> reporter: they condemned it. "up in smoke" celebrated it. >> is that, a joint, man? >> reporter: and if proposition 19 passes, californians will have the right to smoke marijuana without fear of arrest. >> every 35 seconds, somebody is arrested in this country. that's about 850,000 arrests per year. 90% of them for possession only. >> reporter: proponents say the war on drugs is not working. they believe the only way to defeat drug cartels is to do away with the black market. just like they did with prohibition. >> the minute they ended prohibition, it put al capone and the gangs out of that business and made t

and president barack obama could name his successor, tomorrow >> with tony hayward is his last day today, and he was criticized, scrutinized with the handling of the massive oil spill. and his replacement has already been named. the dow jones has fell. 27 points. and in spite of today's losses is the best september for the dowel in 71 years. it is up 8% by the best performance, 70 since 1939, even though it was down. degree performance this month fiorina tripled her salary. bought a million dollar yacht. and five corporate jets. i'm proud of what i did at hp. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. outsourcing jobs. out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. the riveras are taking their first family vacation. [ dad ] hey, do you guys want to see the largest artichoke ever grown? [ kids ] artichoke! artichoke! they needed some tools to help them keep track of their spending along the way. wells fargo checking with mobile banking lets them check their balance wherever they happen to be. the widest one or the tallest one? the closest. the closest. well, if yo

. >> bp has new leadership, tony hayward it was his last day on thursday criticized for his handling of the massive oil spill. >> robert dudley will take over. and hayward will walk away with a nice settlement package. >> still ahead on kron 4 news this weekend friendships' fall apart after a social network. that is facebook. will have more on that movie, coming up. pam and other live look of side of the san francisco ankle still looks gloomy, overcast your forecast coming up from this-- angle. ♪ >> we're back on kron 4 news was weakened it almost looks like the sun sets. beautiful. >> that almost looks like a sunset, we are back and kron 4 news this weekend. and this summer is coming to when and with the beginning of the fall season getting towards winter. and the first day of winter? >> and we do not get much of winter. however, let us check-in with a meteorologist, jacqueline bennett. she has that forecast. >> >> that dense fog out there this morning. and it will make way for sunny skies this afternoon and warmer temperatures. the fog is around the bay shores and on the coast. a

tony hayward's last day was yesterday, he was scrutinized and criticized for his dealing with the cleanup said today robert dudley takes over as ceo. >> watching wall street is a good start to a quarter of the month, the industrial average is up by 10 points >> in the 7:52 a.m. and this is a live look at the at&t park where we're so excited that the giants fans cannot wait for tonight's game for his is the first of the last series to get on the way, if we can clinch a or when we do have a playoff game on monday but either way we're sitting pretty with one away from the nl west championship title so we will be back with more of this coverage and tell you about the special we have on tonight in just a few minutes. male announcer ] as the ceo of hp, carly fiorina laid off 30,000 workers. when you're talking about massive layoffs, which we did... perhaps the work needs to be done somewhere else. [ male announcer ] fiorina shipped jobs to china. and while californians lost their jobs, fiorina tripled her salary. bought a million dollar yacht. and five corporate jets. i'm proud of what i did at