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At the bottom of the gulf of mexico. however, killing the catastrophic well off is a bittersweet victory for gulf coast residents, who fear theyll be battling the effects of the nations worst environmental disaster for years to come. nbcs jay gray has our report. >> reporter: it began april 20th with a massive fireball and deadly flames cutting through the night air. as the deepwater horizon rig exploded, then collapsed, 11 lives were lost. and oil began to seep into the gulf, the start of the w...

Analysts say it suggests companies are again laying employees off as economic recovery appears to be weakening. investors do not like the news and the dow was down almost 200 points. i dont think it got there. either way its 154 now. gerri willis, host of the willis report on the "fox business" network. what happened? >> jobless numbers. >> shepard: its worse isnt it. >> it is. were used to 9.5 of americans not having jobs but were not looking at people discouraged from getting jobs. look at the...

Want to walk through that a little bit more. of the top 20 metro areas, its really happening in just four different states. florida, california, nevada and arizona. those have been the hardest hit, however that said this crisis is fairly widespread. 154 out of the 206 metro areas that they measured for this had a foreclosure increase, they are going up. its not just people with credit problems. creditworthy borrowers are having problems here. foreclosures against prime borrowers who have conform...

Largest homeless camp here in haiti, they will be allowed to get their items out of storage and the ports and the airports where many cases they are trapped at the port and they will be able to get to the people of haiti. >> we learned about this because we had been asked to bring in about $5,000 worth of equipment for a charity for an ngo that had a good reputation there. we did that. when we did at the airport, they said, youve got to pay a 20% tax, building materials to help haitian people, a...

Organizations, like save the children, sean penns ngo, the largest homeless camp here in haiti, they will be allowed to get their items out of storage and the ports and the airports where many cases they are trapped at the port and they will be able to get to the people of haiti. >> we learned about this because we had been asked to bring in about $5,000 worth of equipment for a charity for an ngo that had a good reputation there. we did that. when we did at the airport, they said, youve got to ...

Next week, 154 of the most international charities, known as ngos, will be able to bring their items into the streets and neighborhoods and deal with the busy paperwork later. >> so these 154 ngos will be able to bring supplies in immediately? >> yes. and its 154 because they are the ones that gave us reports. you want to say i have an operation in haiti, theres a process to be and we encourage people to follow the process. and if they comply with the condition, i would be happy to assist the ng...

Their items into the streets and neighborhoods and deal with the busy paperwork later. >> so these 154 ngos will be able to bring supplies in immediately? >> yes. and its 154 because they are the ones that gave us reports. you want to say i have an operation in haiti, theres a process to be and we encourage people to follow the process. and if they comply with the condition, i would be happy to assist the ngos in that process. >> reporter: so thats really good news. the good news is that reputab...

Zero. it designated the landmark the original building will remain. if not, american-muslim groups will tear it down and move ahead with plans to build an interfaith community center and mosque. >> i do feel that it would be a terrible mistake to destroy a 154-year-old building in order to build a monument to terrorism. >> reporter: the meeting wasnt pretty. as emotions boiled over. >> that im ashamed to be an american today. >> reporter: this man, a muslim-american, reminded the crowd, people f...

>> it is called islamophobia. pure and simple. >> reporter: new york citys landmark preservation commission took it all in as it considered the fate of this 19th century building two blocks from ground zero. it designated the landmark the original building will remain. if not, american-muslim grops wi will tear it down and build an interfaith community center and mosque. >> i do feel that it would be a terrible mistake to destroy a 154-year-old building in order to build a monument to terrorism....

Zero. it designated the landmark the original building will remain. if not, american-muslim groups will tear it down and move ahead with plans to build an interfaith community center and mosque. >> i do feel that it would be a terrible mistake to destroy a 154-year-old building in order to build a monument to terrorism. >> reporter: the meeting wasnt pretty. as emotions boiled over. >> that im ashamed to be an american today. >> reporter: this man, a muslim-american, reminded the crowd, people f...