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Who have been sickened. clinics are telling us something else as well. cleanup workers are being told to report to bps own health clinic on grand isle, not to go to state facilities. next on "360," watching the weather. a new system could threaten the gulf. chad myers is tracking it, join ing us with a live update. also, jail time for lindsay lohan. that story as well, coming up. the gulf coast survived a

And theyre still so heartbreaking to look at, joe. thanks so much. its not just wildlife getting sick, as you can imagine. tomorrow on "360" a disturbing question. might bp be trying to hide the ri risks to cleanup workers? 20iers ago exxon sealed the health records of workers sickened while cleaning up the sound. some of those workers are still sick today. >> did you have it before you started working on the exxon l valdez? >> no, no, no. and the same thing with my eyesight. i dont know if my...

Ali alive. its frankly not a pretty picture at all right now in the gulf. >> i just remember seeing those images from the very start. and theyre still so heartbreaking to look at, joe. thanks so much. its not just wildlife getting sick as you might imagine. tomorrow on "360" a disturbing question. might bp be trying to hide the risks to cleanup workers? more than 20 years ago, exxon sealed the health records of workers sickened while cleaning up the sound. some of those workers are still sick ...

Nobody. they never did a follow-up on us, never asked if we had any consequences of it. they could have cared less. im serious. there was no follow-up. >> and today bp is facing similar accusations as well. louisianas health department has reported 128 cleanup workers who have been sickened. clinics are telling us something else as well. cleanup workers are being told to report to bps own health clinic on grand isle, not to go to state facilities. next on "360," watching the weather. a new syste...

Something that god cant fix it, and man needs to fix it. what do you say? >> well, god gives the man wisdom to do what they have to do. >> reporter: and you know, wolf in talking with jim wallis of sojourners he said when he goes back to washington he hopes to do two things, give a report to the white house and two, talk to leaders of congress and give suggestions of look, if these cleanup workers dont get a break cleaning up the mez, and unless they dont pass some bill helping the situation her...

Some of those workers are still sick today. >> did you have it before you started working on the exxon valdez? >> no, no, no. and the same thing with my eyesight. i dont know if my failing eyesight -- im going blind. >> you think you were poisoned out there? >> yes, yes. silently poisoned. >> and thats whats >> we they concerned about your health? >> they never asked us. they never said anything. nobody ever checked with us. nobody. they never did a follow-up on us, never asked if we had any con...

In afghanistan or try to take advantages politically of a war that will get tough, and, will test our steadfastness. so im encouraged today that the republicans in congress are going to do what is right for our country and not turn afghanistan into another partisan political battleground, there is too much at stake, to let that happen. >> that would be a welcome, i guess, component of a midterm election season, always fraught with politics, senator joe lieberman, connecticut independent, thanks ...

Well, you dont. [ sanjeev ] am i a mess? [ joey ] you slept in the vending machine. [ male announcer ] call today or go to esurance.com. we were stunned when we heard this story today. i want to show you some video. take a look. remember these? these are toxic trailers from katrina. five years later theyre being sold to cleanup workers and companies down here, despite a government ban on using them for housing. theyve got formaldehyde in them. we cant imagine theyre being used as mobile wine h...

Crews. reporting on health issues, theyve been blocked again and again from visiting a medical unit in venice where cleanup workers are being treated. its known locally as the bp compound. these two reporters say everyone theyve talked to from bp to the coast guard, to health and human services has been giving them the run around. were talking about a medical trailer that falls under the authority of, guess who, thad allen, the same thad allen who promised transparency all those weeks ago. we ar...

Journalists who has disrupted efforts. no journalist wants to be seen as disrupting or slowing down the process. to create a blanket rule that everyone has to stay beyond 65 feet of booms and boats, that doesnt sound like transparency. it sounds like katrina when they tried to make it impossible to see the recovery of bodies of people that had died in their homes. if we cant show whats happening, warts and all, no one will see whats happening. that makes it easy to hide failure, incompetence and...