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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 houses. congressman markey joined me a while ago. how stunned were you when you heard this these formaldehyde-soaked trailers were reappearing in the wake of this disaster, five years since katrina? >> its stunning but not surprising. this has been characteristic of everything that has occurred since day one. ...

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. if we cant show whats happening, warts and all, no one will see whats happening. that makes it easy to hide failure, incompetence and makes it hard to highlight the cleanup crews. reporting on health issues, theyve been blocked again and ag...

House people without notification to them, that it could be dangerous to their health. >> we want to follow that investigation. are you living in one of those trailers and have you ever? if so, we want to hear from you. and viewers what do you think? should oil cleanup workers be living in these things. head to my blog and sound off. we have a lot going on in the "cnn newsroom" this morning. lets check in with our correspondents. we begin with alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. >> a ...

To destroy more animal habitats. jeff corwin is live for us in pensacola beach, florida. first up, jeff, looks like it is getting choppy waters behind you. can you give osquick rundown? >> absolutely, alex. we have rough seas and blustery wind and other than that a coast guard perfect day here in pensacola beach in florida. now, this beach should be loaded with tourists. instead, what you can see is that lining up along this white sandy beach are all these cleanup workers. theyre here to clean u...

On "nbc nightly news." brian joins us now from joes hometown of pensacola, florida. and were looking at a lot of problems that folks are dealing with in terms of containment and cleanup. is it a lack of resources thats plaguing the situation there, brian? >> well, mika, good morning. and i was going to say, i come to you live this morning knowing this is some hallowed, white ground to a certain former congressman who is now in a tv studio in new york. >> yes, it is. >> so here we are in pensacol...

>> there wont be a dry eye in the house when she sings that one. lets take a look at the morning papers. the sun herald in southern mississippi, about 300 cleanup workers sift through the sands on east biloxi beach. removing tar balls that washed ashore over the weekend. governor haley barbour said the cleanup efforts will improve. >> arizona will see fewer than half of the national guard soldiers president obama is planning to put along the mexican border. governor jan brewer called the additio...

The deepwater horizon, that area where the oil is being cleaned up so none of those oil workers, cleanup workers have been pulled out yet, just nonessentials for the south. >> nonessentials as a precaution. thanks so much, t.j. big protests playing out at the g-20 summit. will they overis adough the message? that story next. plus, expect some heated moments on capitol hill tomorrow, with a very strong spotlight all on the eyes, and all eyes on supreme court nominee elena kagan. stay with us....

We smoke with coast guard members who tell us that they are working with county officials and may have a rolling closure along the beaches for not only the safety of the workers buy the beachgoers. but ultimately its up to the county whether or not they close these beaches. visitors still walking around the beach. you can see as we pan to the east here, you can see that beachgoers are here as well as cleanup workers. a lot of the beachgoers tell us that they are feeling fairly paralyzed when the...

With the caveat we cant identify him. all the actions and tidbits of information lead to one conclusion. the well pipes are broken and leaking. the more they try tro restrict the gushing out it will transfer to the leaks below like a leaky garden hose with a nozzle on it. when you open it up, it doesnt leak so bad. you close the nozzle it and it leaks real bad. same dynamics. what eventually will happen is the blowout preventer will tip over if they do not run supports to it. its a race now, a r...

Conclusion. the well pipes are broken and leaking. the more they try to restrict the gushing out it will transfer to the leaks below like a leaky garden hose with a nozzle on it. when you open it up, it doesnt leak so bad. you close the nozzle it leaks so bad. same dynamics. what eventually will happen is the blowout preventer will tip over if they do not run supports to it as the currents push on it. its a race now, a race to drill the relief wells and take our last chance at killing this monst...