fish. all of this habitat has been fouled by oil. a lot don t know. it depends on the exposure level. reporter: the oil well is finally dead. but the debate over the oil spill s environmental impact is just now coming alive. ed lavandera, cnn, new orleans. ed, thanks so much. we re going to get more on this issue with somebody who s been there on the ground from the very beginning. deano bonano. he s the homeland security director for jefferson parish. he s going to be giving his take on whether he believes the assessments. my subaru saved my life. i won t ever forget that. love. it s what makes a subaru, a subaru. i want to be a volunteer firefighter.
to charity during their lifetime or after they die. it s a challenge started by warren buffett and bill gates called the giving pledge. director george lucas. t. boone pickens and cnn founder ted turner. now. in an effort to apiece consumers following the spill, bp is lowers gas prices. the company is offering a series of incentives to its distributors that could shave two cents off at the pump. most are independent businesses, but they buy their gas from distributors and they re also independent businesses. joining us right now is steve hargreaves. thanks for being with us what is the incentive program that they re undertaking? well, they ve dropped the wholesale prices, the price of
yeah, now they re more than downplaying it. they re flatly denying it. initially these reports were very dramatic, president mahmoud ahmadinejad surviving an assassination attempt. but a few minutes ago, i got off the phone with one of his advisers, and he tells cnn this was nothing more than a fire cracker. these were his words. he said this is the type of fire cracker used by children, no one was hurt, and he accused the western media of blowing this out of proportion. we should point out that initially it was iranian government linked news websites that reported this, according to these websites, president mahmoud ahmadinejad arrived at the airport, was in a motorcade. these reports said an explosive device, perhaps a hand-made grenade, blew up next to his motorcade, and that some people were injured. but once again, got off the phone with the adviser of president mahmoud ahmadinejad, and he said those reports are all inaccurate, and he asked
[ bleep ] written on bathroom walls. there was a stick figure with hangman noose on the bathroom walls. and comments were being made to him like he earned his way in that position because he was a [ bleep ]. supposedly had gotten a choice recording of a supervisor that came in the bathroom, they didn t know he was in the bathroom stall. he told me daughter to be quiet and listen and he taped and had my daughter verify that one of the supervisors that came in the bathroom was saying we need to get rid of this [ bleep ] out of here, referring to omar. reporter: now when cnn talked with the ceo of the company, ross hollander, he said that there was never any indication that he was being racially harassed, that they never got a complaint from omar. the union, by the way, also says that there was no complaint filed by thornton that was alleging racism at the company. john and kiran? alison kosik for us this
one bounced off my windshield when i was driving. there s got to be something we can do with these. it s just a huge problem. reporter: he collects the butts, peels away the paper and tobacco and mixed what s left of the filter with a homemade solvent. the process is very brief. from beginning to end it takes about 15 minutes at the most. reporter: after the material soaks, he says the silly putty like substance can be used against corrosion or to reinforce materials like pipes in your house. new york assemblyman has introduced a bill proposing a cigarette recycling program for the state. i think it is about time we got responsible on this particular issues and tried to work to find a worldwide recycling solution. reporter: the bill is only in the beginning stages now but could require deposits on cigarettes similar to a bottle deposit. gary tuchman, cnn. next time you see that butt laying on ground, just remember. take it to your local