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Whats the scene there? >> reporter: its absolute devastation. at least half the town is devastated or destroyed according to public officials. this is the post office. its just one of many public buildings that were destroyed completely. right next door, city hall, wiped out. next to that is the train station, it too is wiped out. the only funeral home in town is gone. the only gas station in town is gone. the general store is gone, as is the only grocery store across the street, that too has be...

Katrina, hosted by anderson cooper, catches up with cnn heroes, 2008 hero of the year, liz mccartney is committed to rebuilding homes. check out this preview. >> when katrina hit, we were living in d.c. zach, my boyfriend, we came to new orleans to volunteer. and when we got here, we were totally shocked by the physical devastation. we knew that more than anything, people needed to get back into their homes. so we started the st. bernard project. we rebuilt homes, to date, weve done just about 3...

If youre just joining us, heres what you need to know. right now, bp just put out a statement saying the fema trailers were never put into service and wont be. they have toxic levels of formaldehyde and trying to sell them to bp clean-up workers. also, bp blames high winds and waves for the wobble thats developed in the cap. the cap collecting oil from the leaking well. >> friday night "play by play" still with us. a fascinating service today for the late senator robert c. byrd in west virginia....

Horrible legacy of katrina returns, those fema trailers and those toxic fumes part of this disaster as well, if you can believe it. how these trailers suddenly showed up here. congressman ed markey, what he wants to do about it, next. the damage from hurricane alex, wind, waves and oil. randi kaye gets a tour from governor jindal today. later, a child of the gulf, my interview with jimmy buffett. what do you make of the cleanup by bp? >> you have to compare it to -- what i heard that made th...

Really messing up because we dont get the support from up top. it starts to trickle in. all of a sudden, something stops. this is what we have to change. we have to connect the dots so the local guys doing what they know is right gets the support of their own agencies. >> i appreciate you talking to me tonight. appreciate it. still a lot tonight to cover. let us know what you think. the live chat is up and running at ac360.com. we are not the enemy here. horrible legacy of katrina returns, t...

From bp, the local coast guard personnel that when they get here and they get engaged, they understand it and they get it. >> and theyre working hard. >> oh, they are. >> we cant keep handcuffing those guys. they walk away actually -- when they rotate out, they walk away brokenhearted. they know whats going on and they cant say, man, were really messing up because we dont get the support from up top. it starts to trickle in. all of a sudden, something stops. this is what we have to change. we ha...

Actually was valedictorian. >> youre looking at pictures from galveston, texas. hurricane alex expected to bring an additional 6 to 10 inches of rain tonight causing more flooding. alex has spawned two tornadoes and there have been no immediate reports of serious injuries or heavy damage. >> take a look at where alex is right now. you can see it from this picture right here, the doppler. man, it is a very, very heavy rainstorm moving through portions of, as you can see, central portions of mexic...

Youve got 13 people dead and 24 missing. maybe not significant numbers, but talking about a town of an 850 people. so really the guts of this town have been torn out, and many people are wondering if they will, in fact, be able to rebuild, whether this city will be able to recover. the federal money coming in no doubt will help them to some respect. its going to clear out the debris and allow them to put up fema trailers for those who have no insurance or unable to put a roof over their head. >>...

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