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Flotilla. if its built by the woman on the oreilly show, great. build it. this guy doesnt pass the smell test. find out why its next to ground zero because i bet these two are related. find out why they want to open it on 9/11. they e-mailed us since and said its not going to happen. was it going to? stop with the government muslim outreach programs. okay? im tired of it. i dont care what the rest of the world -- i dont really care. send people over there. well have nasa go over to muslim nation...

Flotilla. if its built by the woman on the oreilly show, great. build it. this guy doesnt pass the smell test. find out why its next to ground zero because i bet these two are related. find out why they want to open it on 9/11. they e-mailed us since and said its not going to happen. was it going to? stop with the government muslim outreach programs. okay? im tired of it. i dont care what the rest of the world -- i dont really care. send people over there. well have nasa go over to muslim nation...

So they fired off another letter to bp requesting again $10 million to support six months of outreach programs, including medication ask counseling. >> does it bother you that youve had to go back to bp and say, hey, look, we really need this money. were not kidding. sdp >> thats why we put a deadline on this. i said we need an answer next week. >> you dont have to tell that to doctors here at the st. bernard project for health and wellness. they cant keep up for the demand. they get calls from ...

Of closing up shop. >> its very stressful. it hurts. and motionally it hurts. i dont like what im seeing. and for it to come to this point at this particular time in our business, you know, were looking forward to our 30th anniversary. and the recovery, you know, we just dont know where its going to go. >> reporter: and the businesses are filing claims. beyond that, beyond the cleanup, no one knows what to expect. also, outreach programs are in the works here. that all comes down, nora, to fundi...

Tourism, who dont know where theyll get the next dollar to pay the bills for next month. it all adds up to stress and anxiety and even on a deeper level they are starting to see now, perhaps even depression. substance abuse, if they start drinking more heavily. a lot of communities here are starting outreach programs and looking into funding to try to reach a lot of these people now that were three months into this nearly and hope to minimize that impact by having them talk about it. its not jus...

I can spend time with my child and that to me has always been more valuable than my income. i earn three times that income my first year out of college. had a job in a real city and made choices and been for a decade working -- >> and now? >> i dont know. >> reporter: surgeon general benjamin had a chance to hear from michael and others and toured this area and she is from the gulf area. not only offering expertise but has an emotional connection as well. what they are doing, the communities up ...

Into deep depression or turn to alcohol or substance abuse. consider harming themselves or harming others. those are the people who rewe need to look out for. behavioral health effects could be now or long term, months out and years out, we may have some of those. >> reporter: so for now, what they are trying to do is coordinate with states. states will apply for funding for outreach programs and theyll base those programs on the communitys needs. it will all come down to funding, a lot of peopl...

That distrust and make sure that people can really rely on each other. >> and, clearly, they need help with that. more outreach programs like we saw randy reporting on a few minutes ago. sanjay gupta from new orleans. as always, sanjay, thank you very much, appreciate it. >> thanks, campbell. >> also, let me also mention that sanjay is going to have a lot more on new orleans tonight coming up on "a.c. 360" coming up at 10:00 eastern time right here on cnn. and next up, the verdict is finally i...

Catastrophe, the state put $1 million of bp money toward mental health treatment. but theyve already treated 2,000 people and that money is almost gone. today levine fired up another letter to suttles asking again for $10 million that will support six months of outreach programs, including medications and counselling. does it concern you that youve gone back to bp and said, look, we really need this money. >> thats why weve put a deadline on it. if you notice the last sentence, we said, we need ...

Anxiety, stress. we have children involved. theres no time for dialogue. >> reporter: keeping them honest, we tried to ask bp why it isnt paying the mental health cots of the spill. bp told us, we have received a request for funding around mental health programs. we are discussing the request with several stake holder groups. the state put $1 million of bp money toward mental health treatment. but theyve already treated 2,000 people and that money is almost gone. today levine fired up another le...