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Company says there will be no demonstrated need for them. no single issue high enough to warrant a respirator. >> on anything that i caught -- >> reporter: ricky ott, an environmental activist studies the effects of this "exxon valdez" spill. with this, once again, fishermen are lining up for cleanup jobs that she says will put them in harms way. >> im feeling like bp is forcing them into this situation where bp holds all the cards. and bp is letting these workers get sick. >> reporter: back in ...

Demonstrated need for them. no single issue high enough to warrant a respirator. >> anything that -- >> dr. ricky ott, an environmental activist studied the effects of the exxon valdez spill 21 years ago. with this bp spill, she says, once again, out of work fishermen are lining up for clean-up jobs, that she says will put them in harms way. >> im feeling like bp is forcing them into this situation where bp holds all the cards. and bp is letting these workers get sick. >> back in alaska, roy dal...

the cars and theyre letting the workers get sick. and he is the grand prize in the nbas free agency exam bell, and the lebron-athon playing out. >> your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. im melting. im melting. >> this is very hot. were not used to this. >> its pretty disgusting out here. its hard to go to work in the morning. >> spending more time at work than i otherwise would because the air conditioning is awesome there. >> the whether is so hot, its killing pe...

Even as bp works to destroy or cover up the evidence of dead animals and decimated wetlands in the gulf, it appears it is also working to suppress news of an unfolding human health crisis in the gulf. bp blaming the headaches, sore throats, dizziness, nausea of first responders on fatigue, even on food poisoning as we heard, even as second in command doug suttles admitting the companys cleanup technology is not of this century. the associated press reporting yesterday workers were not given prot...

Folks who go out and theyre doing the cleanup work, they come back, they feel better, and they go back again because its a choice between feeding their family and not having any money to feed their family. and theyre willing to sacrifice their health to feed their family, and i think thats tragic. >> youre group has been distributing what protective gear you have to these workers. do we know what bps reaction has been to workers showing up with their own protective gear? >> yes, im glad that you...

an appeal for a transformation in energy policy, making the cataclysm in the gulf a catalyst for change. was a part of this speech but not its primary focus. the speech in fact narrowly focused on its specifics, on what has transpired thus far, with considerable detail about the federal response to date but broad and vague. the president describing the nation as both unsure of what america wants for our children and unsure of how to get there, the president announcing no new policy ini...

Plans to overhaul the department valdez veterans, ricky ott, who of interior to make the gulf better. joins us from pensacola, his hopes to get bps compensation funds put in escrow florida. thanks for your time tonight. now with robert reich and bps >> youre welcome. good evening. >> you have been traveling the coast since this happened. continuing attempt to hide the can you tell us your experiences truth at the scene of the crime. and what youre hearing from with marine toxicologist ricky peop...

plans to overhaul the department valdez veterans, ricky ott, who of interior to make the gulf better. joins us from pensacola, his hopes to get bps compensation funds put in escrow florida. thanks for your time tonight. now with robert reich and bps >> youre welcome. good evening. >> you have been traveling the coast since this happened. continuing attempt to hide the can you tell us your experiences truth at the scene of the crime. and what youre hearing from with marine toxicologist ...

continuing attempt to hide the truth at the scene of the crime. with marine toxicologist riki ott. its still not easy being greene. the man alvin green defeated is our guest tonight. >> i never met the man and saw none of his campaign material. i didnt know who he was. a trillion dollar mineral find in afghanistan? did that play a part in the mistaken decision to escalate the war? does that justify this from as astounding a piece of witness journalism you will ever see. richard engel...

million billion dollar clean-up fund to be administered independently. our chris lawrence is live in new orleans this morning. chris, the presidents heading down to the gulf coast again today. are we getting any information about what this new containment plan might be? >> reporter: yeah, we are, john. basically what this is, the coast guard is telling bp the plan that you had may have worked for what we thought was gushing out of that ruptured well. now that we think it may be twice a...