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Leave his committee post. time now for the "xyz" of it. all this week, ive been touring the gulf of mexico on the cnn express. its our mobile coach that allows us to move from town to town following the story. the story ive sought is the one of families and their passions in this part of the nation. in many other venues, the environment and business are loggerheads. if the mix of salt and freshwater is as affected as it was by hurricane katrina, the irony is after having their livelihoods dest...

Most workers are immigrants from southeast asia. >> theyre not making plans yet but this town is a seafood town. you take that away from them, it wont be a town anymore. >> reporter: these seafood workers and these fishermen, don, just the first victims in what could be a colossal economic disaster here. >> thank you. david mattingly down in the gulf coast. well get back to david and others tonight after the white house correspondents dinner. we want to turn to education. every american is loo...

Going to be? >> i dont know. it could be weeks, months, a year, i dont know. we dont know how much damage is going to kooft t ing ting to co business. >> reporter: wright is shutting down and hes worried he could be out of business permanently. i hear the same thing from raymond barber. his processing business ran out of crabs in the morning. when the crawfish are done, thats it. >> were sunk. were out of business. were at the mercy of the tanks. >> reporter: the oil spill could do more damage t...

Nothing. >> reporter: there arent many economic options. worker here get paid by the pound. most seafood workers are immigrants from southeast asia. >> everyone is real scared but they dont know exactly how it is going to turn out yet. theyre not making plans yet. but this town is a seafood town. you take that away from them, it wont be a town anymore. >> reporter: and so many fishermen right now wondering just how theyre going to make their next payment to the bank since they cant get out there...