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Home has made it and loved ones have made it and animals but the scene up here is still very chaotic and the area the fire has gone through is very dangerous with trees -- burned trees and power lines and all those powers out. power poles are burnt and hanging in the road and blocking the road. so we -- i mean all of us, all the agencies, have a lot of work cut out ahead of us before we can deem that area safe and then start allowing people to get back in there. it's going to take a little while. therefore we need that patience. >> sandra: officer lambert, we'll try to give that to you. you ne...

Highway patrol officer ryan lambert. he has been working on evacuation efforts in the areas surrounded by flames at this moment. thank you for stepping aside to call us this morning and can you just tell us what you are seeing and what you are experiencing there? >> yeah. i don't want to use good morning but morning to you. right now it's just extremely smokey. the air quality is beyond poor. visibility is horrible. and i don't know. >> sandra: what has it been like to try to evacuate that area? we're watching the flames move at such a rapid pace. >> it's been difficult just because of the ter...

Helplessly as engineers tried to stop the underwater gusher. >> even though this marsh lies -- along coastal louisiana, these are america's wetlands. >> that was an emotional louisiana congressman charlie melancon just weeks after last year's disastrous bp oil spill. his district was particularly hard hit. the former congressman joins me, along with ryan lambert, owner of cajun fishing adventures. good morning, gentleman. good to see both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning, ryan. >> hey, how are you, charlie? >> congressman, what's your assessment one year later? how's the region doing? ...

President released a statement this morning, because of the anniversary. let me read from it. he says, "my administration is committed to doing whatever is necessary to protect and restore the gulf coast, to ensure that the gulf coast recovers, stronger than before. if you had your wish list, your priorities, what does the government need to do? >> well, you know, the irony is that this is bp's obligation to take care of the problems that arose from there, not the government. it's different from a fema and a disaster such as katrina, which ryan has also experienced. but, you know, to whatever ...