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And we really didn't know how bad it was. basically had shots of a fire in the water in the gulf and we had no idea how bad it would turn out. >> the impression was that was the bad part, an explosion, 11 people were missing, and it didn't occur to us for months and months we would be dealing with this oil spill. >> and now a year later we're getting an idea of the scope. hundreds of thousands of lives, miles of coastline changed forever. april 20th that will mark one year since the oil spill. this is the picture i was talking about. 11 people died that day. so did a way of life for many peopl...

>> jim, thanks very much for that. jim acosta in washington. if congress can't compromise on a budget deal by friday, funding for the federal government gets cut off and that hasn't happened in 15 years. we have some experience about what it would look like. last time they did it the feds closed 368 national parks and all of our national monuments and museums. passport applications backed up. if you need to renew your passport you should do it now. cleanup work at 609 toxic waste sites stopped. also in terms of u.s. troops, for those people fighting in iraq and afghanistan, they could see th...

Boom that was taken -- >> the same boom that the coast guard wrote a letter that were taken to safety for the tropical storm. now today, when we pull it over, the sheriff pulls it over, they say it's default boom. >> reporter: boom that you were never told was going to be removed? >> no. >> reporter: which is part of the deal. >> sheriff's office had to pull them over. i don't know how many left before we caught 12 trucks. >> reporter: the fishermen, part of the vessels of opportunity program, if the cleanup efforts get scaled back, what will happen to these guys? >> they've been promising thr...

Show up at my office and say get ready. we're going to put you on. whoever is handling that for bp has failed miserably. >> reporter: thad allen says if we have less cleanup work, the contractors and fishermen, they can't keep them all on. what should they do? >> thad allen is going to bp school on how to deny. he is in denial. come down to plaquemines. we'll show you the oil. they were removing five barges today. standing them down. our guys were there unloading 1,250 gallons of oil and saying where are you going with this equipment? we've been told to stand down. who told you? homer, who is ...

Photos we're looking at, this is boom that was taken -- >> the same boom that the coast guard wrote a letter that were taken to safety for the tropical storm. now today, when we pull it over, the sheriff pulls it over, they say it's default boom. >> reporter: boom that you were never told was going to be removed? >> no. >> reporter: which is part of the deal. >> sheriff's office had to pull them over. i don't know how many left before we caught 12 trucks. >> reporter: the fishermen, part of the vessels of opportunity program, if the cleanup efforts get scaled back, what will happen to these gu...