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Peace. and i hope -- fervently hope that our palestinian neighbors have similar courage. with the help of the united states, i think it can be done, yeah. absolutely. >> thank you, mr. prime minister. have a safe trip home. we hope to see you again very soon. >> thank you. come and visit us, larry. thank you. >> prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. time now for "ac 360." good evening again from the gulf. anderson cooper is off. i'm sanjay gupta, filling in tonight. it's been truly sobering what this pipe at the bottom of the gulf has done to so many lives. i've seen it firsthand n...

They get sick while their medical records are controlled by bp. louisiana's health department has reported 128 cleanup workers believed to be sick from exposure to this spill but bp tells us they have recorded just five illnesses related to inhalation exposures in the entire gulf. bp is also insisting that government air testing is showing, quote, we have not had a single reading above osha regulations to date. as for respirators, the company says there has been no demonstrated need for them, no single issue high enough to warrant a respirator. >> anything that i -- >> dr. rickie ott studied t...

Op wh ee dabits acsswwprtrayom recently some oyster beds that were closed because of the spill were reopened. and that should be encouraging news, but it's not for some oyster men here. here is why. louisiana is diverting freshwater from the mississippi to push away oil from the marshes. when freshwater mixes with saltwater, oysters can die. oyster men have known that. they've known that these days were coming but, in fact, we've seen today that these days are here. oysters are dying. take a look. >> these boats are tied up. they closed the fishing ground due to the oil coming in. none of th...

Support and funding for deep spill two, a study. has bp responded to your letter? >> bp has yet to respond to my letter. i have not heard back from them yet. >> you know, as a starting point, congressman, given the enormity of what we're talking about here and the impact, really, across the country, why do we need bp's permission? why doesn't the government foot the $8.4 million bill, i think that's how much it costs, and let these scientists get to work on some of the questions you're raising? >> i think bp should pay for it. bp should stand for bills paid. and this is certainly something tha...

Straight. it's a little crooked. there's been a worry about how stable it is. this could fall over. you could have an unsustainable spill all together. what if you can't get it to fix. having a hard time the first time. then where are you. look at this. what if while you're trying to do this, you have a big storm system come brewing in from the sides. if that happens, all collection has to cut loose. all of the ships have to go away. you wind one the well just etchtying out here for days, maybe for weeks, as long as it takes to get back to the game. sanjay? >> tom, good description there. ther...