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What's the scene there? >> reporter: it's absolute devastation. at least half the town is devastated or destroyed according to public officials. this is the post office. it's just one of many public buildings that were destroyed completely. right next door, city hall, wiped out. next to that is the train station, it too is wiped out. the only funeral home in town is gone. the only gas station in town is gone. the general store is gone, as is the only grocery store across the street, that too has been destroyed. so what you've seen is that the seat of government and basically the commercial hea...

Katrina, hosted by anderson cooper, catches up with cnn heroes, 2008 hero of the year, liz mccartney is committed to rebuilding homes. check out this preview. >> when katrina hit, we were living in d.c. zach, my boyfriend, we came to new orleans to volunteer. and when we got here, we were totally shocked by the physical devastation. we knew that more than anything, people needed to get back into their homes. so we started the st. bernard project. we rebuilt homes, to date, we've done just about 300 houses. we've got more than 50 under construction. it usually takes anywhere from eight to 12 we...

If you're just joining us, here's what you need to know. right now, bp just put out a statement saying the fema trailers were never put into service and won't be. they have toxic levels of formaldehyde and trying to sell them to bp clean-up workers. also, bp blames high winds and waves for the wobble that's developed in the cap. the cap collecting oil from the leaking well. >> friday night "play by play" still with us. a fascinating service today for the late senator robert c. byrd in west virginia. among those that attended, the president of the united states. i was watching in my us a. here ...

Horrible legacy of katrina returns, those fema trailers and those toxic fumes part of this disaster as well, if you can believe it. how these trailers suddenly showed up here. congressman ed markey, what he wants to do about it, next. the damage from hurricane alex, wind, waves and oil. randi kaye gets a tour from governor jindal today. later, a child of the gulf, my interview with jimmy buffett. what do you make of the cleanup by bp? >> you have to compare it to -- what i heard that made the most sense of me, people that dealt with the exxon valdez spill in alaska, what were the repercuss...

Really messing up because we don't get the support from up top. it starts to trickle in. all of a sudden, something stops. this is what we have to change. we have to connect the dots so the local guys doing what they know is right gets the support of their own agencies. >> i appreciate you talking to me tonight. appreciate it. still a lot tonight to cover. let us know what you think. the live chat is up and running at ac360.com. we are not the enemy here. horrible legacy of katrina returns, those fema trailers and those toxic fumes part of this disaster as well, if you can believe it. how ...