>> the man who flew his aircraft onto the capitol lawn is headed back to his home in florida. he says he pulled off the stunt to protest weak campaign finance laws. thanks for joining us here today. we'll see you back here at 11:00. e at 11:00. >> on the weekend edition of "america tonight": a university schooled. in our series, sex crimes in sport, "america tonight's" sarah hoye on the campus and the community shamed. >> there's also been banner headlines. this is rape capital. this is the rape campus. >> some students caulk on water they can do no wrong and can get away with murder almost, it seems.

>> can scandal force a university to follow a change concept? >> you were putting something out on the market that you didn't think would be safe? >> so i didn't go slumping anymore. >> "america tonight's" michael okwu, is the gulf catch safe to eat? thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. thisit is high season on the gulf coast. five years since the worst owl spill in u.s. history. in 2010, the deep water horizon exploded and leaked huns of thousands of gallons into the gulf of mexico. there are deep questions about

what lies beneath the surface. michael okwu returns there to those who know just how much has changed. >> what kind of fish are you catching in these waters? >> puppy drums drums,. >> teresa and donald dardar are part of the point ocean india tribe. for more than 40 years these waters have put food on their table and money in their bank account. >> what would you guys do if you weren't living off the water? >> what would we do? >> yes. >> oh, lord, i don't know. >> reporter: you never even considered that? >> no. >> now dardars are being forced with the possibility their sea faring life could end. five years after the bp oil spill they say the fish have so

dwindled of their number, some of their people have turned to church charity in order to survive. >> they're fisher mefn andmen and they couldn't fish. there is a lot of anger in the community. >> to understand the effect on those who live and fish here we took a boat ride with the dardars, this vast ocean of sea life, at once the spawning ground for fish and a nursery for the newly born. not to mention a home for slimple andshrimpand oysters. even before bp, lnlz was louisiana was losing ground, now it's sped up. we approach donald's favorite

fishing spot. after the spill this area was covered by oil. >> all but 15 feet on the bank here. >> 15 feet on the bank? >> at least 15 feet, it killed ought that marsh grass and that's 15 feet that went away. >> reporter: losing 19losing 15 feet of grasslands may not seem a lot but you get an idea how much vital fish habitat has been lost throughout the gulf. >> all on the bank it killed all the grass. >> reporter: that's not all that worries the dardars since the bp spill they say they've been catching deformed fish. this is a picture of one. swollen red and missing scales. >> i quit shrimping with them because i wasn't eating it. i wasn't going to put something on the market that i wasn't eating. >> you fell showf you felt somehow you were

putting something out on the market that you didn't think would be safe? >> yes i didn't want to shrimp are anymore. >> federal officials say the fish is safe to eat. but it has caused severe illness in other animals. damage to tuna trout and red snapper, all important specious for commercial fishermen. bethany call craft is with the ocean conservancy. >> the herring industry collapsed four years after, it is complex changes happen over time. >> in speeches and press releases, bp likes to say many of the most dire prediction best the oil spill's impact haven't come true at least not yet. but you think they'd like to

talk about it on camera. instead they declined our request for an interview. >> bp recently released a report timed for the fifth anniversary of the spill. it says there hasn't been any significant long term impact on marine life in the gulf, adding that the location of the spill in deep water and the massive response which followed, mitigated the damage. the company also told "america tonight" that its conclusions were largely based on data which was collected by the government, not bp. >> the bp report as you call it is a really great piece of public relations material but science begs to differ. so say that it's all well and good and we should all go home is a great talking point for them but it's not truth. >> reporter: five years after the spill fishermen all along the gulf coast have fallen on hard times. oystermen have been hit particularly hard. according to seafood processors the oyster harvest in the gulf

of mexico has plummeted since 2010. again, disappearing habitat is one of the reasons why. however fishermen also blame the oil and decisions made by the federal government during the crisis. bien do, 76 and lee nguyen, 70, husband and wife, have been fishing since children. they were hundreds of thousands of vietnamese who settled in the area after the war. oystering made good life, the season was open for months at a time. and their daily haul could fetch up to $1,000. now, the stocks are so low the season is only down to a couple of weeks a year. and their take is only to a

couple of hundred dollars. >> do you blame bp for this? >> translator: yes bp is responsible. but they aren't the only ones. the federal government allowed dispersants. and that caused the situation to be more lethal. >> one study in environmental pollution, said dispersants made the oil toxic buy factor of more than 50. whether we met bien and lee they were back in harbor, this year's already shortened season was cut even shorter because of heavy rains. >> translator: it caused a lot of sleepless nights and financial problems. before, we didn't have a lot of debt. now we owe delinquent dock fees, we don't have enough income and we're concerned about our livelihood. >> if everything is normal and fisheries are healthy how come the fishing is so terrible?

>> in everything, you have good years and bad years. maybe you have a string of pretty good years and pretty bad years. how can you say this is a direct result of the spill? >> what major thing has happened in the last five years only one, and that is the bp oil disaster. >> there is a fund which ostensibly is available to restore the marine habitat damaged by the spill. so far bp has set aside $1 billion for environmental restoration work. yet almost half the money has been spent not on the environment but on so-called human use projects. things to benefit recreation, like boat marinas and pathway parks. this beach front park was funded to the tune of $4 many many million. those funding decisions are not made by bp alone. they are deeply influenced by a group of federal and state officials known as the trustees. >> the majority of the projects

across the gulf have been in the human use impact. >> reporter: kyle graham is the lead trustee for the state of louisiana. he says which projects get funded largely depend on each state. in louisiana fixing harm can mean fixing the environment. in florida that could mean rebuilding tourist attractions. >> we know in louisiana we have had natural resource injuries. when you look at florida their injury is to the human use factor where people weren't able to use the gulf. >> what it comes down to is, there is a lot of pressure to all different types of projects. we don't actually know how these decision he are being made and it's happening -- additions decisions are being made. we would like it directed to restoration projects with a direct benefit. >> reporter: in alabama a group has stepped in, and in bon

secour bay it will create a new home for shrimp and oysters. in little more than two years the shellfish are moving back in. >> in my hands i have some baby rib mussels right here. they help build the reef become more three dimensional. >> the reef is almost 2,000 feet long. eventually it may extend another two and a half miles. >> hopefully the blue crab will start small and then grow into adults. >> reporter: following the nature conservancy's lead, they have decided to build a reef of their own in bon sekour bay. to stop the wetlands from washing away. >> when i was young whenever we weren't walking to go to my grandfather's house on land he

would come pick us up in his little boat. and i remember we would hang out on the side of the boat and just grab the marsh grass. >> reporter: for them it's as much about culture as ecology. on the land, mark tribal burial grounds, mark silent witnesses as the land which accompanies it slowly slips away. so far they haven't had much luck convincing state or federal officials to finance a restoration plan. instead, at a recent town meeting they were told the entire community would likely be underwater and gone in 50 years. >> "america tonight's" michael okwu joins us. now know michael we saw in your report what was happening at the shoreline. but it makes me wonder what's happening at the deep water all that additional oil did it

dislofl dloofl dissolve into the waters of the gulf? >> you know joie, to evere the attempt to get all that oil 4.2 million barrels of oil that seeped into the gulf, there was an effort to get all that oil out into the gulf obviously. what we know is the cleanup effort skimmed a lot of that oil off the surface and also pulled a lot of it off the beaches. but just what happened to the rest of that oil was a mystery until very recently, we understand that researchers at florida state university and at the university of california at santa barbara say they have found it. that it actually seeped down onto the ocean floor and it's mixing up with some of the sediment there and they say it could be as much as 10 million gallons. >> holy cow! what does that mean? if scientists really have found the missing oil can they be sure

that it's affecting the catch? >> well, they can't be sure at this point. we have to say that it's just a fear at this point. there are certain things that people say are certain. people believe that some of the sea mammals that we are washing up on shore dead dolphins that that's directly attributable to the oil spill. that's what many of the environmentalists in the gulf say. what they fear is that oil is actually sort of seeping into the food chain and eventually getting into some of the fish that we may consume. >> "america tonight's" michael okwu thanks. next kick the habit who's being drawn in. and sarah hoye, community schools, after a shamed school, can they follow a blueprint for change? change?

>> in our fast forward segment are they a better way to kick the habit or have they sparked a new problem? the popular e-cigarette is everywhere these days. but "america tonight's" christof putzel says, there's worry who is lighting up. >> at the area in lower manhattan, they offer dozens of flavors, for what is known as vapping. peter offers this as a substitute for his smoking. >> i was a smoker for 30 years and i bought myself an e-cigarette, did some research on it, thought it would be a good opportunity for me to stop smoking and there would be a business opportunity in it. we've just explode. the world's found out about e-cigs. we offer ways to learn more with

it experience it, try it and hopefully go home with something that is a better alternative. >> reporter: alternative is how you would describe the vibe here as henley. critics feel the situation would hook young people. >> we are all over the laws for minors. >> the controversy over flavors the idea that they would appear to miles an minors, do you agree with that? >> does strawberry vodka appeal to minors? >> i would say it do. >> vaping tripled between 2013 and 2014.

and more students are using e-cigarettes than traditional ones. >> our look at sex crimes in sport. bargain beds on "america tonight" this week, one of the hottest hippest innovations in travel air b & b. lori jane gliha, are investigates. trendy and cheap is renting out an air b & b unit illegal? this week on "america tonight".

>> in "america tonight's" extensive reporting on campus sex crime we have seen case after case in which victims said the system both on campus and off, failed to protect them. hoping federal scrutiny could force change where they could not. at the university of montana in mismissoula.

sex crimes in sports. >> the university of montana in missoula. home to the famous grizzlies. filling the stadium beyond mt. sentinel. >> growing up we came here for griz games. i loved coming here for football games. there was no option for me. i was going to live in missoula, mont. >> for kelsey belmont that all changed when she said four university of montana students raped her. off campus apartment they played a drinking game. >> the next thing i know i'm in a bedroom. don't know why i'm in a bedroom. and then someone walked into the room. and there was a crotch in my face. and i was like, i don't want to.

and i pushed him away. and he grabbed me by my jaw and i blacked out after that. >> reporter: it didn't stop there. before the night was over, kelsey said the four football players took turns raping her. >> after what seemed like hours i ended up getting really sick. called a friend to take me to the hospital. ended up in the hospital and started realizing what had happened. and told the nurse that i would like to talk to a police officer. >> reporter: kelsey reported her rape to police and had a rape kit performed. but she kept the incident to herself at first. and who told you not to talk to anyone? >> the police were saying you know keep hush hush about it. >> you were told by missoula police to keep quiet? >> uh-huh. uh-huh. >> reporter: and at the time did that seem suspicious to you? >> it didn't. i thought well maybe you know, this is how they do things. i don't know.

i don't know how the law works. i'm not in law school. i don't know. so i just was listening to the authorities. listening to people that i thought i could trust. >> eventually, the university investigated her case. which led to the punishment of three of the players and the expulsion of another. but no criminal charges were filed. >> football is king. those boys walk on water. they can do no wrong. and they can get away with murder almost. it seems. >> reporter: kelsey's attack was one in a string of sexual attacks, earning missoula rape capital of the nation, in news articles. led to a 2012 department of justice investigation into how rape cases were handled. the university signed an agreement with the doj agreeing to policy changes including

training university employees how to investigate and report assaults the university fired both the football coach and athletic director. in a letter to the university, the doj said the agreement will serve as a blood blueprint to are protect students from sexual assault . >> it has been pretty egregious with how the university of montana has been looked at. do you think that was a fair assessment? >> no. i don't think anybody here does. i think the missoula community was heartbroken. i think campus community was heartbroken to be called that. >> reporter: since the doj agreement, there have been 22 reports of sexual assault to the

university, including one of rape. in fact the doj investigation found problems that went beyond the university of montana. it found the county prosecutor, fred von valkenberg had only reported some of the rape charges, disregarded sexual assault incidents to the point of putting women in missoula at increased risk of harm. in kelsey's case she says she often felt like she was on trial. >> so what are we looking at here? >> we are looking at a police report from the county attorney's office. >> i can't help. i notice a lt of black. what's going on with this? >> these are all the statements made by the other parties that i am not allowed to see. >> so this is all redacted statements. i mean page after page after page.

after page. of story-telling. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: you're only able to see your statement. >> uh-huh. >> what was the reason that you were given? >> that it was an invasion of privacy. >> reporter: how do you feel about that response? >> in this case, i was ovictim. my privacy was way more than violated. why don't i have a right to read what happened to me? >> reporter: kelsey's case was closed because the count attorney can't prove she didn't give consent. >> you were drunk. your blood alcohol level is. >> .29. >> under montana law an incapacitated victim can't deny consent. >> reporter: her legal limb was three times. >> there's no black and white definition of what inexat take incapacitated

means. >> some of the allegations in the department of justice letter are the not accurate and sensational. but i could have done things differently in certain situations. >> reporter: the missoula county district attorney's office giving montana attorney general authority for sexual assault cases and sexual assault training for prosecutors. kelsey decided to come forward when she learned other students at montana shared her experience. >> i'm not going to let something like this control my life. i lost control one night and look where it got me. i'm not going to let them have any power over me going to school. education is very important to

me. >> reporter: kelsey graduates this month with plans to find work in washington state. >> protect students from sexual harassment and assault was that almost too little too late? >> a little bit yeah. this is two years later that this is all coming about. and nothing happened to any of the boys in my case. >> reporter: although it didn't change her case, kelsey is hopeful it will make a difference for others. >> i do not want this to happen to anybody else. i call myself a mama bear. this is huge. it makes me excited that if somebody acts a certain way guess what? there are going to be repercussions. >> it's unclear if montana's blueprint will change, but she

hopes that others will be put on notice. sarah hoye, missoula, montana. >> that's "america tonight". tell us what you think on aljazeera.com/americatonight. or on facebook or twitter. tomorrow we'll have more of "america tonight". rica tonight". doing it in an unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight "tech know" journeys into the jungle, this is one of the iconic animals of costa-rica with post cards of this thing. a beautiful and fragile place on the plan