the sounds of nature might be coming, but two years after the deepwater horizon oil spill, some gulf coast oystermen and shrimpers are anxious. >> and that is lighter than water. that sank. settles to the bottom. if you work the bottoms, you catch them. >> we have some of the best charter fish and people in the world that is in lafite. the impact killed them, too. >> reporter: on april 20th, 2010, a massive oil spill spewed barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico and bp took responsible but some say their quality of life hasn't bounced back. >> and you watch a lot of commercials in mississippi and alabama. and bp such and such and bp made us whole and right and -- i am sorry to say that is not the situation here. >> reporter: bp said they used advertising to help the gulf coast rebuild and show the progress that has been made. they recognize that there is still some challenges ahead and need to support the people impacted. >> more than $8 billion have been paid to individuals and businesses across the gulf coast. >> reporter: an additional $8 billion is being ready for payment. will thomas,

i began by asking him if he thinks the gulf coast has recovered. >> tourism numbers are really, really up. and the actual energy industry which was so devastated by the spill has come back pretty with. you look at the deep water, we're back pretty much where we were before the big bp explosion. >> tom: when you look just at regulations, for instance, and how the regulators have dealt with deepwater, since bp, you go back a year prior to this bill and look at the number of deep water permits granted. it was 67 the year before. after the moratorium, 61 permits, down slightly but essentially the deepwater drilling is back, isn't it? >> right, after a big dip. you can see it in a few of the stocks. one of the companies we follow hos they service just the deep water, and that stock has trimmed over the last couple of years. so the comeback is apparent. >> tom: what has this kind of activity meant for employment opportunities and incomes in the gulf coast? >> actually we had a very strange situation. the deep water has come back in a big way but a big part of our energy industry is natural g

of scientists say it's taken nearly two full years to calculate how the horizon oil spill hurt gulf coast marine life. today showed samples of american oysters pulled from the muck along the coast of louisiana, alabama and florida. >> had shells collected in august 2010. so after these animals was still for an entire summer and there's elevated levels and chromium. >> he says 90% of oil specimen showed tissue alteration that could effect oyster waste and refraction. >> an animal of this type of tissue is simply going to be fizz logical handicap. >> you can go deep deep. >> sponsored by bp had tried to reassure gulf coast visitors the seafood is safe to eat. clawless crabs and eyeless shrimp. much more research is needed. >> i'll see -- it's difficult to say right now. but it is of concern. >> restaurants along san francisco's tell us it's not a concern for their customers because much of their seafood is brought in from areas other than the gulf coast. david stevenson ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it's no play a bomb shell it is looking much more likely espn results the indianapolis colts will

the question is, is the whole gulf coast better prepared? and the answer is,'re, yes, we're better prepared. we drilled 40,000 wells, and this is the first time a major incident has happened. we can never 100% guarantee this will never happen again, but we can put smart regulations on and get the money invested well and wisely, and that's what we're trying to do. >> susie: it sounds like you're doing a lot. senator, thank you for joining us tonight. we have been speaking with louisiana senator mary landrieu. >> i'm erika miller. stilahead on n.r.,rom hair forl clothes, kids are spending hundreds of dollars on a high school rite of passage. we look at the prom economy. >> tom: mcdonald's continues seeing business pick-up, but even the golden arches aren't immune to the mixed signals on the economy. the company called the economic climate challenging, yet earnings are growing. mcdonald's earned a $1.23 in the first quarter, right on target. its value menu remains a strong selling point for customers. in-coming c.e.o. don thompson is looking fo

a seventh on the gulf coast. that was the gulf coast campaign. arguably, there's a separate and eighth one around st. louis and then you've got a ninth on the high seas, so eight or nine depending on whether you count st. louis as part of the one in the northwest and where these, the fighting that took place in each theatre, shape the way the war was remembered in those areas, so we have many different war of the 1812 in many different ways in which it is remembered. the way we remembered it is the war began and ended in 1812. >> yes. >> you mentioned duquesne. >> the british occupied it. the americans booted them out and the british came out and retook it and held it at the end of the war. this is one of the more remote posts in the war that was contested by the british and the americans and this like the gulf coast campaign wasn't even on the british radar during the peace negotiations. at one point, the british offered to make peace on the basis of ooh ta, the latin phrase that means you keep what you have. they were thinking in terms of well,

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the part down the gulf coast is tomorrow's weather. more on that tomorrow. you just need a jacket to gt things started. the barometer and the winds calm right now. 55. same at elk ton. 55 westminster. frederick one of the chillier spots at 46 degrees right now. in the 50's in the mountains to the west. there are spotty areas in the 40's out in the mountains as well. the 50's are dominant. a more southerly breeze now. it won't last forever though. you take a look at the satellite image. you see the clear conditions over us. nice dry air. i mentioned a front out to the west. there it is. the weather associated with the front. i mentioned down at the south end, here we see this little twist. that's eventually going to be a nor'easter by tomorrow. that will be coming our way. in january, a lot of snow. this time around, too late in the season for that. at least anything significant here. we expect a lot of rain from that tomorrow. and the mountains may get snow out of that by late sunday into monday. here's what the map will look like this evening. that system t

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one along the gulf coast, another one that's stronger, moving out of minnesota and iowa. we actually had tornado touchdowns in that part of the country tonight. but it's florida and eventually the east coast. we're going to have to watch out for severe storms as we head into sunday. we can rule out the possibility for tornadoes. the good news is we will see some drought relief. we're talking anywhere from two to four inches of rainfall including new york, hartford and boston where we've had a rash of brush fires lately. then this tracks more towards the north, gathering steam and cold air to the west side of it. several inches of snow, if not a foot of snow from jamestown, new york, to the mountains of west virginia. leste e lester. >> kelly cass, thank you. >>> we learn that the shooter of trayvon martin will likely not be getting out of jail this week after all. today, his attorney says his client's family doesn't have the money. nbc's kerry sanders is in florida with the developments. kerry? >> reporter:. good evening. zimmerman's lawyer says the logistics of getting hi

we will have a front all the way down from the western lakes, all the way down to the gulf coast. not a bad thing. we need the moisture in a lot of the areas from minnesota, on down into texas. pretty dry in a lot of the areas, we will see wet weather in the northeast and into the northwest as well. maybe rain and upper elevation now. little on the breezy received parts of montana, wyoming dry in the southwest, dry and warm in the southeast. heading in to wednesday, we will see the wet weather in the great lakes and into the northeast and again wet weather with continued front after front after front coming into the pacific northwest. look at this we have fairly dry conditions across just about all of the southern united states and much of the plains as well. some people will be able to get in to the fields there. a similar situation on friday. we will see the wet weather into the northeast there, cool temperatures as we have a trough dipping down to the midatlantic, cool and wet into the parts of the northwest as well but warm in the midconnection fairly dry so after early week r

. >>> hard to believe but it's been two years since the bp drilling rig exploded on the gulf coast triggeringst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. some scientists and residents say at the are starting to see signs of environmental damage caused by the spill in fish and other marine life in the gulf coast which has a vital part of courts, to the local competenec. senator mary landrieu, thanks so much for joining us. tell us about what you have found so far pap it's hard to determine linkage but what what is the evidence to continuing damage to the environment and to the cycle? >> it's important to remember how huge and unprecedenced the spill was. it was over 5 million barrels is of oil spilled in the gulf of mexico. 600 miles of coastline along america's energy coast was oiled. we had about 87,000 square miles of fisheries were closed. and frankly, the sad part of this is we don't really know the extent of the daniel because we've never invested enough money in the science that would be required to give us some really firm answers, which is one of the reasons why we're pushing the restore ac

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this like the gulf coast was not even on the british radar. at one point, the british offered to make peace on the basis of that latin phrase that means you keep what you have. the british were not aware they held them at that point. they were thinking in terms of well, we hold the coast of maine or 100 miles and we have to the island and fort nial ra and those were the only areas that were particularly interested in. this was too remote to be on the british radar or play any at all in the peace making process. the british did occupy it at the tail end of the war. yes, sir? >> was weather a factor? i heard about the tornado or hurricane. >> weather was not a particular factor. the british occupation of washington. there were two nasty storms that hit during the night. some contemporaries call them tornados that may be an overstatement. they were bad enough that one collapse and killed a number of soldiers inside. now, during the british bombardment of fort henry, it was a stormy night, but that didn't have an impact on the out come of that bom

and south to the gulf coast, where you can expect strong wind, hail, and possible tornadoes.k about it. when was the last time that you saw the police pull over a driver, then shake his hand and send him on his way? i'm going to guess, probably never. >> doesn't happen a lot. but when it's batman behind the wheel and the dash cam video burns up the internet, you have to wonder, who is that masked man? abc's dan harris found out. >> reporter: it was a caught-on-tape moment that went viral. the dark knight, targeted but not ticketed because his license plate is the batman logo. >> you mind if i take a picture? >> not at all. >> reporter: immediately, the questions began. who is the guy behind this mask? we've had keaton. clooney. now, meet lenny. full name, lenny b. robinson. a 48-year-old father who made a fortune after selling his cleaning business. but 12 years ago, decided he didn't really like himself. the word he uses, obnoxious. >> you wouldn't have liked me. i consider myself back then a little on the obnoxious side. >> reporter: he loved to dress up and entertain his s

we have two tornado watches already across the gulf coast, louisiana into mississippi. this watch here until 9:00 p.m. local time, and this one until 11:00 a.m., -- sorry, 9:00 a.m., and 11 a.m., including new orleans and thunderstorm warnings in effect. tornado watches, so conditions are favorable for tornadoes and warnings meaning we have radar indicated rotation or trained weather spotters have seen rotation or, rather, a tornado on the ground so we will keep you posted if we move through the day much of florida and large hail damaging wind and tornado so it will be active, and now the morning travel, so far, so good good atlanta has te potential for thunderstorms so you could see delays on the way to the airport so call ahead and the check the air carriers. ladies we will keep you posted by warnings and watches. >> my mom is in new orleans i will give you her cell weather. >> we will make sure we keep you posted. >> thank you. >> parents in boston are brewing on this after outrage from parents, a change version of "god bless usa," has been pulled from a concert. all

as we head toward the gulf coast, to the welst of new orleans, counter clockwise rotation, indicates an area of rotation that will pop up and pull a lot of moisture off the gulf of mexico, that will give you a chance of the thunderstorms along i-10 corridor. the low will march all the way curving back toward florida and frontal boundary will bring in good chance of rain through much of the gulf coast and in the eastern seaboard. what is interesting if this happened to be september, maybe november, we might see this become a named storm. there is always that possibility. that won't be the case now. it looks like we are going to see something that is all together different. what we have is a chance of rain that will continue for much of the eastern seaboard. the reason for that is simple, we have an area of low pressure in the western great lakes and upper midwest will bring rain. will bring cooler temperatures right behind it. but for the east coast, all going to be this complex system you see between frontal boundaries, areas of low pressure. although it will bring rain to the eastern

one along the gulf coast to the north, and another one stronger out of minnesota and iowa. we've actually had tornado touchdowns in that part of the country tonight, but it's florida and eventually the east coast. we have to watch out for severe storms into sunday. we cannot rule out the possibility of even tornadoes. now, the good news with this is we will see some drought relief as that low tracks up the coast. we're talking about anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rainfall including new york, hartford and boston where we've had a rash of brush fires lately and the slow tracks to the north gathering steam and cold air to the west side of it. we're talking several inches of snow, if not more than a foot of snow in jamestown, new york down to the mountains of west virginia, lester. >> thank you. >>> we learned this afternoon that the man facing charges in the shooting death of florida teenager trayvon martin will likely not get out of jail this weekend after all. yesterday a judge granted george zimmerman bail but today his attorney says his client's family doesn't have the mone

the environmental impact and think about all those fishermen along the gulf coast.so much of the nation's seafood comes from the gulf coast and they are still finding out things that aren't quite right ever since the spill. safe to eat but a lot is not over yet. >> if mix is convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. >> we'll see where it goes. cover-up is not a pretty thing. >>> a nationwide manhunt for an armored car murder suspect has ended in south florida. the fbi arrested kenneth konias at a rundown house in pompono beach yesterday. he's accused of shooting his partner to death, then making off with more than $2 million from their armored car in pittsburgh back in february. police recovered most of the money and the gun used in the murder. >>> in san francisco, dozens were arrested during a major protest at the wells fargo annual shareholders meetings. hundreds of demonstrators, many associated with the occupy movement, gathered outside the meeting. but most of the arrests actually happened inside. they were upset about wells fargo's pursuit of home foreclo

energy news considering how two years ago today the worst maritime oil spill in history plagued the gulf coast workers fishermen and communities up and down the gulf were affected and want to be keys rigs exploded and dumped millions of barrels of oil into the ocean eleven died in the explosion and many more lost their jobs in an entire ecosystem fell into disarray these are the images that filled television screens and enraged environmental activists as well as the scientific community images of birds up to their necks and oil tar balls filled beaches and muddy looking waters for many this event touch close to home it was a tangible result of human error and the effects that our need for black gold has on the planet. negligence resulted in the most catastrophic environmental disaster in history yet the u.s. government still awards them with over two billion dollars in annual contracts and gets the majority of its oil and gas exports from the corporation and sort of focusing on legitimate cleanup operations seem to focus more on its p.r. to maintain its image by using prisoners to stage photo

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>> well, of course we support the keystone pipeline from canada down to the gulf coast. and the president state of the union speech he mentioned the cushing pipeline which is the hub, which has the a glut of oil on the marketplace. which is not helping our market frankly in oklahoma and the pricing of that. and how we want, he mentioned maybe completing the keystone portion of sfrfrom cushing to t gulf coast. i had the opportunity to be in the white house four weeks ago with the governors, i asked the president, i said i know you are not for the keystone pipeline which i am for. it would create american jobs, revenue back into our states. reduces dependency, on foreign oil. and i said i hope that since you mentioned -- the portion of cushing down to the gulf that you will go ahead and complete that. three weeks later he shows up in oklahoma and says i am for it. it's good. but the problem is. it could happen without him. it's within the united states. we didn't have to have his approval on that. but he came done to take credit in the state of oklahoma for that portion of

and the economy is showing progress with many areas of the gulf coast have made this experience even believe. i was born here i'm still here and so is b.p. we're committed to the goal for everyone who loves in everyone who calls the home front fortunately a fish aren't quite as happy to call the gulf now two years later a long lasting consequences scientists feared most. it's coming to the surface scientists studying marine life in the gulf of mexico are discovering awara mean rates of deformities in fish shrimp crabs and other marine life that includes iowa shrimp fish with using sores and crabs without claws it's like a mad scientists playpen scientists are also concerned about the leading coral in the area between the toxic crude gushed out of the well for three straight months and the dispersal chemicals that were dumped into the water to break up the oil it's no wonder that marine life has mutated as marine scientist dr jim collins said in an interview with al jazeera in my twenty years working on red snapper looking at somewhere between twenty and thirty thousand fish i've neve