issues after the exxon valdez disaster and local professionals say they are seeing the same thing now. bp promises to make things right on the gulf but the $10 million question tonight is can they? will they make this right? randi kaye takes us up close. >> reporter: when louisiana's health secretary sent this letter to bp last week, requesting $10 million in funding for mental health, he expected a speedy answer. days, at most. this is what he told us last week. >> that's one of the reasons why we put a deadline on the letter. if you notice the last sentence, we said we need an answer by next week. >> reporter: that deadline has come and gone. no answer by bp. and this was the state's second request for $10 million. bp responded to the first request, saying it, quote, looked forward to continuing the dialogue. but the oil giant provided nothing. the money, if it ever comes, would be used to treat those experiencing emotional trauma since the spill. fishermen like luis lund jr. who