escort. and later sean penn on why tonight the father of a haitian boy is mourning the loss of a child who did not have to die. we haven't forgotten haiti and this totally preventable death is one reason why. i don't want to get into a fingerpointing because i know how passionate so many are. but if one more person tells me that they're an expert from africa and i'm an actor from hollywood, i'm going to get on here, and i'll tell you every name of every employee that lives or dies with the same disease that's going to kill these people if people don't start doing. we begin tonight with breaking news from a mile beneath the gulf of mexico. crews up above as we speak maneuvering that giant containment vessel into position. they have almost got it there. trying to cap the gusher that's been poisoning lands and sea for the last two weeks. now the slick from it is drifting westward toward the mississippi delta. federal authorities today expanding the area off limits to fishing and closing the national wildlife refuge to speed cleanup operations there. another view of the oil here from just beneath the surface. this is what it looks like underwater. all those dots are oil. crews have now dumped more than a quarter million gallons of dispersant to try to break up the oil. they've laid out nearly 800,000 feet of containment booms. 256 vessels are involved in the effort, but none is more important as the vessels now on scene, directly above the leaking well head and deep under water. one of them controlling a remotely operated robot sub. this is one of the images of it. the plume you see is leaking oil, pouring out of the seabed a mile down. this one of the smaller leaks. i want to bring you to the wall, show you what's being done now to cap the main leak. that's really where the biggest problem lies. had is the animation we've created. you have the crews out today with the help of the subs. let me show you what's going on. they've got that four-story, 100-ton open-bottom bob. they've tried it before but only in several hundred feet of water, not 5,000. it's now just within a few hundred feet of the prime leak. they're hoping it in position by midnight eastern time. they will run a pipe from the box up to a tanker on the surface, and they hope to start pumping out oil by as early as next week into these tankers on the surface. so that's the latest information. new information is coming to light about british petroleum and the other company which actually is in control of the rig. what happened after the rig blew up. we're keeping them honest tonight. 11 oil workers died when the rig blew up. some of the survivors are now coming forward. they're saying that shortly after the blast, before they even had a chance to tell their loved ones they were okay, lawyers for the drilling company came to see them. they say they were sequestered away from the media, from lawyers and family members, and asked to sign letters hike this one. we've obtained a copy. it includes the following passages. it says, "i was not a witness to the incident requiring the evacuation and have no firsthand or personal knowledge regarding the incident." it also says, "i was not injured as a result of the incident or evacuation." some of the workers say they were pressured to sign this document and that the letters are now being used against them as they seek compensation for psychiatric problems or physical injuries from the blast. kurt arnold is a lawyer for some of the workers and joins us now. how soon after the explosion are you saying the company tried to get these workers to sign these waivers? >> good evening, anderson. what you really need to understand is that the litigation machine took place right away. that most of these survivors were on a boat that should have gone to shore, but instead they kept them out right by the drilling rig watching the fires, essentially where their friends had -- had perished and were missing. they kept them there so that i think that they could get their litigation machine essentially in place. and so they get to shore 48 -- 40 to 48 hours after the accident, and before they can go home and before they can even go see the doctor at their request, they're signed to sign a statement saying -- the prepared statement by insurance adjuster saying that they're not injured. >> but now the company, transocean, they did provide doctor for them, didn't they? >> well, yes and no. i mean, when -- some of my clients went to the counseling table to get their appointment and to go and set up therapy, before they were allowed to go through that therapy, they had to sign statements. now there were some doctors there, but, you know, ultimately nobody was allowed to get a good checkup for smoke inhalation. certainly not the other things that followed. >> let me ask you, though, i mean if somebody did -- if one of your clients did witness this incident and one of your client was hurt in some way psychologically or physically, why would they sign this waver? >> well, you have particularly the young guys. you have a company man asking you to initial a preprinted statement. at this point in time, you've got to remember it's been 60 hours since they've slept. and it's been a very traumatic experience because you've got to remember how close these people are. ultimately, i have guys that were knocked unconscious who signed it because, you know, they were just doing it because they were told to do it. i mean, if you ask a lot of questions out there, you lose your job. so, you know, like i said, at the same place that they're trying to get them to sign their statement, okay, they would sign the statement and literally turn around and make a doctor's appointment. why would you be making a doctor's appointment unless you hurt? >> no doubt some people watching can't decide whether this is callousness on the part of the company trying to protect themselves or whether some of your clients may be trying to make the most of the situation and get money out of this company. we reached out to transocean for a statement about this. and they sent thus statement, it says, "from the beginning, our 401(k) has been on the crew -- our focus has been on the crew members and their families working to conduct a transocean investigation into the incident. at this time it would be inappropriate to comment on litigation." how much are you going after transocean for? >> ultimately the jury's going to decide that. i want to make a quick point about that. s you got to remember by the time these guys get home, okay, and get to sleep, they've got phone calls the next day from ajusters trying to come out and mead them and show them releases and maybe give them a little bit of money. they haven't even been allowed to see their own doctor. and so you hear all this talk about, oh, we're going to take responsibility, we're going to take responsibility, i'll tell you something interesting -- my co-counsel, jay kill patrick in mississippi, asked them, will you commit to continue their wage, and they wouldn't even commit to that. so i -- they say one thing to the public, but privately they've got investigators and adjusters crawling around trying to get these guys, you know, ultimately put them in a bad situation. >> kurt arnold, we'll continue to follow it. appreciate your time. thank you. >> thanks. >> let us know what you think of these lawsuits. join the live chat atac360.com. next, a prominent anti-gay rights activist, minister who helped fund the family research council says he wanted a travel companion. and what the young man says about the sexual massages he said he provided. and tonight the army doctor refusing to go back to afghanistan because he wants proof president obama, the commander in chief, was actually born in america. if you thought the birthers are gone, they are back. we question the colonel. recently on "360." demme lewis, michael douglas, shakira. you don't have to miss the big interviews. i got into one of the best schools in the country! 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>> well, yeah. >> reporter: did you have sex with him on the trip? >> no. >> reporter: did he ask you to? >> not at all. >> reporter: lucien showed me the contract he signed with rekers. for $75 a day, it says he must carry the bags, provide a massage for at least one hour every day of the trip in their shared room. plus, spend at least eight hours a day with him, including two meals. on rekers' web site, a very different account of how he met lucien. by interviewing different people who might be able to help, and did not even find out about his travel assistant's internet advertisements offering prostitution activity until after the trip was in progress. there was nothing inappropriate with this relationship. and he emphasized he was not involved in any illegal or sexual behavior with his travel assistant. rekers is a board member for the national association for research and therapy of homosexuality. a group that says it helps people with "unwanted homosexual attractions." he's also co-founder of the family research council which promotes the traditional family unit. and in 2008, here in florida, george rekers served as an expert witness in a case to uphold the law banning gays and lesbians from adopting. in his writings, he called gays a "deviant segment of society." the state of florida paid him about $120,000 for his testimony. attorney general bill mccollum's office told us rekers was recommended after an exhaustive search, and because he had "exceptional credentials." wayne bessen is with truth wins out. a group that exposes what it sees as hypocrisy in the anti-gay movement. >> he has helped create anti-gay attitudes and justified discrimination across the country. it seems rekers doesn't think gay people should raise boys. he thinks they should rent boys. so i think he's quite the hypocrite there. >> reporter: lucien says rekers knew he was gay before the trip because highway had told him about -- because he had told him about his boyfriends. does he still deny to you that he's gay? >> yeah, yeah. i actually asked him over the phone, you know, do you think you're gay? and he just said, "no." >> reporter: lucien told me reeker asked him not to share his story with the media. >> he just didn't want me to mention the massage aspect, you know. that's what it really was. >> reporter: he asked you not to. >> yeah, he had asked me not to. >> reporter: in response to the publicity, narth where reekers is a board member, released this statement saying "it takes seriously the accusations that have been made." in response to an e-mail from cnn, rekers wrote, "i am retaining the services of a defamation attorney in this matter because the fact is i am not gay and never have been." lucien says he feels sorry for rekers. he enjoyed their european vacation together and would like to be his friend. he wants him to stop making anti-gay statements. randi kaye, cnn, ft. lauderdale, florida. >> one final note. the family research council, which george rekers helped found, released a statement today distancing themselves from him. in fact, they say they had to check their historical records to verify that he was in fact a member of the original board. they went on to say in part, "frc has had no contact with dr. rekers or knowledge of his activities in over a decade. so frc can provide no further insight to the allegations." and added, "while we were disappointed when any christian leader engages in the very activities that they're preaching against, it is not surprising. they need to act upon that nature or accept the forgive not offered by grace through faith in jesus christ." ahead, sean penn from haiti on a life lost and why others are in jeopardy. this is the beginning unless everybody realizes that the disaster is still on. this is a disaster and a bigger one than the earthquake waiting to happen. also tonight, we questioned the army colonel who's refusing to go back to afghanistan, disobeying orders because he believes his commander in chief is not a native-born american. but, i'm a home. i'm always outside. i make being inside possible. look, do me a favor. get flood insurance. floods can devastate your home. fred, how you doing over there? 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>> in our very few automobiles, we were taking this boy from hospital to hospital, and we had had in each hospital he was rediagnosed with diphtheria, which would have been the first confirmed case. we also were simultaneously searching for the medication that would have saved his life. that took 1 1 hours. we spoke to the american red cross, the general whose job is -- major general of the u.s. forces here, spent hours himself, as did the red cross, trying to find this imunogloblin. we dealt with nearly every hospital in port-au-prince. this should not be deprived. i have been -- my last time speaking to sanjay, i've been trying to exercise some restraint. i know this is a very complicated situation. and there are great people -- giovanni kissani at ilm. there are people who are working very hard in all of these agencies, there's no question. but it is dominated by an inertia that killed a 15-year-old named oreo lampeter today. this is a situation where nobody can say this of any surprise. diphtheria, we get inoculated for it. and we did not have anywhere in port-au-prince until we were able to find a couple of cdc people, lauren lambert, ezra barslay, and others, willing to meet us late at night in an abandoned warehouse area where they keep -- the only place that had it. none of these agencies had notified any of the major hospitals. we finally got him to general hospital, finally got the immunogloblin. the general hospital, the biggest hospital in the city that has the worst natural disaster of all time, and they didn't have enough staff or monitoring to deal with him when he coded or to intubate him at that point in time. and then his blood not being oxygenated enough, within several hours he was dead. he's 15 years old, and it's just the very beginning. this is the beginning unless everybody realizes that the disaster is still on. this is a disaster, and a bigger one than the earthquake, waiting to happen. so all the inertia of all these agencies right now -- if i were putting my money on an agriculture that was actually ready to act, it would be the government of haiti. because all of the bureaucracy of all of these other agencies keep wanting to point the finger at the government of haiti. but we know as camp managers that they were not prepared when we were ready to do our relocation which was the first relocation in port-au-prince. that a lot of these agencies had not prepared. and i don't want to get into a fingerpointing because i know how passionate so many are. but if one more person tells me that they're an expert from africa and i'm an actor from hollywood, i'm going to get on here and i'll tell you every name of every employee at log base that lives or dies with the same disease that's killing -- going to kill these people if people don't start doing. and the american red cross, people should know, they've been communicative. the president of the american red cross. but they should know that that is -- that is not going to do it. that money, unless they push that organization and all the other organizations and our organization, to get off their butts. people are going to die en masse. that organization has basically been out of the medical field for 50 years. and so now -- yes, did they spend $100 million for the world food program's food that came? yes, they did. most people think the world food program does that and that the money is coming in for other things. everybody is saying we've got to wait to rebuild haiti. there won't be a haiti to rebuild without the people of haiti. while i am absolutely supportive of permanent shelters, of community, of the economy built and manufacturing, for job, people have to realize that money has to be spent right now. and the organizations -- i will say that jphro is one of them. >> sanjay, what do you make of this? something that diphtheria which they claim they're going to start vaccinating for, unicef says they have a program, they're going to start vaccinating for things that they don't currently vaccinate for. the fact they couldn't find the medicine to treat this little boy, what do you make of it? >> it's a preventable, stupid death, just like you said at the beginning. in fairness, before the earthquake, only half the country received vaccines. if someone died of diphtheria the way that sean just described in the united states, we would be reporting it, you know, because it would be such a rare thing to be happening. people receive this vaccine. it is just something we take for granted. and it prevents people dying a death like the awful one that sean just described. this boy went in with a scratchy throat six days ago, and now he's dead. i mean, that's -- that's exactly what can happen here. i think that's particularly shocking when sean contacted me, i was looking at my blackberry, horrified by the whole thing, is even at various stages along the progression this boy's illness, he could have been saved. the medications, anti-toxin that sean was talking about, those things can help. they're widely available in most countries on the planet. despite the fact that right now people are more at risk for these contagious diseases in haiti, in port-au-prince in particular, they can't even prevent the disease was happening, let alone treat them after they do. so it was just absolutely shocking. >> sean, when you see this kind of thing up close, firsthand, and -- where do you go from here some what needs to change on the ground now? what do people in america need to know? what can they do? >> i was in the back of an open door suv with a boy trying to get from hospital to hospital all day that day. and he was animated and alive like any 15-year-old, though he had oxygen in our truck. this is the first confirmed case of diphtheria post quake. it's a 15-year-old boy. he's dead. he was in school with his schoolmates before he was reported sick. there's an investigation going on. this is exactly the kind of thing that can kill masses of people. this cold chain has to be established. we've got to have the power for our refrigeration, it's got to be refrigeration that comes from other countries, all these countries and donors that are rebuilding haiti, they've got to immediately make it designated disaster fund available and make it work now. when it comes to rebuilding, countries have to say i'll do the rebuilding of houses. i'll build the agriculture up. it can't -- it can't be pledge that don't happen or we're going to create a devastation that will be brought on america's hands that we don't have to do. and you well know, the united states military came here. this was one of the proudest moments that any american could ever have. they -- they were the primary force behind the life saving that happened, helping the government of haiti that was so fractured and the people of haiti. now we've got to get people out of these ad hoc camps where these kind of diseases can spread so quickly. again, this disaster has to stay on people's mind as waiting to happen. and there will be no excuse, and there's no excuse for the loss this boy. no excuse. >> sean penn, sanjay gupta, thank you. for all the tragedy in haiti, there are some stories of hope and of kids saved from unthinkable circumstances just days after the earthquake. cnn anchor and correspondent soledad o'brien looked at the country's most vulnerable victims. the estimated 380,000 orphans before the earthquake. in a new documentary airing this weekend, she goes back to haiti for a better look at the challenge they are still facing every day. here's a look at part of "rescued." >> reporter: macinson oliphe works at the guest house at the orphanage in haiti. he is helping raise abandoned children just like himself. maccinson was raised in a rural village called cap hatien. a place so filled with poverty he and his sister were sold to a stranger. they became child slaves, restovics. were you a restovic? [ speaking french ] >> and your sister? >> the same. >> reporter: he was 9 and his sister was 6. >> this saturday soledad will show you the town where the two were slaves and the orphanage where he found food and an education and the will to rebuild his life. part of "rescued," airing saturday, 8:00 eastern on cnn. ahead, meet an army doctor disobeying orders because he wants proof president obama, the commander in chief, was born in america. a live interview ahead. and nashville after the floods. losing everything but coming together as a community. we saw it last night. you will see it tonight. a live report from a neighborhood that's battered but in no way broken. [ bottle one ] oh, great. mr. clean magic eraser extra power. [ bottle two ] i'm pretty sure there's not much we can do about it. ugh. he's not even trying. he is actual magic. not impressed. 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[ bottle two ] that's new. he's a decorated army doctor. tonight lieutenant colonel terrence laikin has become the face of the movement whose followers believe president obama may not have been born in the u.s. and may not be eligible to be president of the united states. lieutenant colonel laikin who mariners been an active duty physician for the military for 18 years has been ordered to deploy to afghanistan for a second tour of duty. he's refusing the command, saying the order is coming from a commander in chief who he believes may not in fact be a natural-born citizen. laikin has invited his own court-martial and says he wants proof the president was born in the u.s. lieutenant colonel terrence laikin joins me now along with his attorney, paul jensen. i appreciate you being with us. you say you're refusing your orders because "there is significant evidence or unanswered speculation that mr. obama is not eligible to be president." you said that in a note to general casey. now ignoring the idea that you cited speculation as a justification for your decision, but to say there's significant evidence that the president was not born in america is just false. i mean, you're an honorable guy, you've served your country incredibly well. you're a doctor. do you honestly believe president obama was not born in hawaii? >> well, anderson, let me answer as his lawyer -- >> no, no. excuse me. wait, this is a -- excuse me. this is a doctor, a man who served his country for 18 years. i think he can answer a question by himself. >> i think that the lawyer should protect the client from incriminating himself. you say it's false. you're not prosecuting this case. >> okay, lieutenants colonel, if you call you -- lieutenant colonel, if you call up the state of hawaii and ask for a birth certificate, that is the certificate of birth and you get a live document. >> that is not correct. >> the president has released the certificate of live birth to newspapers. two birth certificates, the republican governor of hawaii sent someone to view the certificate at the department of health and says it's there. >> that's not -- >> again, can the colonel not talk for himself? the guy's an adults. >> you said that that's a birth certificate, mr. cooper. you want to tell the truth to your viewers. >> according to the state of hawaii -- >> that's an abstract, a computer-generated abstract -- >> the certificate of live birth, i'm quoting from the health department, is the standard form acceptable by federal agencies. are you saying, colonel, you're not actually saying anything. but i would appreciate it if you would, not hide behind your attorney. are you actually saying that all soldiers who currently serve who are from hawaii should be suspect because that's what they provide? >> this is a constitutional matter. and the truth matters, and -- >> well, and answers matter. can you answer my question. should all soldier who are from hawaii and who have given certificate of live births as their proof of citizenship, should they all be suspect now? >> this isn't a matter about all soldiers. this is a matter about the two positions that are -- require -- that require a natural born citizen. >> you've take not countless orders in your laudable service over the years. have you ever asked for any superior's birth certificate? >> you know, that really is -- beg the question -- >> no, sir, please let your client answer. you served under general casey. where was he born? >> i'm the lawyer, and i'm going to tell you, mr. cooper, the issue isn't about where general casey was born, where mr. -- >> he doesn't know. you asked the question, you assume they're americans. >> he doesn't have to be a natural-born citizen to be the chief of staff of the army. >> actually to serve in the united states army, according to your own document, citizenship papers have to be brought to bear. in fact -- >> that's not the issue. to serve as president of the united states -- in your own letter. >> mr. cooper, please. in the own letter to the united states -- >> to general casey you said you have to provide your birth certificate. >> you're afraid of letting me answer. are you afraid of letting me answer? >> no, i'd like your client to answer. >> the issue under the united states constitution is whether the president is eligible to hold the office. that determine -- is determined by whether he's 35 years old and a natural-born citizen. those are not requirements for the chief of staff of the army, sir. and what colonel laikin said is there is mounting evidence that he is not. and the original birth certificate has not opinion released. >> there's mounting evidence. and he has -- excuse me. let me respond. he has taken orders for years from people. probably thousands of orders. countless orders. he has never questioned the legitimacy of the people he has taken orders from. general casey. but he doesn't know where general casey of born. for all he knows, general casey could be a foreign-born, not american citizen. >> mr. cooper, if you've done your research, you know in the state of hawaii there's a statute that allows anyone born outside of the state of hawaii, including in a foreign country, to obtain a hawaiian birth certificate at any age by going back and filling out a form -- >> right. if you'd done your research you'd know that on the certificate of live birth it would indicate that if the person was born in another country, it would say they were born in another country -- >> that's not correct. >> that is correct. that is the fact. >> i beg your pardon. under hawaiian statute, 338-1 .8, there's nothing that says that in the statute. you point it out if i'm wrong. >> you say that you're not seeking any grandstanding or publicity for this action. how can you seriously say that? you put out a utube video with your -- talking, frankly, more than you've talked here tonight. you have this group paying all your legal fees. the american patriot foundation legal defense fund. they've provided the attorney who's sitting next to you. they're fund raiding based on you. they're raising money using you. >> i attempted all avenues over a year ago. i submitted article 138, which is the only way that i could research how to address this issue, asking and begging my leadership for guidance in how to address this issue. and the answers that i got were not -- >> mr. cooper, you -- >> the standard is not satisfying you -- >> lieutenant colonel, you sound like an honorable man -- excuse me. i'm addressing your client. lieutenant colonel, you seem like an incredibly honorable man who's obviously served your country. you're a doctor, an educated man. why is it this issue? i mean, of all the orders you've taken, all the people you served under, why this, why now? what is it that's got you so sticking on this issue? >> it's a fundamental of the constitution and my oath of office is to the constitution. and i believe we need truth on this matter. >> but i mean, what's wrong with the certificate of live birth in your opinion? what's wrong -- how do you explain a newspaper -- two newspapers in 1961 announcing the birth of barack obama in hawaii? which is not something his parents did or his grandparents did. those are based on health records sent by the health department as it does for every person born in hawaii. and everyone gets a newspaper now. >> mr. cooper, that's simply not correct. and the issue is instead why hasn't the president released the original birth certificate if one exists. this could be over tonight. tonight. release the birth certificate, if it exists, signed by the doctor in 1961. it's in the state of hawaii's records. if -- >> i'm going to read you a quote from janice akubu from the department of health, "our certificate of live birth is the standard form which was modeled after national standards that are acceptable by federal agencies and organizations." >> but it is not the only form -- >> the governor of hawaii, a republican, has said, "i had my health doctor who is a physician by background, go visually view the department in the records of department of health and we issued a news release." >> and she is not going to be testifying at the court-martial. this is a criminal cases. the president should release the original birth certificate and this would be over tonight. these other documents and testimony are not admissible and will not be admissible in court. >> lieutenant colonel, terrence laikin, thank you for joining us. thank you, as well. join us with more. ahead, more fallout from the times square bombing attempt. some lawmakers want to get tougher on accused terrorists. and reliving the first terrifying moments of the floods. you know, when i grow up, i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i'm going to work with kids. i want to fix up old houses. 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