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>> no, this is a short-term ephemeral win for the president. he seems to, these seem to be real accomplishments that will help the people in the gulf. the system they set up at least as its designed sounds like its one that will expedite the claims process. >> bret: overseen by the current pay czar ken knit feinberg who will oversee the escrow account. >> it sounds like it will expedite the process. but issues still need to be worked out. a lot of what was discussed today had been figured out in...

Quite happy today, brooke, to say they did get a commitment of at least $20 billion to fund the claims process. one of the other things theyre speaking in this meeting is a third party claims process to get bp and to get some distance from the government to have somebody step in and do this, they hope, in a more efficient and quick way. >> and john, let me ask you a question, because i know there were concerns or questions about how the white house would have the legal authority to force essenti...

They wanted to hear more specifics. they wanted to know where are the super tankers, whens it going to happen. >> they wanted to hear specifics. i heard him say that 90% of the oil gush ser going to be captured by july. thats al important promise. he said $20 billion is going to move from the hands of criminals to the hands of the victims. he said 17,000 national guard people are going to be down here helping, very specific things. most importantly, ed, he said bp has now lost control over the c...

Gulf disaster and as we expect the president to announce he is taking control of that claims process, which has taken a lot of criticism so far. martha: one of the front-burner issues, major garrett joins us live in pensacola, florida, major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, martha and bill, at pensacola naval air station. the president will be here to deliver remarks to the assembled crowd. you can see behind me here, momentarily, after he gets a briefing from coast guard, retired coast...

This opportunity to talk to the american people about the claims process and what bps responsibilities are to the gulf of mexico. to talk about the long-term restoration of the gulf, and finally, to challenge all of us, whether you live in the gulf or anywhere else in america, to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. all of those go into i think a very important speech for the president tonight. >> youve known this president a long time. you have worked ...

Did he leave your meeting any differently from, perhaps, when he showed up? >> his words told me he did. only his actions will tell me if his heart changed and i take everyone at their word and take theyll do what they say theyll do until they dont and if he doesnt, well see if we can come up with another plan. bill: i imagine you will be watching the oval office address tonight. what would you expect and hope to hear then? >> i hope that sense of urgency that this is something we have to attack...

The shots, and almost in words of maybe a dictator, that this is the way were going to do it? and when i hear reported today by chuck todd here on msnbc that the obama administration is negotiating with bp over a third independent party as to whether theyll oversee the claims process, it just makes me think that bp is calling the shots and not the american people. what do you think? >> well, i think the president and his administration fully understand that this is a moment where the american pe...

We all understand now that thats simply not the case. that there are things that man can start that it cant turn off. we have to change that. we have to use what man can start to create a clean energy economy, to put people back to work. to open up old manufacturing facilities to produce windmills and solar panels. i think thats the call for this generation to respond to. not just this disaster in the gulf, but the crisis of our dependence on foreign oil. >> robert, andrew ross sorkin has a ques...

Were back live in mobile bay, alabama. you see the bay right there and the bridge. not long ago, the president sailed across this bay from alabama to florida, where he is spending the night tonight. a two-day trip to the gulf coast. then, of course, a critical address to the nation from the oval office tomorrow night on his assessment of the bp spill and what the country will have to do to make the gulf right. the president promises he wants to make the gulf even better than it was before that s...

>> i think most people sitting at home in their living room in wichita right now would probably say there is a mixed message. just weeks ago, the president said basically the buck stops on my desk. im in charge of this. and we are in charge of telling bp what to do, and yet, we continue to go to bp saying we need you to speed up the process. cap it, find a way to slow it down two weeks earlier or find a way to expedite the claims process, which many of us are most concerned about. so, it does se...