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Complete sigh of relief? >> yeah. i think that i will really would feel a lot better when the oil is cleaned up, and the fishermen can go back to work and get back to normal, where we can supply the best seafood in the world. louisiana products in seafood is the best. our restaurants will be back in line and we can tell people that we have the best seafood in the world, you know. >> reporter: thank you, glenn. as we said earlier, mr. feinberg is in there giving a speech, and he has been touring ...

Czar ken feinberg was in louisiana. he is overseeing the claims process. for more lets bring in jeffrey bright, a lawyer representing more than 500 shrimpers is, oystermen and crabbers. good to have you back with us. the last time you were with us, you said the claims process has changed without announcement and the checks had stopped. whats the situation tonight? >> i take one step forward and two steps back it seems. today they gave me two different signals about what they were going to do. ye...

Five and a half hours to inform anyone? >> well, i think what -- there are a lot of people involved in the decisions and in the process. of course, everyone needed to get informed and in line to make the announcement. but i actually agree with you. absolutely everybody -- i can assure you, all of bp -- want to move on with this as quickly as we can and get this flow stopped and we need to make sure we get you guys information as quickly as we can. hopefully we can get it faster next time. >> so ...

Going to happen with it and try to improve that economy in that section of manhattan. >> lets do this. lets get some folks at home, wherever you are right now, to weigh in on this at the blog, cnn.com/tony. josh, help us work through some of these blog comments later on. thank you. day 86 of the gulf oil disaster and bp plans to test a new cap on the busted oil well. well, that plan is on hold right now. officials say they need to review the testing procedures before they move forward. the hop...

Gulf state attorneys general will be meeting with attorney general eric holder this afternoon, venting frustration over the legal access against bp. their chief complaint, its all just too slow. jim hood joins us by phone. what is your chief beef with the way the government has been handling bp? >> well, our complaint was that about mr. feinberg and how he as handling the claims process. we attorneys general had negotiated several things with bp. we were working with them when he was named as th...

No reports of injuries or damage so far. also this story for you, police in peru, making a huge drug bust, seizing nearly 2 tons of cocaine. and arresting 11 suspected drug traffickers. thats a look at the headlines. bill here we go again. despite that delay, bp is hoping the attempt to fix the busted well works this time. the lives of so many people and businesses turned upside down, even in places where the beaches are clear. brian wilson has that story, gulf shores, alabama. how are folks rea...

Counsel and try to develop forms. then when they came in and established this administrator, it caused delays in changes that we probably had had bp to make, but the claims process has to be open, transparent. there doesnt need to be myi any releases or strings attached to it. and hopefully we can mr. mister feinberg back on the same sheet that we attorneys general are on. >> jim hood, thank you very much. >> thank you. the oil disaster, of course, taking a massive toll on see life. jeff corwi...

>> the worker may say look, youve got a dog in that race. if they come to you, a worker, and theyre not happy with what you or your doctors have told them, can they go somewhere elsels else? >> absolutely. >> reporter: will it be covered by bp? >> as far as going somewhere else, we know that people have bypassed the ems personnel that we have and have gone into their -- to see their personal doctors. and we are -- we dont have a problem with that. they just need to go through the claims process ...

Because of the oil thats already leaked in the gulf of mexico. >> maybe for months and years to come. thank you for the update. fishermen in the gulf are angry and they packed a meeting to voice their disapproval of the claims process. the attorney representing the folks says he is trying to figure out why checks from b.p. are being held up. scott mitchell is one of the fishermen and he says its time for b.p. to pay. >> you look at -- >> talking $60 million for advertisement to talk about how ...

Symptoms are, and give their best diagnosis for the situation. >> because of this -- this concern that, you know, youre with bp. theyre saying, look, you eve got a dog in that race. if they come to you, a worker, and theyre not happy with what you or your doctors have told them, can you go somewhere else and are they covered by bp? >> as far as going somewhere else, we know people have bypassed the personnel that we have and have gone into see their personal doctors. and were -- we dont have a p...