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Knee-deep. im a flounder fisherman, and it put me out of business. just all the way out of business. and when it stopped, i mean just pure stopped us all together. we dont have anywhere to work. >> and again, not trying to pick a fight with mr. gibbs, but in the sense of being hole, yes. these people want a check to pay their bills to feed their families, to pay their mortgage and make their car payment. but these guys, the fishermen, whether its in alabama where i met nello barber or plaquemine...

Guy. he doesnt speak english as a first language. his english a lot better than my swedish, although if that bikini is still around, maybe tutoring? i hope my wife is not watching. >> robert was talking about the importance of this $20 billion. im not trying to pick a fight with mr. gibbs at all. but i want you to listen to how he described how important this $20 billion will be to the people of the gulf coast who right now cant work. >> this provides certainty and peace of mind for those in the...

If it hurts the gulf as bad as they think it is, we probably wont never work again. >> the presidents in your state today. if you had a minute with him, what would you say? >> it could have been handled better. this aint the best ive already seen now. why fight something thats already to the beach when you had something offshore that you could have fight it? you let it come to the beach. fly over it every day, watch it on the news every day, fly over all, all, all, but they dont ever fight it. i...

Nello, folks who lost their liveliho livelihood? >> some are. some are still frustrated. we drove by the bp claims office today. thats heart breaking in its own right. you watch mothers going in with three or four young children, fathers going in with three or four young children because they work in the industry heres. most say they have gotten at least one initial check. nello wants his fishing boat to be contracted. we saw a whole lot of boom. theres boom right around mobile bay. you might be...

>> he literally got so choked up and he couldnt talk anymore. i asked him what would he say if he had a few minutes with the president? and what nello barber said and just about everyone we encountered today and all last week, almost to a person, they said the same thing, they hoped the president does right now, they hope he keeps the pressure on bp, they hope he keeps his promise to make the gulf better than before, and to help the seafood industry, and other industries here. but to a person, a...

Last week, now again on monday, meeting remarkable people who literally see the communities they grew up in changing because of this spill, literally see the industries they have worked in all of their lives, maybe their grandfather and their father did, too, changing before their eyes. i want to go back to the man we introduced you at the beginning of the show, nello barber, a trusty sea captain. we met him earlier today. he couldnt contain his emotions when i asked him this simple question -- ...

Political director. with me right here at the edge of mobile bay -- and it is windy at the moment -- is local congressman republican joe who was in the briefings with the president today. weve got a little wind in your district. youre familiar with this along the bay. when you see nello barber, 50-something years old, fishing these waters all this is life, he thinks the oil in that gulf has taken his loivelihood away. >> and with good reason, john. unfortunately, nello represents thousands of pe...