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Charter fishermen out to fish? you cant take a charter boat for sightseeing, you cant go in the marshes of louisiana. oil, physical presence of oil should not and will not be the only requirement. there are going to have to be some tough decisions made as to who is eligible and who is not eligible. as i said last week, i will look at the claims, ill look at the underlying facts of those claims. im working for the people in the gulf. i want to try and maximize as much compensation as can do fairl...

You were asked if youd administer the fund. here is your response. >> what ill process the claims or some charity or foundation will process those claims i dont think has been finalized, but hopefully that will be finalized in the next day or two. >> major: mr. feinberg, its been a couple days. do we have an answer? >> we dont have a final answer yet. i can say this; one, the $100 million moratorium payments are not part of the $20 billion. they are over and above the $20 billion. secondly, thos...

6 month deep water drilling moratorium. you were asked if you would administer that fund, heres your response on capitol hill. >> whether ill process those claims, or some charity or foundation will process those claims, i dont think has been finalized but hopefully that will be finalized in the next day or two. >> it has been a couple of days, do we have an answer. >> we dont have a final answer yet. i can say this: one the $100 million moratorium payments are not part of the $20 billion, they ...

You were asked if youd administer the fund. here is your response. >> what ill process the claims or some charity or foundation will process those claims i dont think has been finalized, but hopefully that will be finalized in the next day or two. >> major: mr. feinberg, its been a couple days. do we have an answer? >> we dont have a final answer yet. i can say this; one, the $100 million moratorium payments are not part of the $20 billion. they are over and above the $20 billion. secondly, thos...

Charter fishermen out to fish? you cant take a charter boat for sightseeing, you cant go in the marshes of louisiana. oil, physical presence of oil should not and will not be the only requirement. there are going to have to be some tough decisions made as to who is eligible and who is not eligible. as i said last week, i will look at the claims, ill look at the underlying facts of those claims. im working for the people in the gulf. i want to try and maximize as much compensation as can do fairl...

Get compensated? we will go over that we will also try to find out once and for all who is in control of this 100-million-dollar separate fund that bp set up to compensate those deep water rig workers now idoled by the government six months deep water moratorium. ken feinberg in the white house have given conflicting stories about who is running that, who does that pay. who qualifies? we will sort that out as well. >> clayton: another big question. the claims that have been paid seem like they a...

Crews. they will are a hard time getting to the island once the winds pick up. 39 miles per hour, that same wind, all bridges going back and forth from the island will shut off. so anyone who happens to be on the island and stays here as the winds pick up are here for the duration. that includes us, the cnn crew. we will be here to give you the step by step actions a the storm gets closer. day 72 of the gulf oil disaster. the crisis commands more attention on capitol hill as well. this hour al...

I didnt realize this until yesterday. but the moratorium claims will fall under my jurisdiction. >> thats a huge development. we didnt know that before. >> i didnt either. i just learned yesterday that the administration and bp have agreed that the moratorium claims will fall under my jurisdiction. >> i find this stunning. i had no idea -- clearly he didnt know about this. just to be clear. when he says the moratorium claims, that means the claims not by the oil rig workers themselves who have l...

I just learned yesterday that the administration and bp have agreed that the moratorium claims will fall under my jurisdiction. >> i find this stunning. i had no idea -- clearly he didnt know about this. just to be clear. when he says the moratorium claims, that means the claims not by the oil rig workers themselves who have lost jobs, but the people who support them, they can put in for claims in this $20 billion fund? >> exactly. when i first heard it, somebody should tell the doctor what pati...

You have 10 to 15 other supporting jobs that load the supplies, that run the boat that bring the food out to them. bring the supplies, clean the boat. there are many more supporting jobs than there are rig workers. these guys were in limbo for a long time. now what ken feinberg is saying, theyre going to be covered under that $20 billion. it doesnt solve all their problems, but it at least gives them some place to go now to start filing their claims. >> i find that surprising. i didnt know that....