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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. thanks very much. our investigation into bps relationship with the u.s. agency that was intended to regulate it. and the path on tropical storm alex gaining strength. expected t...

>> exactly. when i first heard it, somebody should tell the doctor what patients hes going to be operating on. but, yeah, this is the people who support the rig workers. the rig workers are covered under that $100 million. >> although rig workers will say, thats not enough. >> right. and thats probably going to have to get increased. for every one man on the rig, you have 10 to 15 other supporting jobs that load the supplies, that run the boat that bring the food out to them. all these things, b...

>> reporter: but again, this is not just the actual rig workers. theyre covered by the $100 million fund bp set up for them. these are the thousands of support workers affected. at the same time, environmental groups say this commission thats looking at whether it is safe to drill again shouldnt have a gun to its head thinking that, hey, every week that we take to decide this matter, thousands of people are going to be out of work. tough decisions all around. >> no easy answers, chris. chris law...

Candidate randy brogden, saying bp should be given more freedom to do what he wants. and tea party favorite mike lee who won the nomination last night told the salt lake city tribune he wants to limit how much damages people can claim from bp and have taxpayers pick up the bill. >> is that something you would be supportive of, o fincreasing that cap on the liability for environmental damage? >> no. >> why is that? >> our entire industry relied on assurances provided by law. >> does that leave ta...

Movement in 1920s germany. oklahoma tea party gubernatorial candidate saying bp should be given more freedom to do what he wants and tea party favorite mike lee who won the nomination last night told the salt lake city tribune he wants to limit how much damages people can claim from bp and have taxpayers pick up the bill. >> is that something you would be supportive of, increasing that cap on the liability for environmental damage? >> no. >> why is that? >> our entire industry relied on assuranc...

Last night told the salt lake city tribune he wants to limit how much damages people can claim from bp and center taxpayers pick up the bill. >> is that something you would be supportive of, increasing that cap on the liability for environmental damage? >> no. >> thats the assurances provided by law. >> for part of the damage. >> yeah, it probably does. >> is that equivalent to the bailout? >> i dont think -- well, i dont think thats equivalent to a bailout. >> democratic congressman of louisian...

Drilling at those depths? >> well, i know from bps standpoint we want to really understand whats happened. theres almost a rush to justice on this. we want to understand what happens so we it make sure it never happens again on any well bp drills or frankly, on anyone. the moratorium we know has been a hardship for those rig workers who arent working right now. as a goodwill gesture, were setting aside $100 million towards them. but in terms of the political discussion around this and decisions,...

>> right. well i know a lot of -- >> these ceos -- >> i was saying i know a lot of people like yourself that thousands, tens of thousands of jobs will be lost here. the rig workers, cooks, support ships that help the rigs but you had a chance actually to speak to the president himself when he toured your parish. what did you say to him and what was his response? >> he was gracious enough to invite me into his vehicle when we were going to the beach. and, i had to take the opportunity to ask him ...

Jobs will be lost here. the rig workers, cooks, support ships that help the rigs but you had a chance actually to speak to the president himself when he toured your parish. what did you say to him and what was his response? >> he was gracious enough to invite me into his vehicle when we were going to the beach. and i had to take the opportunity to ask him to reconsider. just knowing what it would do to our economy, that it would devastate our economy. and that it would take a very, very long tim...

Before the blowout. deepwater drills is inherently dangerous as the entire country now knows. an uncontrolled blowout can kill rig workers and cause an environmental disaster. we want to know whether you were briefed about the risks and were monitoring the safety of the drilling operation. we could find no evidence that you paid any attention to the tremendous risks bp was taking. weve reviewed 30,000 pages of documents from bp, including your e-mails. there is not a single e-mail or document th...