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There are already a lot of people who are out of work. and not just directly because of the spill. the governments six-month ban on deep water drilling has taken a toll here. the obama administration appeals a decision to lift the ban. workers are in limbo. they should be compensated for their losses. will they? chris lawrence did some digging today, and learned even the man overseeing all the payouts is still learning how the payout plan will work. take a look. >> reporter: first the oil spill ...

Payouts is still learning how the payout plan will work. >> reporter: first the oil spill itself took out fishermen and restaurant owners. bp set up a $20 billion fund to cover their damages. president obamas six-month ban shut down deep water drilling. and bp set aside another $100 million to pay the workers on those rigs. the truckers, caters and cleaners that supported those shutdown rigs have nothing and are angry at washington over what the ban has done to them. how is the moratorium going ...

The obama administration appeals a decision to lift the ban. workers are in limbo. they should be compensated for their losses. will they? the man overseeing all the payouts is still learning how the payout plan will work. >> reporter: first the oil spill itself took out fishermen and restaurant owners. bp set up a $20 billion fund to cover their damages. president obamas six-month ban shut down deep water drilling. and bp set aside another $100 million to pay the workers on those rigs. the truc...

Out the fishermen and restaurant owners. bp set up a $20 billion fund to cover their damages. president obamas six-month ban shut down deepwater drilling and bp set aside another $100 million to pay the workers on those oil rigs. but the truckers, loaders, caterers and cleaners that supported those shutdown rigs had nothing except rising anger at washington over what the bans done to them. take anthony thibodeau. >> how is the moratorium affecting you? >> i basic leil have no job. im normally ch...

The hook for them, too. >> chris lawrence is live for us in new orleans with more on this. we talked about the idling of course of the people who work on the drilling rigs with that moratorium. it looks like bp is going to be responsible for their livelihoods as well? >> reporter: yeah, thats right, kiran, john. just last week right here on this show we talked about how for the first time bp was coming out saying they wanted an end to the moratorium. now we may know why, because it looks like th...

Owners. bp set up a $20 billion fund to cover their damages. president obamas six-month ban shut down deep water drilling, and bp set aside another $100 million to pay the workers on those oil rigs. but the truckers, loaders, caterers, and cleaners that supported the shutdown rigs had nothing except rising anger at washington over what the bans done to them. take anthony thibodaux. how is the moratorium affecting you? >> i basically have no job. im normally checking in eight, ten, 12 trucks a da...