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Nothing. >> the fire that consumed the nation's oldest and largest forge ripped through with scorching intensity leaving the factory and retail store in ruins and jobs in question. >> it's been there for 30 years. >> i was horrified. it was one of those times when you say, what am i going to do tomorrow? >> they have been producing by hand metal heirlooms at the forge since 1923. last year's fire might have been the end but the company got back on its feet and nearly added 40 employees in the process. >> literally since the fire the amazing things that have happened to our little company are m...

Healing much better than after the first surgery. >> oh, i'm so glad to hear that. i want to remind our viewers it was right here on this show that you found out that stevie wonder was going to donate a keyboard to you and we saw you play it right here on the air. you mentioned you picked up the violin too early and had to go through surgery again. are you playing again? >> i'm going to wait until the beginning of september. so from may 6th until september 6th, i'm hoping -- that will be 12 weeks and hopefully that will be enough time because the violin is not like a keyboard which is a straig...

Don't exactly have a big bank account just there in case of a rainy day. what's the situation like for them with their homes and families? >> the problem quite frankly is they don't have savings, they don't have lines of credits. they meet their family needs on paycheck to paycheck. and so when bp promises on july 7th to give these people their money and then say no, we're going to rethink this and redo the plan, every one of these families is suffering and are going to continue to suffer until we figure it out. >> bp says it has 900 adjusters working seven days a week and 35 different officer...

I'm trying to figure this out. all the people who don't have legal representation are just getting no clues from the adjusters. you ask them, they give you 0-2 or three different answers because quite frankly bp hasn't told them yet either. >> bp says, and this is our conversation with them, checks sent in advance for july were based on income but even if you don't have documentation you're going to get $1,000. is that your understanding? >> well, think about that. these are fishermen, crabber s who are trying to get by on $1,000 a month and they all have families. the fact that they sent chec...

Promiseeds. joining me now is a lawyer representing some 550 fishermen in the gulf. thanks very much for joining us. you know, bp says they overnighted a pack of checks to you. what's going on? what's wrong with the situation right now? >> well, good morning, chris. well, bp and i are having a fight over the fact that as of wednesday all july and june payments have changed the system. if you talk to the enshurns adjusters working for bp, they don't even know what the system is. they stopped the july payments that were guaranteed on july 7th. they did send checks this week. that was for may. an...