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Make b.p. pay for a lack of tourists on beaches which don't have any oil on them yet. they want to make b.p. pay restaurant owners 100 miles from the coast who may have a slight decrease in business because they're not going -- they're not going to the coast. how much do you want to beat up on b.p.? >> that's dangerous, though, isn't it? isn't it dangerous if you push b.p. so far, you push them into bankruptcy. where's that $20 billion escrow account going to come from if they're in bankruptcy. >> if they go bankrupt, if they cannot pay of on on the $20 billion or more after that, then the uni...

Now, you know what your liability is. you can put a handle on it. you can get a dollar number on it. if you can't cap it and the oil just keeps on gushing into the gulf, then you cannot put a dollar number on the cleanup, you can't sort of limit your liability. and it is an outside possibility that bp north america could have to file for bankruptcy. rick: what would that mean exactly? >> reporter: well, if they cannot pay the $20 billion into this fund the obama administration has created and more money on top of that, then the united states government seizes bp north america's assets, which i...