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Confident, this will work out, don't worry about it? >> there is some hope for them. when the "valdez" accident happened, there was no oil pollution act on the books. there was no claims process. this has al been done post "valdez." so at least for small business owners, there is a law that should be working for you and it's my job and other people's job up here to make sure that it does. so there is hope. there have been claims that have been processed. thousands actually. and we have that data. but what we're pressing now the coast guard to do is make sure that it is streamlining that throug...

Will decide when it will be safe for drilling again. >> the government should not say take another 20,000 jobs or so. >> reporter: he says in addition to the $20 billion cleanup fund another $100 million has been set aside to pay the oil rig workers sidelined from the moratorium. >> that removes the pressure on the commission to do it quickly, and do it well. >> reporter: your gut feeling, do the oil well companies stick around and wait out the moratorium? >> some will. those who can go overseas, they will go overseas. you are looking at two to five years before they are back this is not going...

Steve, thanks. there is new evidence that bp is taking sweet time paying folks for submitted damages. the house judiciary committee reports bp has paid only $71 million of the 600 million in claims made by people. bp insists it's actually paid $95 million. in any event, bp is now leaving the payout business. an independent administrator is going to run the 0 billion-dollar fund that the oil company is creating and that administrator, kenneth feinberg promises he is going to sign the checks quickly. >> the president of the united states has made very clear is that these programs, this program t...

Is broadened out and say how much is bp, how much is the industry, and how much of the responsibility falls on regular layers and jointly, how do we make sure this doesn't happen again? i have been hanging around with a lot of people who are very concerned that this kind of thing can happen again, can happen soon, and what will happen if it does. >> ali, in terms of the claims process, people complained they got a $5,000 check. the administration says it will pressure bp. bp says it takes time to hire people. is it better today than a week ago? >> reporter: i was in a claims office on monday, ...

Who is the third party? we want to know how the money will get to us. the feels is we can have high level discussions about escrows and money, how does it get through to the people who need it? you discussed it with respect to the claims process. the frustration on the ground, as you know, john, from being around here, these are not people who live high on the hog. these people make a living, and it's something your father did and your kids might do after you. that's the frustration. how do we get et money and who is running it? >> ali velshi along the gulf coast. let's check in back quickly w...