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Ephemeral win for the president. he seems to, these seem to be real accomplishments that will help the people in the gulf. the system they set up at least as it's designed sounds like it's one that will expedite the claims process. >> bret: overseen by the current pay czar ken knit feinberg who will oversee the escrow account. >> it sounds like it will expedite the process. but issues still need to be worked out. a lot of what was discussed today had been figured out in advance. one thing that was the snag was the $100 million fund, voluntary fund, payment to foundation that will be used to co...

And finally tonight on the ed show," more about oil. british petroleum's ceo tony hayward repeated his pledge today to pay all necessary clean-up costs. but we've heard a lot of empty promises from these guys over the last 60 days. the shrimpers, fishermen and oil workers are still saying show me the money. for more on the claims, let me bring in attorney brent kuhn. he sued bp in 2005 after refinery explosion in texas. and is also involved in current lawsuits against the company. mr. kuhn, good to have you with us tonight. the $20 billion, the claims process, the independent party that's goin...

Warren buffett and bill and melinda gates want to you give away half your wealth. . in an exclusive report by "fortune" magazine, buffett and the gates are calling the challenge, asking billionaires to give half their money to chair pit the the money would be payable in their lifetime or at death. meantime, it is day 58 of the gulf oil disaster. and in less than an hour from now, president obama will hold a white house meeting with executives from bp and he's calling on them to establish a massive escrow account to pay for all future cleanup and damages. the president says a third party will...

He says an independent third party will oversee the claims process. lieutenant general russell honore says the gulf oil crisis needs to be fought like a war. cnn national correspondent gary tuchman spoke to him in new orleans. >> reporter: general, we came to the world war ii museum because you said we need to declare world war iii. absolutely. we need to act like it's world war iii. we never left anything on the table. all branchs of the military should be there working for admiral allen, man power and advanced command and control. find this oil and kill it. >> reporter: you're treating this ...

To pursue legislative fixes that would allow individuals to apply for unemployment insurance. >> can i follow on that? >> we're going to -- just one more thing on the tone of this meeting. as these various things were being brought up, the $100 million, the $20 billion, what was the -- what were they doing? pushing back? did they -- >> i mean -- >> give us some color. >> negotiations are negotiations. people have ideas, they put them forward and discuss them and proceed. we were very clear from the beginning, the president was clear from the beginning, what we needed was independent claims pro...