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Pay for it. shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt live tonight in louisiana. the bosses at bp have said many times their company will indeed pay for all legitimate claims made as a result of this oil spill. but the process of filing those claims and collecting the money has proven to be very difficult at best. we know the spill is directly affecting tens of thousands of people who make their living from the gulf. people including fishermen, charter boat operators. other business owners on the coast. but only a fraction have received any cash and according to the feds, even bp officials admit they ar...

List of problems from the "exxon valdez" disaster as her example, saying the claims process is at the front line of assessing the impact and that damaged beaches and the loss of tourism are all considered legitimate claims. this morning at the white house a critical meeting about loyalties and mistrust. publicly, president obama has mostly kind words for his afghan counterpart, hamid karzai, but behind closed doors, the two men have plenty of issues. president obama is expected to raise a huge issue again, concerns over corruption in the karzai government and its possible ties to the taliban...

>> well, let me just say that at the very top, bp, what they've told me is that they're going to be responsible for everything. and so what they have said is with respect to any expenses that are presented that relate to damages or relate other expenses to responding to the crisis, that they're going to take care of them. there's a claims process that they've set up and we're watching them closely. and they, we, you're looking at a company here, dylan, that is worth over $100 billion. last year, made $16 billion. and so it seems to me as a responsible party, that they have to dish out the cash...

Listen to this. >> we should not be over paying. we should be stewards of tax payer dollars no veteran should get a claim without supporting it. >> $371 million over the next five years if it doesn't change the claims process. >> as the immigration batted el on our border wages on texas lawmakers now announcing a bill to speed up the removal of illegal immigrant children at the border. this as we are hearing mixed messages from the obama administration. peter doocy is live in washington with a fight over these children. >> lawmakers on capitol hill think the $3.7 billion for border relief basi...

And yet the larger public does not buy that and that is adding to the economic devastation down here. the other problem that the fishermen are dealing with is the claims process. yes, that $20 billion fund exists that bp set up, administrator ken feinberg paid out about $4 billion of that. but the fishermen say, look, they're being asked to sign paperwork that they don't have. they say the problem is -- theo. and when they talk to feinberg about what he thinks their business is worth, and what they think their business is worth, there is a great divide. so it is an economic crisis that the gul...