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Spokesperson, we're doing everything we can do. >> we've mounted the largest response ever in the world here, we've already spent over 450 million dollars. we're throwing every resource required at this problem and i think, i'd just ask people to judge us on what we're doing. we're not talking about limits on liability, we are he' talking about doing what needs to be donements you heard that, glenn, we're doing everything that we can possibly do. is that a lie? >> i would say that they probably are doing everything at that they feel they can do and i believe that they're probably outsourcing m...

>> congressman jeff miller today, keith, told the locals here in pensacola, florida, that he was going to work with the other congressmen from the gulf states and try to get bp to put up $1 billion into an escrow fund to help local and state governments do the cleanup work. we've got all our governments down here strapped for money like they are all over the country, and all of a sudden they're going to have to foot the bill for cleanup until bp putts up some money. >> i understand that you got into a meeting that was held by florida governor crist over the weekend. it sounds like that was as ...

Today, keith, told the locals here in pensacola, florida, that he was going to work with the other congressmen from the gulf states and try to get bp to put up $1 billion into an escrow fund to help local and state governments do the cleanup work. we've got all our governments down here strapped for money like they are all over the country, and all of a sudden they're going to have to foot the bill for cleanup until bp putts up some money. >> i understand that you got into a meeting that was held by florida governor crist over the weekend. it sounds like that was as much fun as it sounds like ...

Chronic re-oiling, oil that washes back onto the shore. and many gulf businesses are still feeling it. even though tourism here in new orleans is vibrant, it's less on the shore. tourism at alabama beaches has fallen. it's flat on the florida panhandle. a better picture on the louisiana coastal parishes have workers were able to make money doing cleanup work. here's what ken it feinberg, bp's man in charge of the compensation fund, said last year. >> this is not about politics. this is about helping people in the gulf. that's what this is about. i'm working for you, not for bp. if you file a c...

Tourism at alabama beaches has fallen. it's flat on the florida panhandle. a better picture on the louisiana coastal parishes have workers were able to make money doing cleanup work. here's what ken it feinberg, bp's man in charge of the compensation fund, said last year. >> this is not about politics. this is about helping people in the gulf. that's what this is about. i'm working for you, not for bp. if you file a claim with me, and the claim is eligible, and it is corroborated, you will be paid forthwith 24, 48 hours. >> they promised. so far, bp has paid out $4 billion of that $20 billion ...