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Have still not been kept. >> bp also points to the $20 billion pledged to make people and businesses whole. but as we showed you on the program last night, only about 25% of it has been paid out, and a lot of people who believe they've got legitimate claims say they're being stiffed. 25%, of course, is still better than nothing. and absolutely nothing is precisely what lawmakers in washington, d.c. have delivered. listen to keith jones, he lost a son on the deep water rig. he was pushing congress to change a law that limits liability in cases like his son's. >> if you want these companies, one...

From tripoli where gadhafi loyalists are head quartered. arwa damon is in benghazi. nic, remind our viewers what happened, what has happen eed where you are within the past hour. >> reporter: we heard several loud explosions followed by heavy, heavy anti-aircraft gunfire. it sounded as if the gunfire was coming up from where moammar gadhafi's palace is, about a mile or so away from where we're located here. then after perhaps a few more minutes after that heavy anti-aircraft gunfire, a couple more loud explosions, the explosions we couldn't tell what they were, but they sounded as if they coul...

Stain, everything there is in the street for not to see any proof of what he's doing to terrorize this community. >> you're a very courageous woman for even speaking to us on the phone from tripoli. be careful over there. we'll stay in close touch. good luck to you and all the people of libya. we're watching what's going on. we'll check in with arwa damon in a moment. she's in benghazi where the rebels are head quartered. a military action in libya followed by diplomatic efforts, we'll talk about what's going on with a former u.s. assistant secretary of state jamie ruben. that's coming up, as ...

Into law in the united states. it's up to the president and the treasury secretary to try to kick start this and get other of these countries -- other countries to do similar new restrictions on the banking industry because if they don't, then the fear is that somehow maybe banks that are head quartered in america will somehow move away and move their money to banks or move lock, stock and barrel to countries with fewer restrictions. >> okay. so in terms of the accomplishments, the expectations for this weekend? what are they expecting to do? and what won't they do? >> reporter: well, there's ...

About the problems with greece, but the problem with europe. the euro zone, the zone of countries that have adopted the euro is made up of countries in wildly different economic situations all sharing a common currency. now that means when greece falls into deep recession, as it has, it cannot do what many countries would do at that stage, which is devalue its currency. that would make greek goods more competitive on world markets and get its economy growing again. an american state that's in recession, say michigan, also can't devalue its currency, but michigan would get large sums of money f...