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Knee-deep. i'm a flounder fisherman, and it put me out of business. just all the way out of business. and when it stopped, i mean just pure stopped us all together. we don't have anywhere to work. >> and again, not trying to pick a fight with mr. gibbs, but in the sense of being hole, yes. these people want a check to pay their bills to feed their families, to pay their mortgage and make their car payment. but these guys, the fishermen, whether it's in alabama where i met nello barber or plaquemines parish near where james lives, they're not worried about a check. they're worried about a way o...

Guy. he doesn't speak english as a first language. his english a lot better than my swedish, although if that bikini is still around, maybe tutoring? i hope my wife is not watching. >> robert was talking about the importance of this $20 billion. i'm not trying to pick a fight with mr. gibbs at all. but i want you to listen to how he described how important this $20 billion will be to the people of the gulf coast who right now can't work. >> this provides certainty and peace of mind for those in the gulf. if there was any wonder or concern that they would not be made whole for the disaster they...

If it hurts the gulf as bad as they think it is, we probably won't never work again. >> the president's in your state today. if you had a minute with him, what would you say? >> it could have been handled better. this ain't the best i've already seen now. why fight something that's already to the beach when you had something offshore that you could have fight it? you let it come to the beach. fly over it every day, watch it on the news every day, fly over all, all, all, but they don't ever fight it. i'm -- glory, i can't do this -- [ crying ] >> nello barber called us back after leaving emotio...

Nello, folks who lost their liveliho livelihood? >> some are. some are still frustrated. we drove by the bp claims office today. that's heart breaking in its own right. you watch mothers going in with three or four young children, fathers going in with three or four young children because they work in the industry here's. most say they have gotten at least one initial check. nello wants his fishing boat to be contracted. we saw a whole lot of boom. there's boom right around mobile bay. you might be able to see it in the distance. it has oil absorbant foam padding. he wants a job from bp. but h...

>> he literally got so choked up and he couldn't talk anymore. i asked him what would he say if he had a few minutes with the president? and what nello barber said and just about everyone we encountered today and all last week, almost to a person, they said the same thing, they hoped the president does right now, they hope he keeps the pressure on bp, they hope he keeps his promise to make the gulf better than before, and to help the seafood industry, and other industries here. but to a person, almost everyone including nello barber said they believe the president did not get the urgency of th...