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Points. what exactly were the sticking points. >> to be honest we'll be happy to get into what was agreed to. >> you can't tell us what it is you bucked at? >> we've reached an important agreement for the people of the gulf of mexico that gives individuals and small businesses certainty their claims will be handled in an expedited manner and it's a positive step forward. >> the $100 million fund for unemployed -- 100 million i think -- was that suggested by the white house or something they volunteered? >> that was suggested by the white house. we are concerned and we welcomed the fact they're...

>> did the president accept the apology? >> i assume so, yes. >> what were the sticking points? >> to be honest, we'll be happy to get into what was agreed to. >> so you can't tell us what you bumped heads over? >> we've reached an agreement. it's a really important agreement for the people of the gulf of mexico. it gives the individuals and the small businesses, you know, some certainty that their claims are going to be handled in an expedited manner. i think this is a very positive step forward in what has been a very difficult situation. >> was that suggested by the white house or something...

We're going to be doing something different. i recall it was something about displacing the riser with the sea water for that tower. >> taking drilling mud out. >> yes. >> and replacing it with sea water? >> yes. >> brown and others say the argument raised concerns because replacing dense mud with sea water meant less pressure to hold the oil down. >> why would they want to displace it with salt water? >> to make it quicker for the production well to get in once we capped the well. >> that's the idea. they wanted to close off the well. >> they were getting ready to go to the next well and they...

Behind schedule, according to the rig workers, and at a rough cost of $750,000 a day, that delay meant the project was more than $26 million overbudget. the survivors say there was pressure to finish the drilling and begin actually pumping out oil. >> you're saying this was an argument between some transocean people and the guy from bp? >> correct, and basically he ended up saying, well, this is how it's going to be, and they started reluctantly agreeing -- >> you're saying the guy from bp wouldn't argument basically? he basically said this is how we're going to do it? >> yes, that's what i re...

They can prepare the documents as they arise, give those to the grand jury over time, let them make that decision. but from what we've seen it at least calls for the grand jury at this point to at least start looking for the information as it develops. and from what i've seen so far i think it's already there p again, what we saw in the bp care, all of the same things bp did in this case, they did many times over in the texas city explosion, and even though we and the victims asked over and over to see some kind of criminal indictment against individuals in executive positions that were the on...