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Get compensated? we will go over that we will also try to find out once and for all who is in control of this 100-million-dollar separate fund that bp set up to compensate those deep water rig workers now idoled by the government six months deep water moratorium. ken feinberg in the white house have given conflicting stories about who is running that, who does that pay. who qualifies? we will sort that out as well. >> clayton: another big question. the claims that have been paid seem like they are being under paid or they are not living up the onto the amount that's been claimed so bp handing ...

Crews. they will are a hard time getting to the island once the winds pick up. 39 miles per hour, that same wind, all bridges going back and forth from the island will shut off. so anyone who happens to be on the island and stays here as the winds pick up are here for the duration. that includes us, the cnn crew. we will be here to give you the step by step actions a the storm gets closer. day 72 of the gulf oil disaster. the crisis commands more attention on capitol hill as well. this hour alone, there are three hearings getting under way. for the first time, lawmakers will hear from the bp...

I didn't realize this until yesterday. but the moratorium claims will fall under my jurisdiction. >> that's a huge development. we didn't know that before. >> i didn't either. i just learned yesterday that the administration and bp have agreed that the moratorium claims will fall under my jurisdiction. >> i find this stunning. i had no idea -- clearly he didn't know about this. just to be clear. when he says the moratorium claims, that means the claims not by the oil rig workers themselves who have lost jobs, but the people who support them, they can put in for claims in this $20 billion fund?...

I just learned yesterday that the administration and bp have agreed that the moratorium claims will fall under my jurisdiction. >> i find this stunning. i had no idea -- clearly he didn't know about this. just to be clear. when he says the moratorium claims, that means the claims not by the oil rig workers themselves who have lost jobs, but the people who support them, they can put in for claims in this $20 billion fund? >> exactly. when i first heard it, somebody should tell the doctor what patients he's going to be operating on. but, yeah, this is the people who support the rig workers. the ...

You have 10 to 15 other supporting jobs that load the supplies, that run the boat that bring the food out to them. bring the supplies, clean the boat. there are many more supporting jobs than there are rig workers. these guys were in limbo for a long time. now what ken feinberg is saying, they're going to be covered under that $20 billion. it doesn't solve all their problems, but it at least gives them some place to go now to start filing their claims. >> i find that surprising. i didn't know that. thanks very much. our investigation into bp's relationship with the u.s. agency that was inten...