some money set aside to help pay for damages, claims, and run through an independent administrator. we are looking at the tunes of multibillion dollars, perhaps as much as $20 billion set aside. this is the reason for this meeting. this is what we are expecting to hear from the president, as well as bp officials. whether or not they have come up with some sort of agreement and deal. we do know that they have been talking before, brooke. it's not like this is a new idea. and it does sound like bp officials seem to be leaning towards what the white house wants. here is how david axelrod, top adviser to the president, put it. >> we've obviously had discussions with them. nothing has been finalized. that will happen today. but it's fair to say that they understand our position, and they understand the position they are in. and we expect them to meet their responsibilities, their legal and moral responsibilities to people in the gulf. and we're going to make sure that happens today.