systems that would alert the crew about the gas problems or the fire problems were turned off for more than a year. concerns about that when the explosion did hit. those crew members had to be notified by loud speaker. so cause for more investigations. very upsetting news, especially the families of the 11 members who died on that rig back in april. back to you. >> brian: all right, steve harrigan, monitoring the situation in louisiana. thank you. gulf residents looking for pay back for the b.p. oil spill can talk to those writing the checks. kenneth feinberg, administrator of oil spill compensation fund is in alabama today to talk about the oil spill claims process. some are easy to decide, those right on the gulf. but the others, motel 20 miles inland lost the business which will be harder to decide. a fox news alert. two american troops are