there was a cautiously optimistic attitude. it s fabulous, because if the oil has stopped flowing, that makes it easier for us to begin to corral the type of claims. because we ll know better where the oil is going to go. well, i feel like i can get back to a little normal and i don t have to roll and no sleep at night and it s a big relief off a lot of people and shrimpers. this isn t a complete stop. we don t know how long it is going to last. when they can tap into that well and totally turn it off, then we re going to light fireworks. we re going to celebrate. reporter: as of this morning, none of that $20 billion escrow has been given out. feinberg says he will take over in three weeks an start doling out the money. he also made a point to give credit to bp for giving out almost $150 million, money
they feel confident but they can t breathe a complete sigh of relief quite yet. it s fabulous, because if the oil has stopped flowing, that makes it easier for us to begin to corral the type of claims. because we ll know better where the oil is going to go. well, i feel like i can get back to a little normal and i don t have to roll in no sleep at night. it s a big relief off a lot of people and shrimpers. this isn t a complete stop. we don t know how long it is going to last. when they can tap into that well and totally turn it off, then we re going to light fireworks. we re going to celebrate. whereas you can imagine, mr. feinberg is a pretty popular man right now. he s literally holding a blank checkbook filled with $20 billion of bp s money that he s going to start writing those checks about three weeks from