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 intended to regulate it. and the path on tropical storm alex gaining strength. expected to become a hurricane. chad myers is tracking the storm and its possible impact on the gulf and oil operations coming up next.
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 intended to regulate it. and the path on tropical storm alex gaining strength. expected to become a hurricane. chad myers is tracking the storm and its possible impact on the gulf and oil operations coming up next. [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn t good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continues ] make sure it s repaired with the right replacement parts.
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 rig workers are covered under that $100 million. although rig workers will say, that s not enough. right. and that s probably going to have to get increased. for every one man on the rig, you have 10 to 15 other supporting jobs that load the supplies, that run the boat that bring the food out to them. all these things, 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 those 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 intended to regulate i
reporter: but again, this is not just the actual rig workers. they re covered by the $100 million fund bp set up for them. these are the thousands of support workers affected. at the same time, environmental groups say this commission that s looking at whether it is safe to drill again shouldn t have a gun to its head thinking that, hey, every week that we take to decide this matter, thousands of people are going to be out of work. tough decisions all around. no easy answers, chris. chris lawrence down in new orleans for us this morning, thanks, chris. add to all of that that chris just told us about, a storm is brewing out there that may make its way to the gulf. we ll talk to admiral thad allen, is there a plan in place in case this storm hits the very place they re trying to remove all that oil. send us questions for thad allen, cnn.com/amfix. we ll post-pose your questions to the admiral in a couple of minutes. in a couple of hours president obama leaves washington for cana
candidate randy brogden, saying bp should be given more freedom to do what he wants. and tea party favorite mike lee who won the nomination last night told the salt lake city tribune he wants to limit how much damages people can claim from bp and have taxpayers pick up the bill. is that something you would be supportive of, o fincreasing that cap on the liability for environmental damage? no. why is that? our entire industry relied on assurances provided by law. does that leave taxpayers responsible? for part of the damage? yeah, it probably does. is that equivalent to a bailout? i don t think well, i don t think that s equivalent to a bailout. democratic congressman of louisiana wrote to bm yesterday asking them to suspend executive bonuses indefinitely and use those funds to incent compensate rig workers sidelined by the moratorium on new drilling, a moratorium that interior secretary salazar repeated today he will revise and restore after a new orleans judge over