reporter: kenneth feinberg is the man with the money, $20 billion fund. on fox news sunday he offered reassuring message. my job is to serve the people of alabama, mississippi, florida, louisiana, texas, to try and maximize the dollars. that i can get to the jurisdiction. reporter: b.p. announced the cost of the spill passed the $300 billion mark, money to contain the oil, drilling relief wells and paying claims to those effected to grants to the state for their effort. but tens of thousands of other claims will be coming and it s not always clear who deserves compensation and who does not. you have to look at each and every case. some claims are obvious like commercial fishermen who can t fish and seafood wholesalers, some have gone out of business. but fox news sunday the
across from the capitol. jim? hell row, jon. bp says it has now spent $3 billion trying to contain the oil drilling relief wells and paying for off the various claims of those affected along with money forrest states to cover their efforts. but there are a many, many more claims to come. and those will be paid out of that massive 20 billion-dollar fund that kenneth feinberg is overseeing. and on fox news sunday, he offered a reassuring message. my job is to serve the people in alabama, mississippi, florida, louisiana, texas. to try and maximize the dollars that i can get to those citizens and those jurisdictions. maximize the money there are millions of people and businesses who are suffering but feinberg has to decide who deserves payment and who does not. now, some things are fairly obvious. commercial fishermen and seafood wholesalers are obvious choices
reporter: kenneth feinberg is the man with the money, $20 billion fund. on fox news sunday he offered reassuring message. my job is to serve the people of alabama, mississippi, florida, louisiana, texas, to try and maximize the dollars. that i can get to the jurisdiction. reporter: b.p. announced the cost of the spill passed the $300 billion mark, money to contain the oil, drilling relief wells and paying claims to those effected to grants to the state for their effort. but tens of thousands of other claims will be coming and it s not always clear who deserves compensation and who does not. you have to look at each and every case. some claims are obvious like commercial fishermen who can t fish and seafood wholesalers, some have gone out of business. but fox news sunday the