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Operation. now they re learning that the government is subjecting the money they re earning from bp from their emergency checks. income is income says the government. adding insult to injury say the boat crews. and then there are these final payments for the $20 billion fund that mr. feinberg is pushing. all across the region, plaintiffs attorneys are saying just the opposite, because agreeing to a settlement means giving up the right to sue bp. a lot to talk about tonight, joining me now is billy nungesser and rice university presidential historian douglas brinkley. billy, you ve been in those meetings where ken feinberg makes his pitch to people. they seem to be satisfied that they can get six month pay or this season s pay without signing a release. then they will calculate how long they think they will be out of work. ....
The gulf. 114,000 claims have been filed. just 32,000 claims have gotten information. they need more information to pay on 61,000 claims and are sending out notifications to that effect. not everyone is happy about how bp is going about it. next month, kenneth feinberg takes over. he s the man president obama named first to hand out emergency payments, then 90 days after the well is plugged to run the $20 billion cash fund bp agreed to to settle claims. as we said, not everyone is happy. fishermen and fishing boat crews have been collecting wages for taking part in the skimming operation. now they re learning that the government is subjecting the money they re earning from bp from their emergency checks. income is income says the government. adding insult to injury say the boat crews. and then there are these final payments for the $20 billion fund that mr. feinberg is pushing. it s my opinion, he says, that people would be crazy not to participate. all across the region, ....
To leave their homes unlocked and cars unlocked. and no longer the case. casey wian, we will follow the issue all afternoon. live coverage. president obama s speech from american university scheduled to begin next hour. 10 clan 10:45 eastern time. today the coast guard will conduct an aerial survey to assess just how bad the storm s impact was. some reinforcement in the cleanup effort is now there. the world s largest oil skimming ship has arrived. the length of 3 1/2 football fields. ten stories high. we will be able to suck up as much as 21 million gallons of oil per day. plus the new head of the gulf coast disaster claims fund says the top priority is to cut bigger checks to compensate claims victims instead of month-to-month emergency checks. kenneth feinberg plans to have his claims fund send out ....