. >> reporter: the town of plainfield in eastern connecticut is where this story plays out. it's an old yankee mill town where everybody knows everybody. the kind of safe and friendly place where scott and jane thompson wanted to raise their son, ryan. >> it was the hometown america neighborhood. >> they're in and out of one another's houses, riding bikes, doing stuff. >> right. >> reporter: tell me a little bit about ryan. >> easy kid. happy go-lucky and lots of friends in the neighborhood. >> reporter: brandy stebbins and her brother dave lived across the street. >> a pretty close knit group of kids wasn't it? >> pretty much. they called it curb side because they would sit on the curb and look at people driving by and say, hey, you know, hello to people they know. >> reporter: another friend lived one street up. >> growing up in that small neighborhood you go through ups and downs but you become best friends. >> brandy became a single mom at age 19. >> dave and jared struggled in school at times. ryan, too. >> he was getting disgruntled with high school. he was thinking ab

host: that was keith from plainfield, new jersey. time for a couple more calls. a couple more news stories as well to the oil spill. the front page of the houston chronicle. executive says b.p. could plug well by the end of july ahead of a projected target of august if weather conditions permit and drilling of relief wells goes smoothly. from the newly appointed executive in charge of the company's response. that's a houston chronicle story. the financial times today, the lead story says that b.p. has been braced for a shake-up at the top and they show on a tightrope b.p. chairman carl henic svanberg leading -- and dudley to their recent white house meeting, investors are braced for a clearout of leadership once the leaking oil well is capped, perhaps in the next few weeks. mr. svanberg the swedish chairman isening singled out for shareholder criticism for his perceived lack of decisive leadership during this and his failure to support tony heyward, the embattled chief executive. to the oil drilling story specifically, our news maker program runs every sunday at

we're going to go to holly from plainfield, illinois.y be losing his job after 22 years with his company. i was wondering what happens to his pension? he is fully vested. do we get to cash it out? if we can, what are the financial downfalls of this? i know we would need the money to help support our family even though this may not be the best option. >> jean, they're in a tough spot. >> you are absolutely in a tough spot, holly. here is what i want you to do. talk to the benefits administrator at that company about the options. the way pensions typically work they roll out over time. so what you don't want to do is lose all of the tax advantages for cashing all of that money out in advance of your retirement date. the benefits administrator at that company will know what the specific options are for that particular pension plan. and i know you know this already, but you want to do anything possible to earn a little bit of extra money so that you can maintain that tax protection as long as you possibly can. >> all right. good luck, holly.