feinberg looks and listens. an endlessly moving target, he takes his hits at meeting after meeting, makes his pitch, and moves on. >> where did i start yesterday? from new orleans, right? up to alabama, yeah. >> we joined him at the crack of dawn, where he was calmly preparing for another day of personal abuse. >> with all due respect, 5,000 people have got checks. that's not enough. >> 5,000 out of 20,000 claims sucks. that's not very good. >> it's been ten days now. can we take whoever programmed this, take them down in the swamp, drop them off for ten days, and let them wait on us to go pick them up to see how it feels to keep waiting? >> i don't think you should keep waiting. i told you you wouldn't have to keep waiting. i can't speak-- >> it's a contradiction of your word, sir. >> i know. there may be-- it won't be the first time. i'm trying. >> feinberg acknowledges he's dealing with a weary and frustrated population who may distrust a hotshot lawyer with a boston accent. >> what these fishermen and others

the settlement will put current claims administrator ken feinberg out of a job. a new administrator will be appointed by the court. feinberg has been accused of some of being stingy in his assessment of the losses. under the proposal, b.p. does not admit any liability. b.p. does not settle the civil claims filed by the federal government or the states of louisiana and alabama. lester? >> all right, thanks. >>> also tonight, there's a brewing scandal involving the nfl's new orleans saints. the league says saints players maintained a bounty program over the last three seasons involving payments for players who targeted opponents with the aim of injuring them. the nfl says more than 20 players and at least one assistant coach are involved. punishments could include suspensions and fines. >>> the name stan sterns might not have been a household name, but a photograph he took became a symbol of our time. it was sterns who snapped the picture of john kennedy, jr., jo john john, saluting his father's coffin at the slain president's funeral in 1963. sterns was assigned t

they brought in ken feinberg. are you satisfied with the steps that he been taken? >> i think they have done some good things and some not so good thgs. the dodd-frank legisislationon gives shareholders a vote on pay. it was interesting to me at there were about 50 plants that the shareholders voted against. companies have made some changes. there has been n a little bit of progress there. >> i w would say that is a lot of progress given where we were. >> the e idea thahat shareholdeders should be able e to throw out directors at they do n not like. you u do not hav to get aa majoririty vote in ordeder to serve on the board. >> you also made the point to shareholders saying that you canan have a all the corporate governance rules ithe world but until shareholders start exercising the rightthathey hahave it is not going to ma a difference. >> most of the shares are he by interdiaries -- mutual fundand pension funds, and they have their own c conflicts of interest. ey arere not paid any extra. i ththink that is where the real problem is. >> what brought you dthis you

memorial hospital in chicago and is professor of obstetrics and gynecology at northwestern university, feinbergchool of medicine. >> the second trimester until 24 weeks' gestation is a time of rapid growth, where the organs grow and evolve into the developing functions that they are supposed to develop. at 24 weeks' gestation is when most people consider the third trimester beginning. and that's the time when maturation really takes place of all the organ systems to the point where a baby can function on the outside of the mother. so when a baby is born in the third trimester prematurely, you frequently will have situations of immature function of the organs. >> mcfarland: new yorker rikisha hughes-burke knows firsthand about the uphill battle preterm babies face. her eldest son, a.j., was born just as she began her third trimester. >> i delivered by c-section. my son was 23 weeks and 5 days. and he weighed 1 pound, 5 ounces, 12 inches long. and it was a rough road for him. >> mcfarland: baby a.j. spent four months in the neonatal intensive care unit, also known as the nicu. >> he was born dece

michael feinberg wrote about the central bank's impact on students, investors, borrowers, and literally billions of other real people. perhaps that explains his reaction today. >> it was kind of startling when he walks in and you're like, "all right, he's just a guy." >> i had a name tag. he pronounced it correctly. >> reporter: melanie hoffman's essay was on quantitative easing and the fed's global impact. she enjoyed the give and take with one of the world's most powerful men, though the first lecture was pretty basic. >> i think he kind of started from day one, square one, "this is economics." >> reporter: and with good reason. clearly, the audience for this lecture goes well beyond a couple dozen college students. in speeches, interviews, and even news conferences, bernanke has spent his career demystifying the fed. now, he's teaching the world about his role in the economy. thousands watched online today as the fed chairman described the lead-up to the financial crisis and great recession. >> and we'll begin to see how the history of central banking explains how the federal reserve

feinberg has been accused by of being stingy in his assessment of the losses. b.p.not settle the civil claims filed by the federal government or the states of louisiana and alabama. lester? >> all right, thanks. >>> also tonight, there's a brewing scandal involving the nfl's new orleans saints. the league says saints players maintained a bounty program over the last three seasons involving payments for players who targeted opponents with the aim of injuring them. the nfl says more than 20 players and at least one assistant coach are involved. punishments could include punishments and fine. >>> the name stan sterns might not have been a household name, but a photograph he took became a symbol of our time. he took the picture of john john saluting his father's coffin at the slain president's funeral in 1963. he was assigned to cover the funeral for united press international. he died yesterday at a hospice in maryland. he was 76 years old. >>> and when we come back, family, friends and strangers all lending a hand in this time of need. whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah head

. >> i went to a library conference, and one of the speakers was leslie feinberg, who is a transgenderuthor and activist who has written books on the topic. >> suddenly for evan, a light went on. >> it was a feeling maybe there is a way out of this. maybe i don't have to live the rest of my life this way. it was kind of a feeling of elation. it was like an adrenaline rush. that's how i felt. >> it was a critical moment almost half a century in the making. but it was only the beginning. now evan had to reveal his truth about his gender to his boss and friend, susan krieger. >> well, i got a phone call one day from evan about four years ago, and he sounded very distraught. >> the stakes were high. evan felt his job was on the line, as was his friendship with susan. >> i was so afraid. i was really scared. because this is something i kept a secret for so many years. i was very afraid of losing my job. that scared me more than anything. >> he said there is something i need to come to talk to you about, and i knew from his voice that it was something big. so, he came over and he looked terr

dean blanchard, we're going to check in with you again and see how your meeting with ken feinberg goessly it's not a done deal. the government could still and is expected to continue to its own lawsuits as well. dean, thank you. we appreciate. . dean blanchard, shrimper from louisiana. >>> still ahead this morning on "starting point," the nfl is investigating this bounty program. cash incentives for players, for example, new orleans saints players, to take out opposing players p and they're thinking it might be even more wide spread. >>> also, talk about a really bad dude. girl scouts get robbed in texas. i love these little girls. they fight back. we're going to tell you about that in our "get real" right after this commercial break. stay with us. your you're listening to anita baker "i apologize." so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. the passa

my name is michael feinberg. i'm a student at george washington university. you just mentioned the guarantee of money market funds during the 2008 financial crisis. do you think that was an inappropriate policy to take or Ãcro you think that the way tha it was taken was what was wrong? >> you know, there is debate about what were the appropriate actions to take at the time of the middle of the financial crisis. my spt that the federal reserve should not be taking those acks diy tem them -- actions by themselves using those dollars and ought to be a function in the discussion with congress and lawmakers. >> michael warren from the "weekly standard." what's the political future for this bill? are you seeing this being a bipartisan agreement? what do you see -- can you see the president signing this bill into lth c? >> i would like to see a bipartisan effort. i don't see the president signing this bill. i really think this is a long- term discussion on the role we want the federal government to play if we are to compete to remain strong in the next 100 years and

. >> hi, my name is michael feinberg, i'm a student at the george washington university. >> yeah. >> i just had a question about you just mentioned the guarantee of money market funds during the 2008 financial crisis. do you think that that was an inappropriate policy to take, or do you think that the way that it was taken was what was wrong? >> you know, there's, there's debate about what were the appropriate actions to take at the time during the middle of the financial crisis. my point is that the federal reserve should not be taking those actions by themselves using those dollars reserved for other purposes. that actually ought to be a function and a discussion with congress and lawmakers. >> michael warren from the weekly standard. >> yes, sir. >> what's the political future for this bill? are you seeing this being a bipartisan, reaching bipartisan agreement on this, and what do you see, can you see this president signing this bill into law if it gets there? >> i'd like to see a bipartisan effort. i don't see the president signing this bill. i really think this is a long-term di