and i remind folks that katrina put a wall of water 30 foot high into biloxi, which again will speak to the fear of the black wave. that's why we have to get that oil out of the water. that's why i e keep talking to the point of let's get that command and control structure. we've got to move federal workers into each parish. we need to enforce our naurds there and do it before hurricane season comes. we can't afford to pull this team together and start an exchange of business cards after the hurricane comes. you think it's bad now, wait until the hurricane comes. and they will come and they will have an impact. so we have to work every hour, every minute as we said during katrina, they're looking at a calendar and we are looking at a watch. we have got to get this thing moving, organize government, place federal workers in there that will be in the pairishes for years. unlike what we did in katrina where federal workers came in, spent a month and they went back home. no. we need to move those teams in. everybody from health and human service to labor to fema. they need to come and st

they can skim biloxi beach. the areas where we have, if you can go in and did that. >> do we know how many miles it would take to block all the marshlands in louisiana? what is it? >> 21 miles. >> if we stop it right at the coastline. >> and we should focus on that and get that done. >> some of the fisherman, they use their resources recently to put boom out. and that is part of what we don't see that and our area. when they talk about clinton, they're talking about training and not doing it. they're talking about laying people off that had been putting them out, to bring in people from outside with vessels. >> visit that would hire 25-kan. no vote owners. -- they said that they would hire 25. no boat owners. >> we obviously need more resources. we had good news that the federal government has approved of barrier island plan but we need more of everything. we need more barrier islands, we need more boom. we need expedite i claims process which is what i am focusing on. not one person should lose of boat, of busi

heavy oil stained more of the mississippi mainland today, including the tourist beach at biloxi, one of the state's largest. at the same time, officials cast a wary eye on tropical storm alex. the storm was far too south off mexico's yucatan peninsula, but it could still churn up waves that would delay efforts to capture more oil. coast guard admiral thad allen spoke in new orleans. >> any kind of a surge from a storm would exacerbate the oil and would cause problems for us. we're going to face that potential throughout the hurricane season should we have any kind of heavy weather. regarding the relief wells, if we have to evacuate the site because of a hurricane we estimate that there could be a break of about 14 days to take down the equipment, move it off to a safe place and bring it back and reestablish the drilling. >> sreenivasan: b.p. also announced that spending to cap the well, clean up the spill, and compensate people for their losses has reached $100 million a day. total cleanup costs so far have topped $2.6 billion. the people of kyrgyzstan voted overwhelmingly on sunday

on monday of this week, i was in biloxi, mississippi with members from the integrated services team and our groups got together again to finalize the details. they're working hard to get that completed and into the hands of the appropriate people asap. that work is underway in the teams are working closely together. >> you responded in the first half of the question and i appreciate that. and when can we expect it to be provided? you're saying asap. trichet if that has not happened, i would expect within the week. >> thank you. a question that i could vote for you mr. willis or mr. bennett. are there any claims denied by bp or have not been handled in 90 ays? could they be brought to the government's oil trust fund? i believe note claims have been denied to date. i really find that hard to believe. are you telling us that no one person has tried to take advantage of this system, that no one has put forth some sort of false claim? can you provide us with some examples entellus why they have not been denied? -- and tell us why they have not been denied? >> what i can tell you is that we h

they can skim biloxi beach.ow how many miles it would take to block all the marshlands in louisiana? what is it? >> 21 miles. >> if we stop it right at the coastline. >> ande should focus on that and get that done. >> some of the fisherman, they use their resources recently to put boom out. and that is part of what we don't see that and our area. when they talk about clinton, they're talking about training and not doing it. they're talking about laying people off that had been putting them out, to bring in people from outside with vessels. >> vit that would hire 25-kan. no vote owners. -- they said that they would hire 25. no boat owners. >> we obviously need more resources. we had good news that the federal government has approved of barrier island plan but we need more of everythg. we need more barrier islands, we need more boom. we need expedite i claims process which is what i am focusing on. not oneerson should lose of boat, of business from this experience. nothing is their fault. not only is bp responsibl

and i remind folks that katrina put a wall of water 30 foot high into biloxi, which again will speako the fear of the black wave. that's why we have to get that oil out of the water. that's why i e keep talking to the point of let's get that command and control structure. we've got to move federal workers into each parish. we need to enforce our naurds there and do it before hurricane season comes. we can't afford to pull this team together and start an exchange of business cards after the hurricane comes. you think it's bad now, wait until the hurricane comes. and they will come and they will have an impact. so we have to work every hour, every minute as we said during katrina, they're looking at a calendar and we are looking at a watch. we have got to get this thing moving, organize government, place federal workers in there that will be in the pairishes for years. unlike what we did in katrina where federal workers came in, spent a month and they went back home. no. we need to move those teams in. everybody from health and human service to labor to fema. they need to come and star

i live in biloxi. i see a lot of what is happening with bp.old me a very disturbing thing. they say bp will not cap the well because if they do they will lose the lease. they are waiting for the relief wells to be opened. guest: i did not understd

we're doing the same thing inwe're going to put an incident management team in biloxi. >> [inaudible]. >> yes, it will. the intent is to delegate authority down for response [inaudible] all the way back up [inaudible] command post [inaudible]. deployed or the skimmers >> what was your response to tony hayward's testimony yesterday? what will the role be and will let extend beyond this? that's a -- that's a matter between him and british petroleum and the committees he was testifying before. regarding secretary mabus, as him yesterday. as a former commandant of the coast guard and former -- and current secretary of the navy, together for the past year or so. we enjoy a great relationship and his request t o me was to forward on this. he's still [inaudible] up his office, but we're going -- we're going to be in close contact. there'll obviously be some work that's being done [inaudible] especially as it relates to long-term environmental impacts. assessment [inaudible] necessarily roll over into that we will be actively coordinating with him. >> is his role going to be significant? >> i

that we'll have to capture on monday of this week, i was in bulki, mississippi, with members of -- biloxi to get that completed asap. that work is underway. the teams are working closely together. . >> ok. you responded to the first half of the question. i appreciate that. the response to the second half of the question, when can we expect it to be provided as you're saying asap. >> i would expect within this week. >> thank you. a question, if i could both for you, one you can share with mr. bent. i understand that there are any claims denied by b.p. or haven't been handled within 90 days can go to the government's trust fund. i believe no claims have been denied to date, which really i find hard to believe. are you telling us that no one person has tried to take advantage of this system, that no one has put forth some sort of false claim, if they have can you provide with us some examples and tell us why they haven't been denied? >> so on -- what i can tell you is that we have not denied any claims to date. we've had thousands of claims put into the system. we have paid, as i mentioned i

we're doing the same thing inwe're going to put an incident management team in biloxi. >> [inaudible]. >> yes, it will. the intent is to delegate authority down for response [inaudible] all the way back up [inaudible] command post [inaudible]. deployed or the skimmers or whatever the resource might [inaudible]. >> [inaudible] also [inaudible]. >> well, regarding the testimony of tony hayward, i think that's a -- that's a matter between him and british petroleum and the committees he was testifying before. regarding secretary mabus, as him yesterday. as a former commandant of the coast guard and former -- and current secretary of the navy, together for the past year or so. we enjoy a great relationship and his request t o me was to forward on this. he's still [inaudible] up his office, but we're going -- we're going to be in close contact. there'll obviously be some work that's being done [inaudible] especially as it relates to long-term environmental impacts. assessment [inaudible] necessarily roll over into that with the [inaudible]. >> >> well, i'm referring questions on his tasking