mr. feinberg, he did earn this. there is a lot of way to corroborate.there are different ways to corroborate. but there has to be something. you have to worry about fraud. so that you don't divert good many -- could money away from eligible people. that is part of the challenger. we will see. >> we have been hearing reports in the news about the health effects on workers, of the chemicals being put on the oil. is that part of the mandate or is that a downstream issue? >> know, that is part of the mandate. they can come into the fund, the families. but you're right, respiratory or dermatological, detergent on the all of my hands or the clubs or whatever. they're about 850 physical injury claims that have to be dealt with. corroborate, show is your medicals, and how sick are you? i am disabled. you are? if you are disabled, where is your social security and disability? where's your workers' comp disability? show me that you are disabled. corroboration is absolutely necessary to make sure that eligible claims get adequate compensation. and that will be a c

mr. feinberg, i have a restaurant in las vague ags. i can't get shrimp from the gulf. it's hurting my business. i want to file a claim." we've got to come up with a formula that decides what claims are causally connected to the spill and what claims are simply too far removed to be eligible for compensation. >> brown: well, you have a lot of experience in these matters. is there a system for that? how do you do the equation-- especially to look at the kind of indirect claims that you're talking about, which i would expect you'll get by the thousands? >> that may be. now, in the 9/11 fund, you'll recall how we dealt with those claims. "mr. feinberg, i broke my leg in omaha, nebraska and i saw the planes hit the building at the world trade center. pay me." what we decided, what congress decided in those cases is look to the state tort law that governs such claims. so if somebody in louisiana has a claim which is, as you say, jeff, indirect , one way we may do this is look and see what would the state courts of louisiana say about the legitimacy of that claim? but i don't

mr. feinberg and a review panel -- that can be done in an expedited manner. if an individual is not happy at that point, they retain all of their legal rights. bp can only seek an appeal of mr. feinberg determination if the claim is in excess of $500,000, or if he certifies the appeal as allowable. >> is that the amount the white house thinks is enough to cover all the damage? >> we want to make sure that the erratic resources there for people to know that they could have their claims met. there are -- state and local governments may have claims. >> just to reiterate, this does not in any way limit or cap the economic damages that bp may be responsible for, or the natural resources damages. it is not a floor arquette and does not limit in any way their responsibility. -- not a floor or a cat. >> -- not a floor or a cat. >> the president spent 20 minutes or so at the beginning of these meetings for several hours, as the group was in discussing the details of the framework agreement. the president spent 25 minutes with the chair alone in the oval office. i thin

mr. feinberg, i own kincaid some food -- kincaid a seafood restaurant. we serve this fabulous dish, louisiana oysters. i cannot get woozy and oysters -- louisiana oysters. people cannot order woosy and oysters. they have stopped coming to my restaurant and my customer volume is down 10%. pay me. what do you do about my claim -- about that plan? -- plclaim. if you pay that claim, the-will pay a restaurant in the inland states -- in the united states. some claims are ineligible. how do you do that? >>actually, congress provided me some guidance in the 9/11 fund. the question was, how do you pay physical injury claims arising out of the terrorist attacks. the law in 9/11 said that ended minister in these claims, look to state tort law of the residents of the victim. -- residence of the victim. i may say that you have brought a business interruption claim from washington d.c.. how likely is it that the courts of washington d.c., the superior court, or maritime law, or the pollution control law or other applicable law, how is it that that rest from one have a

mr. feinberg will determine how if you are not working, you can file another planet it it you did not. you can file another. if you do not like it, you can have it reviewed. at the end of that panel, you can take that. if you are still dissatisfied, you can go to the federal trust fund or you can go into court. you get a quicker answered and you can file over and over. >> the 90 day process is within this. >> what is the procedure to go to this bertran and say that 20 billion is not enough hel? >> bp retains all of their liability. if there was no money available, you can go straight at bp. all of the rights of the claimants have been preserved. this new claims facility will stand in his place. if for some reason there was not money, you could ask for the payment. the only people have limited their rights here is bp. >> if you accept the money, you have limited funds. >> can you walk us through this? >> you have heard the president for three and a half years talk about his approach to comprehensive energy reform. i don't think that that has been unclear. he reiterated a call last night

mr. feinberg is setting up and he would encourage you to move as fast as you can to reclaim some of the money that bp owes you. >> the government also announced that its cost are 6 to $9 billion. will bp continue to get a larger bill? -- the costs are $69 billion. will be the continue to get a larger bill? >> bp will be priced today every psychic -- every single time that they owe. -- will be pressed to pay every single deime that they go. >> is the white house happy with the reaction from china so far and when can we expect to get an update? >> as the president and secretary geithner said this weekend, we are encouraged. we will be monitoring the progress. implementation will be the key. we are going to keep an eye on that. >> hard the president describe that? >> i did not talk to him specifically about it. but i think his statement says it. >> the second part of the question was, when should we expect the release of the current report? current report? will that be [unintelligible] >> it certainly will not be before. in terms of the prime interrogatory reforms that have been put in place --