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Gulf Coast claims chief: Eligibility is ‘big issue’ in deciding who gets paid

Tempers are flying again along the Gulf of Mexico after a major turning point this week in the recovery effort from the B.P. oil spill. The deadline for emergency claims ended Tuesday. The process of handing out billions of dollars in final settlements is now underway.

Today on AM, we talk to the man in charge of compensating the victims of the spill, Kenneth Feinberg, administrator, Gulf Coast Claims Facility.

Watch to find out which types of the thousands of claims Feinberg thinks are eligible for a part of the change, and which may not make the cut.