Oladipo and zeller. Tom crean has been able to get this team back to that high level. Bill its the speed of the game thats devastating. Youve got to match it. The push. The willingness to spread and attack stretches your d. Tough pass. Ian ferrell. The turnover. Bill he knows. A little giveaway. Trimble a little frustrated. How smart is he . Didnt go all the way actually picked it up, i think he was going to make a play for a cutting hoosier. I thought you were going to say smarter than your average point guard. Bill that he is. Thats not going out on a limb. Ian im like your booboo. Bill hurt his shoulder again. Ian a leftshoulder injury he was dealing with heading into this game. Again even though hes bending over, excruciating pain. Ian he aggravated it against iowa. Tom crean comes over. The medical staff will come over. Dr. Steve opfelt who played here for bob knight. Ian doing his job trying to tip a ball, and did, by the way, did his job. Bill did and paid for it, and tom was saying to both of us that at the end of the year, its happened so often theyre going to have to address it. God bless him, huh . Ian indiana playing without robert johnson. High leftankle sprain. Morgan was a question mark for hartman was a question mark for this game. They help the freshman to the locker room with 1 20 left to play. Bill yesterday he was saying i feel pretty good. Ready to go. Remember the rebounding he got earlier in the game, soaring tom and the staff, tim buckley worked hard, chuck martin, rob judson, on the other end i spoke to hall of famer at st. Marys who watches the games, he studied, by the way la salle guy. Ian brantley in for maryland, trimble will sit and melo trimble wraps up his day with 17 points. Four rebounds. Three assists. Bill indiana puts so much pressure on you. Constant. Every trip. Youve got to match it. Ian 17 for yogi ferrell. Ian layman gives it away. Williams is fouled and now its all window dressing for indiana. Ian layman has fouled out. The Big Ten Tournament coming up in indianapolis. Indiana will be in the be one seed. Michigan state the two. Maryland entering action could have been the three, or the four. Either way, theyve got the double bye which was a big key for mark turgeon. Bill thats what his concern was. Theyve got a few days to get back together and get organized. This was a terrific performance. Who was ready. Watching practice, tom didnt want any letdown. Laymans playing the game with them, not sitting down you get that reaction at home, dont ian yeah, left, right. Billy, maryland will be a part of it, indiana will be a part of it. Well have it for you the Big Ten Tournament, semifinals and finals on cbs from indianapolis next weekend. Bill from beginning to end. Ian its going to be a battle too. Bill its going to be a great tournament. Seven guaranteed, maybe eight teams. Ian depending on michigan. Bill yeah. Ian final 45 seconds. Williams makes his move. Hangs and hits. 8062. Williams has 23 to lead the hoosiers. Bill when he finishes at the rim, ooh, does that complement their sets. Time out, continue play to get seniors in. Ian nickens had it blocked. Anunoby. 20 seconds left. Bill theyre going to call a time out and keep playing. Just to keep playing. Yeah. Just to get the seniors in. Ian senior day. Yogi ferrell. Ian indelible impact that hes had on this program. Bill a keeper. Early in the year, struggled a little bit. Notre dame game seems, tom, to have turned the season around for them buckley with the hug why not . He is hugable. Ive seen him play a lot of good games. Ian Jackson Tharp is in. Bill dont rub it in. Ian he wants to get one more player in. Tim priller. Bill something to talk about the rest of your life. Ian indiana riding the waves. Big ten champions. They will enter the conference tournament as the number one seed. A convincing 8062 win over maryland. The number 12 hoosier defeat the number 14 terrapins. For bill raftery, Tracy Wolfson and the rest of our crew, this is ian eagle saying so long from bloomington. Minutes followed by new episodes of emv madam secretary, the good wife and c. S. I. Cyber. Closed captioning provided by cbs Sports Division tired of working for peanuts . Well what if i told you that peanuts can work for you . Thats right. Im talking full time delivery of 7 grams of protein and 6 essential nutrients. Ever see a peanut take a day off . I dont think so. Harness the hardworking breaking news alerts and the hourbyhour forecast from the weather authority. This is local 12 news. Good evening. We start with some sad news tonight. Former first Lady Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94. She lived a listening life that included working as an an actress and launching the just say no antidrug campaign. Kenneth craig takes a look at reagans life and legacy. Nancy davis and was already a working actress when her future husband entered the scene. I was afraid you wouldnt come. She acted in 11 feature films before becoming a fulltime mother to patty and ross, thenfirst lady of california and a few years later first lady of the white house. Swear. Two months of his inauguration, president reagan survived an assassination attempt that helped shape Nancy Reagans selfappointed role in the white house as personal protector for the president , she reviewed his schedules and consulted an astrologer for advice on security. I was so obsessed with his safety that any time he went out of the house, i think my heart stopped. That devote went both ways. Friends called the reagans marriage the greatest love affair in the history of the american presidency. As they settled into washington, mrs. Reagan launched an ambitious renovation of the white house, then moved on to became part of her legacy. Her just say no campaign swept across the country and into schools, eventually bringing her to the United Nations as the first first lady to address the general assembly. She stayed on the sideline of political policy but was there when her husband couldnt find the words. Doing everything we can. Doing everything we can. A few years after leaving the white house, Ronald Reagan announced his battle with alzheimers disease, and nancy devoted herself to nursing her husband as his mind slipped away. Thats the worst part about this disease. Theres nobody to exchange memories with. After Ronald Reagans death, she put herself at odds with other republicans by pushing for federal funding for Stem Cell Research to try the find a cure for alzheimers. Weve lost so much time already, and i just really cant bare to lose any more. She traveled to washington for the unveiling of her husbands statue and she kept hand in politics, endorsing john mccains run for the white this is the nominee of the party. Nancy reagan suffered falls and visibly slowed with age. She was escorted by former president george w. Bush at the 2011 funeral of fellow former first lady betty ford. But her last years were lonely. She visited her husbands grave on the 10th anniversary of his death as she did every year, even as she grew more frail. She once said the pain of his loss only got worse. Kenneth craig, cbs news. Ohio and kentucky republicans are remembering nancy reagan tonight. Ohio attorney general mike dewine says, nancy reagan used her position as first lady to encourage our kids to just say no to drug, which is a message that remains relevant today. Ohio Governor John Kasich says, president reagan has been reunited with his wife and partner, but america and the reagan family have lost a woman of grace and strength. And finally Senate Majority in many ways the reagan love story was classic hollywood, but it was unmistakably human, too. Hands intertwined, nancy and ron rose to the pinnacle of political power, weathered cancer and personal heart attack, embraced the deaths of alzheimers cold embrace always together. Meanwhile, tonight Cincinnati Police are investigating a shooting in West Price Hill that has left man with serious injuries. Officers were called to a home on trenton avenue near west 8th about 3 00 p. M. Police found man outside a house who had been shot multiple times. The 31yearold was taken to the hospital. Police say they are looking for well be right back. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Her lifes work has been about breaking barriers. And so would her presidency. Which is why, for every american whos not being paid what theyre worth. Whos held back by student debt or a system tilted against them and there are far too many of you she understands that our country cant reach its potential. Unless we all do. Together. Forecast. Good evening. Tristate. No rain or snow anticipated tonight or on monday. They will be breezy tomorrow and breezy through midweek. We will drop down to 40 degrees in cincinnati overnight. Tomorrow. No rain, no snow. Much warmer air on the way to kick off the work week. Notice all the highlevel oxford. The temperature is far away i suggest any rain trying to fall over spreading the ohio valley would be unsuccessful in reaching the ground. Lowlevel moisture comes our way late in the week and that will bring rain and storms. In the shortterm, highlevel clouds. Sunshine tomorrow. It will be highly filtered thanks to the clouds coming from the west. We will be warmer and breezy the next couple days. Dew point now 35 in cincinnati. We have a dry air mass in place. We have highly filtered sun. Temperature 50 in the queen city. This morning on good morning cincinnati, a bubble of warmth to the west is coming our way. It made it into the low 50s this afternoon. Tomorrow, we are up into the 60s. Look at all the clouds coming in from the west. No lowlevel clouds anticipated tonight. Notice, no rain close to cincinnati. You have to go into the great lakes or well down into the southwestern part of the u. S. To see any precipitation dear the tristates. Look at all the clouds coming from the west. There will come through in waves. Occasionally, we see clouds breaking up in spots. Clouds will be an abundance through the next several hours. As you head back to work or School Tomorrow morning, tim back in. Still high clouds, but still dry. Tomorrow at noon, it still high clouds, but no rain. We will stay dry all the way through tuesday even though showers may clip parts of indiana and ohio on monday. Monday evening, they will say outside the local 12 viewing area. Outside of high clouds tonight, down to 41 by 6 00 in the morning. We are up to 65 degrees by 4 00 in the afternoon. Potential for localized flooding later on in the week. I believe we will see a quarter to half inch of rain from thursday through sunday with isolated higher totals. The flooding trend has gone down. Still a risk for a thunderstorm. That suggests pockets of heavier rain. That is a concern late in the week. Before the rain returns, were warm and breezy. Nice taste of spring on the way. Youre thinking about next weekend. It is going to be cool compared where we will be in the next talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, scream. Only one guys done more than talk. Kasich. Hell do for a fmerica what hes doneor us. Create jobs. Undred t ho us four hand jobsere in ohio. H brought em bahick from mexico and cna. Turned our deficit into an america that works . Lets loan em john kasich. Reonhisis blade for the content backtoback senior day for cincinnati. Mens college basketball. 24th ranked msu. The seniors have won my shocked to see ncaa tournament, so this a must win. Bearcats made it to the tune of five straight years. Corey flushes that. He had 10 and seven and 17 minutes. He needed that. That will belong to that man right there, kevin johnson. Ellis throw down. Caupain 14 points. You uc up. Bearcats 24 and 30 from the line. 29 percent from the field. Uc when 6154. What does nick think about his teams chance . I think we have the same we play in the league with five teams that are tournament teams. Houston may go to the tournament. Theyre probably favored to win the conference tournament the way they are playing right now. How we can be in a league with that many good teams being 22 and nina not being it would be you tell me. Some of those teams dont leave their state or their gym. The dont play anybody and then they go there conference may go 99 in there in and we are not. Its comical. You want to tell me where no one of the better teams . Come on. Its a joke. Look at some of the people i talk about. Thats why dont like talking about it. Its a joke. Anchor thats funny. Xavier closed out the regular season yesterday on senior day. A win over creighton. 26 regular wins. Tray vaughn blue and Edward Sumner won big honors today. 15 points. Hes third among freshmen in scoring. Great honors. Lots more basketball, or hopefully much more basketball. Keep getting the reps soon. Hopefully were going to put it all together. I think everybody goes out and plays hard. I dont think its lack of play. I think we just got to come together and get more focused. As u is going to be a pretty nice night. Scott a fight it looks like its going to be a little rain. Up to 65 tomorrow. That is a springlike forecast. Dry tomorrow. Dry tuesday. Breezy. Rain chances return late we i was a snowboarding instructor, a bouncer in a nightclub. Laura logan and now 44year old Justin Trudeau is a world leader. The new Prime Minister of canada and his wife will be guests of honor at a white house state dinner later this week. Crisis will likely be on the menu. While we were with trudeau we found out he loves to box and is not afraid of a fight. All about how hard you can hit your opponent. Its about how hard of a hit you can take and keep going. I am no expert but from what i know, what happened in the things that were torn up, it had to be like an atomic explosion. Anderson cooper he is talking about the explosion that killed 29 coal miners in a mine run by the man known as the king of coal, who just became the first c. E. O. Of a Major American Company convicted of a Workplace Safety crime. This was a coal mine and a company that was, not an exaggeration to say run, as a criminal enterprise. This can be likened to a Drug Organization and the defendant was the kingpin. Bill whitaker all the condemned men in texas, about 250 of them, are held in one place death row in livingston. The prison let us inside to speak with several condemned killers just weeks before their executions. What they told us in their final what do you think you will be thinking . If i am going to hell or heaven. If i am going to hell or heaven. I am steve kroft. I am lesley stahl. I am anderson cooper. I am bill whitaker. I am lara logan. I am scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. Cbs money watch pup date sponsored by lincoln financial. Calling all chief life officers. Glor glor good evening. An iranian billionaire was sentenced to death for embezzling from irans staterun oil company. China said today it punished nearly 300,000 officials for corruption last year. And Peyton Manning is retiring as the highestpaid player in nfl history, earning nearly 250 million, not including endorsements. 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These are not all the possible side effects of opdivo. Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including immune system problems, or if youve had an organ transplant, or lung, breathing, or liver problems. A chance to live longer. Ask your doctor if opdivo is right for you. Bristolmyers squibb thanks the patients and physicians who participated lara logan when Justin Trudeau comes to washington later this week, canadas new Prime Minister will become the First Canadian leader in almost the white house with a state dinner. Its an important relationship the u. S. Gets more oil from canada than any other country and its one of this nations biggest trading partners. But relations lately have been a little frosty, after years of conservative leadership in ottawa that was often at odds with the obama administration. That changed when 44 year old trudeau took office last fall. His father, Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau, famously made canada one of the most progressive countries in the world and many in canada wonder if Justin Trudeau would ever have made it to the countrys top Office Without the most storied name in canadian politics. Logan youve had a somewhat unusual path to this office of Prime Minister. Justin trudeau well, i was i was a snowboard instructor, i was a bouncer in a nightclub i was a White Water River guide i worked as a teacher. You know, i make no apologies for a very varied set of life experiences. Logan but its also opened you up to criticism. I mean, weve heard it, youve heard it. You know what people say, that youre too young, youre inexperienced, that, you dont have what it takes to do this job. Justin trudeau well, i the way i respond to it is by ignoring it. I mean, you you cannot let yourself be defined by the hopes that you will fulfill the darkest wishes of your opponents. cheers and applause logan Justin Trudeaus sweeping victory was not expected. Justin trudeau this is what positive politics can do logan a few weeks earlier, his liberal party was last in the polls. Yet when the votes were counted, hed done what no other leader in canada had ever done Justin Trudeau thank you, merci, merci beaucoup logan taken his party from its worst defeat in the last snatching power from the conservatives after nearly a decade of rule. In that moment of victory, his youth, his looks and his family name captivated the world. Hes so handsome logan is that daunting . Justin trudeau it is what it is. I look at what i have as a challenge and i could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And i choose not to be daunted by any of them. Logan undaunted, and still untested, with a majority government that gives him significant power he says hell use to return the country to its liberal roots. Hes already fulfilled one of the boldest promises of his campaign welcoming 25,000 syrian refugees, some of them in person. Justin trudeau welcome to your new home. Logan . At a time when the u. S. Has taken in a little over 2,000 refugees from syria. And governments are more concerned than ever about Justin Trudeau we were able to actually go and pick and choose and screen and bring over and that gives us a much greater and that gives us a much greater over whos actually going to come in. Logan but are you saying or do you acknowledge that there is still a risk . Justin trudeau every time a tourist or an immigrant or a country, theres a security risk. And i am more than comfortable that doing what weve done, accepting in 25,000 syrian refugees, does right by both the safety of canadians and by the values that define us as a nation. Logan would you be just as comfortable if there was a terrorist attack carried out by someone who came through as a refugee . Justin trudeau ultimately, being open and respectful powerful as a way to diffuse hatred and anger than you know, layering on, you know, big walls and oppressive policies. Logan his commitment to openness is reminiscent of his father, pierre, whos regarded as one of the founders of modern canada. Pierre Trudeau Canada must be progressive, and canada must be a just society. Logan he enshrined into law a charter of rights and freedoms, similar to the u. S. s bill of rights, that still defines what it means to be canadian today. And he made the country officially bilingual, giving french the same status as english. Known as much for his towering intellect, as his glamour and charm, he dominated canadian politics for nearly two decades. Reporter and once again thats . Pierre trudeau justin. Logan and from the moment his son was born on Christmas Day in 1971, Justin Trudeau was spotlight. Every step, including some of his first, chronicled by a nation obsessed. Tv announcer with his eldest son justin was in tow. Logan his dad took him all over the world to meet popes and Prime Ministers and royalty, his Little Brothers sometimes at his reporter what did you think of lady diana . Young Justin Trudeau oh she was very beautiful, and im glad that Prince Charles has picked her. Logan it was a unique childhood, but it defined him in canada as Pierre Trudeaus son, and he struggled to break free of that legacy. You still face the people who say, this guy didnt earn it. You know, hes trading on his fathers glorious past. Justin trudeau im proud to be his son. And i and i dont mind that people remember that. I think thats a good thing. But one of the things that comes with that is having lived all my life with people who would criticize me without knowing me because they didnt know my or people who loved me without knowing me because they loved my father. Logan and both are false. Justin trudeau both are false. Logan in 2012, four years into his political career, he chose an unusual way to prove he was more than the spoiled son of canadian royalty. Justin trudeau logan he turned an annual Charity Boxing match into a political opportunity, challenging patrick brazeau, a senator from the opposition who had a black belt in karate. Canadians took one look at the two of them, and said trudeau had lost his mind. The first round went as expected. But he and his trainer ali nestor, had prepared for this battle. Outlast him. Sophie trudeau i think i was laughs looking through the fingers. It was not easy. Logan trudeaus wife sophie was in the crowd. Sophie trudeau youre thinking, why is he doing this again . And i dont like seeing this. But had told me so many times, i got this. Its not gonna be easy. I got it. I can do it. Logan did you know the strategy going in . Sophie trudeau i did know that, but he he admitted that the punches were with such strength and force, he had been punched before but not with that strength. And there were some moments where you know, he was seeing stars. But he he stayed upright. Logan trudeau held firm to the plan and when brazeau tired, pounded him into submission. The referee had to step in before the end of the third round. Did not even go to the end, not even close. Justin trudeau people think hard you can hit your opponent. Its not. Boxing is about how hard a hit you can take and keep going. That ultimately is much more the measure of a person than someone who says, oh, ive never been knocked down, or, ive never been punched in the face. Well, you know what . Maybe you should have. You might learn a few things about yourself. Logan the Prime Minister still boxes at the same gym in montreal where he and ali trained for the fight. We stopped by to watch them work out. The kids here all know him and still call him by his first name. With his triumph in the ring, trudeau proved he was tougher than most people thought. Logan . A strength that came in part from a life defined not just by privilege, but by tragedy. His mother, a media sensation nearly 30 years younger than her husband, struggled with Mental Illness then undiagnosed. Her boys, the painful separation played out in the tabloids. And when trudeaus younger brother michel was killed in an avalanche in 1998, the loss was very public. Trudeau says his father was never the same. bells pealing logan Pierre Trudeau died two years later. It was the largest state funeral in their history and more than 20 million canadians watched Justin Trudeau, then 28, deliver the eulogy for his father. Justin trudeau united in our grief, to say goodbye. Logan that was a moment that had lasting impact. Why do you think that was . Justin trudeau i denied this for a long time. I think there was a sense of showing people what a great love his sons were capable of giving him. Logan today, its his family people come to see. His children growing up in the spotlight, unphased by cameras and temperatures well below zero at the popular winter carnival in quebec city, where we joined them in a ritual he and his father used to enjoy. Much of his time as Prime Minister is spent here on Parliament Hill in ottawa, the countrys capital. This is what they call the lifeblood of canadas democracy, where laws are made and trudeau responds in public to questions from the opposition. The hallways we walked with him are filled with his memories. His father lay in state here and his portrait hangs on the wall, a constant reminder of the man logan how long have you been in politics . About eight years . Justin trudeau about eight years. Yeah. To Prime Minister for in about eight years . Justin trudeau things fell into place. There was an opportunity for fresh leadership. And i was i was successful. Logan under his leadership, canada is redefining its role in the world. He pulled the countrys fighter jets out of the u. S. Led air war against isis, but more than doubled the number of advisors on the ground. Your role in this war is bigger now than it was with just six planes in the sky. Justin trudeau theres a lot of countries that do very well at dropping bombs. There are other things that canada actually does better than most other countries. And one of them is training people on the ground. Logan but its not disengagement. In fact, its a Justin Trudeau no. Logan deeper engagement in the war. Justin trudeau indeed. Logan trudeaus father liked to say that hockey players and cold fronts were canadas main exports. But the u. S. Relies on its northern neighbor for more than that. Than eight million americans depend on canada for their jobs, and nearly 2 billion in trade flows across the border every day. On the eve of his visit to the white house, we asked the Prime Minister about canadians feelings toward the us and were surprised at his candor. Logan what do canadians not like about the u. S . Justin trudeau i had a conversation one time with an american parent of a friend of mine and she was a big supporter and i pointed out that if that person was run if indeed this man was running to be as americans like to say, the most powerful man in the world, i just felt like it might be nice if they paid a little more attention to the world. So having a little more of an awareness of whats going on in the rest of the world i think is is what many canadians would hope for americans. Because you cant be canadian one other country, the united states, because its so important to us. 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The kind of accident that isnt supposed to happen anymore. It was just after three oclock on april 5, when a massive explosion tore through miles of underground tunnels, killing 29 miners. Prosecutors accused don safety laws and fostering a corporate mentality that allowed the disaster to occur. Stanley stewart it was tremendous. Im no expert, but just from what i know of what happened and the things that were torn up in there, it had to be like an atomic explosion. Cooper Stanley Stewart worked at the Upper Big Branch mine for 15 years. He was 300 feet underground and had just started his shift when the explosion occurred. Stewart i felt a little breeze of air coming from inside. And i said thats not right. Well then it got harder, and we just took off running to the outside, and looked and you could see the whoosh just keep coming and coming. Seemed like for somewhere between two and four minutes. And one of the younger guys said hey, what happened . And i said buddy, the place blew up. Cooper the explosion occurred 1,000 feet underground and nearly three miles inside the mine. Safety and health administration, have never been seen before, and show the force of the blast. Flames moving at more than 1,500 feet per second shot through more than 2. 5 miles of underground tunnels. Investigators believe the blast was caused by a spark that ignited methane gas that had built up due to inadequate ventilation. Highly flammable coal dust that had been allowed to accumulate throughout the mine fueled the explosion. Stewart it was an early 1900s type of explosion. Conditions should never have existed for that to take place. Cooper stewart was there when some of the 29 miners hed worked sidebyside with for decades were brought to the surface. What kind of condition were they in . Stewart their faces were very black and it smelled like dynamite. Ill never forget that smell. Cooper the miners ranged in age from 20 to 61. Most were fathers. A third were killed instantly. Miner, and his wife shereen, lost their son jason, who was at the end of his shift and was heading toward the mine entrance, when he was overcome by toxic fumes. Shereen atkins the coal dust was so bad that it carried, it crying . And took our sons life who was almost out of the mines. Cooper gary quarles, a 3rd generation coal miner, lost his only child gary wayne, who left behind two children. Gary quarles they lived right beside of us. And at times, we thought that wasnt a good thing for that to be like that. And then after he. crying after he got killed, i said that was a good thing. Cooper gary says he and his son never talked about safety issues in the mines but gary knew all about massey because he operated. They didnt know nothing but to lie, cheat and outlaw. Thats the way they done things. Steve ruby this was a coal mine and a company that was, its not an exaggeration to say, run as a criminal enterprise. Cooper assistant u. S. Attorney steve ruby led the prosecution against Don Blankenship along with u. S. Attorney for west virginia, booth goodwin. Booth goodwin this could be likened to a Drug Organization and the defendant was the kingpin. Cooper the defendant, Don Blankenship, had for decades been one of west virginias most influential and powerful figures. The c. E. O. Of massey energy, the largest coal producer in appalachia, he employed 5,800 people and operated more than 40 mines. Blankenship wouldnt do an interview with 60 minutes but prosecutors say for years he condoned and tolerated safety violations for the sake of profit. Ruby right up until the time the Upper Big Branch mine blew up, that was the way that the blankenship wanted it run. Cooper that was the corporate mentality that he instilled in his company. Booth right. That was the culture that existed. Cooper profits over safety. Booth profits over safety. He set the tone. He set the corporate culture. Cooper despite receiving daily reports of the high number of safety violations, prosecutors argued blankenship did little to correct them because Upper Big Branch was a big moneymaker for massey, earning more than 600,000 a day, and blankenships pay was directly tied to every foot of coal mined. In his last three years at massey, blankenships total compensation was more than 80 million. Ruby the men and women that we talked to who worked in this mine said that it was absolutely understood, it was expected that if you worked at that mine, you were going to break the law in order to produce as much coal as possible, as fast and as cheaply as possible. Bobbie pauley everything was it didnt make any difference of the dangers. It didnt make any difference if you had to take shortcuts. It was all about put the coal on the belt. Cooper Bobbie Pauley was the only female miner at Upper Big Branch. She wasnt working the day of the explosion but her fiance e boone payne was. He died in the blast. Bobbie says she and boone worried every day the mine was an accident waiting to happen. Everyone knew there were problems . Everyone knew there were safety issues . Pauley absolutely. We all knew. Cooper was there enough air in the mine . Pauley our section never had air. Cooper ventilation is critical to mine safety because fresh air carries explosive coal dust and methane out of the area where miners work. Without adequate ventilation and proper clean up, coal dust accumulates, and is not only highly flammable, it can cause black lung disease, which most of the miners killed in the explosion were later found to have. Stewart a lot of times we wouldnt have any ventilation at all. You couldnt see your hand in cooper really . You couldnt see your hand in stewart could not see your hand in front of your face. Cooper and thats because theres not air fresh air moving through . Stewart right, right. Cooper its all dust . Stewart all dust. Ruby this is whats called a cooper as part of their case, prosecutors showed jurors the pumps miners were supposed to wear to measure their intake of coal dust, but at Upper Big Branch, Bobbie Pauley says they were routinely instructed by their bosses to cheat on the test, by hanging the pumps in the fresh air. Pauley so your measurements when they were tested came in compliant with the law. Cooper federal mine inspectors visited Upper Big Branch almost daily but illegal advance Warning System in place. Security guards at the entrance would relay messages to miners underground alerting them an inspector was coming. Cooper they would use code words . Stewart yeah, bad weather. Cooper they would say its bad weather . Stewart uhhuh. Which means, well let you know if hes coming your way or going some other way