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good morning. breaking news. the death toll rises to at least 25 in that tragic coal mine explosion in west virginia. four miners are still missing, but because of dangerous levels of toxic gas, rescuers have been forced to temporary halt the search. all family members can do is wait and pray "today," tuesday, april 6th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning, im meredith vieira. >> im matt lauer. it is devastating and a frust...

been preventible because they believe that orlander carter, the man who is alleged to have taken part in this drive by, was involved in the murder of jordan howell and should have been off the streets. the way police tell it, they jumped into a van with an ak-47 and two other guns. investigators say they were looking for payback. when the three spotted a group of people sitting on this stoop on south capitol street, they opened fire, killing four and wounded five. the three were later ...

as well so how did you get from acting to political influence in a radio show? >> i have said tv series babylon five it was science-fiction and the guy whose syndicated by show it was a huge science-fiction fan and contacted me about trying to put the series back on the air and was talking to me about talk radio. i said i loved it and listen to grow the time. he said did you ever think about it? i said no but then we started to talk about talk radio and he gave me a fill in slot on a s...

do they need, what they want? we have to provide an actual service. thats all i have to say. >> no it isnt. well get back to you. katharine. >> im just feeling that much more privileged that might not always reviewed by the "washington post" given those numbers. i feel as if most the critics i know are true citizens of literature and a certain way, good citizens of literature and that its this peculiar intersection of citizenship, sort of community service and connoisseurship. and i ag...

thats being implemented now in afghanistan. when i was last there, rather in december they were just trying to implement programs to get the detainees other lessons, other skills, other options when they were in custody. d things like that in afghanistan. the detainees were given opportunity to make trinkets for their families, their wives, even sometimes the cards when they develop a report. it is interesting -- even the guards when they develop a rapport. the detainees in bagram who ...

tavis: good evening. from los angeles, im tavis smiley. health care is now the law of the land. the senate is amending certain portions they deem inappropriate. up tonight, our conversation with one of the leading voices on health care, tennessee lamar alexander. also tonight, dee dee bridgewater is here. her latest project is a tribute to the late great billie holiday. were glad you joined us. lamar alexander and dee dee bridgewater coming up right now. >> there are so many things wal...

tavis: good evening. from los angeles, im tavis smiley. health care is now the law of the land. the senate is amending certain portions they deem inappropriate. up tonight, our conversation with one of the leading voices on health care, tennessee lamar alexander. also tonight, dee dee bridgewater is here. her latest project is a tribute to the late great billie holiday. were glad you joined us. lamar alexander and dee dee bridgewater coming up right now. >> there are so many things wal...

Encourage and support republican candidates than to fight your own tea party candidate? >> i do think that the beginning of the tea party movement essentially was a rejection of big government in both parties. and as the movement took to the streets, it was protesting policies. but as it began to look at the elections, i think this movement is very sophisticated. i think the vast majority of tea party activists will go to the most fiscally conservative candidate that can win. we are going to hav...

n theederal school system. .. reservation, some of the issues you are dealing with? caller: we have 350 native american students preschool through fifth grade. the issues in the communities, traditionally, students have the highest dropout rate, highest suicide rate, severe social issues, because of the integration problems historic way that we have had with reservations. that has trickled down to the school environment. traditionally, they are a federally funded school. currently, onl...

these fixes are being considered because the american people overwhelmingly opposed that legislation. unfortunately, that the bill does nothing to fix the problem that this bill, the reconciliation bill does nothing to fix the problem that prompted this opposition. nothing in the bill that we are going to be considering will prevent half a trillion dollars from being cut from the medicare program to create a brand new environment program for the uninsured. more money than the provision...