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$50,000, $60,000, that will get the attention of other employers. >> fines will do it. appreciate your time. thanks so much. >> thank you, ed. in three minutes, well return to the scene of the deadly mine explosion in west virginia. officials are set to update reporters in just over an hour. well bring you the latest. plus, the military clears a major hurdle in its quest to build the next generation of military fighter jets. oh sure, we have plenty of employees that...

And its something you never get used to. >> thank you, ina williams. bless you for what youre doing. hang in there. >> thank you. contessa brewer is back with a look at some of the stories were watching at this hour here on msnbc. contessa. ed, people in the southern california/mexico region are still a bit rattled after a 7.2 magnitude easter earthquake. dozens of aftershocks have followed shaking homes and businesses, fueling fears of another major tremor. experts say the likelihood of a l...

Ban on extracurricular activities since 1983. a lot of people on campus didnt side with him. the new policy points out undergrads are particularly vulnerable given their age and lack of maturity and such relationships can be damaging. it not only bands professors from having sex with their own students but all undergraduates. theres a lot to say there, ed. ill refrain. >> always good to have rules, contes contessa. no doubt about it. lets turn to the economy. a slumping economy means more and ...

Steelworkers stand up for them. were the two major minings in this country. last week, ed, five workers were killed in a refinery explosion. i brought this poster to show you. this is an explosion from 1989 where 23 people were killed and the question is, have we not learned anything? when is it that were going to put worker safety, as the number one priority? during the bush years -- during the bush years they went to volunta voluntary compliance. if you have voluntary compliance on the highway...

the upper big branch mine for hundreds of violations, including ten this year that related to ventilation systems. and that is key. because many people believe what caused this explosion were those high levels of methane gas. all you need is a little spark and it will cause a huge explosion. governor mansion said it was a horrific explosion so powerful that it twisted the rails into like pretzels. an unbelievable explosion that has now left 25 dead. the worst in two decades in terms of...

Luck because he got beat down by the philadelphia phillies. >> great to have you with us tonight. >> all right, ed, take care. coming up, if youre going to war, you need to know whos on your side. here we are at war in afghanistan and there are some serious doubts as to who president karzai is standing with. award winning filmmaker robert greenwald will give us his thoughts as we "rethink afghanistan." run out of a dorm. when we built our first hybrid, more people had landlines than cell phone...

Al sharpton. its just not the right word. whatever the motive, whatever the circumstance to describe the government of our country. in the current environment a place those who believe the president is somehow illegitimate, that he or his philosophy is less american than his critics. rush limbaugh is using that word to deny this administrations political legitimacy. i cant stop limbaugh from using the word regime. the guy knows his audience. it plays to something bad in this country, no matter w...

Every minute? >> i want to switch subjects if i can, mr. greenwald, because you put together the documentary "out-fox "out-foxed." what do you make of this most recent volley between limbaugh and the president? >> i think its consistent with the whole approach which is smear, attack, name call and sadly, ed, there is literally no truth anymore in what limbaugh is doing, if there ever was, i should paraphrase that. we need to keep -- be very aggressive about it because what fox does, what limbaug...

What is the game that theyre trying to be on? i think the problem is a lot of what has been perpetrated and attempted to be sold to the public has just blown up in their face because basically not true. >> it isnt. im looking forward, reverend al, to be a part of your national network conference. >> were looking forward to having you. >> convention next week. >> were looking forward to having you at national action network convention and i might add the chairman of the democratic and republican ...

Minute, ed. we could have bought 47 million scholarships for people to attend college for a year on what weve spent in the war in afghanistan. thats a travesty and its time to get out. >> what does it do to the obama administration lo giji logistic? the president is committed to fighting terrorism. this is the big footprint in the world right now for the troops to do this. how does the administration make sense of this and pivot around this? >> fighting terrorism is an important thing, but you d...