barrels, this market fuels the world. so long as at that time oil prices were extremely high, close to $100 a barrel. and there is a market for it. there are middlemen who are willing to buy oil from anywhere. and saddam hussein used that same market all those years ago. i remember being in iraq and seeing the convoys of trucks that were going from the country on a most magnificent highway in the country into black market areas where they could sell this stuff. that s right. highway 8. you re absolutely correct. and we are just making inroads into attacking that financial network. and for the most part, people say, well, why haven t we struck these trucks? we ve been striking oil refineries but it is more important for the military to degrade the combat capacity of isis then get around to destroying their oil refineries and logistics chains for these trucks. we re doing that now, taking away each little building block that hold up this pseudo state,
that does not put us out of business. they knew there was an issue. how it plays out. we talked about the fines and pending lawsuits. we will have to see. absolutely. we are going to be back at the scene in west virginia where the rescue effort is under way right now. they are trying to find the four miners still in the upper big branch mine. john roberts is on the scene. we are going to be checking in with him in just a moment. 29 minutes past the hour. in the taurus from ford. sfx: ((sync beep)) please say a command. read message. highway 8 closed. update route. turn right on silver road. the most innovative full- size sedan in america: the taurus, from ford. drive one.
we all try to be there for each other. you know, that s one reason i love this place so much is because everybody sticks together. reporter: can we keep walking with you. let s not lose momentum here. this is one of the poorest places in the country. cecile qua davis picks up aluminum cans along the highway for money. reporter: is it devastating for everybody? west virginians get devastated by this. reporter: coal miners are forced to face their greatest fear sns. anything could happen. reporter: do you worry about your loved ones and your friends going back to work in the mines? i don t want them in the mines. to be honest, i don t want them in the mines but without the mines, there would nobody us. reporter: john, that really gets to the heart of the dilemma here. you talk to people up and down this valley.
there are car radios. and then there is the voice-recognizing, text-out-loud-reading, turn-by-turn-direction- giving sync system. in the taurus from ford. sfx: ((sync beep)) please say a command. reamessage. highway 8 closed. update route. turn right on silver road. the most innovative full- size sedan in erica: the taurus, from ford. drive one.
a.m. series addicted. it s 36 minutes past the hour. giving sync system. d- in the taurus from ford. sfx: ((sync beep)) please say a command. read message. highway 8 closed. update route. turn right on silver road. the most innovative full- size sedan in america: the taurus, from ford. drive one.