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Heroic tale. our slogan comes from diane in texas. the alarm goes off and i hit the floor. hurry, wheres the remote to find the program i adore? to lift my spirits and warm my heart. "fox & friends", gets my day off to a great start. >> good morning, everyone. overnight, we have found that 25 miners have died in that tragedy in west virginia. four are still missing after a mine explosion. its the nations worst mining disaster in 26 years. >> governor joe mansion is going to join us in just a cou...

Theres any woman in the world who has had more late night, baby, you know i didnt mean it like that, phone calls, than hillary clinton. come on, baby. you know i love u.s. >> hes unbelievable. save this for secretary clinton and her husband, theyve won their elections fair and square. up next, in light of yesterdays mining disaster in west virginia is enough being done to protect miners in this country? big question today in the tragic time. im going to ask a top official with the united mine ...

Welcome back to "morning joe." it is 6:30 on the east coast. time now for a look at some of todays top stories. at least 25 coal miners are dead and 4 are missing after an explosion yesterday afternoon in west virginia. its the worst mining disaster in over 25 years. the search for the four missing miners has been suspended because of dangerous conditions inside the mine. its set to resume later today. the cause of the explosion is unknown, but the mine has a long history of safety violations. ...

I think the families will talk about it, but theres a shred of hope. hope for a miracle. >> its the worst mining disaster since 1984. the search has been suspended because of high levels of toxic gas inside the mine. theyre hoping to resume the search today. the upper branch mine, about 30 miles south of charleston, west virginia. norah, what are you learning? >> and good day to you, contessa. we are waiting for the latest update from the governor of the state who was scheduled to brief about ha...

There are more of them. we only have two platoons at that point and this time were going to get a whole canvas so theyll probably be partnering one to one with our battalion. >> one of the things thats noticeable is the chief of staff was here the other day, hit a roadside i.e.d. and survived it. one of the great things about this war we have great partners to work with and so does the afghan national army. back to you. >> all right. we have a great partner in you, colonel, for being over there ...

Ntsa doesnt always follow up. when we looked at the sccs failure to be aggressive and looked at the banking agencys failure to be more -- when theres a mining disaster and we check on the federal mining agency not doing as progressive a job. very happy to have your perspective. thanks for joining us from ann arbor. before is to to break, i want to bring up one other media issue. last night for those following the olympics, bob costas went on the air on nbc and said nbc would no longer be showi...

You what the republican leadership says. the republican leadership in west virginia and nationally says that he would be a disaster. he would be like roy moore in alabama. they would lose a seat they believe they could otherwise win, though i dont think senator joe manchin is a pushover. you certainly need a strong republican if youre going to win a no election. blankenship, my god, hes been in federal prison about a year ago for his connections to that terrible mining disaster that killed more ...

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>> i think a lot of the families appreciate whats being done and some maybe not. >> i think hes a liar. >> he is a murderer. hes the devil. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, new york. >> that must be the worst mining disaster in the nation in four decades. before that 38 miners were killed in a coal mine explosion in kentucky. >> it is not just the number of people perished but how they did hours of digging and falling rock and only to arrive to a point now you have to turn around and go back b...

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