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Informative, and its already been pretty sparse from this point, at least up until this point. >> bob cavnar, thanks again for clarifying once again whats really happening at that well. >> great talking to you, lawrence. coming up, four months after the west virginia mining disaster, theres a new investigation into whether anything criminal caused it. and three crime novels set in sweden are the biggest thing to hit bookstores and hollywood since that harry potter kid. the story behind "the ...

From that to say we need to stop new drilling or shut down existing drilling. i dont think that makes sense for the country. >> all right. senator david vitter, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> dylan, weve got to go to break, but let me ask you really quickly, dylan, do you think this changes the ball game for offshore oil drilling, or do you think were just going to have people figuring out how to make it a whole lot safer? >> no, i think it changes the game. i think it pushes momentum towar...

Convicted on all four. >> watch it and come back with developments. >> will do. bill: from our newsroom in new york. thanks. martha: this as we wait for further comments from the white house on the oil spill, in the gulf. what it will change in terms of oil drilling off our shores and the big question, still remains, what caused this explosion? why did this rig collapse? you remember when we had the mining disaster, it was fairly quickly we learned what probably happened and we have not answered...

Kentuckys mine collapse, happening in the same month, of course, as the mine explosion in west virginia that killed 29 mine workers, which was americas worst mining disaster in 40 years. >> you didnt tell him you thought it was a -- deal? >> i didnt say that. >> no, you who did, your personal, internally. you knee it -- you knew it was a -- deal, and it showed. >> i think the context, the message that i took from the e-mail from mr. montag was that my performance on that deal wasnt good, and i t...

Reports of tornadoes in seven different states over the weekend. at least 12 people have been killed. this is the worst outbreak of violent weather this spring. governor haley barbour declared a state of emergency in seven counties. crews are using a robotic submarine to try to stop a stubborn oil leak in the gulf of mexico. this explosion and oil rig causing a lot of problems. 42,000 gallons spilling into the ocean off the louisiana coast where the rig exploded last week. the submab reen is a...

Leaking into the gulf, say the coast guard officials there. as much as 1,000 barrels of oil is escaping from the well head on the ocean floor. british petroleum is investigating how to stop that leak. 11 of the 126 workers on that rig are still missing from the blast and they are presumed dead. this afternoon president obama will attend a memorial service and deliver the eulogy for the 29 west virginia miners killed earlier this month. nbcs athena jones is at the white house for us this sunday...

Mine run by massey energy. its the worst mining disaster in the united states in 40 years. and we expect the president during his eulogy to touch on mine safety issues. hell talk about all the e-mails and letters that have poured into the white house since the explosion, many from miners postmarked from all around the region, talking about how miners are important for americas economy. they keep americas lights on. but please, please, dont let this sort of thing happen again. before the presiden...

Investigating how to stop the leak. 11 of the 126 workers on that rig are still missing interest the blast. they are presumed dead. president obama will travel to west virginia today to pay tribute to the 29 minors killed after an explosion at the upper big branch mine earlier this month. with a good sunday morning to you, whats in store for the rez today? >> reporter: well, good morning, alex. thats right. in a few hours he leaves north carolina for beckley, west virginia, taking part in this...

>> eric: it was an emotional meeting. president meeting privately with families of the miners that died in the coal into mining disaster. he will offer words of consolation. as soon as it begins well carry the service live and well look how the president is being received in the community that is often at odds with his political policies. [ wheezing ] i have asthma. and thats what it sounded like when my symptoms came back. id get this tightness in my chest.

Racial reform before they tackle the climate change bill. joe lieberman is on the bill. the three were set to unveil the bill tomorrow but the controversy and plans to start with that first has now postponed the climate change announcement indefinitely. >> later today, president obama set to deliver the eulogy just a few hours from now for the workers killed in the terrible mining disaster. the accident at the upper big branch mine in virginia on april 6th was the worst coal mine accident seen i...