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En troops at ft. hood, texas, killing three people before turning the gun on himself. the gunman is identified as ivan lopez. he was undergoing treatment for anxiety, depression and was on medication. we will have more updates about this story coming up throughout the morning. now to an abc news investigation. new outrage this morning directed at the man who presided over one of the worst mining disasters in american history. >> four years ago, 29 workers were trapped by an explosion deep unde...

He is "endeavours" mission commander. the west virginia mine where 29 workers were killed last year will be sealed. massey energy is scheduled to meet next week with state regulators to discuss a plan for sealing it. an explosion at the mine was one of the countrys worst mining disasters. indianas governor announced that he plans to sign a law that will restrict abortions and make his state the first to cut federal funding for planned parenthood. the move comes as mitch daniels considers a p...

A look at tower top a look at our top stories. nasa says "endeavour" will launch monday at the earliesear. gabrielle giffords status is equally uncertain. she flew to florida to watch her husband, mark kelly, take off. now its unclear if the recovering congresswoman will have to return to rehabilitation before the launch. the west virginia mine where 29 workers were killed last year will be sealed. massey energy is scheduled to meet next week with state and federal safety regulators to discu...

Mining disasters. initially 50 miners were trapped and now everyone is out. 39 people are being treated at a local hospital. more than 300 people were working in the mine. india, flash flooding in the himalayan desert region sending rivers of mud pouring down a mountain side. 112 people killed. more than 400 injured. the mudslides are burying homes and taking down power lines. the gushing water swept away cars and buses. poland. heavy storms flooding homes, hospitals and roads. also closing down...

Company mine in april, ricky lee campbell was fired by massey for allegedly unsafe behavior. hes since been hired by another mine operator and has filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against massey. his lawyer says hes now telling his story to a federal grand jury. tom costello, nbc news, charleston, west virginia. >> we have long had the technology to prevent these kinds of so-called mining disasters. they are not accidents, i have held from the start. these things amount to industrial homicide. the...

For some of our coverage of the memorial service. stick around. thanks. >> eric: bottom of the hour, time for what were watching, waiting for the solemn memorial service that is about to get underway, for the 29 miners who were killed in one of the worst mining disasters in our countrys history about to start in a few minutes from now in west virginia. president obama is there and he will deliver the eulogy. he has been spending the last half-hour meeting with the families and its an emotional m...

The satellite/radar and this is the upper level disturbance and the coldest pocket of air and the cold front moving towards the east and well see severe weather, today, again, down across parts of the south and into florida and probably hail and maybe a little bit of wind damage and any kind of tornadoes we see, i think will be a little bit farther north and, ohio valley and around the nations capitol. but it will not be anything like we saw yesterday, no major large tornadoes and anything will ...

Was one of worst mining disasters in our countrys history. the president is there and so is vice president. the president is meeting with family members of the 29 miners, who is expected that they died as they lived in pursuit of the american dream. its a horrible tragedy and raised questions about mine safety. this afternoon is a day to honor and to remember, to respect and to pay tribute to people that help keep our lights on across the country as they delve under ground and mine the coal that...

Experience in prosecution to give a broad power to investigate wherever the evidence leads. >> forget loopholes, arianna, how about personal liability? bill fleckenstein suggested the same thing for banking boards. do you think it would change things? >> absolutely. thats why i was glad to see, dylan, that the president today did not rule out criminal prosecutions that is the key. its the key at the mines, its the key on wall street. its unconscionable that we havent had any criminal prosecution...

Potential for severe weather where we have a line of showers and thunderstorms across the mid-atlantic and the northeast across the great lakes and the midwest where we could see the pea tension for hail, damage -- -- where we could see the potential for hail, damaging winds. down through parts of the southern plains we are watching for the potential of strong to severe storms. we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for parts of michigan as well as northern illinois and ohio until 2:00 p....