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Great to have you. thank you. >> thank you. >> shannon: well, somali pirates hijacked a ship again in the indian ocean. merhe officials warn other ships to stay out of the area. the ship was captured and we dont know what ship was carrying but they think the vessel might have had engine problems when it was hijacked. president obama calling for thorough investigation in the deadly mine explosion in west virginia. federal investigators will arrive on site tomorrow. 29 miners were killed. today ...

The families and community in southern west virginia but he says the federal government may have to get more involved when it comes to mining safety. heres more. >> i have asked my secretary of labor as well as the head of mine safety and health administration to give me a preliminary report next week on what went wrong. why it went wrong so badly to take the steps necessary to prevent such accidents in the future. >> massey energy, which runs the coal mine and others, says it will do extensive ...

Questions that have come up over these past few days. >> reporter: he absolutely does, wolf. the president wants to meet next week with the labor secretary and the head of the mining safety and health administration, joe main, just to go over what can be done to prevent this, what the causes were. theres been a lot of out cry from officials here and other people who are connected to this industry saying, more has got to be done to ensure the safety of these miners. president obama wants those an...

In some cases its cheaper to pay the fine for the violation or increasingly with your high-powered attorneys or deep pocket goes to court. tie the mining safety and health administration up in knots so they cant do anything while you continue to pull coal out of the ground. >> families wonder, you know, whats next for their loved one who goes into the mine and if anyones respecting their safety. thats an even bigger question to address. john roberts in west virginia. thanks so much. stick with...

Its foremen, its supervisors and were not moving up the chain of command. so just, you know, food for thought there on possible changes, but -- >> but corporate executives -- >> -- as far as whats before the senate. >> whether its a meaning executive or the banking executive or folks at toyota who were selling cars that they were getting infinite complaints about, as long as theres no personal its much easier to let people die or transfer risk to governments than it is to have to deal with anyth...

We are awaiting to hear from president obama, hes going to speak on the mine explosion in west virginia, were also expecting another news conference from mining safety officials on the ground there in west virginia. well get the latest on when they expect to start getting back in there, in the rescue effort. now that, is a look at montcoal, west virginia, where were going to take you minutes from now. last night, president obama called the governor of west virginia to express his condolences for...

Martha: we are awaiting a news conference, we expect the president of the united states is going to make remarks later this hour as well. there are people still holding out hope, theyre hoping these four miners may have found their way to safety in that mine, in what is now being called the deadliest mine explosion in 26 years in this country. family, friends, everybody in this west virginia area is on edge this morning, waiting to hear news about the four who are still missing. so far, 25 peopl...

Congresswoman -- a congresswoman from west virginia is joining us now, where are you. >> caller: charleton. bill: and what can you today what we are learning about rescue efforts. >> caller: i think, rescue efforts are long and difficult, and, you want to assure the safety of the rescue worker, that is important, but it is agonizing, for the families and for the community and our state, as a whole. this is a sad day for west virginia. bill: indeed, it is. a sad day for america, too, the communit...

Point of the rules in the industry? >> caller: certainly after sagano we did a lot of sole searching in terms of safety and rescue and being able to sustain miners, that may be trapped in an underground mine, and, this is something that we will really scrutinize in terms of going forward, is it enough? the communications, obviously, blew apart once the explosion occurred. and, so that is an area, i think, because if we had communications with the four trapped miners we obviously would be in a lo...

Of awards for improving safety conditions and most of their places are very safe, but that this place, she said, has raised a lot of concerns for some time, in fact, they had six ventilation-oriented violations just since january. >> well, thats correct. and i think your previous interview was correct, the company has made significant advances in terms of safety. theyve won numerous awards, at the federal and state level. each of these will be looked at individually and as part of the investigat...