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Visibility down there was really poor that the rescue workers were engaged in a frantic -- frantic difficult search under difficult conditions under there. this is a big powerful blast that killed these 29 people. heres more on that. >> it was a very violent explosion that we have here. it included a large area and massive damage. so its just an awful sight. >> reporter: the ongoing recovery operation continues today. the governor says the bodies will be brought out in a dignified way. as for th...

Continue to come in, also reaction from around the world, including from president obama. well let you hear his response straight ahead. the long wait is over and the results are not what the people of west virginia had hoped for. rescue workers found the bodies of four missing miners monday night. that brings the total number killed to 29. a family in tennessee adopted a son from russia, but sent him back, essentially saying he was damaged goods. the boy was 7 years old. according to the fa...

>> none of our miners suffered. so so this journey has ended. now the healing will start. >> the governor says that the families are pulling on all their strength. itsen an excruciating five days for the families. rescue workers had gone into the mine this weeks, only to be pulled back because of the conditions of the mine, but when all was said and done, the four missing miners were found dead. >> when they reported to the command center, it was very professional, with respect, thats on the out...

Hope that maybe the last four found their way to safety in there. >> but this was a rescue mission. it is now a recovery effort after crews found bodies of the four missing miners early in thorning. cnns aniz farah is in west virginia. >> reporter: this west virginia community was hoping for a miracle. but the sliver of hope held for the last five days is gone. >> none of the chambers had been deployed. and none of our miners suffered. so, this journey -- this journey has ended and now the heali...

Virginia. >> reporter: alex, it was the sad inevitable outcome that many had expected, but they couldnt give up hope as long as these four miners were unaccounted for. they wanted to give them every last possible chance. the benefit of the doubt that they had maybe miraculously reached one of those rescue chambers deep inside the coal mountain. but authorities say late last night, early this morning they did discover the bodies of those four missing miners. in fact, they had been in an area that...

Finally made the discovery that these four miners had been in an area where the first rescue workers, monday, just after the explosion, had walked right past in all the dust and fog and confusion. so now they are working on putting together funerals for 29 miners killed in this disaster. it is the worst in 40 years here in the united states, but this is, in this community, just one individual tragedy after another, bringing this small community together in grief. the coroner has asked family mem...

Mine officials got the information from rescue teams under ground that last chamber the last possible place these four unaccounted for miners could have been and still survived had not been open. so the men did not make it there. then they found the bodies. that brought the death toll to 29 people killed in mondays blast. that was the worst coal mining disaster since 1970 when 38 people were killed in kentucky. west virginia governor said, we did not get the miracle we were hoping for. >> the mi...

Its pretty. >> nothing says the masters like a municipal water tank. >> indeed. willie geist in augusta on tiger watch. lets do the top stories before we -- before further ado. >> go ahead. >> since i can read, they said i should actually do it. rescue workers are resuming their search for the four miners missing after mondays deadly explosion in a west virginia coal mine. officials say levels of gases have dropped enough to resume the seven now but they have acknowledged it is unlikely the fo...

Back this morning for fear of fire and another explosion. the retreat was the third time since mondays explosion that rescue crews had to turn back after getting about five miles into the mine. the first funerals for some of the 25 miners killed in the original explosion were held today in west virginia. president obama commented on the tragedy as well. >> for the four who remain missing, we are praying for a miracle. im also in awe of the courage and selflessness shown by rescue teams who risk ...

Family movie night is back. with thousands of rollback prices on everything you need. save money. live better. walmart. >> bottom of the hour now. lets take a look at the stories driving the day. the last hope of finding the missing west virginia miners alive faces a major setback. rescue workers had to retreat for a third time today due to dangerous gases made worse by signs after a fire inside the mine. teams are running out of time to reach the last underground rescue chamber. they will soon ...