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Permission to go into utahs crandall canyon mine, where a collapse trapped six miners. heres how i reported it back then. >> we entered the crandall canyon mine through the same tunnel the trapped workers went through. in a small truck that would take about a half an hour. we pass red skew workers and their vehicles on the way to the ultimate destination. >> right there is where the rescue effort is going on. >> this is as far as we could go. this is where the mine had collapsed. youre looking a...

12 west virginia miners in 2006. rescuers were ordered out of the mine this morning when methane levels became dangerously high again. according to the governor, rescue workers searched beyond the point they had put their own lives in danger when they were finally pulled out. before the search can resume crews must drill bore holes to vent out this gas. its expected to take at least until tomorrow evening. the search for the four miners will not proceed for at least another day. the governor gav...

A moment ago about the risks they are not yet willing to take. >> we just cant take any chances of the rescue teams going into an area that could in and of itself cause a problem or an explosion or put them in by a smoke concentration and get turned out without being in contact with other members of the team to other members. >> reporter: the missing members may have hit the rescue chambers. there are several of them down there. they have checked several rescue chambers. of all the ones they hav...

Were in israels hip pocket. >> if its a head fake it doesnt have long to live. even general petraeus doesnt think iran have have nuclear weapons this calendar year. >> neil: thats right. >> what about next year. >> neil: would we ac which he is? >> its a bunch of war games now against that scenario. that israel attacks, doesnt get permission. >> neil: we express rage. >> we express outrage and negotiate and it escalates and draws in other countries in the region and united states. not a good sce...

Suspend themselves from the mine shaft wall to avoid accidentally falling into the water and drowning while they were asleep. rescue workers spent eight days getting water out of the mine. they used rubber rafts to pull the first survivors out of the mine last night. 38 miners are said to be still trapped in that mine in northern china right now. rescue efforts continue tonight, as here in america, in west virginia, we face our own mine disaster and rescue effort again, as senator jay rockefelle...

Into the mountains, as the coal gets thinner and thinner, youre seeing a lot of accidents and tragedies, similar kinds of operations in a similar region. the simple fact is coal is declining in west virginia. the stuff they are going after now is deeper and more difficult to get at. >> thats a really interesting point, jeff. they do believe these four missing miners are perhaps 1100 feet deep. they say its going to take them at least 12 hours to get that core drill essentially going through diff...

But methane gas is a terrible problem in this mine, isnt it? >> methane is very explosive. its -- you cant smell it. and its -- you can see the destruction that it causes. >> all right. right now, youre in charge of the rescue mission because as weve been reporting this morning, 25 have died but four are still unaccounted for. so what youre going to try to do is drill a hole into the mountain to try to get clean air down there in case theyre still alive. >> well, thats the plan. we have bulldoze...

Why mine rescue work is very difficult. there isnt a lot -- another ignition source, for instance, that you have a bunch of rescue workers underground who are killed. that being said, the families obviously want those rescue workers to get in as soon as they can and get to where the miners are located. >> how do the rescue teams determine where the trapped miners are? is there technology they have to avail themselves of that helps them zero in on the greatest chance for preserving life? >> rache...

That pose for rescuers? what does that mean to the rescue effort? >> well, the first thing is to ensure that the rescue team members are going to be safe in performing their job. i mean, its -- theyre thrust into a chaotic situation and one thats highly volatile and dangerous. so they are risking their lives just going underground. and you want to make sure that you take all steps necessary to protect their safety. back in 1976 in eastern kentucky, we had the skotia mine explosion on march 9th a...

Counties or whatever. but what weve been doing is taking a lot of the food that we have here to different -- different areas, trying to -- you know, where the people are at, the rescue workers and things. but i think a lot of the family is staying at the mine site. >> coal mining, it is the way of life there in that part of west virginia. do the folks there just accept the risk that goes along with this profession? and how do they live with that? >> yeah, i think that they do. they do accept the...