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Rig explosion. they had a methane explosion like this. just as bad, the surface could also become as this gas was released an unstable mass of water mixed with bubbles of gas. and it could become so unstable, no kidding, that a ship like this could simply be unable to float and be swallowed by the sea. some scientists genuinely think this could be an explanation for those supposedly mysterious ship disappearances in the bermuda triangle. >> so there is another option we're hearing about called a junk shot. >> that's the last possible option we're talking about. to put it in simple term, what w...

He is known as a solid conservative but his vote for the 2008 financial bailout stoked anger among fiscal conservatives back home. there's been a major accident inside russia's largest coal mine. eight miners are dead and more than 60 remain underground. russia's emergency ministry reports 359 people were working in the siberian mine at the time of the accident which local officials say was caused by a partial rock collapse. early media reports blame it on a methane explosion, a relatively common occurrence inside russian mines. in the middle east, a glimmer of hope after 18 months of stal...

A lot of resources in a hurry. of course, there is always hindsight we can look at and determine other things we could have done better. i'm sure they're in that mode now, but it's the pressure of getting it all in one spot and doing things appropriately now to take care of this situation. >> do we have a full understanding of what happened, what caused this, and if so, how to prevent it from ever happening again? >> well, i just heard the latest, i guess, that it's possibly a methane explosion, which is not uncommon with leaks, and they had all kinds of detectors to take care of that sort of ...

Commenting moments ago on the disaster, at l 25 are dead and a frantic search for survivors entering a most critical stage now. martha: steve centanni is live near this mine in montcoal, west virginia, and joins us with the latest and what are you hearing there? >> we are expecting a briefing as you said, any time, now, and governor joe manchin is keeping -- has been keeping us apprised all night and the early morning hours and we don't think he'll be here but other officials will be to talk about the latest numbers and the progress now, the progress will be very slow, because what they are tr...

Still alive, which could be the reason that the coal company has not notified some of the families definitively. but there is this shred of hope. some of the families hoping some of their loved ones found safe ref iewmgs inside the mine, what are called rescue chambers where they can go and hide and have fresh air, where they can have fresh food and water up to 96 hours. they may have taken refuge in there but we won't know until they clear the air inside the mine because the huge methane explosion left toxic air, toxic gases inside the mine shafts so they're going to have to drill holes into ...