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Killed. he's been at the mine site to try to find how the drilling is going where they try to rescue the four trapped miners. was this mine safe? was it able to operate despite questions about its safety. all that coming up. [ crowd cheering ] [ male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools,

Latest to drill down some 1100 feet to release some of those methane gases to rescue workers can get back inside the mine to try and rescue those four missing miners. now 25 dead, of course, in what is now the deadliest mine accident in more than two decades. a lot of people raising questions about the safety of the mines and massey energy, which owns the mind. let's bring in hampton pearson. we've been talking about this all morning long. was this mine safe? >> reporter: that's one of the things the safety experts will be analyzing. specifically last year federal inspectors found more than 45...

Americans out there tonight wondering, could this have been prevented? is this in your opinion, from what you can see, a worker issue, a condition that surround workers that could have been prevented? >> absolutely. this could have been prevented, ed. this company at this mine over the last period of time since 2005 had over 1,300 safety violations and, remember, that was during the majority of that time was during the bush regime. so it even gets cited for a safety violation then and in those days was pretty spectacular. and of those violations they paid almost $2 million in fines, but they c...