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We're america's natural gas. the smarter power, today. learn more at anga.us. breaking news right now on msnbc. police are searching door to door with guns drawn in northern california. they're looking for a mine worker who they say opened fire on fellow employees today at the lehigh cement plant. the shooter has been identified as shareef allman. two people are dead, six are injured. the suspect is still on the run. according to local media reports, he tried to carjack a woman and shot her in the leg as he made his getaway. cupertino schools are locked down as the search continues. also t...

Just prima facie they don't have a good record. >> well, it's not a company that we represent, so we don't deal with them directly a lot, however, in the mining industry, when you have one company that tries to increase productivity by pushing a little harder and trying to intimidate people to cut corners, it affects all of us. we all have to compete in that industry. the thing that needs to be pointed out is that in the coal fields, these coal-mining jobs are the good jobs in the area. if they don't exist, it's a severe economic hardship to the people in that area and they absolutely have to ...

>> okay. i think you are speaking the truth. i think what we've seen in the coal fields over the last several years is, quite frankly, the creation of a climate of fear and intimidation when it comes to organizing coal mines. miners are confronted with not shall we have a union or not but shall we have a job or not? when you're confronted with situations like that, these are the best jobs around and it's difficult to ask people to take this step to join the union and support the union and end up voting for the union when they're confronted with a choice like that. >> you know, i'm not here ton...

Course, that's 2005. they're contesting about a third of them. that's about 2/3 of them they're not contesting which tells me just prime ma fashe they don't have a good record. >> well, it's not a company that we represent, so we don't deal with them directly a lot, however, in the mining industry, when you have one company that tries to increase productivity by pushing a little harder and trying to intimidate people to cut corners, it affects all of us. we all have to compete in that industry. the thing that needs to be pointed out is that in the coal fields, these coal-mining jobs are the go...

If they don't exist, it's a severe economic hardship to the people in that area and that absolutely have to be able to perform their job in a safe way. free of intimidation. they have to be empowered so they can do what they know best. >> what's a high-skilled mine worker make? what's he get in gross income? i'm curious. >> it's very easy to make $70,000 a year at some of these operations. >> that's a 40-hour week? >> nobody works a 40-hour week anymore. >> there's a lot of overtime involved. >> i see. to get the 70. >> yes. there's overtime involved, but that's very common for people to make ...