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Great to have you. thank you. >> thank you. >> shannon: well, somali pirates hijacked a ship again in the indian ocean. merhe officials warn other ships to stay out of the area. the ship was captured and we don't know what ship was carrying but they think the vessel might have had engine problems when it was hijacked. president obama calling for thorough investigation in the deadly mine explosion in west virginia. federal investigators will arrive on site tomorrow. 29 miners were killed. today recovery crews are working to remove the body from the line. later this week, coal company executiv...

The families and community in southern west virginia but he says the federal government may have to get more involved when it comes to mining safety. here's more. >> i have asked my secretary of labor as well as the head of mine safety and health administration to give me a preliminary report next week on what went wrong. why it went wrong so badly to take the steps necessary to prevent such accidents in the future. >> massey energy, which runs the coal mine and others, says it will do extensive reviews and said it has, quote, less than one federal violation a day, above the averaged and most ...

Questions that have come up over these past few days. >> reporter: he absolutely does, wolf. the president wants to meet next week with the labor secretary and the head of the mining safety and health administration, joe main, just to go over what can be done to prevent this, what the causes were. there's been a lot of out cry from officials here and other people who are connected to this industry saying, more has got to be done to ensure the safety of these miners. president obama wants those answers. he may get some next week. >> let us know, brian, if there's any change whatsoever. we'll ge...

In some cases it's cheaper to pay the fine for the violation or increasingly with your high-powered attorneys or deep pocket goes to court. tie the mining safety and health administration up in knots so they can't do anything while you continue to pull coal out of the ground. >> families wonder, you know, what's next for their loved one who goes into the mine and if anyone's respecting their safety. that's an even bigger question to address. john roberts in west virginia. thanks so much. stick with us because we'll bring you the latest developments as soon as they happen out of west virginia...

It's foremen, it's supervisors and we're not moving up the chain of command. so just, you know, food for thought there on possible changes, but -- >> but corporate executives -- >> -- as far as what's before the senate. >> whether it's a meaning executive or the banking executive or folks at toyota who were selling cars that they were getting infinite complaints about, as long as there's no personal it's much easier to let people die or transfer risk to governments than it is to have to deal with anything -- you know it's expensive. like, if you actually created mining safety, understanding th...