reporter: none of it worked. murray lost his job as ceo. the company he founded in a fight for its life and government forecasters expect u.s. power plants to use less coal next year than at any time since jimmy carter was president. thank you, everybody. thank you. that was our tom foreman reporting. we ll be right back. panera s new baja warm grain bowl is full of good.
putting coal miners back to work, that is a promise president trump made during his 20 16 campaign. that s proving harder and harder to keep. after the largest private coal miner in the u.s. filed for bankruptcy last week, it appears that the coal industry is in deep trouble which could also spell trouble for trump in 2020. cnn s tom foreman reports. reporter: through the whole crumbling kingdom of coal the bankruptcy of murray energy is sending shock waves as the largest private coal mining operation in america murray long painted a rosie picture of the industry. this is high quality coal produced through the efforts of nearly 7,000 people. reporter: even as president trump promised to help struggling coal communities everywhere. we are going to put our coal miners back to work. reporter: to be sure, the