think that applies for democrats as well as republicans. i would like to have you explain to a general as national audience about the discussion of an omnibus bill, and with the elections coming, the fiscal calendar ends before the elections, so what are the concerns for people about federal spending and budgets and getting money to communities? it is not that much more concerned than any year. congress has a poor record for getting the bills done on time. they have actually done it only three or four times since 1974, when they have a law that they pushed the bill backed by three months. they will have the stop-gap lending resolutions. it will make it difficult for people in federal agencies. they get the number they think they are going to have, and then they get the real numbers. but the stock market could end up freezing, so ultimately, it does some of the work without the politics. it does not matter. however, go back to the politics. we just blew through this ap
kenneth a. chapman, sr.. [ applause ] kenny davis. [ applause ] ennie r. willingham. [ applause ] are gregory steven brock. [ applause ] cory thomas davis. [ applause ] steven gay smallly. [ applause ] nicholas nicrosy. [ applause ] president of the united states and long with the vice president at beckley, west virginia for the mine there s died on april 5th, wendall is standing by live. tell us what is happening there. gregg, moving pictures of the family members placing the helmets atop those 29 crosses in front of the stage. we re told the president and vice president met individually and privately with each of the 29 families before the service to offer condolences and assure them the country shares their grief. it was those meetings that delayed the start of this memorial service. president has said the april 5th disaster at the upper big branch mine was first and foremost a failure of management. they have been cited for 500 safety violations last year alone. 125
. beige book bu we did not need a capital bailout. we needed a liquidity bridge so we could consummate the sale to a potential buyer. that is what we needed. or we needed a window to be extended to us as it was to the other investment banks that sunday night. to be even more clear, when we heard that the bank was being opened, that the federal reserve a window was being opened, that sunday night, we all said we are fine. we will get this done. we then heard it was not being opened it to us specifically. mr., that was not at all responded to my question. what can we do to convey to boards of directors and ceo s there will be allowed to fail, that there is no safety net? that they will be taken into receivership, that a colorado s, top executives will lose of a thing, creditors will not be paid, and taxpayers will not be on the hook. what do we need to do to convince you that that is what the future holds? frankly, i was convinced at the time. do not misinterpret my stateme
an underground fire. before aborting the search, five miles into the mine and 1,000 feet underground, the crew confirmed that the miners who were missing were not in one two air tight chambers stocked with food, water and oxygen. they re within 2000 feet of the chamber. if the miners are not there, their survival is considered extremely, extremely slim. among those remembers, benny willingham, five weeks away from retiring. as the mining community copes with this loss, the company operating this mine is under fire again for comments that its ceo made just last year about safety rules. very difficult to comply with, there s so many of the laws that are, if you will, nonsensical from an engineering or a coal mining viewpoint. mr. blankenship s upper big branch mine has appealed or is dleeng went on 21 major fines
. rights now at 10:00, a metro access driver is accused of sexually assaulting a passenger. after 45 years a supreme court justice is stepping down. his possible replacement, what it means for the future of the court. we begin with developing news from west virginia. crews are making another attempt to rescue four missing miners trapped in the upper big branch mine. the governor says if those miners are not found by midnight, this rescue mission will become a recovery operation. thanks for joining us this even. i m shawn yancy. i m brian bolter. fox 5 s bob barnard following the developing story down in the newsroom. reporter: we should know in about two hours how this week- long story ends. will the four missing coal miners be found alive or will their bodies have to be recovered with 18 others still buried in the mine. rescue teams are going back into upper big branch one last time to see if four missing miners made it into one of the mine s deep refuge chambers.