los angeles. sign of respect and mourning for miners killed in big branch mine. governor asking for this day. he hopes workers will spend it reviewing safety issues. people still being pulled from the rubble in china. a little girl pulled out 12 hours after rescue teams searched with their bear hands for students. a powerful earthquake killed nearly 600 people. thousands of homeless. the 6.9 magnitude quake hit wednesday. piles of cinder block are everywhere in the streets. lots of travel chaos across the globe. volcanoes continue to erupt. not many can pronounce its name but they know it stopped travel in europe. although you may be grounded in many parts of europe, you can still fly to iceland where today show s al rocker. the name of the glacier means
look at these pictures. and following the deadly accident at the big branch mine in west virginia. president obama tells his labor secretary to strengthen mine safety laws. we ve heard this before. we re going to get more specific answers when secretary labor secretary hilda soliz joins us live. and later, al qaeda in iraq is undergoing a major resurgence. what is the terrorist organization doing now, and what will it mean for our troops still in that country? sure watching msnbc. [ female announcer ] sometimes you need tomorrow to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between,
far enough. so congressman george miller did the responsible thing. he introduced a bill known as the s-miner act, which passed the house but, of course, was killed by coal state senators like west virginia s jay rockefeller over on the senate side. if miller s bill would have passed we can only imagine, speculate. there is strong speculation these 29 miners might be alive today. the s-miner act would have done this. hike the penalties for safety violations. strengthen requirements for sealing mined-out chambers to prevent methane from leaking into active sections and require studies into the effectiveness to curb the combust blt of coal dust and the health administration to close problem mines more easily when patterns of safety violations are found. of course, that was the case with massey at this mine. the massey energy s upper big
welcome back. i m tamron hall live in the control room. couple of things we re watching. sarah palin wrapping up her speech at the tea party express rally. they are headed to the nation s capital for tax day. obviously they are in boston for the obvious reasons. notably absent from this, scott brown, heavily supported, went on to win the senate seat held by senator kennedy. they say they are okay wit, he s taking care of business. out of west virginia, governor joe manchin expected to hold a press conference today. he s expected to make a big announcement regarding the disaster at the big branch mine. the governor s major announcement about his next step in mine safety expected around 3:30 today. certainly we will be watching that and bring you whatever news is made there. also poland s ruling party said an election is likely to be held
the search for west virginia miners is openver, their bodies found overnight. they never reached a rescue chamber as they had hoped in the big branch mine earlier this week. the biggest mine disaster in the united states since 1972. be careful what you wish for, a new jersey teacher s union is under fire after an internal memo is leaked regarding the state s new governor, chris christi. the memo ends with a prayer asking god to take krischri chr. the union says it was just a joke. it comes after deep cuts of the education system. right here in 20 minutes. back to our legal eagles as we talk to our friends, richard and avery, and today, avery friedman, just remind us, a