back now with a david and goliath story for our time. the powerful energy executive, actually the most powerful coal baron in america, massey energy ceo don blankenship, and two odd couple small town layers, dave faucett and dave stanley, a 14 year court bad l, the corruption that would eventually cost innocent lives. the cost against blankenship and massey energy gained national attention with the upper big branch mine explosion in 2010. 29 miners were killed making it the deadly accident in generations. and four former massey executives were convicted in a wide ranging federal investigation. having willfully ignored safety standards in pursuit of the almighty dollar. blankenship has so far escaped prosecution, but our next guest believes it s only a matter of time until that changes, too.
0 as commander-in-chief, i must weigh these heart tragedies against the alternatives. to do nothing in the face of terrorist networks would invite far more civilian casualties. not just in our cities at home and our facilities abroad but in the very places like kabul and mogadishu where terrorists seek a foothold. reporter: now, of course, the use of drones has been controversial to some extent. according to the latest gallup poll, 65% of americans actually support the use of drones abroad on foreign enemies. however, only 41% support the use of drones when you are talking about targeting u.s. citizens abroad and of course this comes as the justice department revealed yesterday that they had in fact taken out four american citizens abroad who they believed posed a threat to the united states. the president really talking about a reset to some extent, saying america stands at a cross roads, talking about the fact al qaeda has been decimated. the war in afghanistan is coming to an end.
white house. reporter: you heard someone interrupt the president twice calling on him to close guantanamo bay. the second time, she really went on for quite a while and you heard the president make that point that he was going off script to respond to her remarks. he did address the issue of closing guantanamo bay but he really covered a wide swath today. this was his first speech on counter terrorism in his second term. to some sentence, a reset and acknowledge many that drones have become a larger force within his administration. he gave a robust defense of the united states use of drones. he said it is legal under international law and u.s. law. he said the use of drone would be transferred from just the cia giving more control to the military. some experts said that would increase transparency. in addition to do, he called for new limits on the use of armed drones. instead of just targeting someone who poses significant threat to the united states, now the requirement