one resident described this forgotten stretch to me as no man s land. to donna harper, there is no place like it. we found her spending a quiet morning with her grandchildren. what s it like to live around here? well, to most people, it is slow. it is boring. if i had my choice to live anywhere in the world, right here would be it. reporter: that s why when 25 miners died in an explosion and four more are trapped, she says, this valley becomes family, even if it is remote in every way. the coal river winds its way through this mountain valley. as you drive up and down the banks of this river, it is where you will meet countless mining families. you will realize it is one of the few places in the country where you can t get cell phone service. no, no. we are country s we are country. it may be, it may be and maybe if we are lucky, we won t get it. reporter: what s it like around here when a tragedy like this happens?
phenomenal how they ve treated us and we re all hoping and waiting for that second hole to get down, to help the ventilation and the rescue effort and it would be around 3:00 to begin. oh, boy. good stuff, brooke, and our thanks to your guest as well. brooke bolduan. thank you. the community s heartbreaks, ed lavandera reports on the sads than runs through the coal river valley and that s in ten minutes ahead. a diplomat from qatar is free to return to washington after causing a bomb scare on the flight to denver. jets scrambled to intercept the flight last night when smoke was detected onboard. the man ale lead tried to sneak a cigarette on to the plane s bathroom and when kont are confronted he may have made a comment about trying to light a shoe on fire. in a statement, qatar s ambassador said he was notten gamed in any threatening for the obama/medvedev relationship? reporter: absolutely, tony. you look at the body language today and it was warm, friendly and courteo
secretary of state, hillary clinton, as well as the international media from the u.s. and russian side. we are told basically what s going to happen is the two leaders will come out. they are each going to sign about four documents that sign off on all of this. they are going to trade the papers back and forth so each side can sign it. then, each president is going to make a statement to the world and each take two questions from the u.s. media and russian media. you can bet there is going to be some pressing about how all of this is going to be verified to make sure each side follows through on it, kiran. we are coming up to the top of the hour if you are just joining us this morning. a special early edition of american morning. president obama is getting set to sign a pivotal treaty along with russian president, da me tri medvedev. this is after the president promised to rid the world of nuclear weapons. what this starr treaty will do is reduce the number of strategic w