To be like an atomic explosion. Anderson cooper he is talking about the explosion that killed 29 coal miners in a mine run by the man known as the king of coal, who just became the first c. E. O. Of a Major American Company convicted of a Workplace Safety crime. This was a coal mine and a company that was, not an exaggeration to say run, as a criminal enterprise. This can be likened to a Drug Organization and the defendant was the kingpin. Bill whitaker all the condemned men in texas, about 250 of them, are held in one place death row in livingston. The prison let us inside to speak with several condemned killers just weeks before their executions. What they told us in their final days may surprise you. What do you think you will be thinking . If i am going to hell or heaven. If i am going to hell or heaven. I am steve kroft. I am lesley stahl. I am anderson cooper. I am bill whitaker. I am lara logan. I am scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. Cbs money watch pup date spo
Covering the fire when they spotted jason perks desperately trying to get his road grader out of a ditch. He need to go out. He cant get out. Perks, woods county transportation worker was creating a fire line when flames moved in. He bailed from his vehicle as the crew drove to rescue him. He ran out of the tractor. Get in. Hurry up, hurry up. Came over. Lock the door. Jumped in. Slammed it in reverse. And floored it going in reverse. Thats how fast those flames got to us. Flames that scorched more than just the landscape Fire Fighters are assessing exactly how many structures have been lost. And scott, high winds and hot and dry weather remain in the forecast tomorrow. Of what a scene, manuel bojorquez, in oklahoma tonight. Manuel, thank you. Well oklahoma and much of the rest of the country is mourning tonight for a favorite son, Merle Haggard died today his 79th birthday. The cause was pneumonia. John blackstone on the country outlaw who released 71 top ten hits. Oklahoma, usa Merle
The countrys electricity, and theres a cost. Miners die. They were great men. They were awesome men. Thats why melissa lee says shes speaking out. Thank you all. Even though, she says its caused trouble for her in the county. I was receiving phone calls making ugly comments that i need to shut up. [ticking] why are hundreds of freezing people gathering in the middle of the night in this knoxville parking lot . Whos got number one . Number one. Number two . Theyre here in hopes of seeing a doctor. This is a clinic set up by remote area medical a charity founded to bring doctors to the amazon but now its a lifeline for the uninsured here at home. You drove 200 miles to get here . Yes, sir. And slept in this parking lot for seven or more hours . Yes, sir. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im morley safer. In this edition, we look at the hard times faced by millions of americans during the economic downturn. We begin with American Families falling out of the middle class. The combination of l
Inking a major deal with sam sunk and blackberry ceo john chem is here in a first on cnbc interview to tell us more in just a few minutes. The dow up 16 points, as you can see, the s p relatively flat, slightly negative, the nasdaq also flat for the session overall. Remember, we have five record highs and then two days now where we have been unable to do that after a massive rally over the last month. Joining us in our Closing Bell Exchange to talk about these markets, Heather Hughes of sun america funds, rob more gam from v 26789 v associates, meg green of meg green and associates and jim lowell from adviser investment and very own rick san tellism welcome to you all. Welcome to the show. Let me show a chart very quickly, meg, direct this at you, where we have come the last month in the s p 500, an 8 1 2 rise, rallying from all the lows about concerns about ebola and the economy and now as you see, beginning. Isis. Meg, are you still bullish on this market . Im always bullish. I am ve
Crude deal. Haliburton in talks to buy during a decline. Good evening everybody. Welcome everybody. Nice to have you here. A day of deals. One confirmed, two in the discussion stage and all helping to push the dow to a fresh alltime closing high, its 25th of the year. First the possibles, deal one will see the toy maker hasboro buy dreamworks animation. Deal two combine haliburton and baker hughes, more on those in a 340e78 moment. Bu finds Warren Buffett acquiring duracell batteries from procter gamble. P g bought it in 20005. Buffett gets duracell and minimizes taxes by handing over 4. 7 million shares berkshire still owns. They ended half percent higher. We have more on the buy out and what it means for berkshire and why procter a gamble is lettin duracell go. If you heard him say it once you heard him say it a thousand times. Warren buffett likes to invest in big consumer names like fruit of the lum, geico and hines. When he feels the price is right he will pounce. He said he has a