rescuers are back inside a mine right now trying to find four missing miners in west virginia. four teams went in early this morning. they re really working against time. those rescue chambers have enough food and supplies for four days. it has been almost that long since monday s explosion. rescuers got within 500 feet of where they think the survivors could be, but had to turn back that close because of dangerous gases. the sample results have declined. it might have been a small amount but basically we still see a decline to the point that all three parties are in agreement that we need to try to get to the refuse chambers as we talked about earlier. the plan is for two teams to go underground and to visit both of those refuse chambers. funerals will be held for four of the 25 miners killed in monday s explosion. carl acord worked in mines for 34 years, two sons and two grandsons. family members say the day before the explosion acord told his family he was worried abou
making news on this monday, april 5th. easter earthquake, millions felt if. a major jolt along california s border with mexico. this morning, surveying the damage. tiger s return. facing the cameras today as the masters gets under way. so how will the fans respond . . and river rescue, a toddler falls 20 feet into a busy new york waterway. good morning. thanks for being with us on this monday. i m vinita nair. and i m todd connor in for jeremy hubbard today. a 7.2 earthquake being blamed for at least one death. it was centered northern mexico, but close enough to rattle southern california, ariza felt by people in los angeles, phoenix, even las vegas. rorter: people in san diego, reliving the moment the earth shook. strong enough to break glass windows. push water out of backyard pools and send chandeliers swaying. closer to the epicenter, the strong unwilling motion unleashed panic. there s no water. no electricity. and peemd are very frightened and nervous.
to the pope s annual easter message for a similar apology or even oblique reference to the scandal but it wasn t there. since his letter to irish catholics last month, the pope himself has not commented on the abuse scandal at all. jim sciutto, abc news, vatican city. iraq security forces are on high alert this morning after coordinated suicide bombings left more than 40 people dead there. three car bombs expled almost simultaneously targeting the iranian, egyptian and german embassies in baghdad. iraqi authorities say they managed to foil other attacks by stopping the vehicles and defusing the explosives. back here at home, supreme court justice john paul stevens isn t revealing too many details about his retirement plans other than to say he will surely step down while president obama is in office. in interviews over the weekend, stevens said he s not sure if he ll retire this year or next. stevens turns 90 this month. he was named to the court by gerald ford in 1975.
leaving behind an $18 million a year salary. sheen co-starring in that cbs comedy for seven years. guess he had enough. trace? trace: well, basketball coaches are scouting out a hot new prospect, and he s only 10 years old. jalen fleming is a 5-1 fifth grader. he is with us now along with his father, john fleming. welcome to you both. jalen, 10 years old, i am amazed by your athletic ability. how long have you been playing and how much do you practice? i ve been playing for around two years. trace: wow. i practice almost every day for more than a hour, hour and a half. it depends on my dad s schedule. trace: and while we re doing this, we love seeing you, we love seeing your dad, but the video is just amazing watching your skills. and, john, i loved the quote where you said, you know, when i watch him play i can hear god
jalen fleming s a big man on the hardwood. listen. some colleges looking at me, so i gotta go down to a college this week, and i m going to work out with the team. trace: why, you ask, are college scouts yes, colleges all over him? here s why. come on. trace: how s that? coaches and scouts say he s the best player for his ainge they have ever seen. he may be the next kobe bryant. but is it too early for that kind of pressure on that young man? we will ask him. jalen and his dad, john, and we ll show you more of that video coming up three minutes away, an interview you cannot miss.