deepwater oil drilling is lifted. some say the ban was lifted because of political pressure of louisiana senator landrieu. she says that she will not lift the hold on the president s proposed budget director until she sees where the moratorium is actually lifted. the lead prosecutors in 49 states are launching a joint investigation to see if mortgage companies broke the law foreclosing on thousands of homeowners. the allegation, the bank employees processed foreclosure forms without ever reading them. the amazing story of survival is still unfolding in chile right now. 17 miners have been rescued so far. esteban rojas will be the 18th. on his way up in the capsule as we speak. with more on the effort, we re joined by bruce dial, a former mine inspector who spent more than two decades at the federal mine safety administration. thank you very much. first of all, talk to me about