elahe, and marcus mabry, a new york typist lead blog editor. and joining us via skype from west virginia is bob kincaid, the cofounder of the an laborya health emergency campaign, and a broadcaster at the head on radio network. so nice to have you here this morning, bob. thank you very much for the t opportunity to talk with you, melissa. so, bob, you have described this circumstance to my producer as saying, we have allowed west virginia and the country to be turned into a liquidation asset for the corporate class. what does that mean and how is that related to the story i just told about what happened in west virginia? reporter: for over a hundred years now, melissa, everything in this state has been for sale to the highest bidder. for the most part, that largely entails the coal industry, but it also entails the chemical industry, going back to the discovery of brine wells in what