into that west virginia coal mine to look for four trapped miners. they were buried by an explosion monday that killed 25 others. it terrell brown is in naoma, west virginia with the latest. good morning. reporter: michelle, good morning to you. a decision had to be made soon. time is running out to potentially save the lives of those four missing miners. and in the middle of the night, rescuers decided to go in. rescue teams are back inside the upper big branch mine heading for the safe rooms where the four missing miners could still be alive. the plan is for two teams to go underground and to visit both of those refuge chambers. reporter: to ensure the air remains safe, nitrogen is being pumped in to neutralize toxic gas. teams are also making plans to begin removing the bodies of the confirmed dead. i believe that families are relieved and knowing that this process is starting which the end will be near. reporter: early on thursday, explosive levels of gas forced
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let me go back to washington politics for a minute. it was widely, i don t know what the right word is, speculated that secretary of defense bob gates was not necessarily in favor of this treaty. although he was the first one to come to the microphone when they were announcing it a couple of days ago. what are you hearing about that? well, i don t think defense secretary gates in particular has any problem with this treaty because as a point of fact, it s not going to be that difficult for the united states to comply with the arms reductions in this treaty. let me give you a quick example. there is a number of there are a number of b-52 bombers at barksdale air force base in louisiana. they can each carry 20 nuclear bombs but under this treaty, those 20 nuclear bombs on that one b-52 will be counted as one warhead. let me do that again. 20 bombs, one b-52 counts as one warhead under this treaty. so because of the peculiarity of the way both sides want to count their own
good morning. breaking news. they re in. rescue crews have entered that west virginia coal mine to resume their search for four missing miners and it could be just hours before we know what happened to them. we re live at the scene. air scare. a major security incident on a united airlines flight from washington to denver. fighter jets scrambled, other airlines alerted of a possible terror attack. turns out it was all apparently caused by a passenger smoking in the bathroom. and one big step. president obama and his russian counterpart sign a landmark treaty overnight to slash both countries nuclear arsenal. a key move toward the president s goal of ridding the world of nuclear weapons today, thursday, april 8th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. this morning there has been a major break-through at that west virginia coal mine where at least 25 workers were kille
you re so cool. what does that mean, grech snen sartorial? only brits use those words. he used it. oh. brit hume coming up, three navy seals facing court-martial accused of punching one of the world s most wanted terrorists. president obama can make this case go away. he s not doing it. we talked to the fiancee of one of the seals next. this story is amazing. an a.t.v. rider falls 700 feet off the cliff and others go with him and you know what? they all survive. you have to hear this story to believe it. straight ahead. luci: i m luci romberg.