out of charleston, west virginia. the massey energy company held a news conference to address several issues related to the mine explosion that cost 29 miners their lives. they are now saying air samples did not show high levels of explosive gases just before the explosion that killed those miners. this happening or news coming in now. massey energy company board director said the samples were taken by the foreman as part of a shift change exam of the mine. the examination also showed airflow in the upper big branch mine was okay. they are also calling it a big lie. that s a quote regarding allegations that the company put profits over safety. right now more than 60 international guardsman are patrolling two counties devastated by storms and the massive tornado it created. while most people fled for cover as the tornadoes bore down, a select few were doing their best to keep up with them. a group of storm chasers
you re not answering my question. many compare to apartheid, nazi germany, jim crow laws. i know you want to talk about what you ve done but let s talk about the comparison people are making. i m talking about what we have done to lay the foundation. nothing much is going to change with the new law. law enforcement are trained. they will enforce all the laws, including this one. it s a misdemeanor now. i m very comfortable they are not going to go on street corners and round up people because they look like they are from another company. the fact of the matter is i have been to arizona three times. one time i met with him and did ask dpor his resignation because they do roundups. how can you say it s probable cause when you do roundup. how can there be probable cause if you round them up. we don t round them up. if the sheriff s position is
ones putting aaa ratings on garbage and selling it to your pension fund and your teachers retirement account and legislation preserves that. transparency, secrets bad, transparency good. conflict of interest bad. no conflict of interest good. that s cave language for 4 years old which apparently only our congress does not understand. you can catch dylan with more insight on goldman sachs and what s happening with financial reform. the dylan ratigan show at 4:00 p.m. eastern only on msnbc. thank you, dylan for coming on. greatly appreciate it. thank you. this is one that would surely outrage you, a man a lot of people outraged by this. a man is stabbed outside after he tries to help a woman who was being mugged. dozens of people just walk by as he bled to death. nbc s jeff rossen takes a look. there s even video. wait until you see one guy took a picture on the cell phone of this guy s body. and the 11-year-old florida
from goldman sachs in their push for financial reforms. e-mails released by a senate subcommittee ahead of testimony tomorrow by present and former goldman executives showed goldman executives seemed to cheer as the housing market collapsed. in the fall of 2007 one goldman executive wrote, quote, sounds like we ll make some serious money. in another e-mail, the firm lost money on the housing market, then made more, then we lost because of shorts, which are bets against the market. all of this comes with senate democrats and republicans still struggling to reach a deal on financial reform, with the senate set for a key procedural vote on reform at 5:00 eastern time. here to talk about new developments, host of dylan ratigan show. when you read e-mails like this and other information, it s hard to believe there s not an agreement between democrats and republicans but there is. that s what i said was hard to believe.
gap was going to be there regardless. and on that note, roger, all three of you please stay with me. the president stepping up to the podium. let s listen to his remarks. good morning, everyone. on april 5th the united states suffered the worst mine disaster in more than a generation. 29 lives were lost, families have been devastated, communities have been upended and during this painful time all of us are mourning with the people of montcoal and whitesville and naoma and the coal river valley. the people of west virginia are in our prayers. but we owe them more than prayers. we owe them action. we owe them accountability. we owe them an assurance that when they go to work every day, when they enter that dark mine, they re not alone. they ought to know that behind them there is a company that s doing what it takes to protect them and a government that is looking out for their safety.