very dire. muqtada al sadr and others have tremendous power in this region. sunnis feel they re being squeezed out of power. and the u.s. embassy here is going to be like no other diplomatic mission in the world with 15,000 to 18,000 people working here with most of them being security contractors. this will be a new phase with, i think, tremendous challenges ahead. but it won t be america s war anymore. but there may be another phase of the iraq war. nbc s richard engel, richard, thank you. 25 miners are above ground after what s called a rock burst occurred at an underground mine in northern indiana. a rock burst, an explosion of rock due to natural pressure. unfortunately seven miners were injured when they were installing liners to protect against those rock bursts. this is the latest incident from the lucky friday mines where just a few weeks ago a miner