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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100406:16:17:00

individuals unaccounted for, that they got to a refuge chamber, so we can t say it didn t work yet, but indications are that the majority of the miners did not have the opportunity to utilize some of the better things put into the miner act in 2006. we did have a congressman made a good point, it was a quicker response. this occurred at 3:00 and by 3:00 in the morning, we basically had gotten to the majority of the mine and accounted for 18 of the 22 missing miners. if we go back in time and look at this response times in the past, it basically would not add up to what we saw here yesterday. this is definitely a positive that we ve seen in the miner act of 2006. governor, i ve got a question for you. what do you have to say about

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100406:03:11:00

such-and-such miner is located at number four head drive, or at this conveyor belt. they know where they are, they can track them throughout their working shift. whether that s available in this mine, i don t know. and i also don t know, maybe some of your other guests have told you whether or not there are rescue chambers, or refuge chambers available in the mine. if they are in place, the company would know precisely where they are for each shift, and they could they have to be located within 1,000 feet of the shift, of the face, under federal law. so hopefully they would be able to say, if some of these workers survived the explosion, they re in the refuge chamber and here s where it s located. which obviously would make the mine rescue teams work a whole lot easier. tony oppegard an expert in these matters, thank you very much for your time, sir. appreciate it. thank you. we will of course continue to monitor these rescue efforts that are under way at the upper big branch m

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100406:16:30:00

tomorrow night before they can drill. could the drilling itself of these holes spark an explosion if the gas konz strags is so high? i m sure they ve looked at the strata to see if there s anything that could cause that. the governor says he s hoping for a miracle in this case, to go in and find these four miners alive, but there are now, and this happened after some of the past mining disasters, there are these rescue chambers. they re airtight, they have oxygen, they have water, communications and the officials in west virginia say they believe that three of those four missing miners are in the one remaining refuge chamber that has not been checked. if that s the case, wouldn t they be able to communicate with these miners? the chambers have communication devices, but if

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100405:23:34:00

upper big branch mine in southern west virginia. six miners are confirmed dead. 21 are missing. many of those are believed to be trapped under ground. the mine is located 30 miles south of charleston. this is a large mine producing more than a million tons of coal each year. it is staffed by about 200 employees and reportedly has an air-tight refuge chamber stocked with emergency air supplies. they re designed to provide enough breathable air for four days. it is also equipped with wireless communications and underground tracking systems. at least three fatal accidents have occurred at this mine over the last dozen years. nationwide the level of mine fatalities has fallen to its lowest level in more than a century. we ll continue to monitor this developing situation. stay tuned for live updates during our primetime hours beginning with countdown at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. now back to hardball.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20100409:18:42:15

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20100409:18:42:15
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