Rescue workers made better progress Saturday drilling shafts to reach nine miners trapped since Wednesday night in a Pennsylvania coal mine, state officials said. Betsy Mallison, of the state Department of Environmental Protection told CNN Saturday mornin
goldman sachs posting lower profits than analysts expected. its stock down less than 1% today. bank of america, another loss. a loss of $9 billion. most of that went to settle a lawsuit over mortgage investments. rescuers pulling to safety 12 men trapped after a tunnel collapse and that tops our news around the world in 80 seconds. china. these minivans reportedly bringing the men out of that tunnel which was under construction in a northeastern province. a cave-in that pinned them down for 36 hours. emergency crews lowered food, water, and mobile phone through ventilation holes, much like the rescue operation for 33 miners in chile last year. workers finished a rescue shaft early this morning and pulled the men right out through it. germany, arsonists setting fire to four parked cars in the capital city of berlin. no reports of injuries, but arson attacks on cars have been ongoing for several years, mostly in berlin and hamburg.
investments. rescuers pulling to safety 12 men trapped after a tunnel collapse and that tops our news around the world in 80 seconds. china. these minivans reportedly bringing the men out of that tunnel which was under construction in a northeastern province. a cave-in that pinned them down for 36 hours. emergency crews lowered food, water, and mobile phone through ventilation holes, much like the rescue operation for 33 miners in chile last year. workers finished a rescue shaft early this morning and pulled the men right out through it. germany, arsonists setting fire to four parked cars in the capital city of berlin. no reports of injuries, but arson attacks on cars have been ongoing for several years, mostly in berlin and hamburg. we re told police suspect left-wing activists in some cases. north korea. heavy flooding hitting the west and northeast. this video from friday just released. state media reporting the rough weather destroyed or flooded
when we come back, the three-way race to drill the rescue shaft into the mine. the american whose team made it there first and one chilling moment when the drillers heard a bang far down below. that was what we didn t want to hear is something like that because we still hadn t punched through into the mine, and so it was definitely a a heart-stopper. we re thinking, man, something goes wrong in the last minute.
and the men seem to have taken that on board. for the first 17 days we were aware, they may find us and if they find us, they find us. if not, not. amazing. amazing. karl, appreciate all your reporting these long weeks and months. thanks very much. when we come back, the three-way race to drill the rescue shaft into the mine. the american whose team made it there first and one chilling moment when the drillers heard a bang far down below. that was what we didn t want to hear was something like that, because we still hadn t punched through into the mine. so it was definitely a heart stopper. we re thinking, man, something goes wrong in the last minute. i well, let s grow some algae. and that s what started it. exxonmobil and synthetic genomics have built a new facility to identify the most productive strains of algae. algae are amazing little critters. they secrete oil, which we could turn into biofuels. they also absorb co2. we re hoping to supplement the fuels that we use in