states can turn legal pot into a bonanza. >>> i'm tony harris. those stories and your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. >>> boy, oh, boy, the waiting is almost over for 33 chilean miners trapped one half mile under ground. the rescue shaft is ready. hospitals and helicopters are on standby. karl penhaul is at the mine in chile. karl, before we bring anyone up from that mine, we have got to send a few people down. lift ton me, like i'm part of the process here. walk us through that process, if you would. >> reporter: absolutely, but i think you're no different from anybody else, tony. i think a lot of our viewers from across the world have been absorbed by this story from day one. i often get facebook messages or e-mails from individual families asking what's going on with the families. to bring you up to speed with what has to go on, before the first miner is brought to the