operation. >> joe manchin, here he is, then i want to get back to you, sir. you know what you're talking about. >> i can't set here and make any excuse or nor do i intend to. i can only tell you when the investigation's completed and these people do their job and they give us the findings and there's anything at all that could have been preventible that would give us the indication that something's out of tkilter and if legislation is needed, we'll pass it immediately. >> accidents happen in every part of life. airplanes crash, cars crash, people do all kinds of things that just don't work. is mine safety perfectible, sir? >> i don't know if anything in life is perfectible. certainly, we can do a lot better than that. we have to realize that having strong legislation is important, but the main thing we have to do is empower those miners.

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" from new york tonight. these stories are hitting "my hot buttons" tonight. i'm exposing cnn contributor and conservative hate merchant erick erickson. his threat about pulling a shotgun on a census worker is only one of the dangerous and despicable things he's said. >>> president of media matters will join me in just a moment. >>> the stock market is surging. and that's money in the bank for seniors and union pensions. why aren't the republicans just praising our bullish president? >>> plus, it's a "psycho talk" event of the season. we'll have a complete preview of tomorrow's palin/bachmann rally in minneapolis. it's coming up. you won't want to miss it. >>> this is the story that has me fired up tonight. political violence. it is being stoked by the conservative media in this country the hard right wing blogger and cnn corrector erick