disaster that happened yesterday afternoon. good morning, maggie. this is just maybe one of the saddest places in america this morning. there was so much hope yesterday afternoon and as the evening hours turned in to early morning hours, we are faced with a disaster of significant proportions. >> i know, harry. 25 people dead, four still missing. it's unlikely, but it is possible that they made their way to air tight containers where they could stay alive for days. it's not likely, but, ha we hav seen it happen before and that's everybody's hope this morning. >> yeah, we'll have a little more information about that later as they have started to already drill holes to get down into that mine shaft to get air in there to make it safe enough for rescuers to get there. but this is a very interesting story, maggie, and one we have heard so many times before, this big branch mine is owned by a major conglomerate, a company called massey energy company, a company that has been cited numerous...

to the last legislative session in annapolis. they're talking about tougher laws for sex offenders. >> reporter: five sex offender bills are being debate now. the case of the 11-year-old what was murdered by a sex offender is fueling the laws. one asks for more expertise and one wants the lifetime supervision and the third increases the monitoring on the registry. they're all three debated and two others are in a committee. 2500 bills were introduced and 26 passed. >>> there was a fatal car crash overnight. the single crash was overnight. one is dead and another person has been taken to the hospital. >>> maryland is strapped for cash and that means less money to clean up the cheese -- chesapeake.