seventy here, 63 in beckley; 62, detroit.chicago with the rain moving on by and that temperature is 50 degrees right now. at 7:00, we should be nice here in town. 67 degrees. by 9:00, mainly clear skies, the temperature about upper 50s to near 60 and by 11:00, we should have some clear skies at 57 and visually, we may see fog forming later tonight thanks to the moisture we had yesterday and you might have some fog and we'll watch it because this is that type of set upwhere we get the skies overnight. the clearing skies now and this is why chicago's colder, an area of low pressure that is going to move to the western great lakes and send a frontal system in our direction for saturday and in between, the friday is a clear sky and that is over kentucky and tennessee and looks like a really gorgeous friday out of the deal and tonight, clear, mid-40s in the suburbs and keeping an eye out for patchy fog later tonight and tomorrow looks like a great day, mostly sunny and mild, can you thank the south wind that does the trick as high

and one of the -- i think we all remember when we were at beckley, one of the mothers of one of the miners who had lost his life, she said he would come home every night and it was like he was unbelievable that he could drive home. because by the time he got through with his day in the mine, his -- the oxygen in his blood was so contaminated that he would flop down on the sofa and pass out. and she would say to him, son, why don't you first go to your management. i can't. then why do you keep this job? and he said, mother, there are no other jobs. and this is -- i am risking my life, and i know it for this job. osha would not allow -- doctor, osha would not an employer to retaliate against an employee who pointed out a hazard in the work site. why do you think the miners have to put up with that? what do we need to do to change that? let me ask you that, i guess. >> i can answer that if you would like. first of all, i think technically, the law supposedly protects minors. but there is a -- there is the law and there is the reality. miners in southern west virginia do not belief or did not

i would also like to thank the committee for coming to beckley. i think that was a really enlightening hearing we had there it. there's no question the mine operator put production above safety every single day. resulting in a huge tragedy at ubb. but if we go back to 2006, we had a huge tragedy in my district, mr. rahol, unfortunately ubb is in his district, sago is in my district. we lost a lot of miners there. that's what this chart is about. because the resources are you said in terms of the number of inspectors that were hired most sago, correct? i mean, that was the reason the more resources were put in. >> correct. >> but you and i attended -- help me with my memory, we attended a reception at the charleston civic center, i think at the end of 2009, where we were celebrating that that had been the safest year, is that correct? was it 2009? >> 2009, yes. it was the safety year in the entire mining industry. >> and then three-and-a-half months later the most devastating tragedy in 40 years. i remember at that time you talked a lot about vehic

almost two years ago this committee traveled to beckley, west virginia, where we heard chilling testimony from the families and miners about the unbelievable conditions in that mine. most of which you listed just in your opening testimony, mr. chairman. so i won't repeat it, but leo long, a lifelong miner and grandfather of one of the 29 miners who lost his life testified that day. mr. long said, i'm asking for you all to please do something for the rest of the coal miners that's in the mines. i pray for it every night, every day. if you don't do something, something like this is going to happen again. mr. long, we hear your cry. massey failed to prevent this and failing to comply with long established safety any mine workplaces. massey failed to prevent this tragedy because it didn't quench the ignition or shore up the mine roof to keep the mine ventilated and it failed to keep the mine rock dust to prevent coal dust explosion. on top of massey's failure to follow basic safety protection, it also engaged in a pattern of obstruction. massey routinely provided mass inspections which gave f

they're well to the south of d.c., which we will show you in a minute and rich mobbed, 52 and beckleynd a bit of a correction and we're not seeing the march-like high temperatures that we had a couple of weeks ago. we have had the showers moving through richmond and that is why they cooler and a couple through the harrisonburg area and some clouds around as well and we'll see the skies continuing and that is with this in place. at 7:00, 56 degrees and definitely a bargain and comfortable, if you get the jacket before you go outside. by 9:00, 50 degrees under mainly clear skies, and by 11:00, we should be 46 degrees. i mentioned it's going to be rather frosty in a few spots and show you who has a freeze warning and that is colder than a frost adviserory. the froze warning is up along the mason-dixon line and that is in frederick county and washington area and on either side of interstate 81. your temperatures at or below 42 thirty two degrees and that -- 32 degrees and means you will have to take the extra precautions and make sure you don't lose the sensitive plants and on friday, loo

. >> check out michael beckley and international security on why china is not catching up with the united on the show secretary tom vilsack and our deep dive into what's going on inside the john edwards trial. coming up next chris jansing. bye-bye. >> we have a few areas of storminess out there today and no big blockbuster storms, just a few areas with showers and thunderstorms and including chicago and minneapolis and we're okay in atlanta and new york and boston and on the west coast from seattle southward through san francisco and l.a., chance of rain for everyone. have a great day. you know, those farmers, those foragers, those fishermen.... for me, it's really about building this extraordinary community. american express is passionate about the same thing. they're one of those partners that i would really rely on whether it's finding new customers, or, a new location for my next restaurant. when we all come together, my restaurants, my partners, and the community amazing things happen. to me, that's the membership effect. >>> good morning. i am chris jansing. right now on

beckley allen, who lives next door, says her garage caught on fire and she ran out of the house in herhe bright glow in my backyard. i called 911. about 15 minutes later -- i feel so blessed. this is a house my dad grew up in. we've owned this house since 1921. i feel so blessed. i feel like my grandfather and father are watching over here. >> now, the home did sustain heavy damage. the family will have to stay somewhere else. we just spoke to the fire marshal. he's focusing on a washer and dryer as a possible cause for the fire. firefighters want to remind people out there, make sure you have working smects in your -- smoke detectors in your house. >>> in overnight news, another homicide in the ingelside district. the man was shot and killed after 11:30 last night in the 300 block of lewis burg. police inspector tells us, the victim was in his 20s. police actually had to lows down the street during the investigation. this happened just a couple of blocks from the house where five people were murdered last month. >>> later this morning, san jose police will tell us more about a shootin

whether in beckley, ravens wood, i heard the same thing from the people of my state. we don't understand why hardworking middle-income people are paying as much in the tax rate as the wealthy in our country. take our coal miners who go to the mines every day to make a living for themselves and our family, they mine the coal producing the energy this country needs but they are paying higher tax rates than some making $1 million a year or more. where i come from it's not fair, mr. president. and where it come from, it doesn't make any sense. where i come from, that means our system needs to be fixed in a real, responsible and fiscally sound way that reduces our debt. let me be clear, i'm not begrudging anyone who has worked hard, taken a risk or who has done extremely well financially, but we have to have a solid country under us to achieve those goals, and we need to put fairness back in the tax system to get this country on solid ground again. and if we want a fair system, that means that there shouldn't be a privilege that allow the very wealthy to pay a lower rate t

rahall's district, the democrat leader of the committee in beckley, west virginia, we heard at every single hearing all the way to the west coast when we did a bipartisan unprecedented bicameral with senator boxer hearing on that coast, every single hearing almost without question and most of the witnesses all said that we needed to speed up the project. shovel ready has become a national joke. we've got to end that sad commentary, that sad joke that doesn't allow us to go forward. i think the ribble amendment will do that. with that again i think we have a vehicle that we can get to conference, work in a bipartisan and bicameral manner to get the job done. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from -- the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rahall: the last long-term surface transportation authorization expired on september 30, 2009. we continue to limp along patching together our nati

and james baker said i traced the specter beckley to win colby retial the family jewels of the cia whene testified before the pike and church committees, and that just decimated america's ability to conduct covert action, and clandestine activities around the world. i thought well, i guess my father is relevant. and then two weeks later i saw photographs of cia operatives wearing turbans and sporting beards and riding with the northern alliance on camelback and horseback and in northern afghanistan against the taliban. i thought that looks like oss so i thought maybe there's a story here. c-span: you're father lived in what years? >> guest: he lived 1920 to 1996 born as an army brat, really never lived in the same place for more than two years, spend and very informative years when he was a young boy in tientsen china which was really just before the manchurian invasion. he had a taste for the orient. he understood the military. he's the kind of boy that you would find on the edge of the parade ground saluting and watching soldiers go by. c-span: i wrote down quote from your documentary