march this last week and what's being called the second battle of blair mountain are his own tale and ford was there and here's the story. in the mountain west virginia a battle is raging. for the state every man to its core its job. and the soul of resistance in appalachians the same. let's see. how did miners activists environmentalists marched up blair mountain to demand an end to mountaintop removal. technique that blast rock to get it call seems within which environmentalist say said the free reading town causing flooding and contaminating rivers water going through water they retrace the steps of more than ten thousand coal miners who in one thousand twenty one took up arms for the right to unionize and survive to fifteen thousand coal miners forming an army and marching up the mountain that's right behind me you know and fighting you know against an army paid for by a coal operators jack keane his great grandfather led the charge is the president of the west virginia miners union but it's a history he didn't from texas this is a history that has been concealed from west virgini

really at stake what about me it's a symbol but for what i understand there are union mines in blair mountain where the show union mines and blue mountain i mean there are throughout west virginia all the mountaintop mining you know there's very few you know actually part of the reason why coal companies shifted to mountaintop mining was so that they didn't have to deal with you know i'm just curious you know bigger picture because you have covered a number one of these a number of these labor struggles if you see this you know because i think people could see this story and say ok this is you know this affects just these people that are struggling against this one company is that the case is it's just you know these miners struggling against one corporation or do you see this as symbolic of labor struggles that are going on against corporations all over this country and i think what is happening in appalachia is really the canary in the coal mine of what is happening with corporate power across the united states corporations can come to just about any community use it up often as they do in

caught in the middle in the battle for blair mountain corporations versus miners miners versus environmentalist and even miners against each other so who will come out victorious in appalachia and what does it show about the struggle between labor and corporations in this country. and those corporations well they're obama's fix for america's job problem yes the same companies that ship u.s. jobs overseas so where does the answer really lie to uninvite. was. an early release for the cop seen here shooting and killing oscar grant back in two thousand and nine so after serving less than a year of the sentence are police getting away with murder we hear from oscar grant's uncle. good evening it's monday june thirteenth i'm lauren lyster coming to you from here in washington d.c. and you are watching our team now ninety years ago coal miners rose up in the largest insurrection since the civil war it became known as the battle of blair mountain some credit with launching the labor movement and creating the middle class america that exists today but the battle is not over some of those coal miners des

look no further than west virginia archers and miners prepare for round two in the battle for blair mountain will have been on the ground look. it's friday june tenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for watching our team. i want to start out by taking a look at what you might have seen if you turned on some of the mainstream cable networks here in the united states today what the other guys are talking about take a look. wiener gate as it's come to be called just keeps getting more bizarre and must be mattering photo back and i mean i'm going to be what i am because i'm ready to hurt the democratic party if he doesn't resign casey anthony back in court she is accused of killing her two year old daughter in two thousand a timer and of yesterday was harsh today was just awful sure that she was sick as much as sick of the testimony she has been so stone faced so cold so callous maybe the gig is up and maybe that's why she's crying. casey anthony and winner date i want to tell you what they're not talking about an event that's going on right now that includes some of the top movers and

virginia where there are marchers and miners both preparing for round two and the battle for blair mountain will have an on the ground look one of our correspondents is there i thought coming up at five pm. well among the other issues u.s. senators are focusing on an effort to remind israel and the world that the u.s. stands by israel on everything even when the president says otherwise we believe the borders of israel palestine should be based on the nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps. this statement by the president which he has since backtracked on and it has led several u.s. senators to sponsor a resolution showing their support of israel and prime minister benjamin netanyahu with provisions like this quote where as the united states has long recognized that a return to the one nine hundred sixty seven lines would create a strategic military vulnerability for israel and greatly impede its sovereign right to defend its borders another provision in the bill where as prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu correctly stated that the one nine hundred sixty seven li