there were tens safety violations every day, every single day t massey -- at massey mines. let me add an exclamation point there, and let me say it again. there were 10 and safety violations every day -- tens safety violations -- 10 safety violations every day. this is as clear as beane nunes sun in the sky. -- as the noon sun. and this is the clear record, of blatant, b-l-a-n-t-a-n-t, disregard of the issue -- safety of massey minors. a shame. do you care to comment? >> yes, senator. first of all, we did violations extremely seriously. the criteria greatly changed on violations, as i think everyone understands. as i said in my opening statement and in my submitted testimony, i have reduced it there by 90% during my tenure as chairman. at upper big branch, we did not sit idly by. once we recognized how many violations we were having, reform the housing discrimination committee and reduce citations at upper big branch by nearly 80% -- and reduce citations. we have worked very hard -- and reduced citations. we have more than 120 rules and policies at massey that exceed the la

. >> reporter: the mine operator, massey energy, is under criminal investigation. in the months leading up to the disaster the mine racked up hundreds of safety violations. today for the first time, miners claim that massey employees above ground routinely tipped off managers inside the mine when federal safety inspectors arrived giving employees time to clean things up. >> the manager would go underground and tell all the sections that they had an inspector on the property. >> reporter: stanley stewart who escaped the blast said miners risk losing their jobs if they complained about safety. in your view was this a safe mine? >> no. no. no. i can't say it was a safe mine. >> reporter: just last week in washington the company's ceo insisted that despite an unusually high 53 deaths over ten years, massey's mines are safe. >> massey does not place profits over safety. >> reporter: back in west virginia the governor said the company's track record is hard to ignore. >> it was a time bomb waiting to happen. >> reporter: today massey was warned against retaliation. >> th

are they going to hear on massey? >> this was a one-day hearing. but the ceo of massey was on the hill last week and he denied unsafe mines despite the fact that 53 people have died over ten years. he said they operate a safe, safe mine system, and they do not put profits ahead of safety. >> thank you, tom. >>> rescuers are scrambling to clean and save animals threatened by the oil disaster in the gulf. this is the bird rescue center trying to remove sludge from a pelican. 32 birds have come into the center covered in oil. they expect to see many, many more. oil has now pushed into two major pelican nesting colonies in louisiana's wet lands. some eggs were too contaminated, too. today interior secretary ken salazar slammed british petroleum for missing deadlines on sealing that broken well that continues to release all that oil. he was part of a del grags from washington that toured the gulf today. jay gray is live with the latest. i understand you've got some breaking news about the environmental protection agency now? >> hey there, jim. the lead

the accident happened at massey's ruby energy mine in west virginia. of course under investigation for that explosion that killed 29 men in its upper branch mine back on april 5th. >>> well, this is bike to work day and what better day for arlington county officials to make a big announcement on using pedal power to get around. they say that arlington is teaming up with the district to create the nation's largest bike sharing system. they are still working out the details but it is set to launch in the fall with more than 1,000 bikes. you will be able to sign up on- line with a credit card to get a year-long membership or use a bike for an hour or a day. >>> i think we did a story on that on our green tips, you can rent a bike. in many cities. it is pretty cool. like a zip car idea basically. >> you have to be careful. >> that's for sure. >>> a okay weekend. not perfect but you can do some so things. out of the gate, primarily late shower and maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow. 77 and then primarily early showers on sunday and then the clouds will be tough

the announcement comes one day after massey's c.e.o. testified on capitol hill about the safety of the company's operations. >> we did a survey i believe in february of this year where we anonymously ask our people if they felt safe on the job and whether they thought massey's s1 which is the name for our safety program made them safer than competitor mines. anonymously 93% confirmed they felt not just as safe but safer. >> 29 men died in an explosion at massey's upper big branch mine. that was the dead lest coal mining disaster -- deadliest coal mining disaster in 40 years. >>> is it a rat? more when we come back. >>> and topper has the full forecast. we're back in three minutes. >>> president barack obama issuing his own green alert tonight. he's falling for the first mileage and pollution limits for big trucks. the president also wants to tighten the limits for cars and suvs made after the year 2016. the goal is to get the nation's vehicles running on half the fuel they use right now. >>> maryland's governor says more sanctuaries and

i assume there is no love lost between msha and massey. but, you say that the mines have stayed open and have been held open because of the way the law was interpreted. my question is, by whom? even when there is dust, a violation if and gas leaks this is what we expect to cause the explosion. the way the law has been interpreted it will keep them open even in the face of all of these violations to interpreted the law that way? >> there is different litigation that has happened that has led to the current application. the historical applications have been developed through the commission and that is one of the reasons we need to take a look at some of the provisions better at the center of the universe for limiting the msha ability to use some of these things and appointed earlier the notion of a promise ability violation review have a piece of equipment that has a gaap only takes a spark to blow up a coal mine at ast to go to an extraordinary step before you consider that a serious. >> i am sorry but you are saying that the courts? >> gue

. >>> the head of massey energy, the company that operates the west virginia mine where 29 workers were killed last month faced tough questions in a senate panel. west virginia senator robert birth said his firm has an alarming record of serious infractions. lawmakers accuse massey of sacrificing safety for more money and profit. >>> a brown ooze is now coating marshy grass land along the louisiana coast and the affects of the oil spill are showing up on wildlife. a pelican was found dead at a bird sanction ware. one wing and its neck were matted with oil. bp is getting ready for a new push to stem the flow and at the same time it's under federal orders to keep the environment in mind. >> reporter: bp has until today to come up with a safer way to break up the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the epa outbounded them to switch to less toxic chemicals because of environmental concerns. so far bp has use 650,000- gallons of dispersements. >> to use the least toxic of those makes the most sense. >> reporter: bp admits the blown out oil well is spewing more than the 210,000-gallons a

the head of massey energy defended his company today in the wake of a west virginia mine disaster. 29 workers died in a passy mine explosion last month but at a senate hearing today ceo don blankenship rejected sharp criticism of his firm. >> let me state for the record massey does not place profits over safety. we never have. and we never will. period. from the day i became a member of massey's leadership team 20 years ago i have made safety the number one priority. the result has been a 90% reduction in lost time accidents. >> some senators like west virginia robert byrd took exception. byrd said the coalmine had an alarming record. the fatal explosion is under investigation. three american hikers being held in iran were reunited with their mothers today. sarah shourd, shane bauer and josh fattal were detained last july after crossing the unmarked border between iraq and iran. iranian state television showed today's emotional reunion at a hotel in tehran and the hikers spoke in public for the first time since their arrest. >> shane and josh are in the room together but i'm alone. th

one father allegedly set that massey energy put out alerts when inspectors arrived at minds. he called on congress to protect minors. >> they should pass laws to ensure that miners do not have to work in an unsafe place. >> the governor of west virginia made his own recommendations to the committee. the u.s. justice department is investigating the explosion. >>> the u.s. and south korea are planning joint military exercises off the korean peninsula and at deterring aggression by northern career. -- by north korea. south korea responded by cutting off trade with p'yongyang and banning merchant ships from south korean waters. >>> for the first time since the iraq war began, there are more troops in afghanistan than iraq. there are now 94,000 troops in afghanistan and 92,000 in iraq. at the height of the work, there were 160,000 troops anin iraq. >>> gay rights activists headed to the white house to talk about the don't ask don't tell policy. they met with officials about moving along the appeal reject repeal process. legislation was expected to be introduced this week but even

that company is performance coal, subsidiary of massey energy company, which owns the mine. last month f.b.i. agents interviewed nearly two dozen current and former massey employees. 29 workers died in the explosion. >>> here is a story that everybody i talk to wants to talk about. this is the young dutch boy who was the only survivor of the libyan plane crash this past week. he is now back in his home country the netherlands. the nine-year-old, accompanied by his aunt and uncle issue was transported by med vac after being treated by doctors in libya for severe leg fractures. he's reportedly been told that his parents and his brother died in that crash. the plane went down just short of the runway in libya. it happened on wednesday. 103 people on board the plane were killed and he was the only one who made it. >> there is a picture in the new york post and it's so heart breaking. he's obviously very injured and he just looks so sad and he looks so small. just so little. poor kid. the libyan doctors let him take a phone call from a newspaper in the netherlands. this poor kid

. >> massey energy once an investigation into what caused the explosion in west virginia. official investigation needs to encompass the principles of due process. investigators might re-enter the mine. >> general motors is announcing a large recall that involves all made since 2006. a recall is to fix a piece on the code that can come off while driving. general -- piece of the hood. the company is discontinuing the brand. >> nancy pelosi says the prosperity of the nation depends on green jobs. speaking at the green shops national conference, she says clean energy jobs are one way to put people back to work. -- speaking at the green jobs national conference. more than 100 exhibitors were on hand to demonstrate how they are creating green jobs. >> he became mascot for the mccain as guy, but now joe the plumber testing the political landscape. he was elected to serve on the republican committee in ohio. it meets a few times a year to set the agenda. >> what a dead. -- what a day. >> how lucky can we be? >> we have been very lucky. no major storms coming this way, but there wi

massey energy says they will cooperate. >> hot tea has starbucks in hot water. a resident is suing starbucks claiming they got second-degree burns. he was -- it was placed in a container that was not safe. >> the idiots are loose, another fan ran out on the field at a phillies game. a much different scene from last night. a new video just released show police officers using a taser on a 17-year-old. police are reviewing their procedures and we will have reaction from the boy's mother. that is coming up later in sports. >> i wonder if she will scold him or police. a beautiful day. >> very warm and low humidity. a couple systems coming late thursday and into friday. we need the rain. we are still deficient with rainfall. first we will start out west in allegheny county. 58 and a little bit cooler out west. look at the do point temperature, at 25 degrees -- the dew point temperature. it is down to 63 degrees in laurel. the dew point temperature is the true measurement. it is the key and it is very comfortable. 62 degrees in triangle in prince william county. the po

the hearing is days after a senate subcommittee heard testimony on the explosion from executives of massey energy, the company which owns the mine. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton says north korea must be held to account for the sinking of a south korean warship. secretary clinton made the comment during a meeting with chinese leaders in beijing. they want china's help in finding a solution to the situation. >>> the chinese government agrees to a currency exchange rate with the u.s. dollar. >>> and a new list offers americans a look at the most affordable places to live in the country. >>> right now no construction or accidents to report traveling westbound on route 50. it's angie with the monday morning traffic coming up. >>> and it's time for the first "living $mart" report of the morning. jessica doyle is here with the headlines. good morning. >> well, wall street can only hope that last week's selloff is a bad memory, particularly after a triple-digit rebound on friday. and so far today we are seeing buying. asian stock markets were mostly higher today and checking wall street,

mines are safe. >> massey does not place profits over safety.ll. >> reporter: a central theme in this investigation is ventilation. was the mine properly ventilated? did the feds order a change in ventilation that in any way contributed to this disaster? a lot of questions before the congressional committee here in west virginia today. >> tom costello, thanks. >>> university of virginia commencement ceremonies, yeardley love was awarded a posthum posthumous degree accepted by her cousin. >>> iran has threatened to scrap the deal if the security council moves forward with a fourth round of sanctions which could be adopted as early as next month anchts 13-year-old boy from california has become the youngest climber to reach the highest summit. jordan romero reached the top of mt. everest, more than 29,000 feet, with his father over the weekend. he is just one climb away from his quest to summit the highest peaks on all seven continents. >>> it is now 8:04. let's get another check of the weather with al. >> hey, ann, we are in triplicate here. who

eric massey. apparently massa cleamed that ron came up to him one day in the house locker room, stark naked, started screaming obscenities at him. to which i say, welcome to my world. civil you. it's a tense moment. you know, even as we enjoy each other's company tonight, we're also mindful of the incredible struggles of our fellow americans. those leading the efforts to stem this crisis and those along the coasts who's livelihoods are in jeopardy as a result of the spill. also the men and women in uniform who put their lives at risk each and every day for our safety and freedom. so in that spirit, i'd also like to pay a tribute to the journalists who play an extraordinary role in telling their stories. earlier today i gave the commencement address at michigan, where i spoke to the graduates about what is required to keep our democracy thriving in the 1st support are you. one of the points i made is that for all the changes and challenges facing your industry, this country absolutely needs a healt

. >> called before congress last week, the chairman of massey energy that owns the mine admitted his fatality rate is high. >> once you add the 29 in, it's a bad record. i feel terrible about it. i don't know yet what happened. >> reporter: lawmakers say what happened was weak oversight and law breaking. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, capitol hill. >> now, some capitol hill observers pointed out similarities to the oil spill in the gulf. both involved big company, a disaster, federal oversight and yes, finger pointing. >> a legal blow for the national football league today. today, the u.s. supreme court ruled that when it comes to selling nfl merchandise, the nfl cannot be the soul negotiator for every one of its 32-separately owned teams. the case involves a lawsuit by an illinois apparel company. they lost ability to sell nfl caps and other apear rel when the league struck a deal with reebok. american needle claimed the deal essentially stifled competition and violated u.s. antitrust laws. the apparel case now goes back to district court for further examination. >>> there was a bi

. >> reporter: called before congress last week, the chairman of massey energy that owns the mine admitted his fatality rate is high. >> once you add the 29 in, it's a bad record. i feel terrible about it. i don't know yet what happened. >> reporter: lawmakers say what happened was weak oversight and law breaking. >> it sounds to many up here, the oil mess in the gulf. a big company, federal oversight and inspection a disaster and now finger pointing. >> coming up on news 4 at 6:00, scientists are trying to figure out if the eruption of a volcano in iceland, whether it's finally over. >> the duchess of york says she's sorry for her lapse of judgment after she was caught on tape in an undercover sting. >> and veronika is back with a -sure.s for coming back out. i think you might have hooked it up wrong, though. yea, we're getting way too many channels. no, no. that's -- that's standard. fios also comes with 11,000 free movies and shows on demand per month. ah, standard. gotcha. a certain somebody says "thank you." tell him "he's welcome," but it's still standard. he's happy to be back with

massey came off of its low. look at that. v-shape trade here as we open the markets here. same with the home builders. high beta names, very volatile and a lot of price swings throughout the week and still down on the day but still moving towards the flat line. >> thank you very much, robert. >>> greece is the word for all volatility in the stock market. the vix up double digits again today. there it is up 5% to 25.02. so, our question right now is, how do you play these volatile markets? joining me scott raedler chief strategic officer and mark travis president and ceo of intrepid capital management. i want to know how you play this? >> the same way we always do, from the bottom up. we turn over rocks looking for a special situation whether there is a discount for what the private market and on the fixed income side what the bankers should do which is try to figure out how to get paid back. short term high yield lender and small to mid-cap equity buyer. with the markets up 50% to 70% year over year they're not giving things away like they were last year. hard to come up w

massey energy owns the upper big branch mine. a spokesperson says the company will fully cooperate with all investigations. safety officials also announced today that the mine's closest gases would allow investigators to reenter that mine. vic? >> thank you, kai. federal regulators are allowing them to subpoena witnesses. >>> the washington, d.c. council passed a measure to make it legal. alex trevino explains. >> reporter: this is one step closer to a reality than ever before. >> we tried to create a responsible, evidence-based, closed system for sick victims to have access to medical marijuana that tries tries to blunt the frolicking in other places. >> reporter: he wanted to honor the relationships outside the boundaries of the district and medicine immediate and virginia. >> if they wrote prescriptions outside of the law, we could not discipline them. because they're not within a reach. >> reporter: medical use marijuana is considered a breakthrough in the district. but for some residents, it's with too many restrictions. >>

the ceo of massey energy said that changes required by the mine safety and health administration may have been a contributing factor. >> we opposed the changes because our engineers believe it made the ventilation system less effective, not because they were more costly or because they interfered with production. they say federal inspectors found the upper branch mine was in good condition days before the april 5th explosion that killed 29 miners. dc police are working a business saturday murder mystery this morning. a disabled man fell from an apartment window leading police to find his mother's dead body inside. kristin fisher has more. >> reporter: dc police were called to the 4200 block of 4th street in southeast washington around 4:00 p.m. yesterday after reports that a man had fallen from the window. when they arrived at the scene they found a special needs boy, age 2 o had fallen or been pushed through a window. they found the body of the boy's mother inside the same apartment. >> the body appears to have been here at least for a few days. so right now we are investigating thi

thinkprogress.org, governor perry rejected that deregulation should be blamed for the spill or the massey mine disaster. he said the spill might have been "an act of god." the forum was partly funded by bp to prodmoet regulation. house republican leader john boehner not backing down for pushing for more drilling onshore and off. mary landrieu who represents thousands of louisiana fishermen whose fishing season came to an end tonight is unmoved by the implications of this spill, budging not at all for new drilling after jon stewart pointed out her position on the safety has budged from the days when she line up to defend it. >> it is safe to drill and we need to do more of that. >> we can do this in an environmentally sound way. >> our companies have done a wonderful job making sure we are environmentally sound and able to produce energy. >> they do drill today in an environmentally safe way. >> oil rigs generally don't cause spills. >> the environmentalists are wrong, actually. we can drill safely off the shores of america. >> spoken like true scientists. from the first reel of a disaster

investigators are looking into actions by the mine's operator, performance coal, which is a subsidiary of massey energy company. it owns the mine. the space shuttle "atlantis" left on its final voyage today. the shuttle blasted off this afternoon from the kennedy space center at cape canaveral in florida. its last 12-day mission is to the international space station to deliver fresh batteries and a new russian-built compartment. "atlantis" has flown 32 missions since 1985. nasa plans to end the 30-year shuttle program by the end of the year to focus on getting astronauts to an asteroid and mars. only two shuttle flights are left-- by "discovery" and "endeavor". stocks slumped on wall street today on concerns that deep spending cuts under a european bailout plan will slow a global economic recovery. the dow jones industrial average lost more than 162 points to close at 10,620. the nasdaq fell 47 points to close above 2,346. for the week, the dow gained 2.3%; the nasdaq rose 3.6%. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jim. >> lehrer: now, the new british foreign secretary made a

we should note a lot of the fear stocks, bp, massey, they're higher today. hilary, kick it off. >> what i'm looking at is apple and goldman sachs, for us traders. >> jared? >> $11.70. above it, buy it. >> sell the rips in this market. >> i think the focus is where we are friday afternoon. >> that does it here for halftime. here's what's coming up tonight on "fast money." >>> blankfein on the defensive once again. the street's most outspoken financial forecaster reacts to the latest out of lloyd. >>> the street's love affair with google continues, but the feelings aren't mutual. they've tanked 20% in 2010. that's tonight at 5:00 p.m. eastern on cnbc. >>> first on cnbc, caterpillar ceo jim oh weapons, the stock taking a hit yesterday due to investors' fierce. can the construction giant keep digging up profits? >>> the greek debt disaster, riots roaring in the streets of athens as the government cuts spending. will the unrest spread across europe? how do you protect your portfolio? >>> sold. a new world record set at christie's, picasso's most famous paintings.

massey, more as a material play as well.ntal, newfield and transocean, which is actually based in zurich. they report earnings after the close today. the stock is up. and i just noticed that devon energy is trading higher, one of the few names higher in the energy index. they made a big public issue not long ago, long before this oil spill, that they were moving onshore and selling their offshore assets. also, discretionary weakness is very pronounced. we have results out from trw. a mild but more than double what analysts were looking for, but not matched up with any increased forecast for the second quarter of the full year. and that goes down. and then ford, the second worst stock in the s&p 500 behind news corp here today. it is down now for the very latest "faber report." >> thanks, matt nesto. you know, there's a stock that matt probably was watching last night, namely news corp. after the bell, news corp reporting what seemed to be or were very strong numbers, and the stock took off, as you might expect. cable network

online, the first hearing with the representative, the head of massey mining company, testifying about the big branch mine disaster. here on c-span, the house gavels back in later and debate on a measure that would allow the labor committee to further investigate that mine disaster. we'll show you all of president calderon's speech later. i want to give you flavor here of some of the thing he is had to say, starting with talk about increasing security due to the drug war situation in northern mexico. here's a look. >> exactly 100 years since the mexican revolution a revolution against -- a revolution for justice and democracy. as you can see, mexico was founded on the same valuings and principles as the united states -- on the same values and principles as the united states of america. we are very proud of this past. however, the mexican people and their government are focused on the future. that is why mexico is a country in continuous process of transformation. we are determined to change. we are taking the decisions that are going to make mexico a more prosperous democracy. one of t

the head of massey energy will face lawmakers next week for the first time since that explosion killedrkers at the upper branch mine in west virginia. he will testify next week before a senate subcommittee. we will keep you posted on possible coverage of that hearing. let's hear from rick, an independent in illinois. >> the thing that baffles me about this whole thing is perhaps -- is that we troubleshoots the many different things with technology and everything, how did they not anticipate this type of tragedy happening and, how did they not, you know, engineer in devices that would prevent this? i know they had a blowout preventer, but they should have had some sort of back up. >> in his brief comments, the president said that all parties should accept blame, including the federal government. president -- vice president joe biden has said that the oversight was as bad as he thought it was. next caller. >> if we would build more fuel- efficient cars, make it aerodynamically smooth like the airplane has been for 100 years, we would lower our wind resistance, drag. also, we could have f

the upper big branch mine, we don't yet know exactly what caused this blast, but we do know that massey energy has a long, long history of health and safety violations at this mine and others of theirs and that it has received hundreds, not a few, but hundreds of citations before the blast occurred. this tragedy and the conduct of this mine owner toward the safety of its workers further highlights the need for the education and labor committee to fully perform oversight function. we owe this much to the families of the fallen miners and to those miners who go to work each and every day so they can come home safely to their families every night. the deposition authority provided by this resolution which is the product of a bipartisan agreement, as we've all -- as we all know, is a vital tool for the committee and i urge passage of this resolution by every member of the house of representatives. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california yields back the balance of her time the gentlelady from new york reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman fr

follow the law, you break the law, and you get fined, and if you don't fix it, like with coal, with massey coal, and if you don't fix it, guess what, you get put out of business until you pay -- until you give the money that you were fined until you fix all of the safety problems. that's real reform. we need to just move away from our dependence on foreign oil, oil over here, doesn't matter. we need to get out of this whole fossil fuel, archaic way of thinking. host: we're going to leave it there, melanie. again, we will have a discussion on the minerals management service in about 25 minutes, actually about 35 minutes. lawton, oklahoma, joe on our line for republicans. welcome to the "washington journal." caller: thank you. speaking of foreign oil, it's kind of odd that you got british petroleum over here tapping the oil and stuff, but, you know, where's cheney's remarks at? he's the expert in this field. he's always there to jump on obama's back. it's like we heard nothing about what cheney's opinion is right now. i think we need to use his expertise. host: the jump page of the new york