the author of that memo, don blankenship, former massey ceo. mr.lankenship was known for fighting unions inside mines, and toppled a worker friendly judge. railed against regulators in what he calls people of the far left communist persuasion. he argues climate change is a hoax designed to line the pockets of those pushing cleaner forms of energy. today, nearly four years after the upper big branch mine disaster, don blankenship has released a documentary he says tells the truth about what happened. blankenship disputes the official finding that the explosion was caused by a methane explosion that led to a massive coal dust explosion which would have been contained or prevented if massey and its subsidiary followed basic safety procedures. don blankenship is here and he joins me now. thanks for joining us tonight. so we're coming up on the anniversary. you have this new documentary. it's coming out. why did you release it, and in layman's terms here, because not everybody sort of knows methane and natural gas, these sorts of things. if layman's ter

when i say massey mean there are tens if not a hundred they're waiting for their tax-free transport and if my timing is bad i could accidently get swept into a bus and end to in mountain view and a google co- popcorn could get bumped and that's a serious impact if i could get sfgov it didn't take a whole page. anyway. if you check any blog crankier than you there's buses and a posting i left there. it's a reason not to use technology. thank you very much mr. president, >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm peter usually talking about the library matters but today as an individual i want to say, of course, there should be a sequa elevation and the appellant should be upheld. i hope to i don't know the sequa considered means a moral hazard those buses represent. every time a child or a adult or one of those folks lumbering along blocking traffic and using a bus stop when no one else can or if they use the bus stop their subject to a serious crime money talks everyone else walk money seems to buy privilege and exempts them not us from the law so i hope the sequa th

massey at the scene and this is responsible for setting to police on the busters. for two years now. on the books the wife of spain's former prime minister please email yes not used in the air the conservative on the tortillas popularity ratings have been falling because she really misses an opportunity for a goth. even on the issue of boston. most of the great music lover it's just not the same in a concert hall will be off it has become streets. if the street musicians. and there are street musicians dylan. isn't it. i liked and which his policies have yet to reveal any great love of music of any kind. leading the us have been protesting against her cuts in the city's arts budgets madrid is deep into the house to cut spending and the arts almost always the first to feel the pain spontaneous demonstrations are almost daily occurrence in madrid. thousands since the crisis began. a globe and mail city hall has decided to crack down on the protesters even harder than on the busters with fines of up to six hundred thousand euros for illegal demonstrations in front of

called on governments to get to the bottom of the event to uncover the canteen till about how and why massey the families asked to lead agency anything is going to support the families of those still unaccounted for. who are still gets really readi their loved ones to return see what i mean. woohoo much of a national outrage over the ferry disaster has been prompted by what the perceives as the government's mismanagement and lack of ability to respond to crises and this has prompted president back to set up by new ministry to oversee national crisis management the aladdin korea's first certified emergency manager join us now to help us understand what improvements need to be made up into the program they split in the wo the criticism started when the government seemed to release numbers that were wrong about the number of passengers that were saved or not or even how many total number of passengers their work and after we've gone through and done to this case a lot of people criticize korea's overall a crisis management system when you think is the big problem. i think one of the biggest pro

morning a discussion on the future of internet governance followed by former reagan adviser susanna massey on the history of u.s./russia relations. from the fifth annual women in the world summit firsthand stories of bombing and chemical attacks in syria. here is a look. >> we were placed, bringing activities to the kids, working with them. we heard on the internet -- after an hour we here at a similar attack hit my count. we were hitting the missiles, the bombing organized and organized the bombings this night, different from any other night before gathering so after half an hour we start feeling dizzy. our eyes were running so there is something different in the air and we wake up with a family member and the kids, we try to help them to put some kind of scarves on their noses and then we decided -- >> throats burning and eyes burning at this point? >> yes. our noses were running. we had some difficulties breeding. we didn't imagine it would be worse. we decided to go to the hospital to help because we use to the nurses at the hospital so we went to the hospital and tried to help. on our

. >> reporter: but his reign as the ceo of massey energy came to an end after lax safety practices were blamed on the deaths of 29 men 4 years ago this week in the company's upper big branch mine. in west virginia. officials said most of the men, ages 20 to 61, working 1,000 feet underground, were trapped in small groups, starved of oxygen, after a massive explosion of built-up methane gas and coal dust. at the time, blankenship told diane sawyer, it was a safe mine. >> i think everything you do in life has risk. >> reporter: but federal investigators later concluded, if basic safety measures had been in place, there would have been no loss of life at the upper big branch mine. >> we'll prosecute whoever maybe responsible for the conditions that existed and that led to this very horrible tragedy. >> reporter: so, this week, facing the possibility of federal criminal charges, blankenship showed up at abc news, seemingly gentler, but still full of venom, to make the case, he's been misunderstood. >> i think everybody's despised by some. like yourself. a lot of people despise your views. s

massey votes aye. mr. massey votes aye. mr. desanto's votes aye. mr. cummings votes no. mr. cummings votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. ms. norton. mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. mr. connolly votes no. mr. cartwright votes no. ms. duckworth votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welch votes no. s. grisham votes no. ou are not recorded. >> does anyone else seek to be reported? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the report is ordered to the house. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. >> mr. chairman, i asked a number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. >> today on c-span, the freedom summit from manchester, new hampshire. including appearances by senators rand paul and ted cruz, mike huckabee and donald trump. we'll have live conversation all day so you can join in the conversation on facebook and twitter. it begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i think what we need is something akin to the grace commissio

russians may intend to undermine next month's elections be in order to be able to not declare legit i massey the outcome of those elections. >>> president obama may drop the complement of troops in afghanistan after this year below what defense officials say is the minimum necessary to train afghan forces. >>reporter: u.s. military commanders have testified repeatedly that if they don't have enough troops in afghanistan post 2014, then the taliban and al qaeda could regain control over of the country. >> we've used the guidance that we've received in the nato in february of 2013 as a primary planning guide. that said 8 to 9,000 training forces to provide training and assist. >> the white house is now considering less than half that of troops. the pentagon would not confirm any figures. >> there was an ongoing discussion now about what the force posture in afghanistan could or would look like post 2014. >> 5,000 u.s. trops would reflect a judgment that afghan forces are now up to the task of providing their own security. the mission would then focus on counterterrorism. that elicited a scathi

warned things were dangerously close to civil war and he denied the ukrainian government's legit massey. >> i hope everyone is responsible for decision making for the moment, i mean the current authorities because we can't consider them legitimate but these are the authorities who came to power following a coupedetat. >> reporter: press secretary jay carney made clear the president believes vladimir putin is manufacturing the crisis, but mr. obama's critics believe putin is winning. >> all you hear from obama is if you do it next time, the sanctions will increase. putin is calculating it's all hot air, if he measures how approaches this, he's going to get what wants. >> "the new york times" the president and secretary of state focus less on the middle east peace process and devote their attention to ukraine. traveling in estoneia, kerr -- mccain called for providing arms for the ukraine. >> i think it's inexcusable that we have not helped the ukrainian government to defend themselves with defensive weapons. >> reporter: jay carney couldn't explain the lethal hardware designation but he

bob massey live on the ground to answer that question and others. >>> and when president bush had shoesmedia said it was

this is how he once greeted abc news, but his reign as ceo of massey energy came to an end after a lack of safety practices were blamed on the deaths of 29 men four years ago this week in the company's upper big branch mine in west virginia. officials said most of the men, age 20 to 61, working a thousand feet under ground were trapped in small groups, starved of oxygen after a massive explosion of build-up methane gas and coal dust. at the time, blankenship told diane sawyer it was a safe line. >> reporter: but it was later conclude fed basic safety measures had been if place there would have been no loss in life at the upper big branch mine. >> we will prosecute whoever. maybe responsible for the conditions that existed and that led to this very horrible tragedy. >> reporter: so this week facing possible charges, blankenship showed up at abc news, possibly gentler, but still begging the case he is misunderstood. >> like yourself m people despise your views, so it is normal. >> why do you think you are despised? >> because i do the right thing. >> because you do the right thing? >> yes

appalachian community health emergency campaign, and don blankenship, former chairman and ceo of massey energy. thank you both for joining us. that's "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" begins now. >>> that was riveting. thanks to you at home for joining us the next hour. the great steve kornacki sitting in for chris hayes for the last hour because chris hayes is at home with his adorable new baby boy. and in a heartless and shameless act, because chris is home with his new baby boy, i'm going to take advantage of the fact that chris is not here in the building by stealing from him the greatest piece of tape, the greatest assemblage of visual evidence that anybody has ever put together on the subject of obamacare. oh, yes, chris hayes. you may be a brand new father and everybody think it's adorable and i do, too, but >>> good evening from new york. i'm steve kornacki in for chris hayes tonight. we begin with news about the man who was identified as a key independent eyewitness into the investigation of chris christie that we saw last week. period of months now these conf

bob massey has spoken to the bundy family.nevada coming up. >> and you should be able to trust your father, right? not when he is a prankster like this one. did you know, your eyes can lose vital nutrients as you age? [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. ocuvite. help protect your eye health. (agent) i understand. (dad) we've never sold a house before. (agent) i'll walk you guys through every step. (dad) so if we sell, do you think we can swing it? (agent) i have the numbers right here and based on the comps that i've found, the timing is perfect. ...there's a lot of buyers for a house like yours. (dad) that's good to know. (mom) i'm so excited. >>> we have got more on our fox news alert this morning. we showed you the horrifying video of federal agents using tasers and guard dogs against american citizens protesting the controversy over the bundy ranch in nevada. >> and now the faa has shu

25th of may, and you would encourage that election to take place in order to provide the legitimate massey. but instead they're doing everything in their power to undermine free and fair elections. they claim eastern ukraine is too violent for monitors from the osce to be there, but when it comes to the armed pro-russian separatists, the ones who are actually perpetrating the violence, they do absolutely nothing to prevent them from taking those prisoners and hostages they've taken or to free them, and they allow them to be paraded in front of the press, and we see no evidence, no evidence at all that russia has actually pressured any of these groups in order to release any of these people or change course. now, i, you know, i say this with a certain element of sorrow because of all of the effort and energy that has been expended to try to create a structure by which we would behave, all of us, differently. representing the best hopes and aspirations of all people on the face of this planet. that's what all of our predecessors worked so hard to achieve setting up a structure of rule of law

bob massey live on the ground to answer that question and others. >>> and when president bush had shoes thrown at him, the media said it was his fault. it just happened to hillary. >> mr. bush's message of progress was eclipsed in bagdad by a for-- >> that's a different tune. the bias doesn't end. we'll explain. mornings are just better with friends. >>> welcome to "fox and friends," today brian kilmeade is taking the day off. look who is here. >> great to be here. i didn't get the red memo though? >> would you wear a red-neck tie? >> you've got some red stripes there. you're in. >> a lot of breaking news. >> i know. certainly a weekend to discuss. we'll throw over right now to heather nauert for the recent updates. >> we're following that tragedy that happened over the weekend in kansas and new information to bring you right now. the man who is accused of murdering three people at jewish center and at a jewish retirement center is a former kkk grand dragon. police in kansas city just identified the gunman as 73-year-old frazier glenn cross. they said he yelled heil hitler as he sat in

massey votes aye. ye. desanto's votes a mr. cummings votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. cartwright votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welsh votes no. ms. grisham? ms. grisham votes no. -- lex does anyone else seek to be recorded? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. i asked airman, number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] kathleen sebelius -- >> kathleen sebelius has handed in her resignation. secretary sebelius is on capitol hill thursday looking about the latest health insurance enrollment numbers. here is part of what she said. >> our department mission is to help our fellow americans secure the opportunity to live happier, healthier lives, and reach their fullest potential. -- ministration on community all of us benefit from work on men

thomas massey has said on the record that interstate commerce is absolutelya [indiscernible] for congress. this was their strategy and they got it through the house only on three votes. ? >> hopefully that sentiment will be recaptured when it comes to the transportation bill. on the budget committee, you got congressman scott garrett -- jarrett who says he does not see a federal significant improvement in infrastructure. you have a real split. that is holding back the country when it comes to this issue. >> in maryland, the legislature this week decriminalized small amounts of marijuana. the d.c. counsel has done something similar. how do you feel about what has happened back home with your fellow residents on that issue? >> i support the action taken by the state legislature. it is wrong to have so many for the used bars of marijuana. country, you already have too many nonviolent offenders in prison in this country. the one area where there is some potential hope for bipartisan action, maybe not in their term but going forward, is in the area of criminal justice reform. there is a growin

massey votes aye. ye. desanto's votes a mr. cummings votes no. mrs. maloney votes no. mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. cartwright votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welsh votes no. ms. grisham? ms. grisham votes no. -- lex does anyone else seek to be recorded? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. i asked airman, number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. george w. bush of the state of texas has received for president of the united states 271 votes. al gore of the state of tennessee has received 266 votes. the state of the vote for vice president of the united states as delivered to the president of the senate is as follows the whole number of the electors appointed to vote for vice president of the united states is 538 of which a majority is 270. dick cheney of state of wyoming has received for vice president of the united states 271 votes. joe lieberman of the state of connecticut h

. >> suzanna massey spoke about the history of u.s.russian relations and how the american media is reporting events in ukraine. this was hosted by the center on global interest. it is over one hour. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> welcome to the center of global interest. i am president of the center. i am very glad to see all of you here. we have today a meeting for the purpose to talk about what to do in the current situation. obviously we are moving toward some kind of new cold war, or at least a very serious conflict tween the west and russia. whether you like it or not, we are back in old times. in many ways -- some people say, whether you like it or not, we are back in old times. in many ways -- some people say, some experts say, that this new cold war will be much more serious because we do not have geological differences anymore. rush is a capitalistic country. it is not communism. it is not a difference between communism and capitalism. that th

that is followed by former reagan advisor suzanna massey on history of u.s. russia relations. -- u.s.-russia relations. tuesday, an event with two sherman and casey former boston herald investigative reporter dave wedge discussing their book about the attack. here is a look. [video clip] bombing, they had a decision to make. they can either go hiking or to the marathon. whenwere in this position the first bomb went off, bill richard, he knew it was a bomb. a lot of spectators and we have talked to, a lot of first responders thought it could've been a few things. transformer fire, a cannon that was used as part of the the -- a manhole fire as well. bill richard knew it was a bomb. he knew he had to his family away from there as quickly as possible. bill richard jumped the barricade and got onto the street because he thought his family would be much safer on the street than they would on the sidewalk. >> we should clarify. they were at the second bombing. what happened is they heard the first one and bill reached over the fence and grabbed henry, the oldest boy

former massey coal ceo don blankenship is here. don, welcome to the program.o have you with us today. >> thank you. stuart: now, i dispute that your industry is on its back. the coal stocks, i got it, they're really depressed. but every ton of coal that you cannot sell to an american power station you're selling overseas. and you guys still, what, you've got about, what, 40, 45% or of the market for generating lek splits you're not doing so bad. >> it's pretty rough. we're not selling as much overseas a we were because of the australian dollar, a little bit of slowdown in china. but the big issue that obama's administration hasn't only attacked coal on the environmental side, they're attacking on the production side, so they've driven the cost up as well. stuart: all right. do you think it's all over? >> no. i think there's the u.s. industry which is in bad shape because of the way it's treated by the government, and then there's the world industry which is growing rapidly and providing the electricity that's allowing the growth in asia and throughout the rest

security council has lost a little bit of its credibility, maybe lost a little bit of its he visit massey? and if so, is there anything the u.s. can do to help it regain that? because the second part of that question is if you look at the other side, it seems just about every veto that we've put forward in the last 25 years has been vetoing some condemnation of israel. and israel doesn't get treated very well. i know you've been working hard to see that israel gets fair treatment across the board in the u.n. so take those two things and talk about that, a, what kind of reforms might be brought either through the u.n. security council or even in a broader sense and, b, how you feel like you're doing in trying to make sure that israel gets treated more fairly in the u.n.? thank you. >> thank you, congressman, and thank you generously for leaving me three minutes to answer your questions. let me say about the security council that you have put your finger on it. when the permanent members, particularly russia most recently backed by china, decides not to fulfill its responsibilities under th