i've had the opportunity to view mining operations in north dakota, surface mining. have had the opportunity to go 1200 feet below detroit and see the is all mines, which is a total different ball game. looked down 1200 feet into an iron ore operation in marquette. and then to be with you to see your home state in a coal mine 800, 900 feet below and eight miles back into that long wall. i know i'm not a miner. e i know you are a miner and you understand that. i know you weren't around leading when this all happened. but as i look at the record, upper big branch was operating under a petition for modification to permit mining through any oil and gas wells. the petition was granted according to the record on october 16th 1995. and the mine was required to submit a training plan 60 days after the petition became final. as i understand it, that plan would have included initial and refresher miner training requirements. so forth and so on. but the internal review found that the training plan was never submitted. >> one of things you'll find is really just looking back thr

you ran into the same employer at mine b, mine c, mine d, mine e. and you would probably never work in southern west virginia again. you would probably have to leave the area to find the mining industry. it's a more sophisticated form of blackballing. >> right. 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 t

the ubb mine. we found that the decision to schedule the inspection by two district 6 inspectors who were unaware that a recent inspection of the rescue station had already been done by district 4 when they learned of this recent inspection, they cancelled the inspection that they were going to do. so, again, we found no evidence of retaliation. and the fifth incident involved msha's issuance of another order banning another employee of another consultant from entering the mine until he received new miner training. and, again, we found that mr. page was not involved in the decision to issue the order and citation in this case. so in summary, mr. chairman, we -- our review of these five incidents did not substantiate the allegation that mr. page engaged in any sort of pattern of intimdation or retaliation, and nor did we find that msha as an entity engauged in such a pattern, at mr. page's behest or otherwise. however, during our review, we did identify three questionable management actions. one of

to the mine? answer, yes. question, can you tell us from beginning to end how these warnings were communicated? answer it would start usually someone came through the guard shack. there would be a phone call and it would be announced over the radio, "company on property." from that point it would be received at the office. from the office, call underground, let them know we had "company." skipping forward in this discussion, question, how often at upper big branch mine were warning given to inspectors, that inspectors were coming on the property? answer, a lot. question, most of the time? answer, yes. question, was the upper big branch mine able to avoid citations from msha because of the practice of advanced warning of inspections? answer, yes. question, did you know it was -- if it was illegal to give advance notice of a mine inspection? yes, i knew it was unlawful. question, did the superiors know about this practice of giving advance notice to inspectors? yes, yes. did they encourage it? answe

big branch mine in west virginia. the house education and workforce committee held a hearing on miners' safety and health. among those testifying, labor department's assistant secretary joseph main who asked the committee to pass tougher criminal sanctions. this is nearly three hours. >>> a quorum present, the committee comes to order. good morning. assistant secretary main, thank you for being with us todayon april 5, 2010, the people of montcoal, west virginia suffered a tragic loss. around 3:00 in the afternoon workers completing their shift at the upper big branch mine felt a strong blast of wind hit their backs. it was a chilling morni ining w violent explosion was tearing through the mine, killing 29 miners and severely injure two more. as a nation we continue to mourn the men and women who died and keep their families in our prayers. since that failful day the people of west virginia have been searching for answers. how could such a catastrophic event take place? could it have been prevented? what steps need to

union mine. there is three minimum health and safety committee representatives of the united mine workers at every union mine. they travel with the federal inspectors. they travel with the state inspectors. and they file reports on their own. they inspect the mines themselves, at least four times a year. in some places they inspect the entire mine every month. so there is another set of eyes that being a representative to workers at all the union mines. and that's not true at a most nonunion mines. the protections that they have at nonunion mines are the federal inspectors and the state inspectors. so it's a world of difference. >> thank you for that response. dr. kohler, legal me ask you, do you feel you have sufficient personnel at and if so how do you keep them with you? >> the workforce challenges spread across the mining industry. they're not just confined to msha. we experienced them at niosh. universities, everywhere. everyone is struggling to hire and recruit talented personnel into minin

we used that at the freedom mine in 2010. it took us three months to get there. >> it didn't shut down and a disaster occurred. that is a fact. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you mr. secretary for being here today. this may seem a little repeptive, but i want to be clear. the first question is, if you look at msha's fy 13 congressional budget justification, it provides that msha is vigorously pursuing procedures to ensure miners are aware of their rights to report hazards without fear of discrimination, can you tell me what you were doing in that regard, specifically? >> i'm sorry. i missed the last part of your question. >> it indicates you are pursuing policies and procedures to ensure miners are aware of their rights to report hazards without fear of discrimination. what are you doing in that regard? >> there's a number of things. particularly in upper big branch. we've developed a lot of new training programs. getting more information to the miners. more information to min

such as here in this uranium mine. the processed water is then returned directly to rivers and streams. but the process doesn't remove all the contaminants. the water is still polluted. >> it has leaked massive large amounts of radioactive, toxic sludge comes about from the treatment. neutralizing the acids alone doesn't solve the problem still, it's a start. many mines continue to pour unfiltered water into the ecosystem. the government can't say for sure whether current measures will be enough to protect johannesburg from an approaching environmental catastrophe. people like david already bear the burdens of poverty, hunger, and hiv. and yet, they also struggle with the consequences of decades of environmental devastation: the toxic legacy of south africa's mines. you, our viewers. on the island of gomera we explore the global living room of the bermejo-sanchez family. they live in a small house with a big history. >> hi there. welcome. how's it going? come into the living room. this house is quite old -- over 100 ye

here's earth mining.ies and gentlemen, asteroid mining. ♪ i don't want to close my eyes i don't want to fall asleep ♪ cause i miss you, baby and i don't want to miss ♪ a thing >> jon: actually, space mining seems less pleasant. look, i'm telling you, what could go wrong with billionaires, famed director james cameron and miners in space? (screaming) well, there is that. >> if i could interrupt here, jon? >> jon: what's that? oh, hey, it's one of my writers, eliot, eliot, what's up? >> only the first alien movie directed by ridley scott had aliens killing workers in the spice mining industry. specifically mineral or transport for the wayland corporation. >> jon: you're fired, eliot. >> oh! oh! >> jon: i see, you're bringing out special effects and an alien is going to burst out from your chest, bravo, eliot. >> i wish. the interns got regular milk instead of lactaid and now my tummy hurts. >> jon: you should probably lie down. >> okay, thank you for letting me use the couch in your office. >> jon: no! back

it has plans for a major mining operation. >> it will be certainly one of the deepest mines in europeit will be one of the first new mines in the u.k., and in terms of output, it will be certainly the biggest in the u.k. backup image company video shows the potential of the reserves. the mineral is a source of potash, and potassium compounds used in fertilizers all over the world. >> what i have here is from the first borehole. it is a very hard minimal. we cut the core in half. we learn the actual quality of the mineral. it is around 260 million years old. >> quite interesting. >> other residents of the national park plan to join forces to oppose the project. they point to this still smoldering mine from the 1970's on the northern edge of the park. it homes. loudly. -- it hums. loudly. but the minerals company insists the new mine will be almost invisible thanks to technology. >> we will do everything in our powers to reduce the environmental impact. based on the design of the mind area, everything will be low- impact. we are well aware of where we are. we're trying to do this in a n

and he trod on all land mine. cambodia has become a poster child for the land mine epidemic. it is certainly not the only place in the world. i would call myself a land mine survivor as well. in april 2006 i was traveling with the canadian convoy. the vehicle charged into my own vehicle, detonated two roadside bombs set by the taliban. all four soldiers were killed. it had a profound effect on the. i had been working for several years. we all knew victim's. and suddenly i was faced with the psychological impact of seeing four people i had come to know die in front of me from this weapon. as far as recovery, he is doing fine physically, but in the film, we actually see his grandmother it quite upset when he returns back to his hometown because she believes that he stepped on a land mine not because of the aftermath of the war, but he might have not been a good person in his former life. these factors come into play, which are really difficult for victims to deal with, on top of being physically mutilated by these weapons. they have the weight of the social impact on their shou

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a mining giant stands accused of dumping raw acid and profiting from children working in a copper mine in a democratic republic of crmp -- of congo. john sweeney has the report. >> has anyone heard of glencore? it may not be a household name but it trades a tenth of the wheat that comes onto the world market, a quarter of the barley and half of the copper. when it was on the london stock exchange last year, five of its partners became billionaires. >> we care about the environment, we care about the people, we care about all these issues in which we operate. >> but glencore's copper refinery in the democratic republic of congo tells a different story. to reach the copper, the rock is burned with acid. the result is an acid water fall. you can see the pollution, you can see how bad it looks but you can't smell it. and i promise you, standing here, it stinks to high heaven! this whole place stinks of acid! >> glencore say the pollution started long before the company took over the refinery, and it has now been stopped. here's some water i took. would you like to wash your hands with it?

now, the mine will be sealed off permanently. the alpha natural resources now says that they will be filling up the two large entrance tunnels. they will expect to begin working on out there by this summer and the explosion at the upper big branch mine was the worse u.s. coal mining disaster in decades. >>> coming up, the accusations of the falsified records and the illegal payments. so what really happened here at the college? we'll look into it up next. -b8z >>> back on 9news now with a look at the religious tradition in the united kingdom. she handed out the money to pensioners from all over britain. royal monday is a religious service in the church held on thursday. the day before good friday. >>> shutting down three of the doors if many northern virginia this week. >> i'm outside the college here in arlington where they will be accused of falsifying the records that will be making the illegal payments, lying to the federal government. >> now, that will be sadly something that has come when they have gotten the profit to clos

. >> still to come on the program, highlighting the dangers of land mines. when filmmaker takes his eye on the devastating toll. >> huge anti-government protest, they have not disappeared. >> it might seem an odd place for a municipal council meeting. this one is about to become a bit of a battleground. first, they argue over who gets to be the chairman. the man with a microphone represents the old guard. they're trying to change the way the politics are done. they are ready to fight back, quite literally. this is the first experience with local politics. >> just a few months ago, they attracted the liberal attention and a few visitors. the interest in politics is much greater. this is people power. >> away from the council chamber, the campaigns on local issues. the authorities plan to turn this building into a center for drug addicts. he is trying to stop the project, but never planned to go into politics. >> i had never even heard of municipal councils, but when the street protests began after the weak parliamentary election, i read that new people should

the mine is one of peru's many wildcat mines, where miners take high-risk to extract copper and other metals. last year, more than 50 people died in accidents in the copper mines. speaking after the rescue operation, the peruvian president called for action to regulate mining jobs in the country. >> i will introduce a policy to help the thousands who live off illegal mining and the poor conditions, just to make a little bit of money for their families. >> after exiting the mine, the men were led it for a full medical examination and is thought they are now spending the evening with family and friends. >>> today, the french president nicolas sarkozy paid tribute to a leader of the french resistance, who died at the age of 97, but the tales of his exploits are now being retold in his memory. >> the man form an elite. >> too many and france, they are almost -- resistance was often a matter of graffiti than gunfire. >> we had no means at all to communicate, so we used chalk to write on walls. then we started later on with the underground newspaper. >> what began with newspapers and pourin

statewide the mining industry employs more than 12,000 with an average salary of about $80,000. at barrett gold cortez mine, the most productive facility in north america. >> it's awesome. i love my job. >> reporter: doug weiss came to cortez after his montana mine shut down. >> there's a lot of money to be made here. >> reporter: the work isn't easy. most of these miners pull 12-hour days and have a two-hour commute. >> a welcoming sight at the end of our day -- daylight. >> reporter: but so long as there's gold in the ground and a paycheck to earn, tammy adams says people like her will keep showing up. >> everybody's just awesome. and i don't think you're going to find a job any better. >> reporter: nevada's mining association estimates the industry wil add 1200 jobs in nevada this year, so long as the price of gold remains over $1600 an ounce. i'm jeff glor, cbs news, new york. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update on the severe weather in the northeast. we'll have your forecast. >>> also, more on george zimmerman's release from a florida

that live off of illegal mines. some people risk a lot just to make a little money for their families. >> after exiting the mine, the men were led to a tent for a full medical examination. they are spending the evening with family and friends. >> at today, french president nicolas sarkozy played homage to raymond aubrac, a heroic resistance figure. he died at the age of 97 but the tales of his exploits are being retold in his memory. >> raymond aubrac was one of the earliest members of the resistance at one of its last survivors. he set up an underground network with his wife, and then he oordinated with degalle's embassy. then, disaster struck, when he was arrested by the gestapo. aubrac survive, while his partner died under torture. >> i had a couple of hours of interrogation. you are brought back into your cell in the evening. you know that you go the next morning, you don't know whether you will be able not to talk. >> a few weeks later, he was able to escape from the germans, thanks to a daring attack mounted b

but one look at the mines and a talk wh so remaining workers coirms the sad economic stistics.utchr mesutestand a drop in pe talk wh so remaining workers haveut many bs here. jos: whate found in the north central region was a decline in production and in employment in the mining sector, which corresponded, spatially, remarkably closely to the migration patterns. narrator: so mining incomeasowered regional living stanrds. ( dog barking ) whatute cuural stor,where oerd difficulties relso encouragtoigra? it is 1994. buenos días. narrator: nes arrives at the farm of anastacio and ofelia near a municipio called cedral. their family sells goat meat in a local market. they also groworn, barley and a little wheat. but the climate makes farming a constant battle. it d soiluatys poor buso when jones interviewsing anastacio, he is not surprised eau. translator: what kind of work did you do in the u.s.? cortaba los arlis. translator: i chopped christmas trees and picked apples. ( conversing ) rrator jones's findings challenge the widespread assumption thatignt workers move permanently to t

but in the northeast corner of the states, the coal mines are booming. and prospectors are pouring in. >> i moved here from montana. >> i am tammy adams and a move from santa cruz. >> a move from tennessee. >> after china, australia, and south africa, that is the fourth largest gold producer in the world. statewide the mining industry employs more than 12,000 with an average salary of $80,000. this man works at a mine, the most productive facility in north america. >> it is awesome. i love my job. >> this man came after his montana mine shut down. >> there's a lot of money to be made here. >> the work is not easy, they mostly pull 12 hour days and have a two-hour commute. but as long as there's gold in the ground and a paycheck to burn, tammy says that people like her will keep showing up. >> everyone is just awesome. and i do not think that you'll find a job any better. >> de nevada mining association estimates that it will add 1200 jobs in nevada this year so long as the price of gold remains over $1,600 per ounce. >> 2 against one, surveillance camera

this is their copper mining concession. the company closed it four years ago. secret filming reveals hundreds of miners are working on site after a local firm started working there. some of them are children. under international law, it is illegal for anyone under 18 to work on a mine. glencore says this is going on without its permission. panorama found strong evidence that some, per -- some copper from the mine ended up in the glencore smelter. >> i am very sure -- and these people can prove otherwise -- cannot prove otherwise -- how our material could be arriving here. i have no idea how it could be doing that. >> the company is about to come more powerful. they have announced plans for a merger with extract of -- a merger with xtrata. >> a remarkable story from the democratic republic of congo. today, it became official. dr. jim yong kim will become the next leader of the world bank. it is a pick that almost became a foregone conclusion after he was tapped by president obama last month. for more on the morning -- on the man appointed to the top position at

but in the northeast corner of the state the gold mines are booming. prospectors are pouring in. >> up here from canada. >> i'm tammy adams, i moved from santa cruz, california. >> gail ferguson i moved from knoxville, tennessee. >> reporter: after china, australia and south africa, nevada is the fourth largest gold producer in the world. statewide the mining industry employees more than 4,000 with an average individual salary of about 80,000 dollars. rick franco works at barrick gold's cortez mine, the most productive facility in north america. >> it's awe so i love ply job. >> reporter: doug came to cortez after his montana mine shut down. >> there's a lot of jobs here. there is a lot of money to be made here. >> the work isn't easy, most of these minors pull 12 hour days and have a two hour commute. >> the welcoming sign at the end of our day. >> but so long as there is gold in the ground and a paycheck to earn, tammy adams says people like her will keep showing up. >> everybody is just awesome. and i don't think are you going to find a job any bett

a few billionaires are putting up money to mine, wait on it, asteroids. first, let me show you who the rich guys are who happen to be putting money up. not scientists, they know how to make money. as we look at the list. pop them up. james cameron, eric schmitt, larry page, and billionaire, ross perot, jr. they are hoping to find platinum on the asteroids. one of the most precious metals on earth. you use it every day, you don't even know it. many of you might wonder if it's necessary to launch a rocket to go in space to get it? we're lucky to have steven fleming, of enterprise innovation institute in georgia tech, steven, you have to nrt there will be people skeptical, it sounds like something out of "star trek" is this worth doing? >> past time to be doing it, should have been doing it 20 years ago. >> we think of mining, in pennsylvania, west virginia, maybe oklahoma, mining in space on an asteroid, can you walk us through how it would happen? >> it's a lot harder, but the asteroid belt is a bunch of rocks which look like the rocks here on the surface

a few billionaires are putting up money to mine, wait on it, asteroids. first, let me show you who the rich guys are who happen to be putting money up. not scientists, they know how to make money. as we look at the list. pop them up. james cameron, eric schmitt, larry page, and billionaire, ross perot, jr. they are hoping to find platinum on the asteroids. one of the most precious metals on earth. you use it every day, you don't even know it. many of you might wonder if it's necessary to launch a rocket to go in space to get it? we're lucky to have steven fleming, of enterprise innovation institute in georgia tech, steven, you have to nrt there will be people skeptical, it sounds like something out of "star trek" is this worth doing? >> past time to be doing it, should have been doing it 20 years ago. >> we think of mining, in pennsylvania, west virginia, maybe oklahoma, mining in space on an asteroid, can you walk us through how it would happen? >> it's a lot harder, but the asteroid belt is a bunch of rocks which look like the rocks here on the surface

safety act of one hundred fifty two mandating annual inspections of certain underground mines in one hundred sixty six president lyndon johnson expanded them to include inspection of all underground coal mines in the country that same time president johnson also tried to pass tried to pass the most comprehensive workplace safety law yet with the occupational safety hazard act. and although that act osha failed under pressure from corporations and bought out conservative politicians president richard friggin nixon stepped in to finally push for and sign it in one hundred seventy on april twenty eighth actually the reason why that day was chosen as workers memorial day numbers compiled by they have felt c.e.o. show that millions of american workers have been saved from workplace injuries illness and death as a result of the occupational safety hazard act so even though the struggle for safe workplaces has been a difficult and often bloody fight for the last hundred years or so american workers have had some of the tools necessary to stand up to corporate power and bought out politician

mine in space. what bay >> alan: that sex scandal is still chunk up the secret service. six agents are out of jobs and them outd be followin out the do their boss had some explaining to do. >> secret service director mark sullivan was summoned to the white house by the president president for a face-to-face meeting. it was an opportunity for the president to get an update on the events but the president is not happy as he made clear might be the case when this scandal broke. >> if it turns out that some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then of course i'll be angry. >> the confirm nation of allegations of heavy drinking and argument with a prostitute over payment came with the dismissal of six agents. one agent was cleared of the most serious allegations. >> the rest of the crew, no question about that, totally went over the line in terms of secret service conduct. >> the military is still investigating 11 of its own as well, this scandal went from bad to worse when

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you will see him get himself into an old abandoned mine shaft to make that rescue. very tight, confined space. >> who is he going down there to rescue? >> he is going down to rescue this guy. >> oh. >> it's a deer! >> it's a wambat. >> there you go, gayle. they are only found in australia it looks like a giant rat. grows to about 45 pounds to 75 pounds. they are herbivores, mainly eat grass. >> not only is there a wambat down there, but a bunch of two-by-fours that make it more difficult. >> this one seems gentle. wambats have been known to be aggressive especially when protecting their tunnels and homes. >> how did they find out this wamba it was at the end o of th well? >> good question. a lady was down there exploring the old mine shaft, she came across the whambat, who called police and they called nigel here. >> gets it in the bag, ties it up. climb s back up the ropes. passes off mr. wambat to live another day. >>> look at this surveillance video and tell me what you think it is. >> a wheel? >> flat tire or something? >> that is a truck that is pushing a motor

and children under the age of 15 were used as armed guards in mining sites in another area. in another district, in march and may of 1998, children under the age of 15 were used to participate actively in hostilities and at least one child under the age of 15 was used to fight against a group. in freetown in the western area, children under the age of 15 were used to participate actively in hostilities in veng uema in 1999. during the freetown attack in january 1999 as well. enslavement, crime against humanity, punishable under article 2c of the statute, count 10. the trial chamber finds that the prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that between 30 and november 1996 and about january 18, 2002, members of the three groups intentionally exercised powers of ownership over civilians by depriving them of their freedom and forcing them to work, thus committing the crime of enslavement in various locations of the following districts of sierra leone. kenema district between july 1, 1997 and about forever 2181998 and civilians were abducted and forced to mine for diamonds

. >>> mine men out. more fallout from the secret service prostitution candle and president obama weighs in. >> a couple of knuckleheads shouldn't detract from, you know, what they do. >>> and we interrupt this broadcast. a family of bears runs off. a pennsylvania weatherman moments before he's scheduled to go on the air. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, april 25, 2012. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle miller. the race for the republican nomination began last year as a bitter fight among half dozen candidates but last night it turned into a rump for romney, sweeping five primaries in the northeast and he did it in convincing fashion scoring double-digit viler tos in every contest. it solidified his tanding as presumptive gop nomination. during his victory speech he focused on the general election and president obama. >> together we are going to win on november 6th. >> reporter: a confident mitt romney addressed supporters after winning primaries in five states. in a s

the mine by this summer. also wednesday, the family of one of the men killed filed a lawsuit against former masse energy chief don blanken ship and eight others calling them responsible for the disaster. the lawsuit doesn't target masse. >>> the commonwealth of virginia says the courts will have to abide by a $100,000 cap on damages in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against virginia tech. the parents of two of the students killed won their suit. the parents asked to be awarded $2 million despite a state cap on the damages. now the state is asking the judge to abide by the cap. >>> well, election day was two days ago but there's still one undecided race for d.c. council. it's between biddle and orange for the at large seat. last week orange was ahead by just about 500 votes. >> absolutely i feel like a winner. i think we're in a great place. yesterday was a great day for us, now up by 543 votes. >> we are a couple hundred votes away on a city wide vote from winning and i feel pretty good. >> they're not doing

it is a mining company and started out as a mining company.do have this jewel of an asset, the luxury retailer, which we know, on 5th avenue. but the mine is a very attractive asset. and i think is worth at least $12 per share. my price target on harry winston is $17. so the correlation is quite strong to the commodity and to the mine. >> tom and oliver, gentlemen, both, thank you very much. we will have more diamond discussion, i'm sure, at some point. >> speak of diamond, this is one that everyone is talking about. angelina jolie's engagement rock. jewelry designer spent a year creating the emerald cut ring which brad pitt used to propose. the stunner is worth about a half million dollars. >>> and coming up next, this week's sign of the apocolypse. >> that wasn't it? >> yeah, that's one of them. this one is another. it's called the feeding tube diet. we will unfortunately, have more details. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation

scientists say it would only be possible to mine asteroids that orbit near the earth. can it really be done? how is it? let me say it can be done and it is very difficult. we are talking of something which is extraordinarily difficult, but the returns economically and benefit to humanity are extraordinary. >> movie director james cameron is on board. so is bill -- google co-founder larry page. with their millions, they want to bring the treasures of outer space down to earth as soon as 2020. >> a little bit earlier, the euro 2012 kicks off in just a few weeks time. >> if you like football, it is a fair bet you will like any. these soccer stickers go on sale this week and, one for each player, even though the final squads have not been settled yet. if you are an avid collector, that should not be a problem. any changes, you just stick the new face over the old one. >> that is cruel. >> it is what some people do with their ex-boyfriends and girlfriends. all right, we are up today on the "journal." >> thanks for watching. captioned by the national captioning institute --w