i'm vinita nair. >> and i'm todd connor, in for jeremy hubbard today. the explosion at a west virginia coal mine has now become the nation's worst such disaster in a quarter-century. >> overnight, massey energy announced that 25 of its miners are dead. and the dangerous mission to rescue four more has stopped. when families were told the news overnight, some became hysterical. >> this is taking place at the upper big branch main. t.j. winick is tracking the

vinita nair has those stories and more. >> oprah winfrey goes mobile. she has her own brand of mobile applications for the iphone, blackberry, and other devices. users can look at video from virgil, liz and audio clips, participate tables, and keep up with tweets. $1.99 for the iphone application, $2.99 for the blackberry. will lure fans pay for most of what is available free online? there's a new way to pay for it. paypal will facilitate applications for iphone and andro it -- android products. apple users will also be able to use paypal for purchases of iphone, ipad, and other devices. the ipad will be allowed into israel. that country was the only one to ban imports of the computer over concerns that its wireless signal could disrupt other services. but those have been dropped after what israel called intensive technical scrutiny. apple has delayed if the ipad's international launch until late may because of the u.s. sales. finally, barnes & noble has added a reed and storefronts into the nook electronic reader. you can browse in a book while inside

vinita nair has those stories and more from abc. >> toyota is said to pay a record fine.apanese auto maker has reportedly agreed to pay $16.4 million for concealing information about a problem with brake pedals on some of its vehicles. toyota will accept responsibility but will admit no wrongdoing. the u.s. transportation department says toyota knew about the brake pedal problems until september -- in september but waited until january to issue a recall. goldman sachs is facing fraud charges if it united states and there is mounting pressure from overseas as well. officials in england and germany want to know more about the charges and they may investigate. both countries bail out banks that lost hundreds of millions of dollars investing with goldman sachs. earnings reports for five major airlines are due this week. most are expecting to show another quarter of red ink. flights grounded by the volcano will not help the bottom line either. travelers can look forward to more add-on fees, slightly higher fares, and cuts to unprofitable routes, especially as some airlines mer

that's your moneyscope report, i'm vinita nair. >>> wait until you get outside. we're talking fog.n you drive, it may not take too far to run into a thick spot. dense fog advisory through 9:00 a.m. harford, baltimore city county. carol, howard, anne arundel. down south through st. mary's. it's up north in southern pennsylvania. eastern shore not highlighted here. we have school delays in kent and queen ann's county. takes until about 9:00 for this stuff to mix and burn off. we'll have sun returning and high near 70 this afternoon for our two-degree guarantee. some clouds tonight, 45 to 50. back to 70 tomorrow. we'll slip into 60s this weekend. most of sun e sunday could be wet. chance of showers to early next week. let's go back to the roads, 6:24. here's kim. >> some our of earlier accidents in baltimore city have been cleared away. we do have a crash that has conowingo road at castleton road closed this morning. another crash reported in howard county. 29 southbound. we look at our drive times, we'll be up as you make your way on the outer loop. 95 not looking too bad between whi

i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. >>> investigators are focusing on pilot error as the possiblecause of the plane crash which killed poland's president, his wife, and other top leaders. >> the plane went down in thick fog as it tried to land at a russian airport. sonia gallego is joining us from london with the latest. good morning, sonia. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and jeremy. the latest information extracted from the plane's recovereded data recorders indicate pilot error may have played a part in the crash. the pilot of the tune 11154 aircraft was flying too though in thick fog as it attempted to land on the runway at russia's smolensk airport. only 13 of the 95 victims have been identified according to poland's health minister. the body of the president was identified by his twin brother jaroslav kaczynski. he then received the coffin in a formal cemetery at the airport. tens of thousands of people gathered to watch the body of president kaczynski pass through the streets. as sirens wailed, two minutes of silence were observed across the country. the presidential pala

that's your moneyscope report, i'm vinita nair. >>> good morning, 6:23.have ourselves a warm one to start. ranging from mid-60s to low 70s. not as hot this afternoon. we're aiming for only 84 today. the breeze will kick up, while you see rain on the grass. it's probably going to be late afternoon, between 4:00 and 8:00. we look for the first shower to roll in. tonight, better chance of rain and storms back to 54. more clouds in the afternoon. could be sprinkles if going to the orioles game. cooler day tomorrow. over the weekend, back to 65 on saturday. on sunday, we bring back the sun with high near 70. 6:24, let's go back to the roads with kim. >> crash on the southbound lanes of bw parkway. route 100. causing minor delays in that area. another accident in columbia, parallel lane. that's an injury crash, expect to see vehicles on the scene. drive times in the green. 795 to 70. only about 5 minutes to do that. 95 southbound looking good to the beltway. three or four minute ride. harbor tunnel thruway to the split, going to take you about four minutes this

i'm vinita nair. >> and i'm todd connor, in for jeremy hubbard today. the explosion at a west virginia coal mine has now become the nation's worst such disaster in a quarter-century. >> overnight, massey energy announced that 25 of its miners are dead. and the dangerous mission to rescue four more has stopped. when families were told the news overnight, some became hysterical. >> this is taking place at the upper big branch main. t.j. winick is tracking the overnight developments for us. t.j.? >> reporter: the explosion at the undergrod coal mine happened about 3:00 monday afternoon. miner steve smith was working nearby. >> we were going on our way to go to the other side of the mountain. we got called up. it was almost like a tornado. it stopped us dead. we couldn't go any farther because it was so much air towards us. >> reporter: over two dozen are now confirmed dead, and at least four others are still missing more than 1,000 feet under ground. the search has been suspended because rising methane gas levels in the mine made it a risk for another expl

i'm vinita nair. >> and i'm todd connor, for jeremy hubbard. there's twoping news this morning for the desperate search for four miners. >> overnight, rescue teams were back in the big branch mine. this morning, their families are keeping an anxious vigil. david kerley joins us from there. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and todd. two teams of eight are up inside the upper branch mine, look for the four unaccounted miners. a rescue attempt was made yesterday. but it was turned back because of toxic air. but federal officials say they will search the mine for the four unaccounted miners before 94 hours past. decided to pump nitrogen into the mine, to eliminate the possibility of an explosion. that means, though, that the rescue teams are now working with oxygen masks over their face. that makes the task even harder. they're also carrying four extra masks, as well. their goal to search two refuge or safety chambers, where some of the men may have gotten to. if they did get inside one of those chambers, they could survive. t

i'm vinita nair. >>> experts now say the tornado which tore through mississippi had winds of 160 miles an hour and left a path of destruction at least 50 miles long. >> the massive twister was part of a violent outbreak with 54 reports of tornados across seven states. but mississippi clearly took the brunt of it. eric horng reports from yazoo city. >> reporter: in this community of shattered homes, survivors claw through rubble searching for any sign of the familiar. >> i don't know what to do. i'm just totally lost. i have nothing. nothing. there's nothing. i don't know where to begin it, i don't know where to end it. >> reporter: the destruction in yazoo city is measured not in buildings but blocks. from the air you can see the full scope of the catastrophe. on the ground you can feel it. >> the hardest part of moving forward is just to see the community like this, you know. it's so painful. >> reporter: the twister was one of several that carved a path of destruction almost 200 miles long across mississippi, killing at least ten people, including a baby and two other children. morga

i'm vinita nair. >> and i'm todd connor in for jeremy hubbard. it was the worst outbreak of violent weather so far this spring. >> and we are now seeing new pictures of the destructive hour of that storm as it tore through yazoo, mississippi. the mississippi tornado packed winds of 150 miles an hour. and the same system spawned more twisters in south carolina last night. >> eric horng reports from yazoo city which took a direct hit. >> reporter: in this community of shattered homes, survivors claw through rubble, searching for any sign of the familiar. >> i don't know what to do. i'm just totally lost. i have nothing left. just nothing. i don't know where to begin don't know where to end it. >> reporter: the destruction in yazoo city is measured not in air but in blocks. on the ground, you can feel it. >> with moving forward, with the community like this, you know, it's so painful. >> reporter: the twister was one of several that caused a path of destruction almost 200 miles long, killing at least ten people, including a baby and two other childr

i am vinita nair. >>> 6:20. we have 57 degrees. we have breaking news in florida. the space shuttle discovery is beginning its final countdown to lift off. >> let's listen live. >> 20 seconds. t-minus 15 seconds. we have a go. up and ready. 3, two, one. and liftoff of discovery. blazing a trail. >> it is rolling into a headstand position. and going on to the space station. the threengines are now throttling down to reduce stress on the shuttle. discovery is at altitude of 4.7 miles and traveling. >> go at throttle upper. >> roger, go at throttle up. >> performance that will cut capability. >> so far, so good for the space shuttle discovery. it has repair equipment and science experiments. back with more after this. >>> welcome back. we have some lifesaving information. breast feeding can lead to big savings in lives and in money. a study says nearly 900,000 babies and $13 billion could be saved every year to give women breast fed their babies for the first six months of their lives. breast milk contains antibodies. >> save a lot of money on form of a. >> definitely

. >> i'm vinita nair. >>> we begin with good news for passengers stranded for days because of that volcano. some flights took off from asia to southern europe. british air traffic controllers are keeping their main airports closed today because more ash is said to be drifted their way. >> the continent is divided into three zones. open skies, a caution zone, and a smaller no-fly zone. it is now day number six for stranded passengers and we have two reports beginning with sharyn alfonsi at new york's kennedy airport. >> reporter: o'hare airport, the first flight took off for europe. a plane full of lucky passengers finally headed to rome. >> been keeping my fingers crossed that this will happen. looks like it is so far. >> reporter: thousands of passengers remain stranded. the concourse at jfk looks like a campground. rows of cots, makeshift laundry lines, passed-out passengers. >> we've been stranded here now since thursday. sleeping in the airport. >> reporter: we met the kent family, getting a little fresh air. still wearing their i love new york shirts. but clearly not loving life insid

. >> i'm vinita nair. >>> next up, wall street. obama arrives in new york tomorrow to argue his case for more government oversight of big banks. >> debate on the financial regulatory reform bill has been put off in the senate until next week as democrats and republicans appear headed toward a compromise. jake tapper reports from the white house. >> reporter: painting a picture of some of these unregulated financial markets, the president uses words such as gamble and bet. the chips are the economy. >> we can't allow financial institutions the same recklessness that nearly brought down our entire economy. using money and connections to stack the deck. >> reporter: in this good guys versus bad guys drama he describes, the president seems increasingly ready for a showdown. >> what we've seen is an army of industry lobbyists from wall street descending on capitol hill. if these folks want a fight it's a fight i'm ready to have. >> talking in terms of morality, immorality, lying, is the way to reach out and try to put a face on this. >>

. >> i'm vinita nair. >>> a diplomat from qatar touched off a major uproar on a united airlines flight from washington, d.c. to denver. >> as abc's clayton sandell reports, fighter jets had to scramble. >> reporter: flashing lights broke the darkness on the tarmac of denver international airport, all over an apparent misunderstanding. authorities say united airlines flight 663 was about 40 minutes from denver when federal air marshals were alerted by a flight attendant of smoke coming from a restroom. sources tell abc news the marshals subdued the man who emerged after he allegedly said, "i'm lighting my shoes on fire." two jet fighters accompanied the plane to denver. police bomb disposal units met the plane on the ground. the man, identified as 27-year-old mohammad al modadi, is said to be a diplomat in the qatar embassy in washington. he was questioned but no explosives were found. jane smith's husband was on the flight. >> some guy got mad in first class and had a tantrum, the way he described it. he was kind of chuckling about it. >> reporter: ever since richard reid tried to blow

i am vinita nair. >> the time is 5:21. it's 54 degrees. >> if jason campbell could not get a deal with an nfl team on his own. we have the lowdown on where the skins will try to shop campbell. >> today on "the oprah winfrey show", a superstar brings down the house and then takes the cameras back to the tough neighborhood where she grew up, married to oblige. >> good morning. jason campbell signed a deal with the redskins yesterday. now it's up to the team to get a deal done. carolina, buffalo, opened on a possible trade partners. if the wizard>> this gives wash- point lead. the knicks outscored the wizards to close it out. sergio rodriguez came off the bench to score all 12 of his points down the stretch. theknicks beat the deserts. in baseball, the nationals were in philadelphia for the home opener. the nationals gave up seven runs. in the bottom of the fifth now. it hits the foul pole for a two- run home run. the philadelphia phillies been for a fifth and one starts, their best start since 1993. have a great day, everybo

i'm vinita nair. >> i'm todd connor in for jeremy hubbard. >>> the easter sunday earthquake measured.2, rumbling across three states and northern mexico. >> it was centered 20 miles southeast of mexicali where it killed at least two people. one man died when his home collapsed. another was hit by a car after he panicked and ran into the street. david wright has more now from los angeles. >> reporter: the quake struck at 3:40 p.m. pacific time, just along the california/mexico border in baja, california. the epicenter, about an hour and a half's drive from tijuana. it was a huge earthquake, 7.2 in magnitude, and people felt it as far away as here in los angeles and las vegas and phoenix. >> it's probably felt by at least 20 million people at this point. most of southern california is going to have felthis earthquake. >> reporter: near the epicenter people say the shaking was like nothing they'd ever felt before. chandeliers started shaking from the ceilings. things started falling off the walls. it was a terrifying interruption for many, for what was settling in to be easter dinner. h

i'm vinita nair. >> i'm todd connor in for jeremy hubbard today. >>>. >> rescue crews in west virginia out faint hope that the coal miners still trapped underground will emerge' life. >> here's what we know this morning. four miners are still missing. drills have been drilling holes into the mine to release all that built-up it was. family and friends gathered for a church service last night to pray for the victims. at least seven of the 25 bodies have been recover the so far. diane sawyer has the details from west virginia. >> reporter: 61 miners at the mine. it was a shift change. half were nearly out, half were taking over, going in, when the blast happened. and this was an explosion so horrific it picked up steel railings from the track and twisted them like molten pretzels. there is a shaft nearly 6,000 feet and at the end of it, a prayer that there's a sealed chamber where the unaccounted miners still might be alive, might be breathing. but to get to them they must drill through 1,200 feet. the community prays all night and day for their safety. stanley stewart had just started h