president bush the margin he needed to take the oval office was the first time the west virginia had gone republican in something like seventy years and guess what's going to happen come november we're going to carry the state of west virginia thank. the coal industry was widely credited for giving bush west virginia so it was no secret that he had a large debt to pay to the coal industry and they made sure he paid it throughout mine safety throughout the rollback of regulations on dirty power plants through a variety of places he essentially stalked all the regulatory agencies with with former coal industry lobbyists or executives by two thousand and one the bush administration made of white wording changing the clean water act designating waste as bill this wording change cleared the way for the expansion of mountaintop removal mining throughout southern appalachians. on january twenty second of two thousand and two president bush returned to west virginia it is such a wonderful day for us and for west virginia to host a special me in with the with a special bond to our state pleas

go county west virginia within sight of massey energy c.e.o. don blankenship home carmelita brown has been battling for clean want to see. twenty some years ago. and water turned black and black straight and asked are the harness green men enough has been got up and asked and asked me what was wrong take a man and he said when he looked at it he said my god he said that's close laurie. we went and looked at fifteen wells. said the samples off to the laboratory got the testing results back and did some analysis on those results and it was pretty compelling that we needed to do more research down there i've never seen water quality that poor. are pretty good compared to what it was this morning these documents from the west virginia department of natural resources researched by mountain just to summer volunteers are permits for coal slurry injections that took place in the early one nine hundred eighty s. at the slurry impoundment located approximately two miles above carmelita brown's home this permit shows that over two hundred eight million ga

there is no more west virginia it don't grow back. it's not going to come back i mean you know we had a politician get up on tavi not long ago he said well the reason that jan saying it's the unix thing the deer are in. order bought this thousand acre. site it's not the garage sale process mountaintop removal coal mine is an awesome display of coal extraction engineering it is also quite simple once the site is a den of clear cutting begins next explosives are used to blast away the earth material holes. then machinery completing massive shovels called dragon lines remove the overburden which is then deposited in adjacent valleys called valley fills mountaintop removal coal mining can bring down the elevation of a peak by hundreds of feet sites are often thousands of acres in size but i believe these are legal action rather than blacksburg and written. in the spring of two thousand and five a group of activists college students and local citizen conservation groups joined together to oppose the widespread increase in mountaintop remov

the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: mr. costello has been in the trenches, on the runways and in the towers of this legislation for many years. he's been with the takeoffs and the landings of so many extensions and i now yield him sufficient time as he may consume. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. costello: thank you, madam chair, and i thank the ranking member for yielding to me and his kind remarks. all of us agree we need a long-term f.a.a. re-authorization act. the f.a.a. and the aviation community needs to -- needs stability and direction that a multiyear authorization bill will provide. however, it's not this bill. it is important for members to know that h.r. 658 is a different f.a.a. re-authorization bill from the bipartisan legislation that my colleagues and i worked together on and that passed the house three times in the 110th and 111th congresses. that legislation would have created jobs, improved aviation safety and provided the f.a.a. with

the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rahall: madam speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 662, the surface transportation extension act of 2011. as my chairman has said, this legislation extends the federal aid and highway public transit and motor carryway safety program through the end of the year. i commend the chairman of the committee, mr. mica, for his bringing this bill before us today. i also associate myself with the remarks that he has just said in support thereof. i commend him for the listening tour that he has embarked around the country, as well as a few formal hearings thrown in his listening tour. this gives the country and you members of body an opportunity to learn a great deal about what re-authorization of our transportation program really means when it comes to jobs and when it comes to infrastructure, particularly within each member of congress' congressional district. extending these programs is

. >> kentucky and west virginia. mountaineers ended on an 8-0 run.ight at the half. the wildcats claw back. great ball movement. game tied at 55. then jones kicks it out to miller, and he will can the triple to put kentucky up five. the wildcats survive, 71-63. they're moving on. in the southwest region this afternoon, richmond and moorehead, a battle of cinderellas. and in the west, san diego state and temple are tied at 61 in double-overtime. >>> time for the women's. stanford, the top guns in the west, hosting uc davis. march mass -- march madness for the stanford fans. peterson, steps up. cardinal up. then it's ogwumike, spinning down low. that's pretty. stanford up 12. end over the half. the three-ball makes it 42-30 stanford at the half. and candace wiggins loving it. have the highlights at 6:00. >>> looks like stanford will advance and face st. john's. >>> to golf. third round play of the transitions championship in tampa bay. the pga tour rookie, second time he has ever made the cut. check out the shot on the par-3 8th. ace! 5-under 66. 11-un

west virginia up eight at the half. but the wildcats claw back. great ball movement. knight to jones. throws it down. game now tied. then jones, kicks it out to miller. he gets the triple. puts kentucky up five. the wildcats survive, 71-63. they're moving on. >> the southwest region, richmond defeats moorehead state, and in the west, san diego state survived in double-overtime over temple. moves on. in the southeast, in the second butler and pittsburgh, tied at 70, and byu and gonzaga. still underway, 56-4 # that -- 56-4 # that score. >> brian wilson has been sidelined with a mild strain of his left oblique muscle and oblique injuries can linger. he hurt it thursday against the angels. had an mri and will be re-evaluated on monday. g-men facing the royals today in scottsdale, barry zito on the hill. got help from the defense. sandoval with that line drive. quicker with the lighter wait. bottom two, cody ross, postseason form. his third homer of the spring and the giants are on top in the fourth, buster, has liftoff. that one is leaving the yard as well. giants win the

nothing went right for uconn against west virginia. case in point. the free throw took a few bounces and got stuck on the back of the rim. you have a chance of spotting big foot than doing that again. west virginia pulled off the upset, 55-56. >>> there is concern for serena williams. her agent confirms she underwent emergency treatment for a blood clot in her lung earlier this week. she is expected to make a full recovery. >>> if you thought uconn had a problem with the rim, check this out from vancouver. high school basketball coach decided to show off his dunking skills. not only did he miss the dunk he shattered the back board, kids loved it but he did not. one more time. down he went with the backboard and the rim. that's the price you pay for showing off. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> looks painful. yet another ridiculous example of teen singer justin bieber's popularity. your entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> hair' unbearbly cute and cuddly but how far would you go to rescue one. you're wa

kentucky to take on the win over the west virginia-clemson match-up.lemson with one of the first four in games. the jam inside, the tigers by 8. but perhaps they ran out of steam in the second half. dalton pepper with the steal and in for the jam. and west virginia cruises from there. 84-76, the final. >>> and coming up after this break, st. john's puts on their dancing shoes for the first time since 2002. a tough test against the gonzaga bulldogs. >>> welcome back to the verizon wrap up show. looking at st. john's in the mile-high city taking on gonzaga and the bulldogs were sharp from the get go. steven gray with the steal and the lay in. second half the johnnies try to make a run. finishing with authority. it makes it a 10-point game. and gonzaga had an answer. steven gray with the perfect pass. and gonzaga goes up 17. the red storm's season comes to a disappointing end. >>> and waiting for the zags, arguably the most used name in this tournament, byu. per debt first in scoring in the nation. 10-25 from the field for 32 points. more than enough as b

we have a lot of natural gas in west virginia. natural gas has 50% of the carbon that the coal does. so the people think that by doing this that people are going to go ahead and burn coal in power plants and other places. they're not. north carolina already has 12 power plants which have been switched from coal to natural gas. probably more by now. that was about a year ago. ohio is doing some of the same. other states are doing some of the same. natural gas is abundantly plentiful. i like natural gas. it's a terrific thing. it's 50% as dirty as coal, but it is less dirty and it is cheaper, and so power plants are going to that. now, i'm trying to figure out in my mind, madam chairwoman, how does that help west virginiaians? how does that help west virginian coal miners and operators? if people are make up their mind -- and i have had the president of american electric power tell me this directly, of course we'll switch to natural gas. he said, i would use banana peels if they could reduce heat. but they don't stay with coal out o

that's not a favor to the people of west virginia. what that means is that -- that the companies, coal companies and power companies that are looking at all of this, they will just start walking away from coal very quickly. this will be also true in pennsylvania, the home of the presiding officer. natural gas is beginning to take over large parts of our electric power industry. that's happened in north carolina and ohio, probably a little bit in -- in pennsylvania, yes, a little bit in west virginia. the marc marcellus shale is jusa boundless pool of gas and it lies up and down the appalachian spine. and companies are beginning to switch away from coal to natural gas. s nonow, you can either -- if yu don't care about coal miners and you don't care about coal companies, but particularly coal miners, they're not responsible for any of this. they just dig the coal that god put in the earth a billion years ago. they did it. and then it's shipped by trail, by truck or by rail or in some fashion, by barge, after to a power company. the powe

. >> ♪ almost heaven, ♪ west virginia, ♪ blue ridge mountains, ♪ shenandoah river. ♪ life is old thered her, ♪ miner's lady, ♪ stranger to blue water. [cheers and applause] [soft guitar solo] >> one of my favorite singers was jacques brel, and i introduced jacques brel's records to john, who immediately caught on to how good and how important a writer brel was. and it was interesting. one of the french critics said, "seems to me that john denver is to america what jacques brel is to us." but he had a very big success and performance with port of amsterdam. >> ♪ in the port of amsterdam, ♪ there's a sailor who sings ♪ of the dreams that he brings ♪ from the wide-open sea. ♪ in the port of amsterdam, ♪ there's a sailor who sleeps ♪ while the riverbank weeps ♪ to the old willow tree. >> john was definitely a showman. and he loved to put on a good concert, and he knew that he could sing his ballads, but he also needed to do his lighthearted, funny songs as well, and he had to have a good mix of them, and the audiences just seemed to just absolutely love that. >> bands are like nothing else

] he was charged with three counts of being from west virginia. [ laughter ] [ in southern accent ]cats -- firecracker! never no more, no more cats gonna be in my yard." [ light laughter ] new survey found that women spend eight years of their lives going shopping. [ scattered cheers ] years of their lives on a bench outside ann taylor at the mall. [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] "go get another cinnabon." [ light laughter ] this is insane, a woman in texas gave birth to a baby in the parking lot of a strip club this week. the baby wasn't in the mood to breast-feed, but there was a two-drink minimum. so -- [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] that's right. she gave birth outside of a strip club. it was crazy, when the baby came out, it started working the umbilical cord. it was like -- [ laughter and ohs ] sick -- you guys are all sick. the weirdest part, when the baby came out, they stamped his hand in case he wanted to go back in. [ laughter ] that makes sense. [ applause ] huh? >> steve: did he have -- did ask to get a special dance in the champagne womb? [ laughter ] >> jimmy

eastern west virginia. we are concerned that because of the amount of earth moving involved in mountaintop removal that this could be a factor. i contacted usgs and they said it possibly could be. all the drilling for natural gas, a lot of that is in west virginia. near having major drilling the area where the earthquakes have been reported. i would like to know if he can answer those questions. this is the biggest earthmoving project in the history of the world, mountaintop removal. what effect will that have on the stability of west virginia and the united states? guest: certainly, large efforts to move around the earth's crust can have an impact. we've seen that the case of large dams. you are changing the stresses that can generate small quakes. in terms of the mountaintop removal, the impacts really are very along the surface. we should look at that and try to understand from environmental degradation issues. in the case of west virginia, lots of seismic events are regularly recorded on our network. mo

for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia rise? mr. rahall: in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. rahall: thank you. mr. chairman, here we go again. the majority's continuing what started out in some of the states this this year and has been going on with more vemsy in this body. they're continued attacks on collective bargaining rights of workers, they're continuing to blame the workers of this country for the economic ills. i think it's worth noting that the gentleman from texas just noted a trouble that people have had complying with davis-bacon over the years. it's been around since 1931 when two republicans by the name of davis and bacon instituted the davis-bacon law. and study after study has shown that despite the opponents' claims that davis-bacon is an act that -- act has had little or no affect on the toecal cost of federally assisted projects. there's a study that shows that the highways and states attract more productive, effective, highly skilled and safe

for what purpose does the gentlelady from west virginia rise? mrs. capito: to address the house for one minute, and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to congratulate the george washington patriots for winning the west virginia class triple-a boys basketball championship. the third seeded patriots defeated top seeded wheeling park, 55-54 to take home the state title. this is a special win for the coach as he was part of the team that gave the school their first basketball championship 40 years ago. in a close, intense game the two teams battled to the end but in the final seconds george washington was leading 55-52 when wheeling park looked what would be a three-pointer, however a review showed it was a two pointer and george washington won, quite a finish. having two boys who grew up playing basketball in west virginia for coach green, i have sown both the nayses of elation and anguish. this shows the heart and dedication of the young men and

>> joe manchin from west virginia, a very red state. he's up for re-election. barack obama is not going to win west virginia next year in 2012. >> ifill: claire mccaskill. >> he may not win missouri either. these are tough statements where the democrats from the red states need to start separating themselves a little bit from obama, the president who is going to be at the top of the ticket next year. they want to make sure they have a little bit of independence from him. >> ifill: is the white house giving them a pass? >> i think they're giving them a pass right now. we'll see when the rubber hits the road and they need votes to get a budget passed. >> ifill: we expect votes tomorrow? >> we do. about 3:00 in the afternoon eastern time. >> ifill: okay. david chalian, thanks a lot. >> sure. >> brown: now the second >> brown: now, the second of ray suarez's global health reports from the central american nation of guatemala. tonight, ray looks at the many obstacles to family planning in that traditional society. >> suarez: every day evelyn travels the rugged count

looks at residents' work environment as well as their physical and emotional health ranked with west virginia last. >>> amateur video out of venezuela shows the panic that ensued when a bull jumped into the audience during a bullfight over the weekend. the animal eventually found its way back into the ring. one worker was hurt m melee. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,090 after sinking 79 points yesterday. the s&p dropped 11 points and the nasdaq dropped 39. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei gained 20 points while in hong kong the hang seng zoomed 398. >>> it's a pretty safe bet that oil will be the big story on the street once again today. oil settled above $105 a barrel in new york monday as libyan unrest shows no signs of letting up and reports surfaced about planned protests in saudi arabia. copper took a big dip, driving down free freeport mcmoran copper and gold 3%. meanwhile, chip stocks were hit by a downgrade to the semi conductor sector. communications equipmentmaker see anna fell 9% afte

they were building tail section in west virginia just sheet-metal and stringers and then they pulled him into the main fuselage body. in a lockheed factory down in atlanta, georgia that was mostly empty. they could've built the whole thing there and still have room to spare but it was being built in west virginia to satisfy bobby birther. and these practices are acted starting to affect our commercial sector as well because i'll industry might is something from the same problem. the c-17 for sure. it had that. [inaudible] >> because of long beach to get all sorts of problems. you're absolutely right. between minor they have, the cost overrun is double or something. more than double. the parts don't fit and their bring it together and. >> a question over here. >> yes. i thought i could get a more concrete example of how that works using a small weapons a system which is therefore easier to evaluate, something like actually this particular affects the in 60 machine which has been released by the him at 240 which can be assured is even more expensive. but an f-16 machine gun to build on

clemson will play fifth seed west virginia in the bracket.ere are two more games tonight and the big dance starts tomorrow afternoon with the first of 16 games at 12:15 eastern. >>> nba, pacers and knicks went down to the wire. under 15 seconds to play. anthony drove the baseline and tied it with the lay-up. team high 29. indy with the last chance and that's all they needed.ç danny granger fade away with .3 seconds left. that's your game winner. pacers beat the knicks for the second time in three days, 119-117. >>> atlanta's joe johnson a new look against milwaukee. sported the headband for the first time. after this performance, he may never take it off. 28 of his 36 in the first half. hawks soared past the bucs. 110-85. >>> now to chicago. it was ironic the bulls wore green jerseys when they leapfrogged past the celtics. it doesn't matter what color you wear against the wizards. bulls win easily 98-79. the queen of soul, aretha franklin, ready to dance. chicago getting plenty of respect in the east. they now have the best record in the con

he died yesterday at his home in west virginia. frank buckles, 110 years old. his life quite a journey. back to you. >> indeed it was. thank you. >>> still ahead r you tired of graffiti and potholes? there's an app for that now. the bay area city hoping facebook will help clean things up. >>> and news about alzheimer's and your parents. which one are you more likely to inherit it from? >> and charlie sheen like you've never heard him before. his rambling interview with nbc that's already created a divide among his own friends. >>> and after a wild weekend with record setting cold temperatures and that low snow, things warmed up today with plenty of sunshine. mid to upper 50s out there right now. it will be cool in the south bay tonight as we drop near 40 degrees in san jose and yes, we're tracking another storm. we'll let you know when rain returns coming up. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i regist

he died of natural causes on sunday at his home in west virginia.lywood film actress jane russell has died in california at the age of 89. the brunet bombshell became a sex symbol in the 1940's and was one of the most popular stars at the box office. at 90, jane russell met director -- 19, jane russell met director howard hughes, who launched her career. >> you mustn't. you hurt yourself. >> the phrase "mean, moody, and magnificent," was coined for jane russell, in a film which shocked the sensors and to ban it for two years. she was the protege of howard hughes, the aviator and film producer. he used his special knowledge of engineering to design a special brought for the 19 year- old. >> it was a contraption, and it was not comfortable or rubble of the time. i did not want to do 103 takes on that subject, so i just wore my own drop. i could see what he was trying to do, and i put some kleenex across the seams and the broad. i threw his under the bed and then went out. >> the image belied a woman who led the bible study at the hollywood christian g

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. >> ifill: it's been almost exactly one year since a west virginia coal mine accident killed 29 people a massive oil spill sent more than 200 million gallons gushing into the gulf of mexico killing 11 workers. in the wake of that accident, the obama administration banned deepwater drilling for much of the last year. but as the administration continues to search for alternatives, a new pew research center study found america ranks third among industrial nations in so-called clean energy investment. included in that description: wider use of natural gas; increased production of renewable biofuels made from switchgss, wood chips and biomass. but much of the president's energy plan has already been scaled back, in the face of congressional opposition. joining us to sort through the choices and the limitations of energy policy are three people who follow the issue closely. jason grumet is president of the bipartisan policy center, which promotes policy solutions across party lines. amy jaffe is a senior energy advisor at the james baker institute at rice university. and elizabeth kolbert wr

it's stunning to remember that it's been one year since the coal accident in west virginia and within last year we've also seen... the last month we've seen what happened in japan and within the last year what happened in the gulf. has that changed our energy policy? should it? >> clearly it has to. i think these events are shocking but in some ways they're not surprising. we've seen analogs to these over the last generation, three mile island, major oil spills in santa barbara and alaska, unrest in the middle east leading to price spikes in the '70s. i think what we've just seen is all of these events essentially happening in the last 12 months. this creates clearly a new urgency for developing new sources. it also suggests that we not just need additional plans. we're not lacking for energy plans. what we've been lacking is the ability to create goals that have real consensus, that have metrics so we can figure out whether we're making progress and have real accountability. it's keeping track of those plans over time that our democracy is not really well designed for. >> ifill: let'

some showers in the ohio valley down to nashville, charleston, west virginia, raleigh and atlanta. >> 45 degrees in boston. 51 in baltimore. 66 in new orleans. chicago gets up to 45. omaha, 56. and fargo, 37 degrees. 50s from seattle to boise and billings. and sacramento gets up to 65. phoenix, coming in near 90. >>> we'll have the other morning's top -- this morning's other news coming up next, including a dolphin nearly crushes a woman in florida. bizarre story there. >> you have to see that. >>> also, death on the launch pad. how a worker died while preparing "endeavour" for liftoff. >>> and we'll return to the quake zone, as misplaced family members find each other, five days into this tragedy. ererererr >>> and welcome back, everybody. we do have other news to report on this tuesday morning. there's been a second, fatal tour bus accident in the new york area. the driver and a male passenger were killed in a crash on the new jersey turnpike near east brunswick last night. >>> this, of course, following 15 passengers that died in saturday's bus crash near new york city. the driver

one was in south carolina, in louisiana, west virginia, and i was the other one. i was the only one in the north half of the country that got that great. -- grade. [applause] none of that was easy. in the single season record holder for issuing of visas -- videos. we had the first and only government shutdown in a 150- year eithehistory on my watch. we had one of the august transit strikes in the history of the country because our government bus drivers thought they should able to work 15 years and be able to have the government pay for their health insurance for the rest of their life. we took a strike, 44 days, shut down the transit system for months and a half the in the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country. we had the usual protests and the noises in sights and sounds. i had people standing outside my window with signs saying tim pawlenty is a weapon of mass transit destruction. i would go around the state on this issue and many like it and say if you are not in government, how many of you get to work 15 years and have the government pay for your heal

the reason that's interesting, that's the west virginia school that lost most of the football team in a plane crash back in 1970. >>> well, under attack, the reason local muslims say their religion will be demonized at a hearing in washington, d.c. today. >>> plus, plans for an upscale bowling alley is striking out with some people. >>> good morning. mostly clear skies. the clouds are increasing to the north. look for increasing clouds and the north bay will get a rain for a little bit. but the south bay will see morning sunshine and then afternoon clouds bit. time is testimony -- by the time the system arrivals, it will be late afternoon. >>> well, the white house is urging senate lawmakers to find common ground as they try to negotiate a new government spending plan. the senate rejected two bills yesterday that were nearly $50 billion apart on how much spending should be cut over the next seven months. the deadline for a deal is next week, but the house is expected to introduce another temporary spending bill tomorrow to avert a government shut down. >>> in wisconsin today, a bill s

kentucky and west virginia beginning in just a few minutes, followed by florida and ucla. 2:00 sessionegins with richmond and morehead state, followed by brigham young and began zag ga. then game day wraps up all the action for you. good luck with those brackets. >>> and in the weather, good luck staying dry. >> no kidding. active weather pattern continues through the weekend, as mentioned earlier, the ground is saturated. heavy rainfall possible overnight, through the wee hours of the this morning. scattered showers and thunderstorms potential for this afternoon. you could see hail out there. basic message, slow down on the highways and biways, because we will see some very active weather here. high wind watch up through tomorrow. south-southeasterly winds, 25 to 40, gusting to 60, may cause problems along the region here, as we could see trees and power lines down. again, highcountry, up in the sierra, winter storm warnings up there. probably not a good weekend to travel, if you can avoid it. >> and the chance of hail out there, they can become like ball bearings on the road. >> very

coal took a big hit last year when 29 miners lost their lives at the upper big branch mine in west virginia. now, all of the energy plans the president talked about today are focused on the long-term and white house advisors concede there's not really anything the president can do to bring down the price of gas in any significant way this year. erica. >> hill: chip, thanks. chip reid at the white house. american drivers, though, are beginning to do their part to conserve, and as national correspondent dean reynolds tells us, that means the heyday of the gas guzzler is over. >> 142.5! >> reporter: on the roller coaster ride of energy prices, gasoline is going up again. >> $65 for gas this is pretty unbelievable. >> reporter: but lessons learned since the last spike in 2008 are cushioning the blow. >> fuel efficiency as a whole has become more important to every customer, even a full-size truck customer. >> reporter: gasoline consumption in this country peaked in 2007 at 390 million gallons a day. but it's declined ever since, and last year, the figure was 379 million gallons, a nearly 11-mil