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Sixth Body Recovered From Minn. Bridge Collapse; Newark Police Make Two Arrests In Newark Shooting Case; Smaller of Two Drills Nears Site of Miners; Charges Dropped Against 2 Marines Accused in Haditha Case; Bisphenol A in Baby Bottles; 4.5 Quake Gave Los Angeles County a Quick Jolt; Singing Legend Hospitalized; Temps May Be Around 100 for the PGA Tournament

Aired August 09, 2007 - 14:00   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR, CNN NEWSROOM: Meantime, the next hour of NEWSROOM begins right now.
ROB MARCIANO, CNN ANCHOR, CNN NEWSROOM: The drillers drill, the diggers dig, and the families wait and hope and pray.

PHILLIPS: We may know the fate of the six trapped coal miners by the end of the day, three and a half days after the mine caved in around them.

Hello, everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips in Atlanta.

MARCIANO: I'm Rob Marciano in for Don Lemon. You are in the CNN NEWSROOM.

They're going to have to drill a little deeper than they thought, but rescuers in Utah still hope they can reached those trapped coal miners sometime today. At a briefing last hour we learned the smaller of the two drills that are boring into the mine is still about 300 feet from the site of that collapse. CNN's Ed Lavandera is standing by near Huntington, Utah not far from Crandall Canyon with the latest.

Hello, Ed.

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Rob.

Well, these workers are up on the mountain digging the two vertical holes through the top of the mountain, which they hope will be able to provide the first signs of communication with the trapped miners, and at some point begin providing food and water, if indeed, they are alive. Bob Murray here just speaking with reporters and briefing them.

To kind of give you an update on where the progress is being made on these two holes. The smaller hole, which appears to be the one that is offering the most hope, at this point, needs to go down about 1,869 feet. Right now they're at 1,460 feet. With that, Bob Murray says that they could reach that cavity, if all goes well, within the next six hours or so.

So perhaps maybe by later tonight they would have some sort of indication, some way of communicating with these trapped miners that they're on their way.

The other hole, the larger hole, the one that's eight inches wide, needs to go 1,886 feet. So far that one is at 355 feet. And Bob Murray says that that hole could reach the cavity of where they suspect these trapped miners are, by late tomorrow.

So, all hopes right now hinging on that two and a half inch wide hole to see if it will provide some sort of information as to the conditions of these miners. But having said all that, that is still a big if.

MARCIANO: You know, Bob also mentioned that the rescuers are actually -- they don't want to stop their shift. They want to keep on looking for these guys. There's obviously a determined amount of hope there, but at some point is there any talk of people talking about the actual probability that these guys are still alive, down, trapped underneath all that mountain?

LAVANDERA: Well, I think what they're holding on to -- or the hope they're holding onto right here is if they weren't killed in the initial collapse of the mine, that they are in that cavity and they have been able to stay alive for this amount of time. That's why there's so much hope hinging on that small hole that's being drilled right now.

Bob Murray is saying that many of the people who have been working up on this mountain, that the hourly workers have had a hard time pulling them away. They just want do to keep on working through. Try to get as much work on this as possible.

Of course, there are teams underground, as well, digging that sideways cavity to try to reach where these miners are. And also there have been a brother of one of the trapped miners and a son of one of the trapped miners who -- those two gentlemen are also miners themselves, and they have been taken up -- they just walked by here a short while ago and walked up to the mountain. They have been allowed to watch the progress that is being made. And those are some of the people that are also passing along information to the families that are desperately waiting for any kind of news to come from this mountaintop.

MARCIANO: We are all waiting for the news, hopefully good news later today or tomorrow. Ed Lavandera reporting live for us from the mine collapse in Utah.

Thank you, Ed.

A reminder, Gary Tuchman, the only reporter allowed in the mine last night, we're going to talk to him live in a few minutes. Stay with us.

PHILLIPS: And we're just getting word now that CNN has confirmed a sixth body recovered in Minneapolis from the site of that bridge collapse. This body we're told pulled from the water in Minneapolis.

It's still not clear what caused that bridge to collapse, but this may be a clue. The National Transportation Safety Board says that investigators have found a potential design flaw with the steel plates that is tie the bridge's steel beams together. The feds are urging states to re-inspect bridges in light of that finding. They're also urging states to take note, the extra stress that can come from bridge improvement projects. A construction crew was working on the Minneapolis bridge when it collapsed last week.

Now police in New Jersey are holding two suspects in the execution-style killings of three college students over the weekend. Allan Chernoff is live in Newark with the latest.

Allan, what can you tell us?

ALLAN CHERNOFF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, talk about a fast- moving case. Just about two hours ago Newark Mayor Cory Booker was holding a press conference to announce the arrest of a 15-year-old in this triple homicide and a warrant for the arrest of a 28-year-old, Jose Carranza.

Well, during that press conference the Mayor Booker's office got a call from the attorney for Carranza saying he had him in the car here in downtown Newark and he wanted to turn himself in to the mayor himself. The mayor went over to the homicide unit, not far from here, and the attorney handed the suspect over to the mayor.

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MAYOR CORY BOOKER, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY: Any description of the individual be colored by my feelings right now, so he simply -- came forward. He said nothing. We put him in handcuffs, and we walked the individual into the office. I personally helped the detective to sit him down, and I left.

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CHERNOFF: The attorney told me that he had no comment when I asked how his client would plead to the charges, and the charges will include three counts of murder, attempted murder, first-degree robbery, conspiracy, as well as weapons charges.

The 15-year-old also will be facing those charges, and the Essex County prosecutor says she wants to charge that 15-year-old as an adult. The investigation is continuing and law enforcement authorities say they hope to make more arrests in the coming days.

Back to you.

PHILLIPS: Meanwhile, there were a lot of protesters asking for the resignation of the mayor. They were angry at the violence that was on the rise there, or staying at a steady rate, Allan, in that community. How are they reacting now because so many other people have come forward, even a parent of one of the victims saying, it's the parents' responsibility, not the mayor.

CHERNOFF: That's right. The community here in Newark generally is coming together. Law enforcement authorities tell us that they are seeing unprecedented cooperation in this investigation. That has been a big problem here in Newark, where there is a very high rate. People now are cooperating, even though in the past there has been tremendous intimidation.

In terms of those people calling for the resignation of the mayor, as you know, there is some very bad blood going way back over here in Newark. Some people really opposing Cory Booker. He had a very tough battle with Sharp James when he first ran for office a number of years ago. These people who oppose Booker, they probably will always oppose Booker, but many people in the community are just outraged at this triple homicide.

Remember, three college students were killed in a schoolyard, shot in the back of the head, execution-style. A fourth did survive that attack, and she has been cooperating with the police.

PHILLIPS: All right. Allan Chernoff live in Newark, with all of the investigation.

MARCIANO: And two gunmen are on the lose after a deadly shooting at a Vancouver. Eight people were hit when an attacker sprayed a Chinese eatery in the pre-dawn hours. Two people died in what police believe was a targeted assault.

We're going to get a live update at the bottom of the hour.

PHILLIPS: Back now to our top story. The rush to get those six miners trapped inside a Utah coal mine. What's it like inside the mine? As you saw a few minutes ago, CNN's Gary Tuchman was the only network reporter to get a look deep within the Crandall Canyon coal mine where rescue teams are digging, grinding, and drilling as fast as they can to try to get those men out of there. Here is a first-hand look.

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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): We entered the Crandall Canyon Mine through the same tunnel the six trapped workers went through.

A three-mile journey, in a small truck, that would take about half-hour in utter darkness. We passed rescue workers in their vehicles, on the way to our ultimate destination.

BOB MURRAY, PRES., CEO, MURRAY ENERGY: Right there is where the rescue effort is going on.

TUCHMAN: This is as far as we could go. This is where the mine collapsed. The six trapped miners are believed to be tantalizing close, but with tons of coal separating them from us -- this was an unusual opportunity to see how much work rescue workers still have.

(On camera): Frankly, it's very eerie standing here, knowing that 2,000 feet behind me and maybe less are the six trapped miners. It is cold, it's dark, it's foreboding, a claustrophobic could never cut it here. There's a steady wind blowing. The ceilings are low. We're 30 minutes away from the nearest exit.

In normal times it's very stressful, but right now there's tension. Nevertheless, the workers, the rescue workers, people that normally work in the mine, are calm, because they have a job to do.

(Voice over): Take a look at what happens to our camera shot while we're in the mine. We hear a boom that shakes the mine and startles the workers, and especially us. The owner says it's another seismic event. One more and we evacuate.

MURRAY: Where the coal breaks away from the rib and just kind of lays there, we call that sloughage.

TUCHMAN: But there are no more. We do see other damage to the mine walls cause by the initial collapse, but it's the feverish work to rescue six men, dead or alive, that stays in our minds.

MURRAY: This rubble could extend -- well, we know it goes 300 feet because we were up there, but it may go another 100 feet and stop, and we can just walk up to the men, or they may be right there.

TUCHMAN: Wishful thinking, perhaps, but keeping these rescue workers going. Gary Tuchman, CNN, in the Crandall Canyon Mine, Utah.

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PHILLIPS: Gary Tuchman now joins us on the phone, from Utah.

Gary, that piece amazed all of us because it was the first time we got to get inside the mine. We didn't see it at Quecreek, we didn't get to see it at Sago. You were the first reporter to be able do this. Why do you think they allowed to take you in, even as you experienced seismic activity in there?

TUCHMAN: Yes, it is really noteworthy, Kyra, because in the past we tried to get into mines but haven't had accidents, just to do stories on mine operations. No one ever lets reporters in. This gentlemen is a very complex gentleman, Bob Murray, who owns this mine.

At first he was very authoritative and brash and confrontational and critical of us. As the last couple of days have gone on he's gotten, basically, to be honest with you, friendlier, and he had decided our request to get closer to the mine was something he wanted to honor. Yesterday he let us on the grounds of the mine. And then all of a sudden last night, our producer asked him if we can have cameras go into the mine, news cameras, and he agreed And then he said, we'll you, the reporter, to go into the mine also.

That's what happened. We were surprised, but our feeling in the news business is if you have nothing to hide, let us in, let us cover it. We'll listen to your rules and regulation, we will take your safety course, which we had to do, a 45-minute safety course. And we went in and we told the story.

PHILLIPS: But, Gary, I would think that because of what happened, and there you were inside. You actually experienced more seismic activity, weren't they concerned that something could go wrong? I mean this was a risky thing to do, right?

TUCHMAN: Well, they certainly told us that. They said you're taking a risk by going in. We've had seismic activity. We've had additional collapses, but that's something we contend with in this business.

I will tell you, Kyra, as I said in the piece, it was the owner who contended this was seismic activity. We have talked to the U.S. Geological Survey, and what the Geological Survey said, there have been 11 instances of seismic activity, which they believe is caused by the collapse itself. They say they don't have a record of seismic activity when we were in there. They say it could have been so small that it doesn't register. But I will tell you, whether it's official seismic activity or not, that mine shook. We heard like a concussion, and for a few seconds it was quite scary.

PHILLIPS: So what's your sense, Gary? Now that you've been in there and actually seen the area where they believe the trapped miners may be not far from, what's your sense? I mean, do you think they're going to be able to get to that area in six hours, which is what Bob Murray is saying?

TUCHMAN: Well, they're going to be able to get that drill down six hours, and that will give them the indication if the drill gets to the right place, if these men are alive or not. The drill will open up a small hole in the top of the mine and they will put a camera, a microphone down there, some water, food. And if they're exactly where they think they are, they'll be able to hear that they're alive. And then they can, according to Bob Murray, take their time getting to them. And it will take some time.

What we showed in the story, the drilling they're doing with the huge blades to get the coal and the debris and the rock away, that will take at least a week and maybe more. Murray is telling us if they're alive and they can get the water and food down there, they can survive indefinitely.

And psychologically that's an important thing. Because they're trained, these men, to know that if they're trapped, no one will ever stop looking for them. But you can imagine the mine games that is being played. It's so dark down there, Kyra. And it's cold and it's windy. And I think no matter how much training you get it will be human nature to think maybe they've forgotten about us. They think we're dead. They'll never come. What a nightmare, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Well, it definitely puts everything into perspective when see this and you hear what you are saying about the conditions and what it feels like. I have to ask you this, too, Gary. I know you have been asking a lot of questions to take this further and just ask about the investigative process and why something like this happens and why miners continue to get trapped like this.

If you look at Sago Mine, Quecreek Mine, and now this mine cave- in, where is the technology? I mean have you been able to talk sort of in a more -- in a broader sense with those there about why does this seem so archaic, this system? You know, why does it still happen after so many years and knowing the threat?

TUCHMAN: You know, the mine owners will tell you, most of the people we've talked to over the years, very bluntly, there's no question, this is a risky business. This is the way it's been done for hundreds of years. You know that when you take this kind of job.

However, people like Bob Murray and many others will say we do our best to make it as safe as possible. It just so happens this particular mine, yes, it has more than 300 violations over the last three years. In this business most mines have a lot of violations. And this particular mine, according to government statistics, has fewer violations than other similar mines. It's safer than the national average.

PHILLIPS: Wow. Gary Tuchman, thanks for the report. And just thanks for the personal insight. We appreciate it. And we continue to think about those six miners hoping they're still alive, Gary.

TUCHMAN: Thank you, Kyra.

BONNIE SCHNEIDER, CNN METEOROLOGIST: I'm CNN Meteorologist Bonnie Schneider.

As heat warnings and heat advisories continue across the country, two cities in the Southeast have just shattered records for their all- time highs today. I'll tell you where they are coming up.

MARCIANO: The heat of another kind in Florida. Check out this major fire in Miami. An explosion rocks a warehouse. It goes up in flames. We'll talk about that in the NEWSROOM.

PHILLIPS: It's used in baby bottles and a host of other products, and now experts warn it could be dangerous. What you need to know straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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MARCIANO: It's 18 minutes after the hour. Here are three of the stories we are working on in the CNN NEWSROOM.

It's another hot day across much of America and that strains the power grid and fills up cooling centers.

Another body is recovered at the site of last week's Minneapolis bridge collapse. That brings the confirmed death toll to six.

And it's another jittery day on Wall Street. Stocks fall over more concerns about mortgages.

PHILLIPS: Well, steamy summer, simply miserable. Many of us are seeing temperatures around 100 again today. Add in the humidity and it feels like a steam bath. Excessive heat warnings from Tulsa to Richmond. A number of cities are have opened cooling centers. Volunteers are going door-to-door checking on the elderly. Some places are giving out fans and air conditioners to those without. And, of course, that adds to the record power usage which is prompting power companies to urge customers to cut back whenever they can.

MARCIANO: That's a tough thing to do when it's getting down to only 82 degrees, at night. That's what happened here in Atlanta, another record broken.

That is the highest low temperature ever recorded here, Bonnie, that's even before the sun comes up. What's else is going on, record wise?

SCHNEIDER: We're probably about to shatter the record today in Atlanta. Right now it's 100 degrees. If the temperature climbs just one degree higher, we will shatter the record. But already records have been shattered. In Charlotte, North Carolina, it's already hit 102. And unfortunately, that does shatter the record. The heat continues there. We also have a record shattered in Athens, Georgia, at 102. That's the actual temperature. So the heat index certainly making it feel a whole lot worse.

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MARCIANO: Well, it's happened once before, more than once, in fact. Infants blocked from boarding airplanes because their names match those on security watch lists. Today the feds unveiled their latest plan to stop those and other foul ups, while ensuring airline security. That story for live, we go to Washington and CNN's Jeanne Meserve.

Jeanne, what's the plan?

JEANNE MESERVE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rob, you've also seen those other incidents where you have had an international flight on its way to the U.S. and it's been diverted or turned around because after it's in the air authorities realize someone suspicious is on board.

Well, the secretary of Homeland Security says he believes his department can reduce the number of times that happens, by getting passenger lists from the airlines before international flights leave the ground. That gives Custom & Border protection a chance to vet the names before departure.

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MICHAEL CHERTOFF, SECY., HOMELAND SECURITY: Under the current rule, airlines provide what we call passenger manifest data, identifying who's getting on the flight, to Customs and Border Protection, after the flight has already left the ground. That is too late. As the London plot demonstrated, we need to do everything in our power to identify potential threats before that airplane takes off.

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MESERVE: Chertoff also announced this morning that on domestic flights it plans to take responsibility for running passenger names against terror watch lists away from the airlines and give it to the transportation security administration. The TSA will have the most up- to-date lists which may help reduce the number of people who are prevented from flying, because they have a name similar to someone on a watch list -- Rob.

MARCIANO: Jeanne, any thought as to what the percentage of success rate will be with this? Will they not have to turn any planes around? Did they give any word on that?

MESERVE: Well, they won't say absolutely that they'll never have to turn a plane around. They say it will happen less frequently. They also claim that it will be less frequent that people will be prevented from flying because they have a name similar to someone on a watch list. They also were going to offer people the opportunity to give their date of birth, and their full name. They're not going to require it, but they're going to say you can give us that. If you do, it will be even less likely that you'll be confused with a terrorist who might have the same name or a similar name, Rob.

MARCIANO: Anything that makes it more convenient yet still safe, that would be a good thing.

MESERVE: That's the idea.

MARCIANO: Jeanne Meserve, live from Washington, thanks, Jeanne.

MESERVE: You bet.

PHILLIPS: First day of school in a town torn apart by a twister, the view from Enterprise. Straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

SUSAN LISOVICZ, CNN FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT: I'm Susan Lisovicz at the New York Stock Exchange where the Dow has fallen more than 200 points today after coming off its best three-day stretch in four years. Wall Street's wild ride next. You're watching CNN, the most trusted name in news.

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PHILLIPS: On Wall Street the market, once again, is temperamental. That's sending investors on a wild ride. We've been watching it all day, Susan Lisovicz.

LISOVICZ: I feel like an urban cowgirl.

PHILLIPS: Without the boots.

LISOVICZ: Yeah, without the boots. I need them though. I need all of the armor I can get in this kind of market, and so do investors in general.

Kyra, worries about the nation's mortgage crisis and the credit market once again rattling nerves on Wall Street. This time, though, the fuel coming from overseas. French bank BNP-Paribas said it suspended withdrawals from funds that invested heavily in U.S. subprime mortgages, those risky mortgages, we've been talking about for months. That sent the Dow industrials sliding nearly 240 point in the first few minutes of trading this morning.

There's also a "Wall Street Journal" report that a second Goldman Sachs fund has hit a rocky patch and is selling some of it's positions. These are two huge prestigious companies we're talking about. After the opening sell off, stocks did calm down for a bit, cut about 100 points off the Dow's losses.

But the selling resumed big time this afternoon. Right now the Dow industrials are down 212 points. That's a 1.5 percent. So the point loss looks scary, but given these high levels, it's 1.5 percent. Keep that in mind. The Nasdaq composite is down 33 points or 1.25 percent, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. Susan Lisovicz, thanks so much. We'll be talking to you, I guess, within the half an hour.

LISOVICZ: You got it.

PHILLIPS: OK.

MARCIANO: Let's take the next -- talk more about the mining accident. Next few hours are going to be critical in the efforts to rescue those trapped underneath all that dirt, about 1500 feet deep. We could hear something very soon, though, about the fate of those miners. We'll take you live to Utah for the latest.

PHILLIPS: Three college students murdered. Today, two suspects in custody. We're on the case straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

LARRY SMITH, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: I'm Larry Smith at the PGA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the world's top golfers seem to be wilting in this summer heat. We'll tell you how top-ranked Tiger Woods is doing when the CNN NEWSROOM continues.

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Hello everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips live at the CNN world headquarters in Atlanta.

ROB MARCIANO, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Rob Marciano in today for Don Lemon. And you are in the CNN NEWSROOM.

Well, we could know the fate of those Utah minors a matter of hours. The smaller of two drills being used to bore into the Crandall Canyon coal mine has reached a depth of 1,500 feet. The miners are believed to be more than 1,800 feet down. And if the drill bit hits the cavity and the men are there, rescuers hope to determine whether they're alive or not. And if so, the hole can deliver food, water, and air.

At a news briefing earlier this hour, the mine's co-owner said the drill could reach the miners in about six hours. But it will take much longer to make an actual rescue.

BOB MURRAY, PRES. & CEO, MURRAY ENERGY: These bore holes hopefully will access them in six hours, and the larger bore hole tomorrow, and through those bore holes, we will provide communications, ventilation, sustenance, anything they need to keep them alive indefinitely. MARCIANO: We have reporters on the scene and we'll bring you any new developments as they happen.

PHILLIPS: CNN has confirmed the identities of three of the miners trapped inside the Crandall Canyon mine. One is 58-year-old Kerry Allred, a 30-year veteran. Another is identified as Carlos Payan. We have also confirmed the name of 41-year-old Manuel Sanchez, a father of four. Three of his brothers are also coal miners.

The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting the names of the other three miners. They are Don Erickson, Brandon Phillips, and Luis Hernandez.

Salt Lake Tribune Reporter, Nate Carlyle, broadly described the trapped miners to our John Roberts on American Morning today.

NATE CARLISLE, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE: First and foremost, we know their names. Which is something that was not disclosed and officially still hasn't been disclosed. We're also learning a little about their family life. Most of these men have children. They all seem to have some family in the area. We're also learning about who they are as people. A little bit about their personalities, their senses of humor, and why people love them.

PHILLIPS: Well, I take you live now to Huntington, Utah. We're told that relatives of the six miners are talking right now to reporters.

ARCH ALLRED, TRAPPED MINER'S COUSIN: Hope. I go to his parish, and he asked if I would be willing to come and talk on behalf of Kerry and family, and the rest of the families also.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did Kerry ever speak of the dangers in the mine - (inaudible).

ALLRED: Kerry only discusses the fun times, the enjoyment they have working at the coal mine. Sometimes the things don't go quite well. They take care of business there, and then they discuss how they done that.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He doesn't bring the work home.

ALLRED: He doesn't bring the work home.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (inaudible question).

ALLRED: Pardon me?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (inaudible question).

ALLRED: How long have I been retired?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No Kerry. How much longer before his retirement?

ALLRED: I do not know Kerry's financial situation. He probably has enough years to retire. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (inaudible question).

ALLRED: That would be a decision for him.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is there any difference in the condition in this mine versus other mines that are union?

ALLRED: They're under the same mountain.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There's two different scientists, one at the University of Utah and one at UC Berkeley who have that said it wasn't a naturally occurring earthquake, that it was a mine accident. Mr. Murray disagrees with that. Do you have any thoughts of that? You obviously have experience mining yourself.

ALLRED: I have no comment on that. You'll have to ask the professionals on the earthquake.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you think that it will eventually come out, and will it change things for you if it ends up being a mine collapse that caused the earthquake as opposed to just it naturally occurring? Will that fact change how you feel about the event?

ALLRED: I'm not sure about the question you're asking.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sorry. If they discover that -- if it's proven that it actually was a mine collapse as opposed to a naturally- occurring earthquake, would that change how you think about these events? Would that change your impression of what's happened?

ALLRED: From what I've seen on the news, the mine is in very good condition. As far as the mine collapsing, it showed me on the video today that it's not that. What it is pressure build-up and it has to release. Possibly that's what's happened.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In your experience (inaudible question).

ALLRED: There's all types of conditions that could be in there for these folks, for the people that's in there. Very well possibly be in some little cavity or some little corner and their welfare may be very well.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. Allred, I was going to ask you, do you think that Kerry is carrying anything on him that he always carried as a miner, some charm of good luck, something that his parents gave him? And on that, what do you think as far as all these prayer services being here at the Catholic Church, does Kerry come to this Catholic Church or does he belong to a church in Cleveland?

ALLRED: Kerry's religion is not catholic.

I'd just like to make one more comment. I'd like to express the prayers, number one, to the family of the people that are not accounted for. And also I'd like to express god's prayers and thoughts be with you. You people and the people that's in there doing the efforts, the rescue, these people have been accounted for. Thank you.

PHILLIPS: Monitoring a live news conference there in Huntington, Utah.

As you know, we haven't had a chance to talk to any of the relatives of those trapped miners. Bob Murray, the head of that mine, has been asking the families not to talk. He's been keeping them sequestered, but now as this has been carrying on for a number of days, slowly but surely we are getting the names of some of those miners. We're getting pictures of some of the trapped miners and finally hearing from friends and some relatives. And that was Arch Allred. He's a cousin to Kerry. Kerry Allred one of the miners that is trapped, a 58-year-old miner, 30-year mining veteran.

And just to sort of recap, I can tell you we have confirmed three I had its of these trapped miners. Kerry Allred is one of them. Also, Carlos Payan and we've also confirmed the name of 41-year-old Manuel Sanchez, a father of four. Three of his brothers are also coal miners, and we have been talking about the Salt Lake Tribune article. It's actually reporting the names of the other three miners, and they are Don Erickson, Brandon Phillips, and Luis Hernandez.

We'll continue to follow every live news conference, the conditions of this continual dig to try and drill closer to the miners to get air, food, and water to them and to see if they are still alive. Everybody is keeping their fingers crossed.

MARCIANO: I want to get you to the breaks news desk. Fredericka Whitfield there with a complicated case involving a marine in Iraq. Tell us about this developing story.

FREDERICKA WHITFIELD, CNN CORREPSONDENT: Well, Rob perhaps you or anybody else recalls the case in Haditha where 24 civilians were killed. Today a much-relieved perhaps marine officer, 35-year-old Captain Randy Stone, learned today that all charges against him would be dropped. Stone was one of four officers charged with failing to adequately probe the killings.

And then earlier today a Lance Corporal Justin Sharot got very similar news about a different case and different charges, charges for him were dropped in the case of three brothers who actually killed during that same assault. So some relief for those officers, but still the entire case unresolved.

Rob.

MARCIANO: Thanks for that the update. Fredericka Whitfield, thanks very much.

PHILLIPS: It's used in baby bottles and a host of other products. And now experts warn it could be dangerous. What you need to know. Straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

MARCIANO: And a major fire in Miami. Explosions rock a warehouse as it goes up in flames. That's ahead in the NEWSROOM.

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MARCIANO: Check out this spectacular warehouse fire in Miami. Flames shot through the roof and periodic explosions you see there sent contents crashing into the streets below. We don't yet know what kind of warehouse it was or what those contents are or were. Firefighters are going in. They didn't go in because the danger was too great. One was sent to the hospital with heat exhaustion.

PHILLIPS: Should parents worry about giving their baby a bottle, and I'm not talking about what's in the bottle but the actual bottle itself? CNN medical correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen, joins us now with that. I guess it's a bit -- it's a chemical in the bottle, is that right?

ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: It's a chemical that's in plastics like baby bottles, water bottles that you and I drink out of, plastic dishes. It's called bisphenol A. And chances are it's in me and you. It's pretty much in everyone because everyone uses these products. So the concern here of course is mostly for babies and fetuses because they're small. Some scientists say they get exposed to enough of this either through the womb or through baby bottles that it could cause problems later in life, cancer, ADHD, autism, reproductive problems.

So a panel at NIH decided to sit down and take a look. Here is what they found. They found they do have "some concern" that bisphenol A causes neural and behavioral problems in fetuses and babies. When they say neural and behavioral problems they're talking about ADHD and autism. Now they also express some concern, but less concern that exposure to this could cause early onset of puberty when children and babies are exposed.

Now, if you're wondering what the people who that these plastics think, the American Chemical Council says that studies show that, yes, we do get this chemical in our bodies, but not in high enough levels to cause any problems.

PHILLIPS: What should parents do now with this information?

COHEN: This is a really tough one for parents. Because there is nothing scarier than hearing that the plastic in the baby bottle is causing problems so. We asked some experts what would you do. And they said look, there is no scientific evidence at this point that says don't use plastic baby bottles. But they said look, if this worries you, use a glass baby bottle if it makes you feel better. There's no certainly science that says you need to do that at this point.

PHILLIPS: You're quite the little dot comer lately. You wrote another column, right, for CNN.com.

COHEN: Right. CNN.com/health. It's up there right now. That's related to this because it's about a way that you can give your baby milk without using any plastic. It's called the breast. No plastic involved. Rob sat up when I said that word, I just noticed. Now he's blushing. I'm sorry. So if you go to CNN.com/health right now, you can read about breast feeding rates in the U.S. They are lower than what pediatricians would like. What moms can do to help other moms get those breastfeeding rates up.

PHILLIPS: All right. Not to put you on the spot but what about those that can't breast feed or sometimes it's too painful. What do you do if you want don't want to do that and you don't want to use the bottles?

COHEN: Well again, if you're really concerned about bisphenol A issue and plastics, you can use glass bottles. They're out there. You can use them. Now, there are issues of course you don't want to drop a glass bottle. That's a problem. But they are out there and you can use them.

What's great about what we talked about in this article is moms are now helping other moms. They're not necessarily going to lactation counselors, who are wonderful, but they can be very expensive, but it's moms helping moms, so they will start breast feeding and continue to breastfeed.

PHILLIPS: All right. Elizabeth Cohen, thanks a lot.

MARCIANO: Well, remember that story we told you about 9-year- old boy saves his dad who is a trucker. We will tell that you story again, and more importantly, we're going to talk with them ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

SIBILA VARGAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Sibila Vargas in Hollywood. Will Britney Spears lose custody of her kids to K-Fed? That's what her ex is fighting for. I will have that story and more when the NEWSROOM continues.

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PHILLIPS: Well, nerves, windows and a few store shelves rattled a bit and a bridge was shut down as a precaution. But that's all about what's happened in California's latest earthquake. The magnitude 4.5. Tremors struck just before 1 a.m. It was centered near Chatsworth, about 30 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.

MARCIANO: One of the world's most beloved and prolific singing superstars, he's been taken to the hospital. Sibila Vargas joins us now from Hollywood with the latest. Should we be worried about Luciano?

VARGAS: I would say so. For decades his voice has soothed millions now Luciano Pavarotti is definitely in need of some comfort of his own.

The opera star has been admitted to a hospital in his hometown of Modena, Italy for what they are simply calling medical checks, but reps for the 71-year-old performer, who had a tumor removed from his pancreas in July of last year, will not confirm newspaper reports that the star is suffering from pneumonia. The cancer operation forced Pavarotti to cancel his 2006 farewell tour and the singer has not been seen in public since. We are wishing him a speedy recovery. MARCIANO: We certainly do. Let's talk about J. Lo. She's been battling her right for privacy. What's going on with that case?

VARGAS: Well, apparently if you want to make a quick buck writing a tell all about J. Lo it will cost you big time, a cool half million. The singer/actress has been awarded $545,000 and a permanent injunction against her first ex-husband, Ojani Noa, over plans to publish a revealing book about her. Now the suit, which J. Lo filed in June 2006 claimed the book would violate terms of an non disparage agreement that she had with Noa in a previous settlement. Now according to multiple reports, one of the intimate details made in the manuscript was that Lopez had multiple affairs during her marriage to Noa including one with Marc Anthony who Lopez is married to now and stars with in the film, "El Cantante." So don't mess with J. Lo from the block, you know? She's from the Bronx. They're tough.

MARCIANO: Another courtroom that involves a custody battle that may be brewing between Britney Spears and K-Fed. What's going on there?

VARGAS: More trouble for Britney. It appears K-Fed is no longer happy with their split custody of their sons, and he now wants them 100 percent of the time. Just two weeks since their divorce became final, Federline has filed court papers to show cause for primary physical custody of 22 month old Sean Preston and 10-month-old, Jayden James. A source close to Federline tells "People Magazine" that he's worried Spears is exposing the boys to unnecessary risk. To help with his battle, the 29-year-old former dancer has hired high profile lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan who tells CNN he knows where the courthouse is and he knows what to do when he gets there. So not mincing words.

Tonight on "SHOW BIZ TONIGHT," cheating in Hollywood. Kate Hudson says men are not supposed to be monogamous. Very interesting. When stars cheat, do they inspire others to do the same? The copy cat cheater factor on TV's most provocative entertainment news show, "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" 11:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific.

Back to you, Rob.

MARCIANO: Thank you Sibila. Good to see you. We'll see you tonight at eleven o'clock.

All right. Well, the next few hours, well they could be critical in the efforts to rescue those six trapped coal miners. We could hear something very soon actually, and we'll take you live to Utah for the latest on that.

Plus, three college students murdered. Today, two suspects in custody. We're on that case ahead in the NEWSROOM.

LARRY SMITH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Larry Smith at the 89th PGA championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Defending champion, Tiger Woods, his day is done. Was the weather a factor? We'll tell you where he stands and what you he has to say about day one when the CNN NEWSROOM continues.

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MARCIANO: The PGA championship is under way under a blazing sun in Tulsa, Oklahoma. CNN's Larry Smith joins us from a steamy Southern Hills Country Club. Larry, I don't know what's worse, being a spectator or having to play in the heat?

SMITH: I think probably having to play because at least as a spectator you can go off and grab some shade under the many trees here at Southern Hills. This 89th PGA Championship, the final major of the year.

Listening to Bonnie Snyder's weather report earlier this hour, I don't quite feel as bad. It's only 95 degrees here. And a heat index of 105. Compared to Atlanta and other parts flt country, it's pretty chilly in Tulsa. But no the heat is a factor. Everyone being well- advised to take shade when possible, drink lots of fluids, and tie try to remain as comfortable as possible.

As we mentioned, the players can't really do that. If you're out in the heat the entire way and you're in the trees, you're in trouble when you're playing a round of golf. Most golfers surely are thinking about this as a negative, but former PGA champion on Phil Mickelson says really this doesn't bother him.

PHIL MICKELSON, FORMER PGA CHAMPION: I love playing in the heat for a couple reasons. It loosens your muscles and your body up. You're able to swing a lot more rhythmic and the golf ball flies a lot straighter when it's hot because you don't have the resistance. And so the wind doesn't affect it as much, and it's -- the game plays a lot easier when it's hot. There's a lot more benefits than there are detractions.

SMITH: Well, we'll see if that does come to fruition for Phil Mickelson. He just teed off a few minutes ago as he is out on the course. The leader in the clubhouse just a moment ago, John Daly, the former British open champion he is at 300 par and tied for the lead. As for defending champion Tiger Woods, maybe the heat played a role for him. He was in the lead early at 300 par, but five bogeys on his final ten holes leaves him at one over par for the day. He is done for the day four shots behind John Daly. He said the weather wasn't a problem, the heat so much but the winds really caused a problem for him.

Rob, let's go back to you.

MARCIANO: I kind of disagree with Phil Mickelson. I know I don't play any better when it's hot. John Daly, coming to the clubhouse as a leader. What's the word from him? Do you think he can hold it together for four whole rounds?

SMITH: That's the thing. Can he do it for four holes? We saw him play well earlier in majors this year. Playing well for one day is good. Keep in mind though tomorrow the tee times are reversed. He will tee off in the afternoon. So maybe a much different story playing in this kind of heat for an entire four or five hours than teeing off in the morning. MARCIANO: No doubt about that. Try to stay cool out there, Larry. Larry Smith live from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Southern Hills, PGA Championship.

The next hour of the CNN NEWSROOM begins right now.

PHILLIPS: Well, inside the Crandall Canyon coal mine rescue teams are still days away from a half dozen victims of a cave-in, but they may find out by night fall whether their comrades are dead or alive.

MARCIANO: We're heading into the final hour of another day on Wall Street. I'm Rob Marciano in for Don Lemon at the CNN center in Atlanta.

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