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Endeavor Docks at ISS; Rescue Operations in Utah; Market Wrap for the Week; Proper Nutrition

Aired August 10, 2007 - 15:00   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: So can somebody get the door? Space shuttle Endeavor showed up at the International Space Station just about an hour ago. We expect to see the hatches open later this hour.
T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: And the weekend is now just an hour away on Wall Street and you think you're glad it's Friday.

PHILLIPS: Hello everyone I'm Kyra Phillips at the CNN Center in Atlanta.

HOLMES: And I'm T.J. Holmes sitting in today for Don Lemon. And you are in the CNN NEWSROOM.

Well, another accident to tell you about that happened in a mine today. This one near Princeton, Indiana, that's in Southwestern Indiana, north of Evansville. Officials say three contractors were killed while replacing an air shaft at face of the mine. The exact nature of the accident still not quite clear, but it does not appear to involve any kind of cave-in or any kind of explosion. Crews are working to retrieve the bodies now.

PHILLIPS: Well, another try in an increasingly desperate search. Rescue workers in Utah hope to complete a second bore hole in the Crandall Canyon Mine tonight. The first hole completed yesterday turned up no sign of six trapped miners. But officials say that hole may have been off target. CNN's Ed Lavandera is standing by with the latest.

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra. Well, officials here are hoping that that second hole that is being dug, a much wider hole, where more supplies and more equipment can be dropped in to figure out exactly where it will hit will provide better information as to the status of these six trapped miners.

The smaller hole that we had been talking about all day yesterday with great anticipation hit an area which they're hoping was an unused -- a sealed off part of the mine that wasn't being used and where the miners wouldn't have been. They're saying that, because the microphone that was dropped into that hole didn't provide any sounds down there -- if any sounds of the trapped miners.

And the other disturbing part of that was is that after they tested the oxygen levels in that area, the levels they were getting back around 2:00 in the morning here local time were not the kinds of oxygen levels that would sustain life and keep these miners alive. So they're really hoping that that first hole, which they didn't really have much control over in the exact area where it was going to be going, that that's not where the miners are.

So that's why they're now focusing on this eight-inch hole. Now that's where the focus is today. They say they're making good progress as that is continuing to dig their way through. At last count, it had about another 600 feet of mountain to crawl through before it reached the area where they suspect the miners might be. And despite the disappointing news from yesterday's drill, they are still holding on to a shred of hope here in Utah.

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RICAHRD STICKLER, MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMIN.: What causes the bore hole to drift? Well, as you're going down through the strata, you're going through different layers of material and that also geology is not consistent and that plus the pressure of pushing down will cause the drill steel to want to bend. The advantage of the 2- 1/2-inch hole was that it was fast. The disadvantage is it's not as accurate. We can't steer it. We don't have good control over it.

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LAVANDERA: And that eight-inch drill that they're talking about, they have more control. So if it needs to go to the north or the south a little bit, they can maneuver that a little bit. And we spoke with one of the family members of Manuel Sanchez, one of the trapped miners; they tell us that many of the family members were awake late last night trying to hear the latest news. And of course, they were disappointed. However, this morning many of them trying to get some rest and waiting for that latest news to come from the mountaintop today.

Yesterday, Bob Murray had said yesterday that they hoped for that second drill to reach the area late tonight or at some point later this afternoon or early this evening. But this morning, other company officials say they're not going to put a timeframe on it at this point -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. Ed Lavandera, thanks for the update.

HOLMES: In Minnesota, divers have pulled more human remains from the Mississippi River. Right now it's unclear if the remains are those are of one person, possibly more, that will add to the previous confirmed death toll of eight. Divers found the remains of three people yesterday. One is confirmed as 47-year-old Peter Haussman.

Investigators say they've gotten new information too to help in their probe, an aerial image that showed the placement of that equipment before that collapse. There's been some question whether the weight of that equipment was a factor.

PHILLIPS: Well, another record breaking scorcher. We've already seen triple digit readings in the Southeast and in the Plains. Feeling the heat for a fifth straight day, these kids are trying to stay cool running in and out of the fountains. The next best thing, staying indoors where there's air conditioning. Power companies are reporting record usage but so far they've been able to keep up with demand. A number of cities are sending volunteers door-to-door to check on folks who might not have air conditioning or might be reluctant to turn it on concerned about their power bills.

Some relief, please, Bonnie Schneider, just a few degrees ought to do it.

BONNIE SCHNEIDER, CNN METEOROLOGIST: It would but here in Atlanta, Kyra, no relief in sight. It's going to be a hot weekend here. But I do have some places that have some surprisingly cool temperatures to tell you about. Right now, looking at this graphic, what we've looking at are the heat advisories all highlighted in orange and it stretches well across much of the country from Kansas, down through Oklahoma, through the mid South on into the Carolinas and up even towards Virginia where it will feel like it's 95, 100 or even warmer than that.

We've also been watching records. They've been shattering. As we speak throughout the afternoon already, Athens, Georgia; so is Atlanta -- all have shattered the records so far climbing to the numbers you see here. Well into the triple digits for many cities across the U.S. In fact, here in Atlanta, we're going on our third day of 100 plus.

Look at the records already shattered into Birmingham; Columbus, Georgia; South Carolina and Alabama. So it looks like much of the Southeast is definitely dealing with the heat in terms of the worst of it.

The Forecast Heat Index for the remainder of the day has much of the country into the triple digits. In fact, we've got a Forecast Heat Index of 105 in Kansas City. St. Louis, interestingly enough, your heat index is 97. That will actually feel cooler but watch out for Sunday. An excessive heat watch will eventually go into effect on Sunday. So you'll see the heat build once again, starting the beginning of next week. So that's the bad news.

Let's talk about some of the good news. Some parts of the country are seeing cooler some temperatures. We've got 58 degrees right now in Albany, 63 in Boston and 59 in New York City. You're probably wondering why is it so cool there? Well, it's also raining there and that makes a difference. The cloud covers the precipitation. There's a weak disturbance in the upper levels of atmosphere, some cooler air aloft. And as that comes through, it's kicking up some showers from Hartford, Connecticut down through Suffolk County on Long Island, through the Cape and islands into Massachusetts. And coastal Rhode Island getting some rain.

But when the temperature is 59, 60 degrees, I think that's OK. At least you're getting a break from the heat here. But once you travel further south, look at this, 90 degrees right now in Washington, D.C. And right along that frontal boundary right where we're seeing that collision of air masses, that's where we're seeing severe weather break out. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for coastal sections of Virginia and the Carolinas -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right we'll keep tracking all those temps. Thanks, Bonnie.

SCHNEIDER: Sure.

PHILLIPS: Well, at least three deaths are blamed on this suffocating heat. As a precaution a judge in Mississippi has banned school in six counties from letting children play outside until after 7:00, that includes football practice and band practice.

HOLMES: We are into the final hour of trading on Wall Street. And if the last few weeks are any indication, investors could be in for some more jolts.

Susan Lisovicz at the New York Stock Exchange, Susan, how are things?

SUSAN LISOVICZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's a moving target as we've seen very frequently in the final hour of trading, T.J. It's almost as if the first five and a half hours don't count. We see these hairpin turns. And especially as you go into a weekend, investors can be very skiddish about what they do in the final hour.

But it's been volatile all day long, rattling investors once again, more evidence that the subprime crisis is spreading. Ahead of the open, a couple of huge lenders wonder if problems in the mortgage markets could affect their ability to put out new loans. And that prompted losses of more than 200 points for the Dow shortly after the open and following the Dow's second worst point loss of the year.

Things have been choppy ever since. In an effort to calm the markets, the Federal Reserve and central banks from around the world have been pumping hundreds of billions of dollars of cash into their banking systems over the past two days. Well, it calmed the market a little bit. It could have been worse. The market is off its lows but there's still plenty of red. The Dow Industrials right down 112 points. That is not quite 1 percent of a loss. The Dow -- or the Nasdaq rather is down 1 percent. The broader S&P 500 which tracks a lot of your mutual founds is down half a percent.

Despite these losses and yesterday's even bigger sell-off, the major averages are little change for the week as a whole.

How is that for an optimistic note, T.J.?

HOLMES: Gee, so nice of you there, Susan. Well, OK, we talk about this credit crisis. Now this didn't happen overnight. Give us a little history here. Walk us back through. How did we get to this point?

LISOVICZ: It didn't start overnight and it won't end overnight. That's probably the bad news there, T.J.

It started with a growing number of defaults, which we've been reporting for months now by people with those risky subprime mortgages. These borrowers with weak credit histories got trapped by rising monthly payments as their loans reset at higher rates at the same time that home prices were going in the other direction. They were dropping. That prompted many lenders to tighten their standards making it more difficult for everyone to get a mortgage.

Now the subprime crisis is spreading to other areas of the economy. Hedge funds have been forced to scramble to sell their investment. Some are heavily invested in pools of loans backed by mortgages. As a result, many investors, big and small, are afraid to take risks. And it's the willingness to take risks that drives markets and business investment in general.

That's how we got there. How and when we'll end is another story. We'll find out if there are any bulls left on Wall Street to pull things together before the weekend begins.

I'll see you, T.J., for the closing bell.

HOLMES: And we can't wait for it to end. Susan...

LISOVICZ: Gee, I asked.

HOLMES: All right, thank you so much, Susan.

LISOVICZ: You're welcome.

PHILLIPS: Well, a man slipped past airport screeners and apparently made it onto a passenger plane at the Charlotte airport today. Flights were canceled after authorities learned of a problem. But in the meantime, about a dozen planes had taken off. And officials say the man who bypassed security likely had boarded one. Which one? Unclear but the planes were being searched on arrival.

HOLMES: A mixed message from New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin draws a harsh response. Eight months into the year now and at least 117 murders are on the books in Louisiana's Crescent City. Asked about that, Nagin said he doesn't want New Orleans to be known for his crime but added the issue keeps -- quote -- "the New Orleans brand out there" -- end quote. Take a listen.

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MAYOR RAY NAGIN, NEW ORLEANS: Do I worry about it? Somewhat. It's not good for us. But it also keeps the New Orleans brand out there and it keeps people thinking about our needs.

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HOLMES: Well, one anti-violence activist calls Nagin's comments stunningly insensitive and points out that New Orleans is a city not a brand.

PHILLIPS: Pieces of a murder puzzle coming together in Newark, New Jersey. The latest on the murder case that has shocked a city that thought they had seen it all. That's ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

HOLMES: And a family's hope turns to frustration.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How frustrated is your family right now?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They're -- on a scale from one to 10, it's a 20. It's pretty bad.

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HOLMES: And a family of a missing miner speaking out. That's straight ahead here in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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HOLMES: Coming up on 3:15 here in the CNN NEWSROOM and here are three stories we are working at this hour.

Divers have found more remains at the site of last week's Minneapolis bridge collapse. It's not clear whether it's remains of one victim or more.

A second hole being drilled at a Utah coal mine. The first hole had not led to any signs of six trapped miners. But officials say that's no reason to give up hope.

And a suspect has been arraigned on three counts of murder stemming from the execution-style deaths of three college students in Newark, New Jersey. Twenty-eight-year-old Jose Carranza says he's not guilty.

PHILLIPS: Now back to the rescue effort in Utah. Davitt McAteer is a former assistant secretary for the Mine, Safety and Health Administration and a leading authority on mine safety. He joins me now from Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

I appreciate your time, sir, a lot of questions for you. Even though we have not heard any sound that has come through that first drilling effort, do we necessarily need to take that as bad news?

DAVITT MCATEER, FMR. ASST. SECY., MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMIN.: No, Kyra, we don't. The first drilling effort clearly missed the mark. That drill went down and what appears to have happened is that it's gone into the long wall mined out section. That would be the section next to the panel where we expect the miners to be found.

So that drill would drift over a period of time. As it goes down that 1,800 feet, it's not unusual for a drift to occur. And it's moved over some distance, perhaps 10 feet, into this sealed area where the -- and so that the test of the atmosphere suggests that it's 7.0. And that tells us that it's not in the sealed area, not in the area where the miners had been working. They would not have gone into that area because they knew it was sealed off. That meant that the first drill missed.

The second drill is an 8- 1/2 inch drill and it has a directional system on it. So it has a much, much better chance of hitting the right hole. So the first drill, we just have to disregard that finding and suggest that we need to wait on that second drill. PHILLIPS: All right. So, as we wait for that second drill, I want to ask you about the air quality because we finally got some numbers. Apparently, when they tested it down there through that -- the first attempt of the drilling there, 20.5 oxygen levels, some carbon monoxide, no methane. What do you make of those three points?

MCATEER: Well, the fact is that those tests were being done in the atmosphere, in the section that was sealed. So, it's next to the one -- so it doesn't suggest we know what the atmosphere is where the miners are.

There were two sets of readings on there. The first three samples taken and they were taken down close to the bottom -- or close to the mine floor. Those registered 20. Well, that's a normal number. That's a number that you would get in the atmosphere outside your house. The second number was 7.0 percent and that number is low and that would be expected in that atmosphere in that area.

So those numbers really are irrelevant to where the miners are. They suggest -- they don't tell us much now because they were taken in an area where the miners would not be in.

PHILLIPS: So the fact that no carbon dioxide was found as well, obviously that's when we are breathing, that's what we give out, there were no signs of that. So we really can't gauge where that's a good or bad sign either because it sounds like all this testing that they did, it doesn't really matter because it's not where they were. Am I understanding that correctly?

MCATEER: You're absolutely correct. It's unfortunate but the numbers that the tests showed occur in an area that's mined out and occur in an area that's not where the miners would be. So those numbers are simply -- we're back to square one.

PHILLIPS: Oh, wow!

MCATEER: We don't really have numbers that are relevant.

PHILLIPS: OK. So -- all right. So obviously we have to wait until we see what happens with the second drilling that's taking place and just hope and pray that it gets to those six miners.

I want to ask you about tracking technology. I was reading more about the requirements under the Miner Act and that -- if I'm understanding this correctly, that under the new legislation, miners are supposed to have tracking devices. Now some individuals within the miners union have said, "No, they didn't have tracking devices." And I think that you weren't quite sure if they had them or not. Is that correct? Have you been able to confirm whether you know they had tracking devices or not?

MCATEER: No. We have heard from one source that there were tracking devices available. We have not been able to confirm that and we're making inquiries right now to try to determine whether or not tracking devices were present at the mine.

PHILLIPS: Well, let me ask you this then...

MCATTER: If they were, what they would...

PHILLIPS: Yes, if they were, if they had them, would we definitely be able to pick up some sort of sign of life or where they are if they did have those tracking devices? Would they be working?

MCATEER: The tracking devices that were suspected to be available are devices that go from the surface to the underground not the other way around. They send very short messages. It's an ultra low frequency system that sends messages like evacuate or sends messages like we're coming or something like that, text messages to that system. They would not pick up -- the problem with tracking devices is that they do not send a signal back from the bottom to the surface. That's the limitation of those devices currently. We don't have a way...

PHILLIPS: My final question, and I see what you're saying, I guess what I really want to ask you and this is my final question is the new requirements and the new regulations that were made, specifically after the Sago Mine incident; it seems a number of mines still haven't taken on what they were supposed to do. And so here we are, back at square one, worrying about some miners, I mean, six miners' lives, when maybe a lot could have been done to prevent this.

MCATEER: It is a very frustrating circumstance that we find ourselves because we are making some progress with the movement toward devices being put into mines, for example, with regard to self contained, self rescuers. The oxygen has increased in the mines. The communication has not increased partly because we're looking for the silver bullet. We're looking for the perfect answer. We're not using what technologies that exist and are available today and currently and that's something that I think we need to be doing.

There is no prohibition against mine companies putting in equipment that may not be perfect, but neither is your cell phone. It doesn't work all the time. But some of these devices need to be put in and need to be put in currently until we can get to a device that works all the time.

PHILLIPS: Former assistant secretary for the Mine, Safety and Health Administration, Davitt McAteer, sir, thank you very much for your time.

MCATTER: You're welcome.

HOLMES: Well, did some people see the Virginia Tech gunmen go through the motions days before the killings? That story is coming up here in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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HOLMES: And we do have some new developments in the case of that execution-style murders in Newark. CNN's Allan Chernoff joining us now with the latest on this case.

Hello there, Allan.

ALLAN CHERNOFF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, T.J. Police have told us that they are seeking out three additional suspects in this case and we understand at least one of those suspects is being questioned right now. No more arrests made just yet. Two people already have been arrested in that triple homicide, the killing of three college students in a schoolyard here in Newark, New Jersey.

A 28-year-old illegal immigrant from Peru, he appeared in court here earlier today as well as a 15-year-old juvenile who appeared in court yesterday. Both of them have plead not guilty to the charges and they are facing the same charges: murder, attempted murder, robbery, as well as weapons possession charges as well.

The 28-year-old now being held on $1 million bail. He also has a criminal record and I have obtained the indictments against him. His name, as we've reported, Jose Carranza. And these indictments let me tell you, they are absolutely shocking. He is charged with an assault case but more importantly with a case where he is charged with raping a young girl when she was 4, 5 and 6 years of age. He actually did post bail in that case, $150,000, and did get out. He has made all of his court appearances. In fact, there is yet another court appearance scheduled for him on Monday.

Now, with regard to that triple homicide, there are developments, moving very quickly here so let's see if we do get any more arrests later in the day.

Back to you, T.J.

HOLMES: All right. Allan Chernoff with the details and some disgusting details in there as well about the history of this suspect.

Allan, thank you so much.

PHILLIPS: Well, nearly four months later some new details are coming out of the Virginia Tech shooting case. Witnesses have told authorities that they saw a suspicious man in Norris Hall two days before the massacre occurred. Authorities think that those people might have seen the gunman, Seung Hui Cho, doing a practice run but they're still not sure.

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SUPT. STEVEN FLAHERTY, VIRGINIA STATE POLICE: Let me point out that we don't know for sure that it was Cho. If I'm correct, the information was that it was a male student with a hood pulled down and of course, then the doors were discovered or reported that they had been chained at some point in time.

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PHILLIPS: Two days later, Cho chained the doors shut at Norris Hall April 16th and killed 30 people before killing himself. The fall semester begins at Virginia Tech August 20. In the tiny town of Laciville, Pennsylvania, this yellow tape represents a mystery that's left a lot of people feeling pretty numb. The town's former fire chief, his wife and 36-year-old son were all found dead inside his home. Police say that this is not a murder/suicide and that each family member had been shot in the head with a shotgun. Autopsies are scheduled today just as Colgrove (ph) had been with the fire department 40 years. His wife drove a school bus for two decades. The family was well-known in that community.

HOLMES: Well, a family's hope turns to frustration.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How frustrated is your family right now?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They're -- on a scale from one to 10, it's a 20. It's pretty bad.

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HOLMES: The family of a missing miner speaking out, straight ahead here in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At age 13, Heather Cox became a vegetarian. That was four years ago.

HEATHER COX, VEGETARIAN: I always loved animals, the whole time I was growing up. So I just kind of decided that it was something that I wanted to do. I thought it would be a good thing for me and for the animals.

GUPTA: The American Dietetic Association notes almost 10 percent of American school children are vegetarians. Nutritionists say vegetarian diets high in antioxidants and low in fat can be healthy but parents need to make sure their children stick to a balanced diet.

KATHERINE TALLMADGE, AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION: And you really have to know what you're doing because you risk deficiencies which could impede their growth and development.

GUPTA: Dr. Jennifer Tender's children became vegetarians two years ago. They eat lots of soy and vegetables. And their mom made sure they got enough protein.

DR. JENNIFER TENDER, CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: The main thing is just making sure that the family sits together and talks about what a healthy, balanced diet means.

GUPTA: The girls found sticking to a purely vegetarian diet was difficult.

ALYSSA TENDER, FORMER VEGETARIAN, AGE 13: I didn't eat like tofu. So I felt like I was not getting enough protein. GUPTA: Most protein comes from meat products so vegetarians need to look for other sources such as beans and soy products like tofu and nuts.

TALLMADGE: A vegetarian can be at risk of certain vitamin deficiencies, iron, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B12 which is only in animal products.

GUPTA: For that reason young vegetarians should go to their doctor yearly to monitor their height and weight. Supplements may be needed to help avoid anemia and lack of muscle growth. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, Atlanta.

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

HOLMES: And I'm T.J. Holmes sitting in today for Don Lemons. Miners trapped underground, their fates uncertain.

PHILLIPS: Their families emotionally held hostage by hope, fear, anxiety and fatigue, you're live in the CNN NEWSROOM.

HOLMES: Hello again, another accident, another mine to tell you about today. This one near Princeton, Indiana, that's in southwestern Indiana, north of Evansville. Officials say three contractors were killed while replacing an air shaft at the face of the mine. Not sure of the exact nature of this accident just yet, but it does not appear to have been an explosion or any kind of a cave-in involved here. Crews are working now to retrieve the bodies.

PHILLIPS: Rescue workers in Utah say they're making good progress, drilling a second hole into the caved in coal mine where six miners may be trapped. The first hole was finished late yesterday, allowing crews to lower a microphone and a steel tube to sample the air. The microphone failed to pick up any signs of activity and officials say its possible the hole was drilled into the wrong chamber.

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RICHARD STICKLER, MSHA ASST. SECRETARY OF LABOR: Now there's no reason to lose hope. There are certainly possibilities that these miners are still alive, because we don't know for sure where this bore hole drilled in. We're trying to confirm that. We don't know a lot of things about the underground environment.

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PHILLIPS: The location of the second hole is expected to be more precise. It's also wider than the first, big enough to lower a camera, food and water and it could be completed tonight. Now for the trapped miner's families, every hour brings new frustration. CNN's Ed Lavandera spoke with some of them.

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ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Manual Arturo Sanchez has spent 17 years working in coal mines, his family likes to call him turkey, because his birthday falls around the Thanksgiving holiday. He came to the United States in 1985, straight to Utah, he is the father of four children. Cesar Sanchez is Manuel's brother and also a coal miner, he says the family is hopeful, but also realistic about what might have happened to his brother.

CESAR SANCHEZ, MINER'S BROTHER: They have a chance of staying alive, they'll make it. But if they got caved on, we already -- an experienced miner would tell you, different.

LAVANDERA: But the Sanchez family says getting accurate details of the mine collapse is difficult after a morning meeting with mine officials, Manuel's sister, Maria, emerged frustrated and angry with Bob Murray, the head of the company that owns the mine.

MARIA BUENROSTRO, MINER'S SISTER: He's like, you know, you guys need hope. And then the next second, give up your hope, give up your hope, they're probably dead or we don't know if they're dead. We don't know if they're alive. I'm like, what kind of answers are those?

LAVANDERA: The Sanchez family also says Murray stormed out of the morning meeting after family members started asking hard questions.

BUENROSTRO: We get upset and he gets angry and he leaves. That's wrong.

LAVANDERA: What, you ask him questions and he leaves?

BUENROSTRO: We were asking, yeah. Somebody got upset and they were speaking for us, like for the old people that don't speak English, so, he got mad and walked out.

BOB MURRAY, PRES. & CEO, MURRAY ENERGY: So all of my statements to them are now going to be written in Spanish.

LAVANDERA: Bob Murray disagrees and says extra steps are being taken to communicate with the families who don't speak English.

MURRAY: But just in case, we are taking additional effort to have them spoken to and given the initial information in Spanish, right from the beginning. I think they got it all. But we're just taking this other step.

LAVANDERA: How frustrated is your family right now?

SANCHEZ: A scale from one to 10, it's a 20. It's pretty bad.

LAVANDERA: Under a tree in Cesar Sanchez's front yard, we talked about how Manual Arturo's nine brothers and sisters are coping with the waiting.

SANCHEZ: I'm hoping, but it's tough. It's a tough deal.

LAVANDERA: How about the rest of your family?

SANCHEZ: They have a lot of hope, they're strong. They're giving me a lot of hope. It's rubbing off on to me. I got one strain of hope, you know. That's why I'm hanging in there.

LAVANDERA: Ed Lavandera, CNN, Price, Utah.

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HOLMES: The parents of a missing British girl Madeleine McCann says they won't be hounded out of Portugal. The couple accuses the Portuguese press of waging a smear campaign against them. After a series of alleged police leaks, claiming the 4-year-old was killed in her hotel room and not abducted. Press accounts have said the McCann's or their friends might be responsible. The parents claim Madeleine disappeared from her room at the Portuguese resort May 3rd while they were having dinner with friends.

GERRI WILLIS: I'm Gerri Willis, the mortgage meltdown continues, claiming another victim, Countrywide Financial. I'll tell you what it means for your wallet, coming up.

PHILLIPS: And lawn mowers, they're not just for grass anymore. The latest on the crime-fighting tool straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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HOLMES: Another volatile day for the Dow. Not as bad as yesterday's plunge of almost 400 points, but gloomy all the same based largely on fears that the home mortgage crisis is spreading like an infection. To fill us in from New York, our personal finance editor, Gerri Willis. Gerri, hello to you kind ma'am.

WILLIS: Hey there, T.J., how are you? This problem in the sub- prime market is something else. Today, Countrywide Financial announced it had some 800 million worth of sub-prime loans on its books, those are loans to folks who don't have good credit. And in fact, 20 percent of those folks are late with their payments, creating big problems for Countrywide. That company says this is unprecedented, the situation the markets are in right now and they are having problems, indeed it's creating problems for other people as well. T.J.?

HOLMES: People hear all this and we go through it and we get the explanations and break it all down. Folks watching just want to know how does this affect me, including T.J.? How is this going to mess with me?

WILLIS: Well, if you're going to go out and get a loan, T.J., you're going to pay more for it. Interest rates are rising, particularly for companies like Countrywide who sells the loans then to someone else. That market is not doing well. So you'll pay more for your loan, the rates will be higher. You'll be required to put more money down if you're buying a home. It's just going to be tougher unless you have pristine credit. And you know not all of us have the perfect credit history. So a lot of people will struggle getting loans, not just for housing, but also for cars. You name it, it's tougher out there. T.J.?

HOLMES: Yeah, my credit history is never going to be mistaken for perfect credit history. One more thing here, mortgage lenders, couple of companies going bankrupt. If your mortgage company goes bankrupt, do you still need to be sending those checks? I assume, yes, but what do you do if your company goes under?

WILLIS: Well rest assured, there's going to be somebody who wants your check if your lender goes out of business. What happens is that your loan will be sold to somebody else. Rest assured, you'll have to send it out. Keep making the payments. Now good news here is the terms of your loan won't change. If you have a low, low interest rate, you can bet that the rate will stay low. However, the payment due date and the address that you send it to may change. Now these folks are required to give you a letter in about two weeks to tell you what the new location is, what your due date is. And then you have two months to make sure you're getting it in the right place and on time. So there's a little leeway there, but remember, you can't get off the hook of paying your mortgage, even if your mortgage lender goes out of business.

HOLMES: Yeah, it didn't sound like that was going to be the case. But Gerri of course we're going to see you this weekend on "OPEN HOUSE." What do have for us?

WILLIS: We're going to talk more about this mortgage meltdown. There is a ton more to talk about on that. We'll be talking also about financial aid scams. If you have a college student in the house or you're one yourself, choosing a contractor always important and workplace etiquette. You'll want to hear that, won't you?

HOLMES: I certainly will. Apparently, listening to you there, sounds like you know I've got some work to do.

WILLIS: You're perfect.

HOLMES: Whatever, Gerri. Can we have a moment, Kyra? Thank you, please. Can we have our moment? Gerri Willis, thank you so much, always a pleasure. See you this weekend all right.

WILLIS: You're welcome.

PHILLIPS: Well straight ahead we're going to talk about the divers that are back in the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, finding more grim reminders unfortunately of last week's bridge collapse. We will have the latest coming up in the NEWSROOM.

But first in the event of disasters like last week's collapse in Minnesota, search and rescue teams are often key to finding survivors as well. In this week's life after work, Ali Velshi brings us the story of one retiree who is training some first responders that know what it's like to be rescued.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Now help them move just a little at a time. That's easy, slow him down.

ALI VELSHI (voice-over): Wilma Melville is a rescuer, saving dogs so they can save people.

WILMA MELVILLE, NATURAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FDN.: The Search Dog Foundation's mission is to provide the most highly trained canine firefighter disaster search teams to the nation.

VELSHI: Melville is a 73-year-old retired phys ed teacher, who after training her dog in search and rescue, discovered an alarming fact after an early assignment.

MELVILLE: It was shortly after the Oklahoma City bombing where my dog, Murphy, and I were sent. We were a FEMA advanced certified team. And I recognized that 15 or so canine search teams for the nation will not do. In training and even in deployments we've had --

VELSHI: So she started an academy to boost that number. The process begins with a rescue.

MELVILLE: The Search Dog Foundation finds its dogs at shelters or among breed rescue groups. It's just like going to the trash heap and coming away with a prize. Because those dogs have a limited amount of time to be adopted. And if they're not adopted, very often they are euthanized.

VELSHI: Once a dog is found, it goes into six to eight months of training before being partnered with a handler.

MELVILLE: The responsibility of the dog is to search the area that the handler is given. And hopefully, locate live human scent, do the bark alert.

VELSHI: Melville's graduates have assisted rescue operations at the World Trade Center after 9/11 and in New Orleans following hurricane Katrina.

MELVILLE: It was fascinating to be able to use a dog for such a worthy cause. Find a person who is likely unconscious after a disaster. And there she goes. I mean, I am really taken with that notion, that it would be a terrible thing for that person to be left behind.

VELSHI: Ali Velshi, CNN.

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PHILLIPS: In Minnesota, divers have pulled more human remains from the Mississippi River, but right now it's unclear whether it's one person or more. That will add to the previous confirmed death toll of eight. Divers found the remains of three people yesterday. One is confirmed as 47-year-old Peter Hausmann. Investigators say that they have new information to help their probe, an aerial image that shows the placement of construction equipment before the collapse. There's been some question whether the weight of the equipment was a factor. Peter Hausmann is the most recent confirmed death from this collapse. At least five people are still reported missing, and among them are 45-year-old Christina Sacorafas, 50-year- old Vera Peck, her 20-year-old son, Richard Chit and 45-year-old Greg Jolstad. Nine survivors are still in hospitals.

HOLMES: Heads up here for employers, the Department of Homeland Security is examining social security rolls to try to pinpoint workers who don't have documentation. Starting next month employers will start receiving no match letters when workers records don't check out. Those cases will have to be resolved in 90 days or the workers fired. The government says the only employers who need to be worried are the ones who are breaking the law. For more on this story you can tune in to "LOU DOBBS TONIGHT" at 6:00 eastern, of course that's right here on CNN.

The National Association of Black Journalists holding its annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada right now. And our own Suzanne Malveaux is there as a moderator. She caught up with Senator Hillary Clinton backstage and asked about some recent headlines.

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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Elizabeth Edwards recently said about her husband, complained that she could not get the kind of media attention as the other candidates because in her words she said we can't make him black and we can't make him a woman. What do you make of her remarks?

SEN. HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well I'm just going to speak for myself. I'm running as hard as I can to try to talk about the issues that I think are important to Americans. We have a great group of candidates running. It's a wonderful group. And I think you don't have to be against anyone. We have the luxury of deciding who we want to be for and obviously I'm hoping I can convince people to be for me.

MALVEAUX: A "Washington Post" columnist recently took issue with your dress on the senate floor. Your campaign slammed her. Do you think that she crossed the line?

CLINTON: Well, people get to write about whatever they want to write about and we get to respond however we wish to respond, that's part of our great tradition of the first amendment and I'm going to keep saying what I think and let other people do what they want to do.

MALVEAUX: Caroline Giuliani made some news because she became the next Barack Obama girl, if you will, supporting Barack Obama instead of her father. Have you checked in with Chelsea lately?

CLINTON: Yeah, I'm pretty confident about that. MALVEAUX: She's on your side?

CLINTON: I'm pretty sure of that.

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HOLMES: Several other presidential hopefuls were invited to speak at that convention, Democrat Barack Obama taking part in a forum today.

PHILLIPS: Lawnmowers, are not just for grass any more, the latest in a crime-fighting tool, straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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PHILLIPS: For 150 years, those chimes have warned of approaching storms and bombing raids. But come tomorrow morning, Big Ben will fall silent temporarily. Chalk it up to old age. The bell that sounds the hour at Britain's houses of Parliament is in need of repair and so are the clock's four faces. The work is expected to take four to six weeks.

HOLMES: Police in suburban Chicago, come up with the unique and just sneaky and just -- it's kind of rude, don't you think? A rude way to nab speeders, yes, that's a cop sitting there. They're posing as road crew workers, complete with orange vests, the whole thing, riding lawnmowers, you name it, and they have radar guns. In one recent operation they were able to mow down, if you will, 30 speeders in 90 minutes. Of course not everybody is pleased with this idea. And usually you can imagine, those are people who are being ticketed. One woman says police should not be in disguise.

PHILLIPS: In Forest, Virginia one family is starting the weekend with an extra 1500 bucks after seeing Jesus in their garage. Take a look at this. The family says that this smudge resembles Jesus Christ. It formed when dry way sealer fell onto the concrete floor and then someone on eBay shared the family's divine vision and shelled out $1,525 for the image. Contractors now headed to remove the marked section of the concrete from the garage floor. I think we should start a business of smudging. What do you say?

HOLMES: We should smudge some things.

PHILLIPS: I'm not talking about burning sage, but that's a good thing too.

All right, closing bell about to ring on Wall Street.

HOLMES: Susan Lisovicz standing by with a final look and everybody is happy that this is the final look maybe.

LISOVICZ: TGIF, Kyra, and T.J. You know, and why are we talking about buying and selling, we just wanted to draw your attention to an interesting item listed on eBay, it is for one of the rarest bottles of beer in the world, a bottle of 1852 arctic alsop ale, or alsop arctic ale, brewed specifically for an arctic explorer. Now get this, his name? Sir Edward Belcher.

HOLMES: You made that up Susan that is no way.

PHILLIPS: Yeah, I don't believe it. Someone is pulling your leg.

LISOVICZ: I can't make this stuff up. It's listed on eBay. Current bid for one bottle of beer, $300,000. Two days, seven hours left to go. But, let's also talk about this week on Wall Street because I have some good news, folks. The Dow paired almost all of its losses and believe it or not, the three major averages, the Dow, the NASDAQ and S&P 500 are going to close this tumultuous week up at least half a percent each. How's that, for positive news. You guys are stunned.

HOLMES: Actually yeah, we thought you made that up too, actually.

LISOVICZ: I forgot myself. Monday through Wednesday, the markets rallied and then we had yesterday and then we had this morning.

PHILLIPS: Well remember it seemed like one moment when we thought the stock market was going to crash and everybody in the newsroom was basically freaking out.

LISOVICZ: Well freaking out is something that we've seen elsewhere too. But you know, I mean we're going into the weekend on a positive note and I just want to send a shot out to my producer Lauren Symonetti, today is her last day, she's been my right hand person here. Good luck Lauren and I'll see you guys on Monday.

PHILLIPS: We wish the best to Lauren. She's a fantastic person. Thanks Susan.

HOLMES: And now it's time for us to go to "THE SITUATION ROOM."

PHILLIPS: Miles O'Brien sitting in for Wolf. Hey Miles.

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