I'm a member of the Page Board who was not informed of the e-mail messages that were sent. And I want to see this investigation go forth quickly, and -- and reach a conclusion.

I want to see this investigation go forth quickly and reach a conclusion.

Thanks to West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, it's the new name of Randy and Anna's street in their little town of Simpson.

It's the new name of Randy and Anna's street in their little town of Simpson.

I don't want to believe that anybody would ever put a cost to human life. That's me speaking. That's the state of West Virginia speaking. I can tell you how much a roof boulder costs. I can tell you how much a continuous miner costs. I can…

In West Virginia, Governor Joe Manchin is urging all coal mining operations to shut down, asking the companies to stop operations until safety checks can be conducted on the mining facilities.

If you don't call us within 15 minutes so that we can get the proper equipment, the proper people on the road, a $100,000 fine. I don't know how more serious you can be than that.

I can't tell you that and I'm not here to blame anybody. I really am not. I don't know what happened. I don't know why the concerns and the safety for the men has not advanced as much as the manufacturing of equipment.

As of today, West Virginia's made a commitment and we are changing things and the mines will be the safest in the nation in this state.

Oh absolutely. I think you're going to have all -- we're looking at all of our state regulations and rules right now.

I'm going to Washington tomorrow. I'm taking what we've done in this historic first step. We did it in one day.

There's been total cooperation through this thing that we did. And without the cooperation, we couldn't have made this historic move that we made today.

All of you have been through this scenario with us before. Time is not our friend. The time -- and the longer the time goes, the -- the more difficult it becomes.

I feel so strong about this. And I've been now with families for the last three weeks, through some of the most difficult trying times. Human suffering that families should not have to go through. And we can do something and we will.

Time is not our friend, those words today by West Virginia's governor, Joe Manchin.

I'm the most optimistic person that you'll probably ever meet. I'm the most hopeful person that you've ever met. And I'm realist also.

Let me just say right now all of our attentions are towards rescuing these miners. Everything we're doing. As soon as this rescue operation is completed, whatever time today, tonight or tomorrow, I will have a statement that will change…

The good news is that apparently there wasn't an explosion. We're just talking about a fire, but obviously that smoke and the carbon monoxide is a big problem.