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Preview: "Powerless: The high cost of cheap gas"

When the U.S. declared the discovery of natural gas reserves large enough to propel the country to energy independence, property owners in West Virginia could never have imagined how that discovery might affect them. CBSN Originals and ProPublica traveled to West Virginia's "gas patch" to meet landowners who found themselves in the crosshairs of Big Gas and decided to fight back. Watch the full story at cbsnews.com/powerless.
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