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Work of their professional lives, slowly making their way in and around a sunken ferry, looking for survivors. more than 270 people, many of them high school students on a field trip did not make it off the vessel. and looking at this vessel as it sank it is not hard to see why. passengers, as you know, were initial initially told to stay where they were. and somehow, the ships captain was among the first to leave. it is all making for a nightmarish day for loved ones on shore, and anguish as th...

Fellow citizen. i do want to give you an update on the south korean ferry that has capsized on wednesday and has since submerged. search efforts are still under way. the death toll now stands at 32 after south korean divers reported seeing three bodies inside the ferry. more than 270 passengers are still missing. officialing report there are 174 known survivors. more than 300 of the ships passengers were high school students heading on a field trip. the boat captain has been arrested and charg...

>> there are some 270 missing. only 30 or so confirmed dead. yes, were talking about hundreds of fatalities in the coming days. >> all right. ron allen, thank you for the update, sir. do appreciate you. pro-russian separatists in ukraine today are again refusing to lay down their arms. the refusal stands despite this weeks u.s. brokered deal between leaders in kiev and moscow. militants in the eastern region say they will not disarm and leave state buildings until the new ukrainian government ...

By the united states this year. back to you. >> and sunlen, several civilians were killed in todays attack. do we know more about those circumstances? >> sources in the region say its a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. these three civilians were in a car that was right by that pickup truck that was targeted. its worth recalling, of course, president obama about this time last year, in may of 2013, reorganized united states drone policy. you know, really addressing this issue o...

Dead has now risen to 32, nearly 270 are still missing. the ferrys captain, who managed to deboard that boat safely, is now under arrest on suspicion of negligence and abandoning people in need. two crew members were taken into custody. nbcs bill neely joins me from jindu, south korea. >> reporter: another day of anger and frustration and fading hope. they were able to watch the captain paraded before the cameras apologizing to then and explaining for the first time what went wrong. but ive just...

Abandoning people in need. the captain is being accused of being one of the first people off the boat. at least 32 confirmed dead, 270 still missing as the crews wrap up todays search for survivors. nine suspected al qaeda terrorists killed in a drone strike in yemen. the raid targeted a car in the southwest part of the country, an area known to hold some of the worlds most dangerous terrorists. sources say the drone had been circling the region for days. >> while you were sleeping, los angele...

The current was very high and the water temperature was cold. >> the korean ferry captain defending the order to delay evacuation despite criminal charges. the family of the missing are calling for answers as the death count rises overnight. a critical juncture is what malaysian officials are calling the next two days for the search of flight 270. the results of the latest mission and the plan for the phase ahead. an international deal reached for ukraine. at what point does the united state...

Courtley expert on divers and rescues and former navy s.e.a.l. pauline, set the scene for us there. you are in front of many grieving families waiting for any shred of information and demanding answers. >> yeah. the families have been gathered here the past three days along this harbor front asking for answers, pleading with government officials not to waste anytime time as we are in to this 72 hours plus. heres the latest on the search effort. divers have been able to reach the third level of t...

Southern pecks co friday. the u.s. geological saying it struck near the beach resort of acapulco. the impact was felt in the capital more than 270 kilometers away, but there are no reports of injuries or serious damage, even though this was one of the strongest quakes to hit mexico in several years. you are watching cnn newsroom, the ill to come. the captain was among the first to be rescued. now, hes being charged with five criminal counts. a closer look at the roam of the captain in the ferry ...

Welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." the captain of the ferry that capsized has been arrested. the 68-year-old was taken into custody along with one of the ships helmsman and the 25-year-old third mate. officials say she was the one steering the vessel when the accident happened. i want to bring in the professor of marine navigation. weve got 270 or so still missing. a transportation accident like this, how do you begin to even piece together whos at fault for what happened? >> one of the ...