Page 2 - Ben Wederman News Today

Among the 28 known survivors of the disaster. more than 800 others are believed to have drowned. >> well for more lets get to cnn international correspondent ben wederman live from augusta. so, ben as we are waiting for this -- this ship to come in with more than 400 people who were rescued talk to us about what the situation was for them. what boat they were on. what the circumstances were surrounding this? >> the precise details of their rescue arent clear at this point, rosemary. but it is cl...

Journey. yesterday we spoke to a syrian migrant who was here in cataniy, what he described was a hellish journey in which very poor people end up spending the very few resources they have off to get here. one syrian refugee told us yesterday, for instance, right after he had paid 1,000 euros, $1,100 for the journey over here. masked men showed up and stole his remaining 700 euros. people arrive destitute, desperate for some sort of improvement in their lives. >> it is just overwhelming, ben, whe...

Italian police, the captain, it is said was drinking and smoking hashish when this incident took place in the ear morning hours of sunday. it is not al together clear why that ship went down. we have heard variety of versions. one spokeswoman for the u.n.-hcr telling us that they believe the ship went down when it collided with a portuguese merchant vessel that went to its rescue. italian authorities believe the ship capsized when people people on the upper decks rushed to one side to try to, wa...

>> right now the italian coast guard is bringing more than 400 rescued migrants to shore at sicilian port of augusta, cnn international correspondent ben wedeman joins us again from there. now, ben, of course, we are waiting for this bet to arrive with the, the 400 or so rescued migrants. talk to us though about that. and the situation that has been caused as a result of these waves of immigrants who have come. and the problems that they have experienced out at sea there. we also heard from the ...

Declared they will accept no more migrants. it is immediately a problem just to find them a police lace to s. back to you. >> thank you, ben wedeman live on the scene in augusta, sicily. 446 migrants. the latest to arrive in what has been a flood of immigrants heading to italy. 170,000 last year. thousand this year. >> interesting, noted there, smugglers are on board as well. they will be dealt with accordingly. thank you for your company. im rosemary church. >> im john vause. stay with us. for ...

>> theyre asking to provide food and shelt eer amid concern. >> of the migration route from north africa to italy has become one of the worlds dead leapest journeys. thousand of people are welling to risk their lives hoping for a future free from civil war and political chaos. ben wederman has more on their desperate struggle. >> reporter: they arrive on the shores of europe with only the clothing they wear. and some without shoes. their only real possession, hope. this italian tugboat managed t...

that. a packed show ahead. take a look at the photo, we have joe lieberman and christine todd whitman, olympic gold medalist dan obrien and the infamous, is that the appropriate word? honey boo boo from toddlers and tiaras. >> "starting point" begins right now. good morning, happy tuesday to you and thank you so much for being with us. >> in our "starting point," disturbing revelations about the man police say is behind the deadly wisconsin sikh temple shooting, including word that a...

Defense secretary robert gates is spending a second day in afghanistan. he traveled to a remote outpost to meet with a hard-hit balgt unit. gates told the soldiers their heavy losses of helped push back against the taliban in their southern strong hold. the army unit from ft. lewis, washington, has lost 22 men. another 62 have been wounded since arriving in afghanistan last summer. mixing with the afghan people is seen as key to winning hearts and minds. cnns senior international correspondent b...

>> the infantry marines, theyre usually the ones there up front working day in, day out with these people so they know them id say more than some of these big agencies that work from a planning room, i think. >> reporter: down the road, more requests. this time compensation for damages caused during the recent fighting. >> you know what, i dont have anything to give them now. >> reporter: they dont teach this stuff in boot camp. ben wedeman, cnn, southern afghanistan. unhappy with the service ...