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Flooding several berthing compartments. >> all right. i want to ask you about another development were following this morning, because this one gets me. u.s. defense officials are saying that there are up to 3600 more u.s. troops in afghanistan than the pentagon originally accounts for. why exactly is there a discrepancy? every person defending this country, especially overseas in a place like afghanistan, their work, their lives matter. whats up with these numbers? >> well, this is something we...

Happened. what the heck is going on? >> well, we dont know. there will likely be multiple investigations. the latest on whats happening with the mccain, its pulled into port and they have dooimps on scene to potentially go underneath and crucially and sadly, multiple berthing compartments, where the sailors sleep, multiple berthing compartments were flooded so that means more than two. if you remember what happened with the "uss fitzgerald," they searched at sea, had a similar operation with hel...

A tragedy for the seven families that lost their loved ones when the berthing compartments below the water line were ripped open and the ship flooded. but navy officials are also saying, this ship came dangerously close to sinking, to having the entire crew lost at sea. john? >> so many questions still there and our hearts go out to the families. barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you so much. o.j. simpson expected to walk free in a matter of months, after a nevada parole board ruled in his ...

Werent that theyll be taking a look at. theyll look at every relevant witness, every piece of quip ement and do a complete forensic analysis. >> both of you are underscoring that despite this tragedy, there was a herculean effort on board after this happened to save more lives and, in fact, youve also pointed out that the japanese allies rushed to help us. so there are all sorts of stories of bravery and heroism around this, but again, its just haunting to think of the lives that were lost, thos...

Old. multiple investigations are underway. how it could have happened. we have details live at the pentagon. lucas, what more have you been able to learn? >> good morning, shannon. it was 2:30 in the morning, the captain was in his state room. most of the sailors were asleep when a 700 foot cargo ship four times the size of that guided missile destroyer slammed into the worships star board side. the sailors woke up instantly. the berthing spaces they couldnt recognize and only moments before sea...

U.s. navy rear admiral john d kirby is joining us now. admiral, you and i spoke yesterday about this situation. we discussed this possible scenarios and outcome. we learned that this collision happened while most of the crew on board was asleep. what are your thoughts about this tragedy today? >> well, it is just absolutely heart rending. i want to start by offering my thoughts and prayers to everybody aboard "fitzgerald." all the crew and their families, of course in particular the families of ...

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