the captain schettino was in court today where a judge ordered him held under arrest. the captain s story, people say, is not holding up well. he claims he and his crew were the last to abandon ship, and the navigationsistent didn t show the rocks. those don t stand up to the fact we already know. for instance, passengers and crew were scrambling down the side of the ship, and this is the infrared cameras where you see them, that trail is people scrambling down the side of the ship in the middle of the night, trying to board life boats. captain schettino, at this point, he was safely away. on the phone, on the phone with the coast guard commander at that time. in tapes released today, he tells them that he and his officers are on a life boat. he mentions he thinks there are still about 100 passengers on board, the coast guard commander is stunned. he s flabbergasted. first, he tells the captain to get his man back on board the ship to take care of the remaining people. then,
there because people see the flashes that go. they re trying to blow a hole in the hull so rescuers can start getting in there is going to make the search and rescue team have better access and make it easier for them to get out. still looking for 29 people who remain unaccounted for if death toll right now is standing at six. there are also stunning new images coming in from under the water today. i want to share that with you. rescuers have to swim through debris in the hull ways. first flat block box has been picked up already and apparently picking up minute by minute betails. since they now located the second black box and divers are trying to retrieve that black box as well. this morning seeing the transcripts of the recorded conversation between the port authority and the captain of the ship. the first time it comes to us from the italian newspaper and the port authority says this. how many people are on board? the captain whose last name is schettino says, 2, 300. kee
concordia. today, divers blew a hole in the capsized cruise ship to make the search easier. soon afterwards, they found five bodies, bringing the total of known deaths to 11. now back on land, the ship s captain still in jail, likely facing a host of criminal charges, up to and including manslaughter. not only did he not go down with his ship, an exasperated coast guard official had to order him, more than one, to go back and help rescue passengers. here s a portion of an extraordinary audio recording that turned up today in italian media. it s translated on your screen for you. quite an exchange, isn t it? we re going to have more on this in crime and consequence coming up a little later in the hour. you may not have noticed they are gone, but lawmakers are heading back to work today after a three-week holiday recess. and the unwelcome mat has been rolled out. occupy congress greeted our elected representatives with a noisy protest and a pink slip for each and every o
a recorder conversation between the captain and the port authority. pretty damning stuff in there. what s happening right now? the captain is being questioned. and new this morning, the number of the missing much higher than we first reported. and, also, in politics, when you re the front runner, it s like you ve got the bull s eye on your back. that would be mitt romney where rick perry and everyone else, rick santorum, all gunning for myth romney. the race is tight. we re going to break it all down for you. you re going to have to dig a little deeper when you fill up this morning. the highest january gas prices. could we see $5 gas this summer? and if you re about to pour some o.j., think about the folks picking the o.j. where did the oranges come from? because if they re from brazil, we sent our reporter there to find out just what they re spraying or putting on those oranges to fight diseases and it ain t something that our country likes. not one bit. we ll tell you
million. take a look at time lapsed video of the entire process. the massive ship pulled upright by a series of huge jacks and cables. and over the course as i said of the hours, and as the process got along, gravity started to help actually and it went along faster once they got part of the bulking frame out of the water and the water drained out of it. it will remain upright and in place for a few months before being towed away and broken up for scrap metal. because of the tragedy and loss of life, they will not put that ship back into service. captain schettino is expected back in court on september the 23rd. still ahead, a little bit of football. steelers and bengals. big ben had a few big moments, but was it enough to hold off cincinnati. and more from the navy yard in washington, d.c.. we ll hear from some