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the george w. bush presidential center. good morning to you, doocy. >> good morning to you, gretchen. hes absolutely right. you look gorgeous today. this is a model of what the george w. bush center is going to look like in 2013. i got here early last night and i put this together with some things in the hotel room. that will be located just a couple hundred yards from where im located right now. right now, im at the meadows museum. this is kind of a temporary repository for all sorts ...

began to fill the huge ship. >> they just said there was lots of smoke, lots of smoke but no fire. >> reporter: chris harlan grabbed his video camera as smoke poured out, apparently from the engine room. >> that cant be good. >> reporter: passengers were told to evacuate their rooms but an announcement over the ships p.a. system tried to be reassuring. >> theres really no need to be by the life boats. >> reporter: life on board was transformed from luxurious to lousy. was it an adventu...

>> couric: good evening, everyone. their ship finally came in, and for the 4500 passengers and crew not a moment too soon. conditions on board the carnival "splendor" were anything but luxurious after a fire knocked out power on monday, leaving the massive cruise ship stranded in the pacific. but today after being pulled by five tugboats it docked in san diego. many of the passengers are now laughing about their cruise to nowhere but as john blackstone reports, there was nothing funny ...