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This is the carnival triumph cruise ship just minutes ago come into port just within the last hour. they cant get all passengers off right this second. its going to take a few hours but the ship is in now. its been stuck out in the ocean since sunday due to an engine fire aboard the ship. passengers told stories of just pretty horrible conditions not a lot of food not a lot of water no facilities to use. just speaking with one passenger said she couldnt wait to get home. so giving people options...

Prison ship. >> im not angry. im just so happy to be home really. >> reporter: the "triumph" left port eight days ago with more than 4,000 people aboard. but an engine fire left it a helpless giant. marooned in the gulf of mexico with no power, sewage seeping down walls and scarce rations. for passengers, it was a nightmare. >> sewer kept backing up, and there would be six inches of it all over the ship in the dining area where we had to eat. >> reporter: carpeting in the hallways soaked in urin...

>> after five days of misery, thousands of weary cruise ship passengers aboard the carnival "triumph" had relief after docking last night. the crippled ship with 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members had to be pulled back to land by three tug boats. an engine fire left the ship without power, leaving passengers with overflowing toilets, no air conditions and little food. federal investigators will begin to investigate what went wrong. the first lawsuits of course are now being filed. what do w...

Drinks, coffee. people who can help them, cell phones, anything they need. counselors are even here. and of course the buses are standing by to take those out of here whose loved ones have not arrived. you can also see on top of the ship on the upper rail, thats where a lot of people are. and theyre flashing lights. theyre flashing maybe cell phones, you know, signaling people every so often. cheers come up when something happens. they have not brought any of them off yet that we can see. and we...

Gas. and as they did that they were using bull horns to announce to have the suspect surrender. that didnt work. then they began using i object send area tear incendiary tear gas. more toxic and more likely to start a fire. then using demolition unit to knock down the walls of the cabin they went wall-to-wall as one officer said to peel that cabin back like an onion. thats when it they heard that gunfire. fire engulfed the cabin. they launched the tear gas in originally because they were under a...

Power, no airconditioning, and sweltering days and nights, barely any working toilets finally headed to shore. unfortunately for the thousands of miserable passengers and crew who were stuck in the hot, filthy stinking ship, they wont be arriving at port until tomorrow afternoon. according to the reporting of the coast guard, tug boats are now towing the carnival triumph, insert your joke here. engine fire knocked out most of the ships electricity. raw sewage reportedly flooded the hallways on b...

Little bit longer. and then using d.n.a. would take the longest. but police say that dorners family, whatever happens, they will be involved in this identification process. listen. >> i will tell you that in most identification cases, the families of the deceased are very much a part of that. and so they -- the coroners office deals with that. and they seek whatever type of information can assist in that identification. >> again, authorities did find dorners california drivers license in the bas...

Can you explain how that transpired? what happened? >> i can tell you it was not on purpose. we did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get mr. dorner out. the tear gas canisters that we used first off we used a presence when we showed up. secondly we used a cold tear gas. then we used the next tear gas was that that was pyrotechnic, does generate a lot of heat. we introduced those canisters into the residence and a fire erupted. >> i mean, there was some chatter that was caught, i guess o...

That border nonexistent in this administration. they is is a poison pill of their own. shep, thats called the filibuster. back to you. >> shepard: doug mckelway live on capitol hill. thank you. a crane has toppled on to a church filled with dozens of school children. that tops our news across america. virginia. as crews worked on the church roof, the truck attached to the cranes arm suddenly tipped over. two workers in the construction bucket slightly hurt when it landed on the roof. officials s...

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