Fans. Racked up nearly 7,000 online fans. Today, february 16, 2013. Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday. Im lester holt. Im erica hill. Boy, the little pig that could. I think its adorable. Yeah. Weve got the little guy with wheels because he, obviously, cant his back legs dont work. Yeah. I dont think anybody will want bacon after seeing this cute guy. I certainly dont. Well have that coming up. Well meet him. This morning, were learning more about what happened aboard the Carnival Cruise ship. Very little of it is good. Passengers are waking up glad to be back on solid ground. The conditions on that ship horrible. Coming up, a look at what rights you have as a passenger when youre on a cruise. Also, the big cleanup has begun now in russia after a space rock exploded there on friday. It happened the same day a different asteroid hit earth. Could the two be related . Well talk to an expert about whats happening in the skie
Seeking damages. She accuses Carnival Cruise lines of negligence and fraud and says that she was injured as a result of the unseaworthy, unsafe, unsanitary, and generally despicable conditions in aboard the triumph. A spokesperson says the company has not seen the lawsuit and cannot comment. Meantime, the triumph has been moved to a shipyard in mobile, where extensive repairs and cleanup begin as the official incident investigation also begins. Because the ship is registered in the bahamas and the event occurred in international waters, the bahamian authority is the lead investigator. Both the u. S. Coast guard and the National Transportation safety board, the ntsb, are heavily involved, interviewing passengers and crew, trying to determine why the fire broke out and how it was handled and ultimately trying to prevent Something Like this from ever happening again. Lester . Thanks. The ordeal on the carnival triumph was difficult for everyone on board. For some, it did become a dire eme