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Feel a little more confident, but officials here in florida are trying to tell them dont get overconfident. listen to local authorities. heat any evacuation orders. >> trace: it is very good advice because you dont know. this thing is a monster. it is better to be safe than sorry. ellison barber, very nice work down there. well, the coast guard recovering for bodies after a dive went up in flames. 29 people still missing. it happened near santa cruz island. the boat was apparently used for multi...

Cooperation from truth aquatics which owns this dive boat? >> we are in coordination with the people who are directly involved as well as our partner agencies, the santa barbara fire department, ventura county fire department, vessel assist, the coast guard and any other local responder whos available to get on scene because we -- a lot of people, 34 people are still unaccounted for. thats 34 families that we have to contact to let them know the update. so a lot of the information isnt coming ou...

Survivors and there are 34 people still unaccounted for 20 miles off the mainland coast here in california just off santa cruz island. this was a dive boat. this left santa barbara saturday morning. 39 onboard, 34 we still dont know. back to you. >> all right, nick watt, thank you so much. for more on this lets talk now to petty officer mark barney with the u.s. coast guard. sir, what can you tell us about the current search and rescue operation? >> good morning, maam. so right now like captain ...

Call this number immediately to find out more information on these other passengers from friends or family aboard the vessel. the number is 833-688-5581. >> trace: 833 -- one more time. >> 833-688-5581. >> trace: got it. we will try to put that on our facebook page. again, best of luck to you. mark barney with the u.s. coast guard. >> thank you, sir. >> trace: we have a lot more to come on dorian. cops are going door to door, telling them it is time to leave. will they heed those warnings? its n...

Welcome back, were following that breaking news out of southern california where officials have confirmed multiple deaths after a 75 foot dive boat caught fire off the coast of ventura county. joining me now on the phone is u.s. coast guard petty officer mark barney. thank you for joining us on this. trying to get as much clarification on the situation as it develops. we appreciate you joining us. im hearing there were 38 people on board this vessel. five people were evacuated. 33 people are cur...

Two 14-year-old boys that seem so young. how experienced do you need to be to really be able to navigate these waters? >> well, the thing about the state of florida is that it has a huge recreational boating community. like these two boys, theyre no exception. but at the same time theyre still only 14 years old. like you said, the search has originated off in the jupiter area and it extended all the way far north to jacksonville and that pretty much is attributed to the weather. the weather for ...

Communitys commitment already and we only ask that everybody continue to be safe in assisting to try and find the boys to try not to interfere with the search and rescue that the coast guard is doing. but to please just spread the word to anyone that we know here in the bahamas that if they have seen these boys we need to know. >> and that was from the cnn affiliate wbpf. i spoke earlier with petty officer mark barney. >> right now the area is quite vast. as we heard before we started this searc...

Fishing two days ago. the boat was found about 67 miles off the coast of jupiter florida. the boys themselves have not been found. it is believed that the 14-year-olds may have been headed to the bahamas, some 60 nautical miles away when they disappeared. joining me right now is petty officer mark barney. so mark thanks again for joining us. we talked about an hour ago. now tell me about how youve been able to confirm that this capsized 19-foot boat that was located is indeed that of the 14-year...

Of us needed them. and it was a very wonderful, wonderful affair. martha: thats great. ben, this was your first visit to see the memorial. had you been planning this for a while? >> no. two friend of mine, david marks and mark barney, convinced me to go. and two other friend went two years ago and they raved how wonderful it was and it was really a wonderful experience. martha: it is truly, its such a moving place to visit for all of us. ive been there with my family. so many people across the c...