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To be born. made his debut in his parents bathroom. daddy josh had to deliver him. >> a 911 operator talked him through it. he tied the umbilical cord with a shoelace from his work boat. mom and baby did go to the hospital. theyre expected to go back home today. a particularly cute kid isnt he? in his fatigues. awesome. >> i think most men -- expectant fathers like my husband -- didnt want anything to do with the delivery process and then he was there throughout the whole thing. helping, engaged...

Bathroom. daddy josh had to deliver him. >> a 911 operator talked him through it. he tied the umbilical cord with a shoelace from his work boat. mom and baby did go to the hospital. theyre expected to go back home today. a particularly cute kid isnt he? in his fatigues. awesome. >> i think most men -- expectant fathers like my husband -- didnt want anything to do with the delivery process and then he was there throughout the whole thing. helping, engaged, didnt tie the umbilical cord. maybe next...

See that some of the families are walking into the crown plaza hotel here at kenner. that is where theyre staged this morning. they arrived around a half hour ago. an i did talk to one of the brothers of one of those crew workers. he didnt want to go on camera. but he did tell me that he is so relieved that his brother is home. it has been a crazy 24 hours for him and his family. he said that he has talked to him through text messaging. he hasnt actually talked to him one-on-one yet. hes looking...

A massive explosion in an oil rig in the gulf of mexico. david massingly joins us now. what is the latest on the rescue efforts? >> tony, its now been a full 36 hours since that explosion and theres still no sign of the 11 missing workers. the coast guard not giving up on the search. more than 1900 square miles covered so far by sea and by air, all this while the fires still raging at the rig. take a look. we have some amazing i-report video to show you. this coming to us from captain michael ro...

Investigation into the cause. >> yeah. i understand that the rig is listing. is it listing, what, about ten degrees? has it gotten worse than that? >> it has gotten a little bit worse. weve gotten reports it has been listing now 70 degrees. as of right now were not concerned its going to turn over or, you know, right now were still pretty confident that, you know, with the handling of the fire theyll be able to stabilize that rig. >> so those 99 that need to be taken to the port, theyre still on...

>> okay, were taking a load. >> clear. >> there were 126 people on the rig at the time of the explosion. thats not uncommon. most are believed to have escaped. many were being brought to land on a work boat. there is hope right now the 12 who remain missing are in a life raft. now, this picture the of the deep water horizon. they are massive. it is owned by trans ocean limited which builds itself as the worlds largest offshore drilling contractor. the rig is 396 feet long, 256 feet wide. built i...

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