memphis is looking on the positive side of things. he was on that ship. >> we're stuck in st. maarten. it's absolutely a beautiful day. we're overlooking gorgeous turquoise waters, we have full amenities. we have electricity. we have working toilets, hot food, running water. i mean, there's nothing wrong with the ship. in fact i talked to some senior carnival officials who flew in on board yesterday and they said, look, the ship is fine. the ship works fine. what it is it's the emergency backup system. all of their systems are operational, it's the emergency backup system that's having the problems. and they, for obviously reasons, didn't want to risk going out into the ocean without those emergency backup generators and systems not working properly. >> last month a fire on board carnival's triumph stranded thousands of passengers at sea in horrible conditions for almost five days. all right. here's what we're working on for this hour. white house press secretary jay carney joins me live to discuss the president's handling of