Think once they get in port well see how they handle it. You could see why those moms are in hysterics. I would be there or close to that, too. Final word from you this morning . More to come with the dorner issue. The press conference last night was odd and what exactly happened and the cause of death. Did he take his own life . Was he burned out, was he burned alive . What happened . And very interesting. Lots to follow on that. We have to take a break, well see you back here tomorrow, cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com breaking overnight, the girlfriend of South African olympian Oscar Pistorius shot dead in his home. A 26yearold man has been arrested and charged with murder. Media reports during the course of the morning often alleged breakin or the young lady was allegedly mistaken to be a burglar. Were not sure where this report came from. It definitely didnt some from the South African Police service. Plus squalid, smelly and steamy. I promise you none of my family members on there will probably never ever take another cruise. Reporter the cruise from hell, known as the carnival triumph just hours from docking in alabama, after being stranded in the middle of the gulf of mexico. What are the passengers getting, 500 bucks and this. At carnival our promise to our guests is to provide a great vacation experience. Also, mega merger, american, u. S. Airways now the worlds biggest airline. What it means for ticket prices. And top dog. The affenpinscher. Banana joe. The little black pooch packing up his best in show ribbon and a bag of chew toys and heading to wall street. Joey, banana joe. Banana joe ringing the opening bell live this hour. Newsro newsroom starts now. Good morning, thank you so much for being with me. Im Carol Costello. We start with a shocking valentines day tragedy, the world renowned olympian Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend. His girlfriend model Reeva Steenkamp only 29 years old found dead at pistorius home. Joining us now is robyn curnow, in south africa. What is the latest, robyn . Hi there. This much we know. Oscar pistorious will be formally charged with murder on friday morning, tomorrow, South African time. Hes going to spend the night in jail here after quite a tranlgic set of events today. What do we know, is that his girlfriend was shot dead, initial ll lly reports suggeste had mistaken her for being an intruder. The police recently come out and said they never said anything of the sort, thats not the line of questioning theyre looking at and theyve hinted at previous domestic disturbances at his house. Either way, this is a tragedy, a 30yearold model has lost her life and Oscar Pistorius, no doubt one of the most famous South Africans out there spending the night in jail for her murder. There are witnesses and there was an interview this morning. Neighbors . Were talking about neighbors that heard things that happened earlier in the evening and when the shooting took place. So you just heard a brief statement there from a Police Spokesperson speaking to south African Media just a few hours ago. What is clear is that theres a lot of confusion at the moment still, carol, about what happened and i think whatever comes out in Court Tomorrow will sort of illuminate some of the details. What is interesting is that even though Oscar Pistorius is more than likely to apply for bail the police say they will oppose any bail application. They say theyre not giving any reasons. The Police Obviously believing that they have a strong case against him. Unbelievable. Okay, well continue following the story. Robyn curnow reporting live from south africa this morning. Frantic mothers are pacing a dock in mobile, alabama, where their children are about to return from the socalled cruise from hell. As you can see in the facebook photo, passengers line the rail of the Carnival Cruise ship triumph their only escape from squalid, unimaginable conditions since a fire knocked out power four days. Raw sewage is sloshing around in the hallways, the rooms are sweltering and food lines last for hours. Imagine if you had loved ones on board this ship enduring this. Ten hours, basically after it happened is that they were asking for them to use plastic bags, to use the restrooms in and that they had eaten onion sandwiches for dinner that night, and its just getting worse. So that was the last time we talked to them, and theres just no telling what the conditions are right now. Adding to the misery the ships arrival is running more than three hours late. According to the coast guard, the triumph and three tugboats are 60 miles from port. The ship was supposed to dock sometime late this afternoon, now were thinking recally evening, were covering the angles from land, sea and air. Sarah endo is on a helicopter, Victor Blackwell on a boat off Dauphin Island, chat myers in the weather room. Lets begin with Victor Blackwell. Reporter well, carol, the conditions here in mobile bay at about 15 knots which should not be a difficult condition for this cruise ship. The water is a bit choppy but let me show you the map of whats going to happen, over in that direction is the mouth of the bay. You cant see it from here because its not a Straight Line path but thats where were expecting the cruise ship to come in, in a few hours. We just heard radio traffic between the pilot who will guide in triumph and triumph and theyre expecting to come in a little after 12 30 eastern were going to see them. Then its a 33mile trek to the port. We know the channel is over in this direction, larger ships have come through this path, cargo ships but this will be the largest cruise ship to dock at this terminal, only by about 40 feet and we know it will be the Largest Group of people to disembark here, and thats where they will start the process to head home. David mattingly is there at the cruise terminal. All right, lets go to David Mattingly now, thank you so much. I wish we could spot that cruise ship which would mean its a lot closer to shore but no. David mattingly, once the ship docks, what will happen . Reporter well, thats when things are going to start moving pretty quickly for the people on board. Theyve got a system here where theyre going to come off the gangway you see mind behind me, down, processed through and reyou nighted with their luggage and then go to buses. The customers here have a couple of choices. They can meet up with family members if theyre here, they can meet them here and go on their own way or get on a bus, go to a hotel thats been provided for them, and you can bet theres a lot of people there in bad need of a hot shower right now, but they also have the option of going all the way back to galveston, texas, where a lot of people have their cars parked where they originally got on the boat there. They can go all the way back and get their car and go home tonight. They have those options. So thats what theyre going to be looking at when they get here. Theyre trying to make things move quick, get them moving pretty quickly here because theyve got custom officials on board the ship to start processing people so that by the time the boat does stop and they do get off, that they can get on their way just as quickly as possible. I hope so. David mattingly reporting live from mobile, alabama, well get back to. Lets go up in the air, sandra endo is in a helicopter flying over that cruise ship. Do you see it down below, sandra . Reporter not yet, carol. As you were mentioning its farther south than anticipated. Officials say its nearly 60 nautical miles south from the port, and initially they were anticipating this cruise ship to actually dock later this evening. Weve been flying south of Dauphin Island trying to get the first glimpse of this ship but clearly it is too far south, too far away from the mouth of the port of mobile i suspected that might happen. So were having a little problem, hard to get a live shot from the air sometimes. Lets head to the Weather Center and talk about what sandra was talking about, chad, why that ship is moving farther away from shore. Weather. You know how long it takes to you get from new york to california, like 4 45, and only takes you 3 15 to get back. How did that just happen . How did the jet stream bother this airplane so much . Well the wind has bothered this boat tremendously. Weve had offshore winds 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour all night long and thunderstorms. Yesterday about this time this boat was only 80 miles from where it is right now. In 24 hours this boat only made 80 miles of headway because of the wind blowing it back toward the ocean. As hard as this tug pulled, its only 5,000 horsepower. The triumph has 46,000 horsepowers worth of engine. So the engine is not enough in this tug to pull it very fast. Its going to go here between Dauphin Island and ft. Morgan, going to come up the Mobile Channel and this is going to be the dreadful part for these people. Its only going to go three or four Miles Per Hour for about 30 miles. Theyll be able to see land for ten hours and not be able to get off. Thats like torture. Yes, all night long it was raining, rain on top of them so the people that were on the deck thinking they had a good spot not good because it was raining, that rain also had some winds pushing the boat a little bit off course, crazy weather out there. I dont know how theyre surviving this. I cant even imagine. Im going on a cruise next saturday on carnival. Youre still going . So far. Youre still if i were your wife id say chad, were staying home, honey. Okay, stick around. Ill be having that conversation tomorrow. I knew it, i knew it. Thank you, chad. Youre welcome. New information this morning about the pope. Vatican officials are confirming Pope Benedict hit his head during a trip to mexico last march but deny the fall had anything to do with his health or recently announced resignation. On this valentines day, samesex marriage could be a step closer to reality in illinois. The senate expected to pass a bill allowing samesex marriage. The measure needs the aful proof the state house and the governor. If that happens, illinois would become the tenth state to legalize samesex marriage. It was the sip heard around the country, some groups are trying to capitalize on marco rubios drink of water during his state of the union response. For a 25 donation, marco rubios super pack is sending people a rubio water bottle. The quote send those liberal detractors a message not only does marco rubio inspire you, he hydrates you, too. Hmm. Then theres this facebook photo by the makers of the bottled water rubio drank, poland springs showing the famous bottle of water in front of a dressing room mirror after its cameo. Its a star now. An asteroid half the length of a football field is supposed to fly by the earth tomorrow. It will pass within 17,000 miles of the earth, a distance that could be cleared in just about 15 minutes. Dont get too worried. Nasa says the odds of the asteroid hitting the earth are quite low. A big announcement in the Business World this morning, u. S. Airways and American Airlines merging. The new mega carrier will use the american name and be the Largest Airline in the world. Alison kosik is tracking the story and of course all we care about is how this will flekt ticket prices. Reporter i hear you. Thats what were all thinking about. Were not going to necessarily see the ticket prices spike when you go to make your Airline Ticket tomorrow or the next day because mergers dont necessarily cause these spikes in airline fares. Historically you look, fares dont go up because mergers happen. In fact, when you adjust these fares for inflation, theyve actually been falling, even though it doesnt feel like it. Fares have been falling since the 1980s. I want to you listen to travel expert mark murphy. Here are some of the benefits of this merger. This merger will provide the traveler with better connections. I think youre going to be in nine major hubs between the two carriers now the merger, so youre going to be able to get where you want to go more efficiently and effectively. Reporter i want to show you something, there isnt a lot of overlap, that when these airlines merge a lot of the places where you fly into are really going to remain where they are so theres nine major hubs you see others, once again not a lot of overlap and not a lot of worry at this point about not enough flights being available. That could also not affect prices as well. Keep in mind there are a few headaches with this. This kind of merger, carol, doesnt happen overnight so as consumers, you could see a few headaches like reservation problems, logistical headaches, lost baggage. For the Airline Industry this was inevitable and many experts say this is something good for the industry, even though it does lessen competition there. Alison kosik thanks so much. I know youre waiting the big winner of the Westminster Dog Show to ring the opening bell. Reporter yes. Youll have an exclusive interview with banana joe. Reporter i do. Well see what he barks to me. He speaks four languages you know. Reporter i know, ill have to brush up. Alison kosik, we cant wait. Thank you so much. Coming up next in the newsroom well take you to california, its difficult to understand why excop Christopher Dorner went on that bizarre killing spree. We talk to his girlfriend, next. [ nurse ] im a hospice nurse. Britta olsen is my patient. I spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. One night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, when a person dies, she said, someone must open the window so the soul can depart. I smiled and squeezed her hand. Not tonight, britta. Not tonight. [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson johnson. 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From 2006 to 2010, 11 of sexually active women between the ages of 15 and 44 said they had used the emergency contraception, more than double the reported use from 2002. The study did not cite a reason for the increase. Some good news for the housing market, foreclosure filings last month plunged to their lowest level since april of 2007. Filings fell to just more than 150,000 in january, primarily because of a New California law that protects homeowners. Foreclosures in that state fell by 62 . Miss america coming home to atlantic city, new jersey. Las vegas hosted the pageant since 2006 but next year the ceremony will return to its original home in new jersey. Normal announcement is expected next hour at lentic citys boardwalk hall, the birth place of the original miss america pageant. New details today from the exgirlfriend of the man who killed four people including two Police Officers during a weeklong vendetta. Aria williams told cnns starting point knowing Christopher Dorner the way she did, she wasnt surprised about i his killing rampage. I sort of expected it. I cant tell you this would never happen. You see signs of someones behavior in the manner that sort of like stressinduced type behavior also, i think coupled with maybe how their personality already is, i think it makes it easier to understand why Something Like this could possibly happen. Connie rice is a civil rights attorney in los angeles. Well talk to her about the ramifications of dorners death and the investigation by the lapd. We begin with nick valencia. Hes been following the investigation in big bear lake, california. Nick, when will aut