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Context and perspective from a a astronomer. Carnival cruise lines faces the first lawsuit. Some people ran into more trouble when a bus taking them to new orleans broke down. A dramatic reaction from the olympic blade runner, Oscar Pistorius, when prosecutors charge him with murdering his girlfriend. Thats all ahead unless of course breaking news changes everything on studio b. Panic in russia today as a flaming meteor explodes with the force of an atomic bomb. Glass shattering everywhere, walls coming down and 1,000 people hurt, including at least 204 children. In what scientists call a crazy coincidence it happened on the same day they expected another larger asteroid to have a very close call, relatively, with earth. More on that in a moment. First the wild scene in russia. The white hot meteor lighting up the sky at speeds topping 35,000 miles an hour. The Traffic Camera gives a sense of the blinding light. Its a wonder the drivers were able to stay on the road. The scene creating such chaos some thought it was the end of the world. That was only the beginning. The light sent curious people running to the windows. Witnesses described an eerie silence then boom. [screaming] meet meteorite exploding in the sign sending an atomic shock wave across town. Look at how much power it packed. Surveillance cameras catch the explosion blowing out a garage door, another camera caught an Office Window blowing out. That happened over and over in town. Watch again and notice the guy looking out the window. Probably checking out the bright flash. The concussion knocks him from his feet, blows him across the room. We spoke with one witness who felt the whole thing. It was very confusing because the building was shaking a little bit. Initially i thought it was an earth but then i knew i heard this loud bang. So i thought some sort of explosion, either a gas leak or a bomb or a you know, once i saw this streak in the sky, i thought it was either a plane crash or missile, honestly. A missile, a bomb, a plane crash. No. A meteorite. Then theres the damage from this thing itself, about the size of an suv. The explosion sending chunks of rock flying, punching a hole through an ice covered lake as you see. Greg pat cot is live in london. So many people injured. Its amazing. According to one victim, for 20 to 30 minutes he felt the city was a war zone. The injury toll built as the day went on, almost 1,000. More than 100 people had to be hospitalized. Most from chards of flying cut glass, still, no reports of any dead. Remarkable because the affect city has a population of over 1 million. A lot of damage to those buildings, 3,000 structures affected. The roof of one factory caved in and a whole lot of windows blown out. Phone service out, gas service out as well. All this leading to, as another witness described it, harris, panic in the streets. How unusual are people saying this is . According to scientists, harris, this is rare. This is unusual. As weve been seeing, spectacular. Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere. A few small ones have hit the United States in the last few years. Every five years you get a big one but usually in an unpopulated area, not a city like this. One of the biggest meteor hits happened in russia in siberia in 1908. 800 square miles affected. Not one cell phone, video camera in sight. Thats a thats harder to believe than anything, nobody had a cell phone. We had plenty of vantage points. Thank you very much. This happened on the very same day an asteroid buzzed by earth. What could be the closerrest to ever fly by our planet. It happened in the past hour, nasa said the meteorite in russia had nothing to do with the asteroid, about the size of half a football field. Joining me, astronomer david dundee. The question is, as i have just answered, there was nothing to do with the two of them one is more common than the other. Meteorites in the sky of russia coming down. How rare is that . Well, meteorite impacts happen all the time. The earth picks up tons of debris every day but its usually in the form of dust and smaller objects. One the size of what we saw in russia is a once in a decade thing. Last time this happened was about ten years ago, over in the pakistan, india region of the world. But the two objects are totally unrelated and one of the other big things to consider is that youre separating the two events by 14 hours. Remember, the earth is hurling around the sun at 19 miles per second so were in a different neighborhood than weapon the meet when the meteor came in in russia. Thats interesting. Everythings moving at once. How fast was this thing going . The top seat speed was 33,000 miles an hour. It weighed 10 tons. Thats the reason you had dramatic pictures of this object. Now you have an object hurdling at 33,000 miles an hour. It hits the earths atmosphere and analogous to a high diver making a belly flop into a swimming pool. Imagine that swimmer going 33,000 miles an hour hitting that wall of water. The same with the meteor. Now its decelerating, the speed is getting less. The energy has to go somewhere, so it goes into two primary places. It goes into heating up the column of air around the object, the bright streak you saw. Its hot around the meteor. The other is in a shock wave with a sonic boom people heard and the wave of shock through the atmosphere that blew out all those windows. Thats what happened even before the objects went from being meteors and hitting the ground and became meteorites. You talk about that explosion and we showed people the concussion that the the force of that, throwing people back who were at the windows. Why did it explode . Normally most meteors that come in are not metallic, theyre stony, so they wouldnt be totally stable coming into the earths atmosphere so you transmit a huge amount of energy. This thing couldnt hang together and fell apart in the atmosphere, releasing all that energy. Its interesting to note on february 12, 1947, a very similar event happened in russia and in fact if there are stamp collectors, look at the stamps from russia from 1957, to commemorate that event. That postage stamp looks almost exactly like, from that painting, from that image from this morning. And we have an image from one of the former impacts in russia on our screen. It was an earlier one. Before i let you go, you mentioned the date on that one in the 40s was february 12. Its the 15th. You scientists tell us its just a coincidence but is it the love of valentines day . [ laughter ] cupid had nothing to do with it honestly. Its just a coincidence. All right. All around the day of love. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you. This just in. The first reported lawsuit filed after five miss airplane days at sheet. One was forced to wade through human feces from overflowing toilets. The 4,000 plus cruise passengers and crew are back on dry land. I would kiss the earth too after their trip from hell with no electricity and deteriorating conditions described in the lawsuit. Theyre talking about a gross scene on the crippled ship. Few working bathrooms, leaking sewage, stifling heat, little ventilation and long lines for food. Many were upset, others took it in stride. It was awful, smelling the urine and seeing the feces. We had to poop in the bag, use the restroom in a bag. The toilet system wasnt working. Crew was good. It sucked. I never want to go through that again but all the workers were so nice. We did have food and water and took showers. We were just limited on not having a full ship with electricity or full ship with Running Water all the time. Cant wait for the triumph to come out of dry dock. Well go right back. Others said they wouldnt get on anytime soon. Stepping off the filthy triumph was not the end. A bus carrying people from mobile, alabama to new orleans broke down on the way. What more could happen to them . Jonathan has more from mobile. Whats going on today with the ship . Hi, harris. Some exciting developments, the backdrop i had yesterday is gone. The ship was towed to a nearby shipyard on mobile bay, whering it undergo repairs and also get a thorough leaning and and the b continues to investigate the cause of the engine room fire that brought about the loss of power on the high assess. Carnival Officials Say the triumph will remain out of service through april. What else are you hearing from passengers . Most of them are happy to be off the ship. Now, one question i asked them is whether they planned to go on a cruise again. There is a standing offer and in addition to refunding what they paid for this particular cruise, carnival is offering credit toward a future cruise for the passengers involved. Whether or not they take them up on this offer depends on who you talk to. Listen. Absolutely not. Never again in my life will i go on a cruise. A bottle of wine and pizza, tomorrow night at home. With the wife. I would go tomorrow. You fall off a bike cycling, you dont never ride it. You fall off a horse, you do it. You have an automobile accident, you still drive a car. Last night carnival chartered 100 buses and 20 aircraft to bring people from here in mobile to their home port. The port they left from in galveston, texas. Boy, that guy wants wine and a pizza. Maybe he already started on that. He seems eager to go back on the ship. Good to see you. Thank you. What happens when the passengers take the cruise line to court . It could happen. Weve seen one lawsuit this hour. Getting any more money from the company could be difficult. Well take a look at the legal side of this story coming up now that one suit has been filed. Plus, all kinds of stuff going on overhead. First a meteorite, then as troid. Must be friday. Well get the latest from nasa. In ameri today were running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. What we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. By 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough College Graduates to fill them. Thats why at devry university, were teaming up with Companies Like cisco to help make sure everyones is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure americas ready. Make sure youre ready. At devry. Edu. Carnival cruise lines promise today reimburse passengers for the trip and transportation home. Also credit for future cruise. Plus 500. At least one passenger on the disabled horrible trip from hell has already filed suit over the conditions claiming she suffered physical and emotional harm during her time on the triumph. A number of miami based attorneys have firms and theyve received, quote, inquires from passengers. Joining us, two attorneys. Thank you. The stories are plentiful about the nightmare people suffered onboard the triumph. If you are representing the cruise line, whats your defense against lawsuits . When you take a cruise and youre hundreds of miles in the middle of the ocean, things can happen. This is not without risk. Carnival reimbursed them, paid for expenses, paid for the money they spent on there. Got them home, paid for their hotel and gave them an extra 500. That was the most they could do. You cannot say youre going to get on a ship and nothing will happen. A plane can crash. Its an inherent risk. They tried to make it up to them. Nobody died, nobody had serious injuries. One person was airlifted with dialysis. It was horrible, yes. They should hire you. Youre a tough argument. Anna, youre a passenger, you just got off and you want to sue. Who has a good case and who doesnt . The passengers have a good case. Look, cruise ships owe a duty of care to passengers to keep them safe. Can you imagine these passengers are paying for a vacation, a relaxing, nice, safe trip and get five days, no food, no electricity, sleeping on floors and mattresses covered in feces . I think whats critical is there are reports at least that this cruise liner had noticed there could have been problems with the particular fire. And to offer them 500 and a discount on another cruise . Really . Do you think these passengers are ever going to go on another cruise . I know some passengers are possibly watching and i want to say one thing, they did have food. At one point they talked about rationing it. What are things carnival should not do or say . They should focus on getting everybody home. Make sure everybodys taken care of. If anybody suffered an actual physical injury more than what theyre doing, maybe on an individual basis that can be looked at. Thats what carnival needs to do, next the situation and maybe retire the ship. Again, it is with risk. There can be a storm, rogue waves. Anything can happen. You cant expect guaranteed safety. I cant guarantee i wont get on the highway and im guaranteed safety. Its a risk. You know, you talk about how liable or liable not carnival is. They did sign something, these people. What does it say . They did sign something waving some liability but the cruise they didnt pay a lot of money for the cruise. You want a bargain but all the securities you have to pay for with a highpriced cruise. Anna, because were going to run out of time, i want to give you a chance. Shes laying out and interesting case. I dont know if they didnt pay a lot per ticket. 50 might be a lot for the experience they just had. Youve looked into the history of. This what is the first thing that people need to do if they want to sue . What should they do right now . I disagree first off with your guest that a cruise ship can absolve themself from liability by having passengers sign a 15 page contract. Thats a contract of adhesion. I dont see any course enforcing those clauses. The passengers, if theyve been damaged, which many feared for their lives, should consult with an attorney and try to be compensated said for the harm. Its irrelevant how much they paid. The cruise ship is responsible to keep passengers in their custody and control safe. All right, thank you so very much for joining us today. Well see what happens as the lawsuits have already begun as we mentioned. From congressman to felony. Jesse jackson junior, copping a plea on corruption charges. Were getting details in and up. 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Prosecutors said he legally spent 750,000 of Campaign Contribution to say live a lavish lifestyle, home renovations, fur coats and a rolex watch. Jackson junior resigned his seat as an illinois congressman after reelection in november. Prior to the election he took a six month leave of absence. He was undergoing intensive treatment for by polar disorder. Its breaking details. Molly, what kind of punishment could he face . We believe several years in prison, a fine, repayment of the illegally spent money. Its up to the judge to decide and were waiting to see what the paperwork says, what the plea deal says that Jesse Jackson junior agreed to. What punishment he agreed to and what the judge does about it. The former congressman will be in washington next week for his first court appearance. He wasnt there today, he didnt have to be. His family will be with him. We dont know in that means his father will be there as well. The younger Jesse Jackson is depressed and brokenhearted and trying to figure out how to go forward and provide for his family. I mentioned his wife is also accused of spending that huge bundle of cash. Shes in legal trouble too, right . Yes, Sandy Jackson has stepped down from her position on the chicago city council, caught up in the investigation as well. Prosecutors have been trying to get her to sign a plea deal today, were told. Sandy jackson is expected of using Campaign Funds it from her husbands previous campaigns illegally to purchase furs, go on fitness retreats and purchase luxury items. The couple has two schoolaged children. Thank you very much on the breaking details. A new view of that asteroid making a close pass by our planet. New video from nasa. A olympic hero turned accused killer. The socalled blade runner. Look at him, head in his hands, breaking down in court. Prosecutors accused him of premeditated murder. Shooting his girlfriend dead. The story coming up. 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