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still alive in there. but they haven't reached them yet. the ship ran aground and sent passengers scrambling for lifeboats. >> [ screaming ] . [ speaking foreign language ]. >> three people are dead among 4,000 who were on board that ship. 43 to 73 people could be missing. 126 americans were on the cruise ship but none of them appear to be hurt. the captain could be charged with manslaughter and abandoning ship. the parent of the company is carnival cruise ship. some passengers got off quickly and safely. others like benji smith who found the ship transformed into an obstacle course....

are missing is not yet clear. because there is some discrepancy between the lists of passengers and staff. that the costa cruise has given to the authorities. so, there are still about a number between 50 and 70 people missing. they could as well not be dead. hopefully. they could as well still be on the island. maybe having slept in a hotel and not being alerted that most of the other passengers were brought to the italy. or eventually being held in a hospital. >> do you know, the people -- are there members of the cruise line who are there helping these people? are they getting the...

speaking out on controversial pardons, former mississippi governor, haley barbour defends his position to pardon 200 people. a convicted murderer who says he deserves to be free. it is almost there. two ships just off the coast of nome, alaska to bring precious fuel. we have been keeping an eye on a rescue operation taking place off the western coast of italy this morning. here is the emergency. a crowded cruise ship that is tipped over on its side. there are 4,000 passengers and crew on board. we are hearing as many as 70 people are still missing. a journalist is at the port where...

they were hanging in them and children were crying and people screaming and jumping. we heard crew members jumped at the end into the water. >> my goodness. frightening moments. a journalist is where survivors are being taken and joins us by phone. barbie, what is the latest on the rescue mission, the search for the missing people and if they know what the ship ran into. >> reporter: well, right now the rescue operations are sort of winding town. darkness has fallen here and it's starting to get a little bit cold. the divers worked all afternoon searching the underwater components of...

express our deep sorrow for this terrible tragedy that deaf states us. he goes on to say we are not at this time able to pride an answer to all the questions because the competent authority are trying with our cooperative efforts are trying to understand the reason for this incident. let's bring in reporter barbie nadeou, she's in the port where the survivors have been taken. what more can you tell snus. >> reporter: tonight the rescue efforts or recovery efforts have been stopped for the night. there were divers out all day long looking under the area of the ship that is still under...