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In the ocean. that is one of the things they are working to fight is debris. >> yesterday the life ring they located had been name the name elfaro on it. >> that is something, debris in the water can be like bread crumbs. it can lead you to where the vessel could be or where the life rafts could be located. >> now today the coast guard, they have stopped searching today, today would have been a good day given the wind conditions and the waves being far less high as we were they had and before. >> today is the very first good weather day for the search effort. i understand there's still a few

With the hour's top stories. search crews say they found a life ring and other items in the search for a missing ship. an oil spot was spotted. the 790 foot ship with 33 people on board has not been heard from since thursday when it lost power and took on water from hurricane joaquin. a stay of emergency in south carolina after a weekend of devastating floods. there are six weather-related deaths along the east coast. now back to "vegas homicide." we found some credit card information and whatnot. looks like he's using that still. >> it had been three days since ginger's body was discove...

Other. all of it adds a degree of difficulty. every time you add something to that list your odds change. >> a life ring has been discovered by searchers. that sounds ominous. is it? >> it's a good thing they found something. it's some place to look. they were looking yesterday in seas that were still very, very large. visibility was very limited. if they are not looking for a ship they are looking for 25-foot lifeboat, whole different story. a lot of sea to cover, you know. i think there's still a lot of hope that there's some survivors. >> gosh, tim taylor, great to see you this morning. tha...

Latest from jacksonville, florida, the port from which the ship took off from. are officials taking this as a sign of hope or something else? >> reporter: they say it's too early, alex, to really say what this says about the fate of that ship. they did spot a few other things in the water yesterday when they recovered this life ring. the problem was it was so rough out there that the diver that went in the water was only able to pull out this one life ring. today the coast guard is telling me it's spotted more materials consistent with what would be on a ship. they can't confirm that anything ...

Development and the calculations that we put in to developing where the ship may be and finding that life ring late yesterday afternoon was a key development that certainly reinforced and validated what we were thinking where that ship or crew may be since it's been more than 72 hours since we've heard from the "el faro." >> i wanted to ask you, commander, are you in touch with the family of the crew members? maybe they have texted them? what about social media? have you checked for their latest posts? >> the coast guard is in constant communication with the family and the company. o again, i ...