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Burke from rome. >> what a dramatic scene last night. hundreds of people having to jump off the ship as the ship was sinking just off the tuscan coast in italy. there still are dozens of people unaccounted for. the ship's commander is being held for questioning. now, everyone thinks titanic when something like this happens. and from what happened, it was something like that. a reef ripped open the bottom of the ship, bringing in lots of water very quickly. the ship suddenly started listing and the evacuation began but it was a mess. people complaining about that. many of them having to jump in...

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We don't need to stay on, because it was sinking so fast. where we were standing is underwater now obviously we need get off right then. that's when 100, 150 people started swimming. >> you are thinking oh my . we have to go this way without having to say good-bye to my family. and you are trying your phone, i need to say good-bye to you. >> some of those americans are on their way home. we will speak to a seattle woman onboard that ship and got out alive, in the next half hour. for the first time we are hearing from the captain. he says allegations that he left the ship before everyone esca...

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Alex? >> andrea mitchell in iraq. it is official. general david petraeus is it in command of the 130,000 coalition forces in afghanistan. he took charge of the 9-year-old war this morning during a flag ceremony where he delivered a stern message -- we're in this to win. he said it's important to demonstrate to the afghan people and the world that al qaeda and its extremist allies will not be allowed to establish sanctuaries in afghanistan. back here in the states, crews are working to salvage a tour boat that ran aground in boston harbor. the 87-foot craft carrying 174 passengers and crew ...