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concordia." today, divers blew a hole in the capsized cruise ship to make the search easier. soon afterwards, they found five bodies, bringing the total of known deaths to 11. now back on land, the ship's captain still in jail, likely facing a host of criminal charges, up to and including manslaughter. not only did he not go down with his ship, an exasperated coast guard official had to order him, more than one, to go back and help rescue passengers. here's a portion of an extraordinary audio recording that turned up today in italian media. it's translated on your screen for you. >> ...

He worked for president obama. tried to run against him. he said he wouldn't engage in negative attacks but launched adcampaign with top advisor calling republicans pranks. last week he said president obama was unelectable. i mean mitt romney was unelectable. this week he says he is the most electable candidate in the race. if you want to know where there is a trust deficit that could explain it. they don't like politicians talking out of both sides of their mouth. >> bret: on paper, jon huntsman should have done better. >> without question. he should have. he is the governor of utah. to me he...

For him to say something like that, maybe it makes him feel better but it is not the truth. the fact is that fred thompson was viewed as a viable candidate. it is not necessarily so that he took all of huckabee's votes. all i can say to governor huckabee, good luck in your program on fox, but you're not telling the truth. >> well, there you go. let's bring back the panel. i couldn't help myself. this was yesterday. you had john mccain, mike huckabee talking about this issue of rallying around an alternati alternative. you heard richard land, the mistake they made was not rallying around huckab...

You most or makes him disqualified to be the nominee? >> well, i think what republicans have to ask is who's most likely in the long run to survive against the kind of billion-dollar campaign the obama team is going to run. and i think that a bold reagan conservative with a very strong economic plan is a lot more likely to succeed in that campaign than a relatively timid massachusetts moderate who even "the wall street journal" said had an economic plan so timid it resembled obama's. so i think you've got to look at massachusetts was fourth from the bottom in job creation under governor romney...

And that is the main thing. young people, and people much younger than i am, are accepting way too much government, whether it's militarism, whether it's violation of our civil liberties, or whether it's regulating and socializing our economy, and special interest protection by the federal reserve. i mean, these things are old ideas. and this is why i think i'm very much electable. but it's also strange that they say that these views, you know, are real strange. but i defend the constitution. why should balancing the budget and defending the constitution, and doing the things i talk about, all...