they just wait. >> reporter: captain schettino made a series of calls, as many as 17. what he said is a matter of bitter dispute. his lawyer insists he hid nothing. >> translator: captain schettino immediately, promptly informed the company of what had happened and kept it constantly informed. >> reporter: costa ceo claims otherwise. >> the first information that we have says absolutely the contrary. didn't sound as serious, indeed, at the end, it was. >> authorities were first notified of the incident not by the crew, but from cell phone calls from passengers at at least half an hour after the collision. a few minutes later, costa headquarters here in rome started flooding into these computer. >> but they didn't call. we called them. we called them twice. >> reporter: coast guard commander says the coast guard was forced to reach out to the rapidly sinking ship. >> so we called the ship and the ship said that there was just a blackout on board. they don't see that there was an emergency. >> reporter: costa executives acknowledge this was a major mistake. >> if i'm the

captain schettino is not captain coward. >> by now it was nearly 1:00 in the morning. ananias family and dozens of other passengers were still trying to climb a metal ladder to reach the outside of the ship, but it was still a mad scramble to escape. >> men pushing women aside, pushing children aside. >> i put my foot down and said this is not going to happen, i am not going to sit here and watch one other man jump in front of this mother and child to get his way up there, it wasn't going to happen. >> the ananias family would one of the last to escape the concordia alive. jumping 10 feet into a lifeboat and then even feeling they were on their own. >> they said they would try to get the boat as close as possible. they just told us to jump, that was it. >> months later, georgia ananias and her family believe their experience on the concordia is a wakeup call for the entire industry. >> i really feel for passengers getting on a ship. but you get in a disaster like this and you see what happens an you see how unprepared they are. passengers really need to be wear. >> and

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two men polar opposites the hero verses the coward schettino. one man doing his duty the other running away. >> look schettino you may have saved yourself from the sea but i will put you in a lot of trouble get back on board for (bleep) sake. >> schettino never returns to concordia. he beg force a pair of dry socks at this motel. >> when you heard he left the vessel before all of the passengers were off your feelings? >> people are dead and missing and it's on his shoulders. it's not right. >> italian authorities contained sket no and charged him with abandoning ship failure to offer assistance and manslaughter. they also detain the ship. ambrosio also fled his sinking ship. more survivors arrive without luggage without direction and sometimes without their traveling companions. >> lynn had gotten to the island before me. thousands of people and to fientd her in the dark was unbelievable. i thought i am going to go up on the hill there's a wall. >> there she is like a beacon. karen, karen. i am here. i am here, i am here. it was incredible. >> t

is there any excuse for what cap than schettino did?oard the stricken coasta concordia is th direct of a reckless maneuver and the captain's callous and inept reaction according to investigators. the chairman and ceo of costa cruises. >> we believe it is human error here, the captain did not follow the authorized route. >> geraldo: this is the actual course taken by this doomed vessel anst tracking shows it making a sweeping left turn and dramatic deviation from the scheduled course and a professor of navigation at new york's maritime college... >> as you and i look at this, you know, it is obvious, the land is there, the rocks are there, and how you come that close and take that particular risk in bringing the vessel to that point. >> inexcusable. >> yes. in my opinion. >> geraldo: and the captain's preposterous claim he grounded the ship on an uncharted rock. >> i don't know if it was detected but it was marked as water on the nautical chart at 100 to 150 meters from the rocks. we were about 300 meters from the shore. more or less. we

there are already corpses, schettino. at one point, schettino asks, it's dark and we can't see anything. and in reply, what do you want? to go back home, schettino? get on the ship and tell me how many people there are. what do they need? now. schettino said, he's going, but prosecutors say he did not. he stayed on land while desperate passengers struggled to find a way off themselves. the parent company carnival put out a statement commending the tremendous efforts of the crew that night even though they have been widely criticized by survivors. the captain claims he didn't abandon ship but said he was thrown over board when the ship tilted. his attorney said he likely saved many lives beaching it here or it might have sunk in deeper water. natalie? >> michelle kosinski in giglio, italy, thank you. don't try to look up today's website blackout on wikipedia. the site is dark until midnight as part of a protest against anti-piracy legislation in congress. google's logo has been covered up in solidarity. schools are closed

you may remember schettino abandoned the ship and made it to shore aboard a lifeboat.he ship flipped, he shipped and fell into the lifeboat. a lawyer for those victims said it's simply isn't enough. >> they could make a lot more they decided to balance the judgment between, you know schettino responsibilities and the compensation for past injure rye s injuries, they could probably do a lot more and they will because we're going to appeal for sure. >> so the legal process is floor from over with victims appealing the settlement and the captain appealing his sentence. and until this is decided, francesco schettino remains a free man. >>> well on a much lighter note three people, a whole lot richer today after winning a power ball jackpot worth $564 million. this is one soda a day over an average adult lifetime. but there's a better choice. drink more brita water. clean, refreshing, brita. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and mine

francisco schettino is currently in jail, facing charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. >> rescuems were achieved the bodies from the stern of the cruise ship costa concordia that lies on the side just off the island of giglio. the ship is in about 20 meters of water, but salvage experts are worried it could slip into deeper water if the seas get rough. earlier on tuesday, navy divers used to expect -- used explosives to get better access to the interior of the ship. these cameras convey images to the rescue coordinators. no signs of survivors but up the chance of finding survivors is fading. it is a race against time. evidence is mounting that decisions made by captain francisco schettino led to the task -- to the disaster. not only did he change the ship's course, he also abandoned his command before all passengers and crew evacuated. a recording -- a recording revealed the capping being told to return to the ship to oversee the evacuation. >> go back in the opposite direction. get back on the ship and tell me how many people there are and what they have on board. tell me if the

. >> close cartels captain schettino about the severity -- the coast guard tells captain schettino about the severity of the situation. officials say captain schettino never returned to the "costa concordia". there are 20 people said to be missing, including a couple from minnesota. the hope is that the search will be able to continue later on today. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> our hopes are with all of the people. thank you. google is taking a different approach to the blackout under way at several websites today. if you go to the website, thre's aere's a black bar. other websites like wikipedia have blacked out entire pages. it is in protest of congress proposed anti-piracy legislation. we will have more coming up in today's attack bite tech bytes. >> we are three days away from the south carolina primary. why is republican presidential candidate ron paul taking a break from the campaign trail? >> also, can parts of the northwest be in for their own snowmaggedon. >> adam will be back to tell us what is happening in our neck of the woods. an >> parts of the northwest doing what they

schettino has not been charged formally, but that could happen soon.nk you, scott. we should note that they say the industry standards in america, here in the u.s., are much more stringent than those overseas. which is important. 10 million americans expected to take cruises this year, and right now is a peak time for bookings. >> and the divers having a horrible time navigating. they say it's like a labyrinth. just an unbelievable maze trying to navigate and maneuver. and you can only imagine how confusing it is when you're on a cruise. but trying to rescue people when it's on its side, submerged. >> amazing. plus environmental concerns. a lot going on in this. so we'll stay on top of that story the next couple of days. >>> police in atlanta say they have very few leads as they search for a woman missing since just after christmas. stacey english was reported missing by her family during the last week of december. her volvo was found with its engine running near a small lake. divers have been searching there for the last two days and are expected back

francesco schettino's lawyer says this is a man who always behaved correctly. this was an accident at sea. he faces charges of manslaughter causing a shipwreck and abandoning the 4,000-passenger ship. authorities arrested itself disgraced captain soon after the crash. schettino told investigators he could not help with the rescue because he tripped and fell into a lifeboat. his defense team said no one was killed when the ship smashed into the island. they blamed the deaths on a backup generator that 235eu8d and watertight ship comportments that flooded during evacuation. alfonso van marsh, cbs news. >> if convicted on all the charges, schettino faces up to 20 years in prison. crews razed the ship a year and a half after it sank. it's now being salvaged for scrap metal. >>> former florida governor jeb bush is thinking about following his father and brother to the white house speaking here in washington. he talked about his own presidential ambitions. >> i'm thinking about running for president and i'll make up my mind in short order, not that far out into the f

. >> i called him captain schettino. >> what did you call president obama? >> we're going to call him schettino. >> add disgraced ship's captain to that catalog of epitaphs. >> captain coward, captain schettino. >> the captain of that cruise ship. >> it's a fair analogy. >> that ship captain a facing charges. >> schettino under house arrest. >> the more interested in campaigning than doing his job as president. >> an analogy that michael steele deems inappropriate. >> i think it's an unfortunate analogy. >> michael steele was the most gaffe-prone rnc chairman in history. >> it was terrible, people died. >> jay carney called priebus, quote, desperate for attention. >> there's justice coming in this drama. >> democrats and the obama campaign armed with new ammo. >> i know the speaker is not real happy. >> romney will pay for what he did to newt here in florida. >> the speaker's been attacking me all over the state. >> he is for all practical purposes a liberal. i am a conservative. >> i wish i could claim that i'm a hispanic. >> so if for no other reason rage

schettino okay, i'm doing it. the newspaper reports the captain never went back to the ship. >> now, we're not clear whether that's cell phone transmissions or radio transmissions, but that news paper is a bona fide newspaper. really just remarkable material. you can bet your bottom dollar that that is going to end up in court. we do want to get you up to speed on what's happening now. that captain who steered the ship into the rocky italian coast is about to go before a judge and be questioned today. he says he just hit rocks that weren't on his charts. cnn has been in the courtroom and she's joining us now on the line. so many questions. i think just give us the run down on the first thing that's happening in court with regard to this captain. >> that's right. the captain is in court right now. he's sitting in front of a a female judge whether that's going to make a difference or not, we don't know. but he's with his lawyer and the prosecutor who has very damning information against him right now. but his lawyer

. >> reporter: the captain many are calling the most hated man in italy, francesco schettino, seen here greeting passengers before the voyage. he says he hopes it will be an unforgettable journey for them. friday night after he took the ship off course, hit rock and left before desperate passengers did, he insisted to the furious port authority he did not abandon ship and reportedly told prosecutors he tripped and fell right into a lifeboat. >> he will go one day in a prison for a long time. >> reporter: still industry analysts using satellite data say schettino took a virtually identical route last year which they say was authorized and charted. >> must have come perilously close, i mean possibly within touching distance. >> reporter: schettino may have had reason to believe this path was safe. tonight what is really threatening the search, the stability of the ship and the fuel situation are waves, tonight expected to reach six feet high, storms on the way. it's been tough for everyone to look at this day after day and know they're losing time. brian? >> michelle kosinski on the itali

despite the orders, captain schettino never returned to the ship. prosecutors are expected to file criminal charges against him by the end of the week. while he was in custody, authorities took hair and urine samples to determine if schettino was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. mean whiem, a dutch salvage company is in the early stages of removing the ship from the coastline. the firm will start by pumping out the 500,000 gallons of fuel aboard the ship. a company official says the tanks appear in intact and no fuel has leaked out. >>> but there is concern that leaking fuel could cause an environmental disaster. the wreckage site is located in a sanctuary for marine mammals. the economic impact of the disaster could be far-reaching. insurance analysts estimate claims could total up to as much as a billion dollars. carnival cruise lines which owns the ship saw its stock price fall nearly 14% yesterday. >>> now, to what has the potential to be a major winter storm that is hitting the pacific northwest. an area better known for rain than snow.

on it, francesco schettino is ordered by the coast guard to return to the ship that he allegedly abandoned. divers have found five more bodies raising the number of those killed 211. >> in the darkness, scared and disorientated, they move in their hundreds. -- divers have found five more bodies raising the number of those killed to 11. >> past the gash where the water flooded in. round about the same time, this astonishing conversation was taking place between the ship's captain and a port official. >> here is the captain, francesco schettino, the focus of police inquiries. many believe that it was his actions that caused this disaster. his lawyer says not. >> the capt. defended his role on the direction of the ship after the collision which, in the captain's opinion, save hundreds, if not thousands of lives. >> they blew small holes in the side of the vessel to try to get better access. one priority, secure the ship possible supply. -- ship's fuel supply. from above, it looks peaceful today, but inside, in the darkness, bodies still float along flooded corridors. we have just been told th

could face >>> schettino could face manslaughter charges and 15 years in prison.him under house arrest while they consider the charges. and the italian coast guard continues to search for survivors. the divers struggle to move through a labyrinth of debris and furniture. and we're joined by a couple who were fortunate enough to escape. they arrived in albany, new york, this morning. appreciate your taking the time. let me ask you your reaction. i know you can hear the anger and frustration of the port authority coast guard telling captain scutehettino, christ, i your job to be there, and him fighting back. what is your reaction given you were there that day? >> it is -- it's incredible to believe that the man just left the ship, and with everything that was going on, people dying, and people panicking, with no direction from anywhere, and he just up and left the ship. it is just incomprehensible. >> it is hard to maintain a chain of command when the top man leaves the boat. >> let me ask you, brian, what happened to you. you know, you were -- you got on the deck a

on it, francesco schettino is ordered to return to the boat that he allegedly abandoned. his lawyers denied this in court today. meanwhile, five more bodies were found raising the total number dead to 11. >> in the darkness, scared and disorientated, they move in their hundreds. down the side of the ship, each one fourth by the costa concordia. this astonishing conversation was taking place between the ship's captain and a port official at the same time. >> here is the captain, francesco schettino, the focus of police inquiries. he was manhandled from court today, he is now under house arrest. many believe it was his actions alone that caused this disaster. his lawyer disagrees. >> the capt. defended his role after the collision which in the captain's opinion save hundreds of not thousands of lives. -- if not thousands of lives. >> they blew small holes in the side of the vessels to try to get better access. one priority, secure the fuel supply. inside of the ship, divers had to struggle through the debris, through the tables and chairs, all that remains of this suppose a

now schettino maintained from the start that he fell into the life boat when the ship suddenly listeded. find 30,000 euros for each of the passengers that sued. that's well into the millions. as for the theater, authorities said they were trying to accommodate what they thought would be record crowds throughout this trial, but it did remain largely empty. back to you. >> well, a new measles scare out of california tops our "newsnation" today. riders on san francisco's mass transit are urged to use caution after a regular commuter may have recently ridden the train while infected with measles. the person in question is an employee of the san francisco-based social media site linkedin. the website says they are working with authorities to manage the situation and ensure public health. a high speed police chase came to a dramatic end in dallas on wednesday. a robbery suspect tried to squeeze between two cars as he was running from police but instead of rear ending them both to escalate matters the driver and passenger of one of those cars got out and confronted the suspect which resulted

schettino is accused of manslaughter. he says he blames himself for the distraction.e claims destiny played a role in the disaster. >>> a psychologist says a jetblue pilot who screamed about religion and terrorists during a flight, had a brief psychotic disorder due to lack of sleep. clayton osbon was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the incident. faa rules going into effect late next year, add specifics about how much time a pilot must get to rest. >>> the heat wave and other weather extremes plaguing much of the world is being blamed on man-made climate change. scientists from around the globe say they now have evidence that global warming has accelerated. and it's increasing the likelihood of more extreme weather events. 2011 showed more rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers and the second-smallest area of ice on record. the latest research, however, did not make any direct link between any particular weather event and global warming itself. the numbers there are staggering. something is going on. >> something is. >> and deserves immediate attention. >>> t

. >> and here is the captain, francesco schettino, the focus of police inquiries. man handled from court today, he's now under house arrest. many here believe it was his actions alone that caused this disaster. his lawyer. >> the captain defended his role on the direction of the ship after the collision, which in the captain's opinion, saved hundreds, if not thousands of lives. >> they blew small holes in the side of the vessel to try to get better access. one priority, secure the ship's fuel supply. inside the ship, divers have to struggle through the debris, through the tables and chairs, all that remains of this supposed trip of a lifetime. from above, it looked peaceful today. but inside, in the darkness, bodies still float along flooded corridors. they've covered five more bodies inside the ship, four men and a woman, and although the rescuers here say they hope to find survivors, that is now looking increasingly unlikely. more than 20 people are still believed to be missing. among them, jerry and barbara high, a retired couple, parents of four from minnesota.

>> schettino claims he's going. but prosecutors say he never did return. even as passengers fought to escape that stricken ship. >> nbc's michelle kosinski reporting this is still front page news around the country. in new york, you can count on "the new york post," here is their headline, a picture of the captain calling him the chicken of the sea. >>> another story for you this morning. one of the internet's most visited sites is off line to protest anti-piracy laws. the site is one of several to push back against legislation. opponents argue the bill would allow the justice department to shut down portions of the internet and to restrict free speech. the classified listing site craigslist is shut down today along with the technology blog boing boing and the social news website red. google is still up and running but the site blacked out the logo with a mess angaage to con that reads, quote, please don't censor the web. >>> jerry yang will leave the company he created during the '90s dotcom bubble. it comes days a

after the verdict, schettino's lawyer said his client has been the victim of a media persecution andothing wrong. >> translator: we are not talking about a criminal. we are speaking of someone accused of criminal negligence. the shipwreck was only an accident and, therefore, should be perceived as such by the public. >> the judges in the case say the captain waited too long to sound the alarm, but he claims more lives would have been lost if he had created panic further from shore. one of the survivors spoke out after the trial. she says nothing will ease the pain of those families who lost loved ones. >> the verdict for me is different the way you can feel it. for me it's sick month-- it's six months for each death, person. for me the family of the dead people, it's not six months or 17 years for them, it's forever. >> in addition to serving time in prison the captain cannot command another ship for at least five years. along with help from the cruise company, he must pay each survivor 30,000 euros or 3 $34,000. he'll also have to help pay millions of euros to local governments for

schettino says, no, what, abandoned? i'm here. the port authority says, you must return onboard, climb the ladder, the rope ladder, return to the fore, the stem, and coordinate the work. and shet tchettino says nothing. they say, you must tell us how many people are on board, how many women, how many children, you have to coordinate the rescue operation. commander, this is an order. now i'm in charge. you have abandoned ship and now you are going to go to the stem and coordinate the work. there are already dead bodies. at this point the captain jumps in and says, how many? the port authority says, you should be the one telling me. what do you want to do? do you want to go home? now, go back on the stem and tell me what you want to do. and it ends, we have seen, with schettino saying, okay, i'm doing it. according to newspaper reports though the captain never went back to the ship. absolutely -- absolutely -- >> admission. what he's done by saying the word abandonment, that is an admission. >> he seems to retract it, and i should s

. >> this is captain schettino. >> listen, schettino. there are people trapped on board. now, you have to go with your life boat and go under the boat stem on the straight side. there's a ladder there. get on board the ship and tell me, you tell me how many people there are. clear? i'm recording this conversation, capital yab schettino. >> i understand. listen, there are people coming down the stem ladder. you must take that ladder in the opt sit direction. get on board the ship and you tell me how many people there are and what they have. you tell me the there are children, women, people with special needs. and you tell me how many there are in each of this category. is that clear? look, schettino, you might have been saved from the sea, but i will make sure you go through a very rough time. i will make sure you go through a lot of trouble. get on board. >> i'm going now because there is the other motor boat that has stopped now. >> you go on board. it is an order. you cannot make any other violations. you have declared abandoning ship. now i'm in charge. you get on boar

this man, captain francesco schettino, is under arrest. he's accused of abandoning ship before some of his passengers. the company responsible for the liner issued a statement saying preliminary indications are that there may have been significant human error on the part of the ship's master, captain francesco schettino, and the captain's judgment appears not to have followed standard costa procedures. those who survived may did so by getting into life boats or by swimming ashore. this man is one of them. he's now home in austria and into the arms of his son. he says his life boat was pushed away from the vessel by one of the ship's cooks, just before the whole thing capsized. he says it was hell. and if he and other survivors need a reminder of their ordeal, then it's still there for all to see. costa concordia is a wreck on the tuscan coast. >> aaron is here. when people are missing, it can seem somewhat premature to talk about the business situation on this, but there is obviously an effect on the industry. >> i can tell you right now,

schettino claims he is a scapegoat for the accident. >>> a former korean was sentenced in the nut rage case. the jet was pulling away when she was served macadamia nuts in a combag instead of a dish. that's when she had a full-blown tantrum insisting the plane return to the gate. this morning a korean court found her guilty of violating aviation law. >>> they're still digging out in boston. >> and will be for awhile. the national guard has been helping clear the snow in a lot of towns around there. crews from all over the northeast are on their way and they might want to stick around for just a while because you guessed it more snow is coming. accuweather's justin povick with the forecast. good morning to you, justin. >> sara t.j. thanks and good morning. a cold start to the day and cold finish to the day, as well. in fact these are real feel temperatures by the afternoon. and throughout much of the great lakes and the western northeast we'll we'll be at or below zero and, in fact, it turns colder before it warms up. that's the case heading in toward the upcoming weekend and snow threa

and the captain, schettino, says, 2, 300.n mind that at that point there were 4200 people on that ship. he had no clue and he wasn't even close. then, the port authority asks, how come so few people? are you on board? and schettino says, no, i'm not on board because the ship is keeling. we've abandoned it. at which point the port authority says, what, you've abandoned the ship? schettino says, no, what abandon? i'm sheer. the port authority says, you must return on board. climb the ladder. there's a rope ladder to get back on the ship. return to the fore, the stem, and schettino does not reply to that demand. the port authority tells us, you must tell us how many people are on board. how many women, how many children. xwland commander, this is an order. now i'm in charge. you have abandoned ship and now you are going to the stem and coordinate the work. there are already dead bodies. which seems to surprise the captain. how many? the port authority says, you should be the one telling me this. what do you think to do? do you w

the ship's captain, francesco schettino, is under house arrest and may hold many of the answers. at first he denied making any mistakes, but now italian media say he's admitted making a navigational error. but the sister of another missing crewmember, says the investigation should be moving faster. >> it's outrageous they have him under house arrest. it's like he's a free man, and the search is taking too long. >> the pressure is the rescue teams is beginning to show. earlier, emergency crews raced along the harbor wall. a member of one of the teams had collapsed on the ship and was being brought ashore on a stretcher. it's notice reminder of the difficulties facing these teams, and more challenges lie ahead. the salvage operation itself and ensuring that the ship is secure so that fuel doesn't leak into the sea. >> surviving crew from the costa concordia have been returning to their home countries, including india, colombia, and the philippines. there were nearly 300 filipinos serving on the ship, and 100 of those arrived back in manila today with scenes of jubilation at the air