captain schettino, at this point, he was safely away. on the phone, on the phone with the coast guard commander at that time. in tapes released today, he tells them that he and his officers are on a life boat. he mentions he thinks there are still about 100 passengers on board, the coast guard commander is stunned. he's flabbergasted. first, he tells the captain to get his man back on board the ship to take care of the remaining people. then, after a number of excuses from the captain, he goes ballistic. >> the captain schettino was not on the last life boat. his own taped conversation confirmed that. he left passengers and crew behind and knew he left them behind. and the rocks, he should have never been near them. this was the line that the con cord yeah was on. the yellow line is the line they should have taken, the pink line takes them to giglio. the rock was not indicted on his chart. we don't know precisely which rock he hit, but map that all mariners use, you can see there are many rocks in the area. the little dots surrounding th

captain schettino is ordered at least ten times to go back on board to oversee the evacuation. he resists. [ speaking foreign language ] >> schettino seems to contradict himself again by then saying he did not abandon the ship. >> what's clear is that schettino had lost control of the situation and was unaware of what was happening on board his own ship. >> that one has now grown to more than 10 dead and there are still nearly two dozen missing. schettino has never been involved in an accident before and his lawyer says his actions after the crash saved the lives of many of the passengers and crew members. so all eyes are now on the recovery of the ship's data recorders, to see if they might prove schettino was indeed a hero or a captain who abandoned its ship and its thousands of passengers. >> the italian coast guard says they've located a second black box. do we know when they're going to actually be able to retrieve that and when we may get answers on the night of what happened the night of the crash exactly? >> reporter: at the moment, they're still saying they're concentr

fran shes coe schettino has been convicted. we have this report from where the trial was held. >> it's a verdict more than 2,000 crew line passengers and crew have been waiting for since 2012. wednesday night. the captain was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in the ship rec of the did. the -- shipwreck of the costa concordia. the worst maritime disaster. schettino was given a five year sentence for causing a disaster after sailing the cruise ship into rocks off the coast of giglio and 10 years for multiple counts of manslaughter after 32 passengers and crew died in the aftermath. he was sentenced to a year for abandoning passengers and banned for five years from the helm of the vessels. concordia survivor says she's been waiting this. >> 6 months for each death. and the family it's not 6 months or 17 years, it's forever. >> schettino was not in court to here the verdict. >> translation: in the end i'm forced to share painful moments that i shared with survivors in my home. that should not be allowed. that's all, tha

and he wasn't. >> an audiotape reveals that the coast guard ordered captain schettino back aboard.ped on a life vote while passengers save themselves. passengers are appalled. >> he is a coward. we are fighting for our lives and he is more concerned about himself. >> a coastguard official tells him how serious the situation has become -- captain schettino never returned to the "costa concordia" leaving the crew and passengers to save their own lives. >> my lasting memory will be of those who were standing on the deck with their life jackets on, waiting to be rescued, and there were no more boats. >> the captain was eating dinner when the ship ran aground and he was long gone when the evacuation order came in. >> thanks so much. unbelievable. a man accused of trying to kill president obama has been indicted. a grand jury charged oscar or take her hernandez with 17 counts with attempting to assassinate the president. he fired several shots at the white house in november. the president was not home at the time of the attack. he is being held without bond. the man accused of a series o

so captain francisco schettino has been found guilty of capsize capsizing. we'll have more on that later in the program. >>> now, the u.n. fierce as many as 300 migrants have died while trying to cross rough and freezing waters in rubber boats. it comes after a small group of migrants was plucked from the sea and taken to the island of lampedusa. >> reporter: in high seas and plummeting temperatures, two migrants are spotted clinging to a dingy. many more people are missing. the agency says 300 more people are feared dead. >> it's quite surprising to us that the e.u. cannot respond with a stronger solidarity with a stronger humanity, and with a stronger strategy to that. >> at least four vessels are thought to have left the coast of libya over the weekend. 29 migrants died of hyperthermia after being rescued in wintery conditions. they were among 105 people picked up by the italian coast guard trying to reach italy. in the last year more than 3,000 people have lost their lives attempting to reach europe by sea. the latest deaths are likely to bring debate ov

there are already bodies, schettino. schettino, how many bodies are there? i've heard of one. you are the one who is supposed to tell us how many there are, the coast guard speaking. here is the captain, but do you realize it is dark here and we can't see anything? coast guard, around so what? you want to go home, schettino? it's dark? and you want to go home, get on that prow of the boat, using the pilot ladder around tell me what can be done, how many people there are and what their needs are. now! eventually, schettino says he will return on board but the coast guard denies he ever went back. harry? >> no, there were people -- there were people who saw this guy in a lifeboat. there were still, you know, maybe several hundred people still on board the ship and there were people out in the water that said, oh, my god, that's the captain of the ship. he is in a lifeboat. there are even reports that he was on -- on his cell phone with his mother while there were still people on the ship. he is on shore on his cell phone telling his mother he is okay. >> let m

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, within touching distance. >> reporter: schettino may have had reason to believe this path was safe. tonight it was 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 italian coast with the wreckage behind her thanks. >>> now to the middle east, inside syria where we're on the ground tonight after ten months of protest and more than 5,000 dead in the uprising, the government crackdown there, and the hope for a solution is dwindling, nbc's eamon mohidine, one of the few damascus journalists, good evening. >> reporter: brian there was real hope from arab league observers they'd find a solution to the conflict but today as the fact-finding mission w

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

>> i'm going to say, schettino said. new individual dwroe was acquired today, should help investigators to understand what happened on the night of the crash and what captain schettino was doing. >> and staying overseas. nigeria is warning employees to warn against traveling after 143 people were killed in coordinated bomb and gunfire attacks. it's the latest in the campaign of terror, by groups looking to expose islamic law. and embattled president of yemen has been clinging to power after 33 years is a step closer to coming to america tonight. many officials say the outgoing president will leave for yemen soon. he was wounded in an assasination attempt last june. >>> new images from space. as they soared above stormy africa. lightning strikes and lights you see off the distance. that's the milky way. a view of 200 miles up on a saturday night. still ahead this saturday. great escape, how a 9-year-old stood up to her kidnapper in the moments her mother learned she was free. >>> controversial math home work about slaves

schettino has been banned from public office for life. he is also for bid and from working -- forbidden from working as a captain. he has to appeal to overturn the plea the build -- overturn the guilty verdict. >> stephen carroll, news of minsk is coming after the imf announced a massive bailout for ukraine. >> that is right, before the billion dollar funding package coming from the imf, they will be contributed over half of that. the deal is the fourth international bailout that ukraine has gotten in 10 years without the money is badly needed. in december, the imf gave $15 billion to avoid bankruptcy for step ukraine's economy has been battered by the war and eased which is costing up to $1090 a day. oliver perry has more. >> ukraine is getting his fourth international bailout in 10 years. imf chief christine lagarde announced the rescue plan thursday morning. >> it is ambitious, it is not without risk, but we believe that it is a realistic set of macroeconomic framework first and ambitious reforms, but reforms of the authorities feel co

. >> 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

. >> 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

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. >> 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

they want to know what conversations whether going on between schettino and the home base where he wasn the phone a dozen times between that accident and when he finally called to abandon ship. that's going to be an enlightening moment today. >> in some ways, barbie, captain schettino is blocked in in what he can say. there were a number of other "costa concordia" employees serving time after admitting their role in what happened. i mean, that in and of itself does not bode well for mr. schettino. >> no, in fact, it doesn't because five people who wok for costa cruise lines including two people who are officers at the time of the accident have admitted their guilt and their role in the accident and what happened as all public record, the court already accepted that as truth so captain schettino is either going to have to contradict that and give his version of events or he will have to take some blame himself in the culpability but, again, you know, nobody died on impact. everybody died during evacuation and this manslaughter charge stems on whether or not that evacuation should have b

. >> reporter: francesco schettino arrives through a side door.t is actually a local theater being used for these preliminary hearings to accommodate the crowds from several nations. survivors, families of the 32 who did not make it off the costa concordia. some said they wanted to look the captain in the eyes. also here, lawyers representing hundreds of passengers. >> we felt that he did not seem very remorseful or very sorry about what has happened on the ship. he seemed very confident. >> reporter: just as we've seen some of the panic on board, thousands of people scrambling for life boats, jumping into the water after the colossal ship struck rock too close to the island. now we hear the ship's black box. that's captain schettino in those moments, ordering the ship to be durand abruptly. >> reporter: we talked to costa cruises. they blamed the whole thing on schettino and called his suggestion that there might have been a mechanical failure a colossal absurdity. lawsuits against the parent company says other thing. not enough crew training and

more than 1,000 survivors, their relatives and lawyers attended captain francesco schettino's preliminary hearing. he's accused of causing the costa concordia to capsize off the coast last january and abandoning ship. he's accused of manslaughter. 32 passengers and crew members died in that accident. the report places most of the blame on the captain and part on the ship's owners, american- based caival corporation the parent company. victims' lawyers say that is really who is to blame. >> the standards that were set by carnival in the united states are completely inadequate and that the real changes that need to be made are to be made in these standards in the united states. >> if the judge does order a trial for schettino, it probably won't start before the end of the year. >>> we saw sprinkles earlier and you may have been in a part of town nassau heavy rain. topper will tell us -- that saw heavy rain. topper will tell us if it's moved out or on the way. >> plus a mackdown of hulk hogan. who is he suing after a sex tape of him with a woman is leaked? >>> hulk hogan would probably like

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

>> pelley: allen, what do we know about captain schettino? >>>> reporter: well, he comes from the naples area, scott. there's an area that produces a lot of italy's ferry and cruise boat senior officers. he was made a captain in 2006. some people describe him as being very personable and as far as is known he hasn't done anything wrong prior to this. >> pelley: allen, thank you very much. the size of ocean liners has increased by about 50% in just the past decade as measured by their gross tonnage. have a look. in its day, the "titanic" was the largest. it could carry 3,320 passengers and crew. the "costa concordia" had a capacity of 4,900. the largest today, the "allure of the seas" holds 8,700. how do you evacuate a ship that large? we asked mark strassmann to look into it. >> reporter: the "emerald princess" was in fort lauderdale preparing for a ten day caribbean cruise, the ship stands 20 stories tall, similar in size to the "costa concordia." 15 decks carry more than 4,000 passengers and crew. roughly 100 megaships carry at least 2,000

what are analysts saying about the case against schettino?ll you know, this really is a booken to a national em-- bookend to a national embarrassment. most italian are anticipating a ghillie verdict on all three charges of involuntary manslaughter, 32 counts. there's causing a maritime disaster and abandoning ship. the stickiest point is going to be the manslaughter charge. primarily because there are five people who worked for the "costa" cruise line who have already pled ghillie for various aspects of the tragedy. one is the head of the crisis management in genoa who spoke to schettino the night of accident a dozen times and claimed his own culpability in telling the captain to delay the call to abandon ship. that's when the people died. that's why the people died. a lot of the legal premsaying the manslaughter is -- people are saying the manslaughter is going to be the hardest charge because others have pled guilty to the responsibility. and what they don't know is if the three-judge panel will be making the decision -- whether they see th

>> i called him captain schettino, you know, the captain that fled the ship in italy. that is our own president who is fleeing the american people and not doing his job and running around the country and campaigning. >> you made me think of it with the ships behind you, bob. >> i see what you are saying. but what you are saying is, you think that somehow this is going to strengthen the party? it is not going to hurt it in any way don't you think that you run the risk of seeing some of these things that republicans are saying about each other showing up in barack obama's campaign ads? >> listen, hillary clinton had a famous ad she used against barack obama, the 3 am call, you may remember that and that was the ad that hillary clinton put up who do you want to answer the phone at 3:00 a.m., devastating ad against 3:00 a.m., we tried to use it against barack obama, it didn't work. in the end it is going to be a referendum on barack obama. did he fulfill the promises that he made to the american people? did he live uh up to the standards that barack obama set for himself o

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schettino. he wants his job back alonging wrongful termination. back to you. >> if the captain is convict, he could save seven life sentences. >>> several paintings were snatched off the wall of a museum in the netherlands. they include works by picasso and monet. they are estimated at more than $100 million. police are analyzing the surveillance video at the museum. the thieves triggered an alarm but they got away before the cops showed up. the art experts say the thieves may be looking for a ransom. >>> the sky out there was looking like a paining. turquoise blue with fluffy white clouds. >> this is one of the best times of the world. the temperatures, nice and cool in the morning. you see the temperatures and it is a day to enjoy it. today was that kind of day. i think we're in for a couple more and the temperature warm up the next few days. take a look at this shot. that is just gorgeous. the sun is its way toward the capital. we'll see a nice evening with a high today of 65 degrees. that with plenty of sunshine. we average 68 to 69 degrees. t

francesco schettino faces 20 years in prison. charged with abandoning ship. residents who have been faced with the reminder of the tragedy for two years are divided over his return. >> there's no sense for him to come here and cry in front of the ship, when all this happened basically he took a cab to go back to his hotel when everyone was running around looking for the parents, the children. >> translation: in any case, guilty or not, and in whatever way, anyone can make a mistake, and especially it could happen to others, who could give you the blame. >> 32 people were killed when the costa concordia hit rocks and capsized. more than 4,000 people were on board, meaning a long list of witnesses and the trial expected to last several more months. >> the salvage operation of the 114- tonne ship continues, workers hope to refloat and toe the ship away. >> a satellite flying through space is designed to improve weather predictions. n.a.s.a. and the weather agency launched the satellite. it creates 3d models of developing storms, sending them back to earth. >> th

>> i called him captain schettino. the captain that fled the ship in italy. that is our own president who is fleeing the american people and not doing his job and running around the country and campaigning. >> the captain of the italian cruise ship faces criminal charges in the deaths of at least 17 people. he is accused of abandoning the ship even people within the republican party said he was out of line with the comments. but he defended himself on fox news today. >> this is ridiculous, megan. analogy was made and analogy of leadership in a time of crisis, in a time of crisis this president is leaving the white house and campaigning non-stop all the time. i think it's pretty clear. >> actually, it was paralleling the alleged criminal act of a ship captain. and that's what the head of the grand old party thinks of the president of the united states? they have no boundaries, they will go as low as they have to go. obama derangement syndrome is trickling down. remember this photo from last week with arizona governor jan brewer shoving her finger in the presid

that's enough. >> the judges were not involved any schettino's forwards. his lawyer says the sentence was not all negative. >> translation: the sentence was marsh for an unintentional felony but at least they didn't arrest him, as the prosecution asked. >> while they may feel justice has been done they may be demonstrated in learning that the captain will not spend a day in prison until an appeals court upholds the sentence. for that they'll have to wait many more months. >>> now, it's the first anniversary of anti-government protests in venezuela, where 43 were killed. there's food shortages and soaring crime. >> reporter: feb 12th was a day for students in venezuela to commemorate what is called the day of youthful rebellion. last year an occasion that served to demand change became a tragedy when three were killed marking the beginning of a political matter in a decade. >> despite the risk of violence some students were defiant. a student leader is inviting classmates to a march, for those that died in 2014, histone - he is calling for political change.

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

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

and the family of the dead people it is not six months or 17 years for them, it's forever. >> schettino was not in cord to hear the verdict but did plead his innocence one more time wednesday morning. >> translator: in the end i'm forced to share very intimate and painful moments that i shared with the survivors in my home saying that that is all that's enough. >> the judge was not moved. but his lawyers said the sentence was not all negative. >> the sentence was too harsh for an unintentional felony but at least they didn't arrest him as the prosecution had asked. >> while many of the passengers affected by the con concordia ship shipwreck will know that he will not spend a day in prison, until after the appeals court but they'll have to wait many more months. >> critical for the court for not charging the owners of the costa concordia but the company had already paid a $1.5 million fine and cut plea deals for other employees. >> sure it will be cold comfort for victims' families. >>> cleanup project. >> people living along a canal in vietnam timely able to breathe after living along o

that was captain schettino's first interview with an american network since the accident happened backary 13th. >>> a court martial is under way today in a scandal that has rocked one of the busiest military training centers. staff sergeant louis walker is one of 12 instructors at lackland air force base in san antonio. walker faces the most serious charges. military charges say the flirtations with women he trained morphed into threats and intimidation that ultimately led to rape. there are 28 charges again him including rape and aggravated sexual assault. >>> ford issues a recall today affecting certain escape crossover vehicles. the company is recalling more than 8,000 2013 escape suvs. that's because there's carpet padding that could get in the way of the brakes. they say dealers can remove it and replace it with a console padding free of charge. they'll start contacting customers next week. >> there's more to come. up next, why a change in the way you walk could be an early sign of a devastating disease. >>> a >>> the food & drug administration has given its okay to a drug ha helt

francesco should see no -- schettino has been charged with causing the ship to crash.leading to the deaths of 32 people. more than 300 former passengers and workers who survived the disaster will be testifying. c and slow joins us now from italy where the trial has been happening. c, update us on what has been going on. today is largely procedural. the judges i'm naming the dozens of lawyers who will be taking part -- are naming the dozens of lawyers will be taking part. the witnesses to be called are now numbering 400. there will be 60 hearings. we might not hear a verdict for a year. the main legal argument expected to start next week. that is why, if you can see pictures inside the courtroom, it looks a little bit empty. that is why really we will not get to hear evidence from those witnesses or from schettino himself for a few weeks. >> reminded, charlie, what actually happened? >> the captain is accused of basically showing off, taking ,000 ton cruise liner far too close to an island. he said he was performing a standard salute to one of the residence on the islan