down towards the costa concordia, stable for now. today, another apparently damming conversation emerged held 30 minutes into the emergency. a port official asks a crew member if there is a problem. >> 8 weeks ago on the costa concordia, everyone was a pplauding the captain. he confesses to having made a navigation error on last week's cruise. this woman, a former crew member, said that the captain tried to save passengers. she was on board and said that she saw what he did. >> i have heard that the captain left the ship first or was among the first, but this was not true. as a witness, i can say that i left the ship following an order from the captain. >> at the costa concordia, the scene became more shot the -- the sea became more choppy. there are fears that the ship could slip up to 90 meters from its current position. on board, there are two and a half thousand tons of fuel and oil that must be removed. they are looking to heat it up and pump it out under pressure. rescue teams are still on board and say they will work through t

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 today 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 mega-ships carry at least 2,000 passengers. that's 40% of the world's cruise fleet. for cruise companies, building bigger ships can increase profits by lowering construction costs by $50,000 per passenger. michael crye is an executive with the cruise line's international association, an industry trade group. he points out 16 million people cruise every year safely. >> in this case, this was very much an anomaly. it wasn't... the record in the industry has been outstanding for many years. >> reporter: the international safety standard requires a crew to evacuate all cruise passengers within 30 minutes of an o

. >> in hour, the wreck of the costa concordia. the terror. >> they were directing you to go back to your cabins? >> correct? >> the depair. >> there were no women and children first. that was gone. >> the grief. >> we found him and he was dead. >> the desperate search for the missing. >> steve? >> the captain risks the lives of thousands. >> it is obvious. the land is there. the rocks are there. >> why did he do it? >> heroism or extreme coward issues of determined in an instant. >> tragedy at sea. >> geraldo: behind me that is new york harbor. for centuries sea going vessels of all shapes and sizes have passed in and out of harbor. wasn't so long ago when you boarded a ship bound for the high seas you knew that real risk was involved. this week in the mediterranean sea came a staggering reminder that the sea is still dangerous and unforgiving. an ultramodern cruise liner sunk by what appears to be colossal bad judgment and the tragedy compounded by possible cowardice is and gross negligence. in a fran take race against time most

now, the costa concordia is synonymous with one of the e most infamous cruise line accidents, in cruise liner history. disaster is always possible on the water and all too likely when you forget that. tonight, we still unfolding story of the concordia's short voyage, it started with high anticipation and ended in terror. ♪ >> oh, my god, how will i find lynn, how will i find her? ♪ >> they didn't know what to do. nobody knew what to do. >> yell out loud, guys... >> i thought i was going to die. >> i remember thinking to myself, there is a point in the whole ordeal we're going to die, it will be on the life boat. [screaming]. >> we were told the electrical system was failing and at first we were told not to panic. >>... out of control, apparently a blackout, technicians are working to resolve the situation. >> we had a blackout and everybody was screaming, all the passengers were running up and down. >> we were fortunate we made it on a boat, because others didn't. >> didn't have enough room on the boat for us and we had to wait and they say they were coming back to get us and at that po

. >> in hour, the wreck of the costa concordia. the terror. >> they were directing you to go back to your cabins? >> correct? >> the depair. >> there were no women and children first. that was gone. >> the grief. >> we found him and he was dead. >> the desperate search for the missing. >> steve? >> the captain risks the lives of thousands. >> it is obvious. the land is there. the rocks are there. >> why did he do it? >> heroism or extreme coward issues of determined in an instant. >> tragedy at sea. >> geraldo: behind me that is new york harbor. for centuries sea going vessels of all shapes and sizes have passed in and out of harbor. wasn't so long ago when you boarded a ship bound for the high seas you knew that real risk was involved. this week in the mediterranean sea came a staggering reminder that the sea is still dangerous and unforgiving. an ultramodern cruise liner sunk by what appears to be colossal bad judgment and the tragedy compounded by possible cowardice is and gross negligence. in a fran take race against time most

. >> in hour, the wreck of the costa concordia. the terror. >> they were directing you to go back to your cabins? >> correct? >> the depair. >> there were no women and children first. that was gone. >> the grief. >> we found him and he was dead. >> the desperate search for the missing. >> steve? >> the captain risks the lives of thousands. >> it is obvious. the land is there. the rocks are there. >> why did he do it? >> heroism or extreme coward issues of determined in an instant. >> tragedy at sea. >> geraldo: behind me that is new york harbor. for centuries sea going vessels of all shapes and sizes have passed in and out of harbor. wasn't so long ago when you boarded a ship bound for the high seas you knew that real risk was involved. this week in the mediterranean sea came a staggering reminder that the sea is still dangerous and unforgiving. an ultramodern cruise liner sunk by what appears to be colossal bad judgment and the tragedy compounded by possible cowardice is and gross negligence. in a fran take race against time most

now the costa concordia, one of the most-- i'm a sailor, myself. and these borders and the mediterranean, i know that disaster is always possible on the water and and tonight, the still-unfolding story of the concordia, and started anticipation and ended in terr terror. ♪ >> i'm thinking, objection, my god, how am i going to find lynn? how am i going to find her? >> they didn't know what, nobody knew what-- >> and yelling out loud and-- >> you've got to be-- >> i had-- i thought i was going to die. >> i remember thinking to myself. there's a point in the whole ordeal that we're going to die. it's going to be on a life bo boat. (scream (screams). >> . >> we were told that the electrical system was failing and not to panic. >> we're currently in a blackout. the result of a situation. >> wide a blackout and everybody was screaming out and passengers running up and down. >> and we feel so fortunate that we made it on a boat, because others didn't. >> they didn't have enough room on the boats for us, and wait and they said they were going to back to get

now the costa concordia, one of the most-- i'm a sailor, myself. and these borders and the mediterranean, i know that disaster is always possible on the water and and tonight, the still-unfolding story of the concordia, and started anticipation and ended in terr terror. ♪ >> i'm thinking, objection, my god, how am i going to find lynn? how am i going to find her? >> they didn't know what, nobody knew what-- >> and yelling out loud and-- >> you've got to be-- >> i had-- i thought i was going to die. >> i remember thinking to myself. there's a point in the whole ordeal that we're going to die. it's going to be on a life bo boat. (scream (screams). >> . >> we were told that the electrical system was failing and not to panic. >> we're currently in a blackout. the result of a situation. >> wide a blackout and everybody was screaming out and passengers running up and down. >> and we feel so fortunate that we made it on a boat, because others didn't. >> they didn't have enough room on the boats for us, and wait and they said they were going to back to get

. >>> this is what is happening out there, the costa concordia is still on its side and just a short time ago, italian officials announced the nationalities of the still missing passengers. they include 14 germans, six italians four french and two americans. and now telling us about a california couple that narrowly missed the disaster. >> reporter: they were celebrating their first wedding anniversaries. they are from the county and they got into fso late last night. now they spent some time on board the ship but they changed their plans at the last minute and ended their cruise a little bitterly and disembarked in roam but they do remember the people on board the ship including the ship's captain shederica mcduffie johnson and they said the ship's -- francesco schettino and they said he seems to be very for himself. >> there were some crew members that were nice and some that were not. >> there was nobody happy on that ship, not even the passengers were happy on that ship. >> the ship is huge, it has 11 floors and is two to three football fields long. they are continuing to search

he was a waiter on the costa concordia. he made a personal appeal fto te divers. >> i am here for my brother. if you ever see him on board just say his brother is waiting outside for him. >> gilio also the home of concordia's maitre d and his father. that wasn't the only personal tie to the island. mario pulumbo a friend of the ship's captain was an admiral at the tocosta concordia. he was not in gilio because cap stan sket no wanted schettino wo give a salute to him and the island. the mattera de posted it on facebook. she wrote in a short period of time the concordia ship will pass very close a big greeting to my brother who finally gets to have a holiday on landing in savona. captain schettino reportedly told look come and see. we are right in front of gilio. right in front way too close. people here immediately knew something was wrong. >> i was working on my computer i heard a strange sound and saw bright lights. >> he owns the bahamas hotel right on the coast a few hundred yards from the wreck. i went outside then the

today, his brother came to the island, his first sight of the costa concordia. does he think his brother could be alive? >> this is the fifth day. this is the logical question people have been making. five days, people have been coming home after many days. >> on the mainland, the captain's wife was moldavite journalists. he is enemy number one, criticized for abandoning ship. -- the captain's wife was mobbed by journalists. the captain says he fell into a lifeboat. he is under house arrest. the sister of another missing crew member has no sympathy. >> it is of bridges to have him under house arrest. this is like he is like a free man. the search is taking too long. >> a satellite picked up this image of the ship. it looks stable, it is not. officials are closely monitoring the ships movement. it shifted slightly during the day. the people here know that until the costa concordia can be secured, there is a chance that fuel may leak from its tanks. also, there are reports that the captain has confessed to making a navigation error. it has cost him and go sailing

down towards the costa concordia, stable for now. the mission, to try to get to the last part of the ship above the waterline which has not yet been searched. today, another apparently damming conversation occurred held 30 minutes into the emergency. a port official asks if there is a problem. >> says this woman -- this woman says that he is not to blame. she said that she saw what he did when the ship hit land. 8 weeks ago on the costa concordia, everyone was a plot in the captain. francisco schettino and his admiring passengers. he confesses to making a navigational mistake on last week's cruise. the she became shop here -- the seat became more choppy. with the weather expecting to worsen, these are the main priorities. there are fears that the ship could slip up to 90 meters from its current position on the reef. on board, there are nearly two and a half thousand tons of fuel and oil that must be removed. they're looking to heat it up and pump it out under pressure. this is the only protection that the coast have is a fuel leaks o

and the search resumes for toe people still missing in the wreck of the costa concordia. welcome to "bbc world news." i'm peter dobbie. also in this program -- could it be the end of the line for one of the world's best-known camera makers? kodak files for bankruptcy. and will the tiny adjust ams which keep our clocks synchronized with the earth's rotation be abolished? >> one of the first rules to spying is never admit you've done anything wrong, even when you get caught. but now a former british official has gone against that by finally admitting the u.k. was using a fake rock to gather information in russia four years ago. this is the device in question. four british agents were caught on camera using the transmitter hidden inside it in a moscow park. jonathan powell, the prime minister tony blair's chief of staff at the time, has told the bbc documentary that russians had caught them red-handed. >> you can't really call up and say, terribly sorry about that, won't happen again. and they had us bang to right. clearly they had known about it for some time and had been s

el costa concordia cumple con todas las normas de seguridad.astante victoria de newt gingrich en carolina del sur, la campaÑa republicana se concentra en la florida,. activistas comunitarios y defensores de los derechos civiles salieron a las calles de caÉxico, california, para protestar contra el contrabando humano.y tambÉn en california, una fuerte tormenta deÓ eombros, derriÓ decenas dÁrboles y provoÓ la interrupcin de la electricidad en varias ciudades.ahora regresamos a la discusÓn y el debate con jorge la electricidad en varios lugares. ahora regresamos a la discusiÓn y al debate con jorge ramos. >> me acompaÑa a adriÁn fernÁndez y javier castaÑo, esta fue de una semana interesante. se fue perry, quÉ pasa? >> estÁn quedando los precandidatos que han conseguido mayor apoyo econÓmico, los que tienen mÁs recursos, los mÁs dÉbiles en cuanto a recursos econÓmicos son los que la han dejado. >> santorum fue una gran sorpresa, dicen que ganÓ iowa varias semanas despuÉs cuando el impacto serÍa mínimo. >> la noticia de su triunfo le llegÓ tde. se e

charts of the area obtained by cnn and which he says he consulted, clearly show rocks where the costa concordiad. at the moment, experts appear to agree that human error was a significant contributing factor to that maritime disaster. costa, the company that operates the cruise liner says that its captain deviated from his course and he's to blame. but the company also has four other ships virtually identical to the concordia. they will want to know for sure that they are safe. and sea worthy. and maritime experts say technical failure, even on these modern high-tech vessels, can't be ruled out. >> the ship may have suffered some catastrophic electrical power failure, where you lost some of her navigation lighting and other ship systems that may have been uncontrollable until the shop got power back on, if she did. >> reporter: the chaos and panic must have been terrifying as passengers and crew scrambled overboard. many passengers complained there was no safety drill before the ship set sail adding to the confusion. and raising questions about how safe these fast ocean-going liners really are.

each one dwarfed by the costa concordia as it lay. past the ship's hull, where the water flooded in. this astonishing conversation took place between the captain and a port official. >> 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

and go aloft the costa concordia survivors both like movies back should be will continue this interview off to a short break stay with. a soulless substance. cannot touch like a well trained army. villages in ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a scene of nothing. the mysterious sons of russia. are teaching. wealthy british style. that's not on the. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. welcome back to spotlight it's on and i'll get another in just a reminder that my guests on the show today are denise go often and all the guys good evening men your wife who survived the costa concordia accident in the mediterranean. that. we were talking about the moments when the rescue began these can easily and you said you hadn't seen anyone from the crew the store put out does that mean that the rescue operation is a little post-polio organized because you say that it was not organized at all what do you mean what did you hope

el costa concordia cumple con todas las normas de seguridad.o de la aplastante victoria en carolina del sur la campaÑa se centra en florida. en california una fuerte tormenta derribÓ decenas de Árboles y provocÓ la interrupción de la electricidad en varios lugares. ahora regresamos a la discusiÓn y al debate con jorge ramos. >> me acompaÑa a adriÁn fernÁndez y javier castaÑo, esta fue de una semana interesante. se fue perry, quÉ pasa? >> estÁn quedando los precandidatos que han conseguido mayor apoyo econÓmico, los que tienen mÁs recursos, los mÁs dÉbiles en cuanto a recursos econÓmicos son los que la han dejado. >> santorum fue una gran sorpresa, dicen que ganÓ iowa varias semanas despuÉs cuando el impacto serÍa mínimo. >> la noticia de su triunfo le llegÓ tarde. se estÁ concentrando la campaÑa en gingrich y romney. >> los impuestos romney un hombre que tiene $ 250 millones y paga 15% de impuestos cuando el resto pagamos 30% o mÁs. >> en algunos sectores sobre todo en los indecisos o menos independientes eso puede llegar a hacer un factor que

on the thirteenth of january the costa concordia cruise their rock and eventually capsized off the island of gilio the sheeple scaring over forty two hundred people at the beginning of a seven day cruise when it ran aground evacuating the sinking ship took several hours and not everyone managed to get off safely the death toll has been rising with each day as new bodies are being discovered currently sixteen are confirmed dead and sixty four injured three people trapped who were rescued more than twenty four hours after the accident about twenty people are still missing passengers on the costa concordia accused of being unprofessional and unable to conduct a proper rescue operation the captain of the ship fifty two year old french ask has been brewing for the train some media suggested he directed the line a to cool. to a friend who was detained shortly after the tragedy is not only accused of who is in the accident by changing course but of abandoning ship long before all the passengers were evacuated the ships fuel tanks were almost through with it heat the rocks and environmental threa

up next for you in spotlight we talk to some of the survivors of italy's costa concordia cruise liner disaster stay with us. hello again or welcome to the spotlight the interview show on our to algorithm and today we will meet the survivors of the wreck of the century the incidents in the mediterranean with the italian ship carrying over four thousand people has been dominating international media for more than two weeks some are comparing it to the wrecked car the titanic exactly one hundred years ago given that search and rescue operations continue as does the investigation into what happened meanwhile the captain and first officer are under arrest so what was it like when the ship heads the rocks and started to say true the crew failed in their duty to ensure passenger safety. on the thirteenth of january the costa concordia cruise their rock and eventually capsized off the island of gilio the sheeple scaring over forty two hundred people at the beginning of a seven day cruise when it ran aground evacuating the sinking ship took several hours and not everyone managed to get off saf

men a wife who survived the costa concordia accident in the mediterranean. sea so what we were talking about the moments when the rescue began and you said you hadn't seen anyone from the crew store does that mean that the rescue operation. organized because you say that it was not organized at all what do you mean what did you hope for take away breakfast there were no it just sticks and all we tourists had been totally misinformed about what was going on. so you had no idea whether on and were not really gave us an instruction as we were sending in waiting nobody told us to go out on the deck we did that on our own following our instincts and judging by what we saw and what we understood when we crawled out onto the deck and please know that we had been on board the slander for only two hours we had hardly any time to find our way in that city so it was mere lack we went out to the crew because that's important yes but the boats when i did the lower not the upper one it's a mere accident of all the people who happened to be another x. with a less lucky my

>>> todo apunta que una decisión del capitán del costa concordia causó el naufragio. >>> el hispano sospechoso asesinar indigentes en los Ángeles, había vuelto de irak. >>> en la carrera por la nominación republicana quedan 5 precandidatos, jon hutsman se retiró. >>> en el día de marthin luther king centenares de activistas hispanos toman las banderas de lucha. >>> este es su noticiero univisión con jorge ramos y maría elena salinas ♪. >>> hola, ¿qué tal?, muy buenas noches jorge y maría elena salinas tienen el día libre, comenzamos con el accidente del crucero concordia, mientras más detalles se dan a conocer, más sorprende la reacción del capitán, que tiene ahora a una treintena de personas haciendo búsquedas de desaparecidos. >>> estos son los emotivos momentos de reunión familiar. >>> unos gritando, otros empujando, a una señora le partieron las costillas, la gente se empezó a tirar para el mar. >>> estos son los gritos de los pasajeros que trataban de salvar sus vidas. >>> el costa concordia quedó encallado sobre un costdo el día viernes , en giglio, italia. >>> pero no fue hasta una hora

y al regresar, nuevas emergencias se viven, pero continúan las obras de rescate en el crucero costa concordiato domiciliario, varios reportes lo acusan de huír del barco para salvarse, en lugar de quedarse para las labores de rescate, como nos explica martín berlanga, entre los desaparecidos hay una peruana. >>> así se ve desde el espacio el crucero costa concordia en el mar, la guardia costera decidió no parar la búsqueda de víctimas, ni aún con las condiciones meteorológicas. >>> hoy identificaron a la primera de las 11 víctimas mortales que sacaron, un violinista húngaro. >>> la tripulación decía que todo estaba bajo control pero no era así, porque fue pésima la embarcación no sabían cómo hacerlo, se volteó nuestro bote, salimos nadando. >>> hoy en al lista de desaparecidos está una peruana que trabajaba en el barco. >>> al principio, la experiencia de ellos era de los simulacros que habían tenido, pero como la cosa era mayor. >>> quizás de los simulacros claves era de los capitanes. >>> la mejor forma de ver la distancia es con el radar. >>> la seguridad que algunos capitanes tenemos que

how did the costa concordia capsized? >> our correspondent bethany is with us. what is the latest on the rescue operations? >> we have just been told by members of the rescue operation that there are still areas in the ship above the water that they have not managed to reach yet. not very many areas, but there are still a few, which potentially leaves open the possible hope that today may still be survivors on board that they continue looking for. and we have seen pictures of the divers going down under water, very difficult to work, very dangerous. they have been hampered by choppy waters. conditions are little better today. >> we are just hearing that the captain of the costa concordia is due to appear in court about a half-hour or north of where you are an hour from now. more on that as we get it. there has also been a focus on the environmental impact. a lot of fuel inside the ship. >> people of very concerned. this is a maritime park sandy beaches and it's known for pristine waters and extraordinary marine life. people are very worried about the possibility

operations at the shipwrecked costa concordia is been temporarily halted because the ship is shifting. the captain is under house arrest as he awaits possible charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. meanwhile, divers are working to remove a second data recorder from the abandoned ship. they recovered more bodies, bringing the death toll to 11. >>> the arab league is set to end its mission this week, but anti-government protests show no sign of epding any time soon in syria. the government has rejected suggestions that arab league peacekeepers should be deployed to syria. >>> in myanmar, some signs of political change. pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi is registered in parliament. she's running in a country that's still largely controlled by its military. those are the headlines from cnn, the world's news leader. i'm zain verjee, and world business today starts now beginning with the coverage of a blackout to protest anti-piracy legislation. >>> hello and welcome to wbt. i'm nina del santos in london. >> the stories this january the 18th. >>> the battle lines withdrawn. propos

after this short break, we'll be focusing in on the costa concordia.know the human toll of this disaster. now we have a better idea of the financial cost. carnival corporation is just crunched the numbers on the disaster in italy a couple of weeks ago. we'll take a look at that next. . [ male announcer ] even if you think you can live with your old mattress... ask me how i've never slept better. [ male announcer ] ...why not talk to one of the 6 million people who've switched to the most highly recommended bed in america? it's not a sealy, a simmons, or a serta. ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how i can finally sleep all night. ask me how great my back feels every morning. [ male announcer ] did you know there's a tempur-pedic for everybody? tempur-pedic beds now come in soft, firm, and everything in between. ask me how i don't wake up anymore when he comes to bed. [ male announcer ] these are real tempur-pedic owners. ask someone you know. check out twitter or your friends on facebook. you'll hear it all, unedited. ask me how i wish i'd done this

el costa concordia cumple con todas las normas de seguridad.rno fallecio a la edad de 85 aÑos.fue el Écnico Ás exitoso en cuanto a victorias en el Útbol americano universitario.pero su carrera termiÓ en medio de un esÁ ndalo de abuso sexual infantil. el grupo disidente cubano "damas de blanco" dediÓ una marcha a wilman villar, fallecido el jueves tras una huelga de hambre en una prisÓn.y el departamento de estado dio permiso al presidente de yemen para que pueda recibir atencÓn Édica en estados unidos.mas en despierta america.la electricidad en varios lugares. ahora regresamos a la discusiÓn y al debate con jorge ramos. >> me acompaÑa a adriÁn fernÁndez y javier castaÑo, esta fue de una semana interesante. se fue perry, quÉ pasa? >> estÁn quedando los precandidatos que han conseguido mayor apoyo econÓmico, los que tienen mÁs recursos, los mÁs dÉbiles en cuanto a recursos econÓmicos son los que la han dejado. >> santorum fue una gran sorpresa, dicen que ganÓ iowa varias semanas despuÉs cuando el impacto serÍa mínimo. >> la noticia de su triunfo