the costa concordia, the 15-story luxury liner which ran aground off the coast of italy. killing 32 people. an hour into our voyage, it came looming into sight. that is extraordinary. more than a year after the costa concordia went down, here it is, it still is here, surrounded by cranes and other vessels. it will be used to rotate upright. a far cry from the ship's heyday. for the captain, a made for tv villain, frances schettino. by the captain got around to issue abandon ship order, the vessel was in chaos. people were pushing one another to get on the lifeboats and others jumping to their death. meantime, he was long gone. he later said that he tripped and fell into a lifeboat. a coast guard official was recorded screaming at the captain to go back and help. he said, get back on board! one of the major, ongoing frustrations for the survivors, lawsuits against carnival cruise lines, which owns the costa concordia, are unlikely to go far. maritime law aren't generous to victims of disasters. lynn collected just over $9,000. >> it definitely doesn't cover the stress in g

the costa concordia still lying on its side off a small island in italy. abc's dan harris is just back from italy tonight. >> reporter: it was one of the largest, costliest and arguably crew ships disasters from the titanic. the costa concordia, the luxury liner which ran aground off the coast of italy. a hour into our voyage, it came looming into sight. 12k34r that e's extraordinary. >> reporter: more than a year after the costa concordia went drown, here it is, surrounded by vessels. >> it will be used to rotate upright. a far cry from the ship's h heyday. a made for tv villain, frances schettino. people were pushing one another to get on the lifeboatsened others jumping to their boat. meantime, he was long gone. he later said that he tripped and fell into a lifeboat. a coast guard official was recorded screaming at the captain to go back and help. he said, get back on board. one of the major ongoing frustrations for the survivors, lawsuits against carnival cruise lines, lawsuits are unlikely to go far. lin collected just over $9,000. >> it definitely do

>> carnival took a hit last year with the "costa concordia." carnival is the largest cruise line in the world, 75 ship, many different brands. what you're going to see are serious discounts in the next two to three months. you know what? the cruise ship industry is in harnltly safe. nobody's died on the ship. if you see a big discount like that, you might want to take it. >> discounts notwithstanding, i can't imagine anybody taking advantage of that. >> i know. people are scared, elderly people especially. >> and it's encouraging that the crew did everything they tried to do to make the five numbing days at sea more barable. >> i'm sure they had a tough time taking care of all the passengers. >>> to another potential catastrophe, we're two weeks away from massive spending cuts. and congress, guess what? they're taking next week off. they're leaving the fate of chuck hagel hanging in the balance. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, norah. they're going to have to deal with those cuts right away

virus stuff, the cloud cover ""costa concordia."" people do tend to move on because they are a very good deal in tough economic times. >> bookings did not go down after ""costa concordia."" the question is what kind of maybe settlements they'll have to come to. when you buy a ticket, it's clear, you know, people were just inconvenienced, no one was hurt. >> i understand micky arison is part owner of the miami heat but on tuesday we didn't know this was going to have a relatively happy ending. it just made me cringe to see a rich guy at a basketball game while these passengers are stuck on a boat. but anyway, good happy ending to the whole thing. >>> coming up, gas prices are up. i'll tell you where you might benefit from the price of energy. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading

italian prosecutors have called for the captain of the luxury cruise liner the costa concordia to stand trial for manslaughter francesco schettino is charged with having abandoned the ship during passenger evacuation the indictment involves five other crew members the costa concordia slammed into a reef off the tuscany last year leaving thirty two people dead. after a short break it's cross talk with peter lavelle stay with us r.t. .

they made it through the norwalk virus stuff, the cloud cover ""costa concordia.""ple do tend to move on because they are a very good deal in tough economic times. >> bookings did not go down after ""costa concordia."" the question is what kind of maybe settlements they'll have to come to. when you buy a ticket, it's clear, you know, people were just inconvenienced, no one was hurt. >> i understand micky arison is part owner of the miami heat but on tuesday we didn't know this was going to have a relatively happy ending. it just made me cringe to see a rich guy at a basketball game while these passengers are stuck on a boat. but anyway, good happy ending to the whole thing. >>> coming up, gas prices are up. i'll tell you where you might benefit from the price of energy.

the costa concordia, is this industry in any sense -- people line up to get on these things. is this industry in any sense in danger of having a really bad hit to its future? who would go on a cruise today? >> well, i think at the right price, you fill the ships regardless of what the concerns are. people want vacations, want them at a good price and traditionally, cruising has offered a really good value proposition for consumers. and i think that that still holds true. what i try to put into perspective is that, you know, there are a hundred ships in the fleet and they cruise year-round. you have to remember that there are going to be accidents that happen. i know last year, there was a fire of course in the indian ocean that we all heard about with one of the international ships. and in 2010 as well off the west coast. but remember, these are accident. nobody is hurt. conditions might not be exactly what we would like them to be. >> if you have to lower prices so much to lure people back, at some point, you stop making money. and these ships are dog gone expensive to build

. >> well in the costa concordia case, we sued carnival for over half a billion dollars, including theitive damages that we're requesting on behalf of the victims and the families of those that perished in that terrible tragedy. in this case, i think we should end up asking for a billion dollars. there has to be something done to protect these passengers. these people save their money to gop go on the drips -- >> this is less serious than the concordia. there's just inconvenience and discomfort on the ship. these are the first live pictures coming into cnn of the ship under tow by i think now four tugboats that have been dispatched to try to get that ship back to mobile, alabama, and may i just say that you cannot tell from the picture, but the speed they're going is about the same as your home lawn mower. so that is a laborious effort, at best, to describe how that ship is coming back into shore. again, search to ten hours until it makes its way past the 50 plus miles it still needs to go. again, i just want to touch op this issue -- on this issue, with concordia, when you have wrongf

improved, implementing new safety policies following a string of disasters last year, like the costa concordia costa allegra. >> this is already a very heavily regulated industry. it's regulated at international and national levels. the enforcement occurs in multiple layers. >> reporter: on any given day, there are some 280 cruise ships on the open seas, carrying about 300,000 passengers. for those considering any kind of travel, the most important information may be in the fine print. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. >>> unloading your pockets at airport security check points help the tsa amass a small fortunate worth of spare change last year. fliers left behind more than half a million dollars in pocket change. what do they do with all that? a tsa spokesman says that money is collected by the agency's financial office and spent on general security operations. >> there you go. >> okay. the tsa suggests moving anything in your pockets to a carry-on bag before going through security so you don't leave it behind. >> i wonder how many cell phones they collected. who knows. so much stuff. >> on

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>> i think it is exactly the same as what they did with costa concord concordia. they had the person deal with it. but when company is under a situation like this, you need the ceo to step up to the plate. and he is major owner of this company. we think back to the johnson and johnson crisis and mcneil was ceo of johnson & johnson came to the floor on that one. not mcneil ceo. that is what is needed here. you need to have the top guy dealing with it like it is a crisis, because it is this time. >> and we keep asking, why does it thing keep happening? just peculiar to carnival? it seems like carnival's name keeps popping up with this accident. >> that is the question. just over two years since we add very similar incident happen on the carnival splendor. and you know, i think you know, we don't know yet, it may take time to find out how similar it was to what happened back then as far as what happened in the engine room. but definitely a question. >> yeah, i guess ways going to ask the same thing. 2010 carnival splendor. then the coastal allegra in 2012. that power

they had the "costa concordia." "costa" is a carnival company, princess. 32 people died on the "costa concordia." it was the biggest news story for days. the ship is still off the coast of tuscany listing. yet they took a dent, yes, in profits, but they made only $1 billion last year versus $1.9 billion the year before. the cruise industry is still on trook grow about 8 -- on track to grow about 8% a year as it's been doing since the "love boat" came out on tv. >> they're chugging along thanks to captain stubing. >>> to the asteroid that narrowly missed earth, though maybe not so close, around 17,000 miles away. this is what it looked like through a high-powered telescope. the 2012 da-14 is about half the size of a football field. and speaking of space rocks, we're going to have more. stay with us. [ female announcer ] born from the naturally sweet monk fruit, something this delicious could only come from nature. now from the maker of splenda sweeteners, discover nectresse. the only 100% natural, no-calorie sweetener

the "costa concordia."than 3200 passengers, more than 1,000 crew members enjoying their cruise near the coast of italy. then the giant ship hits a patch of rocks. the ship shutters, the lights go out, a gash in the hull of the ship. the passengers are told not to worr worry. >> they said everything was under control. >> reporter: but the passengers begin to panic. the situation is bad. life boats are lowered into the water. speedboats and helicopters take off to save lives. >> just swimming. there were some people really freaking out, grabbing hold of other people. everyone was trying to keep everyone calm. >> reporter: 32 people ended up dies. two of the bodies are still missing. in november 2010, the carnival splendor was on a cruise from california to the mexican riviera. there was a fire in the engine room. all power was cut off. just like the triumph, the ship had to be towed. three days later it arrived in san diego. nobody was hurt. march of 2010, three huge waves referred to as rogue waves, crash in

. >> its acc has been about a year since the costa concordia disaster. you will look back on how that unfolded. >> we are. and we have incredible pictures from under the water. there were lives lost in that one. this was a major inconvenience this time. we will look at both cases tonight and how to make sure your family is safe and that you have a good time even in the case of when something goes terribly wrong as it did in this case. it's a lot of people are concerned about taking a cruise in the near future. thanks for joining us. we will see you tonight. if you walked scandal last night, the subject matter is often an art imitating life. although it's not maybe all fiction. scott thuman took a trip through thre scane glenn beck taken place in a stone's throw from the city. >> a lot. >> our first scandal in the 1800's. a u.s. representative out of town a lot. >> his wife teresa puts a white handkerchief on the second-floor railing. her lover and across the square, fillipo, the son of francis scott key, he would see the white handkerchief and would rais

it's about 9:30 at night on friday the 13th when the captain of the "costa concordia" steers his ship off course, slamming into giant rocks. newlyweds david and denise saba are sitting down for dinner, just two hours into their honeymoon cruise. >> when we got our appetizer, we only got to taste one bite when we felt the crash. there was people going crazy. i looked back and i saw chairs and tables coming up our way. and all the plates were falling down, all the glasses. the waiters and waitresses were screaming and crying. >> just everything was chaos. people were running and little children, they had had no idea what was going on. we didn't really have any idea what was going on because they were telling us it's an electrical problem. >> ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please. i speak on behalf of the captain, we're having a blackout because we experienced electrical failure. at this point, the situation is under control. >> this crew member tells a frightened crowd that everything is okay. >> since they were saying that, it was under control, we started to wander around the s

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. >> the same thing happened after the costa concordia, also owned by carnival.re trying to recover from the the recession. >> we saw some protosi aggressive sales within the next few months some pretty aggressive package sales and travel incentives. >> deals joan just pertain to the cruise industry. rewind to '09. the swine flu outlook in mexico had an effect. according to the world tourism organization, the visitor number plummeted, in addition because of h1n1. in cancun, hotel vacancies fell to a 20%. nearly two dozen hotels suspended operations. others slashed rates and rates an offered other incentives to lure in beach goers. by bundling travel, you get protosi aggressive savings passed on to the consumer. airlines jump in pretty aggressively as well. >> a serious concern on any vacation, and it's wise to do -- first. a wise stop is the centers for disease control website. also a good idea, buying trip insurance to help cover any unexpected costs that materialize. in miami, fox news. >> do you buy travel insurance? >> i don't. i just take my chances, but aft

italian prosecutors have called for the captain of the luxury cruise liner costa concordia to stand trial for manslaughter francesco schettino is charged with having abandoned the ship during a passenger going back you ation the indictment involves a five other crew members the costa concordia slammed into a reef off tuscany last year killing thirty two people. time now for the latest in the business news with natasha well natasha it looks like italy's not so clear cut election is causing some concern perhaps among the investors tell us about that well absolutely and for a good reason there's a lot of concern that the former prime minister silvio berlusconi might get a pretty strong coalition in the senate and that's bad news for investors i'll tell you all about that after a very right we'll look forward to it. there's an old urban legend that says that the u.s. army stopped using circular targets for rifle practice because the soldiers would be hesitant to shoot at people on the battlefield the logic is that if you practice shooting something that looks like an enemy soldier you'll be d

just over a year ago, the costa concordia collided with rocks just off the coast of tuscany. 32 peopleied. but travel experts say those are the exceptions and that no one on the carnival triumph is in any imminent danger. >> the people onboard that ship are horribly uncomfortable. but, from everything we know, they are not in any danger. so at the very minimum, carnival seems to be keeping them safe. >> reporter: tonight as the ship is towed to shore, the port of mobile is dealing with the delicate task of docking the boat. and perhaps the most delicate maneuver for carnival cruise lines, dealing with the disembarking passengers for the holiday that wasn't. >> well, today carnival cruise lines announced that in addition to issuing a full refund for the cruise, it will give each passenger at least 500 additional dollars in compensation. >>> next, the angry investor still battling the wall street bank whose bailout cost taxpayers millions, and what president obama's pick for treasury secretary has to do with it. [ stefan ] with a cold or flu, nighttime nasal congestion can be the worst p

>> costa concordia, that's a carnival cruise, even if you see people say, i'm comfortable going on cruises maybe not a carnival. they're probably going to end up on a carnival cruise one way or the other. americans are consumers, they love deals. carnival is going above and beyond to compensate these people. it will be a badge of honor. they will get on another cruise. black friday, the unemployment amount in this country but people went out on black friday to shop, because americans love deals. >> does the average person know they don't have to abide by u.s. labor laws, they don't have to abide by u.s. health rules? basically it's a foreign floating company that you're getting involved with? >> i think that's been well publicized that they're existing under these foreign flags i was on a panama canal cruise over christmas. we were on a princess ship. you see these people who are -- the employees working 12, 14 hour days, 7 days a week. you understand they're not playing with the usual american rules. but there's a sense that the ship is a brand new, well built ship and they know what they

to us, that's a low number. 80, 85% said they would cruise again after costa concordia.nk this has made an impact against people that understand the cruise zre. and i think that's troubling. >> that's impressive. in your context, it is significant. i wasn't aware of that, that this is a more significant hit than costa concordia to potential u.s. cruisers. what about a question -- everyone i've talked to today has asked this question, whien did the they have another ship come up and get these people on life boats as difficult and dangerous as that may have been, and get them out of this so they didn't have to go through it? i mean, carnival doesn't have any rescue ability? can you explain? >> well, if you bring another cruise ship up, that's probably one of the most dangerous things you can do, trying to get passengers from one cruise ship to the other. even if you could get tem aboard -- through some type of system, you then have the second life -- the second cruise ship with inadequate number of life boats without enough life vests. instantly that second cruise ship wou

. >>> prosecutors have asked that manslaughter charges be brought against the costa concordia cruise ship. 32 people, including 2 americans, died in that accident. >>> and coming up after the break, stocks sliding yet again, just days after a historic high. >>> plus, one year later. today, a community remembers trayvon martin. >>> and meltdown, big-time. a traveler's epic tantrum at the check-in counter. all of it, yep, caught on camera. >>> welcome back, everybody. well, fresh fears are sending stocks lower this morning. with no clear winner in italy's national election, investors are worried that europe's debt crisis may return. u.s. markets plunged yesterday because of that news and also because of budget cut fears back here at home. the dow, in fact, lost 216 points. that's its biggest drop in more than three months. and it's affecting markets this morning in asia and in europe, too. >>> macy's and jcpenney are duking it out over a domestic diva. macy's claims it has the rights to sell merchandise with martha stewart's name over it. but stewart signed a deal to open boutiques in

it owned the costa concordia which ran agrounds along the coast of italy last january. killing some of its passengers. and another carnival ship also suffered an engine fire and was adrift in the indian ocean a month later. carnival seems have to mastered the pr clean-up. the stock barely hit by the three unfortunately i -- unfortunate events. >> carnival in my opinion is doing the best they can do. they're getting them home for free. they're giving them 100% refund and 100% ticket to another cruise. i don't know how much more they can do. because they can't just start handing out money to everyone. and we're giving you $5,000 cash to everyone on the ship. that would set a horrible precedent. >> reporter: the cruise line is offering passengers of the triumph full reimbursements and full cruise credits to make up for the conditions aboard the stranded ship. but carnival will have to make some big financial sacrifices now to save itself from having to pay in court later. log on to foxbusiness.com for more. in new york, i'm tracy byrnes. >>> the stranded carnival ship and

> eaves has a history with carnival, having represented over 100 passengers aboard the doomed costa concordia sank off the coast of italy last year claiming 32 lives. it, too, was owned by carnival. as part of that lawsuit, a judge authorized the seizure of another of carnival's massive ships. >> we are here to execute a court order. >> that seized vessel was none other than the carnival triumph. >> and you impounded it because you believed it wasn't safe? >> that's correct. >> you seized the ship, held it. they paid $10 million to get it back to sea. do you think anyone who boarded the triumph knew that this ship was out on bail? >> i don't think so. >> you have described the cruise ship industry as the wild west. why? >> because they have operated without regulation, without oversight in a legal system that allows them to avoid responsibility. >> carnival and the other cruise companies set up these contracts, passenger tickets and most passengers never read them, but they send these tickets and they try to escape every possible responsibility and make the passenger give up every possible ri

. >> reporter: the same thing happened after last year's singing of the costa concordia also owned andhe industry is still prying to bounce back from the recession and saw bookings nosedive but deals were there and savvy sailors took advantage. >> we saw pretty aggressive sales within the next few months, some pretty aggressive package sales and travel incentives. >> reporter: deals don't just pertain to the cruise industry. rewind to 2009. the swine fluout break in mexico had a crushing effect on resort cities. according to the united nations world tourism organization, the number of foreigners visiting mexico plummeted more than 11% in large part because of h1n1. in cancun alone, hotel vacancies for april 2009 fell to a paltry 20%. and nearly two dozen hotels suspended operations. others slashed rates and offered other incentives to lure back beachgoers. >> vacation companies sort of take the lead on that because, by bundling travel you do get some pretty aggressive savings passed on to the consumer. >> reporter: health issues arrest i serious concern on any vacation and it is wise t

. >> an italian prosecutors are seeking a trial for the costa concordia capt.. prosecutor's request to the indictment of five other crew members. the ship wrecked last january and is off the -- it was of the tuscan coast. 32 died. >> a cyclist is fighting for his life after a major crash in southwest d.c.. it happened this morning in the 600 block of maryland ave. the cyclist was unconscious due to head injuries when he was taken to the hospital. the driver who struck the cyclist stayed at the scene. no word on whether any charges will be filed. time for a look at the traffic situation. we have the details. >> we see delays 395 south here in washington boulevard as you work your way toward duke street. and near quantico. we had a clrash the closure. your travel lanes are open. delays starting in virginia across the legion bridge as you work your way toward the 270 spur, delays coming toward you. that is the outer loop from this birk across from legion. some slow traffic on the outer lips of the beltway. the lanes on the spur on 270 with additional lanes heading

but last year carnival had the costa concordia disaster where their ship ran aground and flipped over and that soured the entire wave season, which made 2012 worse than it would have been. but this year wave season has been going great. in part because cruises represent such a strong value proposition in this environment. one more thing before i drill down to whether you should sail away on carnival or royal caribbean. for cruise operators, net yield is how we measure them, the purest measure of a cruise company's pricing power. net yield is the ticket price minus the cost of getting there, plus onboard spending, minus any commissions paid to travel agents, all which is then divided by the number of available cruise days. simply put, this is a metric that tells you how much the cruise companies are squeezing out of their passengers. you get a 1% change in net yield in carnival or royal caribbean, that's enough for a 7% earnings in share for either company. this is a gigantic, incredibly easy way to tell how their business is doing, like same-store sales tore retail or revenue per avai

appropriate cristism in minds of many who the costa concordia ship run aground in italy chad. ceo said he will give you $500 a piece for your inconvenience. >> we've been laughing about it, it is not even about the money at this point, we are we'll give our life savings to get off this boat, we're not looking for compensation, we're look to be treated like a human, i wish the isthe-- don't wish these is,es n esscircumstances on anybody, i e sorry for those with health issues and handicap people onboard, all ve elevators, onlyy to get up and down is stair well, some people are limited to transportation on the boat to one spot. and you know, like you said, it looks like a shantytown on the upper deck. >> i want to say, we're coming up on a hard break, i want to say thanyou very much. we're pulling for everyone aboard the shi and hope that the schedule tonight, that carnival is giving with you correct, and you have as little discomfort from lear on through, chad thank you. >> thank you uso much. lou: we'll be right back. with the a-team. lou: left wing web site jess a bell is sla

>> "costa concordia" when that happened the cruise liners took a hit. over 75 ships with carnival, many different brands. you'll see serious discounts being offered in the next two to three months but the next two to three months only discounts up to 250 total for a six-day cruise on some of the ships because they have to fill the cabins. the cruise industry is inherently safe, nobody died on this trip and if you see a discount like that you might want to take it. >> reporter: peter greenberg thank you. >> discounts notwithstanding i can't imagine anybody taking advantage of that. >> people will be scared especially elderly people worried about this. >> i'm encouraged to hear the crew was doing everything it could to make the situation, five numbing days at sea more bearable. >> i'm sure they had a tough time taking care of the passengers. >>> we are two weeks away from the threat of massive government spending cuts and congress guess what? they're taking next week off. they're also leaving the fate of defense nominee chuck hagel hanging in the balance.

. >> reporter: the same thing happened after last year's sinking of the costa concordia and owned andted by carnival. they saw bookings nose dive. the deals were there and savvy sailors took advantage. >> with that incident, we saw aggressive sales within the next few months and that is some aggressive package sales and travel incentives. >> reporter: the deals don't just pertain to the cruise industry. rewind to '09. the swine flu outbreak in mexico had a crushing affect on resort cities from cabo san lucas to cozumel. according to the united nations world tourism organization, the number of foreigners visiting mexico plummeted more than 11% in large part because of hidden hidden. in -- h1n1n. can counsel alone, hotel vacancies -- in 2009, hotel vacancies fell. others slashed rates and offered other incentives to lure back beachgoers. >> the vacation companies take the lead on that. by bundling travel, you get aggressive savings passed on to the consumer. hotels on the ground and airlines jump in pretty a guessively as well. >> reporter: health issues are a serious concern on any vac

. >> i remember a different engine fire on a ship, and i remember obviously the "costa concordia," the hobble accident off the cost of italy, and now this. don't we have to have some perspective on this? >> it's safer than driving your car down the driveway, you can say that clearly. but there's been a number of these fires on boats that have knocked out the power system. you had 2010, another carnival ship, "the splendor" where it happened in the pacific, off the coast of mexico. and this time last year on the 12th, a sister ship, which is also owned by the carnival corporation, lost power in the indian ocean. not as many people on board, but they have the problem of pirates there. so you have the additional worry. >> i remember that now. is this going to impact the industry? are we going to have to see a lot of sales for people to go okay, i'll board again? >> it's a terrible sight of people trapped on a ship with limited food. so i think people will think twice. so you will see deep discounting. >> the spokesperson said let me assure you no one is happy about the conditions on board

this is something that can happen and i can assure you that after this disaster and certainly costa concordiaompanies will be on heightened alert even more. >> is there anything that you can do to take a look at the cruise lanes and say this looks like this is reliable, this looks like they could deal with a disaster and this company not so much? >> there are a lot of websites. if you have any questions about cruising, cruising.org which is the governing body, a great place to go to find out information. but in general, as i was saying, this is such a rare incident that i think for people who go on regular cruise, every the 14 ships of carnival canceled, i've heard those people are already rebooking their cruises. so people who are regular cruiser, they are committed to cruising. for people who haven't done it before, they're skittish. however what i'm super impressed by and what we've heard over and over again is how well carnival has hammed the situation. as you said, it is a pr nightmare for any company, but they've come out very forthcoming about what they're doing, giving them their mone