here's duncan golistani. >> reporter: these seals are the lucky ones. they were found stranded on the dutch coast after stormy weather. so many pups have washed up, they're calling this rehabilitation center an orphanage. wrenched from their mothers, some pups still had umbilical cords attached. at least now they're being cared for in the tents put up especially to cope with the huge numbers. the director explains high water levels mean the seals can't find sand banks to rest on. >> normally it's around 150 and now we have 365, even, and today there were another seven, so we'll go up to the 400s. >> reporter: at mealtime, every helping hand is needed to make sure the seals eat the herring, not just to rebuild strengths but also to give vital medicine that fights against worm infections. marine biologist terry utney from boston is one of the volunteers working around the clock, nursing the seals back to health. >> i come in here to get some hands-on experience with them and help with the patients. >> reporter: the seals are unlikely victims of the storms

for nbc, duncan golistani in italy. >>> rupert murdoch's media empire has apologized and agreed to paymillion to people hacked and harassed by his tabloid reporters. the settlements include a payment of about $200,000 to actor jude law. murdoch's company acknowledges that 16 articles about law were obtained by hacking and the actor was placed under repeated and sustained physical surveillance. a top british politician and a soccer player are among the 37 others who have settled. >> veronica is here with a look at our weather forecast. it is very cold out there tonight. >> very cold. and then when we finally get a chance to snow, warm air is going to come in and kill our chances. >> mess it up. >> that's how the winter has been. like ah. i was reading a tweet before where some folks, i said, hey, who has given up on winter? a lot of folks chiming in. i'm giving up. that's it. >> october. halloween. that was about it for snow around here. >> exactly. we had some snow in october. remember that? we had, you know, some trace amounts around d.c. but up to the north it's ban little bit more m

duncan golistani, nbc news, giglio, italy. >>> carnival's costa cruises will refun everyone and offer 30% off any future cruises with the company. at the same time passengers are already filing class action lawsuits. >>> here at home senator rand paul had a frustrating day trying to get back to d.c. from nashville. the kentucky republican was stopped by tsa after scanner found something unusual at the airport. from there the tsa says paul was escorted out of the screening area because he refused to undergo a patdown. this caused him to miss his flight. he was able to get rebooked. a little later officials say the security scanner identified an issue with the senator's knee. senator rand paul is the son of presidential candidate ron paul. >>> coming up later in this half hour why some local leaders are not supporting the effort under way to rededicate the d.c. war memorial. >> and dozens of road closures today as thousands of people descend on downtown d.c. for the annual march for life. >>> i'm darcy spencer in southwest washington. federal offices opened two hours late today because

duncan golistani has an update from italy. >> reporter: the big question here today is the costa concordiarther under water? overnight more movement was detected and it was enough to stop the divers from going beneath the surface to search the decks. of course that means a longer wait for the families of the 21 passengers who are still missing. >> during the night the ship moved a little bit so we decided to suspend the operation just for the safety of the rescue team. >> reporter: the ship is resting in two parts but the rest is unsupported so using robots and sonar experts are trying to establish whether it's just vibrations or if the ship is physically moving. that would be incredibly dangerous because it's only about four feet away from a steep ledge down. coast guards here tell us tomorrow they hope divers can go back beneath the surface and they want to look at deck three, an important area because that's where the life boats were. duncan golistani, nbc news, giglio, italy. >>> in news 4 your health this afternoon doctors are redefining what it means to be autistic. that change could

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nbc's duncan golistani has the latest. >> reporter: recovery operations were again interrupted todayf bad weather. experts monitoring the ship's stability said it moved three and a half centimeters overnight on sunday because of high winds and waves. it comes as officials warned it could take up to ten months to remove the liner from the sea bed. there are still 16 people missing as well as thousands of gallons of fuel that need removing. rough seas keep stopping the efforts for both. high waves are also bringing garbage and debris off the concordia worrying locals about the long-term effects on the environment. >> translator: let's hope we are able to solve everything without pollution. that's the main worry. that is the serious worry we have. >> reporter: that calling for an island wide meeting to discuss how to protect the area from pollution. duncan golistani nbc news london. >>> police in maine are disclosing the nature of troubling evidence they found in the first days of a search for a missing toddler. ayla reynolds is almost 2 years old. she's been missing now for six weeks.

duncan golistani has more. >> reporter: the big question here today on giglio is the costa concordia slipping further under water? overnight movement was detected and it was enough to stop them from letting divers go beneath the surface to search the decks. that means a longer wait for the families of the 21 passengers who are still missing. >> during the night the ship moved a little bit. and so we decided to suspend the operation just for the safety of the rescue team. >> reporter: the ship is resting in two parts but the remainder of it is unsupported. so using robots and sonar experts are trying to establish whether it's just vibrations or if the ship is physically moving. that would be incredibly dangerous because it's only about four feet away from a steep ledge down. coast guards here tell us they hope tomorrow divers can go back beneath the surface and they want to look at deck three, an important area because that's where the life boats were. duncan golistani nbc news, giglio, italy. >>> also today the ceo of the company that owns the costa concordia says the captain of the

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nbc's duncan golistani is on the island of giglio with the latest. duncan, good morning. >> good morning, lester. you know the costa "concordia" is so close, and yet for more than a week divers have struggled to get the access they need. the families here are desperate for information so when it does come, it's not what they're hoping for. finally, the costa "concordia" is opening up to rescuers. navy divers have been blasting their way in to search for the missing, yesterday they pulled out the body of a woman near this deck, wearing a life vest, she was close to one of the emergency gathering points. for the families of the other 20 people missing, all they can do is watch and wait. that includes the children of gerald and barbara heil from minnesota. they made the painful trip to the "concordia," the cruise liner that was supposed to give their parents a dream vacation. meanwhile, new audio of captain schettino telling the coast guard he would be the last person to leave. captain, one question, everyone will abandon or will someone remain on board?

duncan golistani has the latest from italy. >> reporter: recovery operations on the costa concordia were again interrupted today because of bad weather. experts monitoring the ship's stability on the rocks said it moved about 3 1/2 centimeters overnight on sunday because of high winds and waves. it comes as officials warned it could take up to ten months to remove the liner from the sea bed. there are still 16 people missing as well as thousands of gallons of fuel that need removing. rough seas keep stopping the efforts for both. high waves are also bringing garbage and debris off the concordia worrying locals about the long-term effects on the environment. >> translator: let's hope we are able to solve everything without pollution. that's the main worry. that is the serious worry we have, my god. >> reporter: they are calling for an island wide meeting to discuss how to protect the area from pollution. >>> it's a first since the natural disaster that hit louisa county, virginia last summer. students at two schools there finally going back to class full-time. a high school and elementary