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abc's lama hasan is currently on a ferry en route to the accident sight. >> reporter: good morning paula and dan. today, so far, we have clear, sunny skies. we heard that the forecast could turn today, which would hamper the search and recovery operation. which is back on today. it was suspended yesterday for a short while because of bad weather, rough seas. it caused the ship to move 1.5 sent merits. it was too dangerous for the rescue crews to operate under those conditions. it resumed later in the day. we're expecting the weather to turn today. a firefighter yesterday told us that they -- it was like a labyrinth. in the wreckage. it was very difficult for rescuers to knave ganavigate th around the ship. it was like the floors turned to walls. it was like walking on walls. especially underwater. >> have they said how long the search could take? >> reporter: as i said, the firefighters we spoke with, he said that the search and recovery operation would continue for as long as possible, as long as they can find all of those unaccounted for at this point. that number stands at 29 missing.

rightfully so. >> lama hasan live in italy. thank you for the report. >>> the american embassy in rome says 118 of the 120 americans aboard the "costa concordia" have been accounted for but still missing is a couple from minnesota. >> the survivors are making their way home. jeannetgeanette trumbull is wair her parents. >> i just want hem back here. >> trumbull says she's been talking with her mother and father online. they appear to be fine but they are praying for those who lost loved ones. we'll have more later on "good morning america." >>> the other big story is a major shake-up in the race for president. >> just days ahead of the south carolina primary, jon huntsesman is calling it quits. to add momentum to the romney campaign. abc's tahman bradley is joining us from washington with more. good morning. >> good morning, paula and rob. the ambassador never picked up steam. now huntsesman is exiting the race and endorsing a man he loved to bash. >> reporter: mitt romney faces the final week of campaigning in south carolina w

>> abc's lama hasan, live at the scene, stay safe. the disgraced ship captain has returned home to naples. his wife was besieged by reporters and photographers as she tried to enter the couple's home. >> he slipped in the back door away from the glaring lights. with new details on his role in the tragedy, here's chris cuomo. >> reporter: we learned more about why chaos overtook the dex of the "costa concordia." the startling audio tape between the coast guard and the captain revealed the captain sitting safely on a rescue boat while the rest of the crew and passengers were struggling to escape. the official demands, you go on the ship, tell me if there are people that need help. it will be very bad for you. get back on board. schettino, the veteran captain, also popular are passengers, is seen here. he has no good answers. officer, please. there are no pleases, get back on board. he tells him how serious the situation is. there are already bodies, schettino. go. do you realize it's dark out here and we can't see anything what do you w

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we turn first to abc's lama hasan on the scene. llama, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, as of tonight the death toll went up. they found two men still wearing their life jackets dead in their cabin, a total of five dead. 15 still unaccounted for still missing. all day long, rescue teams scoured the crippled ship, from above and below, swimming into the wreckage, looking for people who had been trapped alive. this south korean couple on their honeymoon, rescued from their cabin after being stranded for 24 hours. here, another survivor, an italian crew member with a broken leg was found and winched to safety. underwater scuba divers have recovered the black box today, and it is already providing vital information about where the ship was when it ran aground very close to where we are right now, just 150 yards from the shore in 100-feet-deep water. today we are also learning about just how chaotic the situation was onboard that night. amateur video shows travelers panicking crowded on the deck of the ship as they desperately w

>> lama hasan, live in italy. thank you. >>> from pennsylvania to georgia, kentucky to california, americans who escaped that ship are returning to hometowns they thought they would never see again. >> so many harrowing stories. the survivors are being interviewed by our stations across the country. >> i'm so glad to be back in the united states. the boat was tilting on the side that we were in. there were people that jumped off the lifeboats to swim ashore. they were afraid that the boat was going to come on top of them. >> we were sitting. it was like a big, round, formal dinner table. we heard a bang. dishes started shattering. our table slid. everyone started to run. we literally ran up and grabbed a ledge. and people were grabbing our arms and legs to try to not slide down. >> he was helping people out of the live boat. you could not see any costa crew members. nobody. there was nobody to be found. everybody was running for their own safety. >> if the evacuation procedure worked properly, i don't believe that

lama hasan, reporting from italy tonight. lama, thank you. as you heard. many passenger, barely getting out. grasping for life vests as the ship tipped over. many of them swimming a shore. tonight here their harrowing tale in their own words. >> at 9:30 we heard a big boom. and tables were sliding, and dishes were -- bad noise, sliding, things were falling and that, and so they said everything was okay. we were kind of tilting, we were tilted. absolutely tilted. so we ran back to our room then we lost power. people are lined up in the hallway with kids and people were crying and screaming. no one was telling us what to do at all. >> people were screaming, yelling, pushing, we knew something was happening, so the people were jumping in the water. >> this is just like the titanic, exactly, without the water coming at us. there's -- it was total chaos. >> it was surreal. no one gave any instructions at all. absolutely none. they were just as confused as we were. some people had no idea. they didn't think about getting coats. they didn't think about gafterring

diane. >> lama hasan, following this story through another night. thank you. i want to bring in abc's lisa stark now. she has covered the cruise industry for years. lisa, you know nearly 10 million americans will take a cruise this year. and we wanted to know what this incident says about their safety tonight. >> well, diane, one thing is that luckily accidents like this, especially very serious ones, are rare. but if you are one of those 10 million americans who plans to take a cruise, and i've done it certainly, there are things you should expect when it comes to your safety. if you board a cruise ship, you can expect that every crew member, from the cabin boy to the bartender, has run through drills like this one. each has been assigned a role in the event of an evacuation. but nothing happens till the captain gives the order. in the case of italy, we know he delayed. as a passenger, the law requires the crew shows you how to evacuate, by holding a drill within 24 hours of you boarding. experts say most vessels leaving u.s. ports drill before setting sail.

abc's lama hasan made her way out to the wreckage today and she starts us off tonight from puerta santo stefano. lana. >> reporter: good evening, diane. italian coast guard officials have raised the number of missing from cruise line shipwreck to at least 29. the captain remains in jail, facing allegations that he was one of the first to abandon the vessel and we're learning new details about what he was doing before this tragedy unfolded. late this afternoon, the first underwater images of scuba divers searching beneath the ship's hull, a desperate search for survivors. above the surface, questions about just how this could have happened. today the emotional owner of the cruse liner, a subsidiary of carnival cruises, accused the italian captain of deviating off course, dangerously close to the island. crashing into the rocks and tearing a hole 160 feet long in the hull of the ship. new indications today that he might have veered on purpose to show off the impressive ship, the sister of a waiter on the ship posted on facebook -- in a short period of time the concordia ship will pass ver

abc's lama hasan has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. even at this hour, rescuers are going from cabin to cabin, trying to find survivors as the cruise liner began to tilt steeply, almost capsizing overnight. it's major operation. five helicopters were deployed. divers had to scour the water looking for missing passengers. abc news has learned that the u.s. embassy has established an emergency response team. there were at least 80 american vacationers on board. they're being taken to safety in rome. plunged into darkness. a dramatic rescue operation. helicopters hovered close to the ship, looking for survivors. plucking at least 50 passengers to shore. as dawn broke, you could see clearly what they were up against. this video from republica tv shows the liner almost submerged in water. the luxury cruise ship ran aground 18 miles off the coast of tuscany with 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members on board. water came racing through the hull. it was a race against time. passengers describe the scene as pure chaos. >> everybody was scream

lama hasan is on the scene this evening. >> reporter: this morning the navy blasted open more holes in the carcass of "costa concordia" so underwater divers could search areas they couldn't reach before. they recovered the body of a women, still wearing her life jacket in a narrow corridor on the fourth deck of the ship. she was submerged for eight days. dna test now the only way to identify her. in the waters a somber reminder of 20 people still missing among them retired couple barbara and jerald heil of minnesota. >> we keep searching, we are already planning to go again. >> reporter: the work of these divers is crucial but painstaking. it's difficult to see, so robots were lowered into the water to help them but fears that the ship may move made the work extremely dangerous. it was one week ago when the ship ran aground off the coast of tuscany with captain schettino. he had been dubbed captain coward for reportedly leaving the ship before all of the passengers were evacuated but new audio posted by italian tv raising more questions about what happened that night and when the capta

abc's lama hasan has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. rescuers are going from cab on the cabin trying to find survivors as the cruise liner began to tilt steeply, almost capsizing overnight. fie helicopters were deployed. divers had to scour the water looking for missing passengers. abc news has learned that the u.s. embassy has established an emergency response team. there are at least 80 american vacationers on board. they're being taken to safety in rome. a dramatic rescue operation. helicopters howevered close to the ship, looking for survivors. plucking at least 50 passengers to shore. this video from republica tv shows the liner almost s submerged. they had 3200 passengers and 1,000 crew members on board. it was a race against time. passengers describe the scene as pure chaos. >> everybody was screaming out. all the passengers were running up and down. >> reporter: some vacationers began to panic when the ship began to tilt. some jumped, but they died trying to escape. >> we jumped in the sea and we just swam. and luckily, there wa

lama hasan, abc news, giglio, italy. >>> and back here in colorado a spunky 9-year-old is home with her family after a harrowing ordeal. calista cordova was abducted while walking home from school but escaped from her captor at a convenience store and then called 911. abc news paid an exclusive visit to the family's home in colorado as friends came by to see her and bring this lucky little girl some gifts. >> yes! >> wow. >> justin bieber. >> you're not a justin bieber fan, are you? >> yes, i am. >> how relieved she must be. calista says her father taught her to fight and stand up for herself and that is what helped her get away. >> what little girl doesn't love justin bieber? >>> well, new medicine based on marijuana could be soon on pharmacy shelves. british company g.w. pharma is in advanced clinical trials for the world's first pharmaceutical developed from raw marijuana. a mouth spray it hopes to market in the u.s. as a treatment for cancer pain, the company is hoping for fda approval by the end of the year. >> and marijuana use is obviously illegal under federal law, but 16 states

abc's lama hasan reports from the site of the accident off the coast of italy. >> reporter: all day longip from above and below, swimming into the wreckage, looking for people who'd been trapped alive. this south korean couple on their honeymoon rescued from their cabin after being stranded for 24 hours. here another survivor, an italian crew member with a broken leg. he was found and winched to safety. we're also learning about just how chaotic the situation was on board that night. amateur video shows travelers panicking, crowded on the deck of the ship as they desperately waited for the lifeboats to be lowered. the nightmare began at about 9:45 on friday night when, according to the black box that was recovered, the ship hit the rocks just as passengers were having dinner. the vessel had been dangerously close to the shore. the captain later said the rocks were not marked. it ripped a gash over 50 yards along the side of the hull. within minutes water began pouring in. at 9:50 passengers reported the first announcement that came from the crew, saying that it was only an electrical pro

from italy tonight, here's abc's lama hasan. >> reporter: today, new video from inside the doomed "costa concordia" cruise ship, shows the treacherous conditions the divers have been working under. rooms on their side. chandeliers and floating debris blocking the way. for what has now become a recovery effort for the bodies of the missing was suspended this morning, after the ship shifted position on its precarious perch, making it too risky. 11 bodies have been recovered so far. and today, the first was identified. the 38-year-old sandor feher, a violinist, who worked onboard, as an entertainer. seen here in a youtube video he posted looking for employment. witnesses say he had last been seen helping crying children into their life vests, before returning to his cabin to get his violin. a tale that conjures up images from the "titanic." tonight, half a world away, in white bear lake, minnesota, people attending a prayer vigil for barbara and gerald heil, awaiting any news. >> if you can thank the rescuers and all the people that have been affected in this event. >> reporter: as people b

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abc's lama hasan is on the sea again for us tonight, lama?reporter: good evening, in a f offer will decide if they can start g o,000cide if they can start gallons of heavy fuel from the "costa concordia." it has been perched on a rocky underwater ledge for the last nine days slipping half an inch an hour. protective booms have been dep des the situation as an ecological time bomb because the ship could easily plunge into waters 300 feet deep. because of the danger they only searched above the water line today and recovered another body. leaving at least 19 people unaccounted for. among the missing, the minnesota couple barbara and jerry heil, their son and daughter were here on the island of giglio earlier meeting with the ceo of the company that owns the "concordia" and he could only offer his support. david? >> lama, thank you. >>> the new modern family. why "the waltenings" might not be as outdated as you think. >>> then the 9-year-old who escaped her kidnapper. tonight she tells us what her father taught her that helped her escape. >>> la

lama hasan, abc news, porto santo stefano, italy. >> and of course the search for victims right now isramount, too, but there's a half million gallons of fuel on that ship as well. you can see some of the boom they've laid around it to kind of contain it because it's a sanctuary out there. you can see there, the lower part of your screen there. so there's an environmental concern as well as of course the concern for human life. >> yeah. it's -- we're just holding out hope that -- we're going on five days now. >> that captain is under house arrest. and i have a feeling jail may be in his future as that investigation moves forward. >>> well, in texas several children involved in a school bus crash remain in a hospital this morning, one in critical condition. the crash happened when a lowe's hardware truck apparently ran a stop sign, clipped the bus, which then flipped onto its side. 32 people were treated at a hospital. 29 of them kids. 5 of them were later admitted. >>> houston police are now seeking information about the death of a woman who was active in promoting iranian women's righ

abc's lama hasan traveled out to the wreckage to bring us the dangerous rescue effort in overdrive. >> reporter: as we made our way out on the choppy water today towards the "coasta concordia," the first thing that caught our eye, unused lifeboats, just dangling on the side. a stark symbol of the botched evacuation that led to this disaster. all day long, divers here, more than 100 of them, combed the wreckage. moving room-to-room, blasting holes in the ship's hull. trying to find ways in to search. and a way out, as the massive cruise liner shifts above them, the divers say they can hear the screeching of metal. one coast guard official telling us today they are zeroing in on this part of the ship, where passengers were waiting to board lifeboats to get them to safety. >> in the same area we found five people today is the place where it's more possible we'll find we find other people. >> reporter: among the missing, retirees barbara and gerald heil from minnesota. family and friends back home praying for them. >> just hopeful that there's still some hope for them. we love them very m

lama hasan, abc news, giglio, italy. >> a tragedy on so many fronts off the coast. >>> okay.this one. results of a new medical study are sure to set off debate around the breakfast table. researchers say women feel pain more intensely than men do. the finding held across a number of different diseases including arthritis and diabetes. >> however, because pain of course is subjective, researchers say they can't be 100% sure if women actually experience more pain than men. what do you think about this, paula? >> we live with men. so of course we feel more pain. >> that's a nasty swipe. >> i mean, this is so subjective. the study is so subjective. i'm not -- >> i think you guys endure more pain than we do because i can't imagine the pregnancy process. i always tip my hat on that front because i'm just glad that's up to y'all and not us. i can't handle that. >> thank you. >> good luck with that. >> appreciate that. thanks for the support. give me a pat on the back. >> there you go. >> ow. >> you feel that? sorry. >> are you going to hit me with your laptop next? >> sorry about th

lama hasan has more. >> reporter: william and kate parties the night away with the middletons.ganized by her hotness herself, younger sister pippa. and boy, can pippa throw a big bash. ushering in 2012 in this, a tepee in her parents' backyard. it doesn't come cheap. $4,600 to rent. as for the party prince himself, harry spent it playing pranks and goofing around. throwing snowballs at a swank swiss ski resort. but he'll have to kiss those party nights good-bye. one resolution we know of for harry, to climb the highest mountain in the world, mt. everest. last year, he was in the north pole, raising money for the charity close to his heart, walking with the wounded. >> they're a huge example to us all, these guys, and all the other servicemen and women in the country. just what a wonderful inspiration they are. >> reporter: it takes months of strenuous training. he may not make it all the way to the top. just to base camp instead. back to the new year's sell l s celebrations, their grand parents had a more subdued new year's. prince philip stepped out for a brief walkabout. his