sen. bill nelson: when the storm is brewing you don't go out of port. jericka: on monday florida senator bill nelson criticized royal caribbean's decision to go forward with the trip despite the weather conditions and called on the ntsb to investigate the incident. sen. bill nelson: it was forecast for days. so why in the world would a cruise ship with thousands of passengers go sailing right in to it? mollie: that was jerika duncan reporting. back here at home, a local library has a new challenge for toddlers. the goal, to read 1,000 books by kindergarten. >> twinkle twinkle little star. how i wonder what you are. mollie: pleasant hill public library invites children up to 5 years old to join. each child receives a reading read and a free bag to collect their books in. the goal of this challenge is to help kids enter school ready to learn and read. jessie keasling: she loves the interaction, she loves the activities, she is just so thrilled. at first it was, "oh she might not like it, but oh we'll just give it a try." we've been coming ever since. molli

sen. bill nelson/ d florida "i'm sure there was a courageous crew on board but the question is, like the el faro last year, when we asked the same questions, why did it sail el faro, a cargo vessel that traveled between jacksonville and puerto rico, went right into a hurricane off the bahamas last year. the ship sank, killing 33 people. happening today today is ash wednesday, the official start of 40-days of lent... leading up to easter. dblbx fox19 now's dan wells is live at saint peter in chains downtown, where dozens of people will be heading to mass in just a couple hours. live black crosses will mark the foreheads of many christians today, signifying the start of the lenten season. ash wednesday is the first day in a period of 40-some days focused on spiritual purification and repentance. it is a day of fasting for catholic and anglican churches. ash wednesday gets its name from the practice of the distribution of ashes upon the foreheads of christians. the ashes come from the palms used in the previous year's marks jesus's entrance into jerusalem where he was met with palm branches by

today - senator bill nelson is calling for the national transportation safety board to investigate. . sen. bill nelson/d florida 8-32 when there's a storm brewing -- why are mistakes made just like el faro - they knew that a hurricane was coming - what is happening in this we can prevent these kinds of accidents -- that could be so tragic in the future. there are more than 45-hundred passengers and 15-hundred crew members aboard the ship. no serious injuries were reported. the cruise ship ended up turning around and is on its way back home to new jersey royal caribbean is giving passengers a full refund. n-c 12 is closed on ocracoke because of flooding - and not expected to be back open until tomorrow morning around ten. n-c dot says there is ocean over wash and sand on the roadway in buxton. there's also standing water at pea island, tonight: light evening rain showers. small light snow chance after midnight. lows in the lower 30s. wind: wsw 5-10mph. wednesday: light snow possible before 8am. otherwise, mainly cloudy. highs in the lower 40s. wind: wsw 5-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny and

sen. bill nelson is calling on the ntsb to investigate. >> when a storm is brewing, you don't go out of fort. >>reporter: royal caribbean said the wind speeds were higher than what was forecasted. at least 4 passengers reported injuries on a trip they might never forget. little less crowded tonight. a few republicans dropping out today. chris christie had nothing to say to reporters as he left his campaign headquarters. tonight he came in sixth. and carly fiorina dropping out of the race. the remaining republicans will debate saturday night on cbs. we will be there. look for the live report from south carolina starting on friday and ted cruz and i will break it down on saturday night following the debate. >>> across america, the federal government is suing the city of ferguson missouri pay the five -i found the justice department filed the suit today claiming police officers and judges treats minorities unfairly. ferguson has been under scrutiny since the shooting of officer in 2014. loretto lynch will be in miami tomorrow and we will be out with her to find out more. >>> is frances bears to

sen. bill nelson is asking the ntsb to open an investigation. he wants to know why a ship would sail into hurricane force winds. despite warnings. >> passengers on the anthem of the seas will never forget waves crashing outside the ship were so high, some of the rooms on the lower levels appear submerged at times. passengers say that wins at 106 kn, which is about 122 miles an hour. the ship left the new york city heading to the caribbean, but i ran into bad weather off of north carolina. it was so bad. the passengers had to head to their cabins.>> we are trapped in our rooms and can't leave. spend this is a passenger from her room. she said finally moving, wins feel strong, but nowhere close to the chaos 12 hours ago. you can see from the video today that the see as much these pictures were taken sunday showing part of a dead. we see chairs and tables in the restaurant knocked to the ground, the same one of the jewelry stores and in another shop we see a planter on the floor with tells up against the today trying to explain what the cruise line

sen. bill nelson/(d) florida) "the thing about this storm was, it was forecast for days. so, why in the world would a cruise ship, with thousands of passengers, go sailing right into it?" the national weather service predicted the storm about four days before the trip -- and made warnings about the wind at least 24 hours before. a missouri state highway patrol officer pulled a woman from a burning vehicle -- right before a fire got out of control. the rescue was caught on dashcam last week -- as the officer ran up to the car crash. he and another person pulled a 60- year-old woman to safety. she was seriously hurt. police say a driver ran a red light and caused the accident -- police took that person into custody. this little joey has a stays with veterans. see the work he's doing for them tonight. we're on your side with the latest news, weather, and traffic as you get ready to head out the door every morning. tune into wavy news 10 today - beginning at 4:30. and we're on the air until nine a-m on fox- 43 oooh, i think i saw dessert! but you just had a big lunch! it wasn

sen. bill nelson's asking for investigation as to why the ship sailed into rough waters in the first place. the shift ship was south of pork an hour before leaving for the bahamas. listen to what passengers have to say about the chaos during the storm. falling over and they said, hold the wheelchair so myself and others were standing over holding the wheelchair said they were going to be sliding around. >> the cruise line says guests will receive full refunds and certificates toward future cruise. >>> we could see video of an art thief in action, making off with a $20,000 glass sculpture from the collection gallery in st. petersburg. it is the cobalt and lavender piccolo venetian with gilded handles. it's part of the 6 million dollar exhibit downtown. the sculpture vanished from the gallery sometime between sunday afternoon and monday morning, when a cleaning crew a cleaning crew discovered it was missing. police have been pouring through video from the least three security cameras try to figure out who swiped it. >> it is heartbreaking to think that something would be taken from the colle

sen. bill nelson/d florida "the thing about this storm was, it was forecast for days. so, why in the world would a cruise ship, with passengers, go sailing right into it?" all the passengers are getting a full refund...as well as 50 percent off a future cruise. you know we're all looking for ways to better our smartphone photography game... and this guy has definitely done it! check out this swedish skier's slo-motion swirl shot. he says he did this with an i-phone, a yes - it is as difficult as it looks....he says it took him nearly 2 this move. eli explains why he was the only manning not celebrating his brother's super bowl title... financial many relationships. man...simply money's nathan bachrach joins me to explain. sot mobile app, you'll never from fox19.com to text breaking news and here in the palm of your hand." reports of smoke. this is happening at the quality inn near the airport in erlanger. right now, crews are looking through the fourth floor, but at last check nothing had been found. we have a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you updates as