. >> well, it's very clear, they're very glad to be off that ship and on terra firma.eople were along the ralgs cheering when it come to dock. most said that the living conditions after that engine fire just got increasingly worse and became unbearable. maybe said the worst time was right after the engine fire because they didn't know what was going on. they hadn't been fully informed and that scared them. as we heard at the beginning of the program, many people also praised the crew members saying they worked really hard to comfort the passengers, some said they saw great acts of kindness. and other passengers, too, towards fellow passengers. the cruise ship triumph arrived here at 10:15 p.m., the ceo of the company carnival went aboard to apologize to the passengers. they were then allowed to disembark, that took several hours. some were greeted by family members and others boarded buses where they would spend the night in hotel. some chose to ride the bus to galveston. as for the ship itself it will be taken to an shipyard for evaluation. >> what is carnival saying

. >> reporter: the passengers said they're very glad to be off that ship and on terra firma. most said the living conditions, sanitary conditions, grew possibly worst and became unbearable. some said they were most worried, though, early on, at the time of the fire, because they just didn't know how bad it was. they weren't informed. they didn't know to the degree to which they with in danger and that scared many of them. many of the passengers that we talked to praised the crew members themselves for working hard to make the passengers as comfortable as possible. some passengers said they saw great acts of kindness. now, the cruise ship behind me arrived here at 10:15 p.m. it took about an hour to dock. the ceo of carnival went aboard to apologize to the passengers. they then disembarked. many others got on buses that took them to either new orleans or they went directly to galveston where they could pick up their cars. as for the ship itself, it will be taken to an shipyard to be i value waited and investigation is under way as to what caused that fire. mara? >> mark potter

now for many, we have only just hitterra firma, -- terra firma, but you say already that is a bubble. if that is so is the only bright spot in the economy we're in trouble. >> it is just the same money printing by the fed, if we lock at these markets that were badly injured, during the bust. phoenix, and southern california, florida, this is all, you know hedge fund money. lbo money, fast money coming in buying them by the dozens and hundreds, they are in their for a trade, this is not healthy. these are single family homes spread out in former subprime neighborhoods, there has never been in last 50 years any real economy basis for insteadal visitors -- institutional investor on wildcats to own single family homes in scottsdale, this is easy money, chasing prices for a short time, and we're going to be back in the soup. charles: you know, back with that infamous atlantic monthly interview you talked about being taken out o to the wood shed, i think that the american public is glad you never stop offed stopped raising your voice. >> thank you. charles: coming up, the health care hit th

do you know how long it's going to be before you're finally here with us on terra firma?s so alone. >> it's taking a while to get off. >> and what has it been like just in the past few hours here waiting to finally finish this ordeal? >> well, today, the mood kind of turned negative as everyone started listening to what was happening on shore. on the boat for the past couple days, it's been pretty positive and everyone helping everyone else. today when, you know, the rumors about the triumph had problems before this and things like that, sort of getting everybody down. so we're -- >> we have to ask you, bethany -- the tweets you have been sending out have actually been pretty entertaining. some of them really show you were able to keep a good, strong sense of comic about you. you know, just tellis about, was that a cathartic kind of thing? >> tweets are cathartic to me. something funny. if someone i know or don't know finds them funny, too, it's a way to share my humor. you have to find the funny in any situation. of course, it was not on my bucket list to be marooned, bu

. >> reporter: before we get there let's start this journey on terra firma.the team was nice enough to give us a ride. at the top there is a final hike. some of the pilots lug their 50-pound packs then others get a little help. >> bianna, that's what we needed in mt. washington. around 90% of those competing are men so i wanted to embed with one of the top women from the states. >> women are very good pilots. we're graceful and we have a finesse to us and find it very beautiful and more like a dance than a sport. most people think we're crazy but our inner family is very tight. >> reporter: part of that tight family, my tandem pilot for the day, one of the best from the u.s. >> we're going to flown. >> reporter: have you flown in clom can by ya before? >> nope. that's our first voyage. >> both of our maiden voyage. >> reporter: the conditions with perfect. i'm just preparing and have to get ready with my tandem flier. to do that. not that, but there was no time to worry, we need to get ready to launch. looking up. ready? >> reporter: once we're up, we don't j

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troops in afghanistan will be back home on american terra firma this time next year.ichael waldman joins me. he has helped craft four state of the unions for president clinton, you would think this would be your super bowl, you get a twofer this year with an inaugural address and state of the union speech. here's my question, talking about the excitement of it, the rejigging of it. we got this massive news overnight about north korea testing for the third time a nuclear device, does that mean that the president and his team are furiously rewording something on a word document somewhere for tonight? >> i wouldn't be surprised if they were rewriting or writing a section on that, because it's a challenge to the united states, it's a challenge to the world. and that's the kind of thing not only that is important for a president to say, with he has this big audience, but it's something that will unite people from both political parties. >> is there any chance they just don't address it at all? >> it's always possible. it's always possible they might think they would be giv

mobile not a destination that they had planned on but a lot of people are very happy to be back on terra firma. one woman you heard from actually kissed the pavement which arriving here at the cruise port. marianne, back to you. >> they are touching stories families so excited to see each other. little jace looked so cute in his fox news hat. did you see passengers as they're disembark something. >> yes. we are still seeing passengers and here is another group coming out here more passengers leaving the alabama cruise terminal. and disembarking here in mobile put lg up in local hotels carnival offered to cover the hotel rooms of everyone in general. either meeting family and friends or traveling on their own. like the family that you just met here. >> excited family we're going to get back to you to just a couple minutes right now joining us on the phone is shannon stuck on the ship with friends. she's still waiting to disembark. we're wondering about you. the people have to watch while everyone else gets off. how anxious you

cumbersome process getting everyone off the ship and even, once everyone is off the ship and on terra firma, most of these passengers are going to be boarding tour buses, taking them either to their home ports in texas or for those who don't want to make the eight-hour plus drive overnight have the option of boarding a bus for a two hour drive to new orleans where they'll overnight and catch charter flights to their home destinations on friday. so, this homecoming process expected to be very lengthy going well into friday. at the very least, sean? >> let me ask you a quick question if i can. it's being towed in, obviously, so, docking it, how difficult the problem is that going to be? that's a pretty big ship to pull in. >> it is a big ship to pull in. and it doesn't have a lot of its own power, so the docking process expected to take longer, and the towing process has been cumbersome. earlier this afternoon, one of the tug boats reported a tow line had broken. and they ended up replacing the line, but it delayed the process by about an hour before the ship got underway once again. so, it h

do you know how long it's going to be before you're finally here with us on terra firma?king a while to get off. >> and what has it been like just in the past few hours here waiting to finally finish this ordeal? >> well, today, the mood

do you know how long it's going to be before you're finally here with us on terra firma?king a while to get off. >> and what has it been like just in the past few hours here waiting to finally finish this ordeal? >> well, today, the mood kind of turned negative as everyone started listening to what was happening on shore. on the boat for the past couple days, it's been pretty positive and everyone helping everyone else. today when, you know, the rumors about the triumph had problems before this and things like that, sort of getting everybody down. so we're -- >> we have to ask you, bethany -- the tweets you have been sending out have actually been pretty entertaining. some of them really show you were able to keep a good, strong sense of comic about you. you know, just tellis about, was that a cathartic kind of thing? >> tweets are cathartic to me. something funny. if someone i know or don't know finds them funny, too, it's a way to share my humor. you have to find the funny in any situation. of course, it was not on my bucket list to be marooned, but i'll take it. >> my

. >> you made it out on the terra firma, a hond does nd how does ? >> well, it is great to be on ground, but it was two days of a great trip and four days of a bad camping trip. >> you say witit with a laugh, people are painting it with a bad circumstance? >> well, it is all individual and how they perceive the cruise we were on, and for me, you try to make the best of the situation we were in. you had groups of people coming tot and the power of the human spirit to just, we had charging stationing like the activity daily to have certain areas with power and literally put the charging areas that looked like a spaghetti bowl of people hanging around and playing music and drank club soda and sprite and coke and that is what we did. >> well, i heard they were giving away free alcohol, too. >> i think they did one of the nights, so yeah, i am sure that is good welcomed relief for many. so absolutely. >> this is really one of the classic experiments where you take a population and isolate them and take away all of the modern modern conveniences, and what

overnight, the sweet taste of terra firma. >> great to be back in america and on land. >> reporter: just before midnight, more than 3,000 passengers stranded for 8 days at sea, began spilling out of the ship. some angry. >> it was degrading. demoralizing. they want to insult us by giving us $500. >> reporter: others, relief. >> i'm just happy to be alive. quite an ordeal. but we're here. >> reporter: toby barlow, sprinting to his wife, planting this kiss, hundred of several hundred emotional reunions. this morning, the first images of their hellish journey. the sodden carpets. the wait for food. gerry cahill personally boarded the ship to apologize. a move that seemed to infuriate people. >> he said, we know how you feel. no, you don't. you did not go many nights wondering what you were going to eat. what do you do? you can't contact your family. you can't do anything. >> reporter: throughout, carnival has answers only to logistical problems. why is it -- i'm sorry. he turned his back. later in the day, in the rush to flee questions, representatives of carnival nearly took out our camera