they probably didn't -- although tom sanders probably had those blueprints, he didn't need to open up the blueprints to know that if there's major flooding in the first five compartments, the ship could not be saved. but, yes, there were five compartments open, it would go down. as far as the other question, if titanic had not turned away but had struck the iceberg head on, what would have happened. it would have made a few headlines. titanic vuk iceberg on her maiden voyage, seriously damaged and towed to haley fax or something. it would have survived. unfortunately, a lot of the firemen trimmerses and degreesers whose quarters were stationed up in that area of the ship would not have survived. but that's the price that would have been paid. but there is no ship handler in the world that would allow a ship to go head on. i think what murdoch had done was try to mitigate the damage by taking the action he did. i believe, first of all, somebody didn't ask, but why a 32nd delay. why not act sooner. turns out that if he would have -- in order to avoid the iceberg all together, further re

sanders, nbc news, sanford, florida. >>> and let's get more of the morning headlines from tom llamas who's over at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning, amy. good morning, everyone. the first week of the criminal trial of former candidate john edwards. he said he was scared for his life. young admitted that he had pocketed about 80% of the money that the government claims were illegal campaign contributions for edwards to cover up his affair, a charge edwards denies. more next hour on "today." >>> police fired tear gas and turned a water cannon against tens of thousands of anti-government protesters today in malaysia's capital. they think they will have an unfair advantage in elections which could take place as early as june but they say the concerns are exaggerated. >>> as the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden, we'll have an interview. brian learns new details about the raid that targeted bin laden. the interview will air this coming wednesday, may 2nd, at 9:00 p.m./8:00 central on nbc. >>> a month after a tornado destroyed their high school in henryville, indiana, these students fina