if the cruise does touch a u.s. port, there are no such limitations. and let me just tell you what there is an exception to the athen's convention. there are exceptions. and one exception is if there is intentional conduct. and so in this case, even though you have to bring actions in genoa, italy and, you know, that can be done. and we are working with italian lawyers. but even if you bring an action in italy, if they raise this athens convention, certainly this exception will apply here. >> right. >> i mean, the captain of the vessel, we've heard this incredibly one of the most touching accounts of what happened, one of the most powerful accounts is that woman that just recounted what happened. i mean -- >> let me bring you back. let me bring georgia back in. georgia, how was it that you were finally able to get off that ship? >> we went up the 24 foot ladder and there was hardly any of us left. one of the camera photographer from the ship and another german man had a rope. and we had to scoot on our hands and knees all the way to this rope. and then

if the cruise does not touch a u.s. port, yes, there are limitations which apply, and that's the athens convection, and that's in the ticket. if the cruise does touch a u.s. port, there are no such limitation. there is an exception to the athices convectintion is one is there is intentional conduct. so in this case, even though you have to bring action in genoa, italy, and that can be done, and we are working with italian lawyers, but even if you bring an action in italy, if they raise this athens convention, certainly, this exception will apply here. i mean, the captain of the vessel, we have heard this incredibly, one of the most touching accounts of what happened, one of the most powerful accounts is that woman that just -- just recounted what happened. >> let me bring georgia bang in. how was it you were finally able to get off the ship? >> once we went up the 24-foot ladder, there were hardly any of us left. one of the cameras -- photographers from the ship and another journeyman had a rope, and we had to sit on our kne

they try to take full advantage of the fact that if a cruise doesn't touch a u.s. porteral statute -- jonz what we have here is passengers on that ticket that they buy limit the liability basically of the cruise ship. >> yes, but here is whey argue. two things i don't buy, judge, very quickly. the first thing is the journal argument. if you are doing business here. >> judge jeanine: you sue in miami. i disagree with that. >> absolutely. number two, a contract of adhesion. means so one side thed as to not be enforceable. >> for years the courts have sided with the people who run the cruise lines. here is the issue, guys, when you have a captain in custody we are now crossing the line from normal, you know, kind of negligence to intentional acts and possibly if criminal charges are filed wouldn't we now have real causes of action against carnival cruise? >> absolutely there would be causes of action. >> absolutely. there are real causes of action but if the cruise lines that are fighting industry wide spending billions of dollars in washington and across the world to try

they try to take full advantage of the fact that if a cruise doesn't touch a u.s. port federal statute -- jonz what we have here is passengers on that ticket that they buy limit the liability basically of the cruise ship. >> yes, but here is whey argue. two things i don't buy, judge, very quickly. the first thing is the journal argument. if you are doing business here. >> judge jeanine: you sue in miami. i disagree with that. >> absolutely. number two, a contract of adhesion. means so one side thed as to not be enforceable. >> for years the courts have sided with the people who run the cruise lines. here is the issue, guys, when you have a captain in custody we are now crossing the line from normal, you know, kind of negligence to intentional acts and possibly if criminal charges are filed wouldn't we now have real causes of action against carnival cruise? >> absolutely there would be causes of action. >> absolutely. there are real causes of action but if the cruise lines that are fighting industry wide spending billions of dollars in washington and across the world to

most ships leaving u.s. ports drill before setting sail.on the italian ship, the drill was scheduled for the next day. on board, there are life jackets and lifeboats for everyone. this should work smoothly. >> the current requirements for ship certification for evacuation assumes that the ship is in upright conditions in dead calm conditions. >> reporter: in italy, it was hardly eye deal. passengers reported climbing over passengers to get to the life boboat lifeboats. disasters at sea are rare, but they do happen. this ship sank after everyone was off. experts say, be prepared. >> be familiar with the ship. know where your assembly station is. take the drill seriously. >>> stateside, police in montana and dd dd are pleading for the help of the public to find the body of a missing teacher. they believe sherry arnold is dead. her body has not been found. two men with felony records are in custody in regards to her disappearance. >>> a bizarre case of a colorado man missing for five days. george digragio's body was found in the locked bathroo

experts say most vessels leaving u.s. ports drill before setting sail. on the italian ship, the drill was scheduled for the next day. on board, there are life jackets and lifeboats for everyone. it should all work smoothly. but all of this assumes nearly ideal conditions. >> the current requirements for ship certification for evacuation assumes the ship is in an upright condition in dead calm conditions. >> reporter: in italy, it was hardly ideal. in the chaos, panicked passengers reported climbing over each other to get to the life boats and pleading with the crew to release the lines. disasters at sea are rare. but they happen. from waves crashing on board, fires or, in this case, a ship sinking, luckily after everyone was off. experts say be prepared. >> be familiar with the ship. you need to know where your assembly station is. you need to take the assembly drill seriously. >> now, another good idea is to coordinate with your family and friends. figure out a rendezvous point. in an emergency, it's likely you won't even be at the same part of the ship

coast guard and navy, we had to send an aircraft carrier out there to retrieve the ship back to u.s. portings that do happen on somewhat of a routine basis. >> that's amazing. i think a lot of people were not aware. thanks very much, jim. >> thank you. we've all heard about economic troubles in europe. but tonight, a human face and a truly disturbing one. >>> today's essay comes from ireland, where a medical examiner believes the country's new drunk driving laws have actually led to more deaths. it believes tougher laws led to more suicides among older men who live in isolated rural communities because they stopped driving to the local pub for company while they drink. it's a bigger sign of a bigger problem in ireland. one of the reasons the people have to drive to the pub in the first place is because the bars in ireland are few and far between. it was once said it would be tough to pass ireland without passing a pub in the book "ulysses." almost 1300 bars closed their doors and a country once known as having a pub on every corner, only 7,500 left in the entire country and suicide rates

coast guard and navy, we had to send and aircraft carrier out there to retrieve the ship back to a u.s. ports. taxpayer expense. these are types of things that do happen on somewhat of a routine basis. >> amazing. i think a lot of people were not aware. thanks very much, jim. >> thank you, erin. >>> we've all heard a lot about economic troubles in europe. tonight, a human face and a truly disturbing one. you're giving me the silent treatment? ummm, yeah. jen, this is like the eighth time you've called... no, it's fine, my family has free unlimited mobile-to-any-mobile minutes. i can call all i want. i don't think you understand how the silent treatment works. hello? [ male announcer ] buy unlimited messaging and get free unlimited calling to any mobile phone on any network. at&t. ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his score is in danger ♪ ♪ if you're a

coast guard and navy, we had to send an aircraft carrier out there to retrieve the ship back to u.s. portf things that do happen on somewhat of a routine basis. >> that's amazing. i think a lot of people were not aware. thanks very much, jim. >> thank you. we've all heard about economic troubles in europe. but tonight, a human face and a truly disturbing one. one that's transforming how companies from every industry-- and of every size-- are doing business. a platform built for now. and for what's next. this...is the cisco intelligent network. cisco. [♪...] >> i wish my patients could see what i see. that over time, having high cholesterol, plus diabetes or high blood pressure or family history of early heart disease, can put them at increased risk for plaque buildup. and they'd see that it's more important to get their cholesterol where their doctor wants. and why for these patients, when diet and exercise alone aren't enough, i prescribe crestor. adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol by up to 52%. and is also proven to slow plaque buildup. >> announcer: crestor is not right for everyone

if you look at the language of the ticket, you will see if you are costa vessel sailing out of a u.s. port there are limitations on your rights. your ticket is your contract. people don't read them. they assume it's safe. they assume it's going to be okay. they don't realize they are waiving all their rights when they sign these tickets. we see this all the time. federal courts here are enforcing these limitations. >> greta: i know you handle these cases. are these waivers, this is standard continuing procedure even the ship that has american flags on them? >> first there aren't any american ships that do cruising anymore. the last one was hawaii cruise businesses that went out of business after 9/11. they all fly flags of convenience. all of them that has stuff in contracts that limit your rights. royal caribbean, carnival, disney all of those ships use foreign doctors. if the doctor makes a mistake and you try to sue them, unless you can get jurisdiction of the doctor you are out of luck. they are going to say we are not responsible for was the doctor does. he is an independent doctor. >

the coast guard monitors cruises that leave u.s. portshile international maritime agreements regulate the cruise industry. coast guards say they often give safety briefings to passengers before the ship leaves port. they're only required to do so, though, within 24 hours of setting sail. >> passengers should understand the ships are well regulated, they are safe. we evaluate the ships, we evaluate the profficiency of the crew and how they would respond to emergencies. >> the costa concordia was scheduled to give its safety drill saturday, one day after its accident. >>> let's check in again with meteorologist tom curride, and is it true we just got above freezing? >> yeah, just in the last hour we got above freezing since the sunset yesterday, and we've had this cold pattern continuing on into this martin luther king day. we look off now to the north in montgomery county. under a partly cloudy sky, a little bit of sunshine there through the high clouds. now the camera looking into l d loudon county, and now fairfax county. we do have a li

you put your finger on what's called the athens convention which if the cruise does not touch a u.s. port impose that limitation on damages which is absolutely horrendous. but the athens convention has an exception. one of the exceptions is intentional conduct and what we have here is intentional conduct by the captain. he intentionally, you know, navigated that ship way too close to shore. he intentionally abandoned ship before he should have. all of these are intentional acts. i know that -- i don't know if you're referring to the "new york times," but "the new york times" was making a point that, well, what if the cruise line says, well, you know, too bad, so sad, it's the intentional act of a captain but we did not authorize him to do any of these things. well, you know, the fact is, and i went online yesterday looking at that after that question was raised, because it's almost absurd to think, oh, well we want to distance ourselves from the captain. on the costa cruise -- >> which they've been doing very aggressively. >> right. which they have been doing very aggressively, you know,

why chris it looks like most of the cruise ships that leave u.s. ports actually from the bahamas, right? >> yes, john, it's called flying a flag of convenience. and it means even the radiance of the seas and its alaska itinerary are registered in the bahamas. the bahamas has registered nearly twice as many ships as any other nation. about 60 ships are registered there. about half that number are registered in panama. in a little more than 20 are registered in bermuda. only one major cruise ship is registered here in the united states. it's the aptly named pride of america, but it's not owned by any strong american brand like disney. it's actually owned by norwegian cruise lines. john? >> and so, chris, let's go through some of the reasons here. i assume one of them is a simple cost from the carrier standpoint. is it a lot cheaper to incorporate and fly the bahamian flag or some other flag than the american flag? >> all comes down to economics, john. if you want to register a ship in the united states it's got to be built in an american shipyard, staffed

experts say most vessels leaving u.s. ports drill before setting sail.or the next day. >> we've got to get our -- >> reporter: on board there are life jackets and life boats for everyone. it should all work smoothly. but all of this assumes nearly ideal conditions. >> the current requirements for ship certification for evacuation assumes that the ship is in an upright position in dead calm conditions. >> reporter: in italy it was hardly ideal. in the chaos panicked passengers reported climbing over each other to get to the lifeboats and pleading with the crew to release the lines. disasters at sea are rare, but they happen. from waves crashing on board, fires, or in this case a ship sinking. luckily, after everyone was off. experts say be prepared. >> be familiar with the ship. you need to know where your assembly station is. you need to take the assembly drill seriously. >> reporter: another good idea, coordinate with your family or friends, figure out a rendezvous point. in an emergency you may not even be at the same part of the ship. and here's anoth

that tragic accident has raised the question of how u.s. ports train for similar disasters. casey wian, he's about to show us. he is with rescue divers at the port of long beach. tell us what it's like, what they're doing, what kind of training exercise is going on. >> reporter: well, suzanne, we are at the port of long beach, california, with the long beach police department. and they have got a specialized diving team that's trained to deal with any kind of a disaster that might happen here. especially involving people in the water. now, there's 250 cruise ships that depart from the los angeles long beach port complex every year. think of all the people on the ships and think of how they have to get divers into the water quickly. they can't do that with a boat all the time. so one of the ways they do that is with the helicopter. long beach police department as you can see there has a helicopter ready to deploy to have the divers drop into the water. so they can get to potential victims very quickly. they are one of more than a dozen agencies under the direction of the coas

we are at the port of long beach where we have asked what would happen if a disaster like the "costa concordia" happened here? well, the first thing that would happen is the u.sast a dozen other agencies to respond. here at the port of long beach, you have cargo container ships. you have cruise vessels. you have smaller boats. you have military vessels so they have to be prepared for everything. now we're with a group today the long beach harbor patrol. they're showing us how they train with their underwater dive teams to deal with one of these disasters under water. so we're going to walk inside. we've got video that we can show you of how these dive teams actually work under water. they are actually using sort of a welding torch to cut into a piece of metal and this would be done if a ship was submerged. if the ship was run aground. they might use this type of a technique to salvage a ship. they might use it to try to get a ship upright. they also might use it to cut through a ship to rescue people. now, this is the only port that has a team like that can actually have these tethered dives. these divers can stay under water for hours and hours at a time. un

so sometimes there's an exception if the if the voyage is to u.s. portsanother country, but that is not the case here. so we will not be seeing lawsuits in the united states. of course mean peopany have cha the ticket, but have been unsuccessful. people say you can sue for anything anywhere. yes, we'll see lawsuits because when you see the high stakes cases like this, lawyers will go for it. are they going to be successful? the case law doesn't support them. >> what about the ship's captain. we know he could be facing charges of manslaughter, ship wreck. but he's on house arrest now. you have 11 people who died. more than twice that full who are still missing. what is the likelihood here that he is going to get jail time, that he'll be charged with anything? >> i think it's very, very likely. i think we're somewhat familiar with the italian judicial system, right, because of the amanda knox case. it's a vigorous system. he is looking at manslaughter, abandoning ship. that in of itself opens him up to about 12 years in prison. and so as you mentioned, we h

we can't be completely certain until they test all of the shipments coming into u.s. ports.d a scientist at the consumers union if he would allow his family to drink orange juice and he didn't answer the question. he said, we just don't know yet. if you want to be perfectly safe, buy organic orange juice. >> organic orange juice? does it have to be florida orange juice, one you know came from the united states? >> well, first of all, the fda is still saying it's perfectly safe. organic is really one indication that it's going to be safe. i'll tell you, erica, this is a really bizarre case because on the one hand you've got the fda saying this is perfectly safe, but on the other hand they're going to enormous expense and trouble testing every single shipment. so why in the world are they doing that? well, the explanation is that once they heard from coca-cola that they had found small amounts of this illegal >>> the massive earquak >>> the massive earthquake in haiti two years ago today left countless children without parents. let's speak with one ohio couple now caught up in

in the ticket contract it provides that all of those claims in any cruise that does not touch a u.s. port claims should be brought in genoa, italy. yes, those claims will be brought there. those claims will be governed by italian law. >> so there are 70 people or so we're told who sort of come together to create this, what i think we would call a class auction lawsuit. is that how this eventually is going to come down? it has to be a class of people who are suing, the 4,000 people who are suing here? >> no. it's really -- i know about there's talk about a class action. i think it's mainly a big group of people bringing claims. in the united states certainly it would not be a class auction, it would be an action by a large group of individuals for claims. we, in fact, are working with an italian attorney to bring claims over there, and it's just on behalf of each individual injured person or the family of the folks who have passed away. so it's really not a class, but there is -- yes, there is a group of people, 70 people, who are banding together over in italy or to bring claims over in i

when last seen, the iranian crew was headed to port wearing u.s. navy ball caps. but given the state of relations between the u.s. and iran they should probably take them off before they go ashore. >> pelley: tip of the hat to the navy. david, thank you very much. by the way, you can see more of bob schieffer's interview with secretary panetta this sunday on "face the nation." how singing helped gabby giffords find her voice again. a u.s. marine stands trial for killing unarmed iraqi civilians. and ice road trucker goes down when the "cbs evening news" continues. come soups that you'll love getting to know. new slow kettle style soups from campbell's. extraordinary taste sensations crafted from premium ingredients. slow kettle. new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. then, i got my number. my tired, achy feet affected my whole life. until i found my number. i tried the free dr. scholl's foot mapping center. in two minutes, i got my foot map and custom number. i'm a

u.s. materials be used. >>> the port of san francisco hopes the america's cup race will help boost a proposal to add water taxi service. san francisco will be the home of the 2013 america's cup finals and two america's cup world series evens later this year. the san francisco examiner reports that port officials will seek bids from potential taxi service providers in the months ahead. port officials tell the newspaper they hope to have a plan in place for the finals. >>> good afternoon to you. we are cloudier throughout this afternoon. we're cooler in many areas. we didn't get that rain we were hoping for. now that the system has passed through, we'll continue with clouds. that chance of rain is be gone for the next day or so. so clouds continuing to stream through over the area. we'll be right about where we should be when it comes to our numbers, well above average over the weekend, felt like spring. that rain will stay north of us we saw a few scattered showers over the bay area. most of it was virga. this zonal flow will last through about wednesday. it does look like with this patter in

u.s. solders. they operate in the port of oakland and admits no guilt. >> these are cases where any person can file a lawsuit on behalf of the united states government, standing in their shoes to address fraud against the government. >> brown will receive 10% of the settlement. >>> san jose voters may get a chance to decide whether to overturn restrictions on medical marijuana clubs. supporters collected enough signatures to put the measure before voters but the city counsel has to sign off first. it would overturn a new city ordinance cutting the number of medical marijuana clubs in san jose from 140 all the way down to 10. a measure on the november state ballot to change the 3 strikes law could save the state $100 million a year. the measure would reduce prison sentences for offenders whose crimes are considered nonviolent. >>> turning now to the race for the republican nomination. mitt romney is trying to capitalize on his victory last night with a big endorsement today. >> arizona senator john mccain announced he is backing mitt romney. the new hampshire primary is next tuesday. mitt romney hol

u.s. freedom at home marina port arthur c. new york. what down has a to log on to our website for the latest videos comments and analysis dot com and here's some of what's there for you today. tear gas versus molotov cocktails remain a joins a club of state seeking the resignation of the arab leaders as a country faces its worst protest decades. and the brutal killing of the ousted libyan leader remains without any investigation for two months now we give you one lawyers opinion why so head to our web site r.t. dot com for more. these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is pressuring europe to impose an embargo on iranian oil immediately over the country's nuclear ambitions that you will decide of the sentients in a few days but may delay their effect until july while countries look for a new oil supplier iran has been threatening to block the strait of hormuz of bile the world fuel supply route if the sanctions are a move us as could lead to military action caleb maupin from the anti-war group and national action center says washi

u.s. freedom at home marina port arthur c. new york well don't have to pay to log on to our web site for the latest videos comments and analysis. now let's take a look at what's available there today. tear gas versus malta property remain your joints of state seeking the resignation of the arab leaders as the country faces its worst protest in decades. and the brutal killing of the ousted libyan leader remains without any investigation for two months now to give you one more reason why i have to call for more. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is pressuring you or to impose an embargo on iranian oil immediately or the country's nuclear ambitions the e.u. will decide on the sanctions if you do. but may delay their effect until july while countries look for a new oil supplier iran has been threatening to block the strait of hormuz a vital world fuel supply route if the sanctions are imposed a move the u.s. has lead to military action it's been building up its navy forces near the persian gulf with two aircraft carriers a

u.s. freedom at home marina port artsy new york. well the runners in russia's presidential election do this march are starting to get active the country's current prime minister and candidate by the mayor has published a preview article on wanting the challenges the country faces are choosing to go to discuss fast as the current commotion and russian politics. with just under fifty days before the march presidential election and major complaints still simmering in the candidates headquarters mr putin decided to unleash his powers of persuasion on you have to hit a known public speaker for change he's decided to be more scholarly speaking of the pen for the first in a series of articles lining his vision for the future of russia what he's calling economy to be built. and the gravitation away. from dependence on oil high standing welcoming political dialogue in the strengthening of civil society in russia putin however said people should concentrate on just what candidates are promising to do rather than the theater of personalities w