because the ship is practically unsinkable. not that it's unsinkable, but practically unsinkable. and if the lifeboats are used, as you pointed out, they would be used primarily in transferring passengers from a stricken ship to one that's there for rescue. as far as change to the lifeboat rules, that came almost immediately right after, it was obvious during the inquiries that how did this happen, how did you even let ships out there without enough lifeboats for all? and what some people don't know today is even on cruise ships, they do not have enough -- they do not support lifeboats for all. they have lifeboats and life rafts for all. most cruise ships today have lifeboats that could accommodate all the passengers, but the crew, a lot of the crew is left being in life rafts. did i answer your question? okay. yes. >> apparently there was a mackey cable laying vessel that came in the next day and picked up a lot of the bodies. do you have any idea how far it had to steam to get to the wreckage site? >> the bennett, it was not the next day. it was several days later that they were

myth one, the owners claimed the ship was unsinkable. >> so this is the ship they say is unsinkable.ybody is proud of the unsinkable "titanic". >> reporter: it's repeated in every time. but no one claimed it was unsinkable after until it sank. myth two, the owner of "titanic" pushed the captain to go faster. >> i want to marvel at the speed. >> reporter: no evidence that ever happened. but it makes a good story. >> every story has to have a villain. >> reporter: myth three, the band went down with the ship playing the hymn "near my god to thee." ♪ the band did go down with the ship, but mostly, it was playing something upbeat. like in the 1929 film "atlantic." but today's filmmakers can't resist the band providing the sound track to strategy. >> a spiritual moment in which heroism, disaster, and chivalry and god are tied up in a convenient package. how can you miss a story like that. >> action. >> reporter: perhaps that is the point. the tale isn't perfect history. but it's a great story. and we keep watching, even though we know the ending for 100 years. nick schifrin, abc news, lon

. >>> and the titanic. 100 years since the unsinkable ship went down.onight, a century old legend lives on. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the start of the 2012 general election season might some day be traced right back to today. this afternoon in gettysburg, pennsylvania, not far from the very heart of the civil war battleground, rick santorum got out of the gop race. the battleground that went on longer, was more brutal and divisive than anyone had first imagined. he won 11 out of 50 states. but it's another number that was trouble for the former pennsylvania senator, 1,144, the number of delegates the nominee will need. and it's mitt romney who is much closer to that. we begin our coverage tonight with nbc's ron mott on the trail in gettysburg. hey, ron, good evening. >> hey, brian, good evening to you. after waiving off repeated questions over the past couple weeks over whether he should get out of this race, today rick santorum made it official, leaving, yet leaving open the possibility h

he went there and said it's unsinkable but said it will sink if you put a hole in it. >>> a lady says she is certain there is was a second shooter on that fateful day that robert f. kennedy was assassinated. back moment. i'm walt gale,

>>> up next on a second look, it was supposed to be unsinkable. but the titanic became synonymous with maritime disaster. this month marks the 100th anniversary of one of the worse maritimedisaster's in history. the sinking of the titanic. 1,011 people died. in the century sense, adventures have taken on finding the wreckage and cataloging the remains. the man who headed the company that owns salvaged rights to the liner was a guest on mornings on 2. here's ross mcgowen's interview with tucolack. >> so far the release will be quite good. joining me is tucolack. it is the garden -- guardian of the titanic wreckage site. in fact, george has visited the site nine times. >> the artistic creativity that went into it and the great design that it possessed really was a magnificent ship. >> it was like 850 feet long. >> almost 900. >> it went off on its voyage and then hit an iceburg what? about four days later. >> 4-1/2 days later, yeah. >> this is the animation, explain what we're look at here. >> here we're seeing as the ship is going down. what we hav

. >> and remembering the unsinkable ship, the one that was supposed to be unsinkable, the titanic. the country's continued fascination with the sunken >> there are a few clouds coming in. not quite as chilly as it has been the last couple mornings. out west, good storms. i've circled the area getting stronger storms this morning. good squalor lines in oklahoma and missouri. illinois as well moving into indiana as well. all of that activity, it will diminish somewhat during the day today. some clouds will be drifting into our area today. a lot of that will be deflected northward. nonetheless, we could be on the southern edge of something that could occur. sunrise just happened. 49 at the inner harbor. a little warmer than it has been the last couple morning. 76% the humidity. the barometer a nice high reading. at the moment, the winds are calm. if anything, the winds today will be more westerly and southwesterly rather than northwesterly or northerly. that means the temperatures will come up a little bit. we can see that already in morning temperatures. far fewer 30's and far more 4

it was supposed to be unsinkable. more than 1500 people died. more than 700 people survived, including a man -- a man named albert taylor, an early pioneer of the paper cup and the milk carton. his story lives on in harford county. >> the name, of course, the titanic. >> there is a piece of titanic history tucked away in aberdeen, md.. a journal, a firsthand account of titanic survival edward. now in the hands of his great cousin. >> at that time, this was the latest and greatest in early 20th century technology. he was able to interpret it all in preserved at all for what it was. >> mr. taylor was an inventor and engineer, a first-class passenger along with wife julia business partner f. fletcher lambert williams. >> he estimated the ship was going 27 miles -- 27 knots just based on the rotations of the propellers that he could hear. >> of the night of the 15th, taborites "an impact woke me up there "he went on date -- he went on deck. >> i walked over and saw nothing peculiar except crushed ice under my feet. i went to my cabin and told my wif

. >>> and 100 years later, a once thought unsinkable ship sank to the bottom of the sea, and tonight, they're looking back and looking ahead in the place where "titanic" was built. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> good evening. on the heels of last night's massive and deadly midwest tornado outbreak, all the ingredients are in place for more dangerous weather this evening. watches have been up since this afternoon for possible severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in areas stretching from arkansas northward to parts of minnesota. yesterday through dawn this morning, experts counted at least 122 reported tornadoes across four states. including one that killed five people in northwestern oklahoma, and injured more than two dozen. so potent was this system, government forecasters took the unusual step of warning of life-threatening conditions more than 24 hours in advance. a warning that may have saved countless lives. we have two reports. we begin tonight with nbc's jay gray in the hard-hit town of woodward, oklahoma. jay, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. an

unsinkable. >> every britisher is proud of the unsinkable titanic. >> it's repeated in every film butd it was unsinkable until after it sank. >> filmmakers were sort of taking poetic license with the story from the get-go really. >> reporter: myth two -- the owner of "titanic" pushed the captain to go faster. >> i want to marvel at her speed. >> reporter: no evidence that ever happened but it makes a good story. >> every good story has to have a fivillain. >> reporter: myth number three. the band went down with the ship playing "nearer my god to thee." ♪ the band did go down with the ship but most likely it was playing something upbeat. like in the 1929 film "atlantic." but today's filmmakers can't resist the band providing the soundtrack to tragedy. >> a spiritual moment in which heroism, disaster, manliness, chivalry and god are all tied up in a very convenient package. again whether or not it was true isn't really the point. how could you miss a story like that. >> reporter: and perhaps that's the point. the "titanic" tale isn't perfect history. but it's a great story. and we keep

. >> reporter: it was the ship they dared to call unsinkable.ard were some of the rich et and most famous people of their time. more than 1,500 died in the icy north atlantic. a tragedy, a huge news story, and an obsession still going strong a century later. titanic, the blockbuster movie is back in theaters in 3d. james cameron has even explored the wreck and produced a national geographic special. artifacts from the ocean floor are being auctioned off for the first time. jewelry, a chandelier, third class dish wear expected to bring in millions. there's even a cruise that set out this week to retrace the titanic's route. >> we wantsed to honor and respect the people that were on the titanic. >> reporter: for those who couldn't get a ticket, there's always a ticket to the port the titanic made famous. one reason people come here is to put themselves in the shoes of the passengers. to wonder what it must have been like to get on the biggest most luxurious cruise liner, a ship that just in a few days would be at the bottom of the ocean. it has ca

. >> plus, remembering what was supposed to be the unsinkable ship that was the titanic. the continued fascination with the sunken treasure 100 years >> in "medical alert" women not at risk for ovarian cancer should avoid testing for the disease. that suggests only women with a family history of the disease or who test positive for brca 1 or 2 gene should undergo screening. 10% of women screened will have a false positive, and a third will have an ovary removed. experts say for the general public there are more risks than benefits associated with that screening. >> mammograms do not necessarily give a good tip of breast health. the f.d.a. panel approved the 3-d ultrasound screening which doctors say will better help them identify tumors. in a nationwide study, investigators looked at more than 1,500 women. they found tumors in 100. in 20 of those, the cancer was missed by mammograpy alone but was not picked up until the ultrasound. >> we know that scanning by mammograpy and as well as by ultrasound in the future, it can increase the number of cancers that are visualized a

in the end, the titanic may have proven unsinkable after all.d switching gears to a happier story, one couple is now on top of the world in more ways than one. a veteran polar explorer got married yesterday in norway. they had to board a ceremony to get to the site. it was complete with a pastor and a cross made out of skis. the bride was dressed in a long, white, and very warm dress. the weather on their wedding day was negative 10 degrees. she looked like an eskimo. >> i don't know what that means for their future. >> start out icy, and then things warm up, maybe? >> could be. >> well, here is for all of your green thumbs. when and how you can score a tour of the white house carden. >> and if you have a gown storing dust in the closet, how you can breath new life into it and make someone's dreams come tru. >> severe storms tracking across the plains. we'll track this when we come we'll track this when we come back in the we love gardening... yeah, but the feeling wasn't always mutual. i want you to grow big! if you grow for me, you'll get cook

unsinkable ship, thank god for john harper. >> folks, thank you so much for

nearly 1500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, the lookout cited, iceberg ahead, they rang the bells three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning that there is some object ahead. it doesn't mean dead ahead, it means ahead of the ship and it doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout after he struck the bell, he called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was, what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> samuel halpern on the truth and see myths of that night. part of american history tv this weekend on cspan-3. >>> this is cspan-3 with politics throughout the week and people and events telling the

. >> it was the ship they called unsinkable... 100 years ago today the titanic sank.500 passengers and died. today memorial services were held aboard two cruise ships. among those in the crowd were descendants of some of the titanic victim. >> i almost feel like i see him now and i can go home. i will not have as much of an obsession about him. i cannot let him go. >> another memorial service was held at a cemetery in the nova scotia... >> president obama is speaking publicly for the first time about the scandal rocking the secret nation... 11 secret service agents sent to colombia ahead of the president's visit are accused of being involved in an incident that involved prostitutes to... president obama address the allegations while wrapping up his trip and cartagena for the summit of the americas... he and other world leaders where they're discussing the war on drugs among other issues... >> the secret service brought the 11 agents, and say there currently are on administrative leave... >> you have two more days to file your taxes... today would normally be the deadl

. >> april 15, 1912, nearly 1500 perished on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded and they sighted an iceberg ahead, rings it three times, ding ding ding, which is a warning saying there is some object ahead. it doesn't mean dead ahead and it doesn't say what kind of an object. to tem them what it is that they saw. when they finally answered, the entire conversation was what do you see? and the response was iceberg right ahead and the response from the officer was thank you. >> on the truths and myths of that night. sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. part of american history tv. >> wayne shaw looks at the generalship of robert e. lee. it's 50 minutes. 50. >> as you know the topic of the class is robert e. lee. not just to talk about his life and career but to assess his command. so, the first thing obviously when you need to do something like this and we will do this with grant on friday. the reason i have the class structured this way is because as we will probably talk about later in this class, if you criticize or defend lee, a lot of times it ends up being in

in the film, "this is the ship they say is unsinkable."ontrary to popular belief the white star line never claimed that to be true. experts also say there is no evidence third class passengers were held below-decks and kept from lifeboats. another item up for debate, the final song the band played as the ship sank. >>> thank you for joining us. more local news straight ahead including the emotional candlelight vigil for a family destroyed when a morning bike ride came to a tragic end. >>> i'm wagging my finger at the president of china. >> a look back at the spectacular and tumultuous career of veteran broadcaster mike wallace. >>> how the first family spent easter sunday. - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each other. and ultimately connected to you. at kaiser permanente, we believe that if knowledge is pow

the ship once called a unsinkable struck an iceberg 400 miles from newfoundland on the night of april 14, 1912. 2200 people were on board and 1500 people died when the titanic sank to the bottom of the ocean. two more increases converged at the site where the titanic rests. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast. >> really nice day today. we did have some clouds. it was overcast this morning. the sun did its thing today and made things almost uncomfortable. the temperature is up. we're not used to that. as mild as the spring has been, we have not had any days in the '80s. up to the west, that line of heavy thunderstorms, strongest in arkansas and missouri right now. the line does move east. tomorrow, the severe weather es 3 it was out in the plains. it is a little farther east today. by the time it gets here, it will lose a lot of steam. it will not be a big issue for us. we did not tie or break a record. we made it to 86 at the airport but the record is 88 set in 19 41. it made it to 88 at the inner harbor. 56, 61 at the respective lows from last night. there was a trace of prec

brass ensemble plays that fateful song, the song last heard by many of those who perished as the unsinkablep did just that 100 years ago. >> this was a compilation of music that was played on the ship in 1912 when the ship went down. >> reporter: the event called titanic 100, featured more than 1500 luminaries along the waterfront promenade. >> it's great, honoring all the people. i love all the candles and the bags with the names on them to honor the people. i didn't know it was over 1,000 people that had lost their lives. >> i knew about it, but i didn't know about -- like how my people died and everything like that. >> hundreds of titanic images were projected 50 feet high on a waterfront con doe building. >> it was is up a great disaster, and it had so much human interest that how could you not want to be here. >> the titanic's maiden voyage proved disastrous when the luxury cruise liner struck an iceberg. within hours the ship had broken apart and sunk. it remains on the ocean floor to this day. >> i couldn't imagine the pain, the suffering and knowing that they are going to drawn, all

and a new documentary endeavors to answer the question once and for all what sunk the unsinkable ship and we'll have some rare artifacts in studio that have been brought back from the wreckage. there are so many theories over the years of james cameron of course we know for beyond the movie. >> you mean beyond the iceberg? >> absolutely. >> okay. >> and then barbara corcoran will be along to give you a tour of homes, showing you what you can get for your bucks today. or if you are looking and seeing what's out there. >> al, thanks very much. natalie is spending some time off this week. we've got savannah over at the news desk with all the headlines. hi, savannah. >> good morning. in the news today, the new job numbers out and they are not as good as had been expected. they show an economy that is improving but at a very slow pace. the unemployment rate for march is 8.2%. that's down from 8.3% in february. but the economy added only 120,000 jobs. that's the smallest amount since october and much fewer than analysts had expected. >>> now to that newly released audio tape of former new o

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believed to be unsinkable. >> iceberg dead ahead, sir. >> reporter: but what man had made nature's coldk on water and sank to the ocean floor. over 1500 lives were lost. as headlines spread the news to the world the, the details of what exactly happened to the "titanic" were sunk. 2 1/2 miles below the ocean's surface guessed at for decades. >> the boiler. >> reporter: in 1986, a team led by robert ballard delivered the first incredible pictures of the wreck, as underwater technology advanced, answers started to come. including, how the ship broke apart. >> broken in two. those two pieces are separated by about six football fields. the bow up here, the stern here. six football fields in between. but there's a much larger area around that where objects spilled out of the ship as it sank. >> reporter: an expedition launched by rms "titanic" incorporated and their partners took on an unparalleled effort in 2010. to shoot the "titanic" in 3-d. and thoroughly map the wreck site. it is the subject of an upcoming history channel documentary. >> the object of this expedition was simply to find

the loss of a ship that many people considered unsinkable continues to fascinate new generations. >> the titanic mystic is especially evident this week as a sad chapter in the shared history between the u.s. and great britain is remembered on both sides of the atlantic. >> reporter: people are flocking to cemeteries in halifax, nova scotia, the final resting place for some 150 titanic victims. they're also boarding cruise ships here to take them 400 miles into the north atlantic where titanic lies on the ocean floor. >> as it gets closer to the 14th and 15th it's a little more somber. >> reporter: april 14th, 1912, at 11:20 p.m. is when titanic struck an iceberg and sank two and a half hours later, the early morning of the 15th. 1500 passengers and crew were killed, most from southampton, england where titanic set sail. >> the obituary was in the newspaper. >> reporter: barbara coen's great uncle was onboard. >> i found the whole experience very moving and touching. >> reporter: there is a cruise ship from here headed to the titanic as well, this weekend arriving over the sunken ruin

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april 15th, 1912, nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called "unsinkable." >> once the lookout bells were sounded, once the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead. they struck the bells, in the process, three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying there is some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead. means ahead of the ship. doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout, after they struck the bell, he went to a telephone nest and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and the phone was finally answered, the, the entire conversation was. what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> the truths and myths of that night, sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on cspan 3. all tonight here on cspan 3, american history tv in primetime. and we continue now with our look at a symposium examining the 1830s texas revolution between u.s. settlers and the mexican government. we conclude our coverage of this symposium with greggdimmick on how archaeological

nearly 1500 perish on the sink called unsinkable. >> the lookout shouted iceberg ahead. they struck the bells three times. which is a warning saying there's an object dead ahead. it doesn't say what kind of object. then he went to a telephone nest and called done to the officer on the bridge to thel them what it is that they saw. the phone was finally answered. the entire conversation was what do you see? and response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> samuel helper on the truths and myths of that night sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. part of american history tv. this weekend on c-span3. more from u.s. naval academy professor as he examines the generalship of ulysess s. grant. >> all right. so today we will do grant. with lee obviously one of the ways the class was structured is you had one historian is an excellent battlefield general and a terrible strategist. and another former teacher who made the argument that no, lee's strategy was plausible. it didn't work out. but it wasn't because his strategy was implausible or not well

the unsinkable ship sank april 15th, 1912, three films will be screened. the film titanic, will be screened tonight. a night to remember available tomorrow in the evening and titanic will be shown on wednesday. head to our website at abc2news.com. >>> today , the genealogy website ancestry.com will release collection of the titanic. you can search the collection for free. >>> tomorrow if first lady's first book will be released. it inspires families, schools and communities about the health of families and communities. >>> report saying rick santorum will be off the trail today. his campaign said his 3 year old had to return to the hospital, she has a rare genetic condition and hospitalizeed this year with pneumonia. >>> for continuing coverage of democracy 2012 head to abc2news.com, we have the latest news, primary results and candidate profiles, look under the news and click on politics. >>> students and faculty are getting frustrated on the university of pittsburgh. a bomb threat forced evacuations sunday. 7 buildings have been targeted making bomb thre

. >> april 13th, 1912, >> caller: hundred perished on a ship called unsinkable. >> the look of bills were sounded. the look out cited an iceberg and struck the bells and the crows nest three times which is a warning saying there's an object ahead. it doesn't say what kind of options. what the lookout did after they struck the bill is went to the telephone and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. when the film was finally answered the entire conversation was what do you see? response was iceberg right ahead. response from the officer was thank you. >> samuel halpern on the truth and myth of that night at 4:00 eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> now a debate over civil liberties and the role of the aclu. this forum, benjamin cardozo law school with health care, same-sex marriage and national security. we will show you as much as we can enjoy our live event at 9:00 eastern. >> we had a grander larger subject tonight as soon as i sat down in this chair. i remember the feeling last year and is the helm of the starship

and touted as unsinkable. but just four days into its maiden voyage the luxury cruiseship hit an iceberg and sank, killing more than 1500 passengers and crew. with the ship wreck lying on the ocean floor, its tale has spawned countless books and films. and the wreckage itself attracts underwater tourists and scavengers, prompting calls for its preservation. >> we covering artifacts, the belongings of people who have died is not to be done. >> reporter: whether or not the wreckage survives another 100 years, fascination with its story and fate seem sure to endure. and for more on why the fascination endures, we turn to for more on why the fascination endures, we turn to writer and critic daniel mendelsohn. his latest piece in the "new yorker" is "unsinkable: why we can't let go of the titanic." welcome. so what is it about the titanic tale and its themes that so grip ours imagination and has for 100 years. >> well, i think mostly it's that it's a real life event that unfolds as if it were basically a work of li

. >>> april 15th, 1912, nearly 1500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, the lookout, once the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead, they struck the bells in the crow's nest three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying that there's some object ahead. doesn't mean dead head ahead. and it doesn't say what kind of object. what the lookout then did after they struck the bell. he went to a telephone in the nest and called down to the officer on he bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> samuel halpern on the truthss and myths of that night. sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on "american history tv." get our

the ship dubbed " unsinkable " lost two-thirds of his passengers. the third class suffer the greatest loss accounting for nearly half of the debt. >> this is very emotional for me to be here, and right above where the ship went down, and all those people perished. >> i wished that some way would know at 100 years later we're still remembering them and thinking of them. >> it is a difficult time for everyone. and we just need to make the most of it. i'm sorry, ensor the people that are inside, very sorry for what happened. >> remembered ceremonies were also held at the ship's departure port of southampton in southern england. best buy trying to keep from going the way of circuit city, what are they doing to avoid going under and how customers at two bay area stores are pitching in. >> he stepped to break up a fight but did not stop eating chips. the super heroes. >> lovely weather this weekend continues with clear and warm conditions tonight. we will look for patchy fog showing up in the early morning hours as this warm up continues. your forecast is

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outside the museum in downtown washington today the sinking of the ship that had been deemed unsinkableook center stage in the center display cases along pennsylvania avenue. inside an exhibit shows how early headlines reporting the disaster were incorrect. titanic carried some 2,224 passengers. 1514 died, only 710 were saved after the ship struck an iceberg and sank. >>> he's charged with bank robbery but says former friends made her do it. brandy biddic lives in houston, texas. she's a college student, mother of three. on the day of the robbery she says a former ex-friend and former con put a gun to her head and forced her to rob a wells fargo bank. surveillance camera catches her leaving the bank with an undisclosed amount of money. her godfather tells reporter -- that's god mother -- go to the sound. >> i said, damn, how come you did it. that's not you. and she said, well, he had a gun to my head and threatened to kill my kid. >> the woman told police her friend drove the get-away car, then beat her and forced her out of the vehicle. tonight she's hospitalized on suicide watch but s

it was admittedly unsinkable.ged the way we look at technology, the world, arguably it's the most important event in the 20th century, because after that we never looked at technology or our ability to create unsinkable ships ever again. bill: we're looking forward to seeing it. thank you for sharing today, okay. >> thank you we'll be there sunday night. bill: it is fascinating animation, the titanic, sunday night april 8th 8:00 eastern time on the national geographic channel. that is the big debut. it's something else how a story like this holds on and captures was all these years later. martha: do you ever wonder why it's so hard to get anything done in washington? good question? john stossel has looked into all of that question -- how do they pull it off despite the red tape they have to deal with in washington. he has that. we'll be right back. get from hertz to keep the car you reserved or simply choose another. and it's free. ya know, for whoever you are that day. it's just another way you'll be traveling at

a century later artifacts from the unthinkable -- unsinkable ship will get a new home. the items are being auctioned off. >> reporter: this month marks the 100 year anniversary of the "titanic" sinking. the collection is said to be one of the most significant bodies of materials to be put on the auction block. it includes every single one of the 5500 artifacts recovered from the ship's wreckage. the ship went down 400 miles off the coast of novo scotia. clothing, jewelry, personal items, fine china, silverware, decorations an hundreds of hours of video from the recovery are being auctioned off. the. >> a few months ago, a painting, a singling painting was sold for $250 million. the argument could be made is there a painting anywhere on earth that is more valuable than all the entire "titanic" collection. >> a court ruling says the collection must be auctioned as one lot, not in pieces maintained by the new owner and at least part of it has to be on display. a few artifacts have been auctioned off in the past that were passed off from families from survivors. a menu went

april 15, 1912, nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded and they shouted an iceberg ahead, they struck the bells in the crow's nest three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying there's some object ahead. it doesn't mean dead ahead. but ahead of the ship and it doesn't say what object. then he went to a telephone nest and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was what do you say? the response was iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was thank you. >> samuel halpern on the truth and myths of that night this weekend on c-span3. >>> earlier today, president obama continued to make his case on raising taxes for the wealthiest americans. his proposal would require anyone making $1 million a year to pay at least 30% of their income in taxes. speaking in front of several millionaires, the president also said his rule could be renamed the reagan rule, since the former president had called for a simpler and more fair t