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because the competent authority are trying with our cooperative efforts are trying to understand the reason for this incident. let's bring in reporter barbie nadeou, she's in the port where the survivors have been taken. what more can you tell snus. >> reporter: tonight the rescue efforts or recovery efforts have been stopped for the night. there were divers out all day long looking under the area of the ship that is still under the water level. the captain has been arrested. he's being investigated, as you said, fon manslaughter and abandoning ship which is a very, very serious maritime offense. he was off the ship before the safety of his passengers had been provided for. that is the grounds on which the authorities here in italy were able to arrest him or have him stopped and officially investigated is how it works within the judicial system here. tomorrow morning the divers will go back down under the water level to start looking at the rest of the areas of the ship they weren't able to take a look at today. all the passengers that are surviving have been moved off to the italian main land into various cities. there are a lot of people in rome, and some in is a voen nah which is another port of call for this particular cruise ship. those people don't have their passports or documents. they'll have to be provided for. they'll need clothing. they'll need shelter. they obviously need to get their legal documents that they had to leave in the ship before they can return to their home. >> so barbie, what are the survivors telling you about what happened, what kind of alarm they heard or instructions from the crew, et cetera? >> reporter: all the survivors shared a very common anger, let's call it, with the way this evacuation was handled. they weren't given any information they say. they knew based on the noises they heard, the fact there was no electricity and the way the ship was listing that they were in serious trouble. many of themself-evacuated. they made it themselves to the evacuation life boats, to the areas they felt they should go to based on the cards and things available on the ship before there was an official alarm. it was almost one hour since the electricity went off and the official evacuation began before anything really happened. a lot of the passengers are very disgruntdalled and very angry with the situation. they also weren't given a lot of information once they got to the italian main land. many of them didn't know where they were supposed to go. they chose themselves whether they went to rome or back to the port from which they left. there's a lot of anger with many of the passengers i spoke to this morning. >> barbie nadeau, thank you for that update. keep us posted. meantime in this country a tanker carrying much-needed fuel to the alaskan town of nome is saul most there. crew members are waiting the find the safest path into the harbor. nome's mayor says they can finally see the lights of the tanker and the ice breaker accompanying it. without the delivery the town would only have enough fuel to last until spring. there's new evidence today of increasing tensions between the u.s. and iran. u.s. defense department has just released these pictures. they show iranian boats speeding straight toward u.s. military and coast guard ships in to separate incidents last friday. one of these incidents took place in the strait of hormuz. it has been a deadly day in iraq. a suicide bomber disguised as a policeman blew himself up killing at least 53 people. 137 others were wounded. most of the victims were shiite pilgrims on their way to a mosque to mark a holy day. the four u.s. marines seen on video desecrating the bodies of taliban fighters have been interviewed by commanders. all u.s. forces in afghanistan are getting a stern warning. cnn's nick paton walsh is in kabul. >> reporter: deputy commanding officer has issued a directive reminding troops the need to treat the corpses of insurgents and civilians they find here in afghanistan with what they refer to as the appropriate dignity and respect. clearly the u.s. military trying to do to contain the damage done in the eyes of many afghans, but perhaps also send a signal to those inside the u.s. military that this kind of conduct is absolutely, both deplorable but will also be punished as severely as possible. we're waiting to see what afghan public reaction will be to this video. remember, so many afghans here without television. very few with the internet. this story taking a while to percolate through afghan society. we've yet to see any protests. we feel a very strong reaction from the afghan president calling this inhuman and also the taliban referring to it as a barbaric video, but yet to see a massive afghan public reaction. although with that to emerge it could make it very difficult for the u.s. to retain security here, ex-dooit the drawdown as they hoped torques removing thousands of their troops. of course, in the back of people's minds are these nation peace negotiations happening in qatar. talks about talks in which u.s. officials and taliban representatives try and see if there's any framework in which they could negotiate some sort of peaceful outcome. the taliban early on saying this video would not disrupt that process. to be honest, that was more likely an off-the-cuff remark during a studied series of deliberations by senior tall want leaders. so gain political capital from this, it may disrupt negotiations. to be honest, sadly early days in what this video could do in terms of damage to nato's presence here and potential peaceful outcome in afghanistan. nick paton walsh, cnn, kabul. in about an hour and a half we'll talk with a member of the military judge advocate general's office or jag to find out what charges these men could face. former mississippi governor hailey barbour is defending his decision to pardon more than 200 convicted criminals. he says he's surprised at the reaction. a judge has halted the prison releases and the legislature is considering changing mississippi's constitution to take pardon powers away from the governor. barbour insists he didn't do anything wrong. >> the historic power of gubernatorial clemency by the governor to pardon felons is rooted in the christian idea of giving second chances. i'm not saying i'll be perfect, that nobody who received clemency will ever do nothing wrong. i'm not infallible and nobody else is. but i am very comfortable and totally at peace with these pardons including those at the mansion. >> i have absolute confidence, so how much confidence that i've let my grandchildren play with these fine men. i've let them ride their tricycles out on the driveway with them watching out for them. i have no question in my mind that these five guys are not a threat to society. but people like you can say what if, what if, what if till the moon goes down. >> so you just heard barbour mention the mansion. he's referring to prisoners who worked at the governor's mansion, four convicted murderers who worked there were pardoned including anthony mccray who was convicted of killing his wife in 2001. >> everybody deserve a sect chance in life. >> do you think people should be angry at governor barbour? >> no. no, sir. he treat us like we his children. >> judge mike smith presided over mccray's murder case. martin savidge asked him about the pardon. >> i was disappointed that he was pardoned. >> is there more to that or is that as much as we're going to say? >> i hope that the attorney general will be successful in having the pardon overturned. >> in all barbour granted clemency to 215 people, 189 had already finished their sentences and were out of prison. so everybody knows you need money to run for president. a whole lot of money. super packs are now a big part of that financial equation what are these groups and how do they work? i'll explain. plus the consumer electronics show just ended. we'll take an inside look at the newest gadgets next. helped us b. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ virginia's republican primary will have only two names on the ballot. a judge has ruled that only mitt romney and ron paul met the requirements for the march primary. the judge says newt gingrich, rick perry, rick santorum and jon huntsman waited too long to challenge virginia's strict ballot laws. 49 delegates are at stake in virginia. in the judge's ruling he wrote that the four candidates, quote, played the game, lost and then complained that the rules were unfair, end quote. so now let's talk about south carolina. the primary there is just a week away. mitt romney's rivals are slamming him as a ruthless vulture capitalist who down sized thousands of people's jobs, talking about his work at bane capital, a private equity firm. now president obama is piling on. obama's campaign calls romney a, quote, corporate raider who profited from the country's economic crisis. what exactly did romney do at bane capital? here is our david mattingly. >> reporter: in the mid '90s when mitt romney's bane capital was investing in steel, bane bought this complaint in south carolina. steelworkers local president james sanderson says things did not go well. >> while bain is owning the place, do you see them investing? >> not at all. >> was the equipment wearing down? >> very much so. >> reporter: bain's spokesman says the claims of no investment in the plant are not true. sanderson's view is from the downside of romney's private sector record on job creation. >> were you more or less competitive? >> we were less competitive with bain. >> why? >> because they didn't have us to a position where we could compete because our equipment was neglected. we couldn't do the stuff that needed to be done and had been doing. >> during a motorcycle dealer in north carolina, romney points to bain's national successes including sports authority and staples, eventually employing thousands in the state. he also acknowledges the failures. >> there are some businesses that have to be cut back in order to survive and to try to make them strong ever. sometimes you're successful at that and sometimes you're not. >> bain sold a plant in bankruptcy after just four years. it wasn't the first time bain exited the state quickly. the firm inked a deal in 1987 to bring a photo album manufacturer to cherokee county, south carolina. at the time it was a very big deal to this county when they decided to expand and bring a company here. this entire area had not been developed. the county was eager to get this industrial park up and running. but the company closed just five years later. county officials estimate up to 150 people lost their jobs. >> what do you say to the people who did lose their jobs in those situations and might view venture capitalism as a job killer instead of a job creator? >> i think any time a job is lost it's a tragedy, for the family, for the individual that loses a job, it's devastating. every time we invested in the business it was to try to encourage that business to have on going life. >> reporter: the departure of bain's company in cherokee county was a surprise after the county provided $3.2 million in bonds and a $50,000 sewer line as incentive to bid. but 20 years later, county officials look back at the deal as a win-win. >> even though you lost 150 jobs when this company left, you still consider it something that helped the county? >> in the long run we came out okay. >> reporter: the building bain built is now home of pen manufacturer bi clfrnlths employing 80 people. after changing hands a couple times and a year-long shutdown, the steel plant in georgetown is back up and running with 225 hourly workers and bitter bain memories that haven't mellowed with time. >> how much do u i don't hold mitt romney responsible? >> very responsible because he was the leader. >> decisions and consequences the apparent leader among republican hole fuls will be explaining in this critical primary state. david mattingly, cnn, greer, south carolina. >> why is everyone suddenly talking about what mitt romney did when he worked at bain capital? this has something to do with it. >> a group of corporate raiders led by mitt romney more ruthless than wall street. for tens of thousands of americans, the suffering began when mitt romney came to town. >> so that was from a clip from the king of bain, a 30-minute -- 30-second attack ad released by a pro gingrich super pac to help us figure out what super pacs actually do, i'm talking to michael scherer who wrote "attack of the super pac." michael, first of all, let's talk about what these super pacs are. they're supporters of the candidates who where allowed to donate significant amounts of money, whether by way of ads or cash without the candidate's direct involvement, right? >> you have to put this in historical context. since the 1970s after watergate, only candidates really have been able to advertise right before an election with what they call express advocacy, elect this guy, defeat this guy. in 2010, the supreme court and another court changed the rules essentially. now for the first time in 30 years, we have a situation in which any group of people can come in with unlimited dollars. they can actually be supported by the candidate and the candidate can come to their fund-raisers, although he can't actually ask for the check. they can say publicly they'll follow the strategy of the candidate even if they don't talk privately with the candidate and advertise with as much money as they want up till the day of the election. you a situation where the actual candidate campaigns that are in south carolina are not advertising with as much money as the super pac supporting the candidates. >> in some cases we've heard numbers like $1.9 million in south carolina for mitt romney and nut gingrich is in the lead with getting the most super pac money form such ads or campaigning in north carolina. is that what your sources are telling you? >> he got a huge check a week and a half ago from a las vegas billionaire who has been a long-time supporter, a $5 million check. they said they're going to spend more than $3 million in south carolina. we haven't seen those buys happen yet. they're spending a lot of money right there now. in tend we don't know which super pac will beat which super pac. it's clear they're the television voice of this campaign in a way that wouldn't have been allowed two or three years ago. >> in your article in this "time" magazine, part of the headline is it's a secretive new breed of spending groups that's changing the way campaigns are being lost and won. this is already turning out to be the most expensive of presidential races, and these super pacs are bringing it to a whole new level. is it going to be an issue of whoever raises the most in super pac money has the greatest advantage? >> definitely in the primari primariesive i think we've seen that play out. mitt romney was able to cut newt gingrich's approval rating in half after an enormous barrage of negative attacks by the super pac, not by the campaign. every cycle we tend to have more money spent on campaigns than before. the difference is, in the past most of that more money was coming in $2300, $2400 checks bundled together. now you have the ability of a billionaire on tuesday to write a check and the money can go to a television station on a wednesday. it's clear the romney super pac is preparing for a general election campaign as well. we're going to see big money coming there. obama supporters have established their own super pac to support the president's campaign. you definitely have a way here for huge amounts of money to come into the process really at the last minute. >> so some of the candidates might like it, but one former presidential candidate john mccain says he doesn't like it at all. he thinks it's ruined the process in its entirety. do you see these super pacs could ultimately backfire for the candidates even though there may not be that direct involvement between candidate and super pac. they definitely ruined the mccain-feingold campaign finance reforms that mccain was proud of. i think one of the issues to come out of this, the supreme court when they made this ruling concluded as a factual matter that independent expenditures did not present the issue of corruption or even the appearance of corruption. i think by tend of this cycle you'll have the american public who is a little skeptical of that idea because you now know that candidates know who is giving the checks and who helping them out and able to do it in enormous ums they didn't have before. we found that the people who write the fattest checks tend out to be personal friends or they have some interest at play. once that starts to be reported out, i think you will have the sort of scandal that we have every few years in washington. >> michael cherrer of "time" magazine, appreciate it. >> thank you. something that may be a little less controversial, a few of the gadgets unveiled at the biggest electronics convention. up next an up close and personal look at the show. so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per serving... more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. the world's largest consumer electronics show just wrapped up in las vegas. our very own gaming and gadget expert mark saltzman was there, of course, back in toronto. but you brought with you some ideas to share with us on your favorite picks from the showcase. televisions apparently were the big focus at this year's ces. what made them so special? >> well, there was a lot in that space. let's talk about oled technology to start. that stands for organic light emitting diode tvs. this is basically the future of televisions in our own opposed to liquid crystals or plasma. oled tvs offer unprecedented contrasts, extremely dark blacks and bright whites giving amazing depth. there were two models on the floor from samsung and lg, only 4 millimeters thin, that's .16 inches. so thicker than a poster basically. rich colors, energy efficient, and they handle motion very fast. we saw five years ago sony unveiled an oled tv, only 11 inches. now we're talking 55. both samsung and lg say they should be available by 2012. the buzz is the price will be between 5 and 12k per tv. >> oh, my gosh. >> the quality is unbelievable. >> okay. speaking of television, a sony showed off greatly improved glasses free 3d tv. maybe they'll do better if you don't need glasses? >> i think one of the obstacles is that a lot of consumers don't want to wear glasses in their own home. they're okay at a movie theater. or the cost of the glasses. in our case, we're a family of five. that can add up with glasses that are $10 a pop. over the past couple years tv manufacturers have tried glasses-free 3d. this year's consumer electronics show is no exception. we saw examples from lg and toshiba. sony had the most impressive showing with a prototype. the reason it looked good to the naked eye is you didn't have to stand right in the middle of the television, in front of the television. there's always this suite spot with glasses-free dv. and if you deviate even a degree or two, you lose the effect. sony somehow nailed it. no matter where -- within limits, but no matter where you stood you had eye popping visuals like fish swimming in an aquarium that looked like they were in front of the tv. still a few years from mainstream. i still don't think it's quite ready for prime time, but getting much closer. >> okay. let's talk about ultra books. a major trend at the show. what is an ultra book first of all? and what's this lenova ipad, yoeg gae and np 14 specter. >> those are two examples -- these names they're like tongue twisters. two of my favorite ultra books at the show. a relatively new family of laptops, ultra thin yet powerful. much like a macbook air and a lot of people are copying apple. they're only a couple millimeters thin. about a half inch to an inch yet they deliver past performance and fast boos-up times, eight to ten-hour battery life. what i picked up was the len nova idea pad yoga which can convert into a tablet. depending on how you swivel the hinge design and fold it down, it turns into a tablet. the hp specter won a bunch of awards. innovative design. it was covered in glass, it was powerful and thin with long battery life and wireless technologies under the hood as well. ultra books will be a big buzzword in 2012. >> so it's the computer doing the yoga, not you. >> if you want to you can, i guess. >> thanks so much, mark saltzman, always good to see you. appreciate it. >> for more high tech ideas and reviews go to cnn.com/tech and look for the gaming an gadgets tab or follow mark on facebook, twitter and inked in. iran's power play in the persian gulf. the defense department just released new images that show iranian boats speeding toward u.s. ships. we brought in a former u.s. navy ship captain who is very familiar with the persian gulf. he'll help explain what might be going on there. you can with green giant frozen vegetables. over twenty delicious varieties have sixty calories or less per serving and are now weight watchers-endorsed. try green giant frozen vegetables with sauce. and it hasn't been going exactly as planned. cut. cut! 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u.s. military forces. to get perspective on this uneasy relationship we've asked alex fradsier to join us, a retired u.s. navy captain who spent a good deal of time in the persian gulf. let's try to call up some of that video again, most recently of these iranian speed boats heading toward u.s. ships. so in your case, alec, if you were on a u.s. naval vessel and you are seeing these iranian vessels speeding toward you, what do the instincts tell you and other navy sea men to do? how do you respond? >> the end stakes are something you train for and thought about. the first instinct is i've got to protect my ship and the crew. the second thing is you don't want to start something that doesn't necessarily need to be started oopsz. there's this playoff between what's the history, what's going on in the situation and deciding whether these guys are really a threat or not. my biggest problem i think was the problem of a rogue rambo boat driver that decides to say, hey, i'm eve going to show off to my friends and charge the ship and maybe the guy up front with the machine gun decides i'm going to fire off a few rounds and then they've started something they don't mean to. the command and control for those little boats is not good. >> this a case like this, where this just happened on friday -- this comes after two separate incidents where either the u.s. coast guard came to the help of some iranian sea vessels, and in another case, u.s. navy came to the helm of iranian hostages as a result of pirates who had taken control of their vessels, would u.s. ships feel like, well, you know, at this point we have fairly good relations with iranians at sea because we've had these rescues? >> well, sailors at sea have had good relationships. sea to sea and sailor to sailor, it's a little closer. there's still the us versus them type of thing. i found in the gulf when we ran into iranians, iraqis, that type of thing, they were actually glad to see us. at that level they weren't in an antagonistic mode. when you look at these boats frngs they're hot to go. the average person isn't necessarily strongly into this anti-navy thing at sea. >> so what will be the real rules of engagement then? you've described it, kind of the assessments in a very volatile situation. at what point does volatility become potentially dangerous? >> volatility comes into play in the rules of engagement. what a captain has to decide is what is the hostile intent of whoever is coming at you. one of these boats turns and starts heading at you, is that hostile intent or not? if he starts firing, that answers the question. do you want to shoot before he shoots in this particular case? maybe yes, maybe no. remember the u.s. has since been engaged in what it thought was an aircraft attacking it back in the late '80s. it was not. it was a civilian airliner. i don't view a few seconds to make those decisions. it's tough in an area like the straits of hormuz. >> how do you see this working out? cooler heads prevail? >> i think cooler heads will prevail and it is a cat and mouse game. the ability to shut down the straits with these little boats, if they attack, there are going to be a lot of empty boat slips back in port. they'll never make it back. that's gone. the missiles and other things, they can be handled. >> alec fraser. >> he still floats like a butterfly in our memories. you know what i'm talking about, right? >> yes. >> the greatest, mow half medally getting ready to celebrate another milestone in his remarkable life. it doesn't seem possible, mohammed ali, the greatest fighter of all time will turn 7 on tuesday. he's the only boxer ever to win the world heavyweight championship three times. his wife says he's still a big kid. >> mohammed likes celebrations that involve him and are centered around him. >> you could say he has president changed? >> nothing has changed, no. he's still a big kid in that area. he loves birthdays. >> how is he? >> he's good. he's great. >> there will be a huge birthday bash for ali tonight in his hometown of louisville, kentucky. >> the 69th annual golden globes are tomorrow. today a preview of the best motion picture drama category. our movie critic gray drake joining us live from los angeles. the fur is out, the jewels, you've got all the bobbles there ready for the rhett carpet. >> listen, everybody dresses like this in los angeles weekend. i'm telling you. >> oh really? that's fun. good. you don't need a red carpet then. it just is. let's talk about the movies that are nominated in this category. "the descendants." >> "the descendants" was a great movie, definitely the front-runner for this award because the hollywood foreign press is known for loving american celebrities that spend a lot of time overseas, unofficially, of course. this movie was like george clooney being a part of your family except just much better looking and in hawaiian shirts. >> he really is hollywood's darling, isn't he? >> he absolutely is. there's so much to like about this film. and it just struck me super deep in my heart. it really got me. a lot of people in the theater were actually crying in this one. it was kind of like the "war horse" of hawaii, to tell you the truth. >> really? >> really just a phenomenal films. the rest of the movies are great. this is a tough category. george clooney, they love him. the other movies like ""moneyball"," "war horse," "hugo" and "ides of march," another clooney film, i don't think they're going to take the award. >> let's talk about hch hugo," it's gotten quite a bit of buzz. what did you like about it? >> absolutely. it's an amazing movie in the respect that finally someone who is an incredible legendary filmmaker like martin scorsese has figured out how to use 3d. when you combine that that he's getting to express through this story his love of film, the second half of the movie i thought was spectacular. the first, maybe not so much. a little long for a children's movie. generally the reception to the movie was kind of luke warm. that's why i think this one doesn't necessarily have as good a shot. >> it's very mysterious as well. about an orphan living in the walls of a train station. maybe it's tough for i don't think people to grasp, maybe a little too grown up. >> a little bit. visually stunning. >> it was nominated. so something is right here. a lot. >> absolutely. it's scorsese, so you neert going to hear me say many bad things about it at all. >> okay. let's look at some of the actresses nominated in this category. we're talking about glen close, viola davis, rooney mara, meryl streep, tilda swinton. >> this is an amazing category this year. ladies, we're up on it this year. kevin was probably one of the most least talked about films pop layeritiwise in america. critics were loving it, one of my favorite films. tilda swinton is definitely the dark horse in this category. i think in the end, the favorite is meryl streep for her amazing performance as margaret thatcher in the iron lady and also, though, just hot on her heels is viola davis from "the help." when that movie came out, i knew she was a lock for it. in fact, meryl streep has spent a lot of her time campaigning for viola davis she loved her so much. it's going to be a really fun category to watch. >> it doesn't seem fair sometimes when there is a nomination for a movie or an actor or actress in a movie that the general populous hasn't had a chance to even see yet. "the iron lady" isn't something everyone has seen. so no fair. >> exactly. i completely agree. the way they have to do awards is really tricky because they have to be released before the end of the year even if people in the biggest part of america can't even see them. >> special releases and all that. >> hollywood is out of touch? what? are you kidding me? that's crazy talk. >> let's talk about the actors nominated. we already talked about george clooney, leonardo dicaprio, michael fassbender, ryan gosling and brad pitt. did you already let us know who you liked in this? >> i did a little bit. like i said, i'm a huge fan of the clooney. but if i had my way 100%, it would be to reward mr. fassbender for bearing it all in the movie "shame." seriously when a guy gets naked that much in such a good film, he deserves a statue. let's do this. >> he was wonderful in that film and i would love to see him win. but i think clooney is the darling of the ceremony. he's going to be fun to watch. ryan gosling, also nominated in this category. his co-star from "ides of march." maybe we'll see a fist fight and ryan wins instead of george. >> we don't want to see any fist fights. i'm sure they'll all be supporting one another. >> excuse me, you and your fur coat. thanks so much gray drake. we'll see you on and about town this weekend. you can get all of gray's movie grades at fandango and movies.com and the grol den globes tomorrow night. cnn heroes, everyday people who are changing the world. straight ahead you'll meet a teenage who are is changing lives in mexico one house at a time. i'm don lemon coming up on cnn weekend prime, ever heard of passing? thousands of african-americans did it during jim crow pretending they're white. are you as white or black as you think you are? a story that could make you question your racial identity, that and more tonight on cnn weekend prime, 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern. not financially. so we switched to the bargain detergent but i found myself using three times more than you're supposed to and the clothes still weren't as clean as with tide. so we're back to tide. they're cuter in clean clothes. thanks, honey. yeah. you suck at folding. 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