Lampedusa, which is closer to africa than the italian mainland, is the destination of choice for smugglers taking migrants to europe. Dozens are feared dead. Bodies corpses were spotted in the water. At least one news agency ansa, is saying that at least 50 people have been killed. That includes children. The coast guard received a Satellite Phone call from the boat. That helped them decide where the coordinates of the boat were. It was an aircraft that spotted the boat in trouble. Then it was maltese ships and Italian Navy Ships that arrived on site and managed to rescue some of the people that were on board that boat. Some 200 people may have been rescued. Many have been taken to italy others to malta. These numbers could change as the rescue operation continues. This tragic incident coming just eight days after the other boat the boat carrying somali and eritrean migrants capsized, and we saw more than 300 People Killed in that incident. The boat landings have not stopped. On friday
The entire world about to tune in, as the world cup is hours away from getting under way. So, who are the redhot soccer stars about to hit the field at the biggest show on earth . Were live from rio, only on gma. Cant go wrong when you start with a little ricky martin. Am i right . Am i right . This is the official ball for the world cup. And, props, youre not getting it back. Its staying right here. Lets look at the stadium where everything is going to kick off today. Brazil versus croatia, that comes up later this afternoon. But right now, we have a lot of news to get to, beginning with the growing war in iraq. A mounting crisis posing new threats to our homeland. The government there asking for the u. S. Military to come back. They want american air strikes against al qaeda militants marching towards baghdad right now. Terry moran is in Northern Iraq with all of the latest. Good morning, terry. Reporter iraq right now is gripped by desperation and fear. Radical islamist militants ha
So, who are the redhot soccer stars about to hit the field at the biggest show on earth . Were live from rio, only on gma. Cant go wrong when you start with a little ricky martin. Am i right . This is the official ball for the world cup. And, props, youre not getting it back. Lets look at the stadium where everything is going to start. We have a lot of news to get to, beginning with the growing war in iraq. Mounting threats to our homeland. The government there asking for the u. S. Military to come back. They want american against al qaeda militants, marching towards baghdad right now. Terry moran is in Northern Iraq with all of the latest. Good morning, terry. Reporter iraq right now is gripped by desperation and fear. And the iraqi government, which three years ago, told u. S. Forces to get out of this country, is now asking for american help again. They want air power, bombing of the radical islamists who are now taking town after town across iraq. Like a fierce desert wind, the jih
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Doing just fine. I wont go into the i. G. Report on the background checks. But the people that are at kabul now, it is 100 million a year we are paying them. I cant believe we cant use the marines in these situations. Someone has got to do a cost benefit analysis. Can you imagine the amount of money we have spent fooling around with these contractors that werent getting the job done . Can you imagine the time we have spent on this and the money that has been spent . I would like for you, general, to talk about the cost benefit of putting marines in our embassies and why in the world this is hard for us to get our arms around and where is the analysis that shows us we are saving any money. Just to react briefly to what would be necessarily a much longer conversation. The marines are not thats not their role or what they do for the nation. Could it be at some point potentially . I would hate to think we would make that decision based on costs but it would require a longer conversation. I