even after it was put out, you know, we re not able to actually embark the vessel and, you know, look for survivors. reporter: authorities looking for answers, unsure what started the deadly blaze and why the passengers could not escape. this is probably the worst case scenario you could possibly have, fire is the scourge of any ship. reporter: and back out here live at santa barbara harbor, this is where conception would have embarked on its dive journey. those three days out at sea, and as you can see now, there s flowers out here, there s candles out here, people writing messages and leaving them out here thinking about the people that have lost their lives. those that are still missing and their loved ones and alisyn, because there are so many questions about how these people could be trapped in there, there s one question was this boat in compliance, and the u.s. coast guard saying, yes, this boat was in compliance. those boats are checked every year, they re saying, so many
next few days. appreciate it. thank you. reporter: alisyn, as i m standing at the water, my camera man is getting angrier and angrier because i m making him point into the wind and it s blowing right at his lens. it gives you a sense of what is already happening and going to happen over the next 24 hours over the coast of florida. it feels to me there s no direction our cameraman could point where there wouldn t be water on the lens at this point. you can tell him my message there. reporter: fair. john, thank you so much for showing us what the situation is and be careful, the water wave is about to splash over your head, just fyi. we ll be back to you momentarily. meanwhile, we have developments on the dive boat tragedy that is still unfolding off santa cruz island in california. the bodies of 20 victims have been recovered from that deadly boat fire. the coast guard officials believe passengers were sleeping below deck and were trapped when this fire broke out monday mornin
stuck at 40%, and i predict will go down into the low 30s is that the the end of the day, it s about people. it s about people way more than it is about policy, alisyn. and people are concerned, and when you look at the country right now, and you say okay, is this how we want things to go. at the end of the day, somebody that s sitting in the office, has to have a little bit more compassion, humanity, you point out the fact that i was only in the white house a short period of time. that s fair, but i was on the campaign. i was on the presidential transition team, and even after getting fired from the white house, i wanted to stay loyal to the president s agenda, and i wanted to stay loyal to by and large a lot of the policies but as you and i both know, two years of discussions about the situation, there s a lot of things that are going wrong, and so now you have gone past the trip wire of normalcy, and so even a republican like me who would like to support the president, you can t sup
as soon as possible. reporter: captain steven russell, you are in nassau, you re coordinating from there, when do you think you ll be able to get on the ground in abaco and grand bahama. again, once the all clear is given. i m doing overflight sometime this afternoon. as soon as we get confirmation that the airport is clear for landing or we may even get in by chopper sometime tomorrow, trying to get on the ground in abaco particularly tomorrow, on the ground. reporter: captain steven russell n charge of the relief efforts and the rescue efforts frankly that are still going on in the bahamas. thank you so much for being with us. please stay safe. let us know what we can do to help. okay. thank you so much. good morning. reporter: thank you, sir. and alisyn, you can tell, you know, there is contact with people on grand bahama, and abaco.
game. the storm moving so slowly toward the coast here. there are hurricane warnings up the coast all the way to south carolina, mandatory evacuations still underway. they are still expecting hurricane strength winds in many of the places on the coast and very dangerous storm surge. i m on the intercoastal waterway. you can see the seas, the water will rise further than this and the winds could reach hurricane strength overnight, and into tomorrow. the overall strength of the storm is down to a category 3, but that is still a major hurricane, and this is no time for complacency as the storm moves ever so slowly northward, alisyn. as we have learned from this hurricane, anything is possible with dorian. obviously you were there keeping track all morning. there s other news, we are following new details from southern california where 34 people are feared dead from that inferno aboard a dive boat.