them, has apparently crashed. six peace-keeping troops were aboard and have died and the taliban is claiming responsibility by sending a text message to cnn. and last night s debate. newt gingrich calls out the media, specifically john king, and he calls his ex-wife a liar. we re going to play all sorts of stuff for you this morning, get all sorts of answers and let people weigh in. talk about political heat. unbelievable stuff. and, also, and the story we ve been watching, the italian cruise ship where the rescue operations have been on and off is teetering eight feet from an underwater ledge that could drop that ship 200 feet down. and rough weather is moving in, so this is a bad combination. the italian authorities are trying to stop any kind of environmental disaster because of the fuel that s on board. an anonymous strikes again. a notorious group is claiming responsibility for shutting down the internet or actually some web sites. what could be the largest coord
still alive in there. but they haven t reached them yet. the ship ran aground and sent passengers scrambling for lifeboats. [ screaming ] . [ speaking foreign language ]. three people are dead among 4,000 who were on board that ship. 43 to 73 people could be missing. 126 americans were on the cruise ship but none of them appear to be hurt. the captain could be charged with manslaughter and abandoning ship. the parent of the company is carnival cruise ship. some passengers got off quickly and safely. others like benji smith who found the ship transformed into an obstacle course. we scrambled around the ship looking for the best way to go. some ran to the lower deck and some to the upper decks. we made ropes we made ladders out of ropes and used the ladders to climb down from the outer fourth deck to the third deck where we could kind of shimmy our way down the side of the ship. did the ship we climbed down the ship with rope ladders and waited clinging to the lad
captain dennis davern was one of those people. in the past he said that wood s death was a direct result of a fight with wagner onboard his fight. listen to what davern told today show this morning. you re saying that wagner did not do everything he should have done to look for her after she went missing. exactly. was he responsible for her death in some way? well, like i said, i think we all made mistakes that night and that wasn t my question. was he responsible for her death? i am not asking about your story. yes, i would say so, yes. robert wagner s publicist gave cnn this statement. wagner s family, fully supports the efforts of the l.a. county sheriff s department and trust they will evaluate any new information relating to the death of natalie wood wagner is valid and comes from credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30-year anniversary of her tragic death. authorities have scheduled a news conference scheduled
blamed on hurricane/tropical storm irene. more than three million homes and businesses still don t have power. flood warnings still are in effect in five states from vermont to new jersey. all this brings me to my colleague, mary snow, in patterson, new jersey. mary, what is going on there around you right now? reporter: well, evacuations have been going on for the past 48 hours and they are only intensifying because you just mentioned, there are some rivers that have yet to crest. here in patterson, new jersey, which is about three blocks away from the passaic river, that has not yet crested. we are told it s about seven feet higher than it normally is, and there have been boats going out that were with the state office of emergency management, their search and rescue teams have been going out all morning. we are joined by the mayor of patterson, jeff jones. mr. mayor, thanks for joining us. what is your biggest concern right now? well, the biggest concern right now is t
i m christine romans. hurricane forecasters feeling the heat because the wrath of irene didn t live up to all that hype. and i m carol costello. like a hurricane, rick perry stormed to the front of the gop presidential pack. the latest cnn polling gives him a double-digit lead over mitt romney. is the texas governor built for the long run? well, good morning. it is tuesday, august 30th. we are still dealing with the after effects of this hurricane. things for a lot of people starting to get back to normal. the river still cresting and could happen over the next day or two in some spots. water is still rising in parts of the country. we begin with hurricane irene. the storm s impact will be felt for months after the winds died down. the death toll rising to at least 27 people. along with the estimated cost, the cost of cleaning up this mess from north carolina through new england, obama administration officials will visit three states today that were hit hard by hurrican