good morning. i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. we ve got a lot of breaking news coming into our offices from around the world. you know this story already, remarkable pictures out of italy, and now we re hearing the rescue operation of that cruise ship listing on its side has been suspended once again because the ship is moving. not only that, one of the res e rescuers had to be rescued as well. we ll get you detailed. and wikipedia and other websites going partially dark. right after midnight that happened. they re protesting anti-piracy bills. that s google right there. if you thought that all s fair in love and war and even the fringes of war, the u.s. and pakistan are having trouble right now. pakistan has said to the united states, you know that special envoy you sent us? send them back. we don t want them. weem get to the details. mitt romney reports that he pays about a 15% tax rate. how do you fe
to what can we do for you? and now, bbc world news. hello and welcome to newsday on the bbc in singapore. i am in london. these are the headlines. the captain is accused of by abandoning his ship as passengers were still being rescued. are you refusing to get on board, captain? there are the other lot of spirit is stock. and get on board. that is an order. five more bodies have been found inside the ship, finding now owed the number of dead to 11. more bloodshed in syria as the arab league mission draws to a close. yahoo! co-founder resigned after 17 years. it is 12 noon here in singapore. it is 4:00 a.m. here in london, broadcasting to you on pbs in america and around the world. welcome to newsday. dramatic audio recordings are being released in italy that suggest that the captain of the cost of concordia the costa concordia refused to return to the ship. he denies any wrongdoing. five more bodies have been discovered in iraq. in the iraq. in th
michelle kosinski at the scene of the italian cruise ship disaster. mitt romney s tax rates. he told reporters this morning that if he was the nominee, then he would release his tax documents, but not now. what s the effective rate i ve been paying? it s probably closer to the 15% rate than anything. he says he s paying close to 15%? maybe he s paying underneath 15% there is a suggestion that he s not paying the top 35 fact rate. there s a reason that these been loathe to do so, because we now know it is going to show him paying a lower tax rate than certainly lots of people than who is significantly more wealthy than. it s going to be hard for him to defend in the campaign going forward. that s the reason he doesn t want to disclose it. if i become our nominee, and what s happened in history, people have released them in about april of the coming year. i think it was a tradition that was nominated by then presidential candidate george romney. that s what
heil. they are 69 and 70 respectively. from a suburb of saint paul, minnesota. the embassy is asking anyone who may have seen them anywhere to contact them with any information. their four children issued a statement today which said, quote: we are waiting patiently for the rescuers to try to safely find our parents. our prayers and thoughts are with our parents. those others that are still missing and their families and the brave rescuers. we are working closely with the u.s. embassy in italy and are confident that everything is being done to find our parents. as well as the four children who issued that statement, jerry and barbara heil also have 15 grandchildren, shep, who are also obviously desperate to get them home. shepard: i m sure they are. jonathan, thanks very much. republic debate here on fox news channel. and jon huntsman will not be there. the former utah governor and ambassador to china is suspending his campaign and now endorsing a candidate he
losing the track of our way. reporter: among the missing, american retirees jerry and barbara heil from minnesota. their family says they couldn t wait for their dream mediterranean cruise. just yesterday, crews rescued the ship s purser, trapped on board for a day and a half. the ship now lying on a rocky bed more than 100 feet deep, at an angle, in danger of sliding. and a state of emergency declared over worries the half a million gallons of fuel could be leaking. still-emerging video shows how a vacation three hours in devolved into a desperate push to escape. people were passing out, people were getting nervous, people were having chest pains. i was having chest pains. i was having anxiety, because i don t know how to swim. infrared video shows people inching down tex posed in the dark. the captain is blamed for making