Nearly 50 toxic waste sites around the U.S. will be cleaned up, and ongoing work at dozens of others will get a funding boost, as federal environmental officials announced Friday a $1 billion infusion to the Superfund program.
handle ships the size of skyscrapers and avoid disasters like the one off the coast of italy. also this hour, we re releasing new numbers from our brand new poll. what voters think about the economy might be good news for the obama campaign. we begin in italy where late today search crews finally were able to go back inside a capsized cruise ship looking for any sign of survivors who may be trapped alive. just a short time ago, officials raised the number of missing to 29, including 25 passengers and four crew members. time is running out. the ship hit the rocks off the western italian coast on friday night, killing at least six people. when the captain and a number of crew members abandoned ship, thousands of passengers were left to fend for themselves. we went up to the top deck to look over to the side and we were shocked to see that we were right next to land. and i think at this point is when we realized that we were in trouble. cnn s senior international corresponde
i m jessica yellin. tonight we re live in italy as the certainly for survivors aboard a capsized cruise ship becomes more urgent and dangerous. we ll also take you inside the ultimate and deadly serious video game. see how captains are taught to handle ships the size of skyscrapers and avoid disasters like the one off the coast of italy. also this hour, we re releasing new numbers from our brand new poll. what voters think about the economy might be good news for the obama campaign. we begin in italy where late today search crews finally were able to go back inside a capsized cruise ship looking for any sign of survivors who may be trapped alive. just a short time ago, officials raised the number of missing to 29, including 25 passengers and four crew members. time is running out. the ship hit the rocks off the western italian coast on friday night, killing at least six people. when the captain and a number of crew members abandoned ship, thousands of passengers were left to
latest. plus mitt romney digs in his pocket and hands over some cash to a woman he doesn t know. we ll tell you why and hear what the woman has to say. we start with the rescue from that italian cruise ship sitting on its side right now. there are as many as 17 people still missing. one who isn t missing anymore is one of the ship s crew, found in a restaurant on the ship this morning. this comes more than 24 hours after the ship hit a sandbar, ripped a hole in its hull, and rolled over. earlier, we heard from some of the survivors. the crew member ran through the lobby yelling, abandon ship. we were in the theater when we heard the noise of the ship hitting the rock, and we felt a shudder in the ship. it was a magic act actually at the time, and the performers did a disappearing act. they just ran off the stage and took off. there was no communication at all about what was going on. two other people were found huddled in a cabin overnight. journalist barbie nado is