some of those were fortunate to have minor injuries. jenna: live team fox coverage, wendell goler live at the white house, jay carney s set to give a brief at any moment, but we re going to begin with casey steegal with more on what we re learning now, today. casey? reporter: yeah, jenna. you mentioned that hospital press conference, it literally just p wrapped up moments ago. it happened at the scott and white memorial hospital which we should explain is about 30 miles or so to the east of us in temple, texas. it is a major level i trauma center, so the most serious people were airlifted and taken by ground ambulance to that facility. aside from what you just heard, another major headline we ve been able to glean from doctors who have been speaking there is that out of the three patients who are critical at this hour, two will need additional surgeries. one has a very bad neck injury, one has a very bad spine injury,
scene of another cruise ship hit with an outbreak of some sort of stomach bug. it s the second time in a week. the caribbean princess returning to houston with nearly 200 sick passengers. casey steegal has an eye on that live from dallas. casey? reporter: hey, jon, good to see you. yeah, the cruise line insists that it returned to port one day early because of weather and not because of the virus itself. they say that there was heavy fog forecasted for the area over the weekend, so that s why they came back a day early. but nonetheless, the thousands and thousands of people on that ship certainly happy to be back on land after the caribbean princess which made its way back to port in houston last night. the vessel alived a lit arrived a little after 9:00 local time, but the more than 3100 passengers and 1100 crew members did not disembark until this morning. over the past week 165 people
believe if that oil were to be used here, the carbon musician problem would be much less than if it s shipped abroad somewhere where pollution controls are much less rigorous. arthel, back to you. arthel: doug mckelway, thanks a lot for that update. bill: it has happened yet again, another cruise ship hit with an outbreak of sick passengers, separate ships now. the caribbean princess docking in houston with nearly 200 sick passengers. casey steegal s following that. he s in dallas. when did the ship get in, casey? reporter: well, bill, it approved last night at the bayport cruise terminal down in houston. the cruise line insists it came back one day early because of dense fog that was supposed to blanket the area over the next couple of days and not the illness. but nonetheless, more than 3100 passengers and 1100 crew members onboard the caribbean britain sis which is owned, by the way, by carnival cruise lines. it left texas last weekend bound for the western caribbean and
seas was supposed to be a lovely ten-day cruise. people started getting violently sick. the cdc boarded that ship in st. thomas to investigate. some passengers even had to be quarantined to their rooms. and according to info from the cdc, that was the highest number of people that have gotten sick aboard a cruise ship in about two decades, bill. bill: wow. casey, thanks. stay home. [laughter] casey steegal s from dallas. arthel: well, amanda knox speaking out for the first time since her murder conviction was upheld in court. the 26-year-old college student saying she ll never willingly go back to italy to face a 28 and a half year sentence in the death of her roommate, meredith kercher. knox also called the court s decision unfair considering she had previously been charged or been cleared. and she s doing her best to deal with the situation. this is an experience that i have to testify to, that really
they need someone who can actually articulate that. i ll. bill: charlie, thank you. charlie gasparino. martha: to iraq now where explosions have killed at least 50 people. the attacks reportedly linked to al-qaeda in iraq. it all begs the question, is al-qaeda really on the run? we ll get the latest and have the reaction from representative peter king. and the technology that s transforming cops into robocops. casey steegal has details on the latest crime-fighting tools. casey? reporter: yeah, martha. move over, dash cams, there s a new technology being rolled out across the country small enough to fit on a police officer s sunglasses. the shades streamed to a mobile device. the future of high-tech policing coming up in a bit.