christine? all right, christina puig, thank you so much in miami. what legal rights do all these disappointed carnival passengers have? at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on starting point, maritime lawyer jack hickey will be live. he specializes in cruise line liability. all right let s go back live to vatican now where the full college of cardinals, beginning an audience with poach francis right now. the meeting involves all of the cardinals, including those who are over 80 and were not involved in the conclave. get right to senior european correspondent jim bittermann following the papal developments from rome. jim, good morning. good morning, christine. yes, in fact, this is a chance for him to meet some of the people that didn t elect him. these are basically the over-80 cardinals. they ve all gathered in a small chapel in the vatican, and it s basically just a chance to say hello. we re expecting him to make some remarks, probably nothing too elaborate. there s been nothing pu
all this follows last month s debacle on the carnival triumph when an engine room fire left 4200 people stranded for days in the gulf of mexico. christina puig following developments live in miami. good morning. as you said, the legend is slowly making its way back to tampa. but in the meantime, the dream is stuck in st. maarten. those passengers, about 4300 of them, have been waiting to be transported back to florida, since wednesday night when their engine system forced them to stay in port without any or interrupted and periodic interruptions of elevators and toilet services. so there s a lot going on and just the last week, as a matter of fact, on wednesday was the dream, saturday it was the elation, then last night was the legend and then last month was the triumph. so what is going on? carnival, we ve asked them about these problems and they have
secret in a cnn tv exclusive. stopped cold. cops pull a risky move to put an end to this wild high-speed car chase. welcome back to early start i m christine romans. i m alina cho. it s 29 minutes past the hour. let s get started. new problems this morning for carnival cruise line for the second time this week, third time this month, a ship is malfunctioning at sea. right now the cruise liner legend limping slowly home to tampa, with propulsion problems forced to bypass a scheduled stop in the caymans. just two days ago generator problems idled the carnival dream at a port in st. maarten and passengers are being flown directly home. all of this follows last month s debacle on the carnival triumph. remember that one, when an engine room fire left 4200 people stranded in filth and human waste in the gulf of mexico. an eight-day nightmare. christina puig following the
third time in a month and the second time just this week, a carnival cruise ship is in trouble at sea this morning. right now, the carnival legend is experiencing propulsion problems in the caribbean and can t fail at full speed so it is skipping a stop in grand cayman and limping straight home to tampa. just a day before wednesday, power problems on the carnival dream at a port in st. martins. passengers stuck on board for hours with reports of, yes, again, toilets overflowing. in miami, christina, good morning, these two ongoing incidents come just a month after that engine room fire to the carnival triumph that left 4200 people stranded for days. of course we all know about that nightmare. tell us about what s happening right now. well, good morning to all of you. today the carnival passengers on the dream are waiting in st. maartens to be transferred back
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