Now facing mechanical problems ending the vacations of thousands of passengers. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in miami with the latest. Gabe, good morning. Reporter savannah good morning. This latest incident involves carnivals legend a day after the dream reported problems. Carnival says no passengers are in any danger and this is all happening just a few days after the companys ceo promised a comprehensive investigation of its fleet following last months triumph disaster. Problems aboard two carnival ships in two days. The carnival legend slowed down overnight by a technical issue. With its propulsion system in hon duress. Its visit to grand cayman now canceled as it slowly heads back to tampa. This as 5700 passengers and crew of the carnival dream are waking up in st. Maarten. Their vacations also cut short. Things break down, they cant help it. Reporter on wednesday while in port the crew discovered a problem with the ships backup emergency diesel generator. Carnival says the docked ship
The worlds second oldest woman, steven tie cler welcome to cbs this morning. Gayle king is off. Pope benedict is resigning in just a few hours. Hes stepping down with promises to obey his successor. The pope met once last time with the college of cardinals one of those men will be the next leader of 1. 2 billion Roman Catholics. Allen pizzey is in vatican city to begin our coverage of the Pope Benedicts farewell. Good morning. Reporter good morning. By the time evening begins to fall over rome benedict will be looking down at the vatican from a helicopter. Three hours later he will no longer be pope and the politicking to find the new one can begin in earnest. In one of his final acts inside the vatican, Pope Benedict said goodbye to the cardinals. 67 of whole he had elevated to their position as the prince of the church. Addressing what he called the future pope among you, benedict programs ed promised his unconditional reverence and obedience, among those making the list although a l
Here. Mostly never. Full morning ahead. Of course, lets go back, now, to george in rome. George . And it is just a glorious day here, robin. Sunny, warm. Almost springlike. Those cardinals that the pope met with this morning have already begun their informal discussions about who the next pope is going to be. And the pope gave them some direction today. They come from 50 countries. And benedict asked them to work like an orchestra, to create harmony out of their differences. Abcs david wright is here with us. And, david, the pope made clear that once he steps down, there will be only one pope. An important point to make. At the end of this day, for the First Time Since the middle ages, we will have a pope and an expope. Previous popes may well have said their goodbyes to the cardinals. But if they did so, it was on their deathbeds. Benedict is very much alive. [ speaking Foreign Language ] reporter today began with the cardinals saying goodbye. Exchanging a brief, private moment, one b
Worries from 2016 about the russian contacts with the campaign. While Michael Flynn is taking the fifth with the Senate Committee, now the Senate Committee has subpoenaed his company. And companies cant take the fifth. The 11th hour begins now. Good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. Day 124 of the trump administration, and the president is hiring a lawyer. It comes less than a week after the department of justice appointed a special counsel to oversee the fbi russia investatn. Sources familiar with the decision tell nbc news President Trump is expected to retain Marc Kasowitz as private attorney on matters related to the russia investigation. Kasowitz has represented trump in the past, including according to the Washington Post, some of trumps divorce settlements and accusations of fraud against trump university. We also heard today from former cia director john brennan, testifying before the house intelligence committee. Early on in the proceedings, the questi
Washington. Reporter some lawmakers received briefing saying that iran was preparing to strike u. S. Forces using proxies in iraq and possible missiles on board ships. U. S. Officials that have seen signs that iran has loaded missiles onto at least two ships that had been removed. Foreign passport holders work with exxon mobil has started evacuating an oilfield in southern iraq which followed the ordered evacuation of u. S. Embassy personnel from the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. The warning to commercial airliners flying over the wider persian gulf is a reminder that 30 years ago the u. S. Mistook an iranian passenger jet for a warplane while protecting commercial ships in the they killed all 290 people on board with missiles. President trump pushed back on his report to his angry with his National Security team. They put out summary false messages that iran is totally confused. I dont know, that might be a good thing. Speak to the present offer to negotiate with iraniansthe message deliv