reporter: the cruise experience looks different here at the pool or anywhere on the ship. all crew members must wear masks. and this ship is only 40% full. they re not they re not expecting full loads for several months. norah. o donnell: interesting to see everybody at the pool, janet shamlian, thank you. all right, some news just coming in tonight. we re just getting word that u.s. forces have come under rocket fire in eastern syria. no injuries reported, but it s likely in response to an american attack. the pentagon released video in n american showing u.s. fighter jets targeting facilities used by iranian backed militias along the syrian borders. the biden administration said those facilities are used to launch drone attacks against u.s. forces in iraq. the situation in afghanistan is growing more dire as u.s. troops pull out, with afghan forces losing ground to the taliban. cbs charlie d agata came under fire while getting a firsthand look at the fighting in afghanistan. r
wear masks in the public areas. they also have to get tested for covid at their own expense. natasha chen is on board. reporter: in many ways, this is a typical cruise experience. you ve got the casino, you ve got jewelry shops. there are signs of cruising in a pandemic era. hand sanitizer stations everywhere. and we also hear the band in the background, as well. take a look around at the tables. there aren t that many people. no crowds gathered. that s because this cruise is sailing at not even 40% capacity. this cruise is 99 pe% vaccinate among passengers. 100% of the crew is vaccinated. they said they re excited to be back. the captain said it was an emotional moment for them to sail from fort lauderdale on saturday. it really hit me, though, when we dropped all lines. when we came off the pier.
symptoms consistent with norovirus. spreads quickly, too. when the ship returns to new jersey, the company says it s going to sanitize the vessel from stem to stern to make sure any remaining traces of the illness are wiped out. i ve never had a good cruise experience. i just have to tell you. ruin your day, wouldn t it? yeah. that thing spreads like wi wildfire, that particular virus. here s more of what we re working on for around the world. protesters gathering in the streets of paris, not happy with french president francois hollande, his policies or actually his behavior after rumors of an affair. hollande and the first lady are splitting up. so will a french actress become the new first lady? and pope francis says that women should take a bigger role in the church and in the workplace.
more than 20 people still unaccounted for. rescuers are blowing holes in the side of the ship to get where they think people might be located. they found five bodies yesterday nap matt c . confirm death toll is 11. the man at the controls that might is now under house arrest today. prosecutors say they are speechless that he s even out of jail. they want to charge him with manslaughter and abandoning his post. we also learned today that it might not be the first time that that same ship was dangerously close to that s land. more in a couple of minutes. but first listen to this passenger who told us today what it was like. people s faces were panicked and they were trying to jump in and they just started hitting people with anything they could, the oars, poles, trying to push people back. but people kept persisting. and that s really when the screaming started and everyone was screaming and that s when they said we need to go, we need to get this down and it was just heartbr