Right now, but that number is going to go way, way up. Officials expect the death toll to rise dramatically with some 271 people still missing. Cnns Pauline Chiou live in south korea for us this morning with the very latest. Good morning, pauline. Reporter good morning to you, john. We have an update on that dive operation that you touched on. The coast guard has given us more details. They said 17 divers were involved in the operation today. Two of them were able to enter the ship and they were able to get to a certain area where they could put a guide line in place. This is a line that attaches the divers to the rescue vessels, and they were trying to put this in place for the other divers that were supposed to come behind them, but the waters were so rough that they ended up having to come up, and they said there were a lot of large obstacles. Before they came up, however, they were able to open the freight door. Now, in this ferry, there was a freight area that carried more than 1,
Sure is. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. Its friday friday, may 16th, 5 00 a. M. In the east. First up, ferocious fires flaring up all over San Diego County in california. One person has died, dozens of hotspots erupting. Hundreds in ashes, thousands forced to flee. The whipping winds are keeping exhausted firefighters scrambling. Listen to the voices, the terror in the voices of these men driving through a neighborhood thats just surrounded by flames. Oh, my god oh, my god [ bleep ] holy [ bleep ] you can hear it in their voices. You can hear it in the whipping winds. This is just a terrifying situation right now. Fires have scorched over 10,000 acres. Horrified neighbors calling these conditions just the worst theyve ever seen by far. It was really terrifying. I was just thinking about, you know, my dogs at home, how am i going to get home. I was worried about my neighbors, you know, just all the families down here. It was really bad. Two ar
A diplomatic deal reached to stop war from breaking out, for now. Russia calling for protesters to stand down, but will it be enough to stop the bloody battles in the streets . This as a shocking scene plays out. Antisemitic fliers demanding jews register. We are live this morning with the very latest. Good morning, everyone. Great to see you today. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im Christine Romans, friday, april 18th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with breaking news and what is still a searchandrescue operation off the coast of south korea, two days now after a ferry carrying hundreds of passengers, most of them teenagers, after that ferry sank, that ship sank. Were learning now the ships captain was not at the helm when it capsized. The third officer was in command. The ferry is now completely submerged, the death toll rising overnight. Its now 28. There are some 271 still missing, while families cling to the hope more survivors will be found, there is growing anger th
Keeping these exhausted firefighters scrambling. Listen to the terror in the voices of these men, these men who are driving through a neighborhood surrounded by flames. Oh, my god oh, my god [ bleep ] holy [ bleep ] fires have now scorched more than 10,000 acres. Want to get the latest now from ted rowlands. He is in fireravaged carlsbad. Reporter john and christine, as firefighters wake up in the next few hours here in san diego county, they are hoping to have a little bit easier day than they did yesterday. The flames yesterday were just simply incredible. Some of the footage from san marcos, a fire that really broke out late in the day yesterday, were just absolutely incredible with flames shooting high up into the air with that tornado fire effect. Incredibly, when you look at that footage, you think to yourself, there had to have been dozens and dozens of homes lost. Incredibly, only two houses right in that area where you see that neighborhood, looks like this just, the fires jus
Deck this afternoon, the uproar over the senates report on cia interrogation tactics is starting to go global. Even china is weighing in. And warning the United States to correct its ways. Chinas foreign minister claims the u. S. Has a double standard for allowing the harsh methods by the cia while at the same time accusing china of violating peoples rights. And north korea is joining the pileon. The governmentrun media is comparing the cias interrogation tactics to the killings of unarmed black men by police in ferguson, missouri, and here in new york city, and no, you no wrongdoing was found on the part of the officers as grand jury did not a indict them. Of course in north korea, police kill citizens on a whim. Millions of people are starving and thousands work in forced labor camps. The report from the Senate Democrats outlines the cias enhanced Interrogation Program in the years following the 9 11 attacks, describing waterboarding and sleep deprivation, detainees slam against wall