and the issue of abortion is front and center as president biden and his republican rivals pulled doing events. we re getting a new snapshot of the 2024 election landscape one year after the supreme court overturned roe v wade. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. our top story at this hour, cnn has learned that some key witnesses in the january 6 investigation have been given limited immunity by special counsel jack smith. they are two of the fake electors for donald trump in the state of nevada. our senior legal of failed corresponding, paula reid, has more on her exclusive reporting. paula, what is the significance of the special counsel giving these fake electors this partial immunity? well, it suggests that this part of the january 6 investigation, the focus on these fake slates of electors who tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election, this comes before a friend once again for this particular
debris from the vessel discovered not far from the crew s planned destimation, the wreckage of the tay tannic. we have deep sea experts standing by. we ll also be taking a closer look at the five people onboard whose families and friends are now grieving. we ll be joined by guests who knew several of the passengers and understood their love of exploration and adventure. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. tonight the coast guard says it is continuing its investigation of the submersible and its implosion. the discovery of debris confirming everyone s worst fears, that the underwater expedition to see the ruins of the titanic had a disastrous end. our correspondents are at key locations covering the story from every angle. first, i want to go to miguel marquez who s in newfoundland. the debris field was found just off the coast of canada where you are just
latest tragedy in this isolated corner of the atlantic. so what they re doing now is mapping that debris field trying to get a sense of the dynamic of that implosion to drill down, basically, into what exactly happened. was it the carbon fiber hull? was it the titanium? was the window? was a combination of some or all of those things? they may also want to bring up pieces of the titan, but that will be much more difficult. back to you. now, some ocean explorers say they worry the unanswered safety questions could have a chilling effect on deep-sea travel, the disaster has sparked a debate around extreme adventure tourism. so let s bring in professor jay john lenin, dean of the glasgow school for business and society. thank you so much for being here with us. so, you know, extreme travel, it s always a balance of pushing boundaries while trying to make things as safe as possible. i mean, just what do you make
who designs and builds deepwater oral visas in the past tour operators could skirt some rules because they conducted these trips in international waters. he says these accident could change the occasion and effect deep-sea travel. there is a mood to stunt authority further out so tragedies like this can happen. before the news broke that the men had died the number of people expected to take part in so-called adventure tourism was expected to grow in the coming years because more people across the globe are moving into the category of having ultra high net worth, but that s where top ntsb official says put on the brakes. the idea that these folks think they can do these kinds of risky operations, sell tickets on them and then expect the u.s. taxpayer to foot the bill when something goes wrong,
unmanned vessels are mapping the debris of the doomed tie san submersible as investigators try to understand what caused the deadly implosion. it could have a chilling effect on deep sea travel. brian todd is looking into that. many people in the community are worried about a possible chilling effect that this disaster could have. what many seem to disagree on is whether they should be a hold placed on these expeditions. reporter: tonight some respected voices believe the catastrophe in the north atlantic is a game changer. i think the history of sub tourism is probably stunted. i m worried it has a negative impact on let s say citizen explorers, tourists. but these are serious people with serious curiosity willing to put serious money down to go to these interesting places and i don t want to discourage that. reporter: but others in the