venetian and talked about where they were going to go. not with newt in the room. he has let it be known, adelson has let it be known he gave the money and he didn t get his people out there working for newt gingrich. the other guy is trimming. and we know, chris, that the hardest thing for newt gingrich to do is to last through february. he can t raise enough money and we know that there s one debate between now and february 29th
those are all due by february 29th. after that, if you look at the calendar, there s sop pro appropriation bills. one thing on the keystone pipeline, be president said he didn t want to do it. said it wasn t in the interest of the nation. there s some speculation on capitol hill, it would be used as bargaining chip in the extension of the payroll tax cut. the keystone issue is not done yet. we re hearing that the gop has gone on something of a brief retreat, is that right? reporter: that s right. they just been on holiday for a month. what s going on? reporter: this is the meeting before they go in democrats are doing it next week on the shore of maryland. both sides like to do the retreat. you ever been to a conference? i have. it generally occurs sometimes after i had four weeks holiday.
there because people see the flashes that go. they re trying to blow a hole in the hull so rescuers can start getting in there is going to make the search and rescue team have better access and make it easier for them to get out. still looking for 29 people who remain unaccounted for if death toll right now is standing at six. there are also stunning new images coming in from under the water today. i want to share that with you. rescuers have to swim through debris in the hull ways. first flat block box has been picked up already and apparently picking up minute by minute betails. since they now located the second black box and divers are trying to retrieve that black box as well. this morning seeing the transcripts of the recorded conversation between the port authority and the captain of the ship. the first time it comes to us from the italian newspaper and the port authority says this. how many people are on board? the captain whose last name is schettino says, 2, 300. kee
law or part of the lacey act, that s about extinction of species, that sort of thing. this is not a problem in every state. the problem we have with lions and tigers, yes, there are some of these in every state. but we re going to pass these laws for these animals very, very shortly. okay. jack hanna on the python today. we ll follow up and see what the state of ohio does with the other animals. thank you so much, sir. i appreciate it. top of the hour. watch this. welcome back, i m brooke baldwin. a couple stories we re watching for you now. rescue crews are looking for survivors of the cruise ship wreck off of italy. also, you ll see a lot of blackouts on the web tonight. a young girl is denied a kidney transplant and the alleged reason is sparking all kinds of debate today. i want to begin with dan rivers on giglio island in italy with the very latest on the cruise ship crash. dan, we saw some lights popping up behind you earlier. are there rescuers in the water right n
a recorder conversation between the captain and the port authority. pretty damning stuff in there. what s happening right now? the captain is being questioned. and new this morning, the number of the missing much higher than we first reported. and, also, in politics, when you re the front runner, it s like you ve got the bull s eye on your back. that would be mitt romney where rick perry and everyone else, rick santorum, all gunning for myth romney. the race is tight. we re going to break it all down for you. you re going to have to dig a little deeper when you fill up this morning. the highest january gas prices. could we see $5 gas this summer? and if you re about to pour some o.j., think about the folks picking the o.j. where did the oranges come from? because if they re from brazil, we sent our reporter there to find out just what they re spraying or putting on those oranges to fight diseases and it ain t something that our country likes. not one bit. we ll tell you