live for america s news headquarters. i m very and rapidly. the women accusing brett kavanaugh is attentively agreed to testify before a senate committee on thursday. several elements involving christine blasey-ford remain unclear. talks are set to continue sunday ford does the sprinkler nominee attempted to rape her decades ago at a high school party. cavanaugh has categorically denied the allegation. oversees the death toll from the tragic barry accident in tanzania is more than 200 but an engineer managed to survive the disaster and lock himself in a small room inside the ship and divers pulled him to safety. authorities say he is in serious condition and the ferry captain has been arrested. investigator s alleged he had
it s mike pence. he said that the root of this is about the president being unfit. his focus is on donald trump, as he say, being unfit for office. it s not just a partisan thing. there are a lot of liberals who say if you impeach the president, you get mike pence. while they may not agree with his politics, he operates as a more traditional president and could be successful. he says this is a clear and present danger issue. time for our monumental american, someone who might be deserving of more recognition. today it s new york city firefighter thomas phelan. during the 9/11 attacks, he was a ferry captain who turned his boat into a rescue vessel and helped shuttle hundreds of people out of lower manhattan. firefighters say it was a huge part of the rescue operation, ferrying supplies and rescue workers. almost two years later, thomas joined the new york city fire department and was promoted to marine pilot, manning fire boats. thomas died last month. he was just 45 years old.
the ferry captain and crow was rescued with the hundreds of passengers below deck. here s more. and david. hi, jenna, yes. the nowly released video comes from the coast guard of south korea show the captain leaving the ship and the crew being rescued and hundreds of passengers are below the decks and one of the coast guard told reporters they didn t recognize they were captain or vow. 15 crow members and the captain are detawned and some are charged with vealating mar time law. 476 passengers. 174 people including crew members were rescued and no one found alive. the government was facing
the death toll is rising from south korea s ferry disaster as divers continue to recover bodies from the sunken vessel. 187 people are confirmed dead, many of them high school students. president obama arrived to the scene, and said as a parent he can t imagine what the people are going through. he gave the south korean president an american flag along with his condolences. this flag was flown over the white house the same day as the sinking of the sewol. and in that spirit i m presenting this american flag to you and the people of the republic of korea on behalf of the american people. it reflects our deep condolences. but also our solidarity with you during this difficult time and our great pride in calling you an ally and a friend. the ferry captain, 14 other crew members have been arrested as investigators try to piece together what happened to cause the disaster. kyung lah joins me now from
investigators now looking into whether that may have made it more vulnerable to capsizing. total of 15 crew members now, including the ferry captain, have been arrested. russian president vladimir putin says ukraine s use of military will have consequences. this comes as ukrainians have gone on the offensive. pushing into areas pro-russian forces have tried to plant their flag. president obama s warning more sanctions are at the ready. those are your headlines, guys. that is not good. politics words on one side. threats of violence on the other. obviously political implications going home abroad and at home. let s get to inside politics on new day with john king. good morning. we re going the pick up on that point, on the standoff with vladimir putin over ukraine. and with me this morning to share their reporting and insights, julian tha goldman. you just got back.