this point and yet they re re-engaging what they did for eight years, with a little difference in terms of titles at this point. the president, president biden and president obama meeting for lunch in the oval office, the same place they met weekly for eight years. and the former president will serve as a head liner for access to coverage for the affordable care act. i think when you think about what this means in terms of the current president when you re dealing with inflation, when they look at understanding how health care costs are one of the primary drivers for the american people, having an event talking about reduce be health care costs but more importantly than that, talking about the affordable care act which had a very complicated and difficult passage to this moment. by far and away being stronger and from the democratic perspective, more effective than it s ever been. it s a story they want to tell and better nobody one else better to tell it than the
afghan military officials are speaking out after the u.s. left the bagram airfield and shut off the power and slipped out overnight. they left the biggest base in the country aft 20 years. before the afghan ar himy could take control the area was ransacked by liters when they saw the power was turned off. u.s. troops left behind thousands of vehicles but many were missing the keys. they also say the u.s. took the most powerful weapons with them and blew up the ammunition before leaving. one afghan soldier said in part, quote n one night they lost all the good will of 20 years. wow. still ahead, baby, we were born to ride. the totally different springsteen taking the reins as a head liner for team usa. way too early back in a moment. way too early back in a moment
ac360 starts right now. we begin tonight keeping them honest with breaking news. 360 has learned this waw not the first time that the costa conco concordia steered so close to shore. the cruise line not only knew about the route but approved it. the company that owns the ship said the accident was the result of a rogue decision that the captain and only the captain made. we learned the previous close call happened back in august. we have video, this is the video of the incident in august taken from the shore. the cruise line said the ship was a safe distance from the coastline. lloyds lip said it was dangerously close, closer, in fact, than it came on friday night when it hit the rocks. here is new satellite imagery of the wreck. look how big it is against the coast, just a massive, massive ship. the search for nearly two dozen was suspended when the wreckage began shifting. really dangerous for the rescue divers. a dutch salvage team has arrived to offload diesel fuel. als
concord got that close to shore. significant because the cruise line has said that the accident friday was because of a route decision the captain and only the captain made. the close call happened last august. this is view from the shore. and even though the cruise line says the ship was a safe distance from the italian s coastline, the world s leading shipping journal says it was dangerously close, closer than it came friday night, in fact, when it actually hit the rocks. in other words, except for sheer luck, the august cruise might just have as easily ended up just like this. this is the satellite imagery new today. you re looking at it basically from space. the sheer scale of it, right up against the coast, takes your breath away, frankly. it s just it s amazing. no less breathtaking, the idea this really was a disaster waiting to happen. that it could have happened back in august. tonight, keeping them honest, we re going to show you why. but today, the very latest f
we have video, this is the video of the incident in august taken from the shore. the cruise line said the ship was a safe distance from the coastline. lloyds lip said it was dangerously close, closer, in fact, than it came on friday night when it hit the rocks. here is new satellite imagery of the wreck. look how big it is against the coast, just a massive, massive ship. the search for nearly two dozen was suspended when the wreckage began shifting. really dangerous for the rescue divers. a dutch salvage team has arrived to offload diesel fuel. also, today, we got our first look at an interview that the concordia captain, schettino, did a day after the grounding. in it, he maintains that the rock he hit was not on the map. i don t know if it was detected or not, but on the nautical chart it was marked just as waiter at some 100 to 150 meters from the rocks, and we were about 300 meters from the shore more or less. we should not have had this contact. there were more than 4,