we ll have more on the shooting here at the washington navy yard in just a bit, but we want to take you overseas for a major, major accomplishment today. a salvage crew successfully righted the costa concordia earlier this morning, 20 months after the cruise liner ran aground off the coast of italy, killing 32 people. now, this move clears the way for a more thorough search to try to find the remains of two of the victims of that accident. cnn s matthew chance joins us right now. an amazing technological feat, matth matthew. reporter: it really is. i mean, all the authorities here, the people of giglio, the island where this wrecked costa convict toward area has been marooned for the past 20 months full of praise for the vsalvage team that pulled off a technological marvel, it s never been attempted to roll over a ship of this size, an absolutely enormous bit of machinery.
what we got. reporter: so next salvagers can chain big floats to this side of the ship. they don t have to weld them on. we re looking at several months before they can pull them out of here. yesterday one of the survivors said the wreck itself has been a monument to stupidity but this salvage separation testament as to what engineering can do. so far the salvage say lone has cost nearly $800 million. oh, my gosh. michelle kosinski live from giglio, italy. thank you so much. up next daily news columnist joins the table. more morning joe in just a moment. um. where s mrs. davis?
mike: the one year anniversary of the tragic costa concordia ship wreck off the island in giglio in italy. a day that will forever leave a mark on those who lost loved ones and others that were there hours on end. joining us for a firsthand account, and recorded the disaster themselves. and welcome to fox & friends. let s go back a year ago. why were you on the ship in the first place. what were you celebrating. this was our honeymoon, actually. mike: where were you when it rolled over on its side, the ship. we were in our cabin looking through some of our photos from a day spent in rome and we heard kind of a soft, dull sound coming from behind us. and then the whole roomarted le side. wine glass, wine bottles fell off the table, the tv started
now. here is some more of what giglio got caught saying that got him kicked out of the inauguration. if you look at the council of the word of god. you come to the copclusion that it is not an alter nate lifestyle, it is not gay, but homo sexuality is sin. it is sin in the eyes of god. and it is sin according to the word of god. and there you have a classic washington gaff. now i know some of you are saying no no no that is a terrible and hurtful and hateful thing to say. but this program uses the definition of washington gaff wri written nearly 30 years ago.
it is when someone tells the truth. and the truth is, that homosexuality is a sin in the bible. in his sermon, giglio quotes leviticus 18:32. you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female. it is abomination. giglio also cited the new telepho testament i corinthians. and right in the mist of that pass sin right in the middle of that verse it satisfy and those who are homosexual it is clear.