Why aid isnt getting through to victims of this earthquake. Violence in burundis capital, as police try to shut down the latest eants government protest. And commemorating colombias littlary legends. Were at a book fair where theyre celebrating Gabriel Garcia pilar cez. Later in the program andy murray gets his ambitions off to a good start. Hello hundreds more migrants have been rescued from peoplesmuggling boats in the Mediterranean Sea. Neefer 6,000 people havenearly 6,000 pee 6,000 people have been taken to the italian port. An estimated 40,000 have made the dangerous journey since january. Officials expect the total number of arrivals for 2013 to top 200,000, that is in italy alone. Italy is the main Transit Route to europe. It is estimated smugglers make at least 90,000 u. S. , for each boat load. Augusta, on the italian island of sicily, 126 people children were also on board. Further north in calabria, several children were among the 700 migrants brought to shore a number of ne
We begin with breaking us in of a ship capsizing off of the coast of lampeduce island italy. Two Italian Navy Ships are in the area to help the passengers. President obama is meeting with Senate Republicans to hear their ideas over ending the dead lock over the Government Shutdown and the debt ceiling. Mike good to see you have, how productive have these meetings been thus far . I think the key was last night when House Republicans were here. They are the ones that have been holding out to pass that clean spending bill to keep the government open. I dont know whether you can see stephanie, but just over my left shoulder, the north portcall of the white house. This was the fourth and last group to meet with the participate. Mitch mcconnell, he is the leader of Senate Republicans. He is an interesting figure. In past crises like this he and joe biden have gotten together and hashed this out and struck a deal that hasnt been to the liking of many. But this year he has largely stood on the
Lampedusa, which is closer to africa than the italian mainland, is the destination of choice for smugglers taking migrants to europe. Dozens are feared dead. Bodies corpses were spotted in the water. At least one news agency ansa, is saying that at least 50 people have been killed. That includes children. The coast guard received a Satellite Phone call from the boat. That helped them decide where the coordinates of the boat were. It was an aircraft that spotted the boat in trouble. Then it was maltese ships and Italian Navy Ships that arrived on site and managed to rescue some of the people that were on board that boat. Some 200 people may have been rescued. Many have been taken to italy others to malta. These numbers could change as the rescue operation continues. This tragic incident coming just eight days after the other boat the boat carrying somali and eritrean migrants capsized, and we saw more than 300 People Killed in that incident. The boat landings have not stopped. On friday
It is summer in europe. The weather is mild, and that means several boats set sail every day from libya in Northern Africa carrying hundreds of refugees. They are headed for europe in what are often hopelessly overcrowded vessels not fit for see. Last year, one such vote sank off the italian island of lampedusa, and hundreds were killed one such boat sank. To prevent the tragedy from happening again, italian authorities have launched a mission where several Italian Navy Ships patrolled the Mediterranean Sea to assist refugee boats i in distress in distress. Our reporter got a look at one of the vessels and brought back this report. A quick boat ride out, you can already see the Italian Navy Ship that is the Operations Center for a humanitarian mission. With a bit less than we expected, we entered the belly of the 130meter long landing craft. At the helm as the captain. The course is in the direction of libya, a distance of 220 nautical miles or about a 14hour trip. The commander has be
Last week the iraqi Prime Minister was here in washington while asking for more money and weapons to fight isis Haider Al Abadi sided with iran saying the Saudiled Coalition in yemen was pushing the region closer to a greater war. But that hasnt stopped the United States from taking a larger role in the Arab Coalition with nine u. S. Warships now settled off the coast of yemen. Here with me is our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. Set the stage for what i call compartmentalization. Negotiations in vienna over the nuclear deal while at the same time the potential for some sort of confrontation between the u. S. And iranian warships off the coast of yemen. Well the circumstances are certainly tense and dangerous. But lets say this the principle mission of those u. S. Warships now is because of the deterioration of the situation in yemen. It gives the president military options, counterterror options off the deck of an Aircraft Carrier inside yemen if he would decide to s