her near-tragedy. she opens up about what happened. plus, performs live, right here, in times square. good morning, everyone. george is off. we re delighted to have david muir back with us. i told you we d give you the keys again. and they worked. that s another thing. yes. great to be back with you this morning. we so often talk about racing against time in situations like these. but this is a time when it could be months in chile. it could be. that s why the celebrations there have been replaced by prayers. rescue workers fry to free the miners stuck nearly half a mile under ground. crews have drilled another hole in the dham per for communication. and microphones have been lowered to the men so they can speak with their families. they have made another request. toothbrushes. also, a big day in politics, robin. we re watching primaries in several states. a real test for sarah palin. not because she s on the ballot. but because of something else. jon karl is in was
have there been any other developments on those releases? well, at the moment, there are six people have been released. four of them have been taken to a nearby hospital just for a regular checkup, what happened to them. now, if you could bring us up to date, what is the situation for the people on the bus? how many people? because we seemed unsure earlier. were there 25 people in the initial stages? yes. there were 25 people inside. at the moment there are 19 because 6 have been released. these people, they said, they re very calm, the police said in a press conference. they re very calm because they don t know what s happening. they don t even know the language. so they re calm and waiting for instructions. now, what s happening on the ground as far as negotiations go? because we understand there was a man in orange there who was related to the gunman, is that correct? what role is he playing here? he s the one that arranged the conversations with the police offic
good evening. once again tonight, all eyes are on the gulf of mexico where we are days away from marking the fifth anniversary of katrina, where they have 90 days worth of crude oil in the water. today, the massive bp fund, $20 billion designed to make it right, as they say in their commercials, starts to get handed out. there is one man in charge of it a new england lawyer named kenneth feinberg. can you imagine having that job? he s the authority who will get to decide who gets what and when. the gulf region is full of people who suffered real hurt as a result of all the oil in the water. bebegin tonight with our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson in venice, louisiana. good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. you know, venice once called itself very proudly the fishing capital of the world. to reclaim that title, the fishermen and business people here need financial help. so you will understand why the people in venice and, indeed, across the gu
monday. i m harry smith. and i m erica hill in for maggie rodriguez, who s on maternity leave. nice day to sleep in. i can bet on that. we have a lot to get to this morning, including an exclusive interview with a woman who s trying to get information on a person she believes has defamed her online for years now. she ll tell us her story, why she has filed against google for that information. she doesn t want money, doesn t want the recognition but she wants to prevent this from happening to other people. a lot of people showed up to protest the islamic center a couple blocks away from ground zero. tempers are raging, people are upset and we ll have the latest on that story as well. first, breaking new. euphoria in chile as 33 miners are found alive if a collapsed mine almost half a mile underground. now the hard part digging them out. cbs news correspondent seth doane is here with the very latest. good morning. good morning. at first mine officials believed the
today, the massive bp fund, $20 billion designed to make it right, as they say in their commercials, starts to get handed out. there is one man in charge of it a new england lawyer named kenneth feinberg. can you imagine having that job? he s the authority who will get to decide who gets what and when. the gulf region is full of people who suffered real hurt as a result of all that oil in the water. we begin again tonight with our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson in venice, louisiana. ann, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. you know, venice once called itself very proudly the fishing capital of the world. to reclaim that title, the fishermen and business people here need financial help. so you will understand why the people in venice and, indeed, across the gulf coast are looking at the man who will decide how much they will get for all that they have lost. ken feinberg is the $20 billion man. here s another reason you ve got to fill out