they were hanging in them and children were crying and people screaming and jumping. we heard crew members jumped at the end into the water. my goodness. frightening moments. a journalist is where survivors are being taken and joins us by phone. barbie, what is the latest on the rescue mission, the search for the missing people and if they know what the ship ran into. reporter: well, right now the rescue operations are sort of winding town. darkness has fallen here and it s starting to get a little bit cold. the divers worked all afternoon searching the underwater components of that ship on its side in search of bodies. they have not ruled out that there will be more fatalities from this accident. several people, though, that did get off the boat at the port prior to this one have come forward to say they got off. so we ve taken the number of missing from 70 to i think the last count was 51. but that s still a considerable number. they don t know, you know, if these peopl
right. a baggy outfit or something there. i don t know. larry flint has been around constitution issues for years. he better dig into funny money or he will be paying this woman. hello again, i m fredricka whitfield. it s 4:00 eastern time. let s great straight to the news. the u.s. state department confirmed more than 120 americans were onboard that cruise ship that ram aground off the coast of italy. there are no reports of any americans being among the dead and injured. the captain, however, is under arrest. a local prosecutor says he is being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning ship. at least three people are dead. rescue crews and survivors say the death toll is likely to rise. translator: i am afraid the people with me the entire time are dead. i think the two people i was helping the entire time are dead. i don t know where to ask. the reporter is at the port where survivors are being taken and will join us with an update seven minutes from now. re