newspaper. here s part of the conversation. port authority, we ask you if all is well there. concord yeah, all is well. it s only a technical failure. port authority, how many people are on board? captain, 2, 300. port authority, how come so few people? are you on board? captain, no, i m not on board because the ship is keeling. we ve abandoned it. port authority, what? you ve abandoned the ship? captain, no. what abandon? i m here. a judge questions the captain at a closed hearing today. he s under arrest and he could be charged with manslaughter. dan rivers is live on the scene once again for us there in italy. dan, six people are dead. 28 are missing, including two americans, and crews are still searching for survivors, right? reporter: that s absolutely right, yeah. it s getting along four days since this happened here in italy. you can see the wreck right behind me. there s a lot of activity there. a lot of ships around. the divers, again, are making their wa
live there tonight. melissa, show us the scene if you could. hey, shep. i m actually here at first and main. if you are familiar with nashville, you know the setup. i m standing correctly in front of lp field downtown, nashville. behind me is a potentially dangerous situation. behind me is a t.a. truck stop and several fuel lines that are covered in water right now. if you can see this trailer with orange booms, those are there to contain a potentially a potential fuel leak just in case. and in front of me as my photographer walks with me up here white booms just in case it gets this far, they will actually absorb the fuel. walk with me quickly right over here. you see this car when we got here three hours ago, the water wasn t even goes to it now look at it it s passed it by far. it s supposed to crest the cumberland river probably about 2:00 in the morning. shepard: i m reading and seeing pictures that suggest this has shut down large parts of the volunteer state. yeah. 150 r
that tracks more than 1.3 million visitors a year. you can see the orange booms, early in the day bp sent contractors to set the booms to protect the beaches and some protected wildlife areas. some of the barrier islands here. local business owners must if they re realizing how big this could become, they re seeing their lives flash before their eyes, at least their physical lives. you know what i m saying? yeah, they re concerned and hoping the wind and current patterns continue in their current trajectory, blowing and pushing west of here. early in the day we went out with a charter boat captain. here s what he had to say. with the wind and currents, we re thinking this will go towards louisiana and the marshes there but we have protection in case it comes this
down there in texas, severe and dangerous weather on the radar, more tornados are possible from arkansas to missouri. twisters already killing three people. but first, we begin with the oil slick thickening in the gulf. the disaster growing by the minute now. the oil slick has nearly tripled in size since thursday and now hit shore. the leak causing it all is still uncapped ap spewing thousands of gallons of crude oil into the waters. we go to phil keating in louisiana for the latest and phil, i ve been watching you there. what s the status or efforts to contain the spill? kelly, let s say, you can see the winds, it s very strong today as it was yesterday. that led to some breaches in all of those long orange booms. you see those booms stacked up there on that tugboat behind me and it s staying put here today because the waters out there in the gulf of mexico with this 20
at a time the gulf coast businesses are gearing up for the very busy summer tourist season here in orange beach and neighboring gulf shores. the summer season brings twice as many visitors as any other season. if you look behind me, can you see the orange booms that they have installed to prevent any oil from getting on this beach. a beach that is crucial to the local economy. fishing charter captain randy boggs watches from his boat as bp contractors position floating booms to protect beaches and environmentally sensitive barrier islands from the massive oil spill still offshore. the efforts are out of an abundance of caution as the wind and current appear to be carrying the spill west of the small coastal town of orange beach, alabama. we sure don t want our to get it and go ashore there. but that looks like the way it s heading. but you know a change in the wind or the tides could possibly bring it this way. we want to be prepared to make