efforts is that crews were trying to, of course, use water to douse the flames, but at the same time, trying not to overwhelm the bode boat aat and sink. we know that it has been submerged, just the bow sticking out of the water. so that makes it more difficult for crews as they try to account for those 33 people who were on board. and we have sound from the u.s. coast guard official talking about how difficult this response effort was. let s take a listen. we basically had assets in the air and on the water on scene directly. and when we initially received report upon arriving on scene, we had coast guard crews, fire department teams actually trying to put out this fire. as we prepare to watch this press conference start, what more are we expecting to hear from officials? and i ll comment on what petty officer barney said. i think he speaks to just how difficult the rescue conditions
roadblocked up off and it s flowing real hard. now we re just stuck here. reporter: more rain and thunderstorms passing through the area right now. that is making rescue conditions and the search very difficult. thanks. new allegations over hillary clinton s e-mail scandal. documents showing a five-month gap in the presidential hopeful s e-mails. the state department s response and what it could mean for the ongoing investigation. plus, we have this. don t do that. what do you mean look forward? that s the inside of an airplane. violent outbursts on that flight led to the plane being diverted as well as that arrest. what the heck happened?
ignited something down there. obviously an investigation is coming. let s have a look at the weather in the region. pedram pedram tell us what they re up against there. obviously it was a horrible night in terms of rescue conditions. worst case scenario as far as the timing with a storm system coming in. of course it s the fourth shortest day of the year across the northern hemisphere. very cold temperatures across this portion of the world as well. the ferry track was right through this region between albania and also the southern portion of italy as it entered the adriatic. the front comes in wave heights well over ten feet. winds also about 25 to 30 kilometers per hour. beginning to die down a little bit. that s the good news for your forecast on monday. i see some clouds parting and winds lighter, and another storm enters on tuesday. that s the pattern this time of year. you don t get much in the way of clear skies. so you do get a break on monday
belongings, she is thankful to be alive. i am glad we are here. rainfall is expected on sunday which will make rescue conditions more challenging. keeping all those folks in our thoughts today and keeping you informed of what is going on, too. lots still to come. 20 months after it crashed, crews trying to lift the costa concord concordia off of its side. and the world s most famous new father. coming up, prince william sits down with cnn to talk about f fatherhood. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004.
sean o keefe the former head of nasa were both on that plane. we do not know their status. we know there are rescue crews on scene. they described the rescue conditions as horrible. the visibility down to a quarter mile. they were able to reach the crash site at 7:15 this morning. and they are treating survivors. we know of two survivors who were on scene. we don t know if they have been flown back to dillingham which is 17 miles away or taken by a c-130 to anchorage. we know there were five people killed, we know that because there were people on the ground at the crash site throughout the night. this plane crash was called in by a private pilot last night at 7:00. he saw the wreckage. he says it looked like the plane flew into the side of the mountain about 1,000 feet above sea level and the plane was in