case against todd winkler in the killing of his wife, rachel, a sudden, inexplicable outburst from todd. you are not samurai. stop, stop, stop. stop, stop, stop. you do not speak truth. you only want to destroy. you have no bushido. you have no bushido. reporter: bushido? in japanese, the way of the warrior, the honor-based code of conduct of a samauri. why was todd winkler raving about it now? was this another psychotic episode? judge, off the bench. stop, stop, stop. reporter: of course, the trial came to a screeching halt. a mistrial loomed. may we have the courtroom cleared? reporter: instead, the judge came down hard on todd.
she s found burned to death down a steep embankment. reporter: just as the prosecutor was laying out her case against todd winkler in the killing of his wife, rachel, a sudden, inexplicable outburst from todd. you are not samurai. stop, stop, stop. stop, stop, stop. you do not speak truth. you only want to destroy. in japanese, the way of the warrior, the honor-based code of conduct of a samauri. why was todd winkler raving about it now? was this another psychotic episode? judge, off the bench. stop, stop, stop. reporter: of course, the trial came to a screeching halt. a mistrial loomed. may we have the courtroom cleared?
back home are telling harrowing tales of survival. megan and robert mauri were on their honeymoon. at first they were told it was just a power problem. it was one just terrible situation. it was just it was just a mess. it was just nothing but just pure chaos. the crew didn t seem like they knew what they were doing. he was actually helping people out of the lifeboat. you could not see any coast guard, crew members, nobody. there was nobody to be found. the search goes on for as many as 29 passengers who are still missing including a retired couple from minnesota. there are italian media reports this morning that a seventh victim has been pulled from the ship. but that couple from minnesota the only americans that are missing at this point. such a tragedy story. nearly 10 million americans will take a cruise in fact this year. so what safety lessons can we learn from this italian disaster? here s abc s lisa stark. reporter: if you board a cruise ship, you can expect that