on a busy day this airport moves about 5,000 people through it. san juan, the second busiest airport in the caribbean. they have the capability to bring in 747s. we ll see how they can transport 4,000 people back to orlando. we wish you the best. we re glad you re getting off the ship. at least some time soon. i wanted to say the power has been on. the toilets are working fine. they are serving up hot food and in a bad situation they are trying to do the best they can. that s good to hear. kris anderson from wreg. thank you so much. talk back question for you today. what kind of spiritual leader will draw people back to organized religion? facebook.com/carolcnn or tweet me. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec®
carnival cruise? well, i think we figured the ship is newer. they are going to be more cautious and that things happen. but something like this should not be a recurring issue. we scheduled it prior to that event happening. i m going to read you a statement from carnival cruise that cnn managed to get ahold of. this is what carnival is saying now. at no time did the ship lose power. there were interruptions to elevators and toilets for a few hours last night. at this time all hotel systems are functioning normally and have been functional since approximately 12:30 a.m. eastern time. does that fit in with what you told me? i would say that s fairly accurate statement, yes. they were they did go down to guest services last evening. they actually didn t have a
elevators are working. however, we have been provided not been provided an update since 11:00 last evening as to what s going on. and they are still not letting us off the ship at this time. they have done two separate tests of the elevators and the toilets where they have had to shut them down for several hours. last evening when they did it, the toilets were overflowing. down in the common areas. on the main floors. how long have you been cooped up on board the ship? we were originally planning to depart from st. martin at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. we have not moved since that time. we are slated to be back into florida around 8:00 a.m. on saturday morning. so i will ask you the question. after you watched in vivid detail about what happened to the carnival triumph, why did you choose to take another
good morning. thank you for being with me. i m carol costello. this hour it s déjà vu all over again. remember the crippled ship with overflowing toilets and unbearable cabins? one month to the day after the ship was towed into port we are hearing new horror stories. passengers are telling cnn they docked at st. martin. that mie may sound better but passengers have been trapped aboard the ship for hours. greg stark is on the carnival dream. he joins us by phone. hi. hello. thanks for being with us. tell us what conditions are like now. currently the toilets and
was, closely followed of course and was, the whole thing was toad into a port in alabama friday evening. passengers described filthy conditions on board, including sewage in the showers? do we need to think about that? toilets overflowing. we detailed that. it was gross. i will live it at that. bill: ten hours to mobile. there is breaking news now from washington on a plan to announce to avoid drastic cuts to kick in at the end of this month. erskine bowles and alan simpson of the famed debt committee, they put a new table, a new plan rather on the table that not only cuts the deficit by $2.5 trillion but tries to find common ground between democrats, republicans and the white house. alan simpson moments ago on what president obama must do. he knows what to do and if he doesn t get a handle on entitlements and solvency