demand answer and accountability after a black suspect dies from his injuries after he was arrested by police. hello, welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. great to have you with us. i m john vause. i m rosemary church. this is cnn newsroom. hundred of migrants rescued off the coast of southern italy due to arrive at the sicilian port of augusta. they are being brought in by the italian coast guard. the scene there right now after 9:00 in the morning. the un, hcr tells cnn there are 400 refugees on board. mainly of syrian descent. meanwhile, the tunisian captain is in jail along with a syrian crew member. both accused of manslaughter and human trafficking.
446 migrants expected in augusta within the next half-hour. they ll be on board the italian navy vessel the bettegat and they re, most of them are syrian. but clearly this is something, even though we are here and we are going live from this port. this happens basically every day. we expect as the weather gets better, with spring and summer, that ever-more numbers will arrive. now, as far the case of the ship that went down on, early sunday morning, with as many as 950 people on board, yes, these two individuals, the tunisian captain and syrian crew mate are currently in custody. they were interrogated yet again yesterday by the prosecutor in catania. there are reports in italian media. according to one of the people that was questioned by the