World cup to the winter. Well have the latest from zurich. At least 94 people have drowned after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern ital lan island of lampedusa. It was carrying hundreds of people trying to reach europe from africa. Many jumped into the water. Ita italys coast guard is looking for at least 250 people, 150 others have been rescued. Lampedusa is a major route for migrants trying to get into europe. The tiny island lies 113 kilometers from the coast of tunisia. We have more from the italian capital of rome. Reporter a devastating scene was described by the may r o of lampedusa who claimed the situation on land was so chaotic he was struggled to find a place to put the dead bodies pulled from the sea and where to find a place for the survivors to be care of. Theyre very traumatized following this horrific incident. It appears that the incident occurred in the early hours of thursday morning. A boat carries what is expected to be about 500 people on board suffer
And blackhawk down. 20 years on we look at how a failed u. S. Mission in somalia still affects washingtons thinking. At least 80 people have drown off the coast of lamp deuce sa after the boat sank. Many jumped into the water. The coast guard is still looking for at least 250 people. Sonya is in rome and joins us now on the phone. Whats the latest information that you have, sonya . Reporter well, were hearing reports from the mayor of lampedusa who says there are at least 82 people, victims who have been who have died. The coast guard is still only confirming 73 dead at the moment, but from what we understand, rescue workers are seeing horrific scenes of bodies floating in the water. Among the dead it was reported there was a pregnant woman and two children. Now, they believe that there are at least another 250 missing. They have calculated this by the shear size of the boat. The boat is approximately 20 meters long. According to survivors, witnesses, it was full, so those bodies are s
Budge from their positions. Mike viqueira has did he details from the white house. Reporter well, this is the first time the president has sat down congressional leaders since the shutdown began on monday night in to tuesday. Afterwards the leaders came out and spoke to the president used worst, worthwhile, nice, candid to talk about the discussion that lasted for about an hour. After this they took turns talking past each other and on the surface of it anyway, this impasse continues heading in to day three of the Government Shutdown, john boehner came out lamenting the fact that the president will not negotiate. The president candidly admits hes not going to negotiate under threat. But john boehner restated his position. We sent four different proposals over to our december cat colleagues in the senate and they rejected all of they want. We have asked them to conference and sit down try to resolve our differences. They dont want to they will not negotiate. We had a nice conversation,