there because people see the flashes that go. they re trying to blow a hole in the hull so rescuers can start getting in there is going to make the search and rescue team have better access and make it easier for them to get out. still looking for 29 people who remain unaccounted for if death toll right now is standing at six. there are also stunning new images coming in from under the water today. i want to share that with you. rescuers have to swim through debris in the hull ways. first flat block box has been picked up already and apparently picking up minute by minute betails. since they now located the second black box and divers are trying to retrieve that black box as well. this morning seeing the transcripts of the recorded conversation between the port authority and the captain of the ship. the first time it comes to us from the italian newspaper and the port authority says this. how many people are on board? the captain whose last name is schettino says, 2, 300. kee
dallas who through various mistakes and miscalculations and false stories ended up being deported to colombia, staying there for a while. her family fought to get her back and now she is coming back and she s on her way home. we re going to have more of this story and the information as it develops. collin jones almost became one of the thousands of people who accidentally drowned. thanks to the life guard who saved his life and some much needed swimming lessons, he became the first african-american man to hold a world record in swimming. dr. sanjay gupta has the story in this week s human factor. reporter: beijing, the 2008 olympics. collin jones wins the gold medal in the 400 freestyle relay becoming the second african-american swimmer to take home gold and the first to hold a world record. but growing up learning to swim was the last thing on his mind. my dad was a basketball
african-american unemployment. together you re talking about, if you add those three up, you re talking roughly 2/3 of all unemployment. it s a mixed bag but overall encouraging that we are moving in the right direction, the economy? overall moving very much in the right direction, and i think that the rate of unemployment come a year from now will be much lower than most economists predict. i would not be surprised at all to see that rate somewhere between 7.5% and 7.8% where, for example, most are still projecting that it will decrease very, very slowly. i think that recovery is going to be much faster even in the labor market. all right. well, we heard it here first. your prediction. we ll see if that happens for 2012. i may not be your favorite economist afterwards. if it s good news, yes. okay. have a good weekend. it is still the number one campaign issue creating more jobs. all of the republican candidates believe that cutting taxes and
so we still want to see that number come up some. that number went down about 50,000. right. not as bad as last month, but it still went down. it s not even here. the recovery here, the good news is not even for all folks who are out there. within the african-american population here you still have double digit unemployment. we re talking 15%. that did not improve? right. right. in fact, it worsened. the rising tide is not lifting all boats. there is a serious problem with african-american unemployment. it was 15.5% last month. this month it went up to 15.8%. even more importantly is that african-americans now comprise 22% of all unemployed workers. so there has to be something done to address that problem. so really if you say where are the areas that we are most hardest hit, something has to be done? obviously construction. obviously manufacturing. then, of course, there s
similar bombings two weeks ago on al qaeda. the opposition accuses the government of staging the blasts to back up a claim that it s fighting terrorists. iran planning more war games. state-run media report another round of military drills are going to take place next month in the straight of hormuz. the most recent exercises ended just this week. tensions now have been rising over this strategic critical waterway. iran threatened recently to block the strait if new sanctions harm iranian oil exports. the government also threatens to take action if u.s. air craft carrier goes through the strait. italy s mount etna roaring back to life. ireporter joseph posten caught all of it on video. he said it started rumbling yesterday morning. once he saw the huge ash cloud he pulled out the camera and his eruption reportedly poses no danger to villagers. so far no flights have been canceled because of that big ash cloud. well, new orleans. city leaders there say teenagers not welc