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News Wrap: Divers race to rescue passengers on cruise ship

In our news wrap Wednesday, Chinese authorities called in more divers to search for more than 400 people still missing since Monday, when a cruise ship capsized by tornado-force winds on the Yangtze River. Also, more than 700 migrants in an overloaded fishing boat made it to shore in Myanmar, after being held at sea for days by the country's navy.

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