Charlie Gibson: ?Mrs. Waddle, let me turn to you. The meeting last night with the families, what did your husband tell you about it??

Jill Waddle: ?He told me that he was very grateful that he had the opportunity to talk to the families and he also expressed that he was very sorry for the collision, for the accident. He said he was accountable for the accident.?

Charlie Gibson: ?He's being quoted as saying, ?I can't ask for forgiveness. This is a burden I will carry to the grave.? Tears on both sides at the meeting??

Jill Waddle: ?Yes.?

Charlie Gibson: ?How??

Jill Waddle: ?I ? I was going to say I didn't ? Ii didn't go with him when he met the family. He did it in private.?

Charlie Gibson: "But how does he feel? What has he said to you about those families and about what's going on inside?"

Jill Waddle? ?Well, his ? his heart is breaking. I mean, he feels terrible, great remorse for what has happened. And also feels that it's something that he will never get over.?

Charlie Gibson: ?There were tears also yesterday, I understand, in the courtroom as the admiral, the investigating admiral talked about the rescue efforts that were conducted by your husband's crew.?

Jill Waddle: ?Yes. I think it brought all those emotions back up. And it ? he had a really hard time composing himself. So we had to take a break.?

Charlie Gibson: ?Let me ask both of you. Col. Waddle, let me start with you -- when major things happen to any of us in our lives, we go over them 1,000 times in our head, I think. What should I have done, what should I have said? What has he told you about that day a month ago??

Col. Dan Waddle (Ret): "Well, Scott's a professional military man, Mr. Gibson. When he took command of that submarine on March 19; -- march 19, 1999. He knew the responsibility of command and he's taking responsibility for what happened. But as Jill said, last week he delivered letters of apology to the Japanese consulate here in Hawaii. Yesterday on his own initiative he said I need to talk to these people. He did. He said I want to do it alone. Last night at dinner, he said as soon as I can, as soon as this is over, I want to travel to Japan and make personal apologies to these people for what happened because I know they're devastated. But you know, it's important to note too -- I looked at their dining room table this morning -- it has about 3,000 letters from people all over the world for condolences, sympathy, and prayers. I came here from Austin, Texas. I go to church in Terrytown, and I brought 162 letters from the congregation. What I would like to do everyone in the world is praying for the families in Japan that lost their loved ones. The crew of the U.S.S. greeneville is suffering too. They need some prayer. I ask everyone out here to pray for these people."

Charlie Gibson: "Let me come back to the question. What has he said about that day and about what happened?"

Col. Dan Waddle: "It's coming out in the court of inquiry. Scott did everything he was supposed to do. But yesterday admiral Griffiths said possibly he didn't do some of them quite long enough. He's living with them right now. But he made decisions at the time that he thought were valid decisions and that were correct decisions and the accident happened. I think it's important to note this is a terrible accident. Yes, it could have been prevented had some of the things been done that possibly he could have done a little bit longer. But he did everything right by the book. He even called me after the accident. When he came into port, he called me in Austin, Texas. He said, dad, I?m devastated. It's as though my heart was ripped from my body when I looked through the periscope and saw what had happened. That's the emotions he's going through."

Charlie Gibson: "Mrs. Waddle, has he said anything to you about whether he felt the civilians onboard interfered that day with the proper performance of the ship that day?"

Jill Waddle: "No, I don't believe he does believe that the V.I.P's had anything to do with the accident."

Charlie Gibson: "Let me ask both of you because I was so touched by what your husband and your son wrote in "Time" magazine this week. He wrote a very personal piece about how he felt. And he said, ?my career is terminated, an accident of this sort, whether or not I am exonerated will end my career.? colonel, that's the military way? He's resigned to that?"

Co. Dan Waddle: "Yes, he is. He's responsible for the accident. He was the commanding officer and the buck stops there. But he said yesterday, he said, ?Dad, the last two years as the commander of the U.S.S. greeneville has been the greatest two years of my entire life. I've been trained for this, I worked for this. I went through the academy.? Scott has a super career as a man. He was an acolyte in the Episcopal church, he was an eagle scout, he was a football player, he was president of his senior class, he was selected to go to west point, he was selected to go to Annapolis and he chose Annapolis. This is a very, very professional man. I had 30 years in the air force. All he knows military life. I hope his career could go on. There is the possibility. I hope it happens for him."

Charlie Gibson: "Possibility that his career in the navy could go on?"

Col. Dan Waddle: "Yes, possibly."

Charlie Gibson: "Mrs. Waddle, what has he said to you? Would he like to stay in the navy or, as he said in "Time" magazine, does he feel his career in the navy is over?"

Jill Waddle: "I think his career in the navy is over. I know he would like to stay with the navy, but I think he knows it's over."

Charlie Gibson: "You have a daughter, 13-years-old, how's she doing?"

Jill Waddle: ?She's 13. She's doing all right. Her school is very supportive and we have a lot of friends and Family and neighbors. And our church is supporting us. So she's doing pretty well."

Charlie Gibson: "The admiral who did lead the investigation into what happened and who has been testifying over these last few days at the court of inquiry testified yesterday that whether or not senior officers should have conducted a longer search with the periscope that the fire control technician neglected to tell the senior officers of what he saw in terms of where the Japanese fishing vessel was. Does your husband in any way blame that fire technician control officer?"

Jill Waddle: "No, I don't think he blames him. I just think -- I know -- I know he believes that if he would have had the information, the accident wouldn't have happened. I know he feels that way."

Charlie Gibson: "Let me ask a last question of each of you and quote from your -- from your husband and son in "time" magazine. "As a man -- I?m sorry, let me quote it again 'as a man of honor, integrity and truth are important to me. My last acts as a naveled officer will be to ensure there's closure for the families and the truth is determined.' he started yesterday on the process of closure for the families and as you said wants to go to Japan to talk with them. Does he feel that this court of inquiry is leading to determining the truth, Mrs.Waddle?"

Jill Waddle: "Yes, I believe he does."

Charlie Gibson: "Colonel?"

Col. Dan Waddle: "Yes, I believe he does."

Charlie Gibson: "Thanks for being with us."