CABRERA: You are live in the CNN NEWSROOM. At least 65 migrants have died in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea in the past week. The Italian Coast Guard says more than 12,000 have been saved but hundreds are still missing. And United Nations fears that the death toll could climb to 700 or higher. CNN's Ben Wedeman has more now from Rome -- Ben.</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Ana, hundreds of migrants and refugees are missing and feared dead in what could be the deadliest week in the Mediterranean in more than a year. Wednesday, a fishing boat crammed with refugees and migrants capsized. Hundreds are believed to have drowned. Then Thursday, several hundred more died when their boat went down. This boat didn't even have a motor. It was towed by another vessel which is also crammed with refugees. That boat started to take on water and sank. Friday, another shipwreck, around 50 bodies were recovered but U.N. officials who interviewed survivors say many more are feared missing. Over the past week, Italian officials say more than 14,000 people have tried to make the crossing, more than 4,000 in one day alone. Now with the calmer seas and summer now upon us, and more people crossing the graveyard of the Mediterranean Sea is becoming is fast filling up -- Ana.</s>CABRERA: The pictures are tough to watch. Ben Wedeman, thank you for that report. And after decades of hard knocks, Detroit two years ago you'll recall became the largest city in the U.S. to go bankrupt. Well, the Motor City is revving up for a comeback. And the mayor is staking his career on it. That's ahead live here in the CNN NEWSROOM.
Hundreds Missing, Feared Dead in Shipwrecks