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Two other icebreakers are also on their way. one french and one australian. but it may be another day -- at least -- before anyone reaches professor turney and the others. >> how long it takes to actually extricate us, i dont know. its a bit like lancing a wound, so you have to relieve the pressure around the vessel before we can get out. >> reporter: get out and get on their way again to retracing the footsteps of history. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> also, next, an adventure of a different so...

Set, that they are going after all of the individuals that they try to shelter these people in positions of power. these priests and so on. they are not going to let them do that and get away with it again. so what these people need to do is you got away with this monsignor lynn, but no other person will get away with it under the law. itll be tightened up. >> jeff, holly, thank you very much for the fascinating conversation. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>. now back to one of our to...

Weather conditions turned bad. but help is on its way. behind it, two more ice breakers, one french and one australian. if the snow dragon gets stuck, too. on board, are 74 researchers, a mix of professional and amateur scientists who decided to spend their christmas checking out the effects of climate change in the frozen antarctic. they sailed around 100 nautical miles east of their starting point when they got stuck. despite blizzards with wind speeds of nearly 45 miles per hour, weve heard t...

Slowly makes its way towards them. this russian flagship, stuck in the ice for four days now after weather conditions turned bad. but help is on its way. behind it, two more ice breakers, one french and one australian. if the snow dragon gets stuck, too. on board, are 74 researchers, a mix of professional and amateur scientists who decided to spend their christmas checking out the effects of climate change in the frozen antarctic. they sailed around 100 nautical miles east of their starting poin...

Leader. hes been broadcasting aboard the vessel since christmas day. he sent out a may day distress signal on christmas day but since then hes been doing plenty of interviews. hes saying they had a great day, theyre all warm but looking forward to an imminent rescue. three rescue vessels were sent towards them. all of them are ice breakers. the first is almost there, the chinese vessel the snow breaker. what needs to happen now is simply that they carve a route through the ice. the boat is intac...

>> reporter: its painfully slow progress but rescue is on hand and within eyesight for the crew stranded for all of christmas week in the frozen seas of the antarctic. just hours ago, joy on board the ship. passengers pointing out into the distance as the chinese ice breaker set to rescue them slowly makes its way towards them. >> thats the ice breaker coming to rescue us. >> brilliant! >> reporter: this russian flagship stuck in the ice for four days now after weather conditions turned bad. but...

It can only be done in your home, in your private home. landlords can even restrict whether or not a resident is able to smoke pot within a rented home. so really how the police and how regulators respond and ultimately how the customers respond is really going to be interesting to watch over the course of the next few weeks and ultimately months and even into years from now. leland: were watching closely over next few weeks. already i saw websites are advertising pot tourism. there may be a lot...

Right now, 74 people are stuck on this russian ship in the antarctic. it got stuck on the ice yesterday and sent out a distress signal. three ice breakers are on the way to free up the ship right now and theres no danger to people on board that ship. something underneath seattle is blocking the path of a monster drill, cutting a tunnel below the city. for the $3 billion project on hold. so, what could it be? stephanie elam reports. >> reporter: no doubt, bertha is a behemoth. billed as the lar...

After authorities intercepted it. the overloaded sailboat was being towed to shore in the turks and caicos islands. it is believed the boat capsized and several passengers jumped off the ship to avoid being detained. it will be another day before help arrives for the cruise ship stuck in the ice near antarctica. on board are scientists, explorers and crew. they have plenty of provisions and are in good spirits. three ice breakers are heading their way from australia. it is a long trip. they wi...

The coast of antarctica. >> reporter: we have a low pressure system sitting off the vessel, and wind speeds on average of 50 kilometers an hour, reaching in excess of 70 kilometers an hour. the vessel has not moved for the last two days and were surrounded by sea ice, we just cant get through. every is safe, the vessel is perfectly safe but we cant make the passage forward. >> they have to cut through the ice, it is sitoo thick, they ar trying to send ice breakers to free the ship. and the dozen...