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They asked that we not relay any redeal tailed information but that i let people know that they are safe and comfortable and that the embassy workers from the u.s. embassy in libya have been working very hard to keep them comfortable and take care of their needs there on the boat. >> shepard: thats great to hear for your parents and everybody else on there. do you have an idea of how long they have been on there and when they think the weather might break so they can get out of there? >> a littl...

And hopefully they will get out of there soon when the waves die down. >> shepard: whats their plan when they get out of there? high tailing it directly home or whats the plan? >> i know that they were told that they were going to try to arrange flights back to the u.s. from malta. but some of the people were asking that they could stay in malta for a day to they can at least get a shower or a bath and rest a little bit, you know before they get on that 14-hour flight. >> shepard: yeah, im sure....

Tens of thousands of people now trying to escape the bloody government crackdown in libya. they are foreign citizens, hundreds of them americans. they have been streaming across the border into egypt and tunisia. flights in and out of libya now few and far between. forcing some nations to send charter planes and ferries to get people to safety. but according to our state department, bad weather has kept more than 150 americans stranded on a ferry still docked in tripoli. with us now is peter ser...