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Were going to talk about baseball now. pittsburgh cards and pirates tied in the bottom of the ninth. 3-2 pitch. >> its back-to-back nights! walk it off, baby. >> kolten wong gets st. louis the walk-off win. the reds with men on the corners in the bottom of the ninth. >> winning run at third. nobody out. hamilton, a broken bat, flare. the reds have won it! theyve won it! >> drops one just shy of foul territory. cincinnati wins 6-5 in walk-off fashion. >> in detroit, juan uribe hits a two-run home...

You wrote a book a couple years ago. >> 2006. >> right called "tough choices"? >> yes. mines "tough choices." hers are "hard choices." so you all seem to have a lot in common. what do you make of this? i thought this was kind of amazing? >> well, it was amazing. i can say if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery im flattered. >> you think hillary clinton saw that and thought good book cover. >> theres no one better to imitate than carly fiorina web it comes to a successful woman. >> there ...

>> so my question here is, and i think thats what you were most known for before you became the first four-star admiral. when that was going on and you were in charge of seeing that the ship was saved, that the captain was taken off the boat where he was there with four of the pirates, who worried you the most that night? >> defining the mission correctly. the mission had to be we would get master phillips back safely. we had a more immediate concern. the life raft he was on was quite raptly mov...

They vote for people, and right now people are saying -- >> the republicans are people. >> -- this president isnt getting the job done. >> i want to show you something that struck us kind of interesting this week. you wrote a book a couple years ago. >> 2006. >> right called "tough choices"? >> yes. mines "tough choices." hers is "hard choices." so you all seem to have a lot in common. what do you make of this? i thought this was kind of amazing? >> well, it was amazing. i can say if imitation i...

Power the less you have. he is, i think dick cheney might have thought he was an isolationist. he responded to the bashary pirates were the islamist terrorists of his day. he was pushed into war. he didnt want to have war. he didnt like heavy involvement of the federal government. >> speaking of war, i always find it quite fascinating how our union stayed to the, how the nation stayed to the during the tumultuous years of the civil war, particularly the way lincoln held the country together. how...

Inspiring a flurry of fan love on social media. his wikipedia page was altered briefly to name him secretary of defense. with ties to the real defense department set another record for the u.s. michelle j. howard became the first female four star admiral in the u.s. navy and with her new rank takes over as the vice chief of naval operations, the first woman and the first african-american to ever hold the job. admiral howard has a history of firsts including being the first black woman to command...

Cnn talks to a man held by pirates. he was freed in exchange for ran sh cash. but did that cash end up going to fund terrorists? kyung lah is out front. >> my chief officer was screaming we have to get to the engine room. theyre on board. >> reporter: nigerian pirates armed and gunning for him. how many pirates? >> six. >> reporter: were they all armed? >> yes. >> reporter: what were they armed with? >> ak-47s. >> reporter: aboard his boat "the sea retriever" ferrying supplies to local oil opera...

Well keep you posted on the breaking news as we get a decision there in terms of mcdaniel versus cochran. we have breaking news already because polls have already closed in a special election in florida to fill the seat of congressman trey riddle. he stepped down because of allegations of cocaine. curt clawson will win his seat. he received major endorsements from sarah palin and rand paul. hell serve out the remainder of riddles term but will have to seek re-election in november. still to com...

Never stopped. they did not reply to cnns requests for comment. on the fateful trip dock workers announced over a two-way radio where the ship was going, a major security breach. >> the pirates told me they knew where we was going. they knew my cargo. they knew my position. they knew what track i was taking. >> reporter: he was taken captive beginning 18 days of hell in the nigerian jungle and swamps for him and another crew member. barely any sleep, barely any food. a package of ramen noodles t...

Says the fbi told him the terrorist group boko haram profits from these kidnappings. the same boko haram which in april kidnapped nearly 300 nigerian girls and has unleashed devastating bomb attacks in the region. >> it makes me angry knowing that, yes, that my kidnapping helped somebody, the ransom helped somebody, knowing that this moneys going somewhere bad. >> reporter: the fbi would not comment, but experts say while so maly pirates have been weakened, the number of piracy incidents off the...