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States domination of the western hemisphere. >> then you have the east china seas which is the area between china and japan, basically. >> yes. >> to me this is the most dangerous because it involves two very big, rich countries, the second and third largest economies in the world. and countries with huge defense budgets. we saw one version of what could happen. a ship captain takes his boat into these waters. play out for us what you think could happen. >> the east china sea is a more acute pro...

I just -- i cant wrap my mind around that. as a ship captain, im sure its even tougher for you. >> absolutely. just the statement about the young man holding on to the microphone and telling people to stay where he was. yet this young lady knew what the right thing was to do. she knew to get everybody off that ship. it sounds to me like she should have been the one in command of that vessel and the gentleman that was in command was absolutely not making the decisions in the best of the passenger...

More evidence coming out in the next few days. >> so specifically, those five charges, abandoning ship, negligence causing bodily injury, not seeking rescue from other ships, and violating seamans law, youre talking about the manslaughter is under the violating of seamans law? >> manslaughter is under the failure to use reasonable care resulting in death. injuries, as well, to some of the passengers. these are the same charges in essence that were levelled against the costa concordia captain. ma...

Who can help fill in some of the information for us here. captain jim staples, who has been a merchant marine, ship captain for 20 years and personally sailed those same waters off south korea and retired coast guard thad allen is with us as well. you heard that ferry captain say he is at a loss for words. we heard this captain ordered people to stay put once the boat got into trouble. was that the right call? >> obviously we know now it definitely wasnt. when the captain realized initially he h...

By some 50%. >> weakened. >> weakened. >> than the pingers have run out. >> if that is the case that would be the case. but there again the makers of the black box and the pingers, they say they are built to operate in extreme conditions and therefore -- so it is -- look, put it this way, it is very worrying if there is a question over the battery power for those pingers. because if they were gone already that is very difficult. >> lets hope they havent. thank you very much. when we come back, a...

Welcome back to "the lead." im jake tapper. time for the world lead. no doubt been an agonizing 24 hours for two american sailors kidnapped by pirates off the african coast. it happened yesterday in the gulf of guinea about 40 miles outside nigeria, an area thats been considered a piracy hot spot over the past year. a u.s. official confirms that the ship captain and engineer were aboard an oil supply vessel when armed men stormed the boat and took them hostage. joining us with the very latest on...

Out of 5.5 million residents half are obese. "usa today" a new surgical knife has the ability to help surgeons detect cancerous tissue without sending it to the lab. the knife uses molecules to analyze if the tissue is cancerous or healthy. the "l.a. times" the trial of the ship captain is underway in italy. the ship ran aground in january 2012. there were 4,000 passengers aboard, 32 of whom were killed. the captain is accused of manslaughter. washington times a new study from the smithson...

Moment were terrible, 68-mile-an-hour wind. 26-foot waves. but david dyche has navigated rough seas before. >> things deteriorated further. to the point where we werent able to handle the vessel. it was so windy. >> he has been a ship captain all his life. i have hope. as i said, hope is our lifeline. >> reporter: officials in new zealand say it is possible the crew lost communication and drifted off course or that they are now on life boats. but air force search planes have scoured the seas, an...

The out fit making a mockery of a situation where people are suffering and children starving. he has no place doing this and how did he get approved to go over there? >> i dont know, greg, at one point he tweeted about meeting sly from daniel style. dont think he realized he was in north korea. >> he is now part of the state department so maybe he can get some answers on benghazi. he dressed almost like a human version of north korea, irrelevant and uncool and raises the question, what happens w...

Rebels on the front line. >> this is a ship by the name of victory carrying weapons that are found in libya. >> he is a middle east and terrorism expert for fox news. >> the ship came that way, all the way up to extend it in turkey. s. >> now the information available there were weapons. a lot of weapons. >> it included surface to air antiaircraft missiles like these. rpgs. russian designed man portable air defense systems known as man-pad. the ship captain told "times of london" "i can only tal...