that holds that the duty to render assistance at sea to those in need is a universal obligation of the entire maritime community. the cruise industry's no exception. so they didn't say they were going to go ahead and pick up that tab, but they did add to that though very briefly is that one of our ships picked up a bunch of cuban refugees just this past friday in the gulf of mexico. so we don't ask to be reimbursed for that from the coast guard. >> they're going to have to sort all of that out. john, i know you're going to have more on this. this is 5:00 eastern on "the situation room" with wolf blitzer. tune into that as well. there's going to be a lot more on that story. thank you, john. >> yep. here's what else we're working on for this hour, will they actually have the votes? we're talking about a proposal by a republican and a democrat to expand background checks on gun sales. even "saturday night live" weighing in on that. plus, an essay assignment that has some parents and students outraged. at one school in new york students were given the task to