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Sharks here now? >> reporter: actually, i have because they keep trying to eat the camera. now it is my turn to show emma some love. i reach out my hand, scratch, as emma glides slowly away, back to abernathy. her favorite human pal. matt gutman, abc news, bahamas. >> that would have to qualify right there maybe as the coolest stand-up close ever. matt gutman, abc news. hats off to him. >> nope. >> would you rather bungee jump or swim with the sharks. >> those are my two options? >> those are the options. not good. >> i would bungee jump. >> i would go with the sharks. >> would you really? >> ...

>> see how you don't realize there are a bunch of other sharks here now? >> reporter: actually, i have because they keep trying to eat the camera. now it is my turn to show emma some love. i reach out my hand, scratch, as emma glides slowly away, back to abernathy. her favorite human pal. matt gutman, abc news, bahamas. >> that would have to qualify right there maybe as the coolest stand-up close ever. matt gutman, abc news. hats off to him. >> nope. >> would you rather bungee jump or swim with the sharks. >> those are my two options? >> those are the options. not good. >> i would bungee jump....

Abernathy and i wearing special dive masks that able us to communicate under water but wearing nothing thicker than a wet suit as protection. 40 feet down, it's a whirlwind of sharks. our very own sharknado. >> he swims with me in tow. >> turn around. turn around. >> reporter: wow. suddenly, we are surrounded by giant tiger sharks. >> wow. >> they see your camera. >> there if on cue, emma the big one there spots an old friend. >> i don't know if you saw that, but she just came right up to my lap, incredible. >> the others are also curious. >> they keep nibbling at the camera. >> reporter: in o...

>> tell me when you want it, ready? one, two, three. >> reporter: all for a rendezvous with a shark conservationist. >> good to see you. >> you too. >> reporter: a man that believes shark can be friends, not foes. minutes later that bait, packed in these crates, is tossed over to entice his friends to circle. >> everything looks perfect. >> reporter: abernathy has been diving with shark with 30 years. one of the first to escape the steel cages and interact with the animals directly. interaction that has turned in to affection. abernathy gained international note right, and a host of critics wi...

frustrated. >> reporter: guantanamo bay where 100 of 166 prisoners are on a hunger strike. some since february. their lawyers say they're protesting years of detention, most without being charged, and no release in sight. today president obama agreed the prison needs to be closed. >> the idea that we would still maintain forever a group of individuals who have not been tried, that is contrary to who we are. it is contrary to our interests, and it needs to stop. >> reporter: extra doctors and nurses arrived today to help force feed 21 of the detainees. this despite the american medica...