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Effort. welcome back to news headquarters. a horrific story as you are learning about what was happening not only on the bridge but down below when this fire broke out. >> julie: those unaccounted for were sleeping and the five crew members jumped off and they are unaccounted for. it is a search and recovery mission. we'll get to the search and recovery mission in a moment. we have to talk about hurricane dorian. it was weakened just a bit. just barely. category 4 storm really just on the brink of being a cat 5 is still extremely dangerous, extremely unpredictable as well. battering the bahama...

>> julie, the coast guard is searching the shorelines for any possible survivors, 39 people were on the diving ship conception, 34 of them now unaccounted for following this fire. it started around 3:30 early this morning near santa cruz island 70 miles north of los angeles. a coast guard officer said people were below deck asleep. the five crew members were awake and above deck and able to jump off the ship. a good samaritan helped them get to safety. the 75 foot vessel sunk in 64 feet of water. we saw video of a man being rescued, brought assure alert and talking to first responders this mor...

Sure the united states doesn't get the short end of the stick here. under the obama administration, when we had this nuclear deal there was a lot of shenanigans going on and funding of hezbollah going on. hostages over in iran. still we want to make sure the united states ends up gets a better deal that ends up going on down the line. >> julie: i want to bring israel into the fold. they're worried about iran's transfer of weapons after it should be after a week of rising tensions israel and hezbollah exchanged fire along the lebanese border. how concerned should world leaders be of an escalati...

Angeles coast north of santa cruz island and some stunning and scary details coming out from that. 34 unaccounted for passengers on this boat that was a commercial diving boat. they were below deck when the fire broke out. we're told by the coast guard there were five crew members above deck when the fire broke out and they were able to jump off and into the water. sadly, as we heard from that coast guard captain, the 34 people unaccounted for it is no longer a rescue operation but a recovery operation, which does not bode well. >> the five crew members were able to jump off the top of the boa...

Their lives. if they can come to waffle house, have their first hot meal, plug in cell phone and get air conditioning. the comforts go a long way. >> fox five news. >> leland: having been the beneficiary in their dedication, i'm eternally grateful. i have been in waffle houses where they couldn't call to see if they were open or not because the phones didn't work. waffle house was still open. amazing. >> julie: i appreciated them in my college years. night, day. >> leland: fox news alert there as we continue to watch this story. the search now for dozens feared dead. there was a fire on a divi...