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To ashore. patti ann? patti ann: william, the mother has been blogging about this trip. what is the public say about all that? >> reporter: public reaction has been swift, heartless, without pity. the kaufmans were only two weeks into this voyage when weather turned against them and so has public opinion. instead of support, people were outraged that parents would take a one and three-year-old on a dangerous around the world adventure on a tiny 36-foot sailboat. though eric is a trained sailor, even charlotte's family thought they were nuts. a week into it, charlotte admitted they were right. ...

Coliseum on new york's long island t happened between teams from new york city's police and fire departments. reports say it began when game officials tried to break up a fight on the ice. it escalated in minutes. the game was delayed. several players had to be ejected. officials from both departments not yet commented on the brawl. patti ann: oscar pistorius taking the stand today in his own defense at "the blade runner" murder trial. the double amputee olympic athlete apologized to reeva steinkamp's family and went on to explain what he says happened the night he shot and killed her. prosecu...

promising lead yet in the search for flight 370 as crews detect new underwater signals they say could be coming from the plane's black boxes. i'm jon scott and patti ann browne, welcome to you. patti ann: thanks, jon. great to be here. the search ship, ocean shield, made the latest discovery while towing a u.s. navy ping locator. it is roughly 900 miles northeast where a chinese ship picked up a similar ping a day earlier. the first detection was tell approximately two hours and 20 minutes. the ship lost contact before conducting a turn and attempting to reacquire the signal. the sec...

Apology? >> reporter: indeed, patti ann. "blade runner" started and ended his testimony today in tears. the opening tears accompanied the apology you just heard to his slain girlfriend's mother, judith steenkamp. unseen by cameras in court i could see pistorius frequently reach for a napkin to wipe his face. rather dramatically he turned, physically turned to reeva's mother and apologized and time and again he stopped and appeared to cry. and he told the court he was scared of sleeping as when he did, he had disturbing nightmares. >> i'm scared to sleep. all for several reasons but i have terr...