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Cabin cruiser running aground in boston's harbor. the coast guard got the call after the boat hit a rock and was taking on water. close to two dozen people were rescued. no reports of any injuries. california, the dream of fleeing takes a beg nosedive at this crazy competition in long beach. the goal, see who can build the best man powered machine. 35 teams up for the challenge including a team from the u.s. coast guard, the navy and local firefighters and boy, did they all make a splash and apparently, these guys are all winners because it's not just how far you fly, but about how cool you lo...

Parents, african-american, hispanic -- who may have been reluctant to swim when they were young because of cultural barriers? what would you say to them in terms of how to encourage their kids to go out there and learn how to swim? >> parents are trying to protect their kids. the best way to protect your kids against water is to be water safe, not to shun kids from the pool. get your kids in swim lessons. i work with make a splash. we have a website make a splash.org and partners all over the united states. sign them up. get them lessons so you don't have to worry about kids being in the water...

Statistic. according to the centers for disease control, african-americans drown at a rate 20% higher than whites. olympic gold medalist colin jones is the spokesperson for make a splash, a water safety initiative. it's great of you to join us. this is such an important issue. honestly it's something i hadn't really thought about. why do minorities lag so far behind in learning to swim in why is there such a huge gap? >> well, thanks to usa swimming and a study done by the university of memphis, there are three major factors. one being fear. the second being parental backing. parents aren't ma...

The month since. and he's now surrounded by a number of republican foreign policy specialists for whom taiwan is a very major priority. they've been talking to him and talking among themselves for weeks now about how to make -- send a strong signal on taiwan and kind of make a splash with this issue, which is how the call friday came about. >> now, has china responded as expected? >> you know, china -- china is one of the toughest countries to predict and to understand what they are saying and why and how they're going to respond to things. certainly the initial response, which was a stern not...