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tonight on whether to demand a humanitarian pause in fighting between israel and hamas, but with representatives trying to come to an agreement on the exact wording of the resolution, it's been postponed at the very last minute to tomorrow. we'll talk to a spokesperson from the israeli government. could that pause in voting have something to do with the us defense secretary's visit to israel today? also tonight, the british oil giant bp and a number of key shipping companies have halted all shipments through the red sea after a rise in attacks on cargo ships by houthi militants in ye...

Suppression. the idea we need to fix the piracy problem when, in fact, the far bigger concern when it comes to information so regulation is one thing when we are talking about smog. regulation is one thing when we are talking about child labor laws. regulation is one thing when we are talking about the hours of workers. but when we are talking about the flow of information even creative information, we generally are going to want to error on the side of providing more margets and opportunities for that. >> voter fraud is a myth. the idea there is widespread piracy isn't actually a myth. >> def...

details. we wrap it up here. "starting point." i'm going to hop on a plane and get to south carolina. we hand it over to "cnn newsroom." i'll see you back here tomorrow i'll see you back here tomorrow morning. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. we start this hour with that doomed cruise ship off italy and fading hope to find anymore survivors. people are still missing in those frigid waters. two americans. at least 11 people have been killed. rescue operations are on hold again because it's too risky for divers as the cruise ship moves in the water. meanw...

Merchant ships are being protected. somali pirates are holding crews and ships for a long period of time. we're doing nothing to get them released at this time. we are against paying the ransom to the hostages but i think it is up to yacht people, people on yachts, emergency crews to take a larger role in their own defense because as you stated earlier, it is a large area of water to patrol. jon: yeah, it does seem a little odd this family was sailing in these waters when apparently they knew about the pirate threat. is there more that, not only u.s. navy but other european navies could do? so...

Weiner wants clarence thomas to recuse himself from the debate over the health care law. why? we'll tell you, when congressman weiner joins me live. see you at top of the 1:00. jon: breaking news as pirates threaten to kill a danish family if anyone tries to rescue them. right now somali pirates are holding more than 600 hostages, hijacking ships on a regular basis. last week they executed four americans and our navy appears helpless to stop the growing wave of piracy. captain joseph alstrom, professor of at maritime college in new york. before we get into some of the specifics this is a huge ...