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International task force heading off some of the pirate attacks. >> all right. nbc's jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. we actually are going to talk pirates again with matt lauer who joins us in a few moments with his exclusive interview with the captain of that pirate ship at the center of a big storm last year. at the vatican, catholic officials are trying to stem the tide of criticism of the pope as the sex abuse scandal once again envelopes the church. anne thompson is in rome this morning. ann, do we expect the pope to make any further comments about this? >> well, we will have two opport...

The chinese leader will visit the united states for the nuclear summit talks this month after the obama administration indicated it may hold off and likely will hold off on blaming china for currency manipulation in the treasury department report. that deal was sealed last night during an unusual one hour call. the president held with china from air force one holding up the president's departure from the plane while the press corps waited not knowing quite what was going on. and we now know that there were two suspected pirate attacks in less than 24 hours this week. pirates reportedly fired...

Transportation. more people use it. you just can't put folks through metal detectors and submit them to the kind of screening that airplane passengers get. >> pete williams, our chief justice correspondent on the beat for thus morning. thanks very much. >> you bet. a second day of pirate attacks on had the high seas. a ship was attacked just west of the cyclades islands by three boats. yesterday, pirates went after a navy ship. jim miklaszewski joins us. mick, they got some pirates yesterday. but are there just more attacks going on right now. >> you know, we're entering the height of the pi...

Private guards were able to defend the vessel before international forces swooped in to chase down the pirates. we're learning one pirate was killed. david, what's the latest. >> reporter: well, kiran, a very dramatic battle that happened sometime yesterday morning. it is a shot was on the way to mogadishu when it came under pirate vessels. first time in my experience, the private security that was on board thwart the pirates using small arms and pushed them back not one but two pirate attacks on that vessel. the e.u. forced were called in by the stress signal and swooped by helicopter to the ...

Cover 15 to 30 minutes after a distress call. but outside the gulf of aden itself. protecting ships from pirates is more of a challenge. >> if they can get on board in as little as ten minutes and so, because of the vastness of the water space, i mean, in the somali basin, it's the entire east coast of the united states is what we're talking about here. >> the eu nfl task force claims that successful pirate attacks in the gulf of aden itself are down by more than half since 2008. but with as many as 35,000 ships passing through that water way every year, and a steady supply of pirates, it's a ...