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Long before he became a congressman, john lewis fought for civil rights for nonviolence, organizing sit-ins and freedom rides. he did so even though he himself was attacked brutally as an activist. he was beaten so badly on bloody sunday that his skull was fractured and he nearly died. throughout john lewis' life, he has been this world class devotee and practitioner and teacher of nonviolence. on one hand it's weird to name a naval ship. on the other hand, you would em blazen his name not on the side of his destroyer, but on the side of a support ship, that's in existence to serve others. con...

Class. long before he became a congressman, john lewis fought for civil rights for nonviolence, organizing sit-ins and freedom rides. he did so even though he himself was attacked brutally as an activist. he was beaten so badly on bloody sunday that his skull was fractured and he nearly died. throughout john lewis' life, he has been this world class devotee and prak tictitioner an teacher of nonviolence. on one hand it's weird to name a naval ship. on the other hand, you would em blazen his name not on the side of his destroyer, but on the side of a support ship, that's in existence to serve o...

He was beaten so badly on bloody sunday that his skull was fractured and he nearly died. throughout john lewis' life, he has been this world class devotee and practitioner and teacher of nonviolence. on one hand it's weird to name a naval ship. on the other hand, you would em blazen his name not on the side of his destroyer, but on the side of a support ship, that's in existence to serve others. congressman lewis said when the idea was shared with me that he would like to name a ship for me, we both teared up a bit and i almost lost it. he said, quote, this is such a magnificent vessel. it is ...

Expansion. the bluefin, you know, it gave its best shot, but it's not enough. there are parts of the search area that it cannot reach. it's too deep. and, of course, we need additional resources because the bluefin turned up nothing. so what they're going to have to do is bring in some of the deeper descending autonomous underwater vehicles. they have sight scan sonar, and each of those vehicles needs a support ship. there's needing to be more crew. i think they're planning an expedition or a search party for months, not years. i think they'll expand a mapping area with additional underwater v...

Missio mission? >> well, what we are seeing is it's right on the very edge of its operational parameters. you know, the machine is rated to 4500 meters. and, you know, it's limited by weather and because it operates autonomously, it is programmed if it has any issues, that it has to return back to the support ship. and these are some of the draw backs of operating with auvs. so, if we have good weather and if we don't go below 4500 meters and we can accept that it's, you know, a relatively tight search area, then the bluefin will be okay. >> all right. use your three decades of knowledge and t...