told you about the breaking news involving pirates who fired on a navy ship prompting the navy to return fire and capture the pirates. today we're learning more about that attack and another one in the indian ocean. again, this is east of africa, north of madagascar. jim miklaszewski is live at the pentagon with the details. what's the latest. >> reporter: they are telling msnbc news we may be in the middle of what could be a major priority offensive. a pirate commander on shore in somalia had ordered all parrots to get out into their boats and hijack as many ships as they possibly could. overhead surveillance said apparently they were all gone. personal pirates are out there in that region, off the coast of africa, gulf of eden, laying in wait to hijack ships. here is the problem.