the helm. the crew rescued around one hundred migrants and refugees among them twelve children off the libyan coast after the ship was apparently ordered to return to libya some of those rescued then took command and forced the crew instead to head towards europe. italy s interior minister material salvini views it as an act of piracy. this is about criminal organized people trafficking criminal because they hijacked those who had previously saved them who had taken them for polkas to ways. but refugee organizations called for sympathy for the migrants citing the near total absence from the mediterranean of rescue ships if you re quite worried by the fact that in this moment since there is not enough presence of rescue ships at sea with a good season if there are more departure we will see more. police arrested five
the helm. the crew rescued around one hundred migrants and refugees among them twelve children off the libyan coast after the ship was apparently ordered to return to libya some of those rescued then took command and forced the crew instead to head towards europe. italy s interior minister salvini views it as an act of piracy. this is about criminal organized people trafficking criminal because they hijacked those who had previously saved them who had taken them for polkas to ways. but refugee organizations called for sympathy for the migrants citing the near total absence from the mediterranean of rescue ships you re quite worried by the fact that in these moments since there is not enough presence of rescue ships at sea with a good season if there are more departure we will see more that s police arrested
the ship was apparently ordered to return to libya some of those rescued then took command and forced the crew instead to head towards europe. italy s interior minister material salvini views it as an act of piracy. this is about criminal people trafficking criminal because they hijacked those who had previously saved them who had taken them for the ways. but refugee organizations called for sympathy for the migrants citing the near total absence from the mediterranean of rescue ships. by the fact that in these moments since there is not enough. ships at sea with a good season if there are more departure we will see more. police arrested five migrants while the remainder were brought to a reception center it s unclear whether they will remain in multan. and joining me now from malta is richard brenner he s with mission lifeline that s
respond to these escalating incidents in a way that could make things much worse? well, first of all on senator mccain s statement. he s correct. he should have also stated there was a weak response on the part of president obama s predecessor, george w. bush, because in september 2002 the chinese challenged the bowditch and they said they rammed it. i don t think they did. but this is a series of events that goes back over the course of two administrations. you know, with regard to donald trump, of course he could make the situation worse. but we need to change our policy. because as senator mccain implies, what we re doing now is not working. the chinese don t see any push back, so they ve continued a series of acts. this act is an act of piracy. and it s china maintains the nine dash line claim to the south china sea which was invalidated on july 12th. the seizure was outside that
escalation of crisis with china with misspelling. then her yam webster tweeted the hashtag word of the day is not unprecedented. goes on to say, that s a new one. and at this rate, julie, it may be a new word by the end of the weekend. all right, will carr in los angeles. thank you. rick? well, for more on this, we go to gordon chang, author of the coming collapse of china and an asia expert. some have called this an act of piracy. you call it an act of war. what they did is they took a sovereign vessel, which is the way the defense department termed it, and they took it. so it doesn t matter whether it s an aircraft carrier or a drone, the principle is the same. this is an act of high piracy on the international seas. we have to respond. we know the chinese were tracking the u.s. vessel for days. clearly, they saw this drone being put in the water, and then they snatched it out and the americans watched it happen. and were, i guess, powerless to