seven our fishing trip? yeah, it would definitely slow down transit and make fishing further even more difficult. on top of that it would affect safety at sea. when you are out there fishing and a storm comes up you want to get out of the way. our small recreational vessels would not affect these whales. the only vessel strike by a recreational vote in the history of time happened in northeast florida to a baby whale and it sunk a 54-foot vessel. we don t need regulations to tell us to avoid hitting a whale. it is silly. we will avoid hitting a whale anyway because we don t want to cause injuries to our vessel or passengers. so don t shut down an industry and shutdown access to our vibrant fisheries for this absolutely ridiculous rule win in fact we don t even know if the whales can recover. the population size is only at 51 individuals and know what itself says it has to be 100 individuals for the population to recover.
so the jury in the alex murdaugh double murder trial could get the case as early as today after murdaugh s defense team presents its closing arguments. murdaugh, of course, charged with killing his wife and his son back in 2021. prosecutors summed up their case yesterday against the once prominent south carolina attorney saying that murdaugh was the only person with the motive, the means and the opportunity to murder his family members. they painstakingly laid out the brutality of the alleged crime and the lies that murdaugh told along the way. listen to this. maggie sees what happens and comes running over there, running to her baby. probably the last thing on her mind thinking that it was him who had done this. she is running to her baby whale he has gotten picked up a
to something that took everyone s breath away. a massive gray whale had given birth. this is a first for all of us. i ve never seen this happen. reporter: the crew described the life changing moment. can you give me a play-by-play? the whole boat gasped. and right after that, a baby whale popped its head up out of the water next to mom. we witnessed mom get under the baby and bring it to the surface. it was just the sweetest thing to experience. stacy, what did it feel like when you realized, oh, my gosh action we re watching a baby be born? it s one of those things you always dream about seeing. and as soon as i realized what was happening, i was screaming. i m sure in the video you hear me. oh, my god! and the baby s on her face. it s coming up. yeah, it s coming up. oh, wow.