Were gettg a look at the u. S. Coast guard stopping smugglers on the high seas. Nbeuspect incredible vi drug smugglers hiding 17,000 pounds of cocaine. Heres abcs pierre thomas. Reporter what youre looking at is a coast guard Interdiction Team in hot pursuit of suspected drug smugglers. A crew member screaming in spanish stop the boat. That boat on the run, a submarinelike vessel called a semisubmersible designed to keep a low profile. It had been spotted by a marine patrol aircraft hundreds of miles off the coast of the ecuadoran colombian border in the eastern pacific. Waves crashing, the coast guard finally pulling alongside. A member of the team dressed in Tactical Gear boards the vessel. Then pounding on the hatch demanding that the smugglers surrender. Inside the coast guard discovers five suspects and in excess of 17,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated 232 million. The same week that cocaine was confiscated in june, u. S. Authorities discovered this ship in the atlantic car
Members of the u. S. Coast guard submarine and pounding on the hatch. What they found inside. The admission from google about whos really listening when you talk to the companys voice assistant. And home grown at the capital. The marijuana mystery this morning. Who planted pot at a statehouse . A good friday morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We have a long weekend ahead starting with Tropical Storm barry already lashing louisianas coastal communities with wind and rain. The satellite shows the slowmoving storm still churning along the gulf coast strengthening ahead of its expected landfall later today or early tomorrow. Forecasters say barry is likely to become the seasons first hurricane capable of unloading more than two feet of rain before moving on. Abcs trevor ault joins us from washington. Good morning, trevor. Reporter good morning, tropical barry is taking its m uiacng a punch and it will likely get stronger before it makes landfall. This morning, the gulf is bracing fo
A few more showers we could see later tonight, but all eyes on next happening over the two to three hours. Stay ahead of this weather with forecast on air and in our nbc washington app. We invite you to download that app. If you havent done so already, youll find forecast for your neighborhood right in the palm of your hand. Leon . Wendy, weve gotur eye on the white house this evening because were still waiting for the president to come out and make some remarks about the sunsus question is as were waiting for that, we understand i. C. E. Is moving forward with plansfor deportation raids this weekend. Plans that had been set to happen last month. Well keep our eye on that. In the meantime, two Homeland Security officials are telling nbc news that the postponed raids are expected to start sunday and planning to target thousands of undocumented people in majorities around e country. Things, though, could change before the weekend, but here are the ten cities previously mentioned. Now, wh
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