coast guard has gone out to help a plane that went down at the bay. reporter: the helicopter that was used in the rescue right there in the back of the hanger. they just arrived back about 8:30 to be the. that helicopters was used in the rescue. i m joined by captain chris courtney. he was the pilot in the rescue. we came back, did a hot refuel and headed down south to the big suhr area, we had chp on scene, they were giving us help to get us to the location of the vessel. once we got on scene, the vessels engine was running. it was lifting to the left. right when we got there they had to cut the engines because the swells were six to 8 feet. once we ve determined what the best course of action to rescue them, we sent the rescue person down. we recovered the second gentleman who was in his 30s. both of these men were a father and son duo that do this trip yearly up to canada. reporter: any indication what went wrong and why they ended in the water. not exactly sure. t
anguished mother and grandparents and a calculated operation for law enforcement teams who watched, followed and ultimately boarded that boat. we have team coverage tonight including reaction from the children s grandmother who was there as the children were taken. we begin with george kiriama with the the latest on the rescue. reporter: very good news tonight two kids are back on land. by all reports they seem to be doing well. if a few minutes ago they arrived at the pier here in monterey. we were there as a car with the mother in the front seat and her two kids in the backseat passed right by us. they used a blanket to cover the back windows. their father, christopher maffei, has been detained. he is accused of abducting 3-year-old brooklynn and 2-year-old devin from their home on tuesday, loading them into a stolen yacht stand sailing out to sea. the coast guard had been track the yacht from a distance since this morning. when it appeared the yacht was heading into inte
it was bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. a pause and then bang, one more shot. reporter: this neighbor describes the gun fire. after seeing two men in hoodies quickly leave the house, she went to the door to find jones on the floor in a pool of blood. i was terrified, i was in utter shock, the fact that it happened so close, the fact that i had seen this man up and walking around before and now he s dead on the floor. it was just horrific. reporter: what makes it even worse, the couple s 2-year-old son was inside the house when it all went down. he was not physically harmed. tonight the couple s family is trying to make sense of it all. we re still trying to understand the heart of a man who could do such a thing to a pregnant woman. their daughter, a college student and a mother of two was excited about having twins t baby boy and baby girl were due in december. whoever did it was a murder of four people, my daughter, her boyfriend and my two unborn grandkids. i wi
this election offers a very clear choice. steve handlesman joins us live this evening from charlotte with the president s big night. steve? liberty and justice for all. reporter: a symbol of recovery. arizona s gabby giffords led the pledge and amped up the energy. for the president. he wanted to fire up democrats. but barack obama aimed his speech at undecided voters. i m asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country. goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security and the deficit. real achievable plans that will lead to new jobs, more opportunities, and rebuild this economy on a stronger foundation. that s what we can do in the next four years. and that is why i am running for a second term as president of the united states. reporter: as joe biden likes to brag, bin laden is dead and detroit is alive. i met workers in detroit and toledo who feared they d never build another american car. and today, they can t build them fast enough becaus
then took off on a stolen yacht. this all started off 3:00 yesterday afternoon. nbc bay area s bob redell is live in south san francisco with all the latest. good morning. reporter: yes. here in san francisco where this abduction started earlier this week. good morning to you, jon. coast guard station san francisco tells us they have located this sailboat, that they have a c-130 flying circles over it, trying to keep an eye on it until a cutter can arrive. one is on the way from treasure island as we speak to that boat s location, which is still about 50 miles off the shore between santa cruz and monterey. south san francisco police believe that christopher maffei and his two young children, age 2s and 3, are on board. he abducted them tuesday from their mother s home in stran and he took them out to sea on a 40-foot sailboat he stole from a harbor in alameda. the coast guard was able to locate them this morning after a tip came in around 4:00 this morning from a commercial