definitely taking its toll. even locals tell me they now think twice about venturing into old historic san juan especially after dark. for the south american drug cartels these islands are now coveted for location and domestic status. deploy to the northeast. reporter: it is wheel up yet for another night of high-tech hunting for cocaine smugglers. looking at a vessel. reporter: on these routine missions this officer with u.s customs & border protection uses infrared radar and intel to alert boats on the water to interdict around the coast of puerto rico. before we didn t see as many mother ships coming to puerto rico and dominican republic, now they re becoming ordinary. reporter: almost as ordinary, enormous busts like this, so much cocaine it took a production line of people to haul bag after bag from the van to the table.
so i think it is very exciting. jenna: i will take nine seconds if you can get it, get underneath a doorway. been in a few big earthquakes in san francisco. dr. ebel, nice to have you with us. thank you so much. thank you. jon: you re a northern california girl. jenna: i am. jon: you have had two quakes. jenna: different than southern california. yes, if you have lived out in california for any extended period of time you ve probably been through a few pretty big earthquakes. th scary about them. you never know. sometimes with hurricanes get a little heads up. tornados, a little heads up. earthquakes. jon: nine secondses of warning. tough to get under the desk. we re talking about a new drug war, not south america but popular vacation spots being used by the cartels to easily get drugs inside the u.s. we ride-along for a nighttime hunt for cocaine smugglers. plus we have a champion. the kid putting all of his opposable thumb skills to work for some big money.
inspections, the d.e.a. tells me that 80% of then heads towards new york and miami. traffic. going to the northeast. it s wheels up for yet another night of high tech hunting for cocaine smugglers. on crease routine missions,officer creighton with u.s. customs and detection uses intel and radar waters to interdict around the coast of puerto rico. before we didn t she as many mother ships coming to puerto rico or the dominican republic and now they are becoming ordinary. almost as ordinary a bust like this. haul bag after bag from the vans to the table. some bricks labeled with the tyinger. approximately a thousand kilos, street value over $80 million. u.s. commonwealth is booming as a transshipment point for the south american
piranha, foot rot and dysentery, cocaine smugglers and hostile tribes. full of amer-indians. half with bows and arrows. all the women have machetes. they were absolutely livid. reporter: when we joined them we realize it is the monotony that tests you here. clothes that never dry. mosquitos that never quit. ow. ow. ow! reporter: stifling humidity that makes a hammock feel like a coffin. well, that was fun. but while the jungle never relents, neither did ed. and after a dip in his finish line the atlantic ocean he s rehydrating with a bit of bubbly. everyone told me i was crazy when i was doing this. yeah, anyone can achieve what they want to achieve if they work hard at it. reporter: bill weir, abc news, new york. impressive guy but i have no idea why in the world you d ever want to endure that. apparently he s not done. he says he s planning
and all the other candidates since it s undecided on the republican side of things. let s get to your headlines. while you were sleeping, a wild car chase in las vegas ended in a hail of bullets. a carjacker stole not one but two cars leading police around the city for four hours before stopping at a gas station. fox news chopper capturing the dramatic end of the showdown. whoa! shots fired! shots fired! shots fired! carjacker killed because he was waving his gun at officers and look at the guy crouched at the gas pump. he was ordered to duck before police riddled the suspect s car with bullets. he was not hurt. the mystery surrounding death of amazing race producer jeff rice coming into focus this morning. rice found dead in his hotel room in uganda reportedly with a large amount of cocaine in his stomach. now we re learning his assistant who was found passed out next to rice is not being allowed to leave country. police say there s reason to believe both katherine fuller and