adam housely. bill: we are learning more, about the four americans captured by somali pirates. there is word a u.s. warship is trailing their hijacked yacht. which is nearing the somali coast as we speak, and the quest, as the yacht is called is home to jean and scott adam out of california, southern california, and they have been on the sailboat since 2004. packed with bibles. and the other two on board are phyllis mckay and bob regal out of seattle. and hank curis a friend of the regales. i know them lightly. bill: did you know about them sailing around the world. yes. i did. bill: how long have they been gone. all most a year. a little more than that. bill: did they have their own boat. what. bill: their own boat, i would assume. caller: yes, called the gaya, a 34-foot boat and they parked
they can hold them for a year. caller: we are greatly concerned for them and all of the people that are over there. and we wish we had an alternative. to get them out. but at the moment we don t. bill: as do we, hank, thanks for sharing what you know. caller: you are welcome. bill: out of seattle washington, our best to both couples now and where they are and certainly, the concern we have, you remember the guy on the mersk alabama and he was taken captive and the navy s.e.a.l.s went in and popped off the pirates. martha: heros in that story and one of the pirates was sentenced, recently, 15 years in prison and we ll continue to follow the story as they are from the u.s. in the meantime we have budget battle that is literally boiling over, chaos inside the state house and we have been watching it unfold in wisconsin s capital and how far do the unions plan to go for this, a man calling for extreme tactics joins us