the pentagon has received the letter and is said to be reviewing it up next, almost what the doctor ordered. congress takes up the fight. the funding to fight the zika virus and we ll talk live with our own dr. mark siegel about it. here s what some fox affiliates around the country are covering. fox 30 in jacksonville, florida. with a tribute to the 37 sailors who died on board the uss stark 29 years ago today. the ship was struck by two iraqi missiles in the araben gulf. families and surviving crew took part in today s ceremony. fox 11 in los angeles, l.a. firefighters boat crews rescued two people and a dog after their boat goes up in flames it happened about a mile and a half off the coast of malibu this morning. no word on what caused the fire. and this is a live look at philadelphia, from fox 29, one of the big stories there tonight, amtrak says it will carefully review federal regulators findings on the probable cause of a train derailment that killed eight
ultimately killed by isis. last month the united states launched a mission to try to save another american journalist who was being held by al qaeda in yemen, luke summers. that mission also failed. luke summers was killed by his captors. a south african citizen was apparently just hours away from being freed because of ransom negotiations. we sent in special operators, both of those hostages were killed. sometimes those raids don t work. sometimes it does work. when it does, it s amazing. 2005, army delta force operators rescued an american contractor. who had been kidnapped and held for almost a year. he was rescued about 15 miles outside of baghdad. in 2009 there was the incredibly tense and dangerous and dramatic rescue of captain richard phillips held by somali pilots. u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s were successful in saving captain phillips. just a couple of years ago, navy
journalist james foaley and steven sought lauf. that failed and they were both ultimately killed by isis. last month the united states launched a mission to try to save another american journalist who was being held by al qaeda in yemen, luke summers. that mission also failed. luke summers was killed by his captors. a south african citizen was apparently just hours away from being freed because of ransom negotiations. we sent in special operators, both of those hostages were killed. sometimes those raids don t work. sometimes it does work. when it does it s amazing. 2005, army delta force operators rescued an american contractor. who had been kidnapped and held for almost a year. he was rescued about 15 miles outside of baghdad. in 2009 there was the incredibly tense and dangerous and dramatic rescue of captain richard phillips held by somali pilots. u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s were successful in saving captain
hospital. spencer remains in serious but stable condition. they do think he is starting to look better. he is experiencing the expected symptoms of the virus. spencer has received a plasma transfusion from nancy writebol. you remember her. she contracted it if west africa and survived. he s not out of the woods yet. we have to remember he was doing the lord s work in west africa. they want to make sure people aren t afraid to go because they won t be able come back or be if quarantine. we will discuss more of this coming up. good morning to all of you at home. we begin with breaking news, prosecutors want the death penalty for the captain of a south korean ferry that capsized in april killing around 300 people. many of those people high school students. a man is facing homicide charges for apparently abandoning the
sounders and video cameras investigators will scour the sea floor, 7,000 meters deep in some place. plight 370 vanished march 8th with 239 people aboard on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing. if the plane is located, fugro s goal to positively identify and map the wreckage. the estimated cost of the new operation, up to $48 million, but the closure that finding the ill fated plane would bring to victims families is priceless. former inspector general with the department of transportation mary she av voe will weigh in, next. it s time to bring it out in the open.