a naval task officer said it didn t last long. people on board fired on the pirates. norfolk, virginia, arraignment is scheduled for 1:30 this afternoon for the 15 suspected pirates captured by the u.s. navy in the arabian gulf february 22nd. they re accused of killing four americans as the navy closed in on them. they were sailing around the world distributing bibles. a man became unsteady on his feet and tumbled on to the tracks moments before the orange line came racing towards him. immediately, commuters came over and hoisted him to safety. the man didn t appear hurt but was taken to the hospital as a precaution. senate finance committee chair max baukus angry that republican proposed budget cuts would affect medicare advantage. would eliminate private
the americans had been killed two days before they were taken. meanwhile, a celebration of life held for two of the americans in seattle last night. friends saying they had been living their dream, sailing around the world. peter famm is an expert an somali piracy, senior vice president of the national committee on american foreign policy. peter, this danish family, it s tough to be critical in a situation like this but they knew they were sailing into pirate-infested waters apparently. yes. in fact, the allied coalition naval force necessary the region which have been fighting piracy the last few years actually maintains an active website warning people in very strong terms that these waters are not to be crossed lightly and to do so taking certain precautions and unfortunately some people tend to roll the dice, and unfortunately things like this can happen. jon: and the pirates are not just unemployed fishermen, looking to make a buck. i mean, there is a real
down some already damaged buildings endangering crews and complicating the search for survivors. a u.s. militar spokesman says a group of pirates accused now of murdering four american citizens at sea could be sent to the united states to face trial. the merpts, of course, were sailing around the world. two of them handing out bibles around the world when their yacht was hijacked last friday. pirates murdered them yesterday. the military, the fbi, the justice department, all working on the next steps for the 15 pirates now in custody. officials say negotiations were underway when a pirates fired a rocket propelled grenade at one of the warships. naval forces then reported hearing gunfire aboard that yacht. all four hostage shot and killed. the first signs of justice tonight for the family of the u.s. federal agent murdered in mexico. word of an arrest is next. and remember the uproar over arizona s last immigration bill? [chanting] we have rights.
an extraordinary couple who dedicated retirement years to something they called friendship evangelism. sailing around the world on their yacht to hand out bibles in remote places. often times they went to dangerous spots. the monsignor here says he had been praying for couple for the last few days. last time he saw them was over christmas when they stopped in talk about their travels. they chose to go on the high seas and the far flung corner of the earth. their way of doing that was to bring scripture and bible and word of god to people from all parts of the world. the remaining 15 were in u.s. custody aboard the uss enterprise with the bodies of the four americans. no word if they pirates are being brought back to kenya
faith and the fact they wanted to travel the world and share that. they were actually passing out bibles and ministering to people along this trip, right? exactly. exactly. it was, like i said it was sort of a mix of faith and adventura. this was someone who had retired. scott adam had earned a master of theology degree. they were sending e-mails to friends, talking about what this trip meant. we spoke with one of those friends yesterday and he said that was really that was their passion. it was sailing around the world, the feeling of freedom, and as they saw it, serving god. again, i just i bring that up because i don t want people to draw a religious implications from what happened. you know, there s no evidence of that. in fact, most of the pirates that come from the northern part