the lives of the crew worth far more. reopening the debate about whether people who put themselves at risk should have to pay. this california family came under intense criticism earlier this year when their 1-year-old daughter got sick on a sailing trip. the u.s. navy had to rescue them. despite being warned, belucci will likely not have to reimburse the government because they generally want people in life-threatening danger to call for help when they really need it, without worrying about getting a bill. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. this isn t his first run-in with the law. he was granted asylum here in 2003 from iran. he was arrested by the iranian forces for pro-western anti-islamic stunts that included eating during ramadan. and running in a hamster wheel on the water? throwing punches for jesus. a controversial movement has
pirates to kill their hostages when it seemed that negotiations were at least proceeding to a point where perhaps the hostages would have been released? that s part of the ongoing investigation. and to navy officials and the fbi, it still remains a mystery. back to you. jim miklaszewski from the pentagon. you know, when a loves one goes off on a sailing trip you don t expect this to be the outcome of that. nbc s lee cowan joins us from burbank with reaction from the family of the victims. it s so tragic for a family holding out hope for certainly more positive news than this. reporter: yeah, you re right, thomas. family members, both here in southern california and seattle are starting to react to the news. one of them a short time ago said this is one of our worst nightmares. by every indication, though, a group of folks that were very experienced sailors in all kind of conditions, in all kinds of weather. they knew what they were doing. a lot of planning went into the trip, fri
fdr went on a sailing trip. you had to figure what am i going to do? he came up creatively with the whole idea of lending lease. lending weapons to britain. in return, lease bases to us. it cut through the debate in congress. so that brilliant idea came from being on the waters, as se head, outside of the conventional thinking of washington. ronald reagan was known for taking a lot of vacations in santa barbara and, of course, loved horses. nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse. it s interesting, doris. mark knoller, cbs historian actually tweeting yesterday about this saying that reagan used to have a daily plane flight out from washington with the newspapers on it, and that the leftover new york times and washington post would be given to the press afterwards, and it was a real treat. isn t that amazing? you know, he once said to