jenna: a fox news alert and quite a headline, the u.s. navy has rescued 13 iranian fishermen from pirates. this news is coming into our newsroom right now, and there s an interesting twist to this story. again, the navy went on and boarded a ship, rescued these fishermen that were iranian from somalian pirates. the helicopter they used to get to this fisher boat or fishermen s ship, i guess, was from the aircraft carrier the uss john c. seven us in, the same aircraft carrier threatened by iran earlier this week motto return to the strait of hour news. so kind of an interesting twist. we re going to be talking a little bit more about iran coming up next hour but, again, the u.s. navy rescues these iranian fishermen from somali pirates, let s them go on their way, and we ll have more as we get it, jon. jon: yeah, that s an ironic
navy rescuing iranian fishermen from somali pirates and letting them go free and it was a helicopter from the same aircraft carrier that went and rescued these iranians, there was an aircraft carrier threatened by the iranians earlier in the week and sort of a veiled threat, but i don t know, it was pretty direct. i don t even know what to say about that, peter! truth is stranger than fiction. jenna: i guess we re supposed to be the good guys but who s the good guy in the situation? we are the good guys. we are the good guys and we shouldn t forget that. truth is stranger than fiction. if you did that in hollywood, people probably wouldn t believe it but it happened in real life. go navy! we re good people, we do the right thing, and we re not causing these problems with iran. we re reacting to them, unfortunately. and this is going to be a real challenge for us going forward. now, what happens if the shoe were on the other foot and the iranians had found american sailors in distre
quickly if you do the right things. i heard you on the radio yesterday talking about the story with the somali pirates. tell that story. it s fantastically interesting. cnn did a story where they had the fishermen in kenya, big grins on their face, little wooden boats and the fish were just about jumping into the boat. the reason was for the last four or five years, the huge industrial fleets have stayed out of those waters that cause all the problem because they re afraid of somalian pirates. which is, i don t know, mixed message. you don t want to applaud the pirates but nevertheless, it proves if you leave fish alone they will rebound, most of them. and quickly. that s extraordinary how fast if you do the right thing, rapid thing change, the populations can repopulate themselves rapidly f. you have a no-take zone, actually around the no-take zone, all of a sudden becomes abun dant because populations explode. let us just say bloggers at home, please relax. ted danson is not en
four americans murdered by somalian pirates during a global yachting expedition are remembered today as brave spirited adventurers who knew and embraced the dangers of the sea. hank hersey is a member of the seattle yacht club where he met and got to know two of the victims phyllis macay and bob riggle. good to see you today, hank. thank you for having me on. i m so sorry for your loss and i know it s a loss for everyone who knew phyllis and bob. give me a sense of what they were prepared for in terms of unexpected challenges. what did they know about piracy on the high seas? i only spoke with phyllis and bob briefly before they left. they left about six months ago or so. and they knew that they were going to go around the world in a smaller boat and there certainly would be challenges. but the challenge that they thought would be mostly from the sea itself and which they could manage. and they were joyful going to