vancouver island off the coast of the mainland of british columbia, jake. stephanie, the same boating company was involved in another deadly accident. what are you learning about that case? reporter: right. that was in 1998. and there were four people on the boat. the operator of the boat and three tourists, they went out to see marine life. and the way it has been explained is that there was a swell, a large swell that came up and tossed the boat into the water so quickly that there wasn t chance to get a mayday signal out. after that happened two of the people died including the operator. and two were rescued. at that point at this point though there s no reason to compare the two incidents other than to say there s been a tragic accident that has happened more than once with this same company, jake. all right. stephanie elam, thank you so much. also in world headlines, a sense of panic in afghanistan after a powerful 7.5 earthquake today. dead with hundreds more hurt.ed- the
can t handle this? well, these are soft targets. they re very easy and they get attention. a group of innocents like this will get world headlines. we re talking about it. it s low cost, high yield for these terrorist groups. al shabaab is on the run but it s trying to change itself. and this is getting the attention it wants and desperately wants in a very crowded field of extremist groups, each trying to outdo each other in brutally. and folks might remember us talking about al shabaab last month or in february where they made a call for hitting soft targets, like malls in the united states. how serious do you think that folks should take that threat? clearly they can cause terror and carry out terror attacks in the region. but what about in the united states? well, the real danger, the real threat of al shabaab is it s one of the few of these foreign terrorist organizations that has a track record of having sympathizers, a small
reporter: more than ten days since flight 370 disappeared. and the mystery still dominate it is world headlines. the last satellite signal received somewhere between these two arcs. up to seven hours from the last known radar hit off malaysia s west coast. of half a dozen countries in central asia have said the plane never appeared on their radars. further south the indian ocean, 28 million square miles of water. what we are going to here may change aif history. reporter: police searched the homes of the captain and first officer. confiscating the sophisticated flight simulator in the captain s home looking for any evidence he may have practiced unusual routes. he was known to support malaysia s political opposition
police investigation. he has acknowledged some wrongdoing. but he s still going to run for re-election, is that right? absolutely. he s not acknowledged any criminal wrongdoing. he s kind of taunting the police. he s in charge of the police department, he s got their budget right in front of him right now. he said i want everybody to see that video, assuming that it s going to vindicate him. that it does not show him smoking crack cocaine. in the meantime, unrepentant to what this has done to toronto. it s made world headlines, a distraction, when there are many other concerns in canada s largest city. he said i m running again next fall. and even from people close to him who want to see him redeem himself through this, many are saying look, he s going to have to do so much more and show through his actions in the coming months that he s a responsible caretaker for toronto. we ll see what the voters decide. soccer fans out of control
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