well, if you like to join our show at 11:00 a.m., change it up next week, folks, starting on monday, we're moving to 12:00 p.m., noontime, it's a lunch show now, so do join us on monday at 12:00. have yourself a wonderful weekend. have yourself a nice day. "around the world" starts right now. security is high, everyone is watching at the opening ceremony for the olympic games going on right now in russia. and another disappointing jobs report. we're watching the markets and your money ahead. and a high-level u.s. diplomat is caught using profanity while talking about the european union. but the real story might be how the private conversation was leaked. welcome to "around the world" i'm suzanne malveaux. >> and i'm michael holmes. thanks for your company. now, let's talk about the latest reality check about the u.s. economy. take a look at the january employment numbers that the

government put out today. 113,000 jobs were created last month. >> so, that's actually better than december, but well below the 178,000 jobs that economists were predicting. now the unemployment rate dipped just a little to 6.6%. that is the lowest, however, in five years. but it could be because more people are dropping out of the labor force. want to go to alison kosik of new york stock exchange. paint the picture for us. they've been called disappointing numbers, weak, but the big picture could look different. >> all that is true. keep in mind the two months, two months doesn't make a trend, but clearly these numbers, they're not great. especially when you go ahead and compare them to how the numbers looked in 2013. you look at those numbers and the job gains topped 200,000 for many months during the year. december, boom, dropped like a rock, though. january picked up, but, still, the numbers are really weak

especially when you compare them to the gains of 2013. plus, here's what's interesting when you look at today's report, there were job losses in the field of health care. they weren't huge only 400 but here's why it caught our eye. it's because the health care sector is usually considered recession proof because people always need to go to the doctor, you know, this is the first drop also in health care jobs in 11 years. so, i guess to put -- to put a summary on the january jobs report, it's a disappointing report. definitely a miss. no one really feels thrilled about the numbers that came out. >> but then we turn around and we look at the monitor over there and i see green arrows on the dow. explain, you know, disappointing jobs report with green arrows. it reminds us of tapering and the like, isn't it? >> it's exactly what it's about and it's the skewed way that wall street thinks bad news is good news these days. what the lackluster numbers could mean it might give the fed reason to hold off on pulling back on stimulus.

now, what the fed just recently started doing was pulling back on the billions of dollars that it's been pouring into the economy. started doing that in january because indicators, data, were all looking better. now it's not such a sure thing. you know, we're seeing these small gains. corporate profits, they aren't anything to write home about. overseas economies are slowing, but you look at what's going on today, there's really not a lot of conviction on wall street, even though you are seeing the dow up 97 points, not a lot of conviction in the buying, you've definitely seen the market waffle around from positive to negative territory, what it really shows is investors are uncertain about this report -- this report and -- but one thing is for certain, you can expect more volatility at least in the near term, suzanne and michael. >> wall street where bad news can be good news. that's how they roll. >> thanks, alison. all eyes on russia the opening ceremony of the winter olympics happening right now in sochi and what we are seeing is some of the first images of this much-anticipated event. we've been talking about it for

weeks now and, of course, it's lavish as always, featuring the introduction, the opening ceremony, the athletes, showcasing even russian classical music, these are just some of the snapshots from this morning. >> it's great. it's been going on for a little bit under an hour now. fears, of course, about the terror strikes and the controversy over gay rights, homophobic laws and the like. there's been allegations of government spying and ridicule over the country's readiness. now, they have a little way overshadowed the games until now, but let's bring in nick payton walsh and the audience won't get to see the opening ceremony until tonight. it's on delay. what's going on behind you? it's frustratingly close, you can hear it, but you can't see it. >> reporter: well, i mean, i think the thing that struck out was tattoo the all-female group, duo, who came out in the warm-up

show, they came out holding hands. they were known about a decade ago and came to a promise because of a lesbian kiss they did in the music video, fake lesbi lesbianism, neither of them are gay, and they came on sage and it might have been a sop to the critics. some of it is backed by state legislation, but i have to say when you are watching that ceremony, the key thing that always gets you is the russian national anthem, that's one of the most remarkable ones in the world at the end of the day. plus also we've seen it go on now and after watching beijing in 2008, the real sense of your jaw dropping going, wow, it was quite something. not trying to be mean here but haven't quite had that sense while watching this ceremony just as yet. bear in mind the price tag, 71 million bucks. >> tell us about the reports now of russia spying on journalists even in the bathrooms, people

are watching what they do. >> reporter: to be honest, people that lived in russia aren't enormously surprised. perhaps it's the u.s. the moment you come under electronic surveillance, but this was a report in "the wall street journa journal". they asked the deputy prime minister, and they made a comment about how the surveillance cameras journalists in one case had left the shower on in the hotel room he was in pointing at the wall and then went out for the day and then obviously they said, what are you talking about? what surveillance camera in what bathroom for what journalist? that's, then, been denied by russian officials. it may have been a slip of the tongue but at the end of the day people who have lived and worked in russia for a long period of time end up kind of eventually getting used to the concept of surveillance somewhere. there's no proof that was the case here but, of course, the russians have said quite clearly and it's the state department's travel advice to americans coming here, they are monitoring communications here, to increase

security, so if you come here don't necessarily expect that much electronic privacy. >> don't do your online banking perhaps certainly not over an unsecured router. what about security generally? we know all about the presence there. any more details? i mean, we had -- we had sort of feinstein saying people visiting sochi should watch their backs. what are you hearing there? >> reporter: well, i mean, this opening event has at this point it seems passed as far as we know now without any real instance. sirens behind me, helicopters swirling around while it was happening and i think they managed to get through without anything happening at this point as far as we know. the key thing is what has all of this talk done for attendance? i spoke to one american tour operator and he said quite simply it was because of the background chatter about safety he's found himself with 1,000 tickets that he has to sell to americans he has to shift quickly because there aren't

enough american tourists coming here to fill that for him. he's saying of his guests 250 of them are actually family members of athletes and only 50 are, in fact, fans. that kind of rings out with what we saw this morning going around near the venues. not a lot of international fans. of course, it's early stages. it doesn't mean a full picture and people are looking to see if it will show up in the days ahead. >> thank you very much, nick, appreciate it as always. looking forward to seeing the opening ceremonies. >> there were good tickets available right up to the start. they couldn't get rid of all the tickets. >> security concerns. >> interesting to see how many people are in there. a lot of people worried about it. here's more on what we're working for "around the world" everyone is wondering how did this private conversation get leaked out in the first place. also a drug bust in the ocean worth more than $600 million. look at that pile of heroin. we'll tell you where it happened and who got it ahead.

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this just in, we got some breaking news here, very little news but this could develop in to something. we are learning turkish airlines sending a hijacking signal that's been held on the ground. it's a pegasus airlines flight that is being held in a safe zone we're told at istanbul's international airport in turkey, after it sent a hijacking signal and this is according at least

to the turkish state media. >> this was a flight apparently that was going from kirkv to istanbul, in ukraine, gave this signal and then landing at the airport, the airport is the main international airport in istanbul, and apparently it's sitting out there in this safe area. we're keeping an eye on it. we'll bring you more developments as we get them. the u.s. state department is still saying nothing about what they call a private conversation that actually made the internet. >> victoria mullen is a top u.s. diplomat to europe and according to a recording that hit the web and it certainly sounds like her voice a few days a go she was expressing frustration on the phone with the ambassador to the ukraine, the u.s. ambassador, talking about the european union and using, well, some salty language. here's louise lavin. >> reporter: on the eve of the sochi games, u.s./russia

relations hit a major snag. russia now accused of leaking this private audio recording between u.s. diplomats discussing what to go about the current political turmoil in ukraine. >> that would be great, i think, to help clue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and, you know, [ bleep ] the eu. >> no, exact there and i think we've got to do something to make it stick together because you can be pretty sure if it does start to gain altitudes the russians will be working behind the scenes to torpedo it. >> reporter: it sounds like assistant state for affairs telling the u.s. ambassador to the ukraine that they'd bring in a u.n. envoy to close the deal because of u.n. inaction and indecision. >> [ bleep ] the eu. >> reporter: that first posted on youtube with russian subtitles and tweeted by a kremlin official is highly embarrassing for the u.s. they didn't deny the

authenticity, but this veiled swipe at russia suggesting that moscow recorded the call. >> i'm not going to comment on private diplomatic conversations. other than to say it was pretty impressive trade craft the audio was extremely clear. >> reporter: even after nsa revelations of u.s. wiretapping of foreign leaders, the state department called the publicizing of the call a new low for russia. the months-long protest in ukraine to oust that country's president have divided the u.s. and russia, with both accusing the other of meddling in the volatile situation. attention now fully on display thanks to a russian tweet of a youtube link. >> you know, i think, you know, f-bombs of the u.s. talking about the eu, that probably goes on a lot in the diplomatic world. i'm sure the eu said many things about the u.s. but the point is here about the -- it being released like

this. not even about the surveillance, the u.s. can't throw stones at russia about surveillance after what's been going on. >> that's right. it doesn't really have a leg to stand on, but it does kind of bolster their argument, you know, that everybody does it. >> yeah, yeah. >> well, is anybody really upset about this? we were kind of joking, you know, being the newsroom you might hear a few things there, i mean, are they taking this seriously? >> that's right. well, german chancellor angela merkel came out with a statement today calling the comment unacceptable. the state department at least publicly doesn't seem overly concerned about it. it's embarrassing to be sure but it doesn't seem to be indicative of a major disgreement. the u.s. and the europeans on the same side here, they prefer the ukraine integrated with europe with one closer to russia. >> i'm sure salty language is the norm in those circles. >> all the time. all the time. >> but how concerned are they that this get leaked?

it's not like they were releasing the audio. >> well, it kind of reminds me of wikileaks, you know, some of these cables and calls and stuff were leaked. they were embarrassing but they got over it. but it does make you wonder, it seems as this was done over maybe a cell phone and why. there wasn't any classified information in it really but why diplomats are using cell phones for sensitive calls of this nature and that's certainly something the state department needs to answer for. >> at least so far they're staying mum. do you think there might be an apology or hope this thing goes away a little bit? >> well, nuland did apologize to her counterparts and i think they'll probably kind of eat it and ready to move on because they have important stuff. but i think it does reflect a little bit of a frustration on the part of the u.s. sometimes. they're looking for the u.n./eu to be much tougher on ukraine, threaten kind of sanctions against the president if the government doesn't form this larger national unity government. so, i think that's the issue they're going to try to get ahold of and move past this

embarrassing incident. >> elise, thanks for that. i'm sure the language isn't the issue, it's releasing the audio like that. >> exactly. there's no trust there. >> yeah. we've got this. this is a small humanetarian breakthrough in syria, some civilians are being evacuated from the war-torn city of homs, a cease-fire agreement was announced by the rebels and the syrian government. >> it also allows food and medicine to arrive in the city for the first time in more than a year. a city where people are said to be starving in some cases. the syrian conflict has taken the lives of more than 100,000 people created millions of refugees, both external and internal. today the government said it will participate in a second round of peace talks in geneva but we know that the first round did not go anywhere. in australia, a massive drug bust at sea. the navy found more than 700 pounds of heroin on a ship off the coast of tanzania.

the navy team tested the substance, took some samples and then destroyed the remainder of the drug. and the street value of the heroin estimated to be $630 million. >> they look pretty proud of it there. photo-op. now, vice president joe biden slamming new york's laguardia airport. a lot of people agree with him. but is he being fair? >> his comments and some comparisons around the world straight ahead.

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continuing to get more information on this turkish airliner. reports that a person made a bomb threat tried to get the plane diverted to sochi, let's go to nick paton walsh. there's not a detail at the moment. tell us what you know. >> reporter: it's very preliminary information right now, michael. what we do know is that an aircraft that was heading from an industrial town in eastern ukraine bound for istanbul according to our affiliate cnn whilst a plane on the air a man on board said at this point to be a ukrainian international said there was a bomb on board the plane and he asked instead the plane land at the airport on the asiatic side of the city of istanbul, but instead it be diverted sochi. i should make clear according to turkish officials that plane has landed in istanbul, is in a safe zone in the airport and the bomb threat is now being investigated

by security forces. one would presume from that that the 110 passengers on board are off and safe. we don't quite know where this originated from. what the motive was. lots of things happen in midair that could be explained simply by erratic behavior. but, of course, people extraordinarily on edge at this point because of what's been happening behind me coinciding precisely with the opening ceremony. >> do we have a sense of the person who actually allegedly made this threat? do we know if they are in custody at this point? what do we know about that individual? >> reporter: i'm only able to presume that given the statement from the transportation official, the turkish transportation ministry this person is in custody because the aircraft is in a safe zone. they have a place waiting set aside where any plane in any condition can be put down. this plane emitted a hijack signal while it was in the air according to multiple reports. that's, of course, where this process began.

then it finally landed in istanbul and the fact that it was able to make that landing suggests quite likely that the people on board didn't take either the threat that seriously or weren't necessarily concerned enough to divert their course. they still managed to finish their journey and land in istanbul itself, michael. >> yeah, nick, let's turn now if we can. thanks for that. richard quest is in new york. richard, you're sort of our transport expert among many other hats that you wear. what normally is the procedure when something like this happens and a plane lands as it did in istanbul? >> the first thing, of course, the pilot will send out a code, a transponder code, that will alert the ground and air traffic control that there is an abnormality. there are a variety of different codes that they can use in this case obviously the one that was used was for a hijacking. any air traffic controller seeing that and the reason they do that, of course, is that it's a way in which the pilots can let the ground know without

making it very overt that something's happening on board. you literally just send out an electronic signal and the ground once that has happened, procedures go into place in some cases military aircraft will be scrambled to get as close as they can to see that which is happening, you know, visual contact. there is no better substitute than eyes looking at planes to see what the situation is. and then you've got the situation where is the plane going to land. many countries have specific airports, the uk, for example, sends planes to an area where they already have a well-honed plan. they know what the -- what you don't want is uncertainty. so, the plane lands in istanbul in this case. everybody knows where it's going to be sent to. everybody knows which part of the airport it's going to be in. the security forces will know how to treat the aircraft in

that environment. how to get passengers off if an attack is necessary. it will be much easier in a known quantity. now, we don't know enough details about this. i'm just giving you the architecture if you like of how these are handled. but it is a very well-planned, programmed, rehearsed program that swings into operation the moment a pilot signals the transponder for hijack. >> and, richard, if they go ahead and they press that button, the hijacking signal to alert people about what is happening, how much information can they give folks on the ground? >> very little. very little. >> can they alert officials that there might be a bomb threat or if there's more than one individual or is there any way of communicating with the ground the details? >> it's a code. >> it's a code basically. but you do have ways, of course, you have digital ways of communicating with the ground. you have passengers at the back who may still be able to use their cell phones, you have

radio transmissions, but we're talking here about the barest information. the reason you may want to give this information not only because you're going to want help to sort out this situation, but you may be flying an aircraft that is now going to start making erratic movements. you may be deviating from your flight plan if you've got, i mean, let's -- this is just in the realms of what can be. if you had a gun or a weapon to your head and you suddenly had to stop flying a different flight plan that was intended, that would set off all sorts of alarms and alerts and what you would be saying to the ground is, you know, this plane is no longer flying a normal flight plan under controlled circumstances. as expected. everybody beware. keep an eye out. and eventually you'll be given the information you require from where you need to go. >> that does sound like it was the destination. this was going to istanbul for

the destination. >> i'm with nick on this one, you know, from what i'm hearing and what we've heard this is at the lower, lower level. this is way at the lower level of incidents. >> got to agree. >> i can promise you this, the air traffic controller that got the hijacked transponder certainly wasn't taking it for granted. >> absolutely. apparently an f-16 was o much. scrambled. the second largest city in ukraine. it's a regular route apparently from there to istanbul. anyways, looks like it's under -- all in hand. >> when we get more information, of course, we'll bring that to you. we'll take a quick break first. hey linda!

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♪ well, hillary clinton, christie, scott walk erk, mark rubio, rand paul all floating out there for candidates for president for 2016, but the question being will joe biden jump into the fray. here's what he cold our own kate bolduan. >> other than corvettes give me another reason why you shouldn't run. >> i can't. >> yeah? >> there may be reasons i don't run, but there's no obvious reason for me why i think i should not run. >> reporter: do you have a timetable? >> probably the realistically a year this summer. >> all right. we are going to bring in our wolf blitzer from washington. what do you think, wolf? you and i have covered him and his many attempts to go for the

gold if you will. 2016, do you think he's just waiting for hillary clinton to make up her mind? >> i think that's certainly one factor. certainly if hillary clinton decides not to run for the democratic presidential nomination that would certainly push him to go ahead and make that decision. but even if he she decides to r he's the sitting vice president of the united states. she didn't beat barack obama last time around in 2008. maybe he'll still run. there's no doubt in my mind and i've covered joe biden for a long time. he would like to be president of the united states. i believe hillary clinton would like to be president of the united states as well, so that could be a strong competition. we'll see what happens. but as he says, at least he's given enough thought to think he's not -- he wouldn't make a formal announcement about whether or not he would run in the summer of 2015, but i have to tell you if you are really serious about running for that nomination, you got to decide a lot earlier than that. you got to get a team in motion and you got to start raising money and you have to start even if there's no formal announcement. >> joe biden has wanted that for

quite some time. what do you think about the early poll numbers? they show that hillary is ahead of someone like chris christie. would the democrats really even want biden to jump in? >> i'm sure they're -- if hillary clinton runs, there will be somebody probably someone from her left, a more populist joim should we say who would challenge her. but she'll have a very strong position, and if joe biden decides to run, i look forward to moderating some debates between joe biden and hillary clinton and hopefully the voters out there will be able to make a good, smart decision. when you are vice president of the united states for as long as he will have been vice president you bring a lot of experience to the game and certainly he was a senator for 36 years as well. it would be fun covering both of them. >> a lot of experience, but another way of saying a lot of experience is he's getting on. you know, he's 74, wouldn't he, if he ran for the presidency and got it. that would make him the oldest ever, wouldn't it? >> yeah, hillary clinton is 66 years old right now, if you add a few years she's getting closer

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we go directly to our correspondent ivan watson in sochi to give us the very latest. we have a report now of a person who was trying to hijack a plane that was trying to land at a turkish airport but they wanted the plane to go to sochi, the site of the winter olympics. what do we know about this individual and how the people are on board? >> reporter: the latest news we have right now, suzanne, is being reported by our sister news agency cnn turk. they're getting information from turkish security officials and they're reporting that turkish special forces have captured a man who has been described as a ukrainian passport holder who is suspected of trying to hijack a pegasus budget airline plane that was flying from ukraine to istanbul this evening as the opening ceremony of the winter olympics is under way in the stadium behind me. now, according to turkish

government officials, that man claimed that there was a bomb on board the aircraft. and then demanded that it be diverted here to sochi. the plane is at an airport in istanbul and, again, our sister network cnn turk reporting that the suspected hijacker has been captured by turkish security forces as the plane has been on the ground at one of istanbul's key airports and also being searched for any possible or suspected bombs or explosives. now, the passengers have been on board that plane as the search has been going on. and the turkish news agency dha has been reporting that they got the we are okay signal from the pilot of aircraft. who is presumed to still be on board that plane. suzanne? >> all right, ivan, appreciate

the new details. we'll take a quick break. when you have some more information, of course, we'll come back to you. this is obviously something that is concerning to people just because of the high state of alert and security that's on the ground in sochi out of abundance of caution, i'm sure that they're following this very closely. >> absolutely. we'll take a short break. [ woman #1 ] why do i cook? because an empty pan is a blank canvas. [ woman #2 ] to share a moment. [ woman #3 ] to travel the world without leaving home. [ male announcer ] whatever the reason. whatever the dish. make it delicious with swanson.

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that sadly is part of daily life, this is around the world, we are talking about the buying and selling of human lives. modern-day slaves too often children, part of the sex trade. >> cnn has for some time now been shining a light on this issue and on cambodia for a film called "freedom project" every day in cambodia. we found a very dedicated partner for this project oscar-winning actress and u.n. goodwill ambassador mira sorvino, she traveled with us to cambodia and watch here as she confronts some men that are believed to be involved in buying and selling children for sex. >> i want to yell at them but what's going to happen if i yell at them. >> well, do you know what the truth is -- >> what? >> -- they think they are untouchable because they have been. >> do you think they even speak english? >> no. most of them speak vietnamese. >> i knew they probably wouldn't understand me and that it wouldn't make any difference at all, but i felt compelled to say

something as futile as it might be. >> i just want them to know that the world is watching, you know, i just want them to know that there's a tally being taken. yeah, we're filming -- it's not okay to sell children. it's not okay to sell children to pedophiles. it's not okay and the world is watching. protect your children, do not hurt your children. protect them. oh, god, i can't deal with it. i can't deal with the reality of it. >> very emotional, mira sorvino is joining us live from los angeles and that really is a moment that a lot of people are watching and have really responded to because you -- it is very clear that you're emotional about this and you wanted to shine a light on this very serious situation. describe how that actually happened and what happened afterwards? >> you know, that -- that is perhaps, you know, it was a very emotional moment for me, but perhaps one of the least effective moments of the documentary. later on we were able to speak

to members of the government and implore them to do more in their policy to fight human trafficking and to help the victims and to create an atmosphere of punishment for the perpetrators. as we were seeing in that scene, most of those guys, you know, they have a sense of confidence that nothing's going to happen to them. but that's also the case of the men who buy the services of children. not only there but everywhere in the world, including the united states, you know, there's this concept that you can go on a trip and you can make a call to your hotel concierge and somehow it will be okay if he bring you a child to sleep with. it happens here in the u.s. it happens in cambodia, it happens in europe. it happens everywhere. and it is as a mother one of the most nauseating things that you can imagine -- >> absolutely. >> -- happening to a child. >> mira, i've seen the documentary. it really is powerful stuff, you know, one of the things that might surprise people is you have parents, mothers sometimes, selling their children.

and the other thing that's really disturbing, too, you sometimes see these kids get rescued and then end up back in the same situation. >> yeah. well, you know, obviously the root cause of all of this is vulnerability due to poverty, lack of education, poor health. the mothers we interviewed were in terrible, terrible debt to the tune over $5,000 where most cambodians survive on a dollar a day. and debts they would never escape from. and loan sharks would prey on this fact and then bring traffickers around and say, hey, we know you have a daughter. >> wow. >> we can give you $2,000 to sell her virginity, and so virginity sale is big business over there. all child sex is big business, it's estimated worth $5 billion a year in cambodia and corruption in endemic in every level of society over there. and there's a lot of hands taking money from the exploitation of those small children. the moths are you could blame

them but you could also see them as victims themselves because they're backed up against a wall and this is becoming a cultural practice where the traffickers know very well who are the most vulnerable, who might be willing to make the sacrifice to save the rest of the family, it's just so disturbing -- >> it is. >> -- but there are people like don brewster, people like this organization that we highlight the international missions there who are working on the ground to change things, who are working with the victims' families who are trying to educate, trying to give them other options, taking these girls and giving them livelihoods. giving them educations. giving them a safe place so they do not get retrafficked. and also working hard with the government working with the police, trying to bring them up to a level of effectiveness that will actually get more of these traffickers in jail and raise the stakes. one of our girls that we interviewed did eventually have her day in court and the brothel managers that had her imprisoned went to jail. so, that's very positive, but it's very rare. it's very rare that these cases

go to trial there. >> mira sorvino, thank you so much. it might surprise you, atlanta one of the hubs for sex trafficking among children because of the airport, because of the international travel and the transport. >> the freeway systems and everything else. >> absolutely it is a problem around the world. >> terrible thing. this is a great documentary, an important one, and you can clips from this film every day in cambodia on cnn.com, the entire documentary series will premiere this weekend on cnn sunday evening 7:00 p.m. eastern all part of the cnn freedom project which is an ongoing series by cnn. do check it out. >> please do. the taliban said it's captured a military dog belonging to u.s. forces and the u.s. forces say it's not our dog. it's quite a bizarre story because a u.s. military official says this dog actually belongs to great britain. >> the taliban distributed the video you're looking at there of the dog wearing a sort of

harness, a vest if you like. they claim that they got the dog during an attempted nighttime raid by u.s. forces in december. >> and this story, israeli authorities have now forced hundreds of palestinian demonstrators from a tent city. this is video of the raid that happened last night. they say two dozen people were injured. israeli officials they say they gave the demonstrators ample warning to evacuate because of a rock-throwing incident earlier in the week. >> those tent cities have been set up. organizers say they're nonviolent protests against israeli settlements. and this ship got into serious trouble on the high seas. want to show you what happened up next. welcome back. how is everything?

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