despite bad weather and high seas recovery crews continue to search for the airasia wreckage and victims in the java sea. we have a live update from indonesia, coming in just a moment. also ahead here this hour north korea responds to new u.s. sanctions. we'll tell you what the government there had to say. and we'll show you how one man is making sure canadian fans of the trader joe's supermarket can enjoy their products. trader joe's not happy about that but we'll let you know what's going on there. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm natalie allen.

straight to our top stories now, three more bodies have been identified from from airasia flight 8501 including another flight attendant. divers have been told to stand down due to the murky water but authorities confirm another body was found before dive efforts were stopped. that brings the total number found to 31 and a fifth piece of large debris was also spotted. no confirmation if that debris is definitely from this airplane. we should be getting more answers soon as this weather clears. cnn's gary tuchman joins us live from surabaya where unfortunately, most families are just frozen in agonizing wait. >> reporter: yes, i think that's the best way to describe it natalie. you can't imagine how agonizing it is for these families who in the beginning were hoping for a miracle, many of them talked to

us hoping that rafts were blown up and their loved ones would be blown on rafts or uninhabited islands. there's thousands of islands in indonesia. that wasn't far fetched. but most people have given up on that one. as of now, four-fifths of the passengers aboard the airplane their bodies have not been covered. their body is only at 31. today, three more people were identified bringing the number of identified bodies to nine. one of the people identified is a flight attendant, the only male. two out of the five flight attendants have been recovered. that tells you that it's likely that people were not wearing seat belts. the flight attendants were working, the plane lost contact 47 minutes after it took off. another person who was found, sadly enough a 10-year-old girl.

a 10-year-old girl by the name of stevie. she was found wearing the blue jeans and the striped shirt that the minnie mouse picture on it described by her family and indeed that's what she was wearing when she was covered. it's all very sad and gut wrenching. the families are inside the tents, the police headquarters. it's right flex to the hospital where the bodies are identified. five large pieces of what is believed to be this plane, it's not just we who believe it, indonesian officials say they are certain this is the plane, have been found. one of them is as big as 60 feet long 18 meters the equivalent of a six-story building. what this tells you, people found strapped in their seats, the seat got away from their plane. it tells you it's unlikely this plane exploded in the air.

it's more like lily -- they don't know for sure they need to find the black boxes. no pingers, no nothing at this point. the bad weather led to engine failure from icing when the plane stalled. that's what they think happened. they won't be sure until they get the voice and data recorder. natalie? >> we know the search has called off now because of the murky water. but this is the nicest day you've experienced since you've been there. what does it look like for the coming 24 48 hours as far as improving weather conditions? >> reporter: we can tell you, the sun is about to go down. there's a lot of sunlight here. the equator runs through this nation. you have a little over 12 hours of sunlight. it gets light about 4:45 in the morning and the sun goes down at 5:00 5:30. there are ships, planes and

helicopter that are searching the key here is to get divers in the water for prolonged periods. the people who are missing are to be in more than 100 feet of water. divers can scuba dive. the conditions weren't so bad but they said the visibility was zero. that wasappointing because it wasn't rainy today. that leads you to believe it may take a while for divers to have the proper visibility to be able to recover bodies in much larger numbers. >> as we said the families just wait and wait. thank you so much gary tuchman reporting, live from surabaya thanks gary. so many heartbreaking stories emerging. earlier we spoke with a woman whose older brother was among the passengers on the flight. here's how she said she's coping. >> i try to be strong. i still believe he'll come back.

i don't know why. from the beginning, from the first time i believe he's here. i don't know. maybe you can call me crazy but i feel in my heart that his life is somewhere i don't know. until we see the body we're still praying. >> certainly understand families wanting to hold out any hope. search officials have said they believe the remains of most of the passengers are with the bulk of the plane's wreckage somewhere on the sea floor. other news we're following, another crash, a small plane crash an a miracle, police are calling part of this story, that a 7-year-old girl walked away from a deadly plane crash in the state of kentucky. four members of her family died in that crash. but there is an incredible story of survival. she managed to find her way out of a dense forest and find help. she was just 7. here's nick valencia with the story. >> reporter: at home in rural

kentucky larry wilkins finished watching the local evening news when his dog started barking. >> i went to the door and there was a little girl about 7 years old, crying not bad. she was pretty bloody had a bloody nose and her arms and legs were scratched up real bad. and she told me that her mom and dead was dead. >> reporter: the 7-year-old is the only survivor from a friday night plane crash. her mom, dad, sister and cousin dead after their small twin engine piper traveling from florida crashed in the woods of western kentucky. the fact the little girl survived is all the more incredible wilkins said, considering what she had to do to get help. >> she walked three-quarter mile through very very territory. she was barefooted. she had one sock on her foot and that was all. she was dressed for florida. wearing shorts a blouse, no

coat. >> reporter: wilkins said the 7-year-old likely spotted a light on at his house and made her way towards it. a kentucky state police officer who also helped the little girl seemed to speak for most when he said -- >> it's really a murkle. >> if you could see the terrain, you would realize how incredible it really was. she's a terribly brave little girl i'll tell you that. >> reporter: on saturday the 7-year-old girl was released from the hospital and is expected to survive her nonlife-threatening injuries. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. >> that's really really amazing. we wisher with well. she lost her sister and parents in that crash. 25 crew members on a massive car transport ship headed for germany were air lifted to safely saturday after their ship ran aground near southern england's isle of white. that's it badly listing there. the coast guard has not reported any injuries. it's so far unclear what's

caused the grounding or the condition of all of the cars on that huge ship. just after the coast of scotland another cargo ship was found capsized saturday. its eight crew members are missing. these pictures show one end of the ship jutting straight up out of the water. the coast guard says rescue vessels were called in but search operations were suspended for the night. in new york law enforcement officers will gather in the coming hours to pay final respects to a second officer killed in that ambush attack recently. a candle light vigil was held in chinatown or saturday for wenjian liu. in light of the events for the other officer, the new york police commissioner has a message for his department. here it is from cnn's andy rose. >> reporter: officers and elected officials gathered in brooklyn saturday attending the wake for slain detective wenjian liu. his funeral is to be held sunday morning. lou and his partner, rafael

ramos, were ambushed and killed december 20th as they sat in their squad car in brooklyn. the gunman ismail britainly subsequently shot and killed himself in a nearby subway station. bratton has issue a memo asking that they remain reverent. the message is directed at a group of officers who attended last weekend's services for detective ramos, those officers turned their backs on mayor bill de blasio as he delivered his hisuallyhis eulogy eulogy. commissioner bratton told cbs's "face the nation" the following day that he did not condone the officer's actions. >> that funeral was held to honor officer ramos and to bring politics to bring issues into that event i think was very inappropriate. and i do not support it. >> reporter: commissioner bratton promoted both fallen

officers to the rank of detective first grade during ramos's funeral. i'm andy rose reporting. the palestinians moved to join the international criminal court and israel responds holding back million of palestinian tax funds in response. ahead, we'll explain this latest round of tension. also ahead here health officials declaring a flu epidemic in the united states. we'll tell you what the cdc is saying about one of the strains making people very sick. aveeno®. [ female announcer ] only aveeno® positively radiant has an active naturals® total soy formula. it helps reduce the look of brown spots in just four weeks. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results™. does a freshly printed presentation fill you with optimism? then you might be gearcentric. get a $15 gift card when you buy $75 in hp ink or any hp toner multipack. office depot & officemax.

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a palestinian spokesman said israel's reported plan to withhold $127 million in tax revenue collected for the palestinians is an illegal act. israeli media reports that decision follows the palestinian's bid to join the international criminal court. palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas set that bid in motion on wednesday. it could set the stage for possible war crime complaints against israel. just how far might this new wave of tit for tat between the israelis and palestinians go? we have more from jerusalem. >> reporter: the palestinians push for greater international recognition. this latest crisis began after the palestinians joined the international criminal court to potentially try israeli

officials. israel reacted by withholding the $127 million in monthly taxes owed to the palestinian authority. this money goes toward paying civil servants like doctors and teachers and security services as well as providing basic services. a move the palestinians have called illegal. this is not the first time israel has withheld the money. they've done it a few times before but usually only for a few weeks. israeli officials say this is only the first step and further actions will take place. one possibility is taking the palestinian officials to the international criminal court as well. a palestinian chief negotiator warned that israel's actions could lead to the dissolving of the palestinian authority. if that happened israel would have to take over all the palestinian authority's responsibilities in the west bank and gaza. ian lee, cnn, jerusalem.

boko haram militants have kidnapped 40 boys and men in a remote nigerian village. they rounded up villagers in borno state. it happened where these school girls, more than 200, were kidnapped last april. members of the christian clergy in jord are throwing their support behind a pilot being held by isis. the 26-year-old airman was taken captive when his coalition warplane came down in northeast syria last week. he belongs to a prominent sunni family in jordan. on saturday representatives of several jordanian churches met with his family. afterward, his father called on isis a sunni group, to treat his son as a guest. >> translator: i hope they will be generous to him and his family and uhl the ones that love mutah to release him soon.

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in southern australia, hundreds of firefighters are battling an out-of-control bush fire the worst to hit the region we are told in more than 30 years.

the blaze which broke out friday has destroyed at least a dozen homes. australia's southeastern network is reporting several firefighters have been injured trying to knock this one down. south australian's premier is urging people east of adelaide to get out. for more on these weather conditions let's go to ivan cabrera, a meteorologist. the worst in 30 years. >> back in 1983 is what they're referring to the big fire they had that caused significant damage. at this point here what we're hoping for is for this break in the weather to give firefighters enough of a chance to get a handle on this because otherwise, this thing out of control here. look at this 10,000 hectares burned so far since friday. of course on friday we had temperatures of 108 degrees or low 40s. that did not help things and certainly contributed to the fire getting going as did the

gusty wind. several homes destroyed, as natalie mentioned, firefighters as well have been injured. we've gone from the low 40s on friday to 35 on saturday and now 29 on sunday. so something has happened. we've had a front that's come through, thankfully has lowered temperatures in significant fashion but it's going to be short lived. we have a return to the hot weather over the next few days. we'll keep an eye on the tropics up here. look at darwin seeing a nice spin up there. this is the time of year we can get tropical cyclones in this part of the world. this was the setup on friday with the hot northwesterly wind and the front came through. this is where we are now. temperatures have fallen back also more moisture there. that has helped as well. the winds not as gusty. that same high pushes east. we're back right into the hot northwesterly winds through the middle part of the week. temperatures climb back in the mid to upper 30s. don't think we'll see low 40s but certainly hot enough through

the day on tuesday. upper 20s. so we're running and we will be running a good 10 degrees above average. another boundary comes in and that will cool us off once again thursday heading into next week and temperatures with highs in the mid-20s. we'll stay on top of them keep you posted on the fires. want to take you to the united states where we've had significant damage as a result of a potential tornado that has rolled. look at this natalie, middle of the night here this was jasper county mississippi, last night. saturday. and obviously significant damage. the national weather service will have to good out there and determine whether this was straightline winds or whether this was a tornado and if it was a tornado, what kind of intensity was it on the ef scale. we'll let you know as they get out there. they will be doing that survey with much better letter as the line has cleared and pushed off to the east. look at this if you're trying to fly out of atlanta this morning, they had issues at least early on this will

eventually push off to the east through the midday hour or through the midmorning hours. by midday we should be in much better shape. this was part of the storm system that brought snow upwards of 4 inches to parts of western massachusetts. the snow has been flying. the storm continues to push on to the north and east. that by tonight, will be in much better shape. the story tonight will be the arctic plunge. high temperatures are pressed to get out of the sing the digits. chicago, minus 2 for the high on wednesday. that's fahrenheit and that is bone chilling. >> i tell you what those chicagoans are a hearty bunch. >> coldest air of the season. get ready for that. >> thanks ivan. north korea says newly imposed sanctions against pyongyang shows washington is enabout the on repug nancy and hostility toward their country.

the measures were imposed in the wake of that attack on sony pictures apparently over a satirical movie you all know now called "the interview".many, many have seen it. meantime kim youngjong-un is sending signals his government is open to warmer relations with south korea. in a new year's day address, he said if conditions were right he'd consider high-level talks with the south. thissen is is the the first time a notion of a north/south negotiation has been raised. could conditions be different this time? let's take that question to our will ripley. he joins us now by phone from beijing. will? what can you tell bus what's happening? >> reporter: certainly kim jong-un's remarks during a televised speech are noteworthy definitely noteworthy. just last week they branded

park's election a proud. they called her father a dictator. also that same state news agency did not publish those remarks in the official transcript of kim's speech. so while his words may represent some progress small progress there's still a lot of things -- a lot of -- i guess a wide bridge that would need to be crossed between north and south korea, two countries that are still technically at war, even though both sides say they want re-unification. they both have different ways to go about it. that reunification would essentially digest north korea into the south and its system. obviously the regime run by kim

jong-un would not allow that. >> we'll wait and see if this summit take place. meantime as we mentioned, no surprise over the harsh statements from north korea, the pyongyang government over the sanctions slapped on them by the u.s. >> reporter: we were saying yesterday, natalie, it was only a matter of time. we expected some sort of strong rhetoric from north korea as a result of these sanctions. it seems as if the argument they're trying to make they're using the private cyber security firm in the united states that has raised doubts about the united states case against north korea and they're saying that a growing coalition both in and out of the united states feel that the u.s. is on shaky ground when blaming this cyber attack on north korea and, therefore, they essentially accuse the united states of moving forward with the sanctions to try to solidify their shaky case. whether that will play out, whether that will be given much

credibility internationally is yet to be seen. they also continue to call for a joint investigation into all of this with the u.s. which given that the countries have no diplomatic relations is pretty much -- we can say it's not going to happen. >> all right. as always thanks to our will ripley reporting for us from beijing. thank you, will. with the new year comes the new balance of power. coming up here are the challenges republican lawmakers face when they head back to work this week.

welcome back. i'm natalie allen. you're watching cnn's continuous live coverage. here are our top stories. a shipping freighter used to transport cars to germany has

run aground. as you can see there, it's in the dark but it is listing severely. this is near the southern england's isle of white. 25 crew members were lifted off that vessel by coast guard helicopters. so far, no reports of injury. a u.s. health care worker who had a high risk exposure to ebola is expected to arrive in nebraska later today for observation. the patient had been working in sierra leone and is not ill or contagious. doctors say a scottish nurse, this woman, diagnosed with ebola is now in critical condition at a london hospital. she contracted the virus while volunteering in sierra leone. in new york law enforcement officers will gather in the coming hours for the funeral of murdered police officer. on saturday hundreds of mourners paid their respects at a wake for wenjian liu. he and his partner, officer rafael ramos were shot and killed last month as they sat in

their patrol car. four more bodies have been recovered from the crash site of airasia flight 8501. that i befores the total number of presumed victims to 34. dive teams have stopped their search for now for wreckage from the flight. the weather has improved but visibility under water is near zero. officials have been saying it is likely that weather played a role in the airasia crash and that icing may have affected the engine. i'm joined now by david deed a former spokesman for the air accident investigation branch with the uk department of transport. david, thank you for joining us. is this a credible assumption that icing did play a part? and what do you make from the fact that they haven't found the bulk of the plane where they do believe most of the bodies are but 34 bodies have been found scattered from the wreckage?

>> well all these statements are supposition. it's certainly possible that icing played a part in several ways but until we get more concrete facts from the aircraft and its data recorders, it's very difficult to confirm these. it's certainly a likelihood. equally, recovery of the bodies is another thing the investigators are also interested in because the disposition of the bodies if they are still in fact inside submerged in the fuselage of the aircraft the way that they may have died all these things are relevant to the investigation. i guess what you're saying is absolutely right. >> we know that with the computer systems, the very complex computer systems and there are several on this particular airplane can have erroneous input put into the systems for various reasons.

this is what is believed to have happened in the air france crash there off the coast of south america. do you think that could have been a factor here? >> again, it's far too early to say. these things could be factors but until we get concrete data to say these were definitely contributing factors to the accident, it's very difficult to say. certainly the modern aircraft are largely computer controlled. the control systems are triplecated. there are lots of redundancy and lessons have been learned from the air france crash. it's too early to say. >> have you had much chance to investigate the thunderstorms that were in this region at the time this airplane took off? could this possibly have been a case that they shouldn't have taken off, these thunderstorms

indicated by some meteorologists might have been a situation where there was no way to get out, because there was so much converging at once. >> it's very difficult to predict because i think the aircraft was probably an hour into its journey and any weather report at the time it had taken off would have changed significantly in that kind of situation. thunderstorms can pop up and down in many parts of the world including in the united states. and you have to normally find a way around them. that would be the response. but it's not inconceivable that a pilot could find himself in a complete sort of dead end. there was no way, except to turn around and try and get out the way he came in. all these things are things that the investigators will have a better idea of once they get hold of the data recorders. >> well we certainly learned that no airplane should ever fly into a thunderstorm and we've learned a lot about the vectoring and the decisionmaking

that goes into deciding how to get away from one if radar on board indicates that they're flying into trouble. who makes the call for an airplane even takes off when they're studying the weather? is that up to the airport itself to delay flights or is that up to the pilot's discretion? >> it's the captain's judgment as to everything to do with the flight. this particular flight i would suppose that the flight plan lodged before he took off, which would have been approved. it was probably known there were thunderstorms in the region and indeed there were other aircraft in the area which is why it couldn't deviate the way that they ask, these other aircraft came through. it could be this particular flight got into a position where there was very little anybody could have done about avoiding that. you can be flying toward one

gap, by the time you've got there, another one has popped up. it can be incredibly difficult. >> well certainly shows how busy pilots are keeping up with radar when they're flying at completely very high altitudes. we thank you for your expertise and input. thanks so much. the mission of salvaging the wreckage and recovering more bodies comes down to these divers. we told you the divers had to abort their mission because of the murky waters. there was zero visibility in the java sea today. cnn's alena ma leen na malena ma chadha. >> reporter: the number of crews from around the world helping search for airasia flight 8501 continues to grow. if anyone knows the job that lies ahead, especially for the dozens of divers involved it's

gino garzullo. he's helped after recent catastrophes including the japan tsunami and the haiti earthquake. in airasia's case artparts of the airbus have been record and so have bodies. but waves as high as 13 feet have hampered search efforts. >> you don't want to add tragedy to tragedy. >> reporter: the plane is believed to be at the bottom of the sea in water that is on average 130 feet deep. at that depth, he says divers will need to use special gear. >> the boots are incorporated. as a seal, that zipper is closed that way no water gets in there. then what you have is a helmet. this is a 17 super light. >> reporter: this is considered a lighter one. >> yes.

>> reporter: it's incredibly heavy. >> 37 pounds. >> reporter: divers will be hooked up to a command center. >> these instrument instruments are telling us the depth of the divers. this is the pressure of the the air going through them the main air, stand-by air, emergency air, diver one, two, three, which is your safety diver. >> reporter: the divers will probably be under water for up to 80 minutes at a time until which they'll end up inside a decompression chamber to cover. >> you can get down there, these will have rough edges, it will be dark. it will not look like a textbook situation. >> reporter: there's the emotional component, right? you know there's going to be bodies. >> there's nothing worse than bumping into a bloated dead body in the water. >> reporter: he's haunted by the victims he's covered, especially the children. >> the way you get past it you

say i'm helping the families helping somebody putting this to rest. >> reporter: gx arguilo says it could take weeks, even months to finish the job in the java sea. the weather is improving in indonesia and hopefully they'll be able to resume diving soon. lingering smoke is hampering an italian investigation into a ferry boat fire that killed at least 11 people. the ferry is now docked in southern italy. investigators are gingerly trying to explore the wreck they say they found no bodies on saturday. they said they are being careful. there may yet be more victims on board. >> translator: we are able to get a little way into the cargo hold. unfortunately as you have seen the conditions aren't optimum. there's smoke and dachblger erdanger of fire. we are entering gradually, slowly and carefully. that's the only way we will

eventually discover if there are any human remains. >> the ferry was carrying 477 passengers and crew from greece from italy last sunday when it caught fire. as we reported they were only able to pluck people off one at a time. it was a very long wait and terrible conditions for the people stuck on that ferry. greek officials say some 18 people remain missing. germany believes the eurozone is now stable enough to survive if greece exits the europe on. that according to a news magazine. both chancellor angela merkel and the finance minister believe the eurozone has implemented all necessary reforms since the crisis in greece first erupted in 2012. the report adds that the government the german government considers a greece exit almost inevitable. if the greek left wing opposition party led by alexis

wins the snap election set for three weeks from now. the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention has declared a flu epidemic in the united states. the flu is being blamed for more deaths this year than it was at this point last year including the deaths of 15 children. we learn more from cnn's george howell. >> reporter: one of the most recent flu-related deaths is a 3-year-old girl from iowa. her parents say she went from perfect health with no pre-existing conditions to becoming severely dehydrated and in pain then rushed to a hospital in des moines where she later died just a few days after showing the initial signs of the flu. another tragic case in minnesota. 7-year-old ruby hanson died christmas eve, her mother believes she might have survived had she not had a pre-existing medical condition. >> the flu would have not did

her in had she not had the syndrome. she had a seizure, yes, the seizure was caused by the flu. >> reporter: these latest deaths now part of grim statistics. showing the flu has reached an epidemic level in the united states one of the strains making people sick this season has mutated, causing this year's vaccination to be less than optimal for protection. >> the most common virus we're seeing causing disease right now is this h3n2 virus. when we've seen this in previous seasons we've seen relatively severe seasons. >> it's being felt widespread in at least 36 states with current influenza levels approaching peak levels we saw two years ago. doctors are seeing more patients. >> i was on a ship the other day, i saw about 35 patients. i saw 10 positive flu swabs. there was a couple i didn't even

swab. i just treated them because it's so prevalent, so we're definitely seeing a lot. >> reporter: the cdc is set to release its latest figures on how widespread the flu bug has become this coming monday. in the meantime officials still recommend getting a flu shot even though it may not completely prevent against it it may lessen the severity if you get sick. george howell, cnn, chicago. a quick break and more news right after this. ♪ when you don't get enough sleep... and your body aches... you're not yourself. tylenol ® pm relieves pain and helps you fall fast asleep and stay asleep. we give you a better night. you're a better you all day. tylenol®

many americans will be watching boston this week. the trial of the man accused in the boston marathon bombings are set to start this week. dzhokhar tsarnaev right there faces 30 charges, including using weapons of mass destruction resulting in death. jury selection begins monday in boston. tsarnaev's lawyers were denied a request to move the trial away from the city where two pressure cooker bomb were detonated. 264 were wounded in total. legal analysts expect prosecutors to paint the 2 is-year-old as a willful conspirator while his defense team may say dzhokhar was influenced by his older brother

tam tamerlin. edward brook heralded by both parties about as a trailblazer served as a republican in the senate for 12 years starting in 1967. he was also the first african-american elected as a state's attorney general. president barack obama express his sadness at the news of brooke's passing and called brooke someone who led an extraordinary life of public service. after a wildly unproductive 2014 u.s. lawmakers returned to washington this tuesday for the new year. this time around republicans will lead the senate and they have much on their plate. here's cnn's aaron mcpike. >> reporter: republicans may be starting out the year in a weaker position than they had hoped with these two controversies but they are still prepared to fight the president

tooth and nail over the keystone xl pipeline. republicans in congress celebrated two months ago with sweeping victories in the midterm elections but they'll be kicking off the new year weaker than they planned after a pair of embarrassments from two gop house members. >> i'm not familiar with who that group was. >> reporter: steve scalise is managing fallout after news he accepted invitation to talk to a white supremacist group and congressman michael grimm saying he'll resign after pleading guilty to tax evasion. republicans will plot their first moves. >> to give you some examples that won't surprise you, things like approving the keystone pipeline which would put a lot of people to work almost immediately, trying to do everything we can to push back against this overactive bureaucracy of the current administration. that's created much job loss.

>> reporter: that could set up a confrontation with the president who has vowed in the past to veto such bills. >> i think that there's been this tendency to really hype this thing as some magic formula and to what als the u.s. economy. it's hard to see on paper where exactly they're getting that information from. >> reporter: and soon after, immigration, funding for the president's programs through the department of homeland security runs out in february. >> that's certainly where we could see a big confrontation. the president acted unilaterally without consulting congress it sent a real message. the problem with that is we've got a republican house, republican senate that can send things to the president. >> you may be asking where are the areas of common ground that the president and republicans can agree on? they have talked about trade and also tax reform that's a big

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canadians may not be able to shop at the popular u.s. grocery chain trader joe's, one man is making sure they can get the company's products in his vancouver store called pirate joe's. here's the story. >> i thought to myself why isn't there a trader joe's in canada, vancouver? my name is mike hallette. i own pirate joe's. i'm the guy who has stepped in and said okay enough already. this is how we're going to do it. this is how you'll get fantastic groceries that are from trader joe's. it's this funky store on 4th and vancouver. >> i want to know how much these are. >> reporter: we have over 1,200 products in 500 square feet. there's stuff in every corner of this place hidden away. i own it. i get to do with it whatever i

want including selling to somebody who is buying used groceries. that's what it is buying secondhand groceries from a couple pirates. >> i'm living miles from a trader joe's. i thought, well, why not just open one. i said what if i opened and disguised myself as a romanian bakery. let me know what you need, i'll get it for you. it was very drug-dealer like. there's ways to drift around from trader joe's to trader joe's, get carts of groceries, get back in the van and carry on. by the end of the day you can have 5,000 bucks worth the groceries. on the back of a trader joe's box it says sold exclusively and

distributed exclusively by trader joe's in monrovia california. that's an idea but it's not awe law. basically i have rights as an individual to resell anything i legally own. they should just open a store in vancouver. here's the problem. trader joe's has with us they have a highly cultivated customer experience a great place to go shopping in. enter mike hallette who buys this stuff retail schlepps it over the border in an unmarked white van and he's going to put it in a romanian bakery? it's not lost how silly this is. the store is filled with people who love what we're doing. we hope trader joe's will come to their senses and open in vancouver. in the mean tame, i can't quit. thank you for joining us. i'm natalie allen.

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