sunderland was just two months older than perham. perham set off in november last year from the u.k. on his 50-foot yacht. it wasn't easy. battling 50-foot leg, endless technical problems and fighting off hurricane wind. >> down here in the southern ocean, 42 degrees. it getting colder. >> reporter: spending more than 150 days at sea in solitude. >> it's definitely the hardest part of the trip being on your own, because there is no to help you. and you do miss the physical contact. >> reporter: and physical contact is exactly what he got today. >> i love you, mate! >> reporter: his father couldn't wait to greet him. he was taken out by boat before he hit dry land. but per ham may have competition on his hand. 13-year-old dutch girl laura decker is hoping to break it. decker's parents support her, but social workers think she is too young. a dutch court will make a decision on friday. as for this sailor, he'll be on the mainland this saturday. what's the first thing he'll do? >> have a very good meal and a very good night sleep. >> re

at 9:47 this morning, 17-year- old mike perham silda to the guinness book of world records. -- sailed into the guinness book of world records. ahead of him, a 30,000 mile voyage taking him through the toughest and profits and oceans in the world -- the toughest and roughest oceans in the world. >> it is 40 degrees. >> he tackled 60 days at sea. he was sleeping in catnaps of just half an hour. >> sometimes i thought, what are you doing? you just have to handle it. >> he intended a non-stop voyage, but repairs forced him to stop in portugal. he made good progress, but there were problems. a writ sale near panama, and then hurricane whether -- a ripped sail near panama, and then hurricane weather. saturday, he will return, celebrating being a record breaker. >> police in california believe they may have found a woman alive 18 years after she was kidnapped from her home as an 11 year-old. jaycee lee dugard is seen here. she was opposed it and abducted by two unidentified people in 1981. she then walked into a police station and claim to be who she was. thank you for being with us. >> fund

announcer) talk to your doctor to find out if prescription chantix is right for you. 17-year-old mike perhamsailed into maritime history becoming the youngest person to sail around the world alone. his boat crossed the finish line off southern england yesterday. his nine-month voyage vested zac sunderland who completed in july. >>> nasa hopes to launch the space shuttle "discovery" tonight. the treadmill named for stephen coal bar. forecasters say there's a 60% chance of good weather for the launch. >>> the death of senator ted kennedy has focused new attention on brain cancer, in particular the aggressive type which killed him within 15 months of diagnosis. more than 10,000 americans h diagnosed with it every year. only about one-third of them survive one year and only one in ten live beyond two years. dr. jon lapook has more. >> reporter: 64-year-old susan row han did not know ted kennedy but she knows his struggle. >> he was diagnosed at the same time i was. i'm here. i'm very sad he isn't. >> reporter: senator kennedy fought with the best medicine available, including surgery, chemothera

mike perham sailed around africa, australia and the panama canal fobe remakes his way to cornwall yesterday spent nine months on the anf elmsand pt a detailed codeuncount, video blog on his website. look at how he celebrated his birthday. >> hi, everyone. it is the 16th of march. my birthday today. and i had a nice shower earlier to celebrate. a nice shower, but a good wash and change of clothes i feel much fresher. >> i bet he does. >> yeah. >> and you can imagine the difficulties that he encounters throughout the nine month journey. here he is trying to repair his sail. his sail actually split in two when he was in the middle of the ocean. had nobody to figure it out. not to mention, he was eating canned food most of the time. no escorts or planes flying over monitoring what he was doing. >> he had a team that monitored the weather and route making sure he was on track, but he was by himself except for the final leg when a ship, a large vessel actually escorted him to the harbor. get this. his record is already being challenged by a 13-year-old girl. i love that. >> girl power. we wish th

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. >> bwn: perham is just a few mons younger than an american, who held the previousorld record. in july, zac sunderland fm thousd oaks, california mpleted a similar trip in 13 months. brown: and still to come o th"newshour" tonight: finding the truth on alth care reform; talkinto the leaders in myanr; and remembering a fabled pitical family. that follows o update on the nation's troubled ban. today the f.d.i.c., whi guarantees bank dosits id banks lost more than $3. billn in the second quarter. the agency alsreported that its insurance fund rank another 20% dn to $10.4 billion. that's the fund's lowest vel since the savis and loan crsis in the early 90s. so far this year, 81 bas have iled. another 416 are on the f.d.i.c.'s so-called "proem lit". here to parse some of the numbers are karen shaw petr, managing partner of feder financial analytics, a consulting firto the financial services industry. and binmin appelbaum, banks and banking reporter fo"the washington st." welcome back to bothf you. karen petrou, t first ing this tells us, theanking sector i still struggling, right? w

. >> brown: perham is just a few months younger than an american, who held the previous world record. in july, zac sunderland from thousand oaks, california completed a similar trip in 13 months. >> brown: and still to come on the "newshour" tonight: finding the truth on health care reform; talking to the leaders in myanmar; and remembering a fabled political family. that follows our update on the nation's troubled banks. today the f.d.i.c., which guarantees bank deposits said banks lost more than $3.5 billion in the second quarter. the agency also reported that its insurance fund shrank another 20% down to $10.4 billion. that's the fund's lowest level since the savings and loan crisis in the early 90s. so far this year, 81 banks have failed. another 416 are on the f.d.i.c.'s so-called "problem list". here to parse some of those numbers are karen shaw petrou, managing partner of federal financial analytics, a consulting firm to the financial services industry. and binyamin appelbaum, banks and banking reporter for "the washington post." welcome back to both of you. karen petrou, the f

his name is mike perham. i will show you the course he took over the last year or so.south africa. he celebrated his 17th birthday. made his way around australia. then went eventually to the panama canal. you see his trip right there. after that he went over the atlantic ocean and all the way back to england and he actually just ended today and celebrated with his dad. and the interesting thing is that there are already people lining up to break his record, younger sailors, including one who is 13 years old in the netherlands. the only problem is her parents want to do it, but the government doesn't want her to do it. they think it's a little too young. they're trying to gain custody of her. i thought that was kind of an interesting side note to the story. >> the government wouldn't have to step in for me. my mom would say it's not happening. >> it's in the happening. yeah, i can see that. >> what else is getting a lot of traffic today at cnn.com? a lot of great stories. >> i am about to embarrass myself. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> okay. i cannot do a cockney acce