aden and jacob don't quite grasp p. but colin understands too well. >> colin, it's like you're about to cry. >> why are you crying, honey? you miss your mom? >> reporter: since heather left, colin marks the days on his calendar. he can't tell you when she's coming home. >> i just keep track of how long she's gone. >> it's a fear, a worry, chris can't make disappear. but the events like the toy give-away, can help. >> it gives them that enjoyment of just getting something for no other reason than they're just a kid. >> reporter: under the tents, it looks like christmas. all donated by the toy industry and distributed by the boys and girls' clubs of america. >> what better way is there it relieve some of this stress than with a toy? >> reporter: they sent toys to 24 bases last year and this year they hope to bring toys to 31. and so far, they've never run out of toys. aden chose a fishing rod. jacob, an action toy. and colin, table soccer. cherishing a childhood joy in a very grown-up world. ann thompson, nbc news, virgin

premium because they don't know -- so many private security firms are popping up around the gulf of aden it is not known what effect they will have on the ship security. the chance of escalating and it internat them up because it hasn't happened yet. it's difficult calculate the variables. but they are very wary about this. but one of them said to me as that could easily be. for training your crew to come back to training the crew would also havoc they have the same sort of repercussions that an insurer might look at this and say no, you're probably just 15 good chance that some pirate will blast a hole or tries to a wand up having to pay insurance damages on that and so with double your insurance. there's a lot of different reasons why. >> guest: used the other thing that seems reasonable but may not be. when the ship is taken and seized, as to be held at anchor close to resupplying it. that means it's not hard to know where every ship that has been hijacked, with a private pavitt. once you know that come to you with think it would be some way to say okay, we located these three ships.

increase your premium, because so many sketchy security companies popping you all over the gulf of aden risk spending money on security. kind of funny. >> in some cases, yeah. >> kind of like too big to fail except much higher stakes. amazing reporting. congratulations on not only the courage to do the journalism, but the discipline to publish a book about it when were you done. really impressive. thank you, jay. >> thank you very much. >> there's the book. >>> we'll take a break. "hardball" is coming up. the president planning a big postlabor day speech. chris matthews on has he should say. i would sap there's nothing the man can say. it's time for him to do something, but first a visit with our friend. he reminds all of us how to remember the good life, or the good in-life, amid the economic crisis. talk about government. you name it. the list is plenty long. he'll help us still enjoy our weekend. nice to see you. ld me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calci

the premium because they don't know, somebody private study firms are popping up around the gulf of aden their backgrounds are not known. is not know what effect it will have on the ships of security. the chance of escalating incidents are not known that well because it hasn't happened yet. difficult to catch at all the variables. but insurers are very worried about this but one country and train your crew also probably have the same sort of repercussions that an insurer might look at this and say well, you know, you are probably just risking the chance that some pars will open, blast a hole in your hole, or try to. we'll have to end up paying hole insurance on that. so we'll double your your hole insurance. there's a lot of different reasons why. >> host: this is as it seems reasonable. when the ship is taken and sees, it has to be held either at anchor or brought fairly close to the shore so they can resupply. that means it's not that hard to know where every ship that has been hijacked, where the pirates have it. once you know that, you think it would be some way to say okay, we've lo

once the international navy came into the gulf of aden and created a transit corridor, they immediately shifted to even more use of mother ships and went over 1,000 miles into the indian ocean. another tactic that has been tried has been state points on a ship. if the ship is boarded the crew barricades themselves in the engine room where they're provided with food and water and communications to the outside and wait for rescue. now, when the pirates started learning about this, there have been reports of pirates being plastic explosives onto the ship so they're very well versed in the sense they monitor the internet. they even have people on the outside who tell them what happened, you know, other somalis living abroad who might inform them of the trends that are going on but they know everything that's going on. >> host: we should probably say a thing about this. it's a remarkable phenomenon because -- i mean, it's a plant not similar from, say, marijuana, i guess a stimulant or an intoxicant. and it's very popular not just in somalia but a lot of the red sea area, i guess, you would

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destroyer in aden yemen. but he always had the aspiration of attacking the united states in its homeland. he faced a problem. the basic plans for the attack had been formed at a meeting of his key operatives that took place in malaysia in january of 2000, the two men came in through los angeles, had that meeting. he realized that if he is going to carry out an attack of the complexity of the 9/11, that his operatives were going to be very vulnerable for a long period of time. of the 19, only one or two spoke any english. of the 19, only one or two had had any previous experience in the united states. the 19 people who are largely strangers to each other. with those constraints, those 19 people were expected to complete the final planning, to practice and then to execute an extremely sophisticated and complex operation. bin laden was aware this was going to be very difficult to achieve. and so, he sought out an infrastructure, a support unit that would assist his 19 carrying out their commitments. and also be

russia, united states, obviously, britain, iran, all converging on the indian ocean in the gulf of adenentially the same purpose. so you have every country thinking the same way. you have a very, very high level of corporation amongst the different countries and the different fleets but ultimately it's just not economically... economically it doesn't make sense what they're doing. >> suarez: "the pirates of somalia: inside their hidden world." jay bahadur, thanks a lot. >> it's my pleasure. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: president obama wound up his midwestern bus trip, trying to reassure americans that recovery is coming. and mass protests built across india as a leading anti- he says he does not expect a new recession. and mass protests built across india as a leading anti- corruption campaigner fasted in jail. you can find more online about egypt's uprising and the wealth gap in the u.s. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: there's a link to charles sennott's reporting for "frontline" and "globalpost" on our world page. judy has a blog post about

been it is himself in aden, herself >> >> she did up the ssc did not say when enough is enough.very 30 minutes and so they're updating their tactical plan. this book come late last night. we understand that a woman is inside the room and that they believe she is a hostage, not an accomplice. >> will check back with you. here's a picture of the man inside. this is surveillance footage. police are looking for this man. he is suspected of stabbing a clerk during a shoplifting attack. 580 was closed, 580 was able to finally reopen. they place a metal plate over the window. >> on interstate 680 the southbound ride has cleared into walnut creek, so has the 280 ride at the peninsula. the accident is long gone. there is no longer any need to consider an alternate route. we do still have some caltrain delays. there are affecting early commuters. the delays could be as much as 30 minutes but as few as 10 minutes. on the bay bridge toll plaza we are still having a back up. it is going to be about 60 minutes for the westbound drive from the macarthur maze into san francisco. >> a quick chec

once the vv scan into the gulf of aden and created a transit corridor and started escorting ships they immediately shifted to even more prevalent use of the mother ships and went over a thousand miles into the indian ocean. another tactic that has been tried is six-point where if the ship is boarded the crew barricades' themselves in the engine room where they're provided food and water into the kitchen to the house side and wait for the rescue. with the pirates learned about this there's reports of pirates bringing plastic explosives on the ships of they are well versed in the sense the mantra the internet. they even have people on the outside to tell them, other somalis living abroad, who might inform them of the trend is going on but they know everything that is going on. >> host: we should probably say a word about cot. it's a plant not dissimilar from marijuana, a stimulant i guess or an intoxicate in its very popular not just in somalia but a lot of the red sea area around the horn of africa. basically most of the pirates and of many in somalia rejected to be convicted. they shou

i think we need to have enough forces available both of aden, that we can react quickly and there.he chairman said, we have a considerable amount in the area. without making it a major deal, i think one thing that will not help the president with the press conference but i think it is very important -- an attack with helicopters and paramilitary tactics was not done by a couple of guys in a jeep or on the internet. there had to be a place for this team was gathered or practice where it took off from. we should put a little group together with representatives from state and the defense department and the intelligence agency to examine the two possibilities. even if this thing was planned and conducted out of yemen, or it was done out of i ran. i think we ought to put two groups together to look at what our security responses it should be in those two different cases. i am sure we will find out who these people are, where they came from. we need to be ready with a range of options not only military, but also diplomatic. certainly, economic to deal with stopping activity from continui

i think we need to have enough forces available both of aden, that we can react quickly and there.rman said, we have a considerable amount in the area. without making it a major deal, i think one thing that will not help the president with the press conference but i think it is very important -- an attack with helicopters and paramilitary tactics was not done by a couple of guys in a jeep or on the internet. there had to be a place for this team was gathered or practice where it took off from. we should put a little group together with representatives from state and the defense department and the intelligence agency to examine the two possibilities. even if this thing was planned and conducted out of yemen, or it was done out of i ran. i think we ought to put two groups together to look at what our security responses it should be in those two different cases. i am sure we will find out who these people are, where they came from. we need to be ready with a range of options not only military, but also diplomatic. certainly, economic to deal with stopping activity from continuing. tha

i think we need to have enough forces available both of aden, that we can react quickly and there.the chairman said, we have a considerable amount in the area. without making it a major deal, i think one thing that will not help the president with the press conference but i think it is very important -- an attack with helicopters and paramilitary tactics was not done by a couple of guys in a jeep or on the internet. there had to be a place for this team was gathered or practice where it took off from. we should put a little group together with representatives from state and the defense department and the intelligence agency to examine the two possibilities. even if this thing was planned and conducted out of yemen, or it was done out of i ran. i think we ought to put two groups together to look at what our security responses it should be in those two different cases. i am sure we will find out who these people are, where they came from. we need to be ready with a range of options not only military, but also diplomatic. certainly, economic to deal with stopping activity from continu