the ship went aground carrying 12,000 tons of coal. it was on its way from cleveland to a power plant. the coast guard is trying to find out what caused the vessel to run aground. >>> in other news, eight americans have been killed on a bus crash in egypt. their bus was on its way to a major archeological site when it ran into a truck. it's common in egypt because of bad roads. the excellent injured nearly two dozen people including the driver and tour guide. >>> nice suspects arrested in a series of raids across britain last week are now facing normal charges. the men are being charged with conspiracy to cause an explosion and using internet to scout potential targets. the police have not revealed the specifics of the plot. >>> a sad passing from the entertainment world, singer teena marie has died. marie who was dubbed "the ivory queen of soul." she belted out hits like "i need your loving" and classic with her mentor rick james. police in pasadena say their death appears to be from natural causes. teena marie was 54. >>> the so-call

opponents call the project aground 0 mosque and say it's built, it would be an insult to the memory of the people who died there. in europe, french lawmakers voted in favor of the bill banning the burqa. supporters say the law liberates women who are oppressed and often forced to wear the veil by radical muslim men. france is one of the largest muslim populations in europe, but only around two dozen women wear full body veils -- only around 2000 women wear full body veils. in november, a group linked to al qaeda claimed responsibility for the deaths of 50 christian workers in baghdad, the worst single disaster to hit iraq's christians in modern time. in the same statement, the bombers professed that all christians are legitimate targets. some christian targets and kidnappings have caused many christians to immigrate. a pakistani christian has been sentenced to death for allegedly blasting against islam. the only christian household in the village, her entire family are not targeted an hour on the run. she is a farm worker, and the first woman to be sentenced to hang under pakistan's bl

the ship ran aground, carrying 12,000 tons of coal and a crew of 17. it was on its way from cleveland to a power plant. the coast guard is trying to figure out exactly what caused that vessel to run aground. >>> a young entrepreneur in phoenix is looking to raise money and his heartbeat at the same time. >> phoenix, that sounds nice right about now. the 22-year-old is running an elliptical machine set up on the back of a pickup truck. he says he will not stop until he gets a sponsor for a 1,000-mile run to break the world record. >> wow. he wants to use the money from the run for his new communications business. until then, though, he will continue burning, get this, 750 calories an hour. i haven't burned that in the last month. we'll be right back. hehehere would you go next if you had a hoveround power chair? the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible ith a hoveround. tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor rand founder of hoveround. when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it. call today and get a free overound information kit that

high winds from that storm forced a showboat called "the branson bell" to run aground on a lake near branson, missouri. more than 600 passengers and crew were stranded overnight on board. the boat was able to dock at its pier this morning. >>> we have fresh insight now into the suicide of bernie madoff's oldest son. we're learning more about marc madoff's final days, what drove him to kill himself and why his youngest child, a 2-year-old, might now be held responsible for repaying the victims of bernie madoff's massive ponzi scheme. here's aaron katersky. >> reporter: though marc madoff has killed himself, it does not end the legal trouble for his family. including his two young children. his 4-year-old and 2-year-old are named in a lawsuit by the trustee trying to recover some of the billions of dollars lost by victims of bernie madoff's ponzi scheme. >> where is all this money coming from that the brothers still seem to have? children in private schools. we can't afford anymore to help our grandkids with private school. >> reporter: madoff timed his suicide, apparently, to coincide

the boat ran aground late yesterday in high winds on a lake near branson, missouri.senger shivered through a night of frigid temperatures wrapped in table cloths and napping on the floor. the boat company rigged a 30-foot plank to shore this morning and everyone was escorted safely. >>> the state department says u.s. diplomat richard holbrooke is still in critical condition after undergoing an additional procedure today to improve circulation. holbrooke underwent emergency surgery yesterday at george washington university hospital to repair a tear in his aorta. the state department says holbrooke's family is grateful for the outpouring of support coming from friends, colleagues and leaders around the world. >>> britain's home secretary says protesters made some contact with prince charles' wife camilla during violent protests this week. students attacked the couple's rolls-royce on thursday. near the prince nor duchess of corn wall was hurt, but british media reported camilla was poked with a stick through the window. police aren't confirming that. >>> a wikileaks ca

ultimately to go around eight in the 60 passengers on board, it struck something called november 1942 ran agroundsent out a distress message, 60s survivors survived the wreck. they manage to get onto shore. they built themselves a temporary shelter and we did rescue. and normally don't get rescued, but in this particular case they did this was the story of their rescue which was a convoy of police vehicles which took them about two months to get to them. but no one died except in the maritime side of the rescue, which didn't succeed, a number of ships came. one of them was for itself. the others turned back to the one that was wracked with the south african harbor port type, called mr. charles elliott. and it got relatively close. into young men tried to swim ashore with a rope. they were called messiahs curse at scotsmen caught angus campbell mcintyre. and both of whom drowned. and i read this story and thought i went to go find this rack because the spec chips.k. there's nothing to cause them to dk. they remain there. and also another was this incredibly lonely grave. so i thought i would try a

it struck some shoal in november 1942, ran aground. sent out a distress message. sixty survivors -- everyone survived the wreck. they managed to get onto shore, they built themselves a temporary shelter, and they awaited rescue. normally you don't get rescued. in this particular case they did, and this was the story of their rescue which was all accomplished over land. a convoy of police individuals, took them about two months to get to them, but they were all rescued. no one died except in the maritime side of the rescue which didn't succeed. a thurm of ships came. one of them was wrecked its. the one that was wrecked was a south african harbor tug called the sir charles elliot. it got relatively close to the wreck of the boat, and two young men tried to swim ashore with a rope. they were called mathias and an gus mcintyre, and both of them drowned. mathias' body was found, angus' body never was. these wrecked ships don't decay. and, also, there was now this incredibly lonely grave. so i vowed that i would try and get there eventually, and on researching this boo

a fourth ship was on its way, but it ran aground and never sailed again. then more ships were headed. in all four of these seaports the radical groups or the sons of liberty wanted this to be sent back to london. it wasn't so simple. the tea companies, in other words the designated agents of the east india company, they were very enthusiastic about giving up these generous new commissions. that was one group that wanted to see the tea land. another group that face the problem were the owners of these ships. they knew that if they were to just do with the sons of liberty wanted them to do that their ships would be liable to seizure and basically they would lose all of the money that they had invested in purchasing these ships in the first place. you know. ships weren't allowed to come into port with dutiable goods and then turn around. had to actually land the goods and pay the taxes. but despite this resistance from the ship owners in new york city and philadelphia the radicals were able to pressure the companies to resign their commission, persuade the sh

because there's nothing else to run aground on.. so in that sense it's a very well located mountain for the story. i have no idea whether the story's true or not.ue o i suspect it's just a con fablation, as i say, of many of the floor stories told over the years. global warming, yeah, i mean, there is global warming. is i think go and ask a polar icecap, it'll tell you whether there's global warming or not. and it's extremely worrying, you know? i think that's, i mean, again, that's a whole three-hourth conversation on its own. but i certainly do not subscribe to n the view that global warmig is a kind of fiction and be, unfortunately, it's not so. >> host: pervez in connecticut, you're on with salman rushdie. >> caller: thank you for c-span, mr. rush rushdie, i'm a great fan of yours. both of us were born at the same time, grew up near each other. have you been back to bomb boy, and if you have been back recently, what are your thoughts, views, etc.at p somewhat personal. >> guest: yes, i go back all the time. i was there beginning

despite the fact this very ship ran aground last year with a different captain, the cruise company told captain acted heroically, staying on the bridge for four days-straight. >> while we were going through the storm, the crew was all around to help the passengers. >> reporter: john bowermaster, an expert antarctic adventurer, has taken 20 trips to the region. >> it's like slamming into a three-story building repeatedly. hits the waves. stops. if you're in that boat, you're being tossed around. >> reporter: many we spoke with, added they knew the risks going in. after all, it wasn't your average vacation cruise. >> they let us know when we signed up for the trip, to expect the possibility of rough seas. >> this group of travelers is ready for anything, really. overseas adventure travel. >> now, the president of the cruise company told me they plan to reinforce all the windows on the bridge and double the backup communications onboard. their one backup sat phone was not working. i asked if the roughly $10,000 fare might be refunded. and he says he plans to offer every passenger onboard a

strong winds pushed the boat aground.and annual pass to a nearby theme park for their trouble. >>> high-speed police chase in suburban houston ends in a rollover crash that leaves the driver dead at the scene and 3-year-old in the back seat hanging upside down in her baby's seat. we're told she's okay. >>> congratulations to the owe ace sister church of pembroke pines, florida. they proek a guinness world record for the number of nativity scenes on display at the same time. 2150 to be exact. the previous mark was 1800. talk you abo talk about christmas spirit. >>> to the spit of adventure, hiss storians have found hidden messages in a famous painting. i had a chance to speak with brad meltzer and ask him about these tiny numbers and letters that historians have found in the eyes of the mona lisa. >> listen, it doesn't take having your own tv show to know that lv stands for lee owe n le da vinci. >> but he never made it that easy. he wrote backwards and in mys. it's incorrodible how he on stured things. this is one of the

about this now, a run of bad luck on gambling boat in branson, missouri, the branson bell, running agroundds and choppy water, the show boat stuck for more than 15 hours, stranding more than 600 passengers and crew members. everyone is off the boat now. they did try their best to keep their spirits up, and made the most of a very long night. >> we actually took the tablecloth off the table and wrapped it around us. >> my girlfriend was on her way in and she made it to the door when the back end hit and it shoved her into the door but we made it back inside but it was definitely a sobering experience. >> ci only imagine. arthel: an orchestra that had performed earlier played the summer show to pass the time during the ordeal. bill: winds hammering the midwest, snow bringing transportation to a standstill, closing major highways, forcing the cancellation of more than 1600 flights from chicago, as the know piles up and a new blast of frigid air is taking hold of that region. it's spreading really by the ur, and certainly, by the day. tom holden is live in minneapolis

but this logic has run aground against the reality of arab rejectionism time and time again.cisely the point, say those who support and feel benjamin netanyahu was a strong leader for the state of israel. according to them, netanyahu's really going through the motions . once again israel is flying a nation without red lines in order to appease the obama administration and international community. whether this is strong leadership or a vision for israel, i are leave as an open question. but as to whether it is the international community that has taken israel down the path, as to that question we need to look at internal matters within the state of israel. what we will find is even the very awful process we have been speaking about bears the label made in israel, it is part of the appeasement policies of the political elites of the right as well as the left. in order to demonstrate, we will go back briefly to the onset or onslout on the israeli people. go back to the white house famous ceremony through 17 years of self-inflicted pain, where the famous handshake takes place bet

but this logic has run aground against the reality of arab rejectionism time and time again.cisely the point, sa those who support and feel benjamin netanyahu was a strong leader for the state of israel. according to them, netanyahu's really going through the motions . once again israel is flying a nation without red lines in order to appease the obama administration and international community. whether this is strong leadership or a vision for israel, i are leave as an open question. buas to whether it is the international community that has taken israel down the path, as to that queion we need to look at internal matters within the statef israel. what we will find is even the very awful process we have been speaking about bears the label made in israel, it is part of the appeasement policies of the political elites of the right as well as the left. in order to demonstrate, we will go back briefly to the onset or onslouon thesraeli people. go back to the white house famous ceremony through 17 years of self-inflicted pain, where the famous handshake takes place between then y