did dover coastguard learned into a poll issued a hijack warning. the ship was last spotted off the coast of portugal and it was due to dock in northern algeria on the fourth of august. >> it is not going through the strait of gibraltar. no debris found, so without the vessel as missing or had a catastrophic -- catastrophic failure. i would assume it is under control of somebody other than the owner. >> russia's black sea fleet has now joined the search for the ship but its disappearance sparked new concern that piracy could become a threat in our waters. bbc news. >> a riot -- a riot in the prison in southern california shut down part of the institution and injured about 175 inmates. this shows of the aftermath of the apparently racially- motivated riot that broke out saturday evening. >> this is "world news today" from bbc world news. i'm george alagiah. the main headlines -- hundreds of people missing in taiwan are found alive but fears remain after many others. officials and indonesia say it wasn't them militant leader noordin mohammed top who w

coastguard. they have been in and out of the water. scuba divers with the nypd all day long. we've seen them pulling out baskets the sides of a stretcher. we cannot fell from our vantage point what they are pulling out. we have heard that at least two bodies have been recovered. on the other side of the river, you heard the mayor saying this was not a survivable crash. five italian tourists and one pilot was in tour helicopter. and the others in the small plane. this is a dangerous part of the hudson river. water is very deep and murky, 60 feet in some places that we are watching this effort going on right now. there are a lot of questions, a lot of people talking about the type of communication, radio frequencies, air to air frequency going on between the helicopter and airplane. apparently there was none. witnesses have been telling us since we arrived, they saw the crash and heard the crash. they saw the blades of the chopper go into the water. they got out of the way before they were hurt by

the coastguard along with rescue crews rifr pome ngnc george's county and exaldr aal responded to the call and found people on board an 18- foot pleasure board. all three were taken to safety. >>> a rescue in the gulf of mexico brought three texas men home to their families. saturday night a boater spotted the men clinging to their capsized vessel. the boat tipped over last friday night and the fishermen survived for more than a week living on crackers and gum. >> i don't even know how to begin to explain any of this because it is something you only see in the movies. you don't live it. and i don't even know how to explain it. we got the call he was missing in the gulf. we live in dallas. we thought that by the time we got here that he would be coming ashore. >> the whole thing is a huge testimony to the power of prayer all over the world and we witnessed it and without that we wouldn't be here today i don't think. >> u.s. coastguard conducted a massive week-long search for the men who put up distress flags. >>> still ahead on 9news now this sunday night. thousands of homes added to t

dover coastguard received a routine call from the arctic sea ojuly 28. what theyid not know was that she had earlier been attacked and ordered in swedish waters by nmen for atteing to the swedish police. the mystery began in finnd. on july 23, the ship set o with a cargo timber. the next day, the gunman reportedly boarded it, tiedp the crew, lft, and th ship continued. on july 29, lascontact was madeithhe coast guardas pass throu the engsh channel. it was last tract on july 30. it never me it to it's destination, algeria. ships can usually be tracked by satelle using the automated identification system, but no one knows where this ships now. >> you would expect to ship to be transtting all the time. indications are that they la recorded positionwithust about on the 29th of july. sometimes these things gwrong. sometimes ty can turn themselves off, butgain, it is unual that a ship suddenly loses contact. >> what happened to the ship hen. did it say? its cargo would hve floated on the rface and been spotted. is it being repaed somewhere? agn, it almost ctai

the coastguard. even sightseeing ship operators involved right now in the search for any survivors, a little at this point now, three hours after the collision. it does not look good for any one having survived this crash. i am in new york city along with gregg jarrett as we continue to follow this breaking story in new york. in the lower right hand corner of the screen you can see microphones and the podium. we are waiting to hear from michael bloomberg who will be stepping up to the microphone. he doesn't like to hold press conferences until he has concrete information. the information seems to be all over the map. at first we heard one person had been rescued from the scene but now we're getting reports that nobody has successfully been rescued. we're getting confirmation one person having died. we're waiting to hear from mayor bloomberg. perhaps he is giving instructions on when they will begin the press conference. we'll bring you live remarks as soon as they begin. my colleague jon scott has be

a coastguard helicopter soon arrived and got the pilot from the water. he is recovering from cuts and bruises. that's a pretty bizarre scene when you're out rowing, huh? >> the guy that crashed won the lottery. the odds of that are unbelievable. like the hat that the guy was wearing rowing. >> in tonight's living well segment a warning for diabetes patients. the fda says certain blood sugar test strips can give inaccurate readings in patients that are taking other medications. the fda urges diabetes patients not to use these in combination with dialysis and other biologic drugs. >>> 40 years ago this week a relatively unknown band played their second gig together at a place called woodstock. tonight, minus neil young, crosby steels & nash performed. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: it was a sold out show. crosby steels & nash were back on the map. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: the fact that it was the 40th anniversary of woodstock was not lost on this crowd. some of which were part of the woodstock nation. >> i was at woodstock. it was amazing. it was the greatest musi

we've got the coastguard on the scene. the army corps of engineers, new york police department, fire department of new york, hoboken police and fire departments. port authority, the f.b.i. and both medical examiner's offices in new york city and in new jersey. the director of new york city medical examiner's office mr. frank depaulo and dr. perez of new jersey medical examiner's office. seven victims have been recovered. there was an interagency meeting at 7:00 a.m. this morgue. all of those sbtsz that i just mentioned have been working in a cooperative fashion on both sides of the river, 7:00 new jersey, 7:00 new york organizational meetings were held. >> this is live via stream box is we're having a technical glitch. that was the n.t.s.b. chair, we'll go back to her. debby who has announced seven victims have been recovered. two bodies are still missing. nine people were killed. coastguard is still on the scene and army corps of engineers and fire department, medical examiner offices. let's take a listen. >> our investig

coastguard. thank you for talking to us.irst of all tell me about the two people who are still missing. there were nine people i understand taken to the hospital. two people are missing and apparently a large crowd swept away a crowd -- i'm sorry a large wave swept away a crowd of people that were actually standing very close to the waterfront. what happened? >> we have a situation where there was about 20 people on a cliff known as thunder hole in arcadia national park. a rowing 3 wave hit it and nine people were taken to the hospital. we have now plucked three people with from the water and we're searches for two unaccounted people. it's not confirmed think went into the water or not but they were unaccounted for. we are still looking for them. we have a jayhawk helicopter and a lifeboat from stakes southwest harbor. >> julie: please continue. >> the main reef -- and they are conducting a search as well. >> julie: i want to show pictures of not maine but massachusetts as to what the seas look like because we've been talkin

coastguard had basically given up on the exhausted search for these guys. ordeal ended when a car dealer on a luxury yacht spotted them. he took them in and treated them naturally to a nice steak incident other the boat. he will be joining us later on in the hour. >>> manhunt on hunt is on for the killer two students from virginia tech. they are described by the minister as godly young people. police found the couple shot to death last thursday in a parking lot within the jefferson national forest. laura ingle has the latest details. >> the murders of 18-year-old and 19-year-old has rocked the virginia tech community. it's already been hit so hard with tragedy. locals describe the park where the couple were murdered as a peaceful serene place that is very popular for students looking for a quick getaway. they were a couple who had been described as honest, church going students who were role models. they believe the two were hanging out when they were shot what appears to be a random act of violence. >> they came here to park and were sitting there probably

committee on transportation and infrastructure where he serves as chairman of the subcommittee on coastguard and maritime transportation. he is also a senior member of the house committee oversight and government reform. he sits on both the subcommittees of domestic policy and the post office and the district of columbia. in addition to these three committees, he is a member of the joint economic committee in the house task force on health care reform. is a former chairman and current member of the congressional black caucus, and a co-founder and current member of of the congressional caucus on drug policy. he is also a member of the progress said -- the progressive and get out of iraq caucuses. you conceive of a congressman is a better man. i would rather have my job instead of his. we certainly want to welcome you to the maryland senator for training. -- marilyn center for training. >> good evening, everyone. we can do better than that. good evening, everyone. >> good evening, sir! >> you got me that time. i what i thank mr. women's -- i want to thank mr. williams for your kind of deductio

the last coastguard day i will putut an ethos message that talks about how w treat our customers, how protect the people of the united states. all around the coast guard had also said we need to take the same concept regarding, watch our backs and our people. we've had a series of accidents over a couple of years that have taken a toll on the organizations and devastating to milies and we can't afford that. i am asking people to get involved in social media 2.0 to understand the guardn evo supplies to them when ey are communicating other words personally, via telephone or on the web. thank you. >> any questions? [laughter] that video was made about a year ago. sohere is a little bit of date information. we are obviously using new technology and applications. twitter and so fort i have got eight lapel microphone. can everybody hear me in the back. i tend to pace sometimes when i'm talking. you are probably wondering a couple of things number one, i am not an i.t. professional and i did stay at holiday inn express last night and i am 60-years-old saw why in the world what i carry anythi

these are the people ripping off the phones, looking at the ocean and suddenly they are in a coastguard. you can watch and see this. >> i work with the defense commissary agency and we are trying to work with this issue about social media, to learn more about this. one thing we're finding is the personnel to keep track of this, facebook and twitter, and also going through all of the crowd on the internet. -- crap on the internet and you do not know if this has anything to do with real life. and you wonder how many people it takes to keep track of all of this. we need to have answers that we can -- if the same questions are coming up we need to have the answers that we can put in with his name, so we can think about how many people we have to deal with. >> let me start with a couple of basic truths. there is no barrier to entry on the internet. you do not even have to own a computer, you only have to have access to a computer and you are in this war -- access to computer and you have access. as i have told my people about what is on the internet, and some of it is not that slavery. the f

committee on transportation and infrastructure where he serves as chairman of the subcommittee on coastguard and maritime transportation. he is also a senior member of the house committee oversight and government reform. he sits on both the subcommittees of domestic policy and the post office and the district of columbia. in addition to these three committees, he is a member of the joint economic committee in the house task force on health care reform. is a former chairman and current member of the congressional black caucus, and a co-founder and current member of of the congressional caucus on drug policy. he is also a member of the progress said -- the progressive and get out of iraq caucuses. you conceive of a congressman is a better man. i would rather have my job instead of his. we certainly want to welcome you to the maryland senator for training. -- marilyn center for training. >> good evening, everyone. we can do better than that. good evening, everyone. >> good evening, sir! >> you got me that time. i what i thank mr. women's -- i want to thank mr. williams for your kind of deductio

committee on transportation and infrastructure where he serves as chairman of the subcommittee on coastguardand maritime transportation. he is also a senior member of the house committee oversight and government reform. he sits on both the subcommittees of domestic policy and the post office and the district of columbia. in addition to these three committees, he is a member of the joint economic committee in the house task force on health care reform. is a former chairman and current member of the congressional black caucus, and a co-founder and current member of of the congressional caucus on drug policy. he is also a member of the progress said -- the progressive and get out of iraq caucuses. you conceive of a congressman is a better man. i would rather have my job instead of his. we certainly want to welcome you to the maryland senator for training. -- marilyn center for training. >> good evening, everyone. we can do better than that. good evening, everyone. >> good evening, sir! >> you got me that time. i what i thank mr. women's -- i want to thank mr. williams for your kind of deduction