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because so many people in the dominican republic told me they weren't black. "who's black?" they'd go, "the haitians, but nobody here," no matter how black they were. so i said, "well, when did you learn you were black?" he said, "oh, that's easy, when i was in new york." ( laughing ) "when i went to new york, all the white people told me i was black." >> hinojosa: well, so how do we... how do we... we're trying. i mean, we're doing this show, we've got you here. what needs to happen? how do we... how do we engage in this conversation? i mean, i try to make it happen with everyone that i meet. >> i think in... let's remember that the history of this country is always the history of going from one end to another; from extremes, like a pendulum, in both parties-- in issues that have to do with opening the borders or closing the borders. so we are going through a period that has to be seen in context. there have been others that have been similar. we have been also through better moments. i am not so sure, maria, that this moment is against a color as it is again

the senator helped get visas for three of the doctor's girlfriends from brazil, the dominican republic and ukraine but there was heavy lifting. the government said he intervened with medicare and urged the government to honor a port security contract. but senator menendez defense said none of this was illegal. they've known each other for a long time and some of the allegations do seem to fit in that friendship territory about a dozen flights with the senator on his private planes and vacations. private train trips on his plain and reports. if you look at the timeline there is some pretty careful dove tailing between checks that the doctor wrote to senator menendez at the time he's knocking on doors and calling assistant secretaries and meeting with cabinet secretary ares >> how is this different from the case that was brought against governor mcdo notl in virginia. >> the robert mcdonald case was a big success in the justice department which will bring this case. through had someone who never met bob mcdonald came out of nowhere and turned states evidence and agreed to testify for the

and i'm from the dominican republic. in the dominican republic we look for the authority of the united states. you know, we follow over here, the way -- you know, the people, like i say. not just from the dominican republic. the whole hispanic countries all over the world. >> you look up to us. >> yes. i don't think this is a good way to, you know, for us to see this, you know. >> what do you hope happens? what do you want to come from this? >> i hope, like i say, i'm putting myself out here, you know, just like i say, to talk, and to express this can't be happening. not just in charleston, but in the whole nation, in the whole world. this needs to stop, you know. the cops taking advantage of their power to the minority, and to the people. >> joining me, craig melvin, msnbc anchor and national correspondent for the "today" show, a south carolina native. phenomenal interview. this young man, 23 years old, in case people didn't quite get the arc of what he said, i want to sort of highlight, he takes a video. >> yeah. >> he

i'm from the dominican republic, and in the dominican republic, we look to the authority of the united states. you know, we follow over here what they do over here. >> reporter: you look up to us? >> yeah. and i don't think this is a good way to -- for us to see this. >> reporter: what do you hope happens because you captured that on your cell phone, what do you want to come from this? >> i hope, like i say, i'm putting myself out here and to spread this -- in the whole nation, i would say in the whole world, this needs to stop. cops taking advantage of their powers. >> that video doesn't tell the whole story of what happened of what is now being called a murder scene. we'll take a look at the police reports that were released today and the questions that they raise. we'll also discuss what the police in north charleston have done right this week. that's coming up. most of the products we all buy are transported on container ships. before a truck delivers it to your store, a container ship delivered it to that truck. here in san diego, we're building the first one ever to run on natura

folks don't necessarily appreciate that here's a kid, he's 23 years old, a barber from the dominican republichis is the route he takes to work every day. he sees something and hears something and doesn't seem right. he whips out his cell phone to do what a lot do these days and starts to shoot this video. he did not plan on releasing that video. he wrestled with whether to delete the video but said he wasn't going to release it and all of a sudden he starts to read some of the reports. he starts to watch some of the local television coverage of what transpired and also reads the police report and said at that point he decided that what he was reading and what he was hearing didn't jive with what he actually saw. so he put the video out there. >> craig, there's been so much discussion about the fact this entire case would be different if the video didn't exist. do you get the sense that that has sunk in for santana? does he grasp the enormity of that? >> reporter: absolutely i asked him that yesterday and he said yes, that he firmly believed that if the video had not come out that the officer

dominican republic is. >> the united states has 3.1% of dominicans. here is this young man who said i wanted them to know that they weren't alone. he's recording the whole thing and, of course, when he goes to offer to the police department, they dismiss him, like, who is this, probably black immigrant with an accent what could he possibly know own that motivates him to go to the next step and he's being hailed as an american patriot, as somebody who has changed the discourse because as journalists we depend on facts. when the police department says these are the facts -- >> you trust the police department. >> we have to. >> i can't help but wonder, do we have -- do you think -- i wonder if there is a difference in how suburban police forces, smaller, not as much scrutiny, not as much funding, hire their police officers versus how big cities who have a -- probably have a -- we know this. the big cities, right now, look like -- their police departments look like the communities they police the suburban ones don't. where are we having the trouble? >> fi

first, he intervened and contract with the dominican republics, disputes over container scanning portuthority contract, two, intervention in a medicare medicaid investigation, where melgin over build the government. >> that's did the. >> the doctor. >> and three, probably most significantly, facetiously, brinking in helping bring in girlfriend, on visas from various countries, college age, actress, model, girlfriends. >> for the doctor. >> fourteen charges in total. >> talking very significant charges, if he is convicted by my rough estimate he probably faces somewhere between 20 to 25 years under the sentencing guidelines if convicted. >> yale? >> in jail. >> is he saying hey i'm innocent. even said this is not how my career -- made bold statements. >> made very bold statement. will not be easy case for the government. when you allege bribery that have to show specific quid pro. there was action and a specific promise, and reaction . >> doing that to the actions of menendez, most difficult part of the case. he'll say not just coincident, friends, long standing relationship, help each

menendez also delayed paying melgen thousands of dollars for trips to the dominican republic on a private jet. menendez suggests that any gifts he received from melgen were part of the close personal friendship that dates back to the early 1990's, democratic state senate the president steve sweeney had this reaction to the menendez indictment in this country you are innocent until proven guilty. that is you why are the the the greatest country in the world. so claims of wrongdoing are handled through the justice system. so, i don't think anybody should prejudge, anything. the guy is a u.s. senator. he has done good work for this country and this state. >> reporter: national republican senate committee issued this statement, quote with today's indictment the fbi and the justice department made it clear that senator menendez has betrayed the trust of new jersey's families. his actions reenforced all that the american people believe is wrong, with washington democrats. governor christie's office says he has no comment at this point. of course we will follow this breaking news and bring you m

he also tried to pressure the state department to convince the dominican republic to honor a multi millionlar port contract that dr. melgin had with that country. part of his defense is that he and dr. melgin are long-time friends, this is all on the up and up. it's interesting that my colleague, evan perez, who was in the court today, said that when menendez walked into the courtroom, the doctor who was also indicted gave him a big broad smile. it took the senator a few minutes to acknowledge his good friend but eventually he did smile at him and the two did have a little bit of chit-chat. interesting. >> athena jones, thanks. we should reiterate and underline senator menendez denies the charges vociferously and says he will fight them til the end. >>> it's one of the biggest challenges for autistic children connecting socially with others. that's where milo comes in a specially designed robot that is reaching them like nobody else can. it's a remarkable story. we will introduce you to this robot next. my tempur-pedic made me fall in love with mornings again. i love how it conforms to my

they have decided to move to the dominican republic. >> the work the academies do is done. our product is the individual and that talent is here. >> reporter: american schools across the country have been closing their doors. now new visa requirements jose scovar from the small coastal town of havana, knows everything to play major league baseball. approximates jose's two sons have followed in his footsteps and he lives a lifestyle that many venezuelans can only dream of. >> all that i am is thanks obasketball. if scouts don't get enough they go somewhere else. >> they take with them the opportunities for the young. recently signed by the atlanta braves but today his joy has been overshat owed that he will be one of the lafs to go. >> it's a terrible situation because our friends woan make it and it's frustrating. >> in the last decade 12 of the 16 camps initially operating in the country have left. a career in professional baseball transformed the lives of players and their family. whole communities also benefited. but for now that's likely to change. al jazeera aguirre. >

at issue, free private plane trips to the dominican republic allegedly in exchange for his help in securingact. >>> joni mitchell was rushed to the hospital. her twitter account says she's in intensive care but is in good spirits. l.a. officials responded to a 911 call from bel air where mitchell lived. but could not verify her identity. >>> bad news from the irs, its boss says the irs is ignoring more than 60% of taxpayers' phone calls the reason staffing cuts, due to a lack of funding. . the government will lose $2 billion this year in money that it would have been able to collect if they had better staffing. >>> how close is monica lewinsky to truly expressing herself? >>> and is ted cruz missing in action? scrambled politics is next. ght ended. or shifted? miracle-gro. life starts here. there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the momen

for millions in medical disputes and getting the eye doctor a court security contract in the dominican republic now that they have laid out their case we with will finally have an opportunity to respond on the record in court of the facts. >> prosecutors have to prove the friendship between the two was used for criminal purposes. >>> now, in south africa what may be the deadliest attack at a university claims 147 lives. the four gunmen were all killed. they separated christians from muslims and christians shot and muslims freed. hundreds were trapped inside for hours. the terror group al shabob claim claimed responsibility. a similar attack occurred in 2016. >>> powers agreeing to a framework deal to curb iran's nuclear program and president obama saying forever it work the world will be safer. and it was between the secretary of state john kerry and other leaders. the president says it would cut off every path iran would take to create a nuclear bomb. >> iran's efforts to weaponize will be addressed. it will face more inspections than any other country in the world. >> republicans oppose the d

team has decided to quit their training school in this town and move to the dominican republic. >> translatorthe work the academies do is done nch our product is the individual. and that talent is here. >> reporter: american schools across the country have been closing their doors, but now knew regulations are expected to cut down on the number of scouts who come here in search of talent. jose knows all too well what it means to play major league bail. his two sons have followed in his footsteps, and he lives a lifestyle that many venezuelans can only dream of. >> translator: i was the example that paved the road for countless more. all that i am in thanks to baseball. if scouts don't get visas, they will simply go to other countries. >> reporter: as teams abandon their training facilities they also take with them opportunities for the young. this man was recently signed by the atlanta braves but today his joy has been overshadowed because he knows he could very well be one of the last to go. >> translator: americans will stop coming. it's a terrible situation because our friends won't make i

in the dominican republic at the villa of os skacar de la renta. the clintons frequently vacationed and holidayed there. you contrast there being in a swank villa in the dominican republic to then coming out with a video saying we're launching this case for the middle class this is why, remember, what happened last year when hillary clinton tried to make the same argument about how she was the champion of the middle class as she released her memoirs. she got twipdripped up when she said we were flat-broke whether we left the white house. it was quickly pointed out that yes yes, they had heavy legal bills and a lot to pay off but they also had a lot of income coming in as a former president and former first lady. this has tripped her up before and this will be a challenge for her going forward how to sell herself as a champion of the middle class. >> exactly. and how to be real on the real story as well. she wants to highlight her time as secretary of state but that's also facing some scrutiny because there wasn't any mention of foreign policy, was

contract with security scanning system in the dominican republic. the charges are very serious.a lot to them. it's been years in the making. i hear this argument that this is being done now because of the iran talks. i understand that argument. i don't think it holds a lot of credence. i think it's hard for you to say in one breath that obama chose not to go after lois lerner which i think would be a political score to give them an easy contempt charge and sort of get them to get the hounds in the right direction but at the same time not go after menendez. i don't know. i don't buy it. >> panel, thank you. u.s. marine veteran held in iran's worse prison. why is montel williams the only one demanding his release? i will tell you what i think off the record coming let me talk to you about retirement. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. sure. you seem knowledgeable professional. i'm actually a dj. [ dance music plays ] woman: [laughs] no way! that really is you? if they're not a cfp pro you just don't know. cfp -- work with the highest standard. audib

half of the cases were associated with people who travelled to india or dominican republic. >>> the home rental service based in san francisco is doing business in cuba. you can find more than a thousand homes listed on air b & b. this is the most significant u.s. business expansion to cuba since the obama administration eased travel restrictions late last year. >>> it is coming down, slowly but surely. bird's aview of what the candlestick looks like today. next. >>> tonight on our 6:00 newscast, a game-changer. future of live tv is here. are you periscoping. we will show you the local new app that lets you connect to each other in realtime. >> raj already gave me a sneak peek. >>> demolition of candlestick park began almost two months ago. we will show you the progress. a gaping hole on one side of the stadium bp crews are chipping away at the walls with giant cranes. one is used to bash the walls with a heavy weights and another one claws away the debris. team work with the cranes there. construction workers are dismantling the stadium piece by piece, spraying water as they go so the d

describe as more than a million dollars in lavish gifts, luxury vacations in paris and the dominican republic flights on a private jet paid for by his friend florida eye doctor salomon melgen also indicted. >> i'm angry because prosecutors at the state department don't know the difference between friendship and corruption. >> reporter: the gifts, argued in exchange for millions in medicare reimbursements honoring a security contract and getting visas for the doctor's girlfriend. menendez has temporarily stepped down as top democrat on the foreign relations committee. democrats say he's innocent until proven guilty. >> it's just not illegal for a friend to help a friend. >> reporter: the justice department argues in this case it's illegal. tracie potts nbc news washington. >> earlier this week hail storms pounded parts of arkansas and mississippi. some hail the size of baseballs. now a wide part of the country is bracing for another round of storms high winds, thunderstorms, and even more hail. nbc meteorologist bill karins has more on the severe weather outbreak. good morning to you, bill. >>

. >> reporter: santana is from the dominican republic. folks behind me here today says he now has family in north charleston as well. also today the family announced they plan to file a civil lawsuit against the north charleston police department. lester? >> what a remarkable moment. thank you. >>> tonight, we continue to monitor a major outbreak of severe weather. 95 million americans in the threat zone this evening and into tomorrow, stretching from the great lakes down to texas. at least one tornado reported already today as several states get pummeled by hail and winds up to 70 miles an hour. nbc's national correspondent migel almaguer is in east st. louis, illinois, where they're bracing. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. with warm temperatures, whipping winds, ominous skies, the concern tonight is going to be tornadoes. as mentioned it appears one may have already touched down. the next 12 to 24 hours could be a wild ride. tonight, this is what millions of americans in at least five states are bracing for. bas

> the justice democratic alleges mengin showered menendez with trips including trips to the dominican republic aboard a private jet and $1 million in campaign contributions. the indictment says menendez used the power of his office to benefit mengin's financial interests. according to the f.b.i., menendez used his influence to change medicare reimbursal policy. in 2012, mengin received more medicaid reimbursements than any doctor in the country. he helped to fix visa problems so mengin's girlfriends could come to the u.s. menendez said he paid back the cost of the fights and vows not to step down from the senate. >> i am proud of that i have accomplished and i am not going anywhere. >> each count of bribery could come with 15 years in prison and there are eight counts of that. this is a very serious case. >> how unusual are these charges for a sitting send tear? >> very unusual. the last time a senator was charged with bribery is 1980. you have to prove that the senator accepted gifts and did favors in exchange. the last time a senator was charged, it was ted stevens of alaska seven years ago.

he helped negotiate millions of dollars in contracts in the dominican republic.ey look at it as that's government? >> you know, i think that the problem we've got is that there is so much money flowing into washington, so much power, some -- so many lobbyists that it becomes the norm. and i want to say it this way the wind only blows from one direction, the direction from those who have money. i don't know if you remember but a long time ago i was on this program to talk about an idea for -- >> jon: i don't watch this program, so i don't -- >> it's a good program. you would like it. >> jon: to be honest, i find it a little crass. >> one of the bigger episodes talked about the idea the biggest financial institutions basically cheat families, on they've done it on mortgages, credit cards payday loans. >> jon: sure yeah. and the problem wasn't there wasn't any law to cover this there were a lot of laws but they were scattered among seven different agencies and no agency felt responsible. those agencies always heard from the big banks never from the families. so i ha

another effort the effort to annex what is today the dominican republic. this was an island nation in the caribbean. it had unstable government. revolving governments. revolutions every other week practically. it's beleaguered president asked the united states to annex it. grant did not invent this idea of annexing santo domingo, as is sometimes alleged. when he became president, they renewed the offer and grant investigated it. it brought to bear a consideration of a certain nature and thinking about santo domingo. one of the lessons the united states learned in the civil war was the importance of controlling sea lanes in the western hemisphere. great britain at that time had a cordon of island colonies and outposts, in central and latin south america which enabled her navy to pretty much control the caribbean seas, so the united states going from the east coast to the gulf coast would have to go through what grant referred to as foreign waters. so santo domingo sounded like an ideal spot for a base and would serve a vital function in time of war if neces

investigators have also focused in part on plane trips menendez took to the dominican republic as a guest of melgen and he took steps to support the tourist and student visa applications of three of melgen's girlfriends no answer at senate menendez's south jersey office in barrington. some new jersey residents were concerned about the allegations. >> it doesn't surprise me. but i don't really believe until i know the facts if it really helped with menendez or not. >> it doesn't surprise you any more. just wondering if it's him who else has been doing it that hasn't got caught yet. >> mixed reaction from fellow new jersey politicians. senator cory booker is standing behind menendez saying "i won't waiver in my commitment stand alongside my senior senator so to serve our great state. >> "everybody deserves the presumptuous of innocence and there's no reason for me or anybody else out to get out ahead of themselves". >> i don't think anybody should prejudge anything. the guy is a u.s. senator. he's done a lot of very good work for this country and this state. >> there are also reports to nig

: the justice department alleged that melgen showered menendez with gifts with trips to the dominican republicnd campaign contributions totaling $1 million. in exchange, menendez men dated melgen's personal and financial interests. according to the fbi menendez changed the medicare reimbursement. melgen received more medicare reimbursements than any other doctor in the country. and prosecutors say the senator helped to fix visa problems so that melgen's international girlfriends could come to the u.s. menendez says he paid back the cost of the flights and he's done nothing wrong. he's vowing not to step down from the senate. >> i'm proud of what i have accomplished and i'm not going anywhere. >> menendez has stepped down from his spot as the top democrat on the influential senate foreign relations committee. the charges he faces come with some serious penalties. the eight counts of bribery could result in 15-year jail terms for each count. >>> robert shuler founded crystal cathedral. his weekly services, the hour of power were beamed into millions of homes for decades but in recent years the e

among the gifts were flights on melgen's private jet and vacations at melgen's villa in the dominican republic. they alleged menendez took steps to support the tourist and student visa applications of three of melgen's girlfriend. menendez called the charges politically motivated and prosecutors twisted his friendship with melgen into something improper. reaction from constituents start to power in. >> it doesn't surprise me but i don't know if i believe until i see the facts. >> it doesn't surprise you. it is him and who else had has been doing it. >> i have always conduct myself in accordance with the law. >> i'm angry and ready to fight. >> reporter: he said this will not end his career. we're going to hear from his fellow lawmakers coming up later in the the show. we are live from the sat center jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> please stay with "eyewitness news" as we follow menendez case through the legal system. the our coverage continues on line as well at cbs philly.com. >>> new this morning a row home is engulfed in flames in philadelphia's wissonoming neighborhood. the th

when he accidentally walked in on a private meeting, between the president of panama and the dominican republic, oh oh. sung err berg is thereto promote his project which seeks to free internet connections world-wide. >> quickly, that one guy showed up at the door, what's up? hey, i know you. our time is 5:44. katy? >> if that were a post on fake book, i would like t starting offer with a check in with our eyewitness err watchers, chill in the air yet again. kind of how many we start offer yesterday. how we stayed yesterday. but now looking at totally different day john sent in just 39 degrees to us from perkasie just got clouds where he is. brink on the front. that's on the way here. let's get this gloom out of here. that's the good thing about this front that's moving through. yes, we have to deal with thunderstorms balls of it, but it helps clear out this dreary wet their we've been experiencing. and, actually had some thunderstorms out in chesterfield, 40 degrees sent in within the last 15 minute. thunder and lightning he said he made that report within the ten minute window or so. he actua

indictment aleshatenendez accepted vas fing on priva jets numerals tis to a luxury resort in t dominican republicteever rerted. and prosecutors say menendez took hundreds of thousands cmpai ctributions from him and in exchange he pulled polical favors including working to obtain a visa for his girlfrie who livesn the dminica menenz was met with tears a ar -- applause from supportss he responded. he ld the story of starting hs public serce career 40 years ago by ironically taking o rruion in h hometown of uni city. >> i was called to testify for the prosecution. i received deh threats. i wore a bullet-proofest for a mnth. tas how i began my career in pubc svice, and this is not how my career is goingo end. >> d there w no talk of menendez resigning or stepping dwn. i ct rick as we heard at theop of the show the senat sad he is not going anywhere. >> all right thk you r that rept. >>th newtoght, t cargo ship tt lost ppulsion and rand aground ahored off the port facility in gloucester cunty. ol"actn ws" has this exusivviof the moment of impt as the 600-foot freighter sa to a stop in the mud just fee

say among gifts were flights on melgen's private jet and vacations at melgen's villa in the dominican republic. they allege menendez took steps to support tourist and student visa applications of three of melgen's girlfriend. menendez called the charges politically motivated and said prosecutors have twisted his friendship with melgen into something improper. >> i am not going anywhere. i'm and gray. i'm angry and ready to fight because today contradicts my public service career and my entire life. >> in the meantime menendez has decided to temporarily step down from his role as top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee and reaction now continues to come in. governor chris christie said in a statement everybody deserves the presumption of innocence and there's no reason for me or anybody else to get out ahead of themselves. we will have more reaction from both lawmakers and constituent is a like in our next half an hour. but for now we're reporting live from the the sat center, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. >>> we continue to follow breaking news this morn

on this map of the dominican republic, irregular red lines surround subnational administrative units for which census data is available. one problem for balk's team is how to reconcile these data with precise grid-format satellite data shown here in blue. to obtain boundaries of urban areas a third source of information was used -- nighttime images of the earth from space. balk: noaa produces a nighttime lights data set that was measured in 1994 and 1995 and it's a globally consistent data set. that means they use the same measures everywhere. it measures brightness of places. we combined the lights data with the population data as well as a few other data sets, to make sure that we can confirm each light is actually a population place. narrator: using a combination of various population and geographic data sets balk is able to determine how many people live in low-elevation coastal zones. balk: this is southern vietnam. so, we see the white areas are administrative boundaries. the red areas indicate the nighttime lights -- the urban areas. and this blue data set is the elevation zon

among the gifts were flights on melgen's private jet and vacations at melgen's villa in the dominican republic. they alleged menendez took steps to support tourist and student visa allegations of three of his girl friend. menendez call them politically motivated and said prosecutor have twisted his friend ship with melgen into something improper. take a listen. >> i am not going anywhere. i'm and gray. i'm angry and ready to fight because today contradicts my public service career, and my entire life. >> reporter: in the meantime a lot of reaction is coming in menendez has decided to temporarily step down from his role as top democrat, on the the senate foreign relations commit thee, and that reaction is coming in from constituents and fellow law make's like. governor chris christie says everybody deserves presumption of innocence and there is a's no reason for he or anybody else to get out ahead of themselves. coming up, we will have much more reaction on this still developing story. we're live from the the sat center jan carabao for cbs-3 eye witt pest news. >>> fire rips through a row home

. >>> seven people have died after a plane crash in the dominican republic it happened in a tourist resorts in the eastern province. the small plane carrying european tourists crashed shortly after take off. >>> four-tons of ivory seized worth $6 million authorities are calling it the biggest bust this the country's history. it's thought the elephant touchings were bown today law owes but seizeed in bangkok,. >> reporter: official here monday announce the the largest sees ourseizure in thailand's history. it's a shipment that they have been tracking for twos 22 months, nearly four tons of ivory was seized worth about $6 million. officials say that it was bound for different countries. mine industry officials telling us the ivory will be destroyed this. comes during an ivory amnesty program here in thailand. fronted by the government this goes out to private individuals collectors even sellers of ivory if they come from over the last two months if they come in and register their eye rethey have amnesty. if they are caught with it after tuesday they could face up to a $100,000 fine, this is

many cases were traced to the dominican republic, india or other countries.ow the cdc says the majority of cases are resistant to antibiotics with only 10% of cases responding to treatment. >>> well tonight we are hearing an amazeing story of survival. a man is rescued and reunited with his family after he disappeared at sea more than two months ago. louis jordan spent 66 days stranded in the atlantic ocean. he had been living on a dock sailboat when he left south carolina to go fishing. the weather turned bad. capsizing and crippling his boat boat. louis describes how he managed to survive. >> i rationed my food and water and i ragged my energy because every little thing i did every cleaning chore every sailing chore, every repair took energy. >> imagine that. 66 days in all. crews aboard a container boat eventually -- ship rather spotted jordan and rescued him after being treated at a hospital for a broken shoulder, he was reunited with his family. >>> well today is good friday. one of the holiest days on the christian calendar and many across our region di