also on board, british billionaire hamish harden and a french diver. stay with us to get the latest on the unfolding search. our twitter feed can be a great resource in getting breaking news. if you want to check it out, our handle is @nbcbayarea. >>> new at 11:00, a woman narrowly escapes a kidnapping in berkeley. it happened just after 2:00 in the morning on college avenue and heavyweight street. a 21-year-old was riding a scooter when someone reached out and grabbed her. she shougt she hit someone while riding so she stopped to check on the person. that person grabbed the woman and tried to carry her away. she was able to fight them off and ran away. >>> police are searching for a missing man in marin county. novato search teams have been working to try to find him. he was last seen walking away from novato health care center around 3:00 yesterday afternoon. this is 61-year-old done williams. he has dementia. he was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt, navy-colored pants, and a blue baseball cap with an american flag on it. he's described as 5'10" w

his friend hamish harden is among those missing on board.ris, thank you for joining us. our thoughts are with you, everyone on board and their families as well. i know you were close with hamish. can you please tell us about him. >> i think, first of all, thoughts are really much more with the family and close friends and families, of not just hamish but the other four people on the sub. we've got lives at risk. the news this morning about them picking up sounds is good and bad news. in an ideal world, we'd have seen the sub had come to the surface and was bobbing around, just undetected. if the sounds are coming from below the water, that indicates they may be alive under water. now we've got time pressure in getting them to the surface. >> time is of the essence. you were one of the first people to sign up for this titanic tour mission. what initially drew you to join? >> well, being a modern day adventurer interested in pushing the boundaries of our knowledge of places that people go, hamish and myself are both on the program to go up int

joining me now by someone who's been with us this week, and new hamish harden in stockton rush. reach the titanic. i'm sorry for the loss of your friend, hamish harding in stockton rush. can you talk about how your feeling, what went through your mind when the u.s. coast guard today finally announced the catastrophic implosion? >> yeah, it was obviously devastating and heartbreaking when we finally heard the verdict. we were very optimistic in trying to stay positive. hoping for a little miracle for the submersible subject come up to the surface. it became increasingly clear, time was up. obviously, with the u.s. coast guard giving the final verdict, that was it. heartbreaking, devastating. the world has lost five great men, i'm afraid. two of which i knew. >> the fact that this vehicle had gone down to the titanic on a number of occasions had brought people down without filling in the past. i'm wondering, how you account for that? why a failure now? >> i'm not an engineer. there have been discussions in the science community that the material, there could be some questions aroun

also inside renowned tie taeupbg researcher and hamish harden a british billionaire who posted thesetos shortly before he took off, celebrating the journey to come. and of course, we are all hoping for a safe return. we can't sugar coat it. this is an extremely difficult mission. if they are sitting miles under water, well, there are very few ways to bring them back up. robin? >> gio, thank you. joining us now is rear admiral john mauger, first district commander of the u.s. coast guard and the leader of the search for the missing vessel. really appreciate you taking sometime to speak with us, sir. could you please give us an update on where the search stands right now? >> thank you, robin. first and foremost our thoughts are with the crew members on board this submersible and their families at this time. our crews in the coast guard and partners across both the u.s. government and within canada and the private sector have been working around the clock to bring all capabilities that we have to bear on finding the submersible and locating the people. and so over the night, we flew mul