christopher hitchens, died age 62. we haveeen 63 today. one that loved him or hate him, you could not ignore him. because he said things with such brilliance and insight and gift of language, never more powerful than when he was on stage, when there was an audience and a connection. a great program, here time after time as we talked about many subjects. thank you for joining us this evening. and appreciation of christopher hitchens. see you next time. ang ian't muster. really. because it's necessary that people die. it would be internal if people did not. people have to die in large numbers every day so as to make room. i'm leaving the party a bit earlier than i would like. much earlier than i would like. it looks as if i might have to leave quite a bit earlier. and not only that but the party will go on without me. even more horrible thought so why should i be enladies and gentlemened at that, that would be spiteful. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

hitchen the is pictured -- hitchens is pictured second from the right.'s still in the hospital. >> reporter: and their race continues. the crew will have a chance to relax for the next 11 days until the next leg their journey starts in oak. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the fbi is expanding its investigation into the shooting death of trayvon martin. agents are questioning witnesses in the case to determine whether martin's civil rights were violated. neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman shot and killed martin more than a month ago in florida. zimmerman has claimed self- defense and has not been arrested. >>> we're getting an enhanced look at surveillance video showing zimmerman the night he shot and killed the teenager. this video came out last my. it appears to show -- knight. this appears to show zimm -- night. this appears to show no injury to him but this image shows a possible injury on the back of his head. zimmerman claims martin jumped him from behind, punched him in the nose pushed his head in the sidewalk. >>> last month a stat

jane hitchens and her fellow crew members. >> the wave was so big i think it tipped the point kind ofer seen anything of that size. i never felt anything of that path. >> mark burkes was steering the boat when the wave crashed. he says it was about 90 feet tall. about as high as the mast of the yacht. this giant wheel used to be right there but when the wave came it penned three he people against it and smashed them here and the water tried to drag them out. the crew's safety harness lines are all that kept them from being swept off the boat. >> pinned by the water which is very scary. i remember thinking at the time i have broken my back. >> reporter: she will not be able to continue this ten boat race around the world when it resumes next saturday. the rest of the crew, well, they are continuing repairs including max wilson who was is also injured but unlike hitchens did not have to be evacuated by the coast guard so he opted to stay aboard. >> come hell or high water i want to go under the golden gate bridge and see the golden gate bridge. >>> happy easter, everyone. this might be

. >>> she was part of a 13-percent crew, a ship's daughter on a yacht but tonight jane hitchens is in a bay area hospital after surviving a monster wave that smashed into the ship. >> reporter: this video from the yacht called the geraldton west australia shows the rough waters she was in but the waves are small compared to the monster wave that smacked into the sailboat. >> i think it tipped the boat on to its nose. >> never seen anything that size. didn't even see this one but never felt anything like that. >> he was steering the boat when the wave crashed. he said it was 90 feet tall, as high as the mast of theoff. this giant wheel used to be right there. they use it to steer the boat. but when the wave came it pinned three people against it, smashed them here, and when the wave receded the water tried to drag them out. the crew's safety harness lines are all that kept them from beg swept off the boat. >> pinned by water, which is very scary. i remember thinking i had broken my back, chit proves i have. >> she will not be able to continue this ten-boat race around the world when it

. >> the video shows how rescuers began the process of rushing hitchens to a hospital in the bay area. >> new information about the $68 billion bullet train project. the route from the bay area to southern california will stop short of anaheim. trains final stop will now be in los angeles. state official says terminating the 40-mile extension from l.a. to orange county will save the state $6 billion. >> coming up, another reason to eat your veggies. plus, a touching reunion between two war heroes. and it was a beautiful day out there. whose -- what's ahead for easter sunday? frances dinglasan has the forecast. >> i'm rick quan. pablo sandoval homers for the first time this season, but is it enough for the giants? and phil mickelson shoots a 30 on the backed >> alan: eating your veggies could happen save your life. certain village tables like broccoli, cabbage, and brussel sprouts, can help improve survival rates for breast cancer patients. researchers who say women who increase their consumption of the vegetables have a reduced risk of cancer coming back. researchers have not determin

jane hitchens from england and 29-year-old nick barbour a from london had the most serious injuries. >> had a pelvis injury and jane had broken ribs and puncture lung. >> reporter: rescuers in a c130 were only able to drop off medical supplies and they could not reap the injured passengers. on sunday the helicopter jayhawk seen here arrived on scene after a break in the weather. >> we're trying to lower the rescue swimmer down to the boat to assess the situation. they were unable to find a way to safely load a swimmer to the boat. the coast guard cutter arrived on scene shortly afterwards. >> reporter: the rest of the yacht crew hit by the wave is doing okay. some had minor injuries, but they will continue sailing to oakland. the u. s. coast guard tells me the injured passengers onboard are now about 200 miles away off the san francisco coast. we're live in san francisco kron4 news. >>> big waves out in the pacific the past few days. >> we've had a high surf advisory in affect. the as swells 13 to 20 feet. you don't want to be out there with waves that hey. the big wave will county f

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questioning the man at the wheel, according to robert hitchens, he was asked about did you -- when did you first notice that something was wrong here? he said -- when he heard the three gong and he knew what that meant. then he was finally asked by the attorney general, this is at the british inquiry, how long was it before the order came? his response was well, as near as i can tell, about half a minute. we have two independent iowa witnesses. both supporting each other saying will was about a half minute delay between when the lookout bells were sounded to when the order was given for the ship to turn away. we have more supporting evidence from the porter master, standby porter master, alfred oliver, who happened to be at the platform on the ship which was located midship about between the second and third frontal and when he heard the three bells he knew what that meant. meant that an object sighted ahead but did not know what it was ahead. he decided to walk all along up to the bridge and as he entered the bridge right here, he felt the ship hit something and he heard this grinding

bob called the port huron statement extremely naive and quoted christopher hitchens saying it was conservativell us what kind of response you have for this. [laughter] >> i will not be provoked. [laughter] the, just several points. we were 20 or 21 years old. [laughter] and everybody said that we were extremely naive. that's why we went to jail in the south, that's why we walked into police dogs, that's why we walked into guns. because we didn't want to settle for the world that our parents had left us. and a certain amount of five today is valuable at the beginning of any social movement up to and including how the current wisconsin movement started. but we don't have time for that. the, um, the naivete was also another way to look at naivete is idealism and curiosity. and it was a method -- i don't know whose method it was, bob moses, ella baker -- but the method was to talk to people about their problems and demonstrate your commitment by going to live in places of great terror and suffering and poverty , and there was a relationship between the students who were organizers and the poor tha

but then i'm in new york to go to christopher hitchen's memorial service tomorrow so i might not be theo talk about this. >> enough said. [ laughter ] >> you make a fair point, that's their view of their religion -- >> i don't think it's anti-semantic. by if eric cantor says there is anti-semitism in the republican caucus, then there probably is. but it must not be that great or he wouldn't be the majority leader. some of which his leadership i think comes from the dark side. when you cut food stamp program and unemployment compensation and want to deny healthcare, those are things that conjure up the dark side for me. >> that's a very fair point. so now let's move on to other characters within that caucus. here is what congress -- >> do we have enough time? >> that's a good question. >> we could do a week-long show. >> we can. all right. let's go to alan west from florida. talking about you guys. all right. now you are a member of the progressive caucus once again a perfect guest here. and he just called you a communist it looks like. how do you respond. >> mccarthy -- excuse me -- not

. >> reporter: four people were hurt, including jane hitchens, the ship's medic. have several broken ribs. a coast guard plane dropped medical supplies on saturday but bad weather kept rescuers from reaching the boat. the coast guard finally reached the yacht and rescued two injured sailors. they'll be taken to san francisco for emergency medical attention. since august, the team has been sailing 1 of 10 yachts competing in a race around the world. on this latest leg, a competing team shot this video. featuring waves angry enough to make even the most stalwart sailor sea sick. this is not the end of the race. the team has two weeks to fix the boat, fix themselves and set sail once again on hopefully smoother seas. clayton sandell, abc news. >> they are certainly resilient. i can't believe they are continuing the race. >> a lot of people don't realize just how brutal a sport competitive racing can be. with the elements and equipment and it's just -- >> do you have experience with this? >> you know, in my bathtub. in my bathtub. >> rubber ducky? >> i'm a follower of

decades he'ses reported on afghanistan, pakistan and the rise of the taliban, the late christopher hitchens called him pakistan's best and bravest reporter. his latest book is called pakistan on the bring, the future of america, pakistan and afghanistanment i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome, my friend. >> thank you very much. >> rose: good to see you. tell me where we are, give me a snapshot of where we are in this moment in terms of afghanistan. >> i think in afghanistan everything right now is up for grabs. all the assumptions that were being made three to six months ago are proving wrong. and i think new assumptions will have to be made. for example, the idea that the americans can stay, keep 20,000 troops after 2014, that there will be some kind of strategic compact agreement which is actually being negotiated now between karzai and the americans. the fact is, that american soldiers are being killed by afghan soldiers. >> rose: right. >> this can get worse. i mean how will american soldiers stay on. then you know, the talks issue with the taliban. the chances are that

. >> as you know, a few years ago we had some array of best selling books by christopher hitchens, samris, richard you today kin, that were scathing about religion.today kg about religion. god a not great. and i think that that trend has subsided. and what we're seeing instead is a new wave of books by people who also consider themselves atheists or agnostics, but aren't nearly as hostile or scathing and actually do offer a measure of respect and the title of maybe the standard bearer of this is religion for atheists. >> you mention that book in which the author writes in part, the error of modern and i thesism has been to overlook how many aspects of the faith remain relevant even after their central temets have been dismissed. what are some ways that atheists are finding religion or useful that you found? >> i think that there is a growing -- i think part of it is just the heat of religious wars in the u.s. has faded a little bit over issues like science versus evolution, gay marriage. so it's easier now and also i think religion had been very much associated with the bush administra

christopher hitchens who recently died was a self-proclaimed atheist, but he was religious in my terms in that he wanted to know the answers. he spent his early life looking for answers. he thought he found them. there is no god. i think that's a crazy answer, but that was his answer. it was a religious quest he was on. i presume he knows the answers to the questions now. it's about human dignity. it's not about prophesying or imposing my beliefs on you, but to answer your question, i believe that what i just said is entirely consistent with the catholic faith, and so it has deepened my faith. as a catholic, i believe i'm being catholic in making these arguments. >> what -- this book is published by oxford, world of faith and freedom and why international religious freedom is vital to national security. what's the witherspoon institute? >> it's a privately funded think tank in princeton, new jersey. it is -- it has a whole host of programs that intersect between religion and public life. i'm fortunate to be the directer of their task force on international religious freedom, and i have

significant results, including historic decreases in illegal immigration as measured by total after hitchens and increases in seizures of illegal drugs, weapons, cash and other contraband. in fact, illegal immigration attempts are at the lowest level since 1971. while violent crime in border communities has remained flat or falling in the past decade. we also focus on smart and effective enforcement of immigration laws, while streamlining and facilitating the legal process. lester, i.c.e. boot record numbers from the country of illegal aliens. 90% that were in our priority categories of criminal and repeat violators, recent quarter interest in immigration fugitives. we have focused on identifying and sanctioning employers who knowingly hire workers not authorized to work in the united states. we have made important reforms in our immigration detention system, so that every individual in custody is treated in a fair and humane way with i.c.e. standards. we have worked with in visa programs to streamline entrepreneurs who wish to bring business to the united states, and improved business and s