it was a forest of sails and masts.re were hundreds, if not thousands of ships coming and going in and out of new york. and that's what enabled new york to grow so rapidly and enabled the country to grow the way it is. >> sounds like these sailors had important jobs, but i'm glad it wasn't me. it may not be as adventurous, but flipping burgers and babysitting seems a whole lot safer. from the pekiat the south street seaport, i'm erika for "teen kids news." >> that wraps up our show, but we'll be back soon with more "teen kids news." >> thanks for joining us, and have a great week. 

the masts stand 192 feet tall, weigh 25 tons each, and are made of carbon fiber. >> the b-1 bomber isade out of carbon fiber. except for the american air force, i've purchased the most carbon fiber of anybody ever. >> on board, the boat is no less spectacular... >> there you go. you're aboard. >> ...or over the top. on a scale of 1 to 10, it's a 12. you know, i'd never had the sense of how long the boat is until now. >> it's your typical football-field-sized yacht, you know? >> [ laughs ] inside, there were two 1,800-horsepower engines, 11,000 square feet of living space, and his crew of 20 includes a gourmet chef and a team of stewards and stewardesses. >> keep that sugar away from me. so, here's the wheelhouse. >> the wheelhouse. >> come on in. >> the wheelhouse, or captain's bridge, is command central for the boat's technological wizardry. >> this is my invention. this is my baby, and i'm gonna teach you how to sail this boat. >> yeah, right. perkins designed the software himself for the computers that make sailing on the falcon as easy as playing a computer game. >> real simple. r

he flew over the statue to bless it before the mast began. late pope john paul the second always wanted to do but never got a chance to do. pope benedict the message of hope in a country fighting a deadly drug war. followers came from all over the world but most were from mexico, thankful to have the pope in their country. this woman says we come with great enthusiasm and a lot of faith. cuba where he is hoping to draw more followers to the church. only 10 percent of the population here call themselves catholic. the pope said at the beginning of this trip that communism no longer works in cuba. he said the church is ready to help the island find new ways of moving forward. his comments are more critical than anything pope john paul the second set on his ground- breaking visit to cuba years ago. >> if this happened to it is a horrible feeling to lose your cellphone. apparently it happens to people in oakland quite often. according to a mobile security company, the cities were people are most likely to lose a smart phone are philadelphia seattl

flags are flying at half mast. on the biggest day of primary elections, mitt romney has strengthened his position but failed to secure the nomination outright for the republican nomination in the united states. more on the events in afghanistan, six british soldiers missing, believed killed. it happened in helmand province in the south of the country? when there was a big explosion near an armored vehicle on tuesday. the families of the soldiers have been informed. that brings the total number of british soldiers killed during the conflicts in afghanistan to over? 400. jonathan beale reports. >> british troops have been in afghanistan more than a decade. fighting and dying in a conflict that has already lasted longer than the two world wars combined. politicians may be focused on an exit, but back home they are still counting the dead. 400 british servicemen and women have now lost their lives. conrad lewis was just 22 when he was shot dead by a taliban sniper. he was number 353 of british fatalities, a number etch

sending a shout out to mitt romney, that's the reason why i have healthcare in mast.iver kind of makes my skin crawl. i think he's the first racist in history to actually produce said black friend. and then, to be used as a pawn. like i saw a interview where he like got choked up. he was talking about he has an 18-year-old black son. but it's like you're defending this man who killed someone else's 17-year-old black son what if that was your son laying in the streets? i don't think he would be so quick to defend his friend. if he's a real friend he's going to say you're a racist and you're wrong. >> every time the story -- there's something that smells bad. it's just -- let's go to, who is this, ken in florida on the trayvon case as well, hi, ken. >> it's jen from florida. >> yes, right. >> regarding the trayvon martin case, i think what's happen, because they work for cnn and possibly his father could have help. i wouldn't say help cover it up. but possibly helped him out a little bit. >> oh, i see. zimmerman's father. every day something new about his story unravels

flags are frying at half-mast in belgium as the nation observes a day of mourning for the 28 victims of tuesday's school coach crash in switzerland. after a ceremony held away from the media at the airport in switzerland, two belgian military planes took off with the bodies of many of the victims, all 28 of whom have now been identified. memorials have been created at st. lambertus school in heverlee, where some of them were from. our correspondent, hugh psychofield, is there for us. hugh, another desperately difficult day, and not just for the school, but very much, pointedly, for the whole country over the next few hours. >> indeed, a national day of mourning. in a country like belgium, where national events are so rare given the traditional division, this is an important day, a day of coming together for a whole nation. you join me in the university town of which heverlee is a part, a suburb, and next to the famous 15th century city hall. the flags are there, the european flags are at half-mast as part of this day of contemplation and coming together to remember the 28 who died. l

. >> this is the mast. >> reporter: okay, the mast. first the basics. then the hard part.ing where to be. do you lift your head at all? do you hit this? and finally, the uniform. it can feel like 30 below out there. so i have to cover up every last inch of me. this is how it's supposed to work. you run with your boat, you catch the wind, and then hop on and take off. now, it's my turn. i try it. and try it. and try it again. only after getting a little help do i finally take off. whoo! but this certainly is not the hyper speed i was hoping for. turns out it takes practice to get to those high speeds. to give me a taste, the guys offer he a ride. this is one of the fastest boats out here. so i'm going start in what you call the suicide seat? i ease into the suicide seat. seat belt? and then. wait for it. wait for it. we're off. we pick up speed fast. i got the full effect. ice chunks in the face and all. tight turns. and the open ice. before just whipping by. i've got time for another superfast boat. and another superfast ride. good morning, america. i would like to thank t

. >> the flags fly at half mast, marking a landmark british loss. six of the comrades killed in a single explosion. >> you feel it in your gut. it is a sickening blow, but one thing i have learned over the years is these young soldiers are incredibly resilient, so they grieve, and in many ways it makes their resolved even stronger. >> the wreckage was quickly secured by the british troops. the force of the explosion left a vehicle barely recognizable. they landed over 100 meters away. ago we have traveled along this road before. high wind is the main road -- highway 1 is the main road. the british soldiers were travelling along highway one. they were described as a routine patrol from a nearby base. it was twilight as they approach. here they left the road. it is a common tactic. they were part of a convoy. the explosion was still able to cut into its underbelly. the wreckage of the vehicle and the remains of the men have been returned to base. an initial assessment appeared to indicate this was a large caliber gun, -- large taliban gun. david camer

the flags will be flying at half mast began tonight, as they have so often before. david lyon, bbc news, kabul. >> for more on these latest attacks, including the death of that need a soldier at the hands of an afghan police officer, i spoke to our correspondent in kabul. >> which we know about these three killings? >> first of all, an afghan national army lieutenant shot two british troops in the capitol after he got into a horrible argument. the afghan the tenant was later on killed by other -- lt. was at -- afghan the tenant was later on killed by other british troops. the last 20 minutes or so, we have heard from afghan officials that members of the afghan police have told other members in the southeastern province with the border of pakistan, the waziristan region. >> there is a growing number of so-called green on blue attacks with afghan forces turning a nato forces. is this increasing infiltration of the taliban, or is there a growing animosity towards the need of troops? >> for the last year-and-a- half, you've had several incidents where afghan soldiers ha

he flew over the statue to bless it before the mast began, something the late show pope john paul theond always wanted to do but never got a chance to. pope benedict gave a message of hope in a country fighting a deadly drug war. followers came from all over the world including the u.s. but most were from mexico. this woman says we come with great enthusiasm and a lot of faith. the next lot is in cuba where he will try to draw more followers to the catholic church. it could be a challenge as only 10 percent of the population here are catholic. the pope said at the beginning of his trip that communism no longer works in cuba. he said the church is ready to fight help the island find new ways of moving forward. his comments are more critical than anything pope john paul the second said here 14 years ago. >> an explosive show with an unintended consequence. it seems to happen in one bay area city more than others, where people have tough luck when it comes to losing cell phones >> we're getting a little bit of break so the mildew can dry out but not for long. more rain on the way after c

the flags were flown at half mast as the country observed 8 minutes of silence. a former university student has been convicted of a hate crime after using a web camera to spy on his roommate who then killed himself. dharun ravi was found guilty of 15 counts including bias and intimidation. he filmed tyler clementi in a game counter and subsequently showed the video to other students. people in morocco have protested a new law which allows a rapist to marry the victim as a way to avoid prosecution. a woman was forced by a judge to marry the man that rate ter -- raped her. >> a mother weeks at the grave site of her daughter. she took her own life a week ago. she was raped when she was just 15 years old. in conservative parts of morocco, it is unacceptable for a woman to lose her virginity before she is married. the marriage restored the family honor but the family of the man that raped her daughter were not interested. he brought disaster upon my daughter. i was obliged to marry her to him because i could not permit my daughter to have no future. i went to talk to

. >> the flags fly at half mast. six of their comrades killed in a single explosion. it left most in shock. >> you feel it in your gut. it is a sickening below. one thing i have learned is that these young soldiers are tough and resilient. they grieve. >> the wreckage was quickly secured. the force of the explosion left the vehicle barely recognizable. parts landed over 100 meters away. we traveled along this road before. it is the main road. it is notoriously dangerous. the soldiers were travelling along this route. they were on a routine patrol from a nearby base. it was twilight as they approached. here, they left the road. it is a common tactic. they were traveling in an armored troop carrier. it is heavily armored. the explosion was still able to cut into its underbelly. the wreckage of the vehicle and the remains of the men have been returned to base. assessments indicate this was a large taliban bomb which was well placed. one officer told me, this is not a change in tactics. it was locked. david cameron paid tribute to the sacrifice. >> it is a reminder of the

. >> the flags fly at half mast, marking a landmark british loss. six of them are killed in a single explosion. >> you feel it in your gut. it is a sickening blow, but one thing i have learned is these young soldiers are incredibly resilient, so they grieve, but in many ways it makes their resolve even stronger. >> the wreckage was quickly secured. the force of the explosion left a vehicle and barely recognizable. they blew off the gun turrets and the caterpillar track. it landed over 100 meters away. we have traveled along this road before. highway 1 is the country's main road. if is notoriously dangerous. the british soldiers were travelling along highway one. did they were on what was described as a routine patrol. it was twilight. good here they left off the road. they were travelling as part of the convoy. the explosion was still able to hit into the underbelly. and the wreckage has been returned to base. iit appears to be a very large taliban bomb. officials say this was just rotten luck. david cameron paid tribute to the sacrifices they made.

the flag will be at half mast again tonight at the base, as they so often have before. >> day two of the nuclear summit in south korea is getting under way. who is there? >> it is being attended by a u.s. -- by u.s. president barack obama. he has been urging his chinese counterpart, hu jintao, to do more with north korea and its nuclear programs. more than 50 nations are attending. it is trying to find ways that they can protect nuclear materials and facilities against terrorist groups. what can we expect from day two of the meetings? >> the summit today at the conference center has kicked off with a plenary session of all of the individual countries taking part. they can flesh out their individual commitment to reducing and protecting the nuclear stockpile under their charge. and the u.s. president, barack obama, has already spoken this morning, listing what his country has already done to protect nuclear security. >> we are improving security at our nuclear facilities. we are forging new partnerships and removing nuclear materials. and in some cases, getting rid of these materials

flags were flown at half mast and church bells rang as the country observed a minute of silence for the victims. after a decade of leading the anglican community worldwide, today the archbishop of canterbury announced he will step down at the end of the year. he said that he wished his successor the constitution of an auks and the skin of a rhinoceros. -- of an ox and the skin of a rhinoceros. >> rowan williams was a reluctant leader of the church. >> this is why the christians engage in passion in the world of society and politics. there is a real hunger and thirst to seek out image, the destiny of human beings to become gods sons and daughters. >> dr. williams said that he wanted to capture the imagination of the public for christianity. >> let us greet our newly enthroned archbishop with great gladness. >> but from the start, he had to contend with deep divisions about homosexuality. >> it is unfortunate that he came to be at the archbishop a time when there were these issues of human sexuality. but he is trying to do is to hold the church together, whatever his personal views. >> th

the flags will be flying at half-mast again tonight at the base, as they have so often before. bbc news, kabul. >> you are watching "newsday." still to come, 60 million people are in danger in africa. we report from a place that is at risk of famine. >> president obama faces a potential pre-election headache as his controversial health care legislation -- stay with us to find out why. let's take a look into what is making the headline in la -- headlines in some newspapers around the world. south china, president obama and president hu jintao discussions at the summit. the chinese president shares america's concerns about north proposal pending rocket launch. iran pose a nuclear program also causing concern. the royal bank of scotland has sent payment to a greek tanker that was transporting oil. the formal investigation into dominique strauss-kahn. also, the investigation into the weapons supply channels for mohamed merah, who shot seven people dead in france. increasing the eurozone bailout capacity makes the front page. >> this is "newsday" on the bbc. >> pope benedict has cel

flags were flown at half mast and church bells rang as the city observed a moment of silence for the victims. after a decade of leading the anglican communion worldwide, the archbishop of canterbury announced he will step down at the end of the year. he said he wished his successor the constitution of an ox and the scandal of a rhinoceros -- and the skin of a rhinoceros. >> even as he demanded to be let into canterbury cathedral for his in from it, he was a reluctant leader of the church. >> out of a real hunger and thirst to become gods sons and daughters comes to light. >> dr. williams said he wanted to capture the imagination of the public for christianity. >> let us treat our newly enthroned archbishop with great kindness -- gladness. >> it is unfortunate he came to the archbishop at a time when communion was being driven apart by issues of sensuality. i think what he has tried to do is hold the church together. >> the ordination of gene robinson in new hampshire caused division he has had to manage for a decade. >> he is not only working in this country with western liberal peop

ship like his, like captain hook all the way around the world and worked on the top of a 100-foot mast to get in his mind. for "confederates in the attic," you trooped around more battlefields with more bloated bodies to get into the mind of the reenactors and those. with john brown, given all that you've done and know about this man, what was the most pro foundly riveting thing once you get into his mind. >> these were wonderfully literate people, and brown, though not a well-educated man, had a wonderful writing style. thank god his handwriting is legible, which i learned is not the case. there's one character in the story where you just simply can't -- you can turn it upside-down, you try all those tricks. you open your eyes and close them. you can't read it. brown's letters are -- have a kind of spare eloquence, and so you feel you can really understand this man both from his own writing and from what other people said about him. i don't think there's any one wellspring to his sort of fa row shus abolitionism towards slavery. this isn't a sort of ephiany. he claims it so. there's a

a dozen people brought masts and makeshift -- mats and makeshift tents. the group marking the sixth month of its exist tense. it's unclear if demonstrators will return to the park later today. the oakland mayor says police will enforce the no camping rule there. >>> there's an effort to get a free college tuition measure on the june ballot. the initiative started as a senior class project at the life academy and oakland unity high school. supporters need nearly 808,000 petition signatures. if voters approve and it makes it to the ballot it would provide four years of free state college tuition for full time students who are california residents and who either maintain a 2.7 grade point average or perform 70 hours of community service each year. californians who earn more than $250,000 a year would pay higher income taxes to support that program. >>> alert for drivers about another major bridge closure in the near future. this time the dunbarton bridge . it will be shut down over the entire memorial day weekend to allow crews to work on the seismic retrofi

flag were flown at half mast and church bells rang as the country observed a minute of silence. a former u.s. university student has been convicted of a hate crime after using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate who killed himself. a court in new jersey found 20-year-old man guilty of 15 accounts including bias intimidation after he filmed tyler clemente in a gay encounter and shared the images with fellow students. george clooney has been arrested in washington, d.c. he was taking part in a demonstration at the sudanese embassy accusing the country's president of provoking a humanitarian crisis by blocking food aid from reaching southern sudan. he was released a few hours later after posting bail of $100. this report from paul adams contains flash photography. >> amid-the sort of publicity few can muster, george clooney taking his case to washington's embassy row, standing outside the sudanese mission with two simple demands -- >> immediately we need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. immediately. the seco

. >> in the front you see a pin that is slightly moving so there is a mast that's not running correctlyld be a clue that this video is faked. >> in august of 2011, the theater launches the magic show online. it tricked viewers earning more than 10 million hits turning mchale and sven into internet celebrities. >> i think it's cool. >> my father suggested we print autograph cards. >> it went all over the world so people in australia and people in south america, they were watching our video, so that was really, really exciting. >> i think this video went viral because it's really well done. it's short, sharp and shocking. >> there's an immediate feeling of sort of surprise and of horror and then just wondering of where it came from and who made it. >> millions of others feel the same way and trace the video back to the gop theater. after the magic trick gone bad hits the internet. patrons flock to the video. this may not be the last year from mchale and sven. >> people have said, sven, you have the talent to be an actor. >> i want to move in that direction because i want to be and an for

in couple weeks t time for the masters it's time for the mast -- it's time for the masters.en knocking on the door for a while here, a couple of months. you knew he could come back and win. >> because of age? >> not just age, the depth of talent is stronger. there's more good players now than there have been in years. he'll never win 8 times a year and three or four majors again. >> just for sake of argument, everybody likes to say what has happened to him the last two and half years. some folks say he got older. i say mentally when you go from walking in a room and everybody bowing down to everybody looking at your like a phony, i think it's more mental than physical. >> the putting issues would support your point. i hate to weez l out of it, but it's a little bit of everything, what you're saying. i think the knee has been a big deal. any golfer will tell you your left knee is a big factor. >> you think i'm just a guy reading scores. i do have a phd in what happens to golf when you end up with women of the evening. i figured that out. pam, i'm serious. >> i just said you w

mast mals the medical device companies are getting crushed by the tax as part of obamacare.o repeal it. it is crushing massachusetts. >> wouldn't it be nice if a company as phenomenally successful as apple would take the lead here. i love their products. i don't like the fact they employ so many people outside of america. >> listen, that would be great if they would come back. you need to make it competitive and create an environment to hire and grow, not only in massachusetts but throughout the country. when you pay 35% corporate tax rate compared to ireland that is 12% and lower health care and unemployment, lower cost of energy, they have an obligation to stockholders. i'd love them to come back.

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we'll take a look from our mast cam to show you where it occurred as you travel from route one in laurel heading eastbound onto 19 #. it was right there at the ramp. a metro dash cam, a metrobus dash cam did catch all of this on camera. so take a look at that video, you can see the white pickup truck strikes a pedestrian on the side of road. it is off the roadway. the bus driver and a driver of another car did stop and they were not able to get the license plate. truck is described as an f-2 other pickup with a super cab, extended bed. model year 2005 to 2007 and police believe it could be someone's work truck because there was some writing on the door. there was only one working brake light, the back left light and there is also likely significant front end damage. police say it is unlikely the damage did not know what he or she had done, that they had hit someone. residents and business owners in the area call the entire thing disturbing. >> it is terrible because at least he could have stopped and see what they could do to help the person. >> whatever you hit with your car, you can te

. >> out of precautions, we've tape the mast down. >> the same with melanie alnwick out at the tidalgiant tv antennas. >> let me show you hd radar. we'll show you what is going on as we do continue to see some thunderstorms moving through the area. you can see the lightning flashes there. this is showing in the district just rain but we just heard a huge rumble of thunder and i suspect there was lightning with that. you saw the hit that we took. up to our north around bethesda, see that purple, that is some very heavy rain right there and some strong to severe thunderstorm activity and we're hearing it again here in northwest washington. college park, you're getting this. bethesda, it has moved south of gaithersburg. this is very slow moving across southeast washington inside the beltway now and then out towards largo and mitchellville, some heavy rain there too. so we are going to continue to track this through the course of these morning hours on top of that, let's go to max 2. i don't really have what i wanted to have there. let me tell you this. we have a dense fog advisory that

i mast make mistakes. and in this case that's probably a good thing to raise. you don't want to look like you are patting yourself on the back either. >> bill: could i that all the time. i pat myself on the back all the time. >> you got better ratings than i do. i can learn from you. >> bill: i'm just trying to be fair here to everybody. you know, as i said, i didn't know -- i did know the governor for a long time. you are not the way -- look, you are not the way the left wing press is portraying you and barack obama is not the way the right wing press is portraying him. i'm going to be fair. neither of you, personally, personally, are the way you are being portrayed by the media i think that's unfair. last word, governor. go. >> well, this is an election all about the direction of america. and the question is are we going to have a president who understands how to make the economy work for the american people and get people back to work? and my experience in the private economy, with real jobs helping grow businesses, sometimes successfully and sometimes not,

. >>> if you have a visa or mast -- anita. >>> if you have a visa or mastercard, listen closely. we learned what is being described as a massive data breach of both debit and credit cards. card holders are warned to watch statement for signs of fraud. >> reporter: boast mastercard and visa confirmed they're investigating a -- both mastercard and visa confirmed they're investigating a possible security breach that may have put account information of thousands of card holders at risk. >> maybe if it was a few hundred people, i would blow it off for the day, but now i'm like actually wanting to learn more about it and see if my account might be at risk. >> reporter: the breach was at a company that acts as a middle man between banks and merchants handling payments for both credit and debit cards. the wall street journal identified the company as global payments based in atlanta. the company couldn't be reached for comment, but a notice on its website says we are aware that individuals attempting to perpetrate fraud via the internet and otherwise may be into the global payments name.

military is telling the truth about the shoot mast kerr last week that killed 16 afghans. he criticized the u.s. military for what he calls a lack of cooperation in this investigation. >> the afghan investigative team did not receive the cooperation that they expected from the united states. therefore these are all questions that we'll be raising and raising very loudly. it is by all meanses the end of the rope here. >> here to discuss this fareed zakaria the host of fareed zakaria gps. fareed, president karzai says he's at the end of his rope. i'm sure a lot of people in this country would say for years they've been at the end of their rope. you look at this is a horrible tragedy but would we be in this position if there weren't so much corruption in the karzai government, inertia in the afghan government. and the question are the afghan troops ready to take on the security challenge. is this relationship done? >> this relationship has always been very tough. and i share the frustration that a lot of people have. i've always felt that we needed a much smaller mission in a

and over again, south carolina and all the other places r nominee has everybody at the top of the mast head in terms of power in the state but doesn't win. >> an old fashioned tradition, endorsing, hard to make any modern case for it whatsoever. back when they had vote delivery processes that was one thing, but the idea anyone in america would look to their governor and say how should i vote? >> i think you endorse down, the governor can endorse an assemblymen. governors can't endorse up you're above your pay grade. >> if you're in an electorate rebelling against the establishment it hurts you. if i'm santorum you fight the t establishment and say see, they are for that guy. >> ed, we have newt gingrich on deck, talking within a minute or two. we have rick santorum having just won tennessee. do you see the contours of the night shaping from what you were saying earlier? >> i think romney is in good shape. he did win virginia that is a southern state. they sell more pick up trucks in virginia than anywhere in the country. >> no one will count virginia in their win column. >> i know ther