captain dewitt has no choice but to ditch his plane in the caribbean sea. tage exists of this incident, but our dramatic animation shows what the plane might have looked like as it slammed into those turbulent waters. here is how the pilot describes what it felt like to be in the cockpit in that life-and-death mome moment. >> my first contact with the water was quite smooth. it was not too long after that that the rest of the airplane was making contact with the water, starting to get a heavy drag, extreme amount of vibration in the cockpit. the instrument panels were vibrating so that i couldn't even read it. >> but how did this flight end up in such a dire situation? after failing to land at st. martin's airport in bad weather, captain dewitt decides to divert first to the near by island of st. thomas and then to st. croix when he finds out it's even closer. but as the plane is climbing away from the airport in a torrential downpour, there's a problem. >> my navigator said to me, my god, look at the fuel gauges. >> because of the wind and the turbulence an

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>> it would have to be me. >> to the caribbean, being paid for by the taxpayers.ssue with this? >> look, i mean, i don't think that we should be scrutinizing the fact that we might have real legitimate business in the caribbean and i think that the challenges around if we had that same line of inquiry, we'd be looking at congress. we'd be looking at all the kind of private boondoggles that are going on as well and the administration p.r. officials have a tin ear when it comes to timing on these things. take a look at the time when president obama went to martha's vineyard and his wife went to spain and it's just -- it is the perception, it's the politics of perception and that matters. >> and in fact, president obama just this week had called for some belt tightening and no unnecessary travel. so critics say is five days in barbados and the dominican republic really -- and trinidad, really necessary snoo au -- >> especially if you're talking about medicare fraud and attending a conference that's an annual thing, not the special meeting that needs the attorney gene

well, there's one sense in which i do think we want to think about latin america and the caribbean as a region. as a matter of fact, i would call, i would say even the western hemisphere which is that there is a kind of natural affinity for trade policy. we do share some problems of just the kind of transnational borders of trying to deal with trafficking in persons, trafficking in arms, trafficking in drugs until there are reasons to work as a region. i also think that since the organization of american states actually has a democratic charter, we should have a view of our hemisphere, first and foremost, your neighborhood as being democratic. but you make a very good point. once you get beyond those sort of big categories, you really are talking about countries that are very different in how they interact with the globe. brazil thinks of itself, of course, as a regional leader, but brazil is also one of the most important emerging economies for the whole global economy. it is one of the, as we call them, the bricks, one of the emerging economies that has a chance to really structure

many people in black america are immigrants from africa or the caribbean and there are certain tensions between than native-born black americans and black people who are immigrants from other place is. sometimes to the attention becomes rather ugly and use the a little bit of that in a commentary about barack obama truly a black american that his father was a black african as opposed to a black american. i think has subsided somewhat as the caller indicated that was a topic of conversation at all across the united states they deal with the attention but on a question why i went to princeton university, because my older brother went there and it was recommended to me and my older brother suggested that i do. i am very happy i went there. it is wonderful. the third question on occupy wall street, very interesting. my sense of things is that to many black americans feel themselves to be in the grip of a dilemma. on the one hand many are feeling the real pinch of the continued economic difficulties. they feel it. at the same time a lot of them don't want to do anything to do with the presid

i was struck what i would go to the summit of the americas about latin america and caribbean and we wouldave these discussions and hugo chavez would take off and whenever. we would go to the asia pacific economic council and if the pacific rim countries up the pacific rim all the way to canada through japan and china and korea and their conversation was completely different. it was about global trade, free trade and so i actually always thought in that sense the countries had more in common with their asian counterparts than their latin american counterparts. >> is how they perceive themselves significant? i think it is. >> if you look at places like chile there are quite developed in many ways. colombia is getting there in development. countries like brazil are interesting because on the one hand is leading the global -- one of the leaders of a global economy but with huge income distribution difficulties that keep it more in the developing countries side. if you look at some of the poorest countries in central america or guatemala, you are talking about places where you can't reach the

she has taught in canada, the caribbean, and the u.s. has been involved in the development of teachers for two decades. she consults on anti-racist inclusion very and equitable education. she assists school districts and schools to continually restructure themselves for equitable outcomes for all students. the initiative put that puts race -- she designed the initiative that puts race on the table. she is the virtual scholar for teaching for change. she is the author of "reality check," a major report on education. maybe conversation began. >> this is an occasion when we are going to talk across generations. these two guests here. and then we have some time for you to talk with them. the afternoon is full, and we are on to a little bit of a late start, so let me tell you how we hope to go. we will begin with ms. colvin giving 10 minutes of her very long and illustrious life in terms of work for civil rights. just 10 minutes. then, bryonn bain, whose life is not as long but illustrious nonetheless, will give 10 minutes also with some trau

many people in black america are immigrants from africa or the caribbean and there are certain tensions between than native-born black americans and black people who are immigrants from other place is. sometimes to the attention becomes rather ugly and use the a little bit of that in a commentary about barack obama truly a black american that his father was a black african as opposed to a black american. i think has subsided somewhat as the caller indicated that was a topic of conversation at all across the united states they deal with the attention but on a question why i went to princeton university, because my older brother went there and it was recommended to me and my older brother suggested that i do. i am very happy i went there. it is wonderful. the third question on occupy wall street, very interesting. my sense of things is that to many black americans feel themselves to be in the grip of a dilemma. on the one hand many are feeling the real pinch of the continued economic difficulties. they feel it. at the same time a lot of them don't want to do anything to do with the presid

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latin america, brazil, the caribbean. we of thousands upon thousands of stories to tell each day about the experiences of the african and the african diaspora. whether those stories can be told, i think anybody would be deeply enriched by knowing the deeper integrated truth and we as a people would be far more committed to the effort of our own liberation. all those things have eluded us. will try things that give the appearance of committing to change, but we have yet to open the door. >> it is an honor to have -- obviously, we have mr. harris and mr. brown on stage with us. we have other members of the black senators association with the sun and the audience. i would like it if you would stand up and take a well- deserved about. thank you for being with us. [applause] all right. i would like to continue our discussion. there's a lot of ground to cover. obviously, i am all is -- i find it very compelling. i would be here until midnight. @ like to go back to mr. belafonte, and i would like to ask you the same question. wha

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. ♪ >> reporter: after the long flight to a caribbean paradise, most tourists can't wait to get away the airport. except on the island of st. maarten. ♪ where the airport is the main attraction. thrill seekers flock here to sunbathe in the shadow of the jumbo jet. even snorkelers come to the surface for this show. >> hurry. >> reporter: youtube videos like this have turned the tiny island half dutch, half french into a top destination for aviation enhughes yass. >> whoo. >> reporter: none bigger than nathan. he wants to be a pilot and convince his parents to take the family vacation here. he's not alone. near the end of the runway the sunset bar and grill is packed. each morning they write the flight schedule on a surfboard. and broadcast air traffic control instead of music. all day the planes land and the crowds rush to the beach. beer in one hand, camera in the other. but there is one landing that can't be missed. >> right over there. >> reporter: the one mason came from arizona to see. >> big and blue. >> reporter: this klm 747 weighs nearly 900,000 pounds and is headed straight

a local woman called off the caribbean vacation do her diagnosis. during chemotherapy, she learned the change in plans could have led to more than $4,000. >> she is focusing her efforts on stage for cancer. she found herself battling u.s. airwaves as well. >> she thought she had beat the odds. the 53-year-old survived aggressive breast cancer in 2008 and still appeared to be cancer free. >> i went for my regular checkup and he told me, i hope you are planning for retirement because you are doing really well. >> she put her dream vacation. for months before she was scheduled to go, stomach pains lead to a revelation. >> i had what i thought was a gastrointestinal illness. it turned out to be cancer in my gi tract. i found out about that on my 53rd birthday. she started chemotherapy and her oncologist advised her to cancel her trip. there was one problem, she spent more than $4,000 on non refundable plane tickets. >> we were so hopeful and so excited that we just thought, you know, this time we will not need insurance. >> she spent eight months trying

this is the highest award given to members of the caribbean -- korean diaspora internationally. he was highly respected in our community, serving the population from youth to seniors. he cared about elevating the profile of our community, educating and engaging korean americans on the rolls the card holder in our communities. he was quite active. one of the most admirable was when he became primary caregiver for his wife, who is currently battling pancreatic cancer. upon her diagnosis, he supported and attended her health and well-being seven days a week, until recently. he is succeeded by his son, who serves at the mta as a human resources director, his daughter, his wife, and his three grandchildren. derek is a friend of mine and someone who carries a legacy with community outreach and advocacy. he is here on behalf of his father to receive the certificate, signed by all the members of the board of supervisors. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor kim, and supervisors who are present here today. my dad, all the work he did was for the korean people, but he cherished his adopted

. >> well, one sense in which i did want to involve what america and the caribbean as a region. i would call even the western hemisphere. there is a kind of natural affinity for trade policy. we do share some problems of the kind of transnational border of trying to deal with trafficking in persons, trafficking in arms, trafficking and drugs until there are reasons. i also think that since the organization of american states has a democratic charter we should have a view of our hemisphere, first and foremost in our neighborhood is being democratic, but you make a very good point. once you get beyond those sort of big categories you really are talking about countries that are very different in how they interact. brazil thinks of itself, of course, as a regional leader. brazil is also one of the most important emerging economies for the whole global economy. it is one of, as we call them, the bricks, one of the energy economies that has a chance to structure how the international economy that will look going forward. when you think about countries like of course obviously the unite

are new orchards for a fourth of february with the caribbean. one of the most common theories blames the appearance of the cause and desert on farming numerous herds of animals ate the grass away and churned up the ground with the hooves all that made the soil so thin that it allowed the sand to filter through. this is one of the unique trees still standing here. the upper part of the roots shows the sand level that was here when the forest was still around it was this high so. the wind has since shifted a sand layer of about one and a half meters high towards the river store and with. that he has a call for spend years developing technology to monitor the advance of the cause and desert his work has now yielded positive results the sand advance towards the forest is now in check eighty hectares of soil have been recalled evaded the most pressing task now is saving the river and the village only for streets of houses remain on the riverbank although there were six hundred years ago. this is back to the main task is coming up with a way to grow a

at the same time, there are the words of the caribbean-american -- korean-american chef, dennis. se of their award winning food. against the theme of the restaurant is wood. the major bar area that makes up most of the restaurant is a piece of wood from the richmond district, as well. namu has been praised for its sophisticated interior and friendly atmosphere and servers you are always happy to help. the three brothers who own and manage the restaurant do their part, giving back to the community. although the only open their doors a few years ago, it has already established itself as a small business that really gives back to the community. the healthy fresh produce boxes they offer on sunday are affordable, $15 or $25, for a tremendous amount of fresh food. there also act the ferry building, and there are tremendous lines of people looking for the korean tacos or the other great items that they have, and i had some korean tacos at the last festival. the line was almost impossible to get through. lastly, my hope is that the three brothers continued to flourish for years to come,

philippines is believed to is most coral reefs on earth, with ten times more species than even the caribbean islands. they took this video of their dive team, finding and documenting life on the coral reef. it includes a wide variety of experts. >> you see something and you take a it.hoto of it. there is an expert that can tell i exactly what it is. >> most of the scientists on the trip is are researchers but three are from the academy of steinhart aquarium. they come armed with buckets and baggies to keep their treasures. they go through a permit process to make sure there is no damage to the reef. >> we just collected an ur chin. >> pretty and poisons. now you can see it safely behind glass. one so modeled on a reef. that is one reason the academy chose to go to the philippines for the biggest expedition in its history. >> we were able to bring back a lot of animals. >> animals likes these, known as sexy shrimp because the way they seem to dance around and ghost pipe fish, relatives of the sea horse to reflect coral or blades of sea grass. this is a coconut octopus. this one found a glass

the one that comes to mind, of course this area of brooklyn is full of people from the caribbean, but when you say a creole of english, the one that comes to mind is creole, actually, from freetown in sierra leone. and, you know, that, that was interesting. the boy from see sierra leone se a west african language and also creole, and it might be just as hard to learn standard english when you grow up speaking creole was the words are so similar -- because the words are so similar. and he taught me some phrases, like, i know how to say how are you feeling in creole. it means how's the body. if you say i'm doing well, you say, the body fine. a lot of kids spoke creole, and some of the kids from other countries picked up little bits of creole as they were also picking up standard accomplish. >> host: are the kids on the cover, or is this a model -- >> guest: those are stock photos of kids, but that said, i was very involved in designing and -- not designing the cover, i had a great designer, but in putting input into the cover and choosing the kids who i thought would, i really wanted th

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. >> the chinese have a presence in south america today and in the caribbean? >> oh, yeah. they're there looking for resources, and they're everywhere. >> friendly with chavez? >> they're friendly with whoever will give them natural resources. they have a huge population they've got to support. >> i was in bogota about three months ago sniffing around the chinese, and talking to people who know the whole part of the world. >> how were they -- >> you don't see that many chinese. i are. >> the brazilians are unhappy with them too because the ecclesiastes are getting very demanding of people are. >> i wonder when the empire gets to stop expanding. in other words, we keep putting soldiers in new places. we've had the people in japan since world war ii. we've had 30,000 in north korea. germany, we're not shrinking our bases there. we keep adding new bases, and if this because the geoo political world is realigning, why don't we ever build down other places? we bring home when there's a war, but we just keep expanding and expanding and expanding. and the word is imperial overstre

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the war broke out he was actually the skipper of one of the old s boats that had spent time in the caribbean and helped protect the zone against the yen possible german activity of the war should break out. windel war did start, he was off the east coast and had one encounter with the boat and he did fire one torpedo. he knew it wasn't going to get anything because it is hard for one submarine to stick another because you not only have this and this but you also have this and this to think about. he did what most would have done after he found the torpedo. he died and went away. he was actually reprimanded by that for the officer that recommended that he be sent to the branch of the navy and not remain a submarine captain because he turned and ran from the boat. i don't know if he took that to heart or if it just made him mad but i think from that point on he wanted to prove he had what it took to be the submarine skipper. he didn't get run out of the submarine service at that time. he ended up actually in perlo harbor as a prospective officer of the submarine. they gave him command of an ol

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irene killed more than 55 people and caused more than $10 billion from the caribbean to maine. s skies remained cloudless through the hurricane season as the state's historic drought dragged on. it affected the entire lone star state and expected to last next summer. anna warner reports. >> reporter: at the main stay farm south of ft. worth, owner mariana wilson takes kids on hay rides. they can run amaze or cook marshmallows. what they can't do this year is watch someone cut down a fresh christmas tree. how does that compare to last year? >> you lose trees year-to-year, but it was bad. >> reporter: normally, these fields would be filled with customers cutting their own christmas trees, but this year the farm lost a quarter of its trees. 1,500 trees like this one that died in the drought. >> and when you turn on an oven, you know, for how many, 80, 90 days that we had dry, it's like baking anything that's outside. >> basically, off the charts. based on past history, you wouldn't expect to see it happening in maybe 500 or a thousand years. >> reporter: john nielson gammon is a cl

it is located in the heart of the caribbean sea, recognized as the yachting capital of the world. it is surrounded by island nations like the dominican republic, aruba, and the british virgin islands. all of which have established thriving nautical tourism industries. yet the united states in general and puerto rico in particular have been unable to participate in this growing market. according to the u.s. coast guard, there are a mere 30 or so recreational vessels now operating in the caribbean that under current law are authorized to transport tourists and other paying customers between puerto rico ports. nothing could better illustrate how the u.s. jurisdiction of puerto rico is being disadvantaged by present law. as noted the purpose of my amendment is simple and straightforward. puerto rico faces many economic challenges. the territory's current employment rate exceeds 15%. while decreased nautical tourism that my amendment would allow would not alone solve the problems, it does have the potential to make a meaningful difference for the communities and constituencies i repres

military not control some country somewhere where can it go i mean some fiji or some island in the caribbean where is it not disneyland and the arrow where is it not control i don't know where to go and that's the reason why i'm so concerned because i saw in the street every say that's like a valve what's it doing down there is trying to get democracy starting to come out up or be on the show here you are so in other words you can't get this message out i promised the occupy group in switzerland zurich that i'll come back dick spring and what they'll do they're supposed to be taken a vote if they decide they want to do it what i can do is i can read your constitution french constitution german and turn around and take this legislation that i've drafted and i can tweak it. for your constitution and then give it to you and then you go out and street and get the people to vote for you don't go to the government you go around the government you ask the people and here's where the rubber hits the road and that is when the people vote for this that means the majority of the people in france if the

♪ nationwide is on your side >> welcome to our island in the heart of the caribbean. i, the year round springland. this city located at the bottom of a gulf surrendered by many hills is port-au-prince, our capital city since 1807. along the streets, the visitors will be caught by the attractive smile of a kind guide, happy to show him a new perspective. at lunchtime the stylish restaurants carry on their menu the different dishes of our delicious kitchen. some very special ones are prepared for the tourists. now let's cross the street and the vet beautiful germ lagacian. >> it was like welcome to haiti. i just felt like i was entering another world, another place that i never experienced and i really had to prepare my mind to be in it. >> so we're pulling into the national cathedral here. this is one of the places that is an absolute historical landmark for haiti, almost completely destroyed. when common and i got out at the cathedral, there was this man sitting there playing songs and really what he was doing was to me, he was praying with his guitar and he was worshi

if i knew what the market was going to do, i would own my own island in the caribbean. >> reporter: wouldn'te are. there are still looming problems out there. the krurpen crisis could take years to be solved. you can call this market a lot of things, diane, but you cannot call it boring. >> no, you can't. thank you for the merry news, at least, on one night. thank you, dan. >>> and now to politics, your voice, your vote. and a rousing show of support for the republican contender battered by those allegations he carried on a 13-year affair. today, herman cain heard crowds screaming "stay the course." abc's jon karl tells us about it. >> reporter: when we caught up with cain today in ohio, he sure didn't look like a candidate about to call it quits. are you going to drop out, mr. cain? >> we are reassessing. >> reporter: reassessing, but still liking his chances. >> supporters are -- it's been a groundswell of support. >> reporter: and the cain campaign is about to launch a brand new tv ad in iowa, his first. >> if you make me america's ceo, we, the people, will take this country back. we can

war broke out, he was actually the skipper of one of those old s-boats that had spent time in the caribbean and helped protect the canal zone against any possible german activity if war should break out. he, when the war did start, he was off the east coast and had one encounter with a german u-boat, and he did fire one torpedo at that u-boat. he knew it was not going to hit anything because it's hard for one submarine to sink another submarine because you not only have this and this, but you also have this and this to have to think about it. he did what most skippers would have done and fired the to torp, he dived and went away. he was actually reprimanded for that by his commanding officer who recommended that morton be sent to some other branch of the navy and not remain a submarine captain because he turned and ran from that u-boat. i don't know if morton took that to heart or if it just made him mad, but i think from that point on he wanted to prove that he had what it took to be a submarine skipper. he didn't get run out of submarine service at that time. he ended up, actually, in pea