Title: Captain Murphy testifies at piracy hearing

" Our top story at 430 to campaign to stop Hai brits worldwide shifts to a town in Massachusetts today a big -- ship captain is telling lawmakers about his recent battle with pirates seat. And the threats facing mariners around the globe. -- Colombo is here with more of captain -- Murphy's testimony today --"

" Well this is the third -- series of hearings to try to learn from the highly publicized pirate attack. Experts say and the navy rescued American Alabama on Easter Sunday heart attacks have increased and the need to do something to combat them is urgent. Yeah. Captain Shane -- PST Conn Massachusetts has been vocal about his views on arming merchant vessels. In the wake of an April pirate attack on his ship the -- Alabama. At I've been it was my intention to get a gun on street. And keep in my room without telling anybody. Because it has gotten meant that instead the chief made of the US merchant ship that was held hostage off the coast of Somalia. He got his chance to testify in congressional piracy hearing at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Thursday."

" I'm on the mind now that. You know we need to do is look at it that we would send the semen out. On whatever run."

" Thereon. And just allow them to protect themselves captain Murphy was one of a panel of piracy experts testifying before congressman bill Delahunt for the house foreign affairs oversight subcommittee."

" There are things that are happening that are very positive but we have to accelerated. And we have to find the correct answers the main debate was over whether to arm these ships."

" I think it would be better to have an option and not need to use that. Into neither an option. In north avenue available any time the concept of introducing forces of force on board the ship. That can defend with deadly force. Is going to result in fatalities. And in sadly enough it will start in terms."

" Made him -- confident but I think they should be worried. But little violence we're at a stable platform from on high end Aaron Skinner and of course the cost of providing protection weighed heavily in these discussions."

" Putting weapons on board. Immediately skyrocket insurance premiums for that company."

" I hear about is the cost that costs the costs I mean it's the cost of doing business if you going to send cargo through that area that's. You gotta protect the ship."

" And congressman Delahunt says the information gleaned from this hearing will be combined with other briefings including previous testimony. From captain Richard Phillips of Vermont. He says lawmakers would use this information to try to tackle the piracy problem with both -- proactive and reactive approach check back."