the miracle on the hudson happened five years ago. the emergency water landing of u.s. air flight 1549 there was not one fatality on the hudson river on a day that wasn t much warmer than in new york right now. the hero of that landing, retired captain sully sullenberger has a lot to say about air safety and he s with me now. welcome, captain sul enburger. a real sear row. an honor to meet you. thank you. i remember it vividly. can t believe it s five years ago. what are your recollections as you look back on it? do you feel a hero? it s certainly one of those events where people remember where they were when they heard about it. i see this story inspired people. and i ve become the public face of it. while i don t consider my actions heroic, i think my crew
emergency water landing wednesday. the 99 foot craft is capable of speeds of more than 170 miles per hour. the cause of the crash is under investigation. one official says he has no concern about the helicopter s safety. federal authorities say they have busted up a sex trafficking ring of freeing sex slaves from a san diego street gang. 24 people have been charged in connection with the alleged prostitution operation that spanned 23 states and 46 cities. prosecutors are calling it modern day slavery. they say bms members branded women and girls with tattoos and bar codes after luring them over the internet with promises of a luxurious lifestyle. more arrests are expected. there is good news and bad news orbiting the space station. the first solar flair of the year forced officials to scrap a rocket launch for the third time. the supply vessel was kept on the ground.
highway leaving six people hurt and a 90-year-old woman dead. listen. you need help? where are you at? 81, the side road. we lost our brakes. there is eight of us in a van. are you going westbound? i don t know! hang on one second. the mini van crashed into another car before it went down an embankment and burst into flames. investigators are trying to figure out what caused that crash. the search is underway for a missing sailor after a navy chopper goes down. the helicopter was on a training mission when they had to make an emergency water landing 20 miles off the coast of virginia beach. four of the five crew members were rescued, but two later died at the hospital. an investigation is underway to find out what caused that crash. we ll keep you posted. listen to this one coming out of washington. who better to lead the criminal investigation into the irs tea party targeting than a supporter of president obama? that s the allegation in a bombshell new report quoting
bond hearing. and the oldest and most traveled space shuttle welcomed this hour at the museum where it will live out its days. more than 13 months after its final mission discovery on public display in a hangar near dulles airport in virginia. it s part of the national air and space museum, home to that stuff that won t fit in the building you ve probably visited on the mall in d.c. discovery flew into dulles on tuesday and its sister shuttle endevour was bound for los angeles and atlantis kennedy space center in florida. we re following live pictures this morning. after 38 seasons at the university of tennessee, it s about two and a half hours until the end of an era. pat summitt is stepping aside as the head coach of tennessee s women s basketball team. summitt will now take the title of head coach ameritus. the is expected to make an announcement at 1:30. this comes after a year after summitt was diagnosed with early onset sal ziemers. we now know a body found
there are two dozen people still missing. that number includes an american couple from minnesota. today a prayer vigil will be held with that couple. the captain is under house arrest. prosecutors are going to appeal that decision that let the captain out of jail. plus, very more tapes between the captain and port authority that are emerging and remember how stunned we were just reading the transcripts yesterday of the audiotapes i think are even worse. it appears to show the captain safe in his life boat while ignoring the orderis to return back to his sanking ship. listen. for our non-italian speaking viewers like myself who are having a hard time. pop that back on the screen. this is basically what we were telling you in the transcript yesterday where he was saying, i understand, listen, because you can hear schettino s voice panicking. i understand there are people coming down the ladder. you must take that ladder the opposite direction. get on board the ship. tell me how