captain chesley sullenberger, or sully, as he s known, saved the lives of 155 people by making an unbelievable landing on the hudson river. the us airways flight had just taken off from laguardia when a flock of seagulls jammed the plane s engines. we open the news vault to january 15, 2009. from abc news headquarters, this is world news with charles gibson. good evening. you get a call like we did this afternoon and you immediately fear the worst. good morning america s robin roberts called in, there s a plane down in the hudson river, she reported. an airliner. u.s. air flight 1549 had just taken off from laguardia airport bound for charlotte. the airbus 320 fully loaded. 150 passengers and crew on board. within minutes, the plane crash-landed into the icy waters of the hudson river. all indications are the plane struck something, a bird strike most likely. and the pilot used the river as a runway in order to make a water landing.
and this boat, no match for the rough waves slamming into the mississippi overnight, despite efforts to wrangle the boat here, it was a lost cause, ta digging a huge hole in the hull and capsizing, you are in the cnn newsroom, i m susan hendricks. this massive storm is stalled just off the coast of the new orleans. it promptses to bring high winds, heavy rains and flooding. the governors have declared states of emergency. already power has been knocked out to thousands in the southern part of mississippi, the mayor of new orleans held a news conference a short time ago warning residents not to be complacent. we expect stormy conditions for the next 36 hours, so please do not be lulled into sleep by the breaks in rain. we have to stay alettrt. as all of us who have been through this know, it s not how much we get, but it s how much we get in a short period of time and should that come with unexpected rain bands, we can expect to get what we got last night, which was some flo
mike: two years ago this weekend, january 15, 2009, sully became a household name across america because of his actions after a flock of geese disabled the u.s. air flight 1549. moments after take-off from the laguardia airport. a look back at the miracle on the hudson. this is breaking news. u.s. airways jet is down in the hudson river between new york and new jersey. this looks like something out of a movie. a double bird strike. both engines hit by birds. we made it to the hudson. i was going to die right there. we could be mourning more than 150 dead but that is not what happened. give it to the pilot. this speaks to how the
mike: two years ago this weekend, january 15, 2009, sully became a household name across america because of his actions after a flock of geese disabled the u.s. air flight 1549. moments after take-off from the laguardia airport. a look back at the miracle on the hudson. this is breaking news. u.s. airways jet is down in the hudson river between new york and new jersey. this looks like something out of a movie. a double bird strike. both engines hit by birds. we made it to the hudson. i was going to die right there. we could be mourning more than 150 dead but that is not what happened. give it to the pilot.
united states. gee, i wonder if i m on it. the national security advisor john brennan said this. there are though, in my mind, dozens of u.s. persons who are in different parts of the world, that are very concerning to us. glenn: okay. so we just shoot them. we just shoot them wherever they are. don t worry about the miranda rights or that they are american citizens. if they are the battlefield, fine, i get it. but off the battlefield, gee, i m fuzzy on the whole american citizenship. let s refresh our memories on what administration said it believed. i m, i have to tell you something. i am looking for people who believed this president. january 15, 2009, there is no terrorism. it s man-caused disasters. really? march 13, 2009, the administration said there s no such thing as an enemy