what was most frightening to me was the silence. there was no engine noise. we could feel our blood pressure shoot up, our perception field narrow because of the stress. i knew without a shadow of a doubt that life was over. i honestly thought that i was going to die. i thought this was it. joining us right now, barry leonard. he was a passenger on flight 1549. you re the one who just said you felt like you were going to die and that you took off your seat belt to take a look. i want to hear more about, you know, what you experienced and remember on that day because this was a flight you were very familiar with, right? new york to charlotte. nearly daily. yeah. i was i commuted back and forth between charlotte and new york. i was turning around companies. i was ceo of three companies in
not interested. i think rick perry would really shake the place up. adding to shulkin s headaches is a generational divide among veterans groups. those seriously injured from the iraq and afghan wars want the va to move faster towards giving the vets the choice of seeing private doctors. this is a generational issue. young veterans don t understand why we need to drive 30 miles to get a perception field when we have a perfectly suitable pharmacy two blocks away. traditional veterans groups have come to shulkin s defense and worry that the president s supporters want to privatize the va. secretary shulkin has done a good job. legislation passed and programs created. i would be sad to see him go. secretary shulkin is an obama holdover. he received 100 votes during his senate confirmation hearing and was once a favorite of the president. now he may be the next out the door. bret: jennifer griffin at