courthouse. and it is friday night, so you know what that means? our friday night cap is here. breaking down all of the biggest stories of the week. then, it has been nearly 15 years since the miracle on the hudson. i sat down with captain sully sullenberger as the 11th hour gets underway on this jam-packed friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle, our nightcap is just ahead and we are going to talk about all of the big events from this week but first we will stick with today. because the former president is now in the deepest legal danger potentially of his life, and he may be planning to question whether those classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago actually damage national security. that is according to the new york times, which says that question could be a central to trump s defense. he s also waiting to hear whether his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution will actually fly with a panel of appeals court judges, and we could get that
is just ahead and we are going to talk about all of the big events from this week but first we will stick with today. because the former president is now in the deepest legal danger potentially of his life, and he may be planning to question whether those classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago actually damage national security. that is according to the new york times, which says that question could be a central to trump s defense. he s also waiting to hear whether his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution will actually fly with a panel of appeals court judges, and we could get that decision at any time. but politico today is pointing out, trump seems to be trying a new legal strategy to help supporters immunity claim. he is now saying that when he pressured mike pence, and other state officials to overturn the 2020 results, the election was quote, long over. of course i was entitled as president of the united states and commander in chief to the community
i said, hi, i am michael, i am going to get you out of here. reporter: after rescuing her and another passenger, and then detectives michael delaney and robert rodriguez turned to the sinking plane, assumed there were passengers still trapped, no way everyone survived. when i went in the plane and started swimming a bit, i was running into objects that were submerged that i thought or bodies, but it was, in fact, luggage. thankfully? yeah. reporter: but there was one person who knew all 150 passengers were off that plane. i went through the airplane from front to back posters to double my sure that there is no one left behind. reporter: when the dive team heard that never wavered. reporter: the respect mutual. they say that people could have floated away and drowned almost unnoticed, otherwise. i was very concerned about that.
bodies, but it was, in fact, luggage. thankfully? yeah. reporter: but there was one person who knew all 150 passengers were off that plane. i went through the airplane from front to back posters to double my sure that there is no one left behind. reporter: when the dive team heard that never wavered. reporter: the respect mutual. they say that people could have floated away and drowned almost unnoticed, otherwise. i was very concerned about that. reporter: 15 years, the captain, long eager to reunite with the dive team who played such an important role in the rescue. oh, my goodness, hello, gentlemen, how are you? good to see you. can you believe it s been 15 years? not at all. thank you for everything you did for us that they. if we had the opportunity to do it all over the again, we