newark says one mike charlie, it is newark. the teterboro controller is back on the phone with the woman he was talking about earlier about grilling the cat. he says damn. the woman says what's the matter. the controller says yeah. let me straighten stuff out. now the plane and helicopter are about to collide. he doesn't know it. he is still looking for the plane. did you get him? newark says nope. i think he went down in the hudson. another helicopter pilot in the area chimes in, be advised there was an airplane that crashed into a helicopter jut south of the lincoln tunnel a minute ago. the woman in operations, did he say what i thought he said? the controller, yeah. the woman says where at? the controller over the river. to which the woman replies, oh, my lord. okay, thanks. at that very moment nine people were killed and it is now expected this man will likely lose his job. he is already suspended and possibly his supervisor as well. there is one more caveat i have to share with you on this story. there is another incident

n number november 71 mike charlie. there was a pilot and two passengers. they collided in midair shortly before noon over the hudson river near stevens point. three victims have been recovered, dive operations have been suspended for the evening and they will resume at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. they have located the helicopter. it has been marked with buoys and the site has been secured with authorities who will there be throughout the evening. using side-scanning sonar to locate the airplane and any other wreckage. once that wreckage is pulled up, they will try to do it tomorrow, depending on the current and the circumstances and the conditions, if they can reeverybormove it, it will be pulled up and taken a secure lotion for further examination. our team did talk to a witness to the accident today, it was another liberty helicopter pilot. he was hot fueling his aircraft at the west 30th street heliport. he said he was looking west and the accident helicopter was heading south. he saw a small, single engine aircraft approaching behind the helicopter. he

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one thing we'll talk about admiral mike mullein, the chairman of the joint chiefs when he comes on sunday. >> charliethe main rival to karzai, tell me about him and what difference would it make if he would prevail? >> what's happening on the ground, if so the taliban succeeded in its intimidation in the south t looks like it did, that favors abdullah because he's stronger in the north where the polls were wide open and people were voting and much higher voter turnout. the former foreign minister and appointed by karzai and always closely associated as strong commander of commander muhsed. widely viewed as tajik and therefore from that tribal grouping that is very different from the south and the east, it would really tilt the tribal balance within afghanistan interesting ways. but i actually think it's a long shot. i think karzai's got it. >> we had richard haas on earlier saying this is, in fact, now, afghanistan a war of choice for president obama. we've also been hearing whispers of vietnam as we so often do, whether they fit or not. could this turn into president obama's vietnam, if you will? >>

charlie, here in the middle. >> obviously your decision to hand over the play-calling to mike haywood last year benefited his coaching career greatly. now that it's back in your hands are you going to be a little more reluctant to give it up? i mean, will it be a long time again before you give up those responsibilities? >> it will be no time soon, it will be given up no time soon. and part of that has to do with my confidence in the defensive staff. i'm very confident -- i'm very confident that the defensive staff can handle things with minimal interference by the head coach. i always want to talk about personnel and about schemes and so, but i think that i'm going to be with the offense for quite some time. >> as you look back upon it last year, reflecting upon it, how did you feel the process went? >> which process? >> as far as passing on the responsibility and you sitting back and kind of overseeing it as opposed to making the play-by-play call? >> it's a little frustrating when that's your nitch. it's a little frustrating to do that. but you had to but -- you can only split your energies, can split yourself up

really in the hands of governor charlie crist of florida, to decide whether or not she will go back home. here is his statement. >> alysin: does it go far enough? >> mikey parents. if every time a kid doesn't like what's going on at home, by the way my parents are religious nuts and they'll kill me, yet most children in america because it invoked out with friends or use the computer and wanted too. >> alysin: but happens if authorities determine her parents are extremists at some level. >> if that were to happen she would enter the foster care and until she reached majority age and then she would make her own decisions through and that's scary stuff. >> mike: strange stuff. no easy answer here. none at all. >> alysin: i bet you're glad you're not the governor of florida this moment. >> mike: yes and given the economic realms i would be not happy even without this case speed one who is profiting off healthcare russian ark michelle malkin has two suspects including people in the administration named after lord and gives. unit recognize those question marks you explain. >> alysin: is breaking records on a wing and a prayer meeting eight -year-old tiger of