i had the honor of speaking to america's favorite pilot sully. we still as a nation revel in that story. i know you may be a little uncomfortable with the hero label, but let's revel in it again. and as you hear that, what goes through your mind? because we all think of the panic that would be rushing through our mind and hearts. what was going on in your mind and heart as you're thinking and saying we're going in the hudson? >> well, michael, great to be with you. it was a shocking moment. for 42 years, my flight had been more or less routine. but in a few seconds, it was apparent to me and my first officer jeffrey skiles that day, that this was going to be something completely different. this would be the most challenging, the most dire emergency of my life. >> did you ever have that moment of panic? >> well, we certainly startled. it got our attention. it remind me of a quote from the space program where astronaut john young was asked before the launch, i think of the first space shuttle flight, are you ever concerned, worried. he said if you

. >> sully was great.right out of central casting. like the clint eastwood of airline pilots. imagine him when the geese hit the engines. he was like, not on my watch. >> i don't know if he was lauded because he was able to land in the hudson river or just got a great parking spot in new york. >> gay marriage supporters saw two more states allow same-sex weddings but several other votes ran against their cause. >> i think if gay people want to get married more power to them, but i think it should be a state matter. >> beauty queen carrie prejean spoke up against same-sex marriage but ended up out of her crown, and gown, too, as rumors of sexy videotapes swirled out of her past. >> i think that she -- she really is proof that looks are not everything. >> did anyone see her sex tape? i don't think she has sex. it's tease, tease, tease with her. i need more -- i need either more or less carrie prejean. this level of carrie prejean, no thanks. >> then she goes on larry king and tries to walk off larry king. >>

and speaking of being okay, it was called the miracle on the hudson, a pilot named sully became a national hero as he belly-floopd his jetliner into the fridge rid river. all people on board lived to tell the tale. those stories were not a joke. this was a hoax. full of hot air. america fretted, fearful a 6-year-old boy was inside of this balloon as it floated across the colorado sky. he wasn't there and his parents pleaded guilty to charges of making it all up. the year was full of police chases, and this was the money shot, literally, cash cascading from a suspected drug-runners truck. >> i saw it was $100 bills flying from the sky. >> reporter: there were kids in cars. check out the 7-year-old in utah who drove home. he stole his dad's vehicle to skip church. in the end he probably was praying he would be spared his father's wrath. this philadelphia baseball dad caught a foul ball. his 3-year-old daughter quickly threw it back. all he could do is hug her, nothing like a father's love. this proposal of love made misty a little misty as dennis popped the question from an indiana field. an

hero pilot sully sullenberger safely lands his crippled plane in the hudson river.ernie madoff pleads guilty to a massive fraud that apparently stole 65 billion or so dollars from investors. michael jackson, the king of pop dies in los angeles. army psychologist nidal hasan opens fire on military personnel in fort hood texas killing 14. and the coverage that january on january 20th when barack obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the united states. jim, you're chomping at the bit. >> i would connect two of those, obama and fort hood. i think that the obama administration's response or lack of response to the fort hood shooting and all the discoveries we've made about muslim jihadist infiltration into the united states is going to prove to be the biggest story of 2009 and frankly, obama's term in office. >> jon: judy. >> i think that the phenomenon of home grown radicalization will be certainly the national security story of 2009. i have to agree with you, jim. >> jon: all right. you're jumping a little bit ahead of us because we're going to get into that. ell

captain sully sullenberger, on the football field, ohio state marched to a victory.he buckeyes beat oregon to win their first rose bowl since 1997. >>> call it one of the craziest bowl games this season. the outback bowl. northwestern with a chance to win pushes a field goal wide right. wait. hold on, foul on the play, roughing the kicker. when you rough the kick ter means another chance -- at a victory. northwestern lines up, instead kicking the field goal, call for the trick play and failed to score, which means northwestern blows two opportunities. auburn win as thriller in overtime. >>> nba action. the lakers kobe bryant is king against the kings. at the buzzer, kobe drills the game-winner. that's his third game-winning buzzer-beater this season. lat eck actually trailed by 20 points but win on bryant's heroics. that's a look at sports. i'm joe carter. >>> look close here. you are looking at the top of an suv that could have been a death trap for a father and son and their friend. the three were parked on a sandbar on the willamette river for a new year's day riv

this year, captain sully sullenberger was honored at the roses parade in pasadena, the theme was everydayore perfect to headline it. the parade was before the rose bowl and something happened yesterday that hadn't happened in ten years and we keep teasing that, dave, are we ever going to air that. >> we'll talk more about the big ten coming up, but can you believe that was almost a year ago, january 15th. >> oh. >> sully sullenberger, unbelievable how time flies. >> here is another unbelievable story for you. officials in connecticut are trying to figure out how in the world did this happen. how did they accidentally cremate at a funeral home the wrong body. >> oh, goodness. >> this is unbelievable. a family goes into the funeral, going into the wake there to see their-- the funeral of their loved one, they look over the casket, turns out that's not grandma in the casket, that's somebody else and then oh, by the way, we accidentally cremated your grandmother. >> cremated her thinking it was someone else. here is what the funeral home is saying now. quote, the funeral home is working close

well, captain sully sullenberger was once again at the helm this time leading the tournament of roses parade in california. the pilot for safely landing his plane in the hudson river, he served as the grand marshal. the theme was an above the rest. i think we agree he is. radio host rush limbaugh is out of hospital and planning to head back to work soon. the 58-year-old says that tests showed nothing is wrong with his heart. severe chest pain landed him in the hospital in hawaii on wednesday. doctors don't know what caused the pain, but could be a spasm of an art r. during the conference limbaugh could not resist the opportunity to turn the conversation about his health into politics. >> i was here was the best that the world has to offer and based on what happened to me here, i don't think there's one thing wrong with the american health care system. >> shannon: danish authorities say a somali man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder for attacks on a danish cartoonists, the suspect was carried into court on a stretcher. police say he broke into the home armed with an