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That forced flight 1549 into the water, but not all ditchings go that smoothly. some run into a perfect storm of problems. imagine a pilot ends up over the caribbean sea, out of fuel and out of options, and soon into the ocean. thats the tragic story of alm flight 980. but what went so wrong? may 2nd, 1970, in a partnership between two now defunct charter airlines, dutch carrier alm and american carrier overseas national airlines, alm flight 980 is set to leave new yorks jfk airport at 11:00 a.m...

Compound. the compound is 80% demolished and local residents say the area has been cordoned off by security forces and police. on may 2nd of last year navy s.e.a.l. commandos conducted that nighttime raid, crossing into pakistan by helicopter without the governments knowledge. it was an embarrassment for pakistani authorities who denied knowledge of bin ladens presence and further tested the relationship with the united states. there are plans to build a park on the site and it should be complet...

keep us posted throughout the afternoon. the battle for election delegates kicking into high gear today in the state of maine. republican voters have been kaw cu -- caucusing there for weeks and tonight we find out the winner. lets go to shannon travis where mitt romney and ron paul are campaigning today. so whats the feeling as to how these caucuses just might turn out? >> yeah, i mean the feeling about how they might turn out, ron paul seems to have a bit of an edge there. you reme...

we go there tonight. lets go "outfront." good evening. tonight, the super rich surtax. okay, i keep stumbling on that one. but president obama today went on the road to press a theme from his state of the union address telling millionaires they need to pay up. >> if you make more than a million dollars a year you should pay a tax rate of at least 30%. >> all right, the presidents proposal would affect about 240,000 tax filers across the country. an expert tells us it would effectivel...

race less than a week until the florida primary and its a virtual dead heat between mitt and newt. absentee voters may make the difference. a navy s.e.a.l. rescuing american from pirates. its real life. its real life. we go there tonight. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening. tonight, the super rich surtax. okay, i keep stumbling on that one. but president obama today went on the road to press a theme from his state of the union address telling millionaires they need to...

and navy s.e.a.l.s rescuing americans from somali pirates. its real life. we go there tonight. lets go "outfront." good evening. tonight, the super rich surtax. okay, i keep stumbling on that one. but president obama today went on the road to press a theme from his state of the union address telling millionaires they need to pay up. >> if you make more than a million dollars a year you should pay a tax rate of at least 30%. >> all right, the presidents proposal would affect about 240...

♪ hello, there. its not quite 2012 yet. we still have some news to get to before the new year. im hala garani in washington. kyra phillips has the day off and we begin with the latest out of the united states in terms of politics this morning. lets get you straight to iowa and expecting any minute now, by the way, the new jersey governor chris christie will join mitt romney in iowa. christie is a rising star and many republicans wanted in this presidential race. he endorsed romney ...

What did you discover that we were not told that night and subsequent days? >> well, i think one of the things that i ultimately was able to find out somewhat after the fact was how the burial was put together at sea. >> on the uss vincent. >> on the uss carl vincent. the ship was basically shut down for a number of hours. all electronics were shut down. there was no internet. there was no wi-fi. there was no cell phones and at about 12:25 local time on may 2nd in the north arabian sea, two mari...

That smoothly. some run into a perfect storm of problems. imagine a pilot ends up over the caribbean sea, out of fuel and out of options, and soon into the ocean. thats the tragic story of alm flight 980. but what went so wrong? may 2nd, 1970, in a partnership between two now defunct charter airlines, dutch carrier alm and american carrier overseas national airlines, alm flight 980 is set to leave new yorks jfk airport at 11:00 a.m. 57 passengers and six crew members are onboard. >> it was a bea...

May 2nd, 1970. bad weather, low visibility, and lack of fuel. captain dewitt has no choice but to ditch his plane in the caribbean sea. no footage exists of this incident, but our dramatic animation shows what the plane might have looked like as it slammed into those turbulent waters. here is how the pilot describes what it felt like to be in the cockpit in that life-and-death mome moment. >> my first contact with the water was quite smooth. it was not too long after that that the rest of the ai...