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Touch the controls. on an autopilot flight new york to london, from takeoff to touchdown, just seven times. >> that is being in command of a system of wonderful computers that do a great job, but it isn't flying. >> casey says captain sullenberger showed what real flying is all about during the miracle on the hudson in 2009. now to business. today we get a look at october's retail sales figures as well as an update on the housing market. later we get the fefr federal reserve's minutes from the policy meeting. all in the red but not a whole lot. s&p logged its first two day decline of the ent...

>> what you must mane tain your bake airmanship. >> reporter: as afest, cap taken tom casey, once kept track of how rarely he had to touch the controls on an auto pilot flight, new york to london. from takeoff to touchdown, just seven times. >> that is being in command of a system of wonderful computers that do a great job but it isn't flying. >> reporter: real flying, says casey, was exemplified by captain sulen berger when he landed a plane without engines on the hudson river. a new report calls for manual flying in the cockpit and simulators. >> obviously an inevitable problem as automation...

Climber response, because it's there. >> it really is the feeling of being superman. to be able to fly wherever you want. you just think, i want to go over there, and, boom, you do it. >> reporter: in reality, he's more like buzz lightyear from toy story. >> you're flying. >> this isn't flying. it's falling with style. >> reporter: falling with incredible style, to infinity and beyond. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> you know who i can see doing that? >> who? >> you. >> i thought you'd say that. and you know my response, nada, nope, not going to happen. you and i talked about what chic...

We've got a better absentee ballot program, better door-to-door program. i will say this though, to be fair. both political parties in wisconsin are very serious organizations that understand where their votes are. they're both pretty good getting the vote out. my point is the idea that the democrats somehow have a superior program, they just don't. if you look at the results, we've made more contacts than they have and not just turning out the vote, jenna. i mean it's the same thing that abraham lincoln said, find every wig and get them to the polls. that's what we do today. jenna: thank you ...

Flown an american flag outside his summer point drive home since moving in. a month ago hanson says he replaced this wooden post for a more prominent role for the stars and stripes but the 16-foot tall structure isn't flying well with the homeowners association. >> according to their rules, it's because of i'm install ing a permanent fixure without prior approval of a homeowner's association, even though there was a post there already. >> hanson says there is nothing in the hoa covenant that mentions the flag pole. >> i thought since it was a replacement, that i wouldn't have to do it, but i h...