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Tape. they join us live from miami. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. thank you for having us on your show. >> listen, paul, so you see the turkey buzzard about four seconds before it made impact. what sort of damage did it do to your helicopter? >> it left a large, gaping hole in the right side of the windshield and also caused some framing damage around where the door would go. we typically don't fly with the doors on when the weather is nice so i got door frame damage and the windshield. >> and so the turkey buzzard just wound up plopping -- after it busted your windshield, plop...

Him getting caught up in the tail rotor blade. that could have brought the helicopter down. i instructed tim to just keep his arm over the buzzard so he couldn't move. >> the amazing thing is because as a helicopter pilot, that gizmo in front of you that keeps the craft in the air in the right place, had, you know, you gone left or right or something else like that, that could have been devastating to you and your passenger. >> yeah. for a good part of the flight, he was actually -- he was on my left and actually on my forearm. his beak was supported on the horizontal part of the cyclic contro...

>> welcome back, everyone. it's 24 minutes past the hour. some quick headlines for you. one million fewer illegal immigrants came into the u.s. last year according to the department of homeland security. the feds say this is due to using more resources along the border and a weak economy. figure skater nancy kerrigan stands by brother mark vowing to fight the medical examiner's finding that her father's death was a homicide. daniel kerrigan died after he got into a fight with his son. let's go over to steve. >> thank you. check this out. take a look at that. a helicopter pilot and his friend w...

Flew off. it's good you didn't hurt it because i understand that particular bird is protected under the migratory bird treaty act. so, you know, we might be interviewing you from jail right now had you done something bad to it. all right. paul and tim, we thank you both for joining us today. what a story you've got to tell from miami. >> thank you. >> have a good day, sir. >> you bet. straight ahead, a new move in the war on terror. thousands of t.s.a. agents getting access to secret intel, but are they really qualified for that? we'll tell you about it and $350,000 in stimulus money going to ...