CNN news 2014-01-25 加文本

cnn news 2014-01-25

Fridays are awesome. Welcome to cnn Student News. I'm Carl Azuz.

More than 80 presidents of American colleges and universities were at the White House yesterday. The reason, President Obama wants more low income students to go to college and  he's looking for these college leaders for help. The White House says that for family who earn some of the lowest incomes, 9% of students get the bachelor's degree by age 25. For families earning some of highest incomes, it's 54%. The president says the low income students get less help for preparing tests and figuring it out how and where to apply for college and the US government believes the best way for Americans to maximize their earning potential is to get a college degree. That may not be true across the board though. According to the US bureau of labor statistics, purchasing agents,  people who buy machinery or equipment for businesses can earn around 60,000 dollars a year without college degree. Computer network specialists who need associate degree but necessarily a bachelor's can also earn around 60 grand. On the job training or some form of higher learning factor in the both examples. 5 years ago this week, a passenger jet took off from New York City headed for north Carolina, it had 155 people on board. 3 minutes after take off, it hit a flock of gigs causing a loss of engine power. It landed on the Hudson River. It skidded to a stop and the plane stayed up floor on icy water long enough for everyone on board to get off safely. Is it any wonder why this was called the miracle on the Hudson?

A US airways plane, you see it right there. It's in the Hudson River. It's an airbus, A320.

"5 years ago this afternoon, 155 people faced sudden unexpected challenge."

"All of the sudden, the captain came on and said: Embrace for impact and that's what we knew we were going down."

"But landing in the Hudson only solved the first biggest problem of the day. We, then, had to find a way to get 155 people out of the Hudson River to safely on a day when the air temperature was 21 degrees. The water was 38."

"The first New York waterway ferry, I know from watching surveillance tapes, arrive alongside flight 1549 less than 4 minutes after we stopped in the Hudson. By the time I left the aircraft, I have to see the evacuation was complete as the last person off the aircraft. The aircraft was surrounded by rescue vessels and the rescue of everyone aboard was well underway. We have much to be thankful for. Much was saved that day."

"My daughter's name is Cath.. She is in bed right now and when I got home, I want to take my nose and put it behind her ear and a little warm body and give her best kiss from daddy because I'm alive."