>> that was the voice of harrison ford. real life drama as his plane loses power before crashing. a passenger jet skids off the runway. hundreds of motorists get stranded on the highway. just another day of winter in the united states. and iraqi forces battling in an all out effort to retake the

city of tikrit. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen this is cnn newsroom. >> battered but okay. that is how harrison ford's son describes his father. the famed movie star now hospitalized after a plane he was piloting had an apparent engine failure and crashed on a golf course while ford was attempting to make a landing. ford suffered moderate trauma but was alert and conscious when paramedics arrived at the scene. cnn has more from the scene of the crash in venice, california. >> firefighters are here as well as investigators trying to figure out why the engine of this plane, a plane that harrison ford was piloting why

it suddenly lost power. he did manage to make an extraordinary landing. this is a golf course. all of that green grass that you're looking at and that is the vintage plane. you can see that the nose has broken off but the body itself is relatively unscathed, perhaps why he didn't have any more severe injuries. witnesses pulled him out. his head was bleeding. they did take him to the hospital and he is listed in stable condition. the question is why that engined stalled. people who heard the plane take off actually heard that engine stop. he didn't quite make it to the airport but the people who live here in this neighborhood in this very densely populated area say they are very glad he managed to land safely here on this golf course. >> and earlier we spoke with the man from the neighborhood who heard the engine problems and

said that noise is not that uncommon in this area. >> planes don't crash all the time obviously. i think the last one was about five year ace go that crashed right outside the house on the golf course as well. you hear them quite often. the engines go out a little bit but typically they come back on and everything is okay. but you think maybe today is another one that goes down. like today. >> tell me specifically what did you hear? >> the engine cut out but we hear that all the time. that's not that special. you hear that quite often and then typically the engine comes on again. sometimes they go on like when you have an old car exit doesn't run quite well? it's similar to that. the sound is similar to that. i don't know what these engines are like. i'm assuming because there is a lot of old planes here that that's what happens. that sometimes the old ingins

don't work. >> that guy is obviously used to this kind of thing. but cnn aviation analyst says harrison ford's piloting skills prevented the situation from escalating to something much worse. >> what happens is once you have a -- if you have a single engine airplane and you have an engine failure, if you're a good pilot you set it up in a glide slope. you are trained how you can get the most amount of mileage out of it with no engine. he obviously set it up for a good ratio but he just couldn't make the airport again. apparently he was coming back to land. and for that golf course to be there was extremely fortuitous. i lived in los angeles for years and you can't land on the freeways. and there's just nothing else there. it's lucky that the golf course was there and fortunate that he knew how to set the plane up for

an unpowered landing, brought it down. pretty good piloting. >> and he's probably thanking his lucky stars in the hospital right now. this isn't if tirs aviation related incident for ford. in 1999 he had to make an emergency landing in a california river bed while flying in a held continuer with a flight instructor. now to another close call a scary landing at new york's laguardia airport. thursday the plane skidded off the runway and stopped just short of disaster. >> it's a terrifying image for everyone who flies. a delta passenger jet skidding off of a slick and snowy runway. the flight from atlanta was coming in for a landing and then lost control, ending up just feet from the water. >> as soon as we landed we feltd the wheels hit the runway and we

did not feel the wheels take traction and we started to skid and we skid to the left side of the runway and we continued to skid. we literally were a couple feet away from headed into the water. >> 127 passengers aboard the plane were evacuated from the plane using emergency exits on the wings. port authority officials say the emergency chutes did not deploy. 24 were injured and three take on the the hospital. one of the passengers new york giants tight end shot this video. port authority issues dealt with a fuel leak from the plane. >> he is leaking fuel on the left side of the aircraft heavily.

>> the other day, off the runway. >> the airport is closed. >> say again? >> and major headaches on the road. it was especially bad where hundreds of motorists were left stranded overnight and well into thursday. the national guard was sent into help. no deaths or injuries reported. people stranded on those highways are on the move again but now comes the cold snap of winter air. derrick is a busy guy these days keeping up with these storms. >> yeah. >> it's amazing. >> and to have two events like that of people getting stranded

on the highways and the runway at laguardia, this is all from the same storm system. gency personnel to help with the situation that being the national guard and the snow just basically fell faster than the plows could keep up with it. and unfortunately, that's what caused the situation to just continue to get worse. the snowball effects to use an analogy. this is the swath of snow all the way to elizabethtown. and you see this darker shading of purple? that's indicating over 24

inches. you can see how that runs. basically perpendicular to your i-56 corridor that runs north and south by the way, we set a record two day storm total in lexington, kentucky. that has never happened before. louisville getting in on some of that. fortunately this storm is moving off the east coast. the snowfall has ended for all the major cities. just -- but now the cold air. it is headed our way. temperatures in atlanta, georgia. nashville predicted at 10:00 degrees but if it drops into the

single digits that will be the coldest air temperature felt this late in the season since the 1800s. and natalie, i will leave it on a good note. 14 days until spring. >> yeah. but will we feel it? will it really come? >> that's a good question. let me look into my magic eight ball here. >> we will see it. >> i get the boot. already. >> those poor people in new york. thanks. iraqi forces getting help in the battle to retake the hometown of saddam hussein. >> we will tell you which countries are joining them to help win that city back. also ahead here isis continuing to bulldoze iraq's history.

>> and south korea digging into the past of the man accused of stabbing a u.s. ambassador. we will look for possible connections to north korea.

>> welcome back. you're watching cnn newsroom. the iraqi military is now on its

fifth day in a push. the northern iraqi city is the hometown of former dictateor saddam hussein and it's a required winning step towards winning back isis held mosul further north. iraqi forces claim they are making gains and they are getting some help along the way. ben got within just a few kilometers of the frontd lines. >> tikrit is the target. heavy rounds fired into a city now the focus of iraq's biggest yet offensive against isis. the group overran the city last june. there are no signs of life there. many have already fled. we're at a base just two miles.

>> 3.2 kilometers from tikrit. isis is just on the other side. that was an outgoing round. our visit was organized by the paramilitary force created when the iraqi army nearly collapsed during last summer's isis onslaught. increasingly they are playing a central role in the fight against isis. one of the commanders has learned a lot about isis's tactics. the basic strategy he tells me is to avoid face to face confrontations. they depend on explosive devices and snipers. the forces received training ammunition weapons, and high level battlefield advice from iran. our tour included a stop at this mosque east of tikrit.

parliament members visiting the troops was quick to praise iran for its backing in the fight against isis. today the support is much larger than the iranian support which is limited. praise for iran mixed with criticism. and that really doesn't reflect well on them. the government has said it doesn't request assistance for the operation. if this operation is successful these fighters will take the credit. >> and we have this from the isis militants.

apparently they have destroyed more ancient ruins in northern iraq. enior international correspondent joins me now with the latest from seoul where the attack happened and harsh words there from the north koreans.

>> that's right. just within the last hour the man who was seen by have many witnesses stabbing the u.s. ambassador in the face and arm and hand early thursday morning. he was taken by south korean police to a courthouse to see whether or not he would receive an arrest warrant for this attack. and he was shawn in a wheelchair grimacing and briefly answered a few questions from a throng of south korean journalists who are asking if his attack was at all linked to north korea and asking him if he had traveled to north korea in the past and his response was no. it's nonsense. that denial that he has ever traveled to north korea comes in sharp contrast with what the south korean authorities have

said. they say he has made multiple trips there. take a listen to this statement by a police chief here. >> he went to north korea seven times in 2011 he tried to build a monument to kim jong ii. we are investigating whether there is another power behind this attack. >> so basically investigating natalie there whether or not this was a loan wolf basically terrorist attack

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>> the family of michael brown, the teenager killed last year in ferguson missouri plans to file a civil wrongful death lawsuit in the case according to their attorney this comes one day after a u.s. justice department found rampant racism within the police department. the chief's refusal to comment is prompting growing calls for his resignation. >> i'm sorry. you don't have -- >> police chief thomas jackson has fought for months to keep his job despite violent protests even after a scathing justice department report chief jackson still holds the top badge.

>> this happened on his watch. >> this includes racist e-mails sent within his department that ridicule black mothers and compare president obama to a chimpanzee. the calls for the chief's resignation are growing. we need a look into this. >> when we look at who's accountable we have to start at the top. >> chief jackson has refused our requests for an interview but in november he told out front that he would not resign. >> the justice department report paints chief jackson as one of the driving forces behind this. the report says officers competed to see how officers write the most tickets.

it concluded that pro motions depended on citation revenue. chief jackson told the commander no discipline for doing your job. >> then there's the story of a commander who one day bragged about seeing a steady stream of people ten to 15 deep waiting in line for hours to pay traffic fines. he wrote the court clerk girls have been swamped and the city manager responded great work. chief jackson kept close tabs on the money. the chief celebrated raising citation revenue writing we beat our next biggest month by over $17,000. the city manager responded wonderful. in another e-mail jockson wrote his police force had passed the $2 million mark. the city manager wrote awesome. thanks.

ng us. it is admitting that the courts are about the generation of revenue. >> until now the money was flowing freely but the citation revenue faucet might soon be just a trickle. cnn, ferguson, missouri. >> and cnn sarah talked with chief jackson on thursday and asked him what he thinks about the department of justice report and what he's going to do next. >> what do you think of the doj's report? >> i'm still analyzing it. >> you're still looking? don't you think you should have known some of the things that came out? the racest e-mails. the numbers. were you just trying to bill people out of money instead of proteching them? >> okay. thank you. and i will be in touch.

get ahold of jeff. >> i have talked to everyone. i have given you literally every opportunity. we have been talking for days and days and days. all we want is an an seasons from you. what do you think of this report and what are you going to co-about it? any idea what you're going to do about it? >> i'm going to analyze the report and take action where necessary. >> sarah there tracking down the police chief. we'll wait and hear once he looks that what he has to say. >> jurors relive the moments after the deadly boston marathon bombings through the eyes of survivors on thursday the second day of testimony in the trial of the surviving brother. other witnesses recounted the carnage they saw, equating it to something out of a horror move

tsarnaev is charged with 30 counts. three people were killed at the finish line and a fourth in the manhunt that followed two years ago. next why australia's government called indonesia's ambassador to complain about the lack of dignity shawn two men facing execution. more about that. plus a mob of protesters attack a prison in india and they were looking for one inmate accused of rape. we'll have the rest of that story in a moment.

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here in the united states and around the world. you're watching krmp nn live coverage. here are our top stories. thousands of people have fled their homes as fighting rages. iraq is trying to recapture the city of tikrit which has been under isis control since june. delta passengers had quite a scare when their plane skidded off an icy runway in new york.

two australian men on death row are sparking controversy. nine people arrested back in 2005 for planning to smuggle heroin out of the country. reports say the australian government called the ambassador to complain about this picture saying it showed the lack of dignity shown to the condemned men. the photos were reportedly taken during the men's transfer to a maximum security facility. the police chief said he was trying to raise the men's spirits and didn't know the pictures were taken. this news came after indonesia ruled out a last minute request to spare these men from execution. let's turn to cnn's simon. >>

nationals and indonesian nationals that also face death by firing squad. the lawyers continue to appeal to the court and the australian government too. she has been in touch with her indonesian counter part making an appeal for a prisoner swap. >> what we are seeking to do is have an opportunity to talk about options that might be available in the area of prison transfer or prison swap. absolutely no details but we are seeking an opportunity to explore every option that might be available to us. every avenue that might be available to save the lives of these two men. >> that conversation took place

on tuesday. today, thursday local, the indonesian foreign ministry spokesperson told cnn that indonesia doesn't have legislation or laws or any other legal instruments that will enable the issue of a prisoner exchange to be conducted and they told cnn that that was already relaid to the foreign minister. and that is perhaps why she is suggesting a mem ran dan of understanding. australia is trying everything it can to halt these executions saying that the men were young when they committed the crime. yes they should be punished. they are rack r remarkable examples of prison reform they say. >> and of course we will continue to follow that story to see if they are indeed executed by indonesia.

being shown inside the country and the film's creator says she is deeply disappointed by the government's response. >> they are afeared thoo this will lead to public disorder. i presume they mean protests. >> but you were shocked. essentially are you saying that officials in india are doing their own country a disservice by not allowing this documentary to be shown? >> 100%. and tragedy here is it's a missed opportunity for india to actually show by embracing the film which i had presumed that

it would to show the world that india is as concerned as the rest of the world is to put gender equality on the agenda of the world right now. >> i want to go now to monica who has been following this story. she is live from mumbai and certainly you have reported in the past monica on some horrific rapes that have occurred in india. why does the indian government then find this film, which is trying to be transparent about an issue, so offensive? >> natalie, i think as a film maker pointed out, that the indian government is worried about creating a law and order situation. if you watch the film you will know that some of the content of the film is quite controversial and by that i'm referring to the interview with one of the rapists and in the movie, we're not allowed to directly quote

from him by government orders but he shows absolutely no remorse for his actions. in fact he goes on to suggest that if the victim had stayed silent while she was being raped, perhaps she would have been spared a beating. he goes on to say that the death penalty, which india has imposed for rapists after this gang rape that that perhaps won't help women going forward. he says earlier if people raped a woman they would leave her because she wouldn't really report the case or if she reported the case the punishment wasn't that severe but now a man who rapes a woman will kill her because he knows that there's the death penalty for a rapist. and he also says he implies that girls bring rape upon themselves. he says no good girls roam around the streets at 9:00 at night or frequent bars and nightclubs so it's these

comments that are insightful and controversial and the government is worried that when these comments come out in the public sphere that it could create protests and a serious law and order situation in india. the government says that's one of the reasons they're banning it. they are also looking into how the film maker was able to get permission to interview the man who is currently in jail on death row. >> yes. at the same time it comes to be disappointing that the indian government doesn't see his despicable comments as a way to bring about dialogue and under understanding to help the society move on from the rape situation in the meantime there was a completely unrelated ins tent involving a rape inmate in

prison. >> that's right. this took place on nurz evening. about 1,000 people gathered over there in the town to protest a rape they began to protest and marched angry towards the local police department where the suspect is being held and they stormed the police facility over there, broke down the cell dragged the alleged rapist out and stripped him naked and beat him black and blue. they beat him so severely that he died of his injuries on the spot before police authorities were able to get to him and to rescue him. pretty gruesome scenes outside the police facility over there. during the clashes the police used tear gas and bamboo sticks to try to control the crowd.

they couldn't use that much force because many of the protesters there were young students. a very highly agitated crowd. the situation over there remains tense and i believe the area still under curfew. >> we just had on the screen that this case that you talk about might be more of an ethnic conflict than so much a rape. can you explain that? >> yes. because the two groups over there, the alleged rapists belong to a different group he is believed to be an illegal immigrant and there is tension between that group of -- that community and the local community who believe that you know people kwho have come from bangladesh are steeling their jobs. there has been tension between these two groups for a while. that could be one of the factors that has played into the scene. >> we appreciate it. thank you. well we have signs of progress

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investigators have found nothing but the search goes on. correct? >> that's correct. you talk to those family members and they can't believe it will be a year officially on sunday that a year on that they are still no closer to finding out the fate of their loves ones. there is going to be an interim report which will be released on sunday which may shed some light into what may have happened on flight 370's final moments. we don't know what's going to come out of that. but certainly for the families they are looking for some sort of closure. we can't imagine just how difficult it has been for them. i was in koala lumpur and speaking to family members and the overriding thought was the fact that they are still caught in limbo. they can't move on until they get some sort of evidence of what happened to their family

members. >> if it is there in the indian ocean, we can have closure and we can leave him at peace. right now i don't think he's at peace. if they do find i can put him at peace. >> you hear not just from her but from many, many families. i met the daughter of a woman who is on that flight. a young woman recently qualified and she was saying that there is just no joy in her life. she just goes through the motions every day now and it's this limbo that they can't escape from. they can't give up and they can't move forward.

>> i can understand in so many ways. i know that lady said she calls her husband's cell phone still and it goes straight to voice mail. the fact that she does that says it all doesn't it? what of the investigation? how extensive is it? and what are officials saying if anything about whether they think this is a mystery that will f be solved? >> well they are obviously keeping a very open mind on whether this will be solved because it has now been a year and nobody could have believed that this time last year or in a couple days a year ago that we would still have so many questions. there is as we know there is the area of high interest. but that's still 60,000 square kilometers big. it's in one of the most remote parts of the world as we know. the mapping of the sea floor,

which in some places up to 5,000, 6,000 feet deep. it's sort of half way complete ed ed. there has been no hint of debris. you talk to the people in charge of the search and they say that we are continuing and we're doing it in a very methodical manner. if this search is completed in this area and still no sign what happens then? and the families obviously have a very real fear that they will start scaling back this search and we may never know and that is a question which is being put to the authorities at the moment. not getting any clear answers on what happens if this search in this area is completed with no further clues as to what happened to 370. >> andrew i recall you were one of the correspondents there in perth covering all of these

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will be sentenced to life in prison or 25 years. arias always admitted to killing alexander but maintains it was in self-defense. >> and we are here to talk about hurricane force wind gusts that whipped the italian and crow croatian coast. >> we were always warned that the winds there could become hurricane force. we never experienced it but this people did. so take a look at the video coming out of the region. >> i don't think you could sail in that. >> no, sailboats don't fare too well in 155 kilometer winds. take a listen to that. that is fierce fierce wind

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