>> harrisson ford crashes on a golf course.

cnn is on the front line near the city of tikrit. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> and i'm natalie allen. you're watching cnn newsroom. >> we begin this hour near los angeles, california where harrison ford remains hospitalized after a small plain he was piloting suffered apparently engine failure and came crashing down thursday afternoon. >> amazing he survived. i want you to listen now to this air traffic control audio. you can actually hear the tension as ford realizes something is very wrong with his plane just after take-off.

>> cnn's kim law has more from the scene of the crash there 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 is piloting lost power. he did manage to make an extraordinary landing. this area this is a golf course. all of that green graz that you're looking at that's a vintage plane. you can see that the nose has broken off. the body itself is relatively unscathed. perhaps why he didn't have any

more severe injuries. witnesses managed to pull him off. people who heard the plane take off and heard that engine stop. he didn't quite make it to the airport. but the people who live here in that neighborhood they say they are very glad he managed to land safely here on this golf course. >> it was so close to the neighborhoods there. >> she was telling you earlier that she was as close to a house as she was to that airport right there. >> unbelievable. >> he got it away from any possible someone getting hurt on the ground. other witnesses say the vintage plane had trouble as soon as it took off. >> earlier a man who spoke -- we spoke to rather saw the plane and crash happen and as a pilot

himself he spoke to cnn and said that harrison ford responded to an apparent engine failure very well. >> i was driving to work and i witnessed a small single engine aircraft cross and departure much lower than aircraft typically do. >> is it very common for planes or engines like this? >> engine failures like this are very unusual whether it be in a large aircraft you might take in an airport or a pilot such as yourself you run a series of checks to try to make sure that everything is correct and that nothing like this will happen. occasionally it does and in the situations like that mr. ford did everything right. >> and guess what? this is the secondary crash he has survived.

so coming up later in this hour we will have more on how indiana jones did that one, too. >> this time a delta passenger jet that had quite a scare when it skidded off an icy runway. >> it came oh so close to disaster. the plane stopped just short of plunging into fridged water. no one seriously hurt. but at least one passenger said he knew something was wrong immediately when they touched down. >> as soon as the wheels touched down the experienced fliers knew something was up because you did not feel the wheels take. there is no traction or leverage. we were off. it fell like we were off the runway and we were obviously going and as you feel the bumpy ground you start to think oh my gosh this is big.

this is serious. we could end up in the water. folks were praying. some folks were screaming. there were babies and some kids on board. a couple of pregnant mothers on board. there was a lady up front who was in the media. there was an array of emotions from the passengers with what we were going through. >> i spoke with mary an hour or so ago and she said that is one of the most challenging situations. investigators are looking into what caused this particular accident. >> and another round of winter weather weather, take a look at this.

>> drivers there stranded in cold weather for hours after a string of accidents brought traffic to a stand till. hundreds of people with little or no food water, and low on fuel. many posting their plight on social media. >> up to two feet of snow came first stopping traffic and then burying it in its tracks. >> we have been taking stranded motorists to warm care facilities where they can get

water. we have had a couple of cases of folks that needed insulin or may have been diabetic. these are his pictures of the snow as it closed in on their bus last night. the om suggestion of the highway was a long long line of stuck trucks and cars. >> i will give you an idea of the things they like. >> i am up to my knees, almost up to my knees in snow right now. >> amanda and her boyfriend were bound for chicago on i-65. >> i don't know if you can see this but we are backed up and completely stopped and our cars are literally stuck. >> this was the start of their spring break. >> we have now been sitting in the same spot for over four hours. >> by afternoon, there were signs of progress as plows and graters cleared the way allowing tow trucks to get in and traffic to get moving. many of those stuck had been headed to florida. you guessed it.

to escape winter. martin savage cnn, atlanta. >> what a mess there in kentucky. they are moving again now. that's good. >> but there is no escape so far from winter. derrick van dam is there to tell you. >> again and again. >> little rallyerally yesterday, you walked into the studios. it was balmy and felt like spring and you walked out and it felt like winter. you guys it is 39 degrees colder than it was yesterday. atlanta's not the only place. we're talking about 20 to 25 degrees colder right this moment than where we were yesterday at this time. of course if you're traveling to the east coast of the united states you can see that shades of blue and pink you know what

that means. it's cold. we had some impressive snowfall totals coming out of kentucky. we set a record near lexington. the most snow in two days. 17.1 inches well over 35 centimeters of snow. the good news is the storm's on its way out. we will say good-bye and good riddance to this cold front but now we have to deal with the cold snap of air. what's making me look at this and go. well goodness. if you dropped into the single digits overnight that will be the coldest temperature that nashville has ever experienced this late in the season ever.

actually since the 1800s. that is unprecedent. it's just that you have got to factor in so many things. the angle of the sun doesn't really allow temperatures to get this cold. it shouldn't happen but here it is. >> extreme cold extreme heat. a little whacky. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> the family of michael brown, the teenager killed last year by a police officer in ferguson missouri you were there covering it many times, plans to file a civil wrongful death lawsuit in the case according to the attorney. >> this comes one day after a u.s. justice department found racism within the department but decided not to charge former officer darren wilson in the shooting. the chant became a rallying cry for protests in ferguson and a larger movement. but the justice department also

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>> even iranian advisors are working with the iraqi military to try to reclaim the city. s, police and militia

members, they have reclaimed more than 200 square kilometers from isis. now we also went to a fort just to the south of tikrit where we spoke to some officers where we said in listening to the walky talkies they are hearing that they are getting instructions from their commanders to save off their beards cut their hairs and throw away their military uniform ss and try to leave the city mixed in among civilians. and that's the worry in the city that's probably sowed with mines, ieds and booby traps.

>> tikrit is the target. heavy rounds fired into the city now the focus of iraq kees biggest offensive against isis. the group overran the city last june. there are nosteins of life there. we're at a base just two miles. 3.2 kilometers from tikrit. that was an outgoing round. created when the army nearly collapsed during last summer's isis onslaugt.

s coalition.

unfortunately, the iraqi government said it didn't request assistance from the tikrit operation. if this is successful, these fighters and iran will take the credit. and of course more bad news yesterday we heard from the iraqi ministry that isis has sent bulldozers to the town of the ancient town dating back to about 1300 bc. george? >> senior international correspondent live in baghdad. >> government air strikes in

syria have reportedly killed the military commander. syria state news agency says the attacks happened thursday in north western syria. a source tells cnn as many as 13 of the groups leaders were killed. >> breaking news now out of israel police in jerusalem say a number of people have been injured as a car ran them over. it happened near the border police headquarters. police headquarters. we don't have many other details at this point but we will bring you more information as we get it.

>> welcome back to cnn newsroom. the prescribe of australia says his government has not given up on trying to save two australian men from being executed in indonesia. >> the men are part of the nine. nine people arrested in 2005 for planning to smuggle heroin out of indonesia. >> we want to assure people that even at the 11th hour the australian government is doing everything we humanly can to let the indonesia government and

people know that it would be in neither their best interests or their best values for these executions to go ahead. >> photographs showing an indonesian police chief smiling and apparently posing with the two australian men headed to a more maximum security prison for their executions or sparking controversy. reports say the australian government called indonesia's an bas dor citing the lack of dignity shawn to the men. e with north korea which called the stabbing a knife attack of justice.

cnn senior international correspondent joins me now with the latest from seoul where the attack happened. we have seen the suspect recently and he perhaps shed light on whether he has ties with north korea. >> that's right. the man witnessed stabbing the u.s. ambassador in the face and arm and wrist early thursday morning at an event there. he was brought to a courthouse. he was grimacing in a wheelchair one of his ankles bound and reports that he may have had it broken when tackled after the attack. he was asked if his attack was linked at all to the north korean regime and also asked about his previous reported

travels to north korea and his response were no it was not linked to north korea and he said it's nonsense and denied that he had traveled to north korea. that is sharply contradicted by the government here and the police. take a listen to an excerpt from a police briefing earlier today. >> he went to north korea seven times in december of 2011 he tried to build a monument to kim jong ii. >> could there have been some kind of links to north korea? though north korean state media has been very quick to respond

to this news. basically applauding the attack calling it a knife attack of justice. >> right. seoul there is a relatively peaceful city considering that it's not very far from north korea. >> if you look at the editorials they vary from calling this a diskras to warning what the impact could be on the close alliance between south korea and the u.s. security forces for failing to intercept this attacker for allowing a knife to get into this gathering that was held on thursday morning. there are also some questions about the chief suspect because for about four years from 2007 to 2011 he was a member of what

is described as the reunification education board and it was as part of that apparently that he made some of his trips to north korea. so defacto he had links to a government ministry and that connection had ended about four years ago. of course when he was a member of this reunification -- education board, that was during a previous presidency, a more liberal presidency that was following a policy known as the sunshine policy.

nging into the water.

>> welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is cnn newsroom. >> thank you for being with us. here are our top stories. the u.n. says thousands of people have fled their homes in northern iraq as fighting rages between iraqi forces trying to push back isis militants. iraq trying to capture the city of tikrit which has been under i-sis control since way back in june. >> and argentina and the ex-wife of a prosecutor who died in

january says he was murdered. on ford's plane crashed. the vintage plane had engine trouble on take-off and ford was attempting an emergency landing. >> hollywood and movie fan alike are relieved after hearing that he is expected to recover but thursday's crash in california is not his first. >> it's not. earlier i spoke with entertainment journalist about his history with aviation incidents and what this means for his role in the upcoming star wars movie. >> he is no stranger to plane

crashes. he has crashed a plane and helicopter back to back in 2000. he has had plenty of injuries on set. he just had an injury last year and broke his leg on set. he was recovering from that and now this. he is like definitely an adventurous man and no stranger to danger for sure. >> he is really living his life like a true action hero. now that he's okay. people are talking about this. people are saying that he took down ailian aircrafts. so because he is okay and his injuries are not critical you can make fun of it. he is these famous characters that are crashing and flying and being pilots.

absolutely. >> i want to read the tweet that his son went out. >> this man is 72 years old and is going strong. he is still flying. i mean just back in 2010 he was flying and doing relief work with a charity i forgot the name of it. smiles -- over to haiti. flying doctors and resources back and forth. so this is not somebody that is sitting down any time soon. he's 72 going strong and he enjoys flying planes. >> do we know how far along they were filming the latest filming? >> i tried to get the information.

i was trying to look it up. he was just recovering from the last injury his broken leg from the door. i'm not exactly sure where they are. >> hopefully it won't be a set back for harrison ford. he is living that out. >> real action hero. >> and in stable condition. >> thank you for having me. >> a scary moment for harrison ford. >> abc lultly. he is thankful again to survive another aircraft incident for him. >> lucky for him and lucky for hundreds of other passengers in new york. after a near disaster at laguardia. >> they must have had indiana jones pilot this airplane. because he avoided anybody getting seriously hurt. the plane skidded off the runway and stopped just short of disaster as you will see from

cnn will riply. >> it's a terrifying image for everybody who flies. >> lost control and ending up just fee from the water. >> we felt the wheels hit the runway and we did not feel the wheels take traction and we started to skid. we skidded to the left side of the runway. >> officials say the two planes that landed before reported good braking action. passengers were evacuated from the plane. port authority officials say the emergency from the chute did not deploy.

officials dealt with a fuel leak from the plane. >> on the left side of his aircraft heavily. >> leaking fuel. >> his wing is ruptured. >> the airport is closed. we have got a three foot. >> say again? >> they will work out an investigation was a slick runway to blame for what happened? we do know the airport had a service check on tuesday. >> search crews have scoured the indian ocean.

but one year later there are still no answers. >> one year on nothing. a memorial is being held today in the capital to remember the 239 people on board that missing plane. friends and family are being encouraged to read poems sing and pray together. ate. obviously the families have a real fear that the authorities will scale back this selection. there is a chance that mh 370 may never be found and we may never know what happened. that is the fear. there is no suggestion at this stage that will happen.

it's a real fear. vanished literally into thin air. 239 families of those members are living with this day to day. we are in kuala lumpur recently. >> i call his phone and it goes to voice mail. you never know. he might pick it up or someone who has them would let them have the phone and you know? the hope is there, you know? every little hope that comes along, you know?

it's something. >> this wife has never lost hope. every day in almost every way her husband remains part of her life. >> not a single day goes by without his name being popped up in my head. not a single day. i'm turning to this room and turn into the other room i see patrick. i see friends and i see patrick. if his children are with me i see them every day and it's patrick. i try not to break down in front of my children because then they would have me to deal with as well. >> the family home in kuala lumpur unchanged as patrick left for work as in flight supervisor his black work shoes still in their usual place outside the front door. his awards after 35 years at

malaysia airlines. the family portrait traits that reveal a doting father and grandfather. the wedding albums and newspapers left as they were almost a year ago. >> what's this book about? >> swimming. >> swimming. >> but life goes on. the inkindergarten and day care center she runs is a lifeline. >> it has helped keep me sane. i really need it if not we're just waiting and thinking about things. >> each day that passes is a day in limbo waiting for news any news and then maybe closure. we can have closure and we can leave him at peace because right now i don't think he's at peace. i'm sure he wants to come home

wherever he is. anyhow so if they do find i can put him at peace. >> by that you mean lead him to where his next stage is? >> yes. so he's not wandering, you know? he's with jesus in jesus's arms? eventually we all will go. but i didn't think it would be soon. you know? we're hoping that you know it will be a little bit longer. >> so the families of 239 souls on that plane george and natalie, every day having to deal with that horrible reality. i can tell you officially the one year since the mh 370 disappeared. a report will be released into the investigation and the search

so far. we're not expecting any major developments but we have an understanding of what the authorities are working with and what they have to go op so far. >> a very touching story. so important to remember what these families are dealing with one year later. >> and we will be covering the memorial that happens on sunday of course. the indian government the bbc after the network aired a documentary this week on the gang rape and murder of a young woman in india a few years ago. >> india has already banned the documentary from being showned in the country and now the film's creator told us that she is deeply disappointed by the government's response. >> she joins me now live from mumbai. first of all, let's talk about the film. why does the india government

find this film so offensive? >> i think what the indian government was trying to do was prevent a law and order situation from breaking out in the country. you will know that much of the content of the film is controversial controversial. the film features an interview with one of the rapists and in his interview he is very upfront and open and he expresses absolutely no remorse. no remorse whatsoever for his actions. the film maker has gone on to say in the hours she spent with him almost 16 hours not once did he express any regret or remorse. we're not allowed to directly quote from what he said or quote any part of the film but i can tell you that he does imply that if the victim had stayed silent perhaps he would have been smared a beating.

cooking and cleaning and doing domestic duties. we also hear from defense lawyers and again they were -- very upfront and said they expressed their views on camera. very matter of fact about it and said in our society there is no place for women. it is these kind of comments. it could very well lead to a law and order situation. the government also said it wants to take a while to investigate how exactly the film maker was given permission to go inside the high security jail it's for all these factors that the government said it decided not to let the government film be shown here. >> his comments were absolutely horrifying but, still, the

documentary was to try to move india forward in the issues that you had reported in the past. we know this is a completely unrelated incident. tell us about that. >> that's right. this incident took place on thursday evening which is a state in northeastern india about a thousand people gathered to protest a rape that had taken place about two weeks ago. it was a very angry mob and they marched towards a local police station. they stormed the police station. skbh they traged the man out. they dragged him towards the city center. they stripped him naked. they beat him and beat him so severely that he died on the stop.

some pretty grizzly images as you can see. a lot of violence. there were lots of students involved. it's still a delicate situation. >> briefly you said this might be more of an ethnic tension story more so than rape? >> it could be because the rapist was an illegal immigrant and there has been tension in the past between the illegal immigrant and the locals over there. that is definitely one factor that could have played into the incident. >> there is more evidence of the brutality of isis in syria. >> just ahead, huge crowds

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. >> these stills proport to show a man being thrown from a building. he was also then stoned to death. his alleged crime? being gay. these images were posted by isis and its stronghold. in all the photographs, dozens of people are seen watching the killings seemingly unphased. >> they are not even scared of what's going on. they may be a little bit excited or happy to get rid of home sexuals in the city. >> syria was never a nation that

accepted its lesbian, gay, transsexual community. home sexual acts are punishable by up to three years in prison. life for syria's lgbt community has become more dire. it was not isis that forced him to leave syria. towards the end of the clip. >> according to the posting, the video was filmed in his home province. >> there is very special to say only this sin of home sexuality would shake the throne of god so when we hear this on video or

audio we know exactly and you survived but thekt time you will not. >> one of their house mates made a sickening comment. >> he made abdul-hamid surd joke about he was so amused and has so much fun watching homo sexuals. he said gay men can fly. >> fear of persecution continues to haunt them here.

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harrison ford in the hospital after crash landing this plane on a golf course. we'll give you the latest information on his condition, this morning. panic on board a delta airlines flight. the jetliner skidding off the runway through a fence, stopping just feet just feet from the icy bay. new details we're learning this morning. >> those are amazing pictures. thousands of flights across the country grounded a severe winter storm