lester. >> all right, john yang tonight. thanks very much. >>> there is breaking news tonight from southern california. actor harrison ford has been seriously injured, hospitalized after crashing his plane on a golf course. nbc's miguel almaguer has late details. >> reporter: the vintage single engine plane went down on the penmar golf course jurks two blocks from the santa monica airport. tonight with the wreckage mostly intact investigators are trying to determine what went wrong. witnesses rushed to help harrison ford who was barely recognizable. >> it was a major gash on his forehead. and that's all i saw. ford, 72 years old, is an experienced pilot who has had previous aviation accidents. the faa and ntsb are now investigating. >> it appears to have hit a tree behind us and took off several large branches. so this is some small debris field that we're dealing with. >> reporter: harrison ford was rushed here to ronald reagan hospital shortly after the crash. tonight family members say he is banged up but recovering. firs

>> for what it's worth, it's pretty behind you, john yang. thanks. dylan dreyer is in boston tonight. dylan, where can we expect the worst? >> reporter: kentucky, northern missouri and arkansas. but it is going to spread east as we go into tonight and tomorrow morning. it is a messy morning commute from nashville to washington, d.c., up into new york city. it will exit through the day on thursday, but still an icy evening commute all the way down into raleigh. now, we're looking for about 6 to 9 inches back through the ohio river valley, but even d.c. could walk away with six inches of snow out of this one. back behind this cold front we are talking about possibly breaking record cold again. chicago starts off tomorrow morning at 1 degree. lexington, kentucky at zero. we're looking for teens to make their way into the northeast by friday. but, lester, we are still looking for that warmer weather pattern to arrive next week. >> dylan, thank you. >>> we're getting late word tonight of an attack on the u.s. ambassador to south korea, ambassador was seri

nbc's john yang has the report. >> reporter: an athlete, prom king loved by those who knew him. >> he made everybody smile. >> reporter: just days before his high school graduation last may, logan was found dead. he had overdosed on pure caffeine powder. what do yok o this product? >> i think it should be off the market banned unless it's in the hands of a licensed pharmaceutical company. >> reporter: logan's parents say a friend gave it to him. it's sold as a dietary supplement to boost alertness and athletic performance. >> this product kills. if you're going to continue to sell it and cause harms and losses you're going to be held responsible in court. >> reporter: in a wrongful death suit filed friday, dennis stiner says others provided inadequate warning about the supplement's danger and engaged in activities including the supplying and delivering of a defective, dangerous and unsafe product. pure caffeine is not regulated. a teaspoon is the equivalent of 25 cups of coffee. if used for any reason the recommended dose is about 1/16 of a teaspoon per day. >> when people have this p

. >> john yang is back. john the governor wants the state legislature to clarify the law by the end of the week. will that stop the bleeding here? >> that's an open question abbey. a little while ago there was a hold put on the expansion. he says he isn't hopeful about this. he says if the legislature acts quickly to clarify this he says the governor can, in his words fix this mess. but i've got to tell you, in walking around downtown indianapolis this afternoon, talking to folks, a lot of people we talked to feel the damage has already been done. the reputation of the state has already been damaged, that they feel that only repeal of this law can really fix the damage. >> i think this isn't what hoosiers about. it's been pretty disgusting. >> no one agrees with it. it's right. it's not a step in the right direction at all. >> the legislators are working on drafting language right now. the goal is to serk late it by tomorrow and vote on thursday. they won't be in session on friday because of the good friday p

>> john yang thank you.all of this, indiana's republican house speaker. speaker, thank you for being with me. >> thank you jose. >> let me ask you about the clarification. what will it contain? >> senator david long the president of the senate and myself, we met with ceos, many of those who sent the letter to legislators and the governor yesterday, in fact we were in all-day meetings trying to determine the appropriate fix is here. that's what we have pledged is we're simply going to fix the bill. . it doesn't allow discrimination. as we heard from the ceo of marriott, we just are going to fix it. we have to bring this to a close in a positive way. reassuring everyone that indiana does not discriminate indianapolis does not discriminate, it never has, it won't. this bill didn't allow that but we're going to fix it. >> why has there been such reaction if this law doesn't lead to discrimination? i mean was the state ready for this? >> well i don't think anyone saw it. the bill doesn't provide that. this is the

john yang joins me live from indianapolis.ion now from people there as they've heard from the governor today trying to make this clarification? >> it's a little too

and hungry. >> that was john yang reporting. >> good reminder to check your emergency supplies in the no matter where you live whether it's california or in the snowy states absolutely. >> although you may not need it this weekend. >> sun tan lotion. that's an emergency. >> sunglasses. >> shades are an emergency. yeah. i always regret it when i don't have it when i'm walking out of here. the beach ball you never know when you need that. 70 degrees in san francisco. 76 the high in the north bay. beautiful beach conditions persist for today. pacifica is looking good to hit 76 degrees out there. you know what? what happens when we get the off offshore flow, the marine influence is negated so that's going to be warmer than what we're expecting in palo alto today, 75 degrees there. now, temperatures across the board this weekend will get even warmer for both saturday and sunday. we'll be in the mid 70s in the south bay, on the pinls, low 70 to upper 60s meanwhile in san francisco. east bay, beautiful weekend to get on out to oakland if you have been missing the east shore. temperatures the

nbc's john yang is reporting for us. john, what's the latest?: right now behind me in the state capitol, meetings are going on with republican legislators trying to figure out how to blunt this backlash. they're talking about passing some sort of clarifying language to say, make it clear that this new law does not legalize or does not allow discrimination. they don't know what form that will take. it won't be an amendment to the law because the governor says he doesn't want the law changed. they're not sure exactly how to do this. that's what they're talking to the republicans in the legislature, trying to figure out how to do it to get the votes to pass. they hope to do it they say, the speaker of the house tells my nbc news colleague gabe gutierrez hopes to it by the end of this week before they host the ncaa final four here. they don't know whether they can do that. it's a very complicated issue. and on that point that you heard governor pence being pressed on the speaker did tell gabe that he thinks that it would be permissible permissible,

john yang reports from shepherdsville, kentucky. >> reporter: here at a truck shop in shepherdsville,ruckers have headed back out on to i-65 now that it is open and moving again. some guys have been here two days waiting out the storm. i--65 shut down for about 20 hours between late wednesday night and into thursday evening with hundreds of people stranded in their cars sleeping overnight. some of them there as long as 15 hours. the national guard had to go out and rescue 200 drivers. there are still abandoned vehicles on the highway waiting to be reclaimed. and this morning -- early this morning another jackknife tractor-trailer on that stretch of i-65. but the kentucky state police it was cleared quickly and highway is back open and moving again. thomas. >> nbc news correspondent john yang reporting from kentucky. >>> and it was just a short time ago the ncaa handed down a severe punishment to jim boeheim and syracuse a nine-game suspension for the coach and a loss of 12 scholarship. the university does not agree with the report and many appeal portions of this decision. but joining

>> john yang a tough night on i-65. thank you. reply all. how big a deal is hillary's e-mail controversy? chuck todd has the answers coming up next. >>> later the president heads to alabama to mark 50 years since the day that became known as bloody sunday. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports," only on msnbc. americans... 57% of us try to exercise regularly. 83% try to eat healthy. yet up to 90% of us fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more, together. add one a day. complete with key nutrients we may need. plus, for women, physical energy support with b vitamins. and for men, it helps support healthy blood pressure with vitamin d and magnesium. take one a day multivitamins. ♪ ♪ ♪ "here i am. rock you like a hurricane." ♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. esurance was born online. which means fewer costs, which saves money. their customer experience is virtually paperless which saves paper, which saves money. they have smart online tools so you only pay for what's right for you which sa

john yang joins me live from indianapolis. there on pt ground what's the reaction now from people there as they've heard from the governor today trying to make this clarification? >> it's a little too early to tell -- let me interrupt you. >> signs of realization of the mistakes that have been made. and i'm sad to report that i'm not seeing those signs. i see some indication that there's an awareness that he's in a very difficult political situation in that the legislative leaders are in that same boat and i also see a realization that he may be at low ebb in his governorship but i don't see any indication there's a willingness to admit that a true mistake has been made. yesterday i made a reference to the stages of grief. and it seemed like the stage of grief yesterday was denial. today i would submit that the stage of grief seems like it's bargaining, which is number two. we need to get through to acceptance for the good of the state as quickly as possible. now, when we get through to the acceptance stage, there is a remedy.

nbc's john yang reports on an epic traffic jam more than 30 miles long on i-65 south of louisville. >> reporter: denise was one of the hundreds of drivers stranded for more than 15 hours on i-65 in northern kentucky. >> there has been no assistance with food. there's been no assistance with water. so i have been melting ice and snow to drink. >> reporter: nearly 20 inches of snow fell fast across the state piling up quickly. sydney miller and her mom forced to spend the night in her car. >> we had no idea really what was going on. nothing through the radio telling us there was a crash or anything. we just kept getting woken up through the night by just these strange noises. that was a little difficult. >> reporter: 2 rescued by the national guard. many taken to red cross warming centers in nearby communities. people took to social media looking for answers. does anyone have any updates on how much longer? going on 13 hours! some people are hitchhiking now. a crew from the louisville nbc affiliate found dozens of abandoned vehicles on roads as they drove toward i-65. elsewhere was a sl

for "today," john yang nbc news cincinnati. >> we are lucky to have her part of our life.k you. nice to be here. >> you greet them outside the locker room after every game. last night, what was that moment like? >> that was a fantastic moment. the game was a real challenge. georgetown played exceedingly well and we have had to use all of our strength to hold on. everybody was extremely happy to advance to the finals. >> sister let's talk about what you have been able to do off the court. i don't know if a lot of folks appreciate how impressive it is to have every senior graduate. what is the secret? what is your special sauce? how have you been able to do it? >> i think part of it is an effort i made to relate to each of the players individually. the nice part of academic adviser, you don't deal with the whole team at once. you deal with the player individually. you know them and their families and understand where they want to go with their lives and i think over a period of time they realize we are there to help them get there. not there for ourselves, but help them achi

john yang joins me from indianapolis. john, i am keeping an eye on the news conference that should start soon with the governor but we just played that sound bite from fox news this morning where he maintains that he will stand by this law, so do we have any indication that he might change or say something different in this news conference? >> his press secretary says he wants to clarify the law today at the press conference, but that's what he has been trying to do since thursday when he signed it and the reaction he has gotten is this avalanche of criticism coming not only from folks in indiana but also from ceos of big businesses around the country who do business in indiana. tim cook head of apple, calling it dangerous. the head of marriott hotels calling it idiocy. it will be interesting to see what he has to say. earlier today on msnbc, the speaker of the indiana house, a republican, suggested that one way out of this may be to clarify or take out language in the bill that says that religious beliefs can be a defense

john yang is following that story from chicago. john?osecutors say that hasan was going to the middle east. he would join isis and fight on their behalf. his cousin jonas would stay in the united states and plan an attack, an armed attack on the illinois national guard facility where his cousin trained. they would use his cousin's uniforms and his knowledge of that facility to carry out the attack. hasan edmonds was the one who first came under suspicion by the fbi. they say that they've been -- the fbi has been watching him since late 2014 and that he and jonas met with an undercover agent to talk about their plan and talk about their plans to attack the joliet facility. back to you, thomas. >> john yang reporting from chicago. thank you. >>> meanwhile, we want to take you to oklahoma. another story that we've covered all this week. it's the story of a video from a now disbanded chapter of a frat at the university of oklahoma. on wednesday, one of the fraternity members spoke for the first time about the incident. levi pettit and anothe

john yang in shepherdsville with the story of an epic traffic jam. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jose. this morning all morning long truckers headed back oun on to i-65 now that it's open and moving again. some of these guys say they've been here two days waiting out the storm. of course, other truckers were stuck on the highway for as long as 15 hours. rescued from their stranded cars now motorists are speaking out about their ordeals. larry wiese relieved to be in a red cross shelter after 11 hours in his car. the fuel tank running low. >> i have diabetes so concerned. my feet were frostbit. started to get numbness tingling. >> reporter: with no food or water he calmed on his navy training. >> i actually went and got snow and started to eat the snow. >> reporter: the snow and ice froze traffic in place for about 30 miles on i-65 for nearly 18 hours. from wednesday night until thursday evening. the national guard rescued about 200 people. delivered food and helped dig out cars and trucks from as much as 20 inches of snow. plows were a wel

nbc's john yang is in shepherdsville, kentucky with more. o i-65 now that it's open again. some of them have been here for two days waiting, but of course some of their colleagues have been stuck on the highway for as long as 15 hours. rescued from their stranded cars, now motorists are speaking out about their ordeal. larry was in a red cross shelter after 11 hours in his car. the fuel tank running low. >> i was concerned. my feet were frostbit. >> reporter: with no food or water, he called on his navy training. >> i started getting stumps and starting heating those. >> reporter: they were stuck on i-35 for nearly 18 hours from wednesday night until thursday evening. the national guard rescued about 200 people delivered food and helped dig out cars and trucks from as much as 20 inches of snow. plows were a welcomed site. signaling the end of some very long waits. >> i'm bored. very. and hungry. >> reporter: this morning kentucky state police said a truck did jackknife on i-65 in the northbound lanes about a little bit south of here but it wa

>> already, john yang in kentucky.deadly fire of 2003. >> it's a monster and has an energy all to its. it felt like a beast. suddenly i was in terrible danger. >> the winds were just howling. the sky turned brown. the sun was blood red. it was as if the world were coming to an end. >> more amazing stories on the special dateline escapism the great california fire sunday night at 9:00 8:00 central. let's get another check of the weather with al. >> you are going to be on our show. take me to florida instead of church. let's show you for today. we have basically a quiet day through much of the country. moisture out of mexico into texas and the gulf coast will get wet into the latter part of the week. afternoon highs looking good. 80s down in southern california. 80s in central and southern florida. the teens and 20s here in the northeast and new england. a beautiful day in the pacific no >>> hi i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. heading into the rest of today we'll see bitter cold conditions. temperatures rang

john yang is live for us in shepherd'sshep shepardsville shepardsville, kentucky. >> they finally gothe i-65 reopened. traffic moving again, although slowly, yesterday evening. here in this truck stop you've got truckers who are still recovering from having been stuck on the highway for as long as 15 hours. >> it's really been scary. >> reporter: dennis was one of the hundreds of drivers stranded for more than 15 hours on i-65 in northern kentucky. >> there has been no assistance with food. there's been no assistance with water so i have been melting ice and snow to drink. >> reporter: nearly to inches of snow fell fast across the state, piling up quickly. sydney miller and her mom forced to spend the night in their car. >> we really had no idea what was going on. nothing on the radio telling us if there was a crash or anything. we just kept getting one up throughout the night by strange noises. that was a little difficult. >> reporter: 200 motorists rescued by the national guard. many taken to red cross warming centers and nearby communities. people took to social media looking for a

john yang filed this report. >> it's really been scary. >> denise was one of the hundreds of driversthan 15 hours in northern kentucky. >> there's no assistance with food or water so have been melting ice and snow to drink. >> nearly 20 inches of smoe fell past across the state piling up quickly. sidney miller and her mom forced to spend the night in her car. >> we had no idea what was going on. nothing through the radio telling us if there was a crash or anything. we kept getting woken up throughout the night by strange noises. so that was a little difficult. >> 200 motorists rescued by the national guard. many taken to red cross warming centers in nearby kmuncommunities. people were looking for answers. does anyone have any updates on how much longer? going on 13 hours. some people are hitchhiking now. >> they found dozens of abandoned vehicles they as drove toward i 65. it was a slippery commute from maryland to texas where dallas highways were littered with spin outs. across the midwest the snow piled up higher. 25 inches near radcliffe kentucky. 15.5 inches in missouri and 14.5