it was struck by lightning and had to make an emergency landing at nearby jfk. it was circling when it hit turbulence and it left passengers stunned. >> it was just such a loud bang, it was like a if i recollect, you know so happy we all landed safely. and we were saying to each other, we made it. >> yes, they did. the plane landed safely and no one was hurt, the faa is investigating. >>> and to the increased support of a stop trump movement among conservatives. >> reporter: two blocks from the white house a secret huddle on how to stop donald trump from moving in. a frustrated group led by inflew influential contrv servative looking ahead to a contested convention. they're reassessing how to slow him down. two road blocks slowing them down. first, trump could still lock up the nomination before the convention and he more than doubled his delegate lead this week. conversations with donors. >> reporter: anti-trump activists to convince delegates to fight the frontrunner at done contested convention. it's people who built this party have been here longer than the

it was struck by lightning and had to make an emergency landing at nearby jfk. it was circling when it hit turbulence and it left passengers stunned. >> it was just such a loud bang, it was like a if i recollect, you know -- firework, like right there. so happy we all landed safely. and we were saying to each other, we made it. >> yes, they did. the plane landed safely and no one was hurt, the faa is investigating. >>> and to the increased support >> reporter: two blocks from the white house a secret huddle on how to stop donald trump from moving in. a frustrated group led by inflew influential contrvservative looking ahead to a contested convention. they're reassessing how to slow him down. two road blocks slowing them down. first, trump could still lock up the nomination before the convention and he more than doubled his delegate lead this week. >> now we're having conversations with donors. >> reporter: anti-trump activists to convince delegates to fight the frontrunner at done contested convention. it's people who built this party have been here longer than

raleigh durham to laguardia airport was struck by lightning and had to make an emergency landing at nearby jfk. it happened around 6:00 p.m. local time. the plane was circling when it hit turbulence. >> it was just such a loud bang. like a fire work, you know, right there. >> what was the sense of relief when you got off that plane? >> we were so happy to be landed, all safely. all of us said that to each other. we made it. >> as you just heard the plane landed safely. no one was hurt. the faa is investigating though. >>> now to the race for the white house and the increased support of a stop trump movement among influential conservatives. nbc's hallie jackson takes us inside the effort to derail the donald. >> reporter: two blocks from the white house, a secret huddle on how to stop trump from moving in. led by erick erickson, calling for a unity ticket with the gop and looking ahead to the contested convention. regrouping to reassess how to slow him down. two roadblocks slowing them down. first, trump could still lock up the nomination before the convention. ads against him not doing much as

the plane was going to new york city but was forced to land early at nearby jfk. none of the passengers were hurt. >> there was a light and explosion and the plane dipped about 100 feet. felt like i was on a roller-coaster. >> i have been on a plane struck by lightning. it does not feel good. >>> jackie ebb ban yez joins us now. >> north korea violating security rules by launching two media range ball lace tick missiles into the sea of japan early this morning. they traveled more than 500 miles before crashing. neither were determined to be a threat. u.s. relationship already strained and north korea released an american student sentenced this week to 15 years of hard labor. this video just released of 21-year-old otto stealing a poster from the hotel lead to go his arrest. >> warmier was shaken during one of his trials. >> i have made the worst mistake of my life. >> the white house working behind the scenes to secure his release since korea is looking for political leverage. >> it is increasingly clear that the north korean government seeks to use these u.s. cit

onboard hit turbulence and was truck by planning it was rerouted to make an emergency landing at nearby jfk. these photos obtained by wabc showing burn marks with damage done to the wings, tail and body. >> everything okay? >> yeah. n't send us through there again. it's pretty bad. let's go to jfk. >> janine: for the passenger onboard a frightening flight. >> it's the first time for me. big explosion. the plane dipped about 100 feet. >> janine: but experts say there's nothing to fear. lightning striking a plane is relatively common. and as these videos show, jets are designed to sustain the shock of a lightning strike so that electricity never penetrates the interior. in this boeing lab with engineers show how they make lightning to test the dura built of aircraft when it's struck. >> whoa! >> janine: it's several safe, experts say, duty that doesn't mean it can't be scary. >> it's pretty terrifying. i'm not going to lie. >> janine: and that plane land safely, no injuries were reported. the faa says it's investigating what happened. >> laurie: strong storms bringing in heavy hail and high w

the small jet with 55 on board reroutes to nearby jfk and its longer runway. these photos obtained by wabc showing the burn marks where the lightning hit the wings, tail and body. >> everything okay? >> yeah, don't send us through there again. it's pretty bad. let's go ahead and divert to jfk. >> reporter: for passengers on >> i didn't know what happened. it's the first time for me. >> it was a flash of light and big explosion. the plane dipped about 100 feet. >> reporter: but experts say there's nothing to fear. lik striking a plane is relatively common as these videos show they're designed to sustain lightning strikes so that the electricity never penetrates the interior. in this lab they showed me how they make lightning to test the durability of an aircraft when it's struck. whoa. it's safe, the experts say but that doesn't mean it can't be frightening. >> pretty terrifying. i'm not going to lie. >> reporter: he's not going to lie. the plane did land safely. nobody was injured but, robin, as we said it's surprising and these planes are designed 0 shed that

jfk boulevard. friends say he is what a student at a nearby high school and part of a dance group. >> he was a really great kid. and he's going to be missed very, very much. he was my son's best friend. and it's sad the way he had to die. >> reporter: a third friend was hit and seriously hurt by survived. all three were on the sidewalk and it happened just before 9:30 saturday night. a car jumped a curb and hit the teens. >> it was a bang like something hit. downstairs, you see the two boys laying, i'm sorry, the two boys laying on the ground. >> reporter: hours after the deadly crash, the teens' friends and classmates gathered at the scene. they lit candles, shared memories, clutching on to each other in total disbelief. >> i can never imagine what both their moms are going through. but to see my son and seeing him scream immage eam and cry for his best friend is heartbreaking. >> reporter: you can see the debris is still left over hours later. they have not released the name of the person. as far as the third teen hit, he is expected to survive. reporting from union city, new jersey, i'm ray villed