>> steve osunsami, thank you. >>> president trump summoning his intelligence chiefs to the oval office. the meeting today comes after their testimony in front of the american people, contradicting the president on syria, russia, north korea and isis. the president says they were misquoted. here's our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: less than 24 hours ago, the president blasted his intelligence team as naive and passive, after they contradicted him in front of congress. but today, he summoned them to the white house, and tonight, says they are all on the same page. >> mr. president, did you talk to your intelligence chiefs today about the displeasure you had with their testimony to congress? >> i did. and they said that they were totally misquoted, and they were totally -- it was totally taken out of context. so what i do, i suggest you call them. they said it was fake news. >> reporter: but the quotes he is talking about played out on live television. the intelligence chiefs contradicting the president on several pressing issues. on isis -- >> we hav

>> steve osunsami tonight. steve, thank you. >>> and here in hanoi, with the debate over the future of north korea's nuclear arsenal, the u.s. is watching tonight a dangerous escalation between two other major nuclear powers. india and pakistan. both deploying military jets. at least one has been shot down. here's abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell tonight. >> reporter: tonight, bitter nuclear rivals in an intense standoff, after an indian military jet was shot down by pakistan. its pilot captured. india demanding the safe and immediate release of the fighter pilot seen here bloodied and blindfolded. another video released, this time, showing the pilot sipping tea. his plane was shot down over kashmir, a region claimed by both nations. pakistani officials claim two pilots were shot down and say they took action after its neighbor launched an airstrike inside their nation the day before. india says they were going after a terrorist group responsible for a suicide blast that killed 40 of their troops.

abc's steve osunsami has more. >> i thought for days i couldn't get through without obviously my familyut also the love and support of you all. >> reporter: actor and singer jussie smollett spoke emotionally after reporting he was the victim of a violent racist act. >> we still have a responsibility to lead with love. if we don't, we just die inside. >> reporter: the "empire" tv star sang at a sold-out concert saturday night at the troubadour club in west hollywood. >> i was bruised but my ribs were not cracked and were not broken. i fought back. >> reporter: police say he told them he was beaten up walking back to his chicago apartment by two hooded men who shotted homophobic and racial slurs before yelling maga country and he said one of them tied a noose around his neck. authorities are still searching for these two persons of interest seen on surveillance he's ben thing into think he's not being genuine with us. >> reporter: smollett spoke out against people who doubted him. >> hatef seswhtopsith e people that believe we have that power. >> reporter: police say they still haven't go

abc's steve osunsami with us tonight. >> reporter: 164 were onboard this jet when it made an emergency landing. >> we're going to land and deal with that on the ground. >> reporter: luckily, no one was hurt. the flooding rains forecast in the south are happening now across alabama, georgia and tennessee. >> we cannot stress enough, do not cross the water. do not try to drive across a roadway that's flooded. >> reporter: this was the slippery travel on highways south of birmingham, and south of atlanta today, hail was bouncing off cars. the driver of this pickup truck in sterlington, louisiana, was struck by lightning today, as he was driving through the rain. he walked away from this fireball uninjured. watestr fro in the south will merge tonight with this storm that sent cars spinning out of controin albuquerque, new mexico, this morning. police report at least 22 accidents with injuries on the slick roads. >> and steve osunsami with us live tonight from atlanta. you can see slow going behind steve tonight. it's not just the blinding rain for the ride home there, but this is going to

here's steve osunsami with more. >> in gma first look, louisiana state university is coming down hard on hazing, placing at least three administrators on leave while the school investigates claims that they ignored reports of violent hazing from an alleged incident that put these nine fraternity brothers in handcuffs. according to police reports, pedges of lsu's closed delta kappa epsilon fraternity say that last fall they were told to lie down on broken glass, were forced to sit in an ice machine for more than half an hour and, among other things, punched and kicked in the chest and stomach request steel-toed boots. this isn't the school's first hazing incident by any means. lsu freshman max groover died in 2017 trying to pledge at a fraternity. this has stew dense and parents asking if administrators should have stepped in sooner. more on the school reaction. i'm steve osunsami. >>> if you ever wanted to feel high on love, enterprising business people don't want you to do it alone. abc 7 news was at the westfield shopping center in san francisco for the first-ever cannabis wedding e

we start with steve osunsami. >> 164 people were onboard this delta jet when it was struck by lightningad to make an emergency landing in chattanooga. >> we were struck by lightning and will land and deal with that on the ground. >> reporter: luckily nobody was hurt. the flooding rains forecast in the south are happening across alabama, georgia and tennessee. >> we cannot stress enough, do not try to cross the water. do not drive across the road while it's flooded. >> reporter: this was the slippery travel south of birmingham, south of atlanta. hail was bouncing off cars. the driver of this pickup truck in sterlington, louisiana, was struck by lightning as he was driving through the rain. he walked away from this fireball uninjured. flood watches stretch from louisiana to pennsylvania. the storm causing all this rain in the south will merge with this storm that sent cars spinning out of control in albuquerque, new mexico. police reported at least 22 accidents with injuries on the slick roads. this rain is expected to continue here in atlanta through the weekend as another storm system m

. >> reporter: our steve osunsami caught up with dowless, who refused to testify without immunity. >> what do you say to people who say that you rigged this election? >> no comment. >> reporter: at the board of election hearing, harris insisted he saw no red flags, but his own son testified that he warned his father that dowless was "shady." >> i love my dad and i love my mom. okay? i certainly have no vendetta against them. no family scores to settle. okay? i think that they made mistakes in this process. >> reporter: his testimony bringing his father to tears. today, harris admitted his son was right, but said at the time, he didn't take him seriously. >> i'm his dad, i know he's a little judgmental and has a little taste of arrogance. >> reporter: and then this surprising twist. >> i've experienced two strokes from which i'm still recovering. and i struggled this morning with both recall and confusion. >> reporter: harris then calling for north carolina voters to get a do-over. and late tonight, the board of elections voted unanimously to call for that new election, but we don't kn

steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >>> coming up in our next half hour, hot wheels, where this frighteningyed out after a brand-new corvette erupted into flames at a chevy dealership. >>> first, some of the most expensive ads in television history aired during super bowl liii. we will check out some of the most memorable moments next on "world news now." . we will check out some of the most memorable moments next on "world news now." of the most memorable moments next on "world news now." >>> how many pringles stacks combinations are there. >> 318,000. sadly, i will never know the joy of tasting any. i have no hands to stack with. no mouth to taste with. no salt to feel with. i am at the mercy of a cruel and uncaring -- >> cool, play funny town. >> that pringles ad, one of many from the super bowl. advertisers spent more than ever last night, shelling out a record $5.25 million on average for a 30-second spot. >> this year, we saw three distinct themes among those ads, nostalgia, and girl power, and reboots. here, a little boy power, will ganss to tell us all about it. >> that's right, guy

the family calling 911, and here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: florida authorities ghwhat happened insidef tampa is a downright miracle. >> she's stuck in the wall. >> okay, you have one person stuck in the wall? >> reporter: this sea plane crashed nose-first into the house, with its family inside, right after takeoff saturday. it trapped a 17-year-old girl behind a wall in her bedroom. >> she's alive, though. >> okay. >> they're trying to get her out of the wall. >> reporter: fuel from the plane is pouring everywhere, and they can't get the girl out. >> i've got help on the way, but i need you guys to get out of the house. >> reporter: the girl's family races into the street. firefighters help set her free. >> and guess what? her injuries are really minor at this point. >> reporter: james wagner, a flight instructor, was killed. the young man he was training. exnavy s.e.a.l. tim sheehy, is seen walking away. his injuries were also minor. federal investigators are now looking into what happened. police will only say that the plane lost power and that the flight instructor was a hig

here's steve osunsami. >> i wouldn't have been able to get through it without my family. but also the love and support of all y'all. >> reporter: actor and singer jussie smollett spoke emotionally in his first public appearance since reporting that he was the victim of a violent, racist, and homophobic attack. >> in times of trauma or hurt or grief, we still have a responsibility to lead with love, you know. and if we don't, then we just die inside. >> reporter: the "empire" tv star sang at a sold out concert saturday night at the troubadour club in west hollywood. >> i was bruised. but my ribs were not cracked. they were not broken. i fought back. >> reporter: police say he told them he was beaten up walking back to his chicago apartment by two hooded men who shouted homophobic and racist slurs before yelling maga country. he says one of them tied a noose around his neck. authorities are still searching for these two persons of interest seen on surveillance video early last tuesday morning. no other images have come to light that show what happened. >> he's been very coo

. >> reporter: our steve osunsami caught up with dallas, who refused to testify without immunity. >> reporter: what do you say to people what they you rigged this election? >> no comment. >> reporter: at the board of election hearing harris insists he saw no red flags but his son testified he won his father that dallas was quote, shady. >> i love my dad and i love my mom. i certainly have no vendetta against them. no family scores to settle, okay? he made mistakes in this process. >> reporter: his testimony bringing his father to tears. harris admitted his son was right but said at the time he didn't take him seriously. >> i'm his dad and i know he's a little judgmental and has a little taste of arrogance. >> reporter: and then, this surprising twist. >> i experienced two strokes from which i am still recovering and i struggled this morning with recall and confusion. >> reporter: harris then calling for north carolina voters to get a do-over. and the state board of elections now voted to call for a new election meaning the voters of north carolina will get another chance to cast thei

steve osunsami is in nashville, tennessee, and, steve, nashville has been getting drenched by rain allth long. >> by the time this is all over nashville could have its wettest february on record. across the south today up to 3 inches of rain could fall in in the south, flash this is a live picture of reagan national airport which is leading the way in flight cancellations. a third of all flights at reagan and a third at baltimore are cancelled this morning. more than a thousand flights are cancelled across the country. here in the south, this rain is expected to continue through the weekend as another storm system moves in. robin. >> we'll talk about that and go back to ginger. the latest on the track and timing? >> so critical. i've even got family flying in. let me time it out. most importantly, it is that transition from snow and strong storms this afternoon in the south, but that snow there that changes to rain in washington, d.c., by the drive time tonight, new york city, the drive tonight going to be a wreck. that's where the snow is really coming in. it will then in philadelphia

steve osunsami has that story. >> reporter: louisiana state university this morning is coming down hardn hazing, placing at least three administrators on leave while the school investigates reports that they ignored of violent hazing. from an alleged incident that put these nine fraternity brothers in handcuffs. according to police reports, pledges of lsu's now closed delta kappa epsilon fraternity say that last fall they were told to lie down on broken glass, were forced to sit in an ice machine for more than half an hour, and among other things, punched and kicked in the chest and stomach with steel-toed boots. this isn't the school's first hazing incident by any means. lsu freshman max gruver died in 2017 trying to pledge another campus fraternity. these latest charges have students and their parents asking administrators if they should have stepped in sooner. >> i think they're doing the right thing if things went too far. >> it's unfortunate that another fraternity was kicked off because greek life is important to a lot of students here. but at the same time, when you have repeated