i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." let's get right to the breaking news. a massive and dangerous storm stretching across 22 states. 90 million americans are affected by winter storm warnings and advisories. getting around by foot on the roads or in the air right now is a nightmare. kentucky's national guard is rescuing people and clearing cars and trucks from interstate highways near louisville. hundreds of drivers have been stranded many of them since last night. at new york's laguardia airport, a delta plane slid off an icy runway spilling fuel and coming to rest with its nose just feet from the frigid waters. everyone survived but 24 passengers were injured. our correspondents and news makers are all standing by to bring you the full coverage of the storm as well as the day's other critically important news. let's start with the extremely close call at laguardia airport in new york. i want you to hear the dramatic ground and air control tower conversations just seconds after the jet's landing went horribly wrong. >> we have an aircraft go off the runway. the airport is closed. we got a three-four. >> say again? >> have an aircraft on the north service road. please advise crash rescue, laguardia airport is closed at this time. >> cnn's will ripley is over at laguardia airport. he joins us live. what are you hearing over there? what's the latest, will? >> reporter: it is an extremely treacherous situation out here at the airport, wolf. even though they have managed to reopen just one runway planes are barely getting out and they are having a hard time keeping up with all the snow that continues to fall. they are also being very careful about whether to allow planes to even get on the runway considering how quickly these conditions are changing. keep in mind that just before this delta plane skidded off the runway two other pilots actually said that conditions were safe but in such a short time it became so slippery that the plane slid 4,000 feet of a 7,000 foot runway coming dangerously close to the icy water. >> there were problems evacuating the plane as well, weren't there, will? >> reporter: there were problems evacuating the plane, because after the aircraft was basically part of the nose of the plane was dangling over the water, the plane's emergency slides did not deploy. listen to what we were told about that. >> shortly before the incident approximately 11:05, two planes landed and reported quote, good braking action on the runways. the runway this particular runway had been plowed shortly before the incident and pilots on other planes reported good braking action. >> reporter: passengers had to get off the plane, they had to trudge through the snow. some of them without jackets. again, 24 people with minor injuries and there have been thousands of flight cancellations across the country. according to website flight tracker, 5,000 cancellations, 5,000 delays and a lot of them as a direct result of the fact that this airport in the busy new york city air space is shut down forcing flights to be rerouted leaving a lot of people across the united states and internationally grounded right now. wolf? >> so what's the mood over there? i take it the passengers trying to reroute themselves, there must be a lot of frustration. on the other hand they want to be safe. >> reporter: yeah. it's certainly terrifying for the people who were on that plane. imagine just the gut-wrenching feeling of hitting the runway and knowing that your plane doesn't have any traction considering that here at laguardia in particular the runways are short, there is water around these planes. but passengers who are sitting here at the airport have nothing to do right now but look at the sea of red, the flights that are canceled and wait and hope their flight will get out of here but they want to be safe. they don't want to have another situation like what we saw here earlier today. >> that plane stopped literally just a few feet before those frigid waters of flushing bay. maybe the fence, maybe that little berm maybe that little hill whatever they want to call it that helped stop that plane. is that what they're suggesting, the authorities? >> reporter: in fact it's the same berm that stopped a flight in 1994 from also actually going into the water. that's what people here are really thankful for right now, because had the plane slid a bit further, had that berm not been there, that plane could have very well ended up in the water and then we would be talking about a much different and more dangerous situation. >> you are saying now the flights sort of have resumed but still they have a long way to go, right? >> reporter: one runway is going to remain closed until at least 7:00 this evening. all the passengers' luggage still sitting on that aircraft right now. the ntsb investigating. there is only one runway open. flights are barely able to take off. a lot of the departures are canceled but they are trying to at least get things moving. still, thousands of travelers are stuck here tonight and throughout new york city and around the country, flights were affected as a result of this. >> will ripley at laguardia. we will get back to you. passengers from the jet are telling harrowing stories about what they saw and felt as their plane went off the runway. >> the plane came down and it slid and then it took a spin to the left and we looked out the window and we could see the wing was hitting a fence. >> once we got off the plane, i could tell that it was a little more serious than i thought it was. because getting off the plane, i'm jumping out the window sliding down the wing they're like hurry up i see gas coming out of the left wing. >> let's bring in our aviation analyst, myles o'brien. you are a pilot. the dangers are enormous in landing in weather conditions like this with snow and ice. did the pilot, the co-pilot, did they do what they needed to do? >> well it's very early to point a finger anywhere but what you're talking about here is an airport that has a short runway no overrun area. it's a dicey airport on a good day. this was by no means a good day. this was very marginal conditions. you had a runway that the term is contaminated meaning it was icy. the question of what the braking capability on the runway is very important. they were landing downwind meaning they had a tail wind which would mean the aircraft was going faster relative to the ground and it was also some component of that wind was a cross-wind which would have caused instability potentially as they were trying to line up on the center line of the runway may have caused a wing to dip or perhaps dip too far. there's a lot of factors that go into this but this was a very marginal situation for sure. >> we were told that two planes that landed before this plane landed okay the brakes worked, there were no serious problems. but we are also told that weather can change very quickly and runways that seem to be okay for one plane, they could turn into ice just minutes later. is that right? >> there are a lot of factors in this. first of all, obviously weather very dynamic. it was changing from rain to freezing rain and eventually turned into snow here in new york city. it can change in an instant. that's one thing to be clear of. the situation according to the weather report was that there was freezing fog. that's a very hazardous situation. not only does it hinder your visibility but it can lead to icy conditions on the runway as well. and one aircraft may react differently than another in these situations. now, the control tower relies on pilot reports. was it good was it midrange or was it nil. if a pilot says the braking was nil or bad, they have to shut down that runway and go out and clear it off. sometimes pilots are a little reluctant to do that, frankly. >> that's a serious problem right there. we know the ntsb the faa, they are already starting their investigation. this plane md-88 was about 28 years old. is it possible there could have been some mechanical problem on this plane as well? >> it's always possible. one of the things they want to look at here did the brakes apply pressure symmetrically, did the thrust refrversers, those clamshell devices that cause the engine to go in reverse on landing, we all felt this did they work symmetrically or did they cause it to veer one direction or the other. those are the key mechanical issues that will be explored. but there's no reason to believe just because an aircraft is that old that it is somehow mechanically a problem. there are strict rules on maintenance and we shouldn't presume that just because of the age of the aircraft. put it that way. >> good point. i spoke to one passenger who described the feeling once the wheels touched down he said they didn't take. it immediately began to swerve to the left. what does that tell you? >> here's an interesting point. if in fact they landed and the wheels skidded, they didn't spin that would have undermined an automatic braking mechanism, the spoilers. you have probably seen them on wings before. they look like boards which come up when you land. it undermines the aerodynamic capability of the wing. once the wheels start spinning the airplane goes i'm on the ground and those boards come up those spoilers. if in fact the wheels were skidding and weren't spinning that automatic system would not go into place. a good crew is going to brief that on approach and say this is a slick runway it's possible when we land those wheels won't spin we got to be ready to activate the spoilers immediately manually. but that's yet another thing they will need to look at. >> i spoke with one expert who told me that plane is now toast for all practical purposes. it's not going to be repaired. it can't be repaired. certainly wouldn't be able to fly in the united states although if they repaired it maybe some other country with lesser rules might be able to fly it. is that your appreciation your understanding? >> well i'm certain at that age and that -- the number of cycles for that aircraft delta will declare it a total loss. whether it gets rebuilt and flown elsewhere i don't know. there are an awful lot of air planes sitting in boneyards in mexico too. >> that plane is toast for all practical purposes. fortunately, no one was seriously injured although it was pretty frightening for everyone involved. miles, thanks very much. we are also getting in some new pictures of the horrible situation on the interstates down in kentucky right now. drivers have been stranded since last night and are running out of gas, they are running out of food and water. the national guard is now on the scene. we'll have the latest for you on what's happening. this is an awful situation, very dangerous. details coming up. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like shopping hungry equals overshopping. photos are great for capturing your world. and now they can transform it. with the new angie's list app, you can get projects done in a snap. take a photo of your project or just tell us what you need done and angie's list will find a top rated provider to do the job. start your project for free today. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. we're following breaking news. a major winter storm affecting 90 million people in 22 states. in kentucky some drivers have been stranded since last night on the interstate highways near louisville. heavy snow caused accidents and stopped traffic. then as the hours and hours and hours went by motorists running their engines to stay warm simply ran out of gas. martin savidge is monitoring the situation. this is awful, martin. >> it is indeed. it's been a problem that's been developing since late last night. you can imagine the frustration of drivers and their fear as they have been trapped on these major highways now for 18 hours in some cases. take a look at this. this is probably i-65 central kentucky. last night, around 11:00 is when many people began reporting the problems. the weather turned to snow and lots of it. several feet two feet in many areas, and you've got a combination of heavy traffic, a combination of heavy snow and then on top of that topography. so where there were hills, trucks slowed down. once people slowed down the snow just bogged them down. the plows couldn't get through to clear the roadways and you end up with what -- highways that became parking lots. you have hundreds of people now trapped. they have made progress. the national guard is out there, the crews have been working to get the plows in people have been rescued, and depending on where you are, the situation is some people reporting to us hey, we're finally on the move. others are saying we're still stuck. the problem tonight? it's going to get cold very cold. if anyone is out of fuel and still stuck in their car, potentially dangerous. again, the governor says they are making progress. if you are stuck behind the wheel, you aren't necessarily seeing it right now. they are working to get to everyone. >> let's hope they do. thanks very much. let's get some more on this nightmare happening right now in kentucky. joining us lieutenant colonel kirk heltrecht of the national guard. thanks for joining us. how bad is this situation as we speak right now? i don't think he is hearing me. are you there? i think we may have lost the lieutenant colonel. we will try to reconnect with him. martin are you still with us? >> right here. the guard, one of the tasks that they had was that they were trying to find those who were so stuck, in other words, in such desperate conditions they actually pulled them from their cars got them to warming centers and in some cases people who had medical needs, diabetics, treat and then what i had heard was they had begun returning people. that would be a positive sign because if they are getting people back to their vehicles it means that there's hope the road's clearing and they want to get the road and the traffic flowing once more. rnlgts i think we >> i think we have reconnected with the lieutenant colonel from the kentucky national guard. give us your sense how bad is the situation? >> well the assessment of how we came to this situation i think was very accurate. based on the snow and the ice and then again, we have had accident upon accident once we cleared one tractor trailer, there seemed to have been another accident causing a lot of congestion. your assessment is accurate. we tripled our efforts, we sent out two carriers. we are taking people who are stranded to comfort centers not just in the e-town area elizabethtown, but also paducah. we are also returning people to their vehicles when those paths have been opened up. it is still kind of treacherous when you think about it. we still have a lot of people trying to make their way north and south on 65. we are asking motorists to please check the local news check the kentucky transportation cabinet website to make sure that whatever road they are trying to traverse is open. >> you have had about 21 inches of snow in the last few hours, which is an enormous amount for kentucky. people really aren't used to driving in icy, snowy conditions like this. are there serious injuries as a result of people freezing or whatever? >> we have been very fortunate. we have no reported deaths and we haven't had any reported injuries either due to those that have been stranded on the roadways. but again, i know a lot of people have been listening to us and taking good caution. >> it's about to get dark. do you think everybody will be rescued by nightfall? >> well our hopes first and foremost is to open up the pathways of the highways to ensure they can actually get to where they were going. we do have our crews will be continuing to pick up people who are stranded throughout the night, throughout the morning. as long as they need us, we will be there. >> you are just telling people basically stay off the roads, even though you are driving some folks back to their vehicles so they can try to drive home is that right? >> those are in the area that we have confirmed are open. for the most part we are still taking people who need water and food and warmth we are taking them back to warm centers in the paducah areas and elizabethtown. >> do you have enough personnel and equipment to get the job done? >> we are also standing ready to guard kentucky or anyplace else the country needs us. we are ready to go. >> colonel, thanks very much. good luck to you. good luck to all the men and women who are trying to help all these folks. coming up we have new details on that terrifying airliner accident in new york. a plane with more than 130 people on board sliding off the runway nearly plunging into the frigid water. and the u.s. justice department won't file charges in the fatal police shooting of ferguson teenager michael brown. but his family will. new information on how they plan to seek what they call justice. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." if you can clear a table without lifting a finger... you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin. because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. muddle no more™. my lenses have a sunset mode. and an early morning mode. and a partly sunny mode. and an outside... to clear inside mode. transitions® signature™ adaptive lenses... are more responsive than ever. so why settle for a lens with just one mode? 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>> it's an eerie feeling that notwithstanding tremendous progress that the incidents of police brutality, the challenges to the right to vote make it appear as though the clock may be moving in the wrong direction. but i'm confident that we are going to continue to build a coalition of people who want to continue to preserve democracy, voting rights and justice. we have tremendous work to do. i think selma will help to remind people that it took tremendous efforts and struggle indeed people getting beat on the bridge in order to bring about the passage of the voting rights act. >> if michael brown had not been killed in ferguson would the nation have ever known what was going on there and presumably other communities as well? >> that is an important point, wolf. it's why we have to listen when people in communities cry out for help. the people in ferguson have been crying out, if you will for a long time saying that the system there, that the police there, that the lack of representation there was a problem. people did not heed them. the death of michael brown, the tragic death of michael brown indeed was a wake-up call. now, it can't stop here. the ferguson police department needs an executive monitor or receiver immediately. it may need to be disbanded. it certainly needs to be substantially reformed and certainly the justice department outlined a number of steps that need to be taken, and i hope and we demand that steps be taken immediately. now, whose responsibility is it? it falls to the elected officials in ferguson but if they are not cooperative, if they are going to remain obstinant, if they will remain in denial the authority is there for the justice department and the federal courts to force the change that's necessary to preserve and protect the constitutional rights of the citizens of that city. >> the white police officer who shot and killed michael brown, he was vindicated or let go by the grand jury there. the justice department said they can't file any civil rights charges against him. but now the family the attorneys for the family say they are going to file a wrongful death lawsuit. what do you make of that? >> i think that ben crump and darryl parks have had a plan to ensure by whatever means legally necessary, that the death of michael brown would not be in vain. it's not uncommon where there have not been if you will criminal charges brought, that there's a civil lawsuit and it's not uncommon that there are also disciplinary actions against the officer which certainly can't take place here because the officer has left the force. but this is a different kind of proceeding with a different, if you will legal standard and gives the lawyers, darryl parks and ben crump, an opportunity to re-air the facts in a different forum in front of a jury there in st. louis. >> as you know that chant "hands up don't shoot" that became prominent, protesters embraced it following michael brown's death, but the justice department report says prosecutors could not rely on the witness reports. they only came to the conclusion that michael brown was actually moving toward the police officer darren wilson when he was shot. what do you make of this? because a lot of people are now suggesting that michael brown never really had his hands up or shouting don't shoot. >> this is why a public trial is necessary so that not only a jury of 12 but if you will the people of the nation and the people of missouri can actually make a judgment as to what really happened. there's been lots of conversation, there's been lots of opinion about the witness testimony, about the forensic evidence, about what happened on that day. that's why we need a public trial. and the civil lawsuit will ensure that if the case is not settled, there will be a public trial. >> i know you will be in selma this weekend. cnn will have extensive live coverage throughout the weekend of what's going on. marc morial thanks for joining us. coming up as the fbi issues a new warning about american teenagers trying to join isis did an american blow himself up in iraq and kill a whole bunch of people? terrifying moments in new york as an airliner with more than 130 people on board slides off a runway ends up just a few feet from frigid water. new information coming in. when it comes to good nutrition...i'm no expert. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got a great taste and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. helping me stay more like me. 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[ female announcer ] stay strong, stay active with boost. there's a new photo from isis of an alleged american suicide bomber. the terror group says he carried out an attack against iraqi forces near tikrit this week. there is no confirmation of that claim, or of the man's nationality. here in the united states there's a new federal warning about the growing trend of american teenagers who want to fight with isis. a law enforcement source tells cnn that lots of cases are now being tracked in the united states. here's our national correspondent suzanne malveaux. we saw one of those cases just a few miles outside of washington, d.c. >> yeah. i talked with a terrorist analyst who said the reason isis' lure is so powerful for young people it draws on this fantastical notion this misguided religious belief that the terrorist group is fighting a legitimate holy war. second, this is happening in a world, the world of cybercommunication where the message has largely gone uncheck. undercover agents are desperately trawling internet sites looking for warning signs of those who could be isis' next recruits. tonight, the fbi and dhs are warning law enforcement around the country, concerned about young americans wanting to fight with the terrorist group isis. the warning comes after a 17-year-old teen from suburban woodbridge virginia was arrested accused of recruiting for isis. authorities say he was also helping the man travel to syria to fight for the terrorist group. a twitter account consistent with the young man's name and profile include this cartoon of a man apparently dreaming of becoming a jihadist. and another with a photo captioned east asian mujahaddin fighting for isis. >> this is obviously somebody very smart on computers, very smart on social media, able to find ways to help other individuals, it's alleged, join isis in syria. >> reporter: according to federal law enforcement officials, more than 180 americans have traveled or attempted to travel to syria and iraq to join militant groups including isis. some are teens as young as 15. the virginia teen is the latest case of young americans believed lured by isis and their powerful propaganda. in brooklyn in february three men including a 19-year-old were arrested for allegedly attempting to wage jihad with isis. three teenaged girls from denver were caught in germany, not far from their alleged goal of joining isis in syria. >> there's a growing trend for very young teenagers to try and travel to join isis. we have seen this at the united states and we have seen this also in europe. a lot of these young teenagers are very impressionable so it's easy for them to be brainwashed by this message and a lot of them are spending a lot of time on social media which is a kind of virtual radical echo chamber. >> isis claims on its official website that it was an american suicide bomber who carried out an attack south of tikrit on monday. cnn cannot confirm that claim and even the iraqi authorities investigating that car bombing, they could not confirm the nationality of that bomber. >> suzanne, thanks very much. there is also fallout from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's controversial speech to congress. he portrayed iran's nuclear program as an existential threat to israel saying the deal being negotiated by the united states would only pave the way for iran to get the nuclear bomb. now iran's foreign minister is speaking out to cnn. he is accusing benjamin netanyahu of quote fearmongering. at the same time israel's ambassador to the united states is coming under serious criticism here in washington accused of a key role in the souring of the relationship between prime minister netanyahu and president obama. let's get right to all of this. the israeli ambassador to the united states is here in "the situation room." i know you want a chance to respond to all the criticism which has been pretty intense, especially from the president of the united states. as you know he's very angry at your government right now. he specifically said there was nothing new, his words, nothing new in what prime minister netanyahu said in his speech. you say? >> i think the words that the prime minister spoke speak for themselves. he explained two things that should be done in order to make a better deal. the first thing was to extend the breakout time. that's the time that iran needs to get the fissile material necessary for a nuclear bomb. he said it shouldn't be a year it should be much longer than that. the second thing he said that he has never said before he said you should link removing the restrictions that are being placed on iran's nuclear program as part of this deal you should link the removal of those restrictions to a change in iran's behavior. right now, according to the deal those restrictions would be removed automatically in about a decade. what the prime minister was saying which was new, which is you should link it to iran's behavior meaning iran has to stop its aggression in the region it has to stop terrorism around the world, and it has to stop threatening israel with annihilation. >> since the prime minister returned to israel have you had a conversation with officials at the white house to make that point? >> not in the last couple of days. i'm sure we will have the opportunity to speak about it in the days and weeks ahead but you know we have had a dialogue with the administration for well over a year. so they have heard a lot of our views. i don't know if they have heard that specific linkage that the prime minister drew in his speech to congress but we have had an open dialogue and the problem is not that there is a breakdown in communication. the problem is we have a difference of policy. we want to prevent iran not only from having a nuclear weapon today, we want to prevent it from having a nuclear weapon tomorrow. that's the difference between the u.s. and israel and we will weather this difference just as we have weathered many differences in the past. >> there is a lot of criticism of the prime minister not only here in washington from the president, secretary of state and others democrats in congress, but in israel as well. the former head of the israeli intelligence service said in an interview that was published the other day quote, the person who has caused the greatest strategic damage to israel on the iranian issue is the prime minister. he suggested that's because the prime minister has so upset what is normally a strong relationship with the united states. your response to the former mossad chief? >> the person responsible for the safety of israel is the prime minister of israel. he knows there are critical times where the prime minister has to speak out. this is one of those times. >> he couldn't have waited until after the elections? >> no, because then a deal could have happened. >> the deadline was after the election. >> you're not going to have the iem in a couple days after the election to come and actually make this speech. the prime minister wanted to weigh in while there was still time to make a difference. understand ultimately the responsibility for security rests with the prime minister. >> this is a serious guy. when he makes a charge like that against the prime minister of israel that he's done the most damage to israel's strategic relationship with the united states that's pretty powerful. >> i disagree. i remember that the head of the american cia also recommended against the operation that took out bin laden. your president, president obama, made a different decision because ultimately it was his responsibility. i trust that the prime minister has the right judgment in dealing with this grave threat to israel. >> did you ever think that so many democrats, leaders, nancy pelosi she went to the speech she went to hear the speech but she emerged saying she was in tears listening to the prime minister and she said it was an insult to the american people what he had to say. did you ever think he would get that kind of reaction from the leader of the democrats in the house of representatives? >> i don't know frankly why she felt that way. i was in the hall during the speech and you saw very broad bipartisan support for what the prime minister had to say. i think you could see for yourself, the speech speaks for itself. >> it wasn't just nancy pelosi. you had senators senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts, the former leader of the democratic party from virginia they boycotted the speech. members of the hispanic caucus congressional black caucus they boycotted. i thought i would never see a prime minister of israel comes to address congress and leaders decide they are not even going to attend. >> i'm sorry they did that but the prime minister has a responsibility and he felt the deepest moral obligation to speak out on an issue that could threaten the survival of israel. this was not about your politics and it wasn't about israel's politics. it wasn't any attempt to show disrespect to the president or to the office of the presidency. this was a critical time for the prime minister to speak up. the days when the jewish people as the prime minister said in his speech the days when the jewish people will be placid in the face of genocidal threats to our annihilation are over. that's why the prime minister spoke out. >> let me give you one final chance to respond to an article that appeared in the united states today. the reporter quoted u.s. obama administration officials as saying if netanyahu wishes to work with the white house, he will have no choice but to replace his protege dermer who is seen by the obama administration as persona nongrata even if they don't say so publicly. that's a powerful statement. your reaction? >> i serve at the pleasure of the israeli government and i will continue to serve every day in order to advance israel's interests and strengthen the relationship between the u.s. and israel. i believe that relationship is going to grow even stronger in the years ahead. we have weathered disagreements in the past and we will weather this disagreement because ultimately we are bonded by common values. you just saw that report on isis. i think everything that you see happening in the middle east reinforces how important the bond between israel and the united states is that you have one strong solid reliable democratic ally that shares your values in the middle east and our relationship will grow stronger. >> if you had a do-over you wouldn't have done it any differently? >> i think it was very important for the prime minister to give the speech that he gave this week. >> at this point, this venue, all of that? >> no question about it. >> ron dermer israeli ambassador to the united states thank you. coming up an airliner slides off an icy runway coming to rest feet from frigid waters. new details. you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your first claim. so you talk to your insurance company and... boom! you're blindsided for a second time. they won't give you enough money to replace your brand new car. don't those people know you're already shaken up? 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we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in the"the situation room"." let's get to breaking news. a monster winter storm endangering 90 million americans and causing near disaster on a runway and roads. a federal investigation is under way into an accident that shut down new york's la guardia airport for hours. a delta jetliner skidded in the snow during landing, stopping just feet away from frigid waters. passengers scrambled to evacuate at the plane leaked fruluel. the national guard is called out to rescue hundreds in kentucky. some have been stuck since overnight in a potentially life-threatening situation. the former head of the national transportation safety board, she's standing by live. we have our correspondents analysts and news makers in the storm zone and across the united states covering all the news that's breaking now. first let's go to will represent ripley live at la guardia. what's the latest? >> reporter: right now, this storm and the snow that continues to fall is crippling air travel in new york city. one of the busiest hubs in world. they barely have one runway operational. they are barely getting flights ouchlt out of here. the conditions changed so quickly that a plane slid down the runway coming dangerously close to the icy water. it's a terrifying image for everyone who flies. a delta passenger jet skidding off a slick and snowy runway at one of mesh'samerica's busiest airports. the flight from atlanta was coming in and lost control ending up feet from the water. >> as soon as we landed we felt the wheels hit the runway and we did not feel the wheels take traction. we started to skid. and we skid to the left side of the runway. and we continued to skid. we were a couple feet away from heading into the water. >> reporter: air traffic controllers told the flight before landing braineaking conditions were good. 127 passengers were evacuated from the plane using emergency exits on the wings. port authority officials say the emergency chutes did not deploy. 24 people were injured, three taken to the hospital. one of the passengers new york giants tight end larry don'tnell who shot this video. the airport is partially closed. >> leaking fuel on the left side heavily. >> leaking fuel? >> affirm. his wing is ruptured. >> reporter: moments after the plane lost control, tense communication from air traffic control. >> aircraft off the runway. the airport is closed. >> say again? >> we have an aircraft off three one. please advice. la guardia airport is closed at this time. >> reporter: tonight, the website flightaware says 10,000 flights were canceled order delayed. thousands of travelers were stranded as a result of what happened here at la guardia. >> will thanks very much. let's bring in our aviation analyst myles o'brien and david susi. how close this ddid this plane come to crashing into the bay over there? >> it looks like within a matter of feet. the airport design the faa is such that that berm was there for two reasons. to keep fuel from getting into the bay but to do what it did. it's a testament to the engineers that engineered the airport that the aircraft didn't end up in the bay. >> the berm stopped the plane after skidding for 4,000 feet? >> i do. i do. >> i spoke with one passenger who described the feeling of the plane sliding. two planes actually lafrndnded shortly before this. the pilots didn't have problems. what was going on? >> a couple things to think about. weather, of course is extremely dynamic. it can change by the minute. we were at that point in time the wind was shifting around. the rain was turning to freezing rain eventually into snow. so what happens between just a couple of minutes can be very different. each aircraft can be different. each crew might have a different technique and approach or experience level dealing with what we call a contaminated runway or icy runway. the other thing is that the control towers do rely on pilot reports as they land. how was the breaking action? they will say good medium or all the way down to nil. that's subjective of course. secondly pilots can be reluctant to say nil because that means the airport gets shut down while they go out to clear off the runway and make it safer. there's a lot of factors at play here that may have put the crew with dynamic situation, may not fully understand or not fully understanding exactly how slick the runway was. >> one of the things the investigators will look at is pilot error. could there have been pilot error here? >> well maybe in the decision making to land. remember the pilot is the one who makes the last decision whether to accept runway conditions or not. it will go further than that. the faa will be looking at whether or not the port authority reported conditions authorities as well. there were reports of the icing conditions before. so the fact that there was good breaking on the two flights prior, good breaking is very subjective. so at that point they will look there. it's about the port authority and were the procedures handled properly. that's the focus of the investigation, i would believe. >> the plane was 27 years old. is that too old? could the mechanics, if you will have played a role in the near disaster? >> the first question is it too old? the answer is no. it's how it is maintains. the ntsb will look through records to make sure they did everything right. there's no reason to say that a plane of that age can't be flown safely. so long as it is maintained properly. was there a mechanical problem here? certainly it will come into play. could it have been a situation where the thrust reversers did not deploy symmetrically? if that was asymmetrical that could send the plane off the runway. were the brakes grabbing in a different manner? was one working better than other? these are things that the investigators will look into as they try to determine what was going on here. let's not forget they were landing down wind with a tail wind. meaning, they had cross wind as well as were being pushed by the wind. they would have been landing faster and would have compensated for the cross wind. >> should this plane have been flying in these conditions? >> yes. the aircraft are fit for that. they can land in those conditions. as miles was pointing out, we can go back to that. there's anti-skid systems on the aircraft. many times you land with the brakes nearly on right as you touch down and let the anti-skid figure out which needs to go more. at this point, that's a possibility these one of the things i would look as well. >> thanks very much. let's dig deeper. bring in the former head of the national transportation board. she's president of the national safety council. thanks very much for joining us. i will ask you the same question. should the plane have been flying in these awful conditions? >> you know i think they will look very closely at -- as they always do, at the human, the machine and the environment. when we talk about the decision making of the crew to come in we also are going to be looking at in an investigation the conditions at the airport. it is the airport's responsibility to maintain those runways, to make sure that they are clear and that the crews can land and to report accurately the conditions. so the environment is very important, particularly in these inclement weather with contaminated runway surfaces. >> tell us -- investigators from the ntsb and faa, they're going in to start the investigation. give us a sense of what they will be doing. >> sure. the good news is you have a lot of assets there on the ground in the new york area. the ntsb does have local investigators that will go to the site immediately. they will secure it. they will capture the recorders and any information that they need right away. i think the weather is going to work against getting a go team in there just because of what's going on in washington and in new york trying to actually get the team up there physically will be one of the biggest challenges. one of the most interesting developments for us all of us not just you in the news media but for investigators, is the advent of all of the video tech technology and data that can be secured. there's a lot of surveillance video on that property at the airport that they will be looking at that right away as well. >> you agree that a 27-year-old plane in this particular case is still worthy of flying, if you will, in these conditions? >> you know aircraft are really workhorses. we see aircraft fly for many decades. most important piece of them flying successfully is making sure that they have maintenance programs and continuous inspections. so if there is any mechanical issue that needs to be addressed, miles talked about thrust reversers, brakes they will be looking at the performance of those devices. not just for this aircraft but for the entire fleet to see if there is something that needs to be learned. >> i asked the question -- this plane reportedly as soon as it touched down did not have traction that the two planes that landed shortly before they had that fine traction. they managed to land safely and go up to the gate. i wonder if there may have been a mechanical problem with this particular plane. >> you know there are so many factors that go into these contaminated surface events. first, you have to look again at the performance of the pilots. where did they touch down? how far down the runway were they? they had a tail wind. how fast were they going? what was the situation with respect to how fast thrust reversers were deployed brakes things like that? you look at the aircraft and make sure everything was in working order, nothing was not performing as expected or there were any failures. then i think when we look at the environment, you have variables here. i will tell you that those pilot reports are extremely helpful. but we have got to get better when it comes to technology. there is the capability to put sensors or every aircraft that is touching down to really give not just a subjective good fair or poor but actually tell them what the braking coefficient is and be able to report that information back. we have to get more sophisticated with the systems. >> i want to you stand by. we have more questions on what happened today. where we are going from here. we will talk a quick break. much more right after thchlt. this is my body of proof. proof of less joint pain. and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis from the inside out... with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further joint damage and clear skin in many adults. doctors have been prescribing humira for nearly 10 years. >>humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers including lymphoma have happened, as have blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don't start humira if you have an infection. >>visit humira.com and talk to your rheumatologist. humira. this is a body of proof! i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. 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it's clear that some people are not only running low on fuel they are just about out of patient. they may face another cold dark night going nowhere. in central kentucky highways became parking lots stretching dozens of miles. leaving trucks buses and cars stranded. hundreds of people with little or no food or water and low on fuel. many posting their plight on social media. >> we are very nervous and anxious. >> reporter: somein some areas, two feet of snow. first stopping traffic, then burying it. hardest hit, interstate 65. and i-24. the governor's declared a state of emergency and called out the national guard. >> we have been taking stranded motorists to warm care facilities where they can get water or treatment they might need. we have had a couple of cases that people needed insulin. >> reporter: this man is part of a music tour. these are his pictures of the snow as it closed in on their bus last night on i-24. by morning, the only suggestion of a highway was the long long line of stuck trucks and cars. >> give you an idea of what things are like. i'm up to my knees in snow right now. >> reporter: amanda and her boyfriend were bound for chicago on i-65. >> i don't know if you can see this. all the way down we are backed up and stopped. our cars are stuck. >> reporter: this was the start of their spring break. >> we have been sitting in the same spot for over four hours. >> reporter: by afternoon, there were signs of progress. plows and graders cleared the way allowing tow trucks to get in and traffic to get moving. ironically many of those stuck are heading to florida, to escape winter. it wasn't like they were unprepared. they knew it was coming. it was preceded by heavy rain. their attempt to put down salt or brine to start the melting before the snow it was washed away. it would not have worked in this particular case. nature was against them. >> certainly was. thanks very much. let's go back to the former chair of the ntsb. she's president of the national safety council. what are you hearing about these dangerous driving conditions out there on these interstates in kentucky? it's awful with hundreds of people stranded for hours. >> i know wolf. it reminds us of really how precarious transportation can be when mother nature is involved. people have got to be prepared. i think when they get behind the wheel, when weather is forecasting bad conditions. i think it's about also exercising caution and making sure that information is out there and maybe just like when we look at this airportlane at the airport, it's about the infrastructure having to make decisions about whether it's safe and passable. >> i think one of the lessons is it's better to heir onbe cautious. tell people to get off the road, even though that causes problems. you want to be safe rather than sorry. right? >> absolutely. my father-in-law says how do we drive on ice? we all respond, we don't. so i think that is really what this is about. all of those folks who are trapped, i know that they wish they had made a different decision knowing what they know now. >> we are showing live pictures from the interstate right now. truck after truck, vehicle after vehicle still stranded there. sometimes for 20 hours. it's hard to believe this is going on. how do you explain that? 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>> thank you. let's bring in one of the brown family lawyers darryl parks. he is joining us with along with lacey clay of missouri. he represents ferguson among other areas. what is your reaction to the report that outlined huge racial bias in ferguson? did you have any idea what was going on before you read this report? >> reading the report is very painful. i asked for investigations before michael brown's death into some of the allegations that we were receiving in my congressional office from ferguson as well as surrounding communities. the action was taken two days after michael brown's killing. then the justice department became very interested in patterns and practices. >> you must have been stunned when you read some of the e-mails, the racist e-mails on official city e-mail servers, if you will talking about the president, the first lady awful stuff. >> for sure. and i think that from the top down in the ferguson police department as well as the municipal court, the leadership of those departments need to go. they need to resign. it's an embarrassment. it's unconscionable. it is not what we consider to be equal justice under the law in this country. >> tell us about this civil lawsuit you are going to file now? you are filing it against, i assume the former police officer darren wilson plus the city of ferguson? is that right? >> that's correct, wolf. under the law, obviously, this family has the right to pursue action under missouri law as well as the federal actions that we can pursue. without question we now have complete evidence of pattern and practices in the past from the ferguson department that will be part of the lawsuit along with the wrongful death action under the missouri law. we are moving forward. obviously, we will give the city a chance to talk to us. if they choose to talk to us. thus far, they have not been willing to talk to us. >> some sort of compensation so that would prevent the lawsuit, if you will? >> well the only thing that can come from a lawsuit is compensation. however, we reached out to the city and given them an opportunity if they choose to talk to us. that invitation stays open. for now since they have been non-responsive to our overtures to sit down and talk we must proceed and enforce the rights of the parents in this situation. >> i want to get to the law in a second. let me ask representative clay the police chief there, thomas jackson, he is still the police chief after all of the months. even after this report this very damning report came out by the justice department. are you happy about that? >> not at all. i believe the city of ferguson their leadership their mayor, their police chief should cooperate with the justice department. if they don't want do that then the city council must take the necessary steps to get rid of those two. >> you want the police chief to go? >> for sure. >> do you have confidence in the mayor mayor? >> with a record what was revealed by the report so damaging that they also led the effort to take advantage of poor people in these communities. that is not -- >> do you have confidence in the mayor? >> not at all. if they were leading the effort to raise revenue off the backs of poor people preying on people that could least afford to pay these fines, to go through a criminal justice system that is apparently broke, then he needs to go, too. >> daryl parks, the grand jury there in ferguson they didn't indict this police officer. we heard eric holder the attorney general of the united states say they reviewed it. they didn't have enough evidence to go headahead with a federal civil rights suit. why do you think this lawsuit has a chance of success? >> two things. the burden of proof in a civil action will be by a preponderance of the evidence not a beyond a reasonable doubt. we at the heart of both of those investigations both the local missouri clayton st. louis county prosecutor and the federal prosecutor they both based their decision mainly on the self-defense theory. we find major flaws in that, which i won't talk about here. but there are issues that offset the alternatives he could have considered and that were not considered. we have investigated this case. we see things that we could talk about that we believe we would prevail based upon the preponderance of the evidence in this case. >> you want to react? >> they are perfectly within their rights to file this suit. >> were you disappointed eric holder and the justice department decide they had didn't have enough evidence to go ahead and file charges? >> it was disappointing, of course because the bar -- the law sets the bar so high in order to bring federal civil rights charges. >> a quick question. in this report the justice department report they said they couldn't confirm this notion that he had his hands raised and he was shouting don't shoot, which became so prominent, so famous during the course of the riots, the demonstrations that followed. in fact they -- eyewitnesses said that michael brown was moving towards the police officer. i want your reaction. >> there were conflicting testimony. people see different situations differently. who is to say that after being shot eight times that your body doesn't spin around by the force of the bullets? who is to say that that didn't happen? but here is what we do know. is that we really see why michael brown was killed. and we see why the community exploded the way it did, because of the patterns and practices of those police officers. >> we know the patterns and practices in detail what was going on in ferguson elsewhere as well. thanks very much for joining us. daryl parks, thanks as well. new details on the airliner accident in new york. a plane with more than 130 people on board sliding off a runway nearly plunging into frigid water. north korea ishailing the knife attack. we are learning about the assault and what may lie behind it. the united states am boss door -- am bossbassador is in stable condition. the slashing comes as the u.s. and south korea hold joint military exercises a source of furry for north korea. we are learning more about all of this. what's going on? let's go to brian todd. >> reporter: tonight, we have new information on the assault, on the suspect and how the north koreans are responding to that incident. also tonight, the south korean government is facing tough questions over the security or lack thereof for the u.s. ambassador ambassador. >> i'm bleeding here. >> okay. >> i'm bleeding here. >> call the hospital. get an ambulance. sgli . >> i need an ambulance. get me to the hospital. >> reporter: the ambassador is rushed to the hospital. the suspect is taken down. moments later, he is carried away screaming for an end to the u.s. south korean joint military exercises. south korean authorities say that appears to be the motive for the attack. police are investigating whether suspect kim key judge acted alone. they say he insisted he did. there's no evidence north korea was involved. but he sympathized with them. kim jong-un's regime praised it. >> it's an opportune moment. north koreans have been very upset, typically, as usual every year about the annual joint military exercises. >> you have to stop the bleeding. >> reporter: he received 80 stitches. if the facial wound had been just slightly deeper it could have been life-threatening. tonight, tough questions for south korean owe fishes on security for the american ambassador. >> how come this man was able to sit in the same room with this kind of history of violence? >> reporter: the suspect once hurled a concrete block at a scrap knees envoy and was given a suspended suspense. the u.s. embassy did not request special security for this event. there's a long history of political violence in south korea korea. the president was slashed in the face while campaigning in 2006. the north koreans have launched many attacks using tunnels, other infiltrations. >> they have staged commando raids. they have attempted assassinations of past korean presidents. >> reporter: they tried to assassinate the president's father when he was president. one of the attempts killed her mother. parks' father was killed by a member of his own intelligence service. now president park is vowing to get to the bottom of the attack on the u.s. ambassador. the suspect told south korean reporters he planned the assault for ten days. >> new details on how he got into the event? >> reporter: he was not on the list of those invited to attend this event. he was allowed in because someone recognized him as a member of the group that was hosting the event. you have to ask the question if they knew him, didn't they know anything about history of violence? 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works. works! works? works. works. mpbl tonight, there's new information the state department is reviewing hillary clinton's e-mail after the former secretary of state asked for them to be released. she's responding to the controversy over use of private e-mail while she was america's top diplomat. it's a controversy that's only growing as she faces new subpoenas from congress. our senior political analyst is here. she's following this story. she's got new information. >> yeah. she's trying to tamp down or criticism over this controversy with her e-mails asking the state department to release them. it's important to note as we now understand, these are e-mails that hillary clinton and her team had already turned over at their discretion from her server from her private e-mail account to the state department when they were requested to do so in 2014. >> reporter: a the controversy over the private e-mail address hillary clinton used moved into day three, she finally weighed in. i want the public to see my e-mail. i asked state to release them. they said they will view them for release as soon as possible. only the 55,000 pages selected by her team from the private account and turned over to the state department last year will be review and released. aside from her tweet, clinton has remained mum on the issue. >> how you doing? >> reporter: tmz tracked her down at the airport but she dodged the cameraman's question which wasn't intelligible any way. >> was that a generalization gap or can that be corrected. >> reporter: reporters have peppered the white house and state department with questions. john kerry in saudi arabia brushed them off. >> i think we have all the ones that are state.gov which are appropriate. let me check on that when i have time to pay attention to such an important issue when i get home. >> reporter: it could be months before the state department releases the e-mails but the political ramifications are playing out now. republicans painting her as secretive and a hypocrite circulating clips this from 2007 when she blasted the bush administration. >> we know about the secret wiretaps. we know about the secret military tribunals. the secret white house e-mail accounts. it's stunning record of secrecy. many say this won't jeopardize her run for the white house. >> i think it will be gone before the snow here in washington melts. >> reporter: tonight many political observers say this latest flap over e-mails won't jeopardize her run for the white house. >> it reminds democrats and republicans that despite a sizable lead in the polls is still vulnerable. democrat many of them have been telling us that this makes them worry. they have all of their eggs in one basket. >> seems to be the case right now. thanks. stay with us. i want to bring in gloria and ron brownstein. gloria she released there tweet, if you will her statement after 11:00 at night. what's her strategy? >> it's a 24-hour news cycle. doesn't matter when you release what you're going to release. she's clearly trying to turn the corner on the story. this has been a bad story for her. you have democrats loudly whispering about this. as david used to call them the bedwetters when they used to do the same thing about barack obama. she's our nominee and this is a problem even before she declares. i think this might have her move up her timetable a little bit. it's clear she doesn't have an apparatus in place. >> she does tweet, which is a nod to how you do media relations in 2015. it still took two days and not a completely coherent response. >> anyone in her circle deciding which e-mail to deliver to the state department. >> we believe it's her and her close aids. this is her personal e-mail account. it's not the state.gov. it's her server that houses the e-mails. interesting to note this coming from a clinton aid, that they say nine-tenths of the e-mail they say we overdisclosed. they were to state.gov addresses so they were already on the server. one-tenth of those, that's more than 5,000 pages of e-mails. >> history is trusting that. >> you wouldn't know. it's an honor system. >> let me ask ron. >> all the process issues matter more to us. this is a bad trend. i think she made a bad choice to do this level of public business through personal e-mail. it's a bad trend and it should be resisted. having been up and down the hill of clinton scandals i think the odds are pretty high this is going to matter less on whether she's president or not than we think today. >> it reminds people allow the rnc to make that kind of an ad and reminds people about -- >> it's part of the package. >> the clinton rules. >> who are not forclinton in the first place especially -- >> they have no other choice. who else. >> they feel emboldened. >> if we learn nothing else -- >> hold on. hold on for one moment. we have something important to report. this is important news. we can now report this according to nbc news and tmz that the actor harrison ford was seriously injured in a vicinitiage world war ii training plane. this crash occurred in venice california. he was transported to a hospital in critical condition. he was the solo occupant of this small plane. the crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. los angeles time. the information is still coming in. you can see the video of this vintagethat crashed at this golf course. both tmz and nbc news are reporting the pilot was harrison ford. tmz says he suffered multiple gashes to his head and is being treated at the scene. give us your analysis of what we see. he clearly has some serious injuries. >> reporter: clearly, when pilots learn how to fly, one of the first things they tell you is to be thinking about an alternate landing site. a good place for that the santa monica airport. he's been flying since the 1960s both fixed wing and helicopters. he has place in wyoming in well where he does a lot of flying. it's very densely populated part of southern california. the golf course is a good place to put a plane down. you're not going to make it back to airport. nonetheless, a landing on that kind of terrain as you can tell by pulling back it's not the most levelled location where he landed. hopefully, it's just minor injuries. you can see the runway right there. >> you can see the pictures. we're going to continue our coverage. erin burnett outfront will pick it up. tonight, we're following major breaking news. multiple reports that actor harrison ford has crashed a plane he was piloting onto a los angeles golf course. we have the very latest on this breaking story for you. major scare at new york la

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