The question now, when will the former champion return to racing . Oh here she comes and the rock and roll hall of fame hitmakers saying no can do this morning. Why hall and oates are hauling a popular cerealmaker to court. We do say good morning, america, on this friday morning. And he is certainly a legendary action star. Harrison ford as Indiana Jones, han solo and, oh, quite a scare for him landing on that golf course. Experienced pilot. Not his first crash, actually. This morning hes recovering in the hospital. The injuries not lifethreatening. Abcs nick watt starts us off from the scene of the accident. Good morning, nick. Reporter good morning, george. Well behind me that is whats left of Harrison Ford oes vintage airplane on a golf course here in west los angeles. Ford, who recently wrapped filming on Star Wars Episode 7 was indulging his other great passion in life, flight, when disaster struck at quarter after 2 00 in the afternoon. I hope hes going to make it. Reporter watch this small plane. Harrison ford at the controls clipping trees in the distance before it goes down caught on video by a stunned onlooker. Oh, no. Come on, dude. Come on. Oh, no. Reporter just seconds after takeoff, the engine failing, listen to fords voice as he radios the tower for help. 53178, engine failure, immediate return. Ryan 178, runway 2, 1 clear to land. I have to go to 3. Runway 3 clear to land. Reporter but he cant make it. It looked like it was short of the runway. Reporter crash landing on a golf course fairway, a spinal surgeon rushed to the downed world war ii era plane. Hes obviously an iconic individual and when he laid there as i was just trying to check his airway and his Blood Pressure it was obvious by his face that it was Harrison Ford. Reporter hes conscious, breathing. I stabilized his neck which is a common area of injury. He was, you know, obviously moaning and in pain. And my task, if you will, was to get him out of the airplane in a semiurgent manner because the fuel was leaking. Reporter paramedics quickly on the scene strapping the 72yearold movie star to a gurney. Fly, yes. Land, no. Reporter unlike his character Indiana Jones ford is an experienced pilot. He owns eight aircraft. Hes been flying since the 60s. Its an airplane as old as Harrison Ford is. When airplanes or engines are that old they do have a tendency to fail. Reporter fords son ben tweeting from the hospital last night, dad is okay, battered, but okay. He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man. The ntsb is still trying to figure out exactly what went wrong here. No fire. That could be a clue. It could have been a lot worse about 200 feet from fords plane, thats a house right there. This is a heavily residential area. The fairway was by far the safest place for ford to land. Ford is known for doing his own stunts. This iconic scene from raiders of the loss ark is actually him outrunning that boulder. Fords as stuff offscreen as he appears on it and abcs Chris Connelly is in los angeles with more on that side of the story. Good morning, chris. Reporter good morning, robin. In the movies this action hero has known all manner of misadventure on a wide assortment of airships and, as a reallife pilot, Harrison Ford has had his share of action and heroism. For almost 40 years Harrison Fords adventures in the air have thrilled movie audiences. In star wars kid, ive flown from one side of this galaxy to the other and ive seen a lot of strange stuff. Reporter Indiana Jones and the last crusade. Hang on, were going in. Reporter and air force one. Get off my plane. Reporter that larger than life adventureseeking persona as true off screen as it is on. Another pilot, another airplane. Not a movie actor. Reporter fords reallife love of the skies well documented and hes been responsible for highflying acts of heroism piloting his chopper to rescue a stranded hiker in wyoming in 2000 and helping find a missing boy scout in Yellowstone National park in 2001, but over the years hes gotten into his share of scrapes. Last june during the shooting of Star Wars Episode 7 the force awakens, ford broke his left leg and needed surgery after an onset accident. The film is produced by disney, the Parent Company of abc news. And hes already survived several midair mishaps. Wind gusts blowing his sixseater off a nebraska runway in 2000. And in 1999, crash landing of a copter in californias ventura county. Yet his love of flying has endured as he told Barbara Walters in 2008. What does flying give you . Oh, man, a lot. I love the freedom of flight. I love the places you go. I love seeing the world from an airplane. Im in love with flying. Reporter and this morning, the many millions who have loved fords onscreen daringdo are giving thanks hes expected to make a full recovery and can take back to the skies on screen and off. Nice landing. Thanks. Reporter also back in 2008 he told abc news that what hed seen from the air had kickstarted his activism on behalf of the environment. So a big part of his life flying, robin. Yeah, he is extremely passionate about aviation. Okay, chris, thank you. Were going to bring in abc news aviation consultant colonel steve ganyard. Who joins us from d. C. Weve been talking about his passion for flying. And also his professionalism because, as nick watt said, thats a highly populated area where he was able to bring that plane down there on the golf course. It is, robin. You know, hes a pilots pilot. I think its one of the reasons why pilots like him so much. Because he loves flying. He has the love of flying in his blood and so he takes flying professionally. He does what it takes, is not just a weekend jump in an airplane, and he does everything he needs to be to be a professional pilot. No, hes far from being a weekend warrior. Can you tell us more about the vintage plane he was flying in . Yeah, its actually a world war ii trainer, so its quite old, 1942 is when this airplane was built. So you think about what happened yesterday. He takes off and a minute and a half after takeoff looking at santa monica bay, a bright sunny day, the engine just stops. He gets the airplane turned around. And he says, can i make it back . Can i glide back into the airport . He makes the determination hes not going to get that far and so hes going to have to land short and he sees the fairway and the golf course and he makes a very skillful landing on what could have been disastrous with so many buildings nearby. And were so thankful that he appears to be going to make a full recovery. Steve, thank you very much. Okay, thanks, robin. Were going to turn now to the deep freeze. Bitter cold hitting the eastern half of the country this morning. Temperatures dropping to 30 degrees below average and its creating icy driving conditions all over. Abcs alex perez is in louisville, kentucky, with the latest. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, george. They are digging out from all that snow that fell here but the bitter cold is only complicating things. Icy roads causing chaos across the country. Its so bad, youre all over the place. Reporter drivers losing control. In st. Louis this car slamming into a barrier after hitting a patch of ice. Watch as this car comes barreling down the street in rhode island and hits this woman. You can see her trying to get out of the way, fortunately shes okay. In dobbs ferry, new york, a bus swerves to miss one car and hits two others and then a house. Numerous cars and trucks sliding and wrecking off the road. This snowplow ending up on its side. Outside birmingham, a 14car pileup and on i65 south of louisville nobody is happy. Reporter some drivers stranded for more than 16 hours after more than two feet of snow fell. In some areas. Traffic backed up for 20 miles. This woman and her toddler spent the night in their car. Thankfully the truck driver ahead of us brought us water so we could make bottles. Reporter the National Guard is stepping in to help bringing food and water to those out in the cold. Teamwork in dallas, this big rig stuck in the snow blocking traffic but watch as five drivers come together and pull the semi back on to the road. And because of the bitter temperatures, icy roads will remain a big concern for the morning commute today and most of the day in the midwest. Robin. All right, alex. Thank you. Now to the trial of that Boston Marathon bomber and an emotional day of testimony as victims including a father who lost his 8yearold son took the stand. Abcs brian ross has that story for us. Reporter the jury saw this video and then heard from the woman seen here who lost her leg after the bomb blast. But 27yearold Rebekah Gregory of houston says tsarnaev would not look her in the eye. I see a coward. I just dont think that he can face what he did. Either that or he doesnt care. Reporter the jury also heard from this Boston Police officer who rescued a 3yearold boy from a man who lost both legs carried off by a stranger in a cowboy hat, and from bill richard, whose family watched the marathon just steps from tsarnaev and the backpack bomb. His 8yearold son martin was killed. His 7yearold daughter jane lost her leg. Rebekah gregory went through some 40 surgeries but in the end felt testifying here helped her get past what happened. Saying that tsarnaev had been a constant presence in her nightmares until she was able to stare him down from the witness stand. He really was somebody i was afraid of, yeah. In a lot of ways. Reporter and now . And now i have kind of taken that back and i dont have that fear anymore because i looked at what tried to destroy me and ive come out stronger because of it. Reporter the courtroom is packed every day with victims while others watch on closed circuit tv in a private room. For some, the emotions are just too powerful and raw and others say they cant stand to be in the same room with dzhokhar tsarnaev. George. You can feel it here. Okay, thanks very much. Were going to turn to politics now, more fallout for Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email account as secretary of state. And the first visit to iowa for jeb bush as he revs up his bid for the republican nomination. Abcs jon karl tracking both. This private email account for Hillary Clinton appears to be at odds with the state departments own rules even though its not illegal. Reporter thats right, george. The state department is now reviewing whether or not mrs. Clinton violated a 2005 rule that was put in place to protect Critical National security and diplomatic information. This rule said that employees are not allowed to send information, it is known as sensitive but unclassified, on private email. That is not allowed except under emergency circumstances so theyre going through her emails to see if she did any of that. That could potentially put at risk those emails falling into the wrong hands. Also, george, she was in clear violation of a rule that said that if employees use private email, they must turn the email over to the state department to be entered into government computers. As you know, she didnt turn over emails until nearly two years after she left office. Investigations by at least two congressional committees at the same time, jeb bush heading to iowa for the first time. Theres also been some scrutiny of his personal email accounts and hes got an uphill fight in iowa. Reporter the Iowa Caucuses have been dominated by the conservative wing of the Republican Party. This is the wing of the Republican Party that is most skeptical of jeb bush. Early polls in iowa show that hes already well behind scott walker, the governor of wisconsin, another likely candidate, so this will be potentially skeptical crowd for him. Also, hes been spending so much time at fundraisers, this is a chance for him to get out there and actually be with voters. Well see how he does and be on the ground sunday on this week. But right now, the other top stories with amy. You got this runway scare in new york yesterday. Thats right, it was a terrifying crash on the runway at laguardia airport. Take a look at this video that shows crews overnight trying to use a crane to move the delta jet, which skidded and slammed into a fence just a few feet from the water. Abcs david kerley has firsthand accounts from the horrified passengers. Reporter off the runway smashing through a fence, perched over the bay. I just survived. Reporter the more than 130 on board had to slide down the wing, hop to the snowy ground. It was those ground crews that called it in. Tower, you have an aircraft off 31. On the north vehicle road. Reporter in new york crews use a special code for serious incidents, its 34, 34. The airport is closed. Weve got a 34. Reporter passengers evacuating and one of the wings fuel tanks leaking on this delta jet from atlanta. It was going way too fast to be landing. Way too fast. Reporter it was making the approach pilots dont like over the water. Two previous aircraft said the braking conditions were good in the snow. But twothirds of the way down this runway the jet veers to the left towards that fence and flushing bay. Thats why the airplane veered off the runway when they still had quite a bit ahead of them and that may indicate another malfunction happened that we havent considered. Reporter more than 200 suffered injuries. Five taken to local hospitals. Good news considering how close this jet came to slipping into the bay. For Good Morning America, david kerley, abc news, washington. We are so glad everyone is okay. Well, new video this morning of a train carrying crude oil that derailed and exploded in northwestern illinois thursday. Raising even more concerns about rail safety. The crash forced people in a onemile radius to evacuate. No one was injured, but it comes just weeks after another train with the same newer model railcars crashed in West Virginia sending a massive fireball into the sky. In both cases, the trains were carrying crude from north dakota which is more volatile than other kinds of oil. Well, the fbi is joining the search for two suspects after a federal judge in detroit was shot during an attempted robbery outside his home. Judge Terrence Berg was confronted while taking out the garbage. He was shot in the leg and listed in serious condition but he is expected to recover. And some better than expected news this morning about the economy, 295,000 jobs were created last month, most of them in Food Services construction and health care the Unemployment Rate dropped to 5. 5 thats to lowest since may of 2008. Hourly wages also rose last month. And police in south korea say the man who slashed mark lippert with a teninch knife will be charged with attempted murder. Authorities have revealed the suspect described as an antiamerican activist has visited north korea several times. The attack is also raising security questions because the ambassador had just one unarmed guard with him. Well, finally, most of us consider ourselves dedicated parents, we would do anything for our children. And apparently, it is no different for mama and papa birds. Take a look at these committed bald eagles in pennsylvania sitting on their eggs trying to keep their offspring warm even as the snow piled higher and higher. Look at that. Everything was covered but the little birds head. Now, that is dedication. You know what, i love this part. This isnt just a job for mom. This is a modern household. The parents taking turns sitting on the eggs which are due to hatch in three weeks. Please tell me that snow is going to melt before three weeks, rob. Yeah, otherwise that may head to Divorce Court between those two birds. Goodness gracious. Maybe four weeks no, its your turn. Its your turn. I just sat on the eggs. Kentucky, some pictures for you, check them out. Just incredible numbers coming out of the bluegrass state. Look at this. I mean, this car completely buried, although they thought well enough to lift the windshield wipers off the windshield. Shut the door on winter. Weve seen these all winter long. And its hard to believe in louisville you got over two feet of snow. Waterloo, a foot and a half, d. C. , dulles, 9. 5, new york, 7. 5. That brings your total for the year over 3 1 2 feet of snow. All right, the storm now moving off to sea, and before that happens, boy, it is chilly out there. Minus 9 in chicago. Feels like minus 3 in pittsburgh. By the way, its 1 the actual temperature in lexington right now and these below average temperatures drive all the way down to the gulf of mexico. 49 degrees for the high in dallas. Good morning. I am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area microclimate forecast. Check out sunshine. Aboveaverage temperatures. The warmest day at the coast with cooling and clouds over the weekend. Showers next week. Unfortunately, el nino will not help this year. Mid60s to nearly 70 along the coast and lowtomid 70s for the rest of us. Mainly in the 40s tonight. Tomorrow morning, though, grab the coat. Spring forward tomorrow night, we lose an john dutton from venice beach, florida, sending us some warmth. Boy, dont we need it. Hey, maybe those eagles should fly to florida. Snowbirds. No, i didnt go there. Oh, sorry. So close, rob. So close. Coming up on gma, jodi arias avoiding the Death Penalty. Inside the deliberations well take you and the one juror, the one juror who will not vote to kill her. And also, nascar superstar kurt busch cleared of criminal charges in an alleged assault of his exgirlfriend. What it means for his future on the racetrack. Plus, caught on camera. Buses and trucks crashing into bridges, putting people on the road at serious risk. Gma investigates. Bridges putting people on the road at serious risk. Gma investigates. Yes. I object we move to cut ms. Kapurs rate plan in half no one should be paying these prices to call their mother. We demand a great rate plan at half the price. I got you ms. Kapur. Been fouled by your wireless carrier . 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