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Statue. its still awaiting final approval at the state level. some day the marble eyed toothy klansman on the horse will no longer be the welcome to nashville signal for travelers on interstate 65. well see. today, though if you took i-65 south out of nashville and turned left when you got to birmingham alabama, youd find yourself in columbia south carolina. today roughly 10,000 people turned out to see history made after nikki haley signed the bill to take down the flag. seeing it is different....

Winds. thank goodness the winds are strong and will disburse it quickly. means the stronger winds spreads it over a larger area, but wont be as concentrated. the rain was amazing, five inches of rain they had to deal with. firefighters, the same ones fighting the blaze were doing water rescues this morning. interstate 65 was closed at one time, and another batch of moderate to steady rain is moving in. yes, thats good a little will knock some particles out of the air, but we dont need more rain ...

At this gate. the uniformed officers allegedly wanted to give the agents a sobriety test and possibly make an arrest. a supervisor allegedly told them let the agents go. >> let them go home and sleep it off. >> the latest in a string of major lapses, soliciting prostitutes in colombia. agents drunk on a presidential detail in amsterdam. most damning, this man jumping the fence making his way deep inside the white house. we press nude secret service -- new secret service director, joseph clancy a...

These two officers. were monitoring this and will bring you the latest information as we get it. >> finally, we still have more breaking news. at least 20 people reportedly hurt after a tour bus crashed in southern indiana. this happened an interstate 65. were hearing that stretch of interstate has now been closed. right now we dont have a sense of why the bus crashed or how serious those injuries are. and then this big news weve been following this morning. two senior secret service agents un...

Creating miles -- the only way to recognize that this was a highway was the trail of cars, buses, and trucks that were stopped. by the way, guys, this is in kentucky. it was interstate 24, and interstate 65 that had the most amount of snow. were talking about one to two feet, creating parking lots on the roadways. the snow accumulating so quickly the plows couldnt keep up, allowing for the conditions to worsen, and people getting stranded on the roads. you can imagine what that feels like to be ...

Yeah. >> good for you, my friend were very glad to see you. i feel like you are going to live life a little differently now? >> very grateful and purposeful yes. >> give those family members big hugs. >> i will all three kids. >> im so glad they have dare daddy home. >> jared, justin thank you for your expertise. >> what a recounting of what he lived through on that plane. never heard any more articulate recitation than that, that was great. another story this morning -- dozens of cars strande...

>> i just started -- i had palpitations. john yang is live for us in shepherdsshep shepardsville shepardsville, kentucky. >> they finally got the i-65 reopened. traffic moving again, although slowly, yesterday evening. here in this truck stop youve got truckers who are still recovering from having been stuck on the highway for as long as 15 hours. >> its really been scary. >> reporter: dennis was one of the hundreds of drivers stranded for more than 15 hours on i-65 in northern kentucky. >> ther...

Police tell our affiliate, wdiv it was an apparent robbery. probably not targeted because of his profession. wow, a monster storm packed with snow and ice, socking a third of the nation kentucky interstate 65 -- look at that became a virtual parking lot. the heavy snow piled up around cars, it trapped drivers in their cars for hours. officials are still trying to clear that jam this morning. another incident to tell you about, a teen slammed by a car in rhode island. following a chain-reacti...

If there was a crash or anything. we just kept getting one up throughout the night by strange noises. that was a little difficult. >> reporter: 200 motorists rescued by the national guard. many taken to red cross warming centers and nearby communities. people took to social media looking for answers. does anyone have any updates on how much longer? going on 13 hours. some people are hitchhiking now. a crew from the louisville nbc affiliate found dozens of abandoned vehicles on roads as they drov...

>> fillphilosophy. >> what happens happens? >> i was out too late last night. >> he has no idea what it is. >> your bigger point is that obviously it is the safest way to flight. once in a great while things happen. >> once in a while things happen. remember that this plane got off the runway. all of these terrible things could have happened but because of various other safety measures, everybody got off the plane safe. >> thank god. >> lets go to from one nbc reporter to another freezing nbc re...