While temperatures dive below freezing in all 50 states, leaving 200 Million People to cope with the big chill today, tuesday, november 18th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Can i just say brr . Yeah. Its cold all of a sudden. How about the change in weather for me the last 24 hours . Yesterday in florida it was raining, 14yearold girls. Raining 14yearold girls and now its just plain old raining and the temperature is dropping. Well have more on the weather with dylan dreyer in a second. Al is taking the day off. Lets get to the dramatic story overnight. The scene in chicago where a small plane has crashed near midway airport. John yang is there. What can you tell us, john . Good morning. Reporter matt, dramatic scene behind me. The tail of that plane sticking up out of the house. The amazing thing is when you look at that scene is that no one in the house was injured. I heard the plane flying by and then shortly after, it was like a loud crash. Reporter terrifying moments this morning after residents heard a Small Plane Crash into a quiet chicago neighborhood. The plane did crash in the front of the building in the living room. Two elderly people in the home were removed, checked by ems and theyre fine. Reporter the pilot tells air Traffic Controllers up in the air hes having a problem. I would like to come back and land. Im having trouble with the left engine. Moments later, they ask if hes okay. Are you still with me . Reporter the controllers confirm the plane crashed. He went down. Didnt make it to the air field. Okay. He did not make it to the field. It looks like he just went down short of 31 center. Reports from the midway tower that only one person on the airplane. We have not located that person yet. We have to shore up the building to go inside to do the final search. Reporter neighbors expressing relief that the residents of the home were found safe. Im glad that the family is okay and theyre kind of lucky, too. I guess were all lucky that it didnt start a fire or anything. Reporter the amazing thing, as you look at this dramatic picture, is that both people inside the house were able to get out through a back door. Officials are holding off on removing the wreckage until ntsb investigators can reach the scene. Matt, savannah . Amazing story. John, thank you very much. Overseas, two men broke into a jerusalem synagogue overnight and killed four people. Secretary of state john kerry immediately condemned it as, quote, an act of pure terror. Katy tur is following the story for us. Katy, good morning to you. Good morning, savannah. This has been viewed as a terrorist attack in the ultra orthodox community. The attackers are believed to be two palestinian cousins from East Jerusalem. Four worshippers are dead and eight others injured. Amateur video shows the Early Morning shootout between police and two attackers. Who stormed a jerusalem synagogue early this morning armed with pistols, axes and knives, according to witnesses. Heard one shot, two shots, then a flurry of shots, five or six, search shots. We all ran out. Reporter the violence gave way to a tumultuous scene on the ground as paramedics rushed to help the victims. Shot and killed the two and six people taken to hospital. Four of them still in serious but critical condition. Heighten security in jerusalem after this terrorist attack. Reporter within two hours, the chaos spreads to East Jerusalem as police storm the suspects neighborhood, firing grenades. The attack linked to soaring tensions between israelis and palestinians, fueled by disputes over access to jerusalems holy site. John kerry called the attack a pure act of terror. I call on the palestinian leadership at every single level to condemn this in the most powerful terms. This violence has no place anywhere. Reporter this incident, seen as retaliation for the death of a palestinian bus driver found hanged on monday, israelis claim suicide while palestinians called it murder. Hamas is praising todays attack and president mahmoud abbas. A state of emergency and activated the National Guard in ferguson. This, with the grand jury expected to soon decide whether or not to indict the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. Ron allen is in ferguson. Ron, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. The governors declaration has certainly turned up the tension here and increased expectations that were all going to know very soon whether that grand jury will indict Michael Wilson in connection with Michael Browns death. All that has heightened fears. With protesters vowing to march until officer Darren Wilson is charged in the death of Michael Brown and Police Warning they will not tolerate violence, governor jay nixon said in a Telephone Press Conference he declared a state of emergency and called up the National Guard to prevent trouble. My hope and expectation in the coming weeks is that peace will prevail. But we have a responsibility to plan for an eventuality that might arrive. Reporter protest organizers are criticizing the governor, saying sending a military force to ferguson sends the wrong message. It kind of sends a message that we are expecting the worst. And i worry about that. I worry that it could have an escalating effect. Reporter for many, its a reminder of the days after browns death when protesters and heavily armed police turn this had suburb into a military zone. Demonstrators say theres no reason for a huge police presence. What happens when the decision comes down . We intend to make it peaceful. Reporter a show of force, police say, is still necessary. We dont want any officers injured by flying bricks and rocks. This is an extremely dangerous situation that has occurred previously. Reporter now theres word the fbi has warned police extremists may try to exploit protests to attack law enforcement, following a grand jury decision. Were in this together, st. Louis. Reporter as so many here, like the hometown nfl team plead for peace. The governor gave no more specifics about when a grand jury decision might come or when there will be warnings, as activists and School Officials have asked for so that families have a chance to prepare for whatever is going to happen. Savannah . Ron allen, thank you very much. The polar plunge is in full effect across the entire country, freezing temperatures in all 50 states and heavy snow is burying cities around the great lakes today. Dylan dreyer has made her way to erie, pennsylvania. Dylan, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. I got my start in tv here in erie, pennsylvania, and lakeeffect snow is as quirky now as it was then. Weve got lighter snow here on the shore. If i swam out there, there would be snowfall rates of about 3 to 5 inches per hour. Just a shift in the wind will make its way on shore here and well start to see really heavy snow with low visibilities. Snow has been to blame for so many problems across the country this past weekend and yesterday as well. Were in dayton, ohio. We saw yet another deadly car crash because of the slippery roads. Now its all about the lakeeffect snow. Its already shut down roads from here to buffalo, i90 has shut down in areas where the snow is coming down. And about three feet of snow is already on the ground. Heavy snow even off Lake Michigan as well and rapid city where were seeing this really heavy snow. These bands of snow come in off the lake as this frigid air crosses over the relatively warm waters of the great lakes. And we are left with just feet of snow. Take a look at some of the lakeeffect snow warnings and the winter storm warnings were seeing along the shores of Lake Michigan, lake erie and lake ontar ontario. You can see that wind is pulling in that moisture. Lift shift in the wind will change all of those snow bands into a different area. Literally, you can go five miles up the street and see whiteout conditions and go a little further and see nothing at all. We are looking at feet of snow. Parts of new york state have already picked up about 30 or so inches of snow, getting closer to three feet of snow in that area. And then the cold is stretching across all 50 states, seeing at least one city with temperatures below freezing. So that cold is going to stick around today. Well see record lows by tomorrow morning and, yeah, that windchill makes it feel like its below zero in several areas. Savannah . The pride of erie, pennsylvania, dylan dreyer, thank you very much. Talking about swimming in that lake, that makes no sense. Oh, no. Natalie is here now with new concerns tied to the terror group isis. Good morning to you. Good morning, everyone. Some lawmakers say theyre concerned about the strategy of isis after the death of another american. A closeddoor briefing from intelligence officials overnight. Senate hearings have now been postponed. Federal authorities are hunting for crews in the latest isis video after the violent death of 26yearold american peter kassig. His parents say their hearts are just battered. Our beloved son, abdul rahman, no longer walks this earth. Our hearts, still heavy, are held up by the love and support that have poured into our lives. Reporter Officials Say there is at least one u. S. Hostage left. Officials are protecting her identity for her own safety. Workers in hong kong are removing some of the barricades where activists have camped out nearly two months. They cut plastic ties and are loading the barricades into a truck. Chinese authorities have declared the gatherings illegal and neither the government nor the student leaders have showed any willingness to compromise. The fight against ebola is front and center in the Nations Capital today. President obama gets a briefing this morning from his National Security and Public Health teams on the u. S. Response to the ebola threat. And on capitol hill, two separate hearings are scheduled on combating the virus. It is showdown day in the u. S. Senate on the keystone xl pipeline. Supporters of the project have been scrambling for what could be the deciding vote that would send canadian oil to the gulf of mexico. The republicandominated house passed the bill friday. President obama has criticized the project but has not threatened to veto. Some did tense moments monday night for passengers on a united flight out of dc. It apparently blew a rear tire shortly after taking off from Dulles Airport as it was headed to San Francisco. The pilot quickly returned and made an emergency landing. No one on board was injured. Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson is getting married. The 80yearold just got a marriage license. The bridetobe is 26yearold astot elaine. A wedding coordinator has been assigned by the prison to handle the nuptials. Bloomingdales is selling a ring tailormade for the social age. Oh, my gosh take a look at this. Now i know what to get you. One carat diamond hash tag. Sure to be a huge hit. Dont get any ideas. Christmas present. Inscribed on the inside but first let me take a selfie. Thanks, natalie. Cannot believe it. Thanks for the news and the gift idea. Thank you very much. Lets go back to dylan, who is in erie this morning. Hi, did. Ylan. Reporter were talking about the cold and lakeeffect snow around here. In other parts of the country were not seeing a whole lot going on except for the cold. Spotty showers and thunderstorms down near florida. The only place salvaging colder temperatures today. It is below average for them, too. Highs today will be running about 20 to 30 degrees below normal for this time of year. Tomorrow morning could be even colder than this morning in a lot of areas. Thats a look at the weather across the country. Now heres a peek out your window. Give a journey. Give a new perspective. Give a little joy. A book is a gift like no other. And barnes noble is like no other book store in the world. With so many books to discover and the new nook by samsung now a full featured tablet. A book is the gift theyll remember long after the holidays are over. Good morn, im meteorologist bill henley. A cold and windy day ahead. Temperatures in the low 30s it will feel like teens and 20s. It will be colder tomorrow morning, 20 would tie the record for tomorrow. Not quite as cold on thursday, but friday, the temperatures come right back down. Its this weekend that will see warm up. Potentially up to 60 on sunday and 70 for monday. Have a great day. That is your latest forecast from a very cold erie, pennsylvania. Her nbc news parka collection. Shes got it all. All the colors covered. Thats right. Jcpenney. Tamron is in the orange room for carson this morning. Were talking about something that actually happened sunday. Such a moment that got a lot of us pretty heated up. It happened at the bengals saints game you may recall. Great game when a bengals fan in the stands got a lovely ball tossed to her from player jermaine gresham. You saw this, guys, right . Yes. The saints fan ripped it right from her hands. Tony williams quickly found himself on the defense as people basically went in on this guy in social media. Mike wrote wow, that saints fan is a total jerk. Give the bengals fan the ball. Is this a case of appearing on television different than what played out in real time in real life . Williams and Christina Barrett both spoke out monday, putting the ball battle, i think, to rest. Tony said theyre saying this was intentional and i was fighting the lady. No, i wasnt doing that. I was just trying to get the football for my grandson. Thats tonys version. For my grandson. So christina agreed, i think the pictures make it look ten times worse than it actually was. I have no bad feelings towards him whatsoever. So, guys, what do you think . Do you think it was a tv moment that looked bad . She ended up getting another ball in the end. She did, absolutely. Maybe thats why she has no hard feelings. And, actually, it was the saints, which is even classier, who gave her the ball. But, i dont know. But the guy knew that the player intended it to go to her. The bengals fan. But i think he got excited, reached in and grabbed the ball and got caught up in the moment. 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