washington. >> reporter: good morning. justice scalia's vacancy on the court is sure to be a big topic of discussion on the campaign we've got several candidates campaigning in south carolina while here in washington, we wait. within an hour of the supreme court confirming scalia's death, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell declared that this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. made it clear he's ready to move. >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibility to name a new successor. >> reporter: both sides have reason to fight. how it could shift the balance on the supreme court, which without scalia is split 4-4. >> so now, this next appointment will be critical for some important decisions that are coming down the pipe. regarding abortion, immigration. that adds a new dimension to this year's presidential race. >> it is outrageous that republicans in the senate and on the campaign trail have already pledged to block any replacement that president obama nominates. >> reporter: republicans

washington, of course, 33 degrees with rain changing to snow. kennedy california, 73. some snow rolliling in here.getting into the upper 30s. tonight, we'll have a piece of snow, and the potential for a light icy mix especially north and east of sioux city. then we'll have temperatures in the m to upper 30s for a few days. tonight's rain will be >> this feels good. this weather report is brought to you by jeep grand cherokee, we're in the batmobile. in honor of the upcoming movie, we're looking for a superho of our own. yeah. if there's someone i your life that inspires you, impresses you, considered a real-life superho, we want to hear from you. it's called "good morning america's" real-life superhero contest. submit it on our website and you and your hero could receive a red-carpet trip at the premiere on march 20th. march 2. and t's ride this guy. we want to hear about your heroes. >> i feel kind of left out. she's g going to africa. he's's the batmobile. we're all hanging out in here. >> you're hangingut with steph curry. >> okay. >> let's go to commercial, george.

john donvan, abc news, washington. supply couldn't imagine. >> what will an amazing story. >> i couldn't imagine. and the medical profession, i don't know where you would find the strength. i would be very emotional. >> first of all, i think more perform cpr which is fantastic they all did. but his son was there on the paramedic staff.f. incredible. facebook at wnnfans.com. >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm kendis gibson. here's some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." an uber driver is accuse add of a shooting spree that left six people dead in michigan. in between the seemingly random attacks he picked up passengers. police say they don't yet know the motive. full details straight ahead. >> pope francis urging catholic political leaders to not carry out executions this year. escaped safely when a megabus traveling from chicago to minneapolis burst into flames. an investigation is under way into the cause of the fire. many on board lost all their belongings. >> and it was

abc's pierrere thomas is in washington with that storyry for us. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good momorning, robin. in a blunt press conference the attorney general accused the ty of ferguson of stonewalli tempts to right the wrongsgsf a police department shflatly describebeas raclly biasaseded >> allthis is what democracy looks like. >> reporte this morning the justicdepartment firmly agreeing with african-american residents of ferguson saying their complats of unfair and racily biased police enforcement are, in fact, true. >> the ferguson police department's violations in deliberate, stopping people without reasonable suspicion. by arresting them without cause and by using unreasonablble force. these violations were not only they were drivenen at leas >> reporter: the justicece department now suing the cy of ferguson less than 24 hours after the city council rejected a deal to reform the police. >> i think the things that we've asked for are very reasonable. we're not trying to take away reporter: the attorney blacks in the city which saw

dead on arrival and that replacing scalia should wait until a new president in 2017, writing in "the washington post," the american people, rather than a lame-duck president. should be afforded the opportunity to replace justice scalia. and among the attendees, vice president joe biden will represent the obama administration. justice clarence thomas will deliver a scriptural reading. and there will be at least one presidential candidate in the crowd, senator ted cruz today. >> devin, thank you. >>> we want to move now to battle between two giants. the government and apple. apple still refusing to unlock a an iphone of a san bernardino terrorist. the battle, however, has moved into the political arena and abc's eva pilgrim joins us with more on what's becoming a very fierce battle. >> reporter: the fight continues. personal privacy versus national security. tech giant apple versus the department of justice. both sides arguing over the san bernardino shooter's iphone. this morning, neither side is backing down. in a new federal filing prosecutors slamming apple for publicly repudiating a judge's

look at you all bundled up from tacoma, washington. ready for the cold. we got warm-up happening actually across the southwest yeah, let's hear it for spring, 66 degrees in denver. look at that, temps in the 70s in dallas,60 in a atlanta and into the 50s in chicag that's going to feel nice. dryer and breezy.southwest on friday really opening the door to some high heat! we'll get into the upper 50s on friday. today's high is 38 with clouds. 30 is the low tonightht. tomorrow's high is far warmer up to 49 degrees >> hey, we got this weather report brought to you by voya financial. we've got a return customer. you were here yesterday with your coffee half decaf. where is your coffef today? >> i already drarank it. >> all fired u lookin good. go packers, next year. gun gunny says what? >> our service dog friend of ours. >> vetera. >> yeah. >> beautiful dog. i bet he would be good for best in show. thanks for his service. >>> thank you, be are. we are now going to get to the ultimate laundry challenge, of course, more men than ever are taking over laund tuttis

abs pierre thomas in washington h has the latest for us. >> reporter: good mornin robin. while in support of apple across theountry tomorrow, they continue to face off with bototh sides digging in, thihi morning,g, as yousaid the fbi director is getting persolly involved in a very public director. releasing a letter calling on iphone of san bern dee owe killer, syed farook. fbi director james comey said, we don want to break anyone's enkripgs. but apple is taking to the air waves to challenge the fbi's reasoning. saying that the privacy and security of millions of his customers are at risk. >> no limit on what the government could apple to do if it succeeds this way. >> reporter: to make the case, apple has hired ted olson two whose wife died on one of the planes in the 9/11 attack and this is pdora box. we can't give the terrorists a victory. >> reporter: the fbi claims that the investigagation remains urgent, that the phone may have critical additional clues including whether others were this morning, apple ceo tim cook e-mailed his employees to thank ththem for their s

melting snow across t virgias and in through washington shington, d.c. >>> the big melt is on, ladies and gentlemen. spring temperatures continue across the northeast.20s and 30s. we have a light wind at less than 10 miles peper hour throughout the region. the dayplanner reveals we'll have temperatures rise near 40 degrees under increasing clouds today.we >> this weather report is brought to you by mcdonald's. this morning, a pretty g gd atheher x part. yoyore more of an pert on rainbows. kermit the frog, executive piggy. what can we look forward with the new time slot? >> the same old stuff. by the way, it's exactly -- it's exactly 35 hours and 15 minutes befo the show c come on if you don't chang the channel you'll already be tuned in. >> perfect. ourxecutivesove that. are we g gng to b b seeing more of our favorite frog on ste? >> i will be singing and doing the things that i normally do. we have 150% more laughs and 100% gluten-free. >> we're safe for this new day. the muppets, new time, tuesday at 8:00 p.m. >>> thank you so much. >>> coming up, we're counting down to the super bo

let's bring itt to jon karl in washington. you saw that targeting that cecilia put up for bernie sanders. he's got to find alace to get some wins tuesday. >> reporter: that's right. they see several possibilities on super tuesday to get wins. bernie sanders' home state of vermont, neighboring massachusetts, minnesota, lorado, all states the sanders camp thinks they can win and remember, gegege, in every single stateor the democratsts ey're awarded proportionally.. even in states he loses he will still gather delegas. >> so hard to read. a relatively n new cauaucus the but you got firsthand evidence yesterday of the republican establishment really closing >> reporter: oh, absolutely. you saw several united states senators, several cons -- membmbs of congress, governors, former governors, all coming out and endorsing marco rubio yestery. really quite list including bob dole, the 1996 republican nominee. but, george, doleold me, i talked to him about this. he told me if rubio can't find a place to win on super tuesday, if trump s

fallen in washington, d.c. and baltimore and light snow is continuing across central pennsylvania which could eventually see half a foot before the arctic cold moves in later on this week. >>> and the storm system dumped snow as far as south as huntsville, alabama. national weather service says a winter weather system moving through the state could dump as much as 2 inches of snow in higher elevations there. veral school s stems had layed openings yesterday because o o slick roads. >>> from that cold to possible record high temperatures again today in southern california. it felt like midsummer in los angeles and orange counties and across much of the region. today's forecast calls 88 degrees in l.a., that would mean an all-time high . temperatures are expected to remain in the low 80s. that's well into the weekend. in oklahoma, firefighters are expecting another day of dangerous grass fires. low humidity and strong winds have ever been pushing flames across bone dry parcels of land. late at school while crews

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> okay. when we come back, music' big night in llywood. >> yeah, we're all about the grammys, the awards, the tributes, the moments and, of course, the fashion. that's ahead in "the skinny." as an american, it's hard to hear that we have a serious hunger issue in our country. and as a parent, it's even harder to hear that one in 5 of our kids struggles with hunger, especially when billions of pounds of good food are wasted every year. feeding america is a nationwide network of food banks that helps provide billions of meals to families in need visit feedingamerica.org to support feeding america and your local food bank. tt0w!t.*(=! %4@-,2( tt0w!t.*(=! el@-&5d tt0w!t.*(=! ed@- 7 tt0w!t.*(=% )8h-@i\ tt0w!t.*(=% kzh-]& tt0w!t.*(=% n-h-(o, tt0w!t.*(=% 0ph-6(4 tt0w!t.*(=% s"h-&zt tt0w!t.*(=% ueh-%8$ tt0w!t.*(=% 7hh-9:p skinny, so skinny >>> well, time now for "the skinny" and the only headline this morning is last night's grammys. >> it was a big night in los angeles. 58th annual grammy awards. th

. >>> well, an army dester from washington state who once called is now in federal custody. daniel freeney faces gun charges. agents s say he supported isis calling for the killing of.s. troops. >>> in los angeles, the wind may have played a rol in this gas station canopy crashing down. two workers were on it when it gaveway. one was injur and the drivers of those car, thankfully, are okay. >> and some wild vivideo. a man attacking peoe in a store with a three-foot sword as customers were screaming. remarkably nobody was seriously injured. the s suspect is now i custody. police say he was under the influence of drugs. >>> and final one man didn't just lend a hand to police, he leapt a footot. watch as officers in england chase a drug suspect. the guy on the e sidewalk boink trips him. poce are trying to track him down to thank him for doing all the legwork. >> ah! >> we lookorward to that every morning. what you'll come up with. >> you're so good. >> thank you. >> thankou there, amy. >>> people still t talking about the super bowl and som things that happened after the game.

. >> we have sent the message that will echo from wall street to washington washington, the government of our great country belongs to all of the people. and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors and their super pacs. >> reporter: hillary clinton conceding defeat. >> i want to begin by lag senator sanders. >> reporter: with bill and chelsea standing on stage remaining deninth about the future. >> it's not whether you get knocked down that matter, it's whether you get back up. i know i have some work to do, particularly with young people. and here's what we're going to the entire country. we are going to fight for every vote in every state. >> reporter: and clinton concedes bernie sanders managed to tap into a real sense of anger among voters but her camp is telling us this morning they are shifting their focus now to those upcoming states south carolina and nevada, robin, where they hope she can tap into her support among latino and african voters. >> cecilia, what are we hearing about these reports of a possible shake-up within the clinton campaign? >> reporter: well, fo

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seen as far as away as the washington, d.c. area. those are some of our top stories on this monday, february 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. we begin this half hour with decision day in iowa. we've waited awhile for this. >> we have. the day is upon us. thousands of iowans will caucus today in the first election test for this year's candidates. candidates ondes have shifted into high gear cramming in as many last minute events and rallies as they can. newest poll from the des moines register" has clinton three points ahead of bernie sanders. that's a statistical tie. cecilia vega kicks off coverage with the democrats. >> reporter: hillary clinton is fired you. >> please, come out and caucus, don't worry about the weather. >> reporter: bringing in reinforcements for the final push. >> please join me in welcoming, i hope, our next president, my mom. >> reporter: not just chelsea. the entire family, center stage this weekend. >> thank you, bill. thank you, chelsea. people need to feel the dec

. >> abc's lana zak liven washington. lana, thank you very much. >>> well, another big day is on tap for ohio governor john kasich after his surprise second place finish in new hampshire. kasich expected to sign a bill to defund planned parenthood. the legislation targets money that goes to the organization through ohio's health department. the move may help kasich w wh conservatives leading someo question the timing of f e bill. >>> now, tdeveloping story that we've been watching five-week standoff at a wildlife refuge appears to be almost over. the four remaining militia members still holed up in the office have agreed to turn themselves in this morning. the development came after federal agents surrounded the refuge a a set up negotiations. among their demands the four want to meet with reverend franklin graham when they walk out fromhat ref f fit. >>> another very many, bundy's son has been arrested after stepping off a plane in portland and faces federal charges related to the 2014 standoff at his ranch in nevada. bu

up to washington state. snow and freezing rain in western new york. >> 30s in boston and new york. 50s in chicago. great falls and minneapolis. 60s in los angeles. and atlanta. and 70s nbc a auquerque andnd miami. >>> two rare white tiger cubs are now calling australia home. the little cuties, look at them, just arrived 15 weeks old. arrived earlier this week from a zoo in japan. they don't have official names yet but are called red and yellow for now. >> because they look red and yellow. it's hoped that the sisters will help attract tourists to dream world theme papa. thth were born whitete when their parents share the right combination of simple genes and that causes a lack after pigment in the fur. >> so it's a pretty good deal trades koalas to other zoos. >> apparently there are only 3200 tigers left in the wild. angry. >> simmer down. >>> coming up in. the "insomniac theater," two new momoes that might scare you. the reviews are coming in. >>>>e've hrd of therapy pets before but how about a couple pytho

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> the trial of a man accused in another terror incident is it under way. abdul melik abdul kareem is accused of being the mastermind of an attempt to disrupt an exhibit of anti-islam cartoons in texas. two gunmen were killed. prosecutors say he trained them and bankrolled the attack. till after the attack. >>> presint obama will not attend funeral services for antonin scalia. the white house says the president and first lady will pay their respects tomorrow at the supreme urt where scalia will lie in repose. vice president biden will attend the funeral mass on saturday. >> meanwhile, retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor siding with president obama. o'connor an inpod by reagan says the president should get to nominate scalia's replacement. >>> police in corn sa say a distracted driver was killed after being crushed by a transformer. he was passing by a previous rain related accident ene and crashed into a power pole. smoking grass fires disrupted the evening commute in wichita last night cusing delays. strong winds, low humidity and

. >> reporter: nicole lovell's mom telling "the washington post" that the 13-year-old met eisenhauer online. authorities belieieve lell active on kick, a messaging app that allowow them anomity and ability to send photos. eisenhauer, a track star, his incipal reevacuate remembering him as goal driven and focused. >> i don't want to speculate because 's at this poin just very concerned. >> reporter: the second student, natalie keepers an engeering stududent who once interned at nasa accused of helping eisenhauer get rid of thegirl's body. >> i waseally shocked to seeee her face as one off the suspepectct for the murder because i dididn't know she was like -- she didn't seem like that type of person. lovell pushed a dresser up against her door before climbing out her window. thousands joininghe search but police discovered her body 80 miles away in north carolina. neither student was charged with using a gun and neithth enterer a plea but eisenhauer making this statement, quote, i i believe the truth will set me free." george. >> more on this from dan abrams right here. such a sad and

we start our coverage this morning with abc's mary bruce right in washington. hi, mary. >> reporter: hi, paula. good morning. this is a potential game changer in this roller coaster campaign, donald trump getting his first major endorsement from a card carrying member of the republican establishment just as he heads into super tuesday. his former rival showed up unannounceceand dropped a bombshell on donald trump's campaign. >> we need a first class president and we're going to have it in donald trump. >> reporter: new jersey governor kristie macosko krieger this morning is lending his credibility to trump's runaway campaign. >> i can guarantee you that the one person that hillary and bill clinton do not want to see on that stage come next september is donald trump. >> reporter: they weren't always so friendly. >> we'll do it. i'm going to get it done because i make deals and i geteals and i'm doing deals. >> reporter: united christie and trump are taking aim at a common enemy, marco rubio. who do desperate things flailing punches in the last days of a losing c

. >>> look at this dramatic rescue in the rough waters off of washington state. coast guard officials recusing three surfers. one of them holding on to a surfboard. being pulled by the strong currents there. they're all okay. >>> and finally, steve harvey is left stunned during "family feud" when he posed this question to a husband just once. what would you like to tell your wife? that she's what? check it out. >> i'm going to get in a lot of trouble for this. she's fat. >> she's pregnant with your child. you don't understand? >> i understand now. >> good luck back at the house. fat! >> how about that? he got the answer right. but there is a reason they call this "family feud." they left together. >> you ask your husband, be fat? don't ever be truthful. >> he was trying to win money. >> she's pregnant. like, she's pregnant. >> i get it, i get it. >> never okay. >> i've never seen all of your guys' mouths drop simultaneously. >> that was one of the dumbest things i have seen said on vision. >> i mean, people, he was like, he -- he -- he -- >> they left together. >

. >> reporter: concerns like that, prompting this high school in washington to make a costly last-minute decision to switch to a different type of turf. >> because nobody is sure what, or how serious it is. and the consumer product safety commission now investigating, to identify what is in recycled tire crumb and if it is harmful. more than 50 studies have repopoed no elevated healtlt risks associated with synthehec turf. but what's being done now is the first comprehensive investigation of its kind and the results are expected by the end of this year. >> huge consequences for students and athletes all over the country. >>> let's take a look at the other headlines this morning. for that, that's over to dr. ron claiborne. good morning, sir. >>> good morning to you, dan and paula. good morning, everyone. we begin with that storm-battered cruise ship scheduled to set sail again this afternoon. just hours before the royal caribbean anthem of the seas. the coast guard has yet to decide if the vessel is safe to return to the open seas. officials will inspect the ship this morning. more than 4

heavy rain in baltimore, washington, d.c., back through west virginia. flood watches are posted for this rain. all snow from buffalo back through western pennsylvania and veer weather across parts of south tl physical. a massive, mass i have storm. wild swings. a difficult commute this morning and afternoon. >> you could feel the difference when you came to work this morning. >> baig difference. >>> we move to the race for the white house. the gop primary just four days away, jeb bush brings in his big brother to take on donald trump. trump doubles down on his attacks against bush, ted cruz, the tire republican establishment. tom llalamas has more.. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. that crowd last night loved seeing president bush. voters i speak to afterwards said it added a layer of legitimacy to jeb bush's campaign. donald trump s says 's too late to save jeb and that his campaign is going nowhere. the bush campaign calling in the big gun. president george w. bush, hopg south carolina voters deliver for jeb like they did for w. >> i've been m

you can choe between two washington dealmakers. or one proven consistent conservative. >> now, there were just 30 delegates at stake in nevada. up next for candidates is super 11 states will vote and nearly 600 delegates are up for grabs. reena and kendis >> late morning there in las vegas where they're still counting some of the votes. our thanks to lauren there. >>> the republicans are fanning out now. trump to virginia today. others to texas. >> as for the democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders looking to sway voters in the battleground state of south carolina. that's ahead of saturday's prprary. >> the candidates did take part in a town hall event last night. we get the latest right now from abc's kenneth moton. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, shgs, kendis and reena. hillary clinton was fired up after a federal judge ruled the former secretary of state's top aides should testify over her use of private e-mail, but ahead of this weekd's democratic primary in south carolina, the focus was on african-ameri

reena, kendis. >> okay, bazi kanani live in washington. bazi, thank you so much. >>> in the meantime, by the way, the republican battle for new hampshire is quickly turning into quite a horse race. >> the latest poll has donald trump enjoying a wide lead ahead of his two closest competitors, marco rubio and ted cruz, but the other candidates are upping their game and pulling out all the stops. overnight a first for jeb bush's campaign. >> it's great to be back in new hampshire. >> former first lady barbara bush making an appearance in new hampshire. >> he's everything we need in a president. >> for the third time in her life the 90-year-old hitting the campaign trail for a presidential candidate named bush. >> he's not a bragger. we don't allow that. but he's decent and honest. his dad and i are veryryvery pr him. >> also in new hampshire this morning, donald trump stepping up the pace. >> this is really crunch time. >> at one of trump's rallies because it was so packed. abc's tom llamas was there. >> so right now we're outside the trump e

gloria riviera, abc news, washington. proof something a florida girl would do. if only florida got -- i guess up in those parts, it's probably normal concept to just say let's just park on the lake. >> i would never do that even if it's like the north pole. >> yeah. were, slightly above 32. >> that terrifies me. terrifies me. >> coming up in our next half hour, sports with reena. talk about terrifying. highlights from the big game that only reena provide. and we really do mean that. >> a segment that cannot be missed, folks. first thther people tuned in. the commercials, how do they rate this year compared to the past and did we see the best ones before the game even started. now." i believe, i believe believe we're still worth the fight you'll see there's hope for this world tonight i believe, i believe yeah >> favorite spot in the >> you messing with wrong daddy! >> comedian kevin hart as the overprotective father in a hyundai commercial. this add titled first date the highest rated on usa au today's add meeter. >> one of many commercials that took on a decide

kerry washington posting a picture with the #imwithher and hosted several fund-raisers in l.a. and told supporters that would be a risk to the nation's >>> vice president biden is downplaying remarks he made nearly 25 years ago about supreme court vacancies. he recently criticized a plan by senate republicans to block any nominee president obama picks to replace supreme court justice antonin scalia. but as a senator back in 1992 biden said if a seat on the high court becomes vacant, president bush should not fill it until after the election. well, the vice president now says the excerpt is not an accurate description of his views. >>> well, police say they still don't know why a man shot eight people in kalamazoo this weekend killing six of them. investigators say jason dalton admits that he took people's lives but during his arraignment yesterday the uber driver said he would prefer to remain silent. police say the uber driver apparently chose his victims at random. none had any known connection to him. one of the two people wounded was a 14-year-old girl who is clinging to li

david kerley, abc news, washington. >> scary stuff. the british pilot's association wants these lasers to be considered an offensive weapon. pushing for that. >> trying to ban sales of them. >>> coming up in our next half hour, a backlash over what's being called corporate greed. >> who is boycotting carrier air conditioning after the company's decision to ship 1400 jobs to mexico. the warning donald trump is firing off to the company. >> but first, the top dog this year. what we're finding out about the westminster kennel club competition. now." >> it wasn't really a hound dog but this morning america is waking up with a brand-new top dog. >> that is one of my favorite elvis presley's song. >> that dog's name is cj. last night the german short-haired pointer took home the mostrestigious canine award in the country at the jesse palmer reports on all the excitement. >> reporter: the contestants may be cute but the competition is always fierce. >> this is like the super bowl. it's like the world series for us. if you get here and you win

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. >> reporter: megan hughes, abc news, washington. >>> incredible images. checking today's forecast, that win the are storm system dumped snow on the eastern great lakes and ohio valleys. heavy rain in new england, the south drys cam out after the tornado outbreak. mild in the west. >> '30s in minneapolis and detroit 40s in kansas city and atlanta. 60s in seattle and dallas and 80s in los angeles and phoenix. >>> a new isis video threatens the lives of facebook founder mark zucker burke and jack dorsey, the head off twitter. the 25-minute video is too disturbing to show showing pictures an of the two covered in bullet holes. facebook is responding to remove posts that promote terrorism. >>> reaction coming in now to tim cooke speaking out in an cooke tells david muir that his company has cooperated fully with the fbi on the san bernardino shooting investigation. but cooke says apple won't help the bureau break into the iphone of sayed farook. doing so they say would require software that would make hundreds of millions of customers vulnerable. >> the only w

officer ashley guindon responded in woodbridge, virginia, south of washington, d.c., respond to a call about an altercation at a home when shots rang out. this was on saturday. fatally wounded her and woun two others. a suspect has been arrested. >>> violence erupting at a ku klux klan anti-immigration rally. the group gathered in a park in orange county to protest illegal immigration. they were confronted there by counterprotesters. members of the two groups clashed. >>> and day two of the cease-fire in syria. the truce seems to be mostly holding. no russian air strikes since the agreement between the syrian government and rebel forces went into effect friday night. the terrorist group isis, not a party to the cease-fire, launched a surprise offense nif a northern syrian town and carried out a suicide truck bombing. >>> back here at home, police say a drag race on a freeway in los angeles ended in this. a deadly inferno. three people were killed in the crash. one of the speeding cars lost control, hitting a big rig, sending the tractor trailer through the divider and into the oncoming

reena, phillip. >> bazi kanani live in washington. bazi, thank you. >>> donald trump hit a major ad bump on the campapan trail yesterday from about 30,000 feet up. >> his private jet was forced to make an emergency landing in nashville after the pilot reported engine problems. there are no details on what exactly went wrong with the boeing 757. the faa is investigating, but trump did manage to make it to an event in little rock, arkansas, 90 minutes late. and earlier in the campaign, trump accused republican rival jeb bush of being, quote, low energy. he has a town hall meeting scheduled in the town of dairy, and we would think he's probably hoping to avoid another moment like what happened tuesday in hanover. >> i think the next president needs to be a lot quieter but send a signal that we're prepared to act in the national security interests of this country to get back in the business of creating a more peaceful world. please clap. >> oucuc >>>>h, boy. >> yeah, no one said winning over the voters was going to be easy. >> we got to r

. >> on the republican side ted cruz pulled out a victory over donald trump by trash talking the washington elites at every campaign stop. billionaire donald trump who everybody barely hung on to second place. marco rubio with a strong third place finish now positioning himself as a moderate alternative but it was ted cruz who really put donald trump to the test and abc's jon karl was at crud's headquarters last night. >> reporter: ted cruz is the first republican to get into a brawl with donald trump and to beat him. this was a triumphant organization. he did it with a single-minded focus on iowa and the evangelical voters that dominate here, as for donald trump, he has a new title, loser after dominating t polls for months, he has now lost the first contest, in fact, marco rubio had such a strong showing here, 23% that he almost beat trump out for second place. well, let me tell you this is just the beginning. donald trump is now on his way to new hampshire, a state where he has a huge lead, far bigger than he ever had in iowa so stay tuned. we've got a long way to go. >> and something el

it's believed to have been a factor in that. >>> in washington state, a bus packed with teenagers on a ski trip burst into flames. the middle school kids were headed to mt. baker. when the fire erupted. everyone escaped without injury. before that bus was consumed by flames. local troopers say an oil leak may have sparked the blaze. >>> this video out of new zealand. a cliff comes crashing down into the sea after an earthquake. 5.7. the epicenter of the quake saturday was near the city of christchurch, which was devastated in 2011 by an earthquake that killed nearly >>> the eagles of death metal this week for the first full concert there since the deadly terror attack last fall. on saturday, the group kicked stockholm, sweden. bataclan theater when terrorists stormed in killing dozens. theyl play in paris at another venue on tuesday. >>> finally, brutal for some, the perfect conditions runners in washington, d.c., ditching the coats. all the cold weather gear. check that out. well, nearly nothing. this year's cupid's undie run. some runners said they could barely feel their legs. oth

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washington. >>> no fireworks at all last night. the democrats in the meantime are sharpening their pitch to african-american voters with the south carolina primary just a day away. hillary clinton campaigned at a black church in south carolina with new jersey senator cory booker at her side and talked about gun control and recalled the charleston church massacre. and former president clinton made several stops across the state, as well to rally for his wife. they plan to make a joint appearance this evening. >>> as for bernie sanders, well, he insists he is not giving up on winning in the south. but he spent the day in ohio and michigan. sanders took part in a forum in flint to discuss the city's water crisis. he said he hopes americans will look at what happened in flint and say, never again. sanders will turn his attention back to south carolina later today when he returns for back to back rallies. >>> new developments in the politically charged battle over the next supreme court justice. the republican governor of nevada says he

of emergency to five counties and there are now more than 50 cases of the virus across 13 states and washington, d.c. abc's linzie janis has the latest. >> reporter: this morning florida preparing for the worst, declaring a public health emergency in fivecounties, there areow 12 travel-related cases o zikaa reported throughout thestate. governor rick scott calling on the cdc to provide a at least 1,0 zika antibody test kits for pregnant women to see if they contracted the virus in the past and thousands more kits to test for active cases. >> the mosquito that causes zika virus is common in florida. >> reporter: the spread of the virus a a growing concern for the estimated 20 million tourists expectcted to visit florida in the spring break months and at miami international airport, hundreds the 3 3 high-risk countries flagged by the cdcd over 100 of tm just from brazil. this morning, 2 million people aree flockin to the streets of rio for the start of carnival where now mosquitoes aren'the only concern for spreading zika. health authorities there saying a man was infected with the virus after re

you're looking live right now at the supreme court building in washington, d.c. the flag there at half-staff to honor jujuice antonin scalia. his body arriving in virginia overnight. >> scalia, the longest serving member of the court. such a powerful impact. the fight over his replacement so much is at stake. team coverage this morning. justice scalia's final hours at that texas ranch. jim avila has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, george. this luxury hunting ranch is now virtually empty. off overnight carrying with them memories of a hunting trip interrupted by the death of the guest of honor. this morning, justice antonin scalia's body is heading to rest at the supreme court after being flown to dallas international airport overnight from texas. this as "good morning america" learns details about his last hours from the man who discovered his body behind the drawn curtains of this $500 a night room at a luxury hunting lodge in west texas. >> he was totally peaceful, a man who went to sleep and just didn't wake up. >> reporter: the judge who loved to hunt

. >> bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> and butch jones, the head coach there says it's being used the lawsuit is being used against them for recruiting purposes. it affects a lot of women coming forward. a case like this can have such big repercussions across the country at a local level. >> and ramifications for the university. manning wrote about the incident in his book says he simply was caught mooning another athlete and said it was crude but harmless. >> she had a different side of the story. >> absolutely. >>> coming up, rhinos under threat in the wilds of africa. >> their biggest predator humans poaching them for their highly coveted horns. now how authorities are fighting that's next.tt2watu# s4 bt@qop< tt2watu# s4 "a@q_\x tt2watu# s4 bm@qtwt tt4watu# s4 " dztq 0 t tt4watu# s4 " entq @$4 tt4watu# s4 " gzt& y#l tt4watu# s4 " hnt& i- tt4watu# s4 " iztq #dx tt4watu# s4 " jntq 148 tt4watu# s4 " lzt& )yd >>> in south africa, rhinos have been hunted for eons. over the past ten years, the killings have reached a crisis level, skyrocketing by nearly 5,000%. >> now conservationist

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. riot turns deadly killing at least 49 and injuring a dozen. it starred as a brawl between rival drug gangs in an overcrowded penitentiary. the prison has 3800 inmates. that's more than twice capacity. authorities say no inmates escaped. it took place on the eve of pope francis arrival for a six-day visit. >> the miller is expanding the number of air strikes it is launching against isis. sources claim there have ever been about 20 american strikes against targets i iastern afghanistan. only in the past three weeks. those strikes doak place after president obama authorized the pentagon to attack isis in afghanistan where its numbers are growing. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in munich working with other diplomats on stopping syria's civil war. early this morning they agreed on a temporary truce set to begin next week. kerry said the test of that truce is whether syria's implement it. full cease fire as well as peace talks. >>> that would be such a big deal. inew york city, five people arrested and four charged with mon manslaughter for a

. >>> the suspect accused of last spring's so-called mansion murders in washington, d.c. will be in court tomorrow to face murder and other charges. police say 35-year-old daron wint killed an executive, his wife and their young sosoas well as a housekeeper and then set the house on fire before fleeing. he was linked to the crime scene by dna found on a pizza crust and he faces life in prison if convicted. >>> newly released dashcam video shows the terrifying moments when an ordinary traffic stop in south carolina ended with one officer injured and the other shot to death. abc's clayton sandell has details. >> reporter: what looks routine is about to turn deadly. >> just relax. just relax. in cayce, south carolina questioning demetrius bryant over marijuana and an expired car registration. >> this is a little misdemeanor, okay? >> reporter: but then bryant pulls a gun, shooting an officer in the l l. the sergeant fires back. and kills bryant. >> suspect's down. >> the shoot-out captured on police cameras. now becoming as common as flashlights. today 76% of all departments

john donvan, abc news, washington. this morning. we want to introduce you to a new member of our abc family. >> meet kennedy charles muzika, the latest production. isn't he adorable? a production of our broadcast producer tony and his s fe marisa.. seven pounds, nine ounces. healthy, happy and cute. don't they look like -- gorgeous. >> they look so happy. >> family. >> and that kid looks as if he's been around for a little while. kind of smiling already for the camera. >> i think he's ready for "world at night.snow winds down tonight to just scattered flurries under cloudy skies. despite the snow cover, temperatures will not plummet, staying in the teens for lows. for president's day, we're looking at quite the seasonal day with highs in the low 30s. our next sysysm >>> good morning. >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> death of a legal giant. a political showdown is brewing after supreme court justice antonin scalia died in

pierre thomas, abc news will, washington. >> a former nazi guard goes on trial today in germany charged with being an accessory to 170,000 murders. 94-year-old reinhold hannini admits servivi at the auschwitz concentration n mp but he says he never participated in mass murder. hanning is one of four elderly nazi guards due to go on trial in the coming months. >>>>in california, the man convicted of killing robert kennedy had a parole hearing. sirhan sirhan is now 71 years old. years ago. also at the hearing, another victim, now 91. the former kennnny aide for gave him. but in the end, the request for parole was denied for the 15th time. >> donald trump is looking a little bit more confident than his usual self by y llowing his landslide victory in the new hampshire primary, trump is still taking his victory lap speaking last night to a large crowd at clemson university in south carolina. that's where republicans will face-off in their nextt primary onn february 2th, but trump is apparently not all that worried about the competition. >> many friends live here, by the way. i have to tell

there will be rallies today in support of the tech company in stores in more than 40 cities washington. but a pugh survey finds that 51% of americans a that apple the encryption on an iphone bernardino shooters. only 38% agree with apple. >>> this morning, the city of kalamazoo, michigan is shooting rampage over the weekend. a second candlelight vigil last night for the six people who died. it began indoors at a church but soon expanded into a nearby park. morerom abc's alex perez in kalamazoo. >> reporter: that 45-year-old uber driver charged with sixix counts of murder. >> you understand the charges being made against you and the maximum sentences i just stated? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: appearing in court via video from jail, stone-faced. silent. >> reporter: but investigators in court say dalton admitted he took people's lives. >> no one understands why it happened. >> reporter: dalton allegedly going on a shooting spree in between his shuttling uber passengers around town. saturday afternoon, matt mellen says dalton picks him up at home. after dalton takes a phone call, things get