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 albuquerque and 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. yellow. it's hoped that the sisters will help attract tourists to dream world theme park. they were born white 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 because australia zoo actually trades koalas to other zoos. >> apparently there are only 3200 tigers left in the wild. >> let's hope they're not that angry. >> simmer down. >>> coming up in. the "insomniac theater," two new movies that might scare you. the reviews are coming in. >> we've heard of therapy pets befo

first lady and save the best, the nuggets of your relationship and, of course, with this gal, kerry washington, because we do have more with "scandal" coming up. plenty more time coming up, so thank you for this little sort of sneak peek. more to come, everybody, but just a reminder in case kerry didn't remind you enough, "scandal's" winter premiere is tonight, 9:00, 8:00 central. please stay with us, though, we'll get a little "scandal"-ous coming up. back to you guys in new york. >> lara, please tell each and every one of them how grateful we are for them getting up like that, playing with us this morning. we know how early it is, and our audience is loving it. you tell them. >> they baited the hook this morning. >> thank you, thank you, to each and every one. we can't wait for more. let's go outside to rob. >> we're grateful for those bearing the cold. you're from australia. why would you come to the cold? >> something different. just something different but, yes, freezing. >> on the way back there heading to hi high so it'll be a warmer stopover. snow rowers in idaho. wind with light stick

. >> it is chilly out here. washington washington, d.c. >>> the big melt is on, ladies and gentlemen. spring temperatures continue across the northeast. that's a 's good morning -- >>> good morning. cloudy have a great day everyone. cuti producer of up late with miss piggy. what can we look forward with the new time slot? >> the same oldhe way, it's exactly -- it's exactly 35 hours and 15 minutes before the show come on if you don't change the channely be tuned in. >> perfect. our executives love that. are we going to be seeing more of our favorite frog on stage? >> i will be singing and doinghat i normally do. we have 150% more laughs and 100% gluten-free. >> we're safeday. kermit the frog, ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen. the muppets, new time, tuesday at 8:00 p.m.o much. >>> coming up, we're counting biggest new ads and a sneak peek with ryan reynolds. all more than sadness? it's a tangle of brintellix (vortioxetine) is a prescription medicine for depression. brintellix may start to untangle or help improve the multiple . "for me, brintellix made a difference." tell your

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 abo best in show at last night's westminster kennel club competition. you're watching "world news 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 most prestigious canine award in the country at the 140th westminster kennel club competition. jesse palmer reports on all the excitement. >> reporter: the contestants may be cute but the competition is always fi

lets get right to eileen whelan good morning washington. toss to eileen winter weather advisory in effect for northern fauqier, loudoun, montgomery, prince george's, anne arundel, and counties north/west through midnight. 1-3" snow possible (likely on the lower end, in my opinion) today: cloudy with periods of light rain/snow. accumulations possible north. highs: 35-40 winds: ne -> nw 5-10 mph tonight: cloudy with a few lingering snow showers possible. refreezing likely on the roads. lows: 22-32 winds: w 5-10 mph wednesday: mostly cloudy and breezy. flurries

up to 4 inches of snow has 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. the 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. several school systems had delayed openings yesterday because of 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 record. 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 the flames across bone dry parcels of land. students i

. >> together, we have sent a message that will echo from wall street to washington. >> if you don't have a seat belt, go get one. we're going to shape this country top to bottom. >> now we take this campaign to the entire country. we are going to fight for every vote in every state. >> they violated the fourth amendment by stopping people without reasonable suspicion, by arresting them without cause, and by using unreasonable force. >> the amount that thing were shifting around our room was a little frightening. >> the whole thing was not bigger than this. and it was up here and it just exploded. >> i resent the fact that he put 6,000 people's lives at risk taking us into a storm that was predicted. >> at a young age, i was taught to appreciate the value of hard work and especially self-made work. >> the speed with which they took this case from the university's purview and brought it into a criminal setting suggests that the prosecution believes they have a strong case. >> the accelerated development of north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program poses a serious threat to i

. >> bazi kanani, abc news, 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. 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's not interested in the job. br

melting snow across the virginias and in through washington washington, d.c. >>> the big melt is on, ladies and gentlemen. spring temperatures continue >> this weather report is brought to you by mcdonald's. this morning, a pretty good weather x part. you're more of an expert 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 before the show come on if you don't change the channel you'll already be tuned in. >> perfect. our executives love that. are we going to be seeing more of our favorite frog on stage? >> 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. kermit the frog, ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen. at 8:00 p.m. >>> thank you so much. >>> coming up, we're counting down to the super bowl, the biggest new ads and a sneak peek >>> can you give me a warning? >> oh, in my face. >> suffice it to say, that was ryan reynolds. >> and lara likes that commerci

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among them, the brooklyn bridge, memorial bridge in washington, d.c. and heavily traveled bridges on interstate 405 in los angeles, several on i-95 in philadelphia. for many of them, the problem is age. of the 250 most heavily traveled bridges, 85% were built before 1970. we've seen disasters in recent years. >> a catastrophic event would not be an understatement. >> reporter: in 2007, 13 people died when a minneapolis bridge collapsed during rush hour. >> look at the rust. >> reporter: in 2013, "20/20's" deborah roberts went to look at one bridge that was once called the most dangerous bridge in the new york's tappan zee. that's scary. >> reporter: that bridge now being replaced. and behind me, the brooklyn bridge, as we said, on the list but at this rate, we're told it would take 21 years to repair or replace all of america's deficient bridges. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> so the most deficient bridges are in iowa, pennsylvania, and oklahoma. they're structurally deficient and d.c., neb, delaware, and utah have the least efficient. >> it is a

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 wounded 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. three people were stabbed. 13 arrested. >>> 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, 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 traffic. >>> an

., they just and we're going to see some heavy rain in baltimore, washington, d.c., back through west virginia. flood watches are posted for this rain. marching up the eastern seaboard. all snow from buffalo back through western pennsylvania and some severe weather across parts of south florida. there's a massive, massive storm. as you mentioned, all sorts of wild swings. a difficult commute this morning and this afternoon. back to you. >> you could feel the difference when you came to work this morning. >> a big difference. >>> we move on to the race for the white house. the focus on south carolina, the gop primary just four days away, jeb bush brings in his big brother to take on donald trump. as trump doubles down on his attacks against bush, ted cruz, the entire republican establishment. mr. trump will join us live after this report from abc's tom llamas in south carolina. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. that crowd last night loved seeing president bush. voters i spoke to afterwards said it added a layer of legitimacy to jeb bush's campaign. but donald trump saying it's

. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: the epa, the cdc and consumer product safety commission now investigationing, to see what's inside recycled tire crumb and whether it's harmful. more than 50 studies have reported no elevated health what's being done now is the first official. >>> 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. we begin with that storm-batter storm-battered cruise ship scheduled to set sail this afternoon. 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 4,000 passengers hunkering down in their cabins while the vessel encounter ed ed 30-foot waves. >>> the pontiff is ready, donning a sombrero, his visit to mexico comes off a historic during that stopover in havana, abc's terry moron on the assignment traveling wit

abc's pierre thomas in washington has the latest for us. >> reporter: good morning, robin. while in support of apple across the country tomorrow, they continue to face off with both sides digging in, this morning, as you said the fbi director is getting personally involved in a very public director. releasing a letter calling on apple to comply to help the iphone of san bern dee owe fbi director james comey said, we don't 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 pandora box. we can't give the terrorists a victory. >> reporter: the fbi claims that the investigation remains urgent, that the phone may have critical additional clues including whether others were involved. this morning, apple ceo tim cook e-mailed his employees to thank

david kerley, abc news, washington. >> we move on to more dramatic video as firings near kansas city battle a huge brush fire. they believe it was sparked by grass cutting equipment. but the heat from the blaze and the high winds fanning it korea add fire tornado. the fire is on prison property. but it closed a nearby highway. consuming about 1500 acres and is about 75% contained this morning. no homes are threatened at this time. >>> not so in eastern oklahoma where there are more than two dozen grass fires burning. the most in years. officials say numerous homes were lost. but they don't know how many as yet. the city of tulsa has been filled with smoke from the fires. firefighters are using helicopters to dump water as you see there on these fires and officials say they are so intense right now. >>> well, in northern california, the threat is much more wintry. a powerful system brought nearly a foot of snow to some of the higher elevations. strong winds are also limiting visibility with whiteout conditions. many truckers pulled over till the roads were cleared. >> and it may take

they're trying to keep warm in washington state. apparently the most googled search for a valentine's gift, mississippi, romantic mix taps. what is it, the 1980s? >> hey, i'm from mississippi. easy, easy. >> are we allowed to ask followups? >> massachusetts is looking for cooking classes. >> i think it was idaho or montana. adam and eve not romantic? >> there's a lot of head scratchers. montana was sejing for lobster tales. >> i'm sticking with the mix tapes. when you made somebody a mix tape, that was love, baby. that was love. >> it was. >>> to lara with a look ahead. >> thank you, robin. here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." lamar odom back in action. kanye west rocking the fashion world. >>> our big "10 dates in 10 states" finale. one of these guys is getting a big date. bachelor." man number two please come in. chef michael i'm season here. >> i got five bucks. >>> and then man number three, come on in. tim tebow is also with us live. >> hi, everyone. >> he's got big news to share. hey, it's valentine's day weekend

abc's pierre thomas is in washington with that story for us. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, robin. in a blunt press conference the attorney general accused the city of ferguson of stonewalling attempts to right the wrongs of a police department she flatly described as racially biased. >> all: this is what democracy looks like. >> reporter: this morning the justice department firmly agreeing with african-american residents of ferguson saying their complaints of unfair and enforcement are in fact true. >> the ferguson police department's violations in particular were expansive and deliberate, stopping people without reasonable suspicion. by arresting them without cause and by using unreasonable force. these violations were not only egregious, they were routine. they were driven at least in part by racial bias. >> reporter: the justice department now suing the city of ferguson less than 24 hours after the city council rejected a deal to reform the police. >> i think the things that we've reasonable. we're not trying to take away

>>> let's bring that question to jon karl in washington. you saw that targeting that cecilia put up for bernie sanders. some wins tuesday. >> reporter: that's right. on super tuesday to get some wins. bernie sanders' home state of massachusetts, minnesota, camp thinks they can win and remember, george, in every single state for the democrats the delegates are awarded proportionally. even in states he loses he will still gather delegates. it's a relatively new caucus there but you got some firsthand evidence yesterday of the republican establishment really closing ranks behind marco rubio. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. you saw several united states senators, several congress -- members of congress, governors, former governors, all coming out and endorsing marco rubio yesterday. really quite a list including bob dole, the 1996 republican nominee. but, george, dole told me, i talked to him about this. he told me that, if rubio can't find a place to win on super tuesday, if trump sweeps on super tuesday then he -- you might as well start printin

i have a captive audience and iso much. [ applause ] i'm going to start -- oh, so kerry washington, thanks for being here. very, very early. all of you, thank ator and one of our most fierce gladiators. >> i tried to dress the part today. the scene that we just saw what are you hiding behind the door, scene, huck is trying to talk to you. you will not -- usually you let everybody in. you have something, either a man or a something. >> uh-huh. 9:00, 8:00 central. 9:00, ral. >> really? >> that's my answer. >> the only way you get to see what's behind the door. >> does what's behind the door have a heartbeat? >> hmm.speaking. >> that's beautiful. >> i see life in all kinds of things. >> that was great. >> whoo. >> i have a big crush -- we saw a glimpse of it. is almost another character in the show. >> uh-huh. >> it definitely tells a bit of the story and what we've seen so far indicates a sea change ofct, i'm going to start -- i want you to roll one more clip and you'll understand what i'm talking about. go ahead, roll this. we do not give up. world, my rules, this is war. >> there is no scr

you're looking live right now at the supreme court building in washington, d.c. the flag there at half-staff to honor justice antonin scalia. >> scalia, the longest serving member of the court. his fight over his replacement already so fierce. team coverage this morning. we begin with new details about justice scalia's final hours at that texas ranch. jim avila has the latest. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, george. this luxury hunting ranch is now virtually empty. a hunting trip interrupted by the guest of honor. this morning, justice antonin scalia's body is heading to rest at the supreme court after being 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 cur tans 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 was scheduled to shoot birds saturday with an exclusive group with mostly texan couples who flew in by p

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, emergency in five counties, there are now 12 travel-related cases of zika reported throughout the state. governor rick scott calling on the cdc to provide at least 1,000 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 growing concern for the estimated 20 million tourists expected to visit florida in the spring break months and at miami international airport, hundreds of flights a day coming in from the 30 high-risk countries flagged by the cdc. over 100 of them just from brazil. this morning, 2 million people are flocking to the streets of rio for the start of carnival where now mosquitoes aren't the only concern for spreading zika. health authorities there saying a man was infected with the virus

heavy rain in baltimore, washington, d.c., back through west virginia. flood watches are posted for all snow from buffalo back through western pennsylvania and veer weather across parts of south tl physical. a massive, mass i have storm. as you mentioned, all sorts of 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, establishment. tom llamas 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 says it'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, hoping for jeb like they did for w. >> i've been misunderestimated most of my lif

robberies and kidnappings. >>> well, there are new questions about the government's response to the washington crisis in flint, michigan.-mails obtained by the group progress michigan, ago about a spike in legion legionnaires' disease but the governor didn't speak about it till last month. >>> new details in madonna's battle to keep her son.out saying he is as determined as ever to keep custody. here's abc's reena ninan. i am a material girlhe material girl it's been a trying winter, as the battle over her 15-year-old son rocco continues. according to "people" magazine rocco's dad and madonna's exants their son to remain with him in london. the teenager has been living there since before the holidays. rocco was slated to return to new york to live with madonna in december.efused defying even a judge's order to come back to the u.s. madonna reportedly took matters into her own hands this past weekend flying to london to appeal to these conversations were short and intense according to a source but in the end rocco did decide he's going to continue to live with his father for the reports rocco p

. >> 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. >> reporter: the epa, the cdc 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 reported no elevated health 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 4,00

meanwhile out west, we're looking at rain, some flooding potentially across parts of washington and the rains will get down to san hot across brought to you by weather tech. >> it is 7:56.>> i am terrence fernandez. the only way into the garage will be on west third street. it 0 million renovation. rates in the garage go up on march 1. >>> credit card readers will be down starting at 9:00 a.m. on is expected to last seven hours. the mmission is upgrading. and a lot of schools and buildings will be closed. trains will be on normal schedule.>>> how is it looking for your day off?>> it depends on where you are headed. along e and ashtabula, there are flurries and light snow. we expect less than an inch this morning. that will move out of ohio. the high will be around 35 degrees and snow returns overnight. we have winter weather res will reach around 50 degrees by friday. that's what we have to look forward to. >>> we are starting to see left lane blocked due to an accident on kinsman road. another one at westlake rrington avenue. it does not causing too much of a delay. i want to measure -

federal agencies in washington this morning. at the airports, hundreds of flights have been cancel fpd storm also spawning tornadoes leaving a trail of damage in the florida panhandle and mississippi. for passengers on a flight out of washington. smoke pouring into the cockpit, forcing the pilots to put on their oxygen masks. >> reporter: emergency crews scurried around the jetliner, which was in the air for only minutes. >> alaska 1 we're declaring an emergency. smoke in the airplane. >> about five, ten miniyous into the flight, i felt the engines slow down. >> reporter: they had just left for see at fm pilots of the alaska airlines 737 wants to get back on the ground quickly. sounding like they had their masks on. >> reagan, alaska 1 emergency. >> reporter: they're asking to land at dulles airport, less than 30 miles away. >> dulles tower, alaska 1 emergency air krapt and -- for 1-9 left. we're going the need the trucks please. >> alaska 1, the trucks should be coming out. >> reporter: emergency cruise checked the jet. one pas

they're worried about melting snow across the virginias and in through washington, d.c. >> the big melt is on, ladies and gentlemen. spring temperatures continue across the northeast. that's a quick check on your >>> good morning. take a look at satellite and radar, heavy band out on >> this weather report is brought to you by mcdonald's. morning. a pretty good weather expert. you're more of an expert on rainbows. kermit the frog, he's the executive producer of up late with miss piggy. revamped the muppets. phenomenal show. 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 before the show comes on, if you don't change the channel you'll already be tuned in. >> perfect. our executives love that. now, are we going to be seeing more of our favorite frog on stage? will be is ijing? >> i will be singing and doing the things that i normally do. we have 150% more laughs and we're 100% gluten-free. although our show is manufactured in a facility filled with nuts. >> we're safe for this new day. kermit the fro

washington, of course, 33 degrees with rain changing to snow. some snow rolling in >> 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 superhero of our own. yeah. if there's someone in your life that inspires you, impresses you, considered a real-life superhero, 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 2nd. all right, george, come on out and let's ride this guy. we want to hear about your heroes. >> i feel kind of left out. she's going to africa. he's the batmobile. we're all hanging out in here. >> you're hanging out with steph curry. >> okay. >> let's go to commercial, george. >> we are. one team breaking down stereotypes for muslims and >>> we're back now with "good morning america's" gill power series first installment with our friends at 17 magazine this week. we're introd