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

. >> we have sent the message that 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. conceding defeat. >> i want to begin by con great lag senator sanders. >> reporter: with bill and 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 do, now we take this campaign 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, for now, robin, there is adamant denial ins

they're trying to keep warm in washington state. apparently the most googled search for a valentine's gift, bearskin rugs. mississippi, romantic mix taps. >> 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. >>> and speak of dates, get over here. chris harrison is here from "the bachelor." man number two please come in. >> 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.

announcer: this is a good morning washington update. >> thank you for waking up with us. people expected to attend the services for antonin scalia a. that will be at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. thousands of people showed up to view his flag-draped coffin yesterday. funeral service coverage starting at 8:00 this morning. we will have to deal with a few clouds out there. a beautiful shot of the capital right now. let's head over to josh knight. little sunshine fighting through. clouds have pushed in early. we are mostly cloudy until halfway through the afternoon. that makes it tougher for us to warm up. i expect us to get into the 60's. a little bit of sunshine hanging around in northern maryland. are intures feel like we the 30's for a lot of the areas. it is chilly. it is not too bad. we are fighting the freezing mark. the forecast around 56 degrees by 12:00. 63 today is the pic day of the weekend. tomorrow, some showers. d.c., rain closer to around 2:00. you will need the umbrella for the second half of the day. tuesday through thurs

rick klein, abc news, washington. >>> and speaking of the secretary, come can tomorrow, the government relations hundreds of pages of controversial clinton e-mails from her private server. a federal judge audioed the remaining batch of e-mails in four installments after saturday, another release is set for february 19th, that's just before nevada's democratic caucuses, the final set is due tuesday. >>> a national wildlife refuge in oregoning will remain closed for weeks now that an armed standoff is over. the last four holdout who's had occupied the refuge for 41 days yesterday. they were arrested and will make appearances in court today. the whole dispute was over federal control of public land. now there's a great sense of relief in the area. >> i am so glad this is over. >> i'm proud of my friends and neighbors. i'm proud of way that you stood up to this stuff. >> also in custody right now is a man named cliven bundy, the father of one of the oregon standoff's leaders. he's being held on charges tied to a different anti-government incident two years ago. >>> dozens of prison guards

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 -

let's bring it to jon karl in washington. you saw that targeting that cecilia put up for bernie sanders. 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, colorado, all states the sanders camp thinks they can win and remember, george, in every they're awarded proportionally. even in states he loses he will still gather delegates. >> so hard to read. a relatively new caucus there but you got 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 if rubio can't find a place to win on super tuesday, if trump sweeps on super tuesday

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 of texas, says he'll attend 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. security. tech giant apple versus the department of justice. both sides arguing over the san this morning, neither side is backing down. in a new federal filing prosecutors slamming apple for publicly repudiating a judge's order to unlock the san bernardino

. >> the candidates faced an electorate in iowa deeply divided and frustrated with washington. while the economy has improved under president obama, the recovery has eluded most of the new terror threats at home and abroad have increased national security concerns and ted cruz's victory suggests religious rights still remains a formidable voting bloc. >> we'll turn now to our abc news political team and our reporter mary alice parks who has been following the sanders campaign. >> she asked his staff if his address was a victory speech and they said yes. and abc's mary alice parks checks in from iowa with your voice, your vote. >> thanks, reena, kendis. from day one, the bernie sanders campaign focused an incredible amount of attention here in iowa. the thinking was a victory here could show the rest of the country that bernie sanders could be taken seriously and that hilary clinton was vulnerable. a few reporters were allowed upstairs to see bernie sanders watching the results come in. it was a personal intimate moment in his hotel room just upstairs here. and i have say the se

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. justice department firmly agreeing with african-american residents of ferguson saying their complaints of unfair and racially biased police enforce 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 of course aed for are very reasonable. we

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. in another terror incident is abdul melik abdul kareem is accused of being the mastermind of an attempt to disrupt an exhibit of anti-islam cartoons two islamic militant gunmen were killed. prosecutors say he trained them and bankrolled the attack. he denies knowing about the plan in after the attack. >>> president obama will not attend funeral services for supreme court justice antonin scalia. the white house says the president and first lady will pay their respects tomorrow at the supreme court 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 who was appointed by ronald reagan says the president should get to nominate scalia's replacement. >> police in southern california say a distracted driver was killed after being crushed by a transformer. he was passing by a previous crashed into a power pole. smoking grass fires disrupted the evening commute in wichita last night seriously hampering visibility a

. >>> look at this dramatic rescue in the waters off washington state. being pulled by the strong kurts 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 -- >> i'm going the get in a loft 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 truthful, does this make me look fat. don't ever be truthful. >> he was trying to win money. have she's pregnant. she's pregnant. never okay. >> i've never seen all of your guys' mouths drop simultaneously. >> that was one of the dumbest >> they left together. >> clearly t, that will be their only child, so. >> exactly. >> i feel bad for both of them. >> you feel bad for him? >> i do. >> he's put on the spot. >> we say stupid stuff put on th

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 his former rival showed up unannounced and 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 get deals and i'm doing deals. >> reporter: united christie and trump are taking aim at a common enemy, marco rubio. >> desperate people in campaigns who do desperate things flailing punches in the last days of a lo

abc's pierre thomas has all the latest from washington. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, george. it's a showdown between the fbi and apple. the fbi trying to force apple to open that iphone as it hunts for clues in the san bernardino massacre. apple saying no way and this morning a federal court is weighing in. a federal judge in california ordering apple to help the fbi unlock an iphone used by syed farook who went on a murderous rampage with his wife leaving 14 dead in san bernardino. >> we still have one of those killer's phones we have not been able to open and it's been over two months still working on it. >> reporter: the ruling could be a key victory in their long-running battle with apple and other tech companies about the government's ability to encrist data. saying it would put the privacy of hundreds of millions at risk and telling us overnight the government is asking apple to hack our own users and fear this demand would undermine the very freedoms our government protects. it did not have farook's numerical cod

. >>> 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 da ron wint killed an executive, his wife and their young son as well as a housekeeper and then set the house on fire before fleeing. he was linked to the crime scene by dna found op a pizza crust and he faces life in prison if convicted. >>> newly released dashcam video shows the terrifying moments when an ordinary traffic stop ended with one person injured and one shot to death. >> what looks routine is about to turn deadly. >> just relax. just relax. in cayce, south carolina questioning demetrius bryant over an expired license. but then bryant pulls a gun, shooting an officer in the leg. 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 use some time of camera. then there also citizen video. recording moments like last year whether he another south carolina officer shot and killed walter s

ferguson city councilman mark burns sent us an e-mail last night saying while washington politicians can run up endless debt that doesn't work in ferguson where we, quote, actually have to pay our bills. the legal showdown now fully engaged. robin. >> it certainly is. all right, pierre, thank you. >>> now we turn to amy with the morning's other top stories starting with a tragedy in maryland. >> it is so, so sad. flags are flying at half-staff across maryland to honor two sheriff's deputies shot and killed while responding to reports of a suspicious person at a panera restaurant. this is north of baltimore. police say the suspect who is wanted on two warrants opened fire targeting the deputies before he himself was shot dead. the deputies were 16 and 30-year veterans of the force. >>> well, there are new precautions now because of the zika virus. the u.s. olympic committee says it will hire infectious disease experts to advise athletes about the outbreak in brazil after soccer star hope solo expressed concerns about traveling to the >>> north korea leader kim jong-un appears to have

abc's pierre thomas in washington has the latest for us. >> reporter: good morning, robin. while rallies 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 debate. releasing a letter calling on apple to comply to help unlock the iphone of san bernardino killer, syed farook. we can't look the survivors in the eye or ourselves in the lead. fbi director james comey said, we don't want to break anyone's encrypiton. or set a master key loose on the land. i hope thoughtful people would take the time to understand that. 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 require 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 sur runder our civil liberties and give t

. >> reporter: the vermont senator doubling down on his attacks against his opponent's washington ways. >> she has the entire establishment or almost the entire establishment behind her. that's a fact. i don't deny it. >> reporter: clinton firing back. >> senator sanders is the only person who, i think, would characterize me, a woman running to be the first woman president as exemplifying the establishment. >> reporter: the two candidates sparring again over that iraq war vote. >> secretary clinton, who was that is not arguable. in foreign affairs. but experience is not the only point. >> a vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat isis. >> reporter: and the latest polling shows bernie sanders ahead by 30 points here. the clinton campaign, though, pushing the narrative she is the underdog. expectations and, perhaps, wake up her supporters. reena and kendis? >> our thanks to liz in new hampshire. >>> we're going to turn now to the zika virus. and turning now, rather, to the republican race. one day before the big debate here on abc rather. donald trump is enjoying a wide lead. 11 points ahea

., 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: neal karlinksky, abc news, snoqualmie pass, washington. >> that i never even thought of. >> i love all that fresh powder. >> coming up, mail carriers are no stranger to danger. >> traditionally it's the occasional nasty dog. wait oh, yes, wait a minute mr. postman, wait, wait mr. postman snee postal carriers are lauded for their adherence to their unofficial motto. >> neither snow nor heat nor rain nor gloom of night saves appointed rounds. >> some people hear roosters. around here we wake up to gobble, gobble. >> reporter: it seems wild turkeys rule in this picturesque culled desack in hills dale. >> if you shoo them, they leave. >> no, they don't run. >> reporter: which is why we were here in the first place. >> i think that's ridiculous. it's silly. >> reporter: helen is talking about what happened after wild turkeys, yes, we found them, surrounded a letter carrier's truck obtuse. he was so upset, couldn't get out and called his boss for help. the postmaster dialed 911. >> police. >> reporter: this is the actual call. >> you're not going to believe this, but i got a c

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

. >> 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 risks associated with synthetic turf. 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 stopover in cuba. abc's terry moron on the assignment traveling with pop

gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >> good tips from gloria. i had no idea they would reimburse you. >> whoa. ow. oh. look at that scared look on reena's eyes. >> because look who is in the driver's seat. the man who takes the subway. >> exactly. apparently you slow down to help improve your reaction time when it comes to all of that. >> that's the problem. i always speed up. >> once you hit the pot holes? nice little roller coaster ride for many of your kids. they also say stop tailgating. that's me. and dry weather, you should be observing the two-second rule apparently, as well. it's tough for many of these municipalities. i was in quebec over the weekend which has had some wild temperature swings and it was like being on a roller coaster ride on their highways. anyway. >> when we come back, why chicago is planning a major hooky festival in honor of ferris bueller. >> and what comedian tom arnold is especially thankful for this morning. is especially thankful for this morning. "the skinny" is nexttt0w!ti"hz! %4@-4=l tt0w!ti"hz! el@->: tt0w!t

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. have ever been pushing the flames across bone dry parcels of land. students in one area were kept late at s

i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. . >>> a sad morning in washington d.c. as we mourn the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia. his death brings a fight over democracy and republicans over who should take his seat. >> and the republicans and democrats continue to push for support. a look at who could knock on your door ahead. >>> good sunday morning. >> it's a gorgeous start to our day although it is windy in spots. breezy is going to pick up and it's going to be windy this

. >>> in washington state, a bus packed with teenagers on a ski trip burst into flames. the middle school kids were headed to mount bark. everyone escaped without injury. 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. the open center of that quake was in christchurch. >>> the eagles of death metal will take their tour the paris this week for the first full concert there since the deadly terror take last fall. on saturday, the group kicked off their rescheduled tour in stockholm, sweden. they were playing at the bataclan theater when terrorists snormd killing dozens. they'll play in paris on tuesday. temperatures, biting winds. for some, the perfect conditions for an undie run. runners in washington, d.c., ditching the coats. check that out. this year's cupid's undie run. some runners said they could barely feel their legs. others said they put hand warmers in other strategic places. >> their shoes. >> it raises money for the children's tumor foundation. at run tim