abc's pierre thomas has all the latest from washington. good morning, pierrere >> 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 the government's ability to access encrypted data on smartphones and tablets. apple vowing to appeal and 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. the f

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 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 afternoon. >> you could feel the difference when you came to work this morning. >> a big differenc >>> we move 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. trump doubles down on his attacks against bush, ted cruz, the entire republican establishment. mr. trump will join us live after this report from tom llamas from south carolina. >> reporter: george, goo 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 but donald trump saying it's too late to save jeb and that his campaign is going nowhere. the bush campaign callin

. >> reporter: megan hughes, abc news, washington. >>> incredible images. checking today's forecast, that winter storm system dumped snow on the eastern great lakes and ohio valleys. heavy rain in new england, the south dries 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. the lives of facebook founder mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey, the head of twitter. the 25-minute video is too disturbing to show showing pictures of the two men covered in bullet holes. facebook is responding to remove posts that promote terrorism. >>> reaction coming in now to al ceo tim cooke speaking out in an exclusive interview w wh abc news. 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 syed farook. doing so they say would require software that would make hundreds of millions of customers vulnerable. >> the only

. >>> well, an army deserter from washington state who once called osama bin laden a beautiful man is now in federal custody. daniel freeney faces various gun charges. agents say he supported isis calling for the killing of u.s. troops. >>> and in los angeles, the wind may have played a role in this gas station canopy crashing down on to cars. two workers were on the canopy when it gave way. one was injured and the drivers of those car, thankfully, are okay. >>> and some wild video from south florida. a man attacking people in a store with a three-foot sword as customers were screaming. remarkably nobody was seriously injured. the suspect is now in custody. influence of drugs. >>> and finally, one man didn't just lend a hand to police, he lent a foot. watch as officers in england chase a drug suspect. the guy on the sidewalk there, boink, trips him. police are trying to track him down now to thank him for doing all the legwork. >> nice. >> ah! >> we look forward to that every morning. what you'll come up with. >> you're so good. >> thank you. >> thank you there, amy. >>> people still

officer ashley guindon responded 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, 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. control, hitting a big rig, sending the tractor trailer through the divider and into the oncoming traffic. >>> and

david kerley, abc news, washington. >> scary stuff. the british pilot's association wantnt these lasers to be considered an offensive weapon. pushing for that. >>> 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. >> b first, the top dog this year. what we're finding out about the best in show at last night's westminster kennel club competition. now." >> it wasn't really a hound dog waking up with a bnd-new top dog. >> that one of my favorite elvis presley'sssong. >> 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 0th westminster kennel club competition. 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 y

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> new details in the search for the remains of those marines killed in a helicoptpt crash off hawawa last month. investigators say elements of dna have been discovered. family members of those identified have been tolol but the marine corps is not releasing any other information. marines died in a crash in ed what investigators said was a collision but it wasn'n'yet known if there was a collision. >>> we are learning new details about the death of that teenager allegedly murdered by y virginia tete student. an autopsy revealed nicole lovell was stabbed to death on the day she is disappeared. david eisenhauer has been charged. police say another freshman already charged with hiding the body was more deeply involved natalie keepers will face the more serious charge of being an accessory before the fact of first degree murder. a conviction could mean life in prison. >>> the denver broncos moved quickly to not let a player's run-in with the law distract from super bowl preparations. ryan murphy is a rookie member on the team's practice squad. he was quest

. >> 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 risks associated with synthetic 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 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 4,000 passengers hunkering down

. >> we have sent the message that will echo from wall street to washington washington, the government of ou great c cntry 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 >> reporter: with bill and chelsea standing on stage remaining deninth about the future. >> it's not whether you get knocked down thatmatter, it's whether you get back up. i know i have someork to do, particularly with young people. and here's what we'reoing to do, now we take this campaign to the entire country. we are going to fight for every vote in every state. >> reporter: and clilion concedes bernie sasaers 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 a a 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: we

. >> reporter: now the washington post reporting this morning that former new york city mayor rudy trump. he'll announce his national security advisers very soon. an interesting endorsement. rubio -- donny wahlberg, the former new kids of the block member, saying he has the oh oh oh the right stuff. >> did he say it like that? >> he didn't say it like that. i just thought he should have said that. >> thanks for clarifying. >>> to the democrats now. hillary clinton scoring a hard-fought victory in nevada over bernie sanders. a much-needed win for the clinton campaign, they may now slow bernie sanders' momentutu ahead of their next face-off in south carolina. abc's cecilia vega is here and has the latest for us. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. bernie sanders says he's not going anywhere, he's in this race until the convention. after this loss in nevada, that path to the nomination is looking a lot tougher. this morning, hillary clinton >> we just won nevada! >> reporter: fresh off that nevada win -- >> something really special is happening here. >> reporter: clinton, now armed d w

. >>> you're looking at a dramatic rescue operation in washington state. a homeless was hoisted to safety after being trapped on a cliff for two days. he slid to the edge of the cliff just a few feet from going over and falling to the river below. fortunately a worker heard him outing for help. kaz of bitter cold, he is expected to be okay. >>> police are investigating a grizzly scene at a home in chicago. six people found dead including a child. they have not yet determined how they decide but say it could have ever been a murder-suicide but a relative who lived in the house described the family as happy and normal. there e re 51 h hicides in chicago last month, prompting a call for the governor of illinois to declare a state of emergency. >> 51 in one month. >>> there's another huge air bag recall to tellou about involvlvg the controllers for air bags in about five million vehicles. they were made by a german company that can deploy without reason or fail to inflate at all. it involves o oer vehicles made by honda, fiat, chrysler, mercedes, volkswagen an

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 janisisas the latestst >> reporter: this morning florida preparing for the worst, declaring a public health emergency in five counties, there are now 12 travel-relalad cases of zika reported throughout the state. governor rick scott calling on the cdc to provide at least 1,000 zika antibody test kits r pregnant women to see if they contracted the virus in the past and thousands more kits to >> 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 internatioiol 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 o r 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 vir

gloria riviera, abc news, washington. 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. the temperatures, by the way 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 can provide. and we really do mean that. >> a segment that cannot be missed, folks. first the other 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. we'll explain. now." >> 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 decidedly more jovial tone compared to last year, which was a sad year for

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> okay. when we come back, music's big night in hollywood. >> yeah, we're all about the grammys, the awards, the tributes, the moments and, of that's ahead in "the skinny."tt0w!t.*(=! %4@-,2( tt0w!t.*(=! el@-&5d tt0w!t.*(=! ed@- 7 tt0w!t.*(=% )8h-@i\ tt0w!t.*(=% kzkz]& tt0w!t.*(=% n-h-(o, tt0w!t.*(=% 0ph-6(4 tt0w!t.*(=% s"h-&zt tt0w!t.*(=% ueh-%8$ tt0w!t.*(=% 7hh-9:p s snny, so skinny >>> well, time now for "the skinny" and the only headline this morning i` last night's grammys. >> it was a big night in los angeles.s. 58th annual grammy awards. there were quite a few surprises and more than a few upsets. one of the biggest wins of the taylor swift to take home the record of the year award for his hit "uptown funk." the song also took home the award for best pop duo group performance. >> tlor swift did prevail taking home album of the year for "1989," making her the only female artist to win album of the year twice. she also won best pop music album and music video. swift used her acceptance s

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 country. new york's tappan zee. >> that looks creaky. >> that's creaky. that's scary. >> reporter: that bridge now being replaced. and behind me, the brooklyn bridge, as we said, on the list of bridges needing repair. 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, a

washington high school teachers. they could cut 5 positions because of the proposed stateupplemental aid numbers. thehange also means every cedar rapids high school will the same time. the school district is considering other changes including starting classes later every monday so teachers could use the time for professional development. schools would provide e supervision for students who arrive early on those days. but after feedback from parents and teachers at a meeting last week, the school board tabled that decision. and now here's your first alert fofocast. plan on bouts of clouds to move across the area today. while it may become cloudy for several hours at a time, the general theme is for a partly cloudy sky today. the thicker clouds north of highway 20 may also generate a few scattered flurries as well, though no accumulation is likely. tomorrow, a warmrmront approaches from the west, allowing for a chance of snow in the area tomorrow evening. snow amounts with that will generally be a trace to half inch.

it was seen as far as away as the washington, d.c. area. there's no official word on whether it was a meteor. observers described the fireball as having colorful fragments and looking like it fell apart or exploded. >> the rival super bowl teams are spending their first night in california. >> yep and the first to land in san jose, the broncos led by quarterback peyton manning. they're playing in their second super bowl in three years. >> and an hour later, the carolina panthers arrived leaded by of course, cam newton. if you can look closely, he was rocking very, very wild versace pants. got to look closely for that one. >> i don't think he's come down quite yet. you'll see it sooner or later >> there you go. mated together for that outfit. but none of the players spoke to reporters there, saving that for the much anticipated media day which actually happens tonight. noward if he'll be wearing those pants or not. >> he can wear whatever he wants. he's cam newton. >> you're probably right. >>> coming up "the mix," campaign humor and a fashi

they're worried about melting snow across the virginias and in through washington, d.c. >> the big)melt is on, ladies and ntlemen. spring temperatures continue across the northeast. that's a quick check on your morning fog that may deposit a light layer of frost or ice on area roads. theog should lift around mid to late morning, but with more clouds comingngn from the west, we'll likely see more clouds than sun today. caucus weather looks just fine with >>his weather report is brought to you by mcdonald's. we have this exciting guest this morning. a pretty good weather expert. you're more ofn 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 l le that. now, are we going to be seeing more of our favorite frog on will be is ijing? >> i will be singing and doing t

both in washington and on the campaign trail. jon karl is at the white house with that side of the story. >> reporter: good morning, george, this is a battle that's likely to extend throughout this presidential campaign and into the first months of the next presidency. the battle over replacing justice antonin scalia came fast and furious. less than an hour after the supreme court announced his death on saturday, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell declared the vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. senator marco rubio told george, the senate shouldn't start the process no matter who president obama nominates. >> within the last few months of the president's term we shouldn't be appointing supreme court justices. now the president can nominate whoever he wants. the senate shouldn't move forward until after the election. >> reporter: president obama called scalia a brilliant legal mind, made clear he would move forward anyway. >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor i

and trump using his, quoted, new york values to his advantage, arguing that no one inside the washington beltway can solve america's problems. >> no politician is going to solve it. no politician. these people, i'd like to use really foul language. i won't do it. i was going to say they're full of [ expletive ] but i won't say that. no, it's true. >> trump still hammering away at ted cruz over his campaign spreading rumors that carson was dropping out of the race and calling for a do-over in iowa. cruz calls trump a sore lose el >>> pulling ahead in the polls in new hampshire, marco rubio. as he goes up in the polls, he's getting an endorsement from a former challenger. it's your voice, your vote with abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: we met marco rubio in stratham, new hampshire, just days before the primary. he seems to be on a roll. >> they couldn't fit them all in. we've got to get bigger rooms. >> reporter: with the spotlight glaring hotter than ever, we are with rubio backstage at this crucial moment in the campaign. >> the next president, marco rubio. >> reporter: he's drawing big

thousands of people are remembering justice antonin scalia at a funeral mass in washington, d.c. coming up, we'll have a live report from the nation's capital. >>> a federal agent loses his gun in san francisco. where it was before it >>> it's saturday, february 20th, good morning and thanks so much for joining us. weatherwise we're off to a cool start across the bay area. here's lisa tracking the conditions where you live. hi, lisa. >> good morning to you. as you begin the weekend, it's cool and it's gray and many parts. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. it will be thinning out and our camera shows some of that filt tered sunshine. fog from santa rosa and novato. liver more slowly getting better. we'll be looking for to clear within the next hour to hour and a half. then we'll look at the chilly morning until we get

we want to bring in jonathan karl in washington. i know you're prepping for a big edition of "this week." thanks for taking a couple of moments out of your busy day. we want to first and foremost, exit polling shows clinton has serious issues. empathy. distrust. how does she repair that? if not, how vulnerable does she remain? >> first thing is to move on to south carolina. where every single public poll since the beginning of this campaign has had her with a big, double-digit lead over bernie sanders. she's hoping back-to-back victories will put the distant memory of new hampshire way in her past. she does have significant vulnerabilities. not just the ones you mentioned. also, she still hasn't connected with young democrats. still overwhelmingly in the exit polls, the young vote, under 45, goes significantly overwhelmingly to bernie sanders. she needs to find a way to get that obama coalition back together. she hopes by racking up wins, she can start doing that. >> let me ask about sanders. he, as mary pointed out, a pretty strong

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 mirror if we don't follow this 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 whose wife died on one of the planes in the 9/11 attack and this is pandora box. we can't surrender our

serena marshall, abc news, washington. >> thank you so much. i would love to go to cuba. >> it's such a beautiful country. i've been once. i can imagine a lot of people will be getting on planes down there in the fall and winter. >>> so, we mentioned c.j. was best in show. at the dog show, at westminster dog show earlier in our headlines. here's a show distinctly different. >> yeah. as opposed to the 140th westminster show, this is the west hamster prestigious but a lot more fun. >> the hamsters show off their agility and coordination. some have more than others, obviously. the hamster show was put together by our friends over at mashable. >> this is clever. come on. very creative, right? >> i'll go for that. >> what are the odds of a second annual west hamster show? >> pretty low. >> pretty low. >> jesse palmer will have full coverage of that. >>> coming up, the toys of tomorrow unveiled today. our toy insider mom is here with fun for all ages. >> she's got some good stuff. >>> also ahead, the hollywood a-listers playing superman and batman. t

. >> reporter: 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 back using drones. that's next. at 15, i was addicted. by 40, i'll have lung disease. at 50, i'll die of a heart attack. dr. regina benjamin: cigarette smoke causes immediate damage that leads to health problems, even death. those who quit or die are being replaced by a new generation of smokers. i'm dr. regina benjamin, united states surgeon general. go to cdc.gov. learn how to make our nex

federal agencies in washington are opening three hours late this morning. at the airports, hundreds of flights have been cancelled. the storm also spawning tornadoes leaving a trail of damage in the florida panhandle and mississippi. >>> it was a frightening ride for passengers on a flight out of washington. smoke pouring into the cockpit, forcing the pilots to put on their oxygen masks. abc's david kerley has the details. >> 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 minutes into the flight, i felt the engines kind of slow down a little bit. >> reporter: they had just left washington's reagan airport for seattle. the pilots of the alaska airlines 737 wanting 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 aircraft and -- for 1-9 left. we're going to nee

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> the trial of a man accused in another terror incident is 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 islamic militant gunmen were killed. prosecutors say he trained them and bankrolled the attack. he denies knowing about the plan until 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. >>> well, police in southern california say a distracted driver was killed after being crushed by a transformer. that pickup truck driver was passing by a previous rain-related accident scene and then smashed int

>>> let's bring that question to jon karl in washington. you just saw that targeting that cecilia put up for bernie sanders. he's got to find a place to get some wins tuesday. >> reporter: that's right, and they see several possibilities on super tuesday to get some wins. you have bernie sanders' home state of vermont, neighboring massachusetts, minnesota, colorado, all states the sanders camp thinks they can win and remember, george, in every single state for the democrats the delegates are awarded proportionally. even in states sanders loses to clinton he will still gather delegates. >> so hard to read. 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

she joins us from washington this morning. mary, good morning to you. >> mary, we don't expect the candidates come out and holding hands and singing kumbaya. we want to know who has the most on the line and the most incentive to come out swinging? >> i think donald trump and ted cruz are in good position in south carolina. they're going to be fighting on the trail and trump -- cruz laid off trump in the last debate. but i think he'll be looking to differentiate this time around. i think rubio has the most to lose or gain here, because his last slip was on the debate stage. now, he has the chance to prove himself again. >> he has said -- he has told his supporters, it will not happen again. as we know trump is coming in as the front-runner here, but mary mentioned just a few moments ago, mary bruce, that he's swearing off swearing. i just got -- i wonder, in a state that's heavily evangelical, is his use of profanity from the podium actually going to hurt him? even if he stops doing it henceforth. >> two things at work here. i'

. >> 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 middle and working classes. new terror threats at home and abroad have increased national security concerns and ted cruz's victory suggests religious right 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

gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >>> and a new dad in alabama may be up for father of the year after rushing his pregnant wife to the hospital. >> talk about danny lowe who couldn't get his wife shawna to the emergency room fast enough. so he had to take matters into his own hands, literally. after the couple got pulled over for speeding, he delivered his own son on the side of the highway. >> instead of getting a speeding ticket, he got a helping hand from the state trooper. i'm always amazed at how people are able do this. >> quickly. >> very quickly. but in a car and you're trying to get there and your nerves. thankfully the baby is just fine. >> yeah. >>> coming up, more super bowl coverage, including the celebrations in denver. >>> also ahead, clearing the clutter out of your home and your life. the big business of getting rid of junk and the difference it can make. >>> and the two young women posing as fund-raisers, preying on the elderly in a senior citizens home. the consumer alert. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by air

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> now to michigan where police say they still have no idea why a man shot eight people in kalamazoo this weekend killing six of them. investigators say jason dalton admits he took people's lives but during his arraignment yesterday, the uber driver said he would prefer t0 remain silent. hundreds of people attended another prayer vigil overnight. many thought kalamazoo was insulated from mass shootings. >> we know at any moment, anything can happen. anything can happen in any community. every community deals with the challenges of violence and the challenges of ignorance and the challenges of pain. >> the family of 45-year-old married father of two has issued a statement saying this type of violence has no place in our society. none of the victims had any known connection to dalton. >> camille cosby spent about two hours testifying under oath about that the sex assault allegations facing her husband. the deposition took place at a hotel in springfield, massachusetts. it's believed it's the first time she's answered questions about the allegations.

. >> reporter: nicole lovell's mom telling "the washington post" that police believe the 13-year-old met eisenhauer online. authorities believe lovell active on kik, a messaging app which offers users anonymity and ability to send photos. eisenhauer, a track star, his high school principal remembering him as goal driven and focused. >> it's just very difficult to hear something like that. i don't want to speculate at this point. just very concerned. >> reporter: the second student, natalie keepers, an engineering student who once interned at nasa, accused of helping eisenhauer get rid of the girl's body. >> i was really shocked to see her face as one of the suspects for the murder because i didn't know she was like -- she didn't seem like that type of person. >> reporter: her parents say lovell pushed a dresser up against her bedroom door before climbing out her window. thousands joining the search for her but, on saturday, police discovered her body 80 miles away in north carolina. neither student was charged with using a gun and neither has entered a plea but eisenhauer however mak

david kerley, abc news, reagan washington airport. >> it only takes eight lithium batteries to bring down an -- burning batteries to bring down an aircraft. >> okay. my question about this, a, what's taken them so long to come to this point, to finally say, we need to make some changes to this? and how quickly is this all going to get fixed? would they're so dangerous, we're told, the faa tests over the past year show when they short-circuit, they can emit hydrogen and other gases that can build up all of this in the cargo hold of many planes. >> i wish i had taken an extra semester in chemistry class. >> to figure this out? >> it's a little too much. the big headline is, ban the batteries. a u.n. panel said that last month, ban the batteries. >>> coming up, the game show gaffe that's going viral. >> how one family answered the question, tell me another way people say mother. here was an outrageous answer that even cracked up steve harvey. >>> but first, countdown to valentine's day. some absolutely scrumptious ideas for revving up the romance. you're watching "world news now." >> an

there are now 66 confirmed cases here in this country, 19 states and washington, d.c. some new states that are on the list now include delaware, indiana, ohio, pennsylvania, and tennessee. and overseas in china, that country reporting its first case of the virus. a man who had traveled to venezuela. >>> and u.s. soccer star hope solo says if she had to choose whether to go to the summer games in brazil right now, she would not go because of fears about the zika virus. solo told "sports ul illustrated" that she would never tat risk of having an unhealthy child. the woman's national soccer team was scheduled to be briefed last night about the zika virus outbreak. >> so scary for so many of those female athletes. >>> there's another health hazard for pregnant women this morning, one we've known for decades. data from a large national survey shows that more than 8% of pregnant women reported smoking tobacco during their pregnancy. when compared to previous years, the figure is an improvement. but public health investigators overwhelmingly agree that any amount of smoking i

we start our coverage this morning with abc's mary bruce right in washington. hi, mary. >> reporter: hi, paula. good morning. well, 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 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 chris christie 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're going to do it. i'm going to get it done because i make deals and i get deals and i'm doing deals. >> reporter: now united christie and trump are taking aim at a common enemy, marco rubio. >> desperate people in campaigns do desperate things flail

chris took himself down when he did the george washington bridge. and when he's rated 50 out of 50 in jersey. new jersey is the 50th worse state. meaning it's the last. he shouldn't be talking like that. i'm surprised he would talk like that. because i know him. i guess he used to be a friend until this all happened. no, i think it's been just the opposite. i would be very surprised. he's got enough problems and he's doing very poorly in the polls. i'm surprised that he would have said that. my life has been a life of success, it's been a life of winning, it's been a life of making great deals. it's been a life -- i have achieved tremendous success in so many different ways. for somebody to say that, obviously, isn't doing really well right now is pretty unusual, i think. >> you'll be facing the voters for the first time tonight. we'll be talking to your sons in the next half-hour. thank you for joining us this morning. we'll be talking to you later as well. >> thank you very much. >>> donna brazile. and matthew dowd and when we see what's going on

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 have you to -- you slow down to help improve your reaction time when it comes to all of that, but -- >> well, that's the problem. i always speed up. >> once you hit the pothole? nice little roller coaster ride for many of your kids. they also say stop tailgating. that's me. in dry weather you should be observing the two-second rule, apparently, as well. but it's really tough for many of these municipalities. i was in quebec over the weekend, which has had some wild temperature swings, and, really, it was like being on a roller coaster ride on their highways. >>> 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 mornin ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >>> hey, time now for "the skinny." toppin

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 racially biased police 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 asked for are ver

they're trying to keep warm in washington state. apparently the most googled search for a valentine's gift, bearskin rugs. >> really? >> in mississippi, romantic mix tapes. what is it, the 1980s? >> hey, i'm from mississippi. easy, easy. >> when is the last time you made a mix tape, robin? >> are we allowed to ask followups? >> massachusetts is looking for cooking classes. >> i think it was idaho or montana. move out west again. adam and eve not romantic? >> yeah, not biblical. >> yeah, what was that about. >> i don't know. there's a lot of head-scratchers. montana was searching for lobster tails. >> i'm sticking with the mix tapes. when you made somebody a mix tape, that was love, baby. that was love. >> oh, yes, it was. >> it was. thank you, amy. >>> 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. all the details from the huge event last night. >>> our big "10 dates in 10 states" finale. one of these guys is gett

we're live in washington. >>> and how about getting our surf on. fearless wave riders hanging ten on some massive waves. the rare competition that so many have been waiting for.

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> okay. when we come back, music's big night in hollywood. >> yeah, we're all about the grammys, the awards, the tributes, the moments and, of course, the fashion. that's ahead in "the skinny." toxic chemicals and carcinogens are leaching into the environment. it's happening right where we live, work and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste. let's stop the toxic litter. learn more at rethinkbutts.org ♪ skinny, so skinny >>> well, time now for "the skinny" and the only headline >>> 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. there were quite a few surprises and more than a few upsets. one of the biggest wins of the night, mark ronson beat out taylor swift to take home the record of the year award for his hit "uptown funk." the song also took home the award for best pop duo group performance. >> taylor swift did prevail taking home album of the year for "1989," making

. >> 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