john: give examples. you had celeb strits tweeting out gun control propaganda at the same time barack obama was pushing out gun control. lena dunham has been pushing barack obama forward. you have saw an abortion story line on "scandal" and gender jones. it always mirrors a particular points of view. john: when the white house wanted taxpayers to pay for free community college they got celebrities to make this video. >> community college for everyone. >> there must be cases where people on the right work with republicans. 237. >> no. i'm hard pressed to think of a case where people on the right formally or inform haley worked -- or informally worked with republicans. john: if there are people on the right in hollywood, why do they stay hid snn. >> they are afraid of getting fired. i spoke with several, many, many of the chief executives and high-ranking officers at shows and channels and a surprising number of them were willing to say they don't hire conservatives. if they finds out someone is conservativ

john: you are wing. you can call 911 and say i'm having scene overdose and you have immunity from prosecution. you haven't done much. >> we have huge budget cuts. the budget was cut 12%. hundreds of taxes were cut or abolished. we apolished the certificate of need laws that prohibits you from opening a new hospital unless you have get per anything from a bureaucratic board. we are the first state in the country where a legislative body passed recreational legalization of marijuana. we need a better governor and we would have even more. but freedom is winning in new hampshire. john: i asked my followers on social media what they think of this name live free or dive state on facebook. temp. tony says it deserves the name. 367 but gregg wrote, i doubt anyone living in new hampshire understands or even knows the state motto. if they do know, it's some quainlt phrase from -- a quaint phrase from a bygone era. >> we are embracing freedom to start businesses and run for office. it's exciting. john: you say you

john: what up with mayor cap young people. weirdly, bernie sanders crowd are not made up of people his age, but young people. apparently it appeals to young people. haven't they noticed south of our border socialist policies have been tried and they led to more poverty? after experiencing socialist misery, some young people in latin america have figured out social itch is not a good thing. i don't know exactly what this young woman is saying, i don't speak spanish. but i know she has a following. this speech was watched more than 7 million times. the speaker is gloria alvarez. and she joins us now. you are talking to people in latin america about markets. >> individual right, life, liberty and private property which are the most violated rights in all of our continent. john: and people want to hear this? >> yes, they are getting sick of what they have seen. especially venezuela, bolivia, weak doer, countries who have -- ecuador. john: just about all of them have tried it at some point in latin america. and the most recent soci

john: what up with mayor cap young people. weirdly, bernie sanders crowd are not made up of people his age, but young people. apparently it appeals to young people. haven't they noticed south of our border socialist policies have been tried and they led to more poverty? after experiencing socialist misery, some young people in latin america have figured out social itch is not a good thing. i don't know exactly what this young woman is saying, i don't speak spanish. but i know she has a following. this speech was watched more than 7 million times. the speaker is gloria alvarez. and she joins us now. you are talking to people in latin america about markets. >> individual right, life, liberty and private property which are the most violated rights in all of our continent. john: and people want to hear this? >> yes, they are getting sick of what they have seen. especially venezuela, bolivia, weak doer, countries who have -- ecuador. john: just about all of them have tried it at some point in latin america. and the most recent soci

john: in the private sector. libertarians, ideas and actions are flush i shaling. >> we can tailor customize our lives and apply that in politic. we have seen marijuana legalized in half a dozen state. we have seen gay marriage legalized in this country. so when people talk about the libertarian moment and a. >and -- and poo-poo it, they are trying to make the conversation about presidential politic. john: most of life is not about that. >> thank god. john: but the rest of this show is. let's talk about the last man standing. i'll rank number order of where they are in odd of winning the nomination. but you range them how a libertarian would range them. who is best? >> ted cruz. of the field, i guess. it's not that i'm going to vote for the man. but he has the combining of not as much of an interventionist militarily. he lines up with rand paul somewhat on surveillance issues, criminal justice issues. too much of a social justice conservative. john: you put bernie sanders third. >> in many ways bernie sanders has

she would write that john brown is -- saint john the just. william lloyd garrison, a name familiar to you as the quintessential abolitionist, compared his effort at revolution at harpers ferry with that of the fight for independence, american independence from the british. he would proclaim -- john brown is justified in his attempt. washington was not his. wendell phillips, an outspoken minister in boston, also alluded to the revolution of 1776 when he preached that -- harpers ferry is the lexington of today. perhaps, henry david arose summarized best, new england's intellectual thought on john brown when he would state that john brown was the best news america has ever heard. what is going on here? all of these people are americans. they do not see john brown the same way. they do not react to brown in the same manner. they have attitudes, thoughts that are extreme, but there seems to be no compromise. what is happening to us? as a nation? as a people? what is going on here? in 1859. i will not dwell on brown and his biography. i think it is

john s.: john kasich and -- mark: and? john s.: i don't know. the field. john: i think that's more than two. back, hillarycome clinton and new hampshire and the man who knows both of those well. ♪ john: joining us now, billy shaheen, venerable new hampshire right -- new hampshireite, long-time supporter of the clintons. thank you for being your. totally understandable why hillary clinton is performing her -- is claiming her performance in iowa last night was a win. theainly better than third-place finish eight years ago. in what way was it not also a win for bernie sanders? is there any way bernie sanders does not have the right to say given everything he is a winner, too? guest: i think bernie can say that, yeah. john: straightforward. two winners. guest: well, we won. he said i-8 took on the most powerful political organization in american politics and fodder to a tie -- if there's something wrong with that? to a tie, is there something wrong with that? say that.can hillary clinton is running against 70 republican to attack her every day, running again

john: i'm john heilemann. mark: and i'm mark halperin. "with all due respect" to chris christie -- he's baa-aack. ♪ john: hey chris christie, if you are still listening, we love you man. i am in columbia, south carolina, where my friend mark is in charleston. as expected, the race in south carolina has become the political equivalent of a ufc match, without the rule of hitting below the belt. our poll of republican voters , hot off the digital presses, may explain why. donald trump is on top with 36%, followed by ted cruz with 17%. and marco rubio, who today got a huge endorsement from south carolina governor nikki haley, he comes in third with 15%. jeb bush at 13%. john kasich and ben carson both in the single digits. no breaking news, but this is the context for the next three days before south carolina republicans vote. in the center ring in this battle royal is donald trump and ted cruz. for days, trump has been calling cruz a liar and threatening to file a lawsuit over his eligibility to run for president. remember that whole o, ca

john: what up with mayor cap young people. weirdly, bernie sanders crowd are not made up of people his age, but young people. apparently it appeals to young people. haven't they noticed south of our border socialist policies have been tried and they led to more poverty? after experiencing socialist misery, some young people in latin america have figured out social itch is not a good thing. i don't know exactly what this young woman is saying, i don't speak spanish. but i know she has a following. this speech was watched more than 7 million times. the speaker is gloria alvarez. and she joins us now. you are talking to people in latin america about markets. >> individual right, life, liberty and private property which are the most violated rights in all of our continent. john: and people want to hear this? >> yes, they are getting sick of what they have seen. especially venezuela, bolivia, weak doer, countries who have -- ecuador. john: just about all of them have tried it at some point in latin america. and the most recent soci

bring me a higher love you go. >> john: >> john: 613 here in orlando. foreigner coming to sea world on february 28. we're going to be playing song throughout the morning on some central florida. >> john: the turkish government has launched air strikes in iraq following a deadly suicide bombing. >> amy: outside of ankara, it happened last night. they believe that kurdish militia members were behind the bombing which killed at least 28 people. they retaliationed by launching on kurdish troops in iraq. >> john: ted cruz leading the republican field in a nationwide poll. the latest poll has cruz at 28%, and trump, 26, and marco rubio, and john john kasich, and ben carson. former governor jeb bush with 4%. >> reporter: maybe a sign that the attacks he is facing from his competition are on the rise. it appears that cruz can has had enough. challenging his biggest critic, donald trump, to make good on his threats and sue him over an ad that has him calling very pro-choice. >> in the an annals of frivolous lawsuit. if you want to claim this as defamation, file

john: i'm john heilemann. mark: i'm mark halperin. john: i'm john heilemann. mark: with all due respect to john kasich, no use fighting with the media. good evening from snowden new hampshire. a granite classic day. oads have caused donald trump's and other presidential candidates have to cancel or delay campaign events. studio in manchester. we will go over a lot with you tonight. sanders and clinton are speaking to over 5000 party activists in a dinner tonight across the street from here. donald trump last to join his colleagues on the republican debate stage tomorrow night. there is a blizzard of new polling data out. john: oh, man. shows donaldurvey trump out in front with 30% in new hampshire followed by marco rubio at 17, up six points for the florida senator since last month's survey. in others in new hampshire, chris christie remains stubbornly in sixth plac e. nationally, there is a quinnipiac poll showing a three-person race with trump leading, followed by cruz and rubio. everybody else far back in single daters. based on the totality of our polling,

trouble for jeb bush, and chris chris christie, and john john kasich. but out-perpetuated all -- out performed all expectations. >> john: cruz was the winner but they had trump leading in a lot of the polls by a significant margin. maybe the pollsters and the pundits were the losers. >> ted cruz's group the evangelical group. and things got chippy at the end with iowa in donald trump with the controversies over the debate and the different moves final days. this was ted cruz's night to shine. >> john: and rubio turned out way better than polled. if he does well in new hampshire, he will have a lot of momentum. >> he probably doesn't make the establishment completely batty in november. a calm, controlled message that's still powerful. a lot of the leadership will look to for a potential challenging for hillary clinton if hillary clinton is, indeed, the nominee. >> john: what do you think about trump's spin? >> a mediocre night. he markets himself as a winner. he expected to win this. so confident that he blew off the last debate. i can't say it's horribl

>> john: no. of because he's here. the winning ticket was sold in brevard county and the florida lottery will introduce them at a news conference and this winning ticket for the $1.6 billion jackpot was bought at the publix in melbourne beach. the largest lottery jackpot ever split three ways and the conference to announce the winner is set for 1:30 in there and we'll have all the details on fox 35 news at 5:00 p.m. and people send the information and saying it is this person or that person. okay. let's see who it actually is. >> amy: exactly. >> john: still to come, lindy dairy baseball player darryl strawberry helping people beat a addictions addictions. >> amy: we'll talk about the baseball great turned pastor about the new calling in his life. david martin. >> reporter: great music live, @ check. lots of beer, check. and good food? i'm all over it! orlando! live entertainment, come down here and we'll @ talk about it, some people don't like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. login to one of o

john: all right, thank you to al hunt and john kasich. up next, brian fallon right here at this table. don't forget, if you are watching us in washington, you can listen to us on bloomberg 99.1 fm. we will be right back with brian fallon. it will be great. ♪ ♪ mark: the new hampshire primary is tuesday, but we are already looking beyond that to look at something that's quite interesting. look at what is coming up on the political calendars both parties and why doing well here is so important. starting with the democrats, big if, but let's say for the sake of argument that hillary clinton loses here in the new hampshire primary on tuesday. that means she will have to wait a long time before she gets another chance to have a victory and turn the page. there's a democratic debate two days after this primary primary. that would be on thursday. you have to wait all the way to the 20th for the next democratic contest in nevada. that is a long time. if hillary clinton does poorly here, or if bernie sanders loses, whoever loses, we will to wa

hi, john. hi, john. hey, there he is. what happened to the coat rack? it's a long story, john. i've got a statement to make. if anybody hears me talk about getting remarried, beat me to a bloody pulp. you got it. ok. sure. what's toasting your biscuits, john? wendy's driving me crazy. she got the car, and i'm paying for the transmission. that sounds fair. she gets the new transmission, you get the old shaft. i'm looking for the one-two-one club. and you've found it. louise. yes. i spoke with you earlier. i'm barry sindler. oh, right. the one who's going through a painful, tortuous, devastating, gut-wrenching divorce. so glad you're here. everybody. hi, barry. hi, barry. and tell us a little bit about yourself-- your marriage, what you do, et cetera. well, like i said, my name is barry, and as she told you, i'm going through a divorce. i'm not sure i should mention what i do for a living. oh, why not? well, it could be something you've had trouble with. you're a vice cop? mrs. philbert, please. we're all friends here. nobody cares what your occupation is. yeah. sure. right. o.k.

john: i flew down with john kasich. he is not a marshmallow or a concussion. he is in a very weak position. in south carolina. he is seen as an asset rather than a liability. their goal in south carolina is to prove jeb bush in calling this a comeback story. they think this is a win state for him. would not bush out of the race if john kasich one -- won. not doing well would be ok for k-6. -- kasich. mark: there are no expectations for him here. there are for trump because he is still the poll leader. there are for ted cruz because this is a southern evangelical states. i think john kasich and survive a bad performance, but he cannot be super bad. he needs to show some ability to perform well in this part of the country. john: john kasich will spend a lot of time -- he will be in south carolina but he will also spent time in michigan and get ready for the michigan primary on march 8. if he can do places like massachusetts and vermont, rack up a couple of wins there, he could win in michigan and be well-positioned for ohio and midwestern states. it is not an ea

john keep your eye on john : kasich. this is a moment for him. he's always in danger of becoming an asterisk and people ignoring him. it could do him some good in the states he needs to win like michigan and ohio. donald trump, the most entertaining draw at this moment. the new york billionaire finds himself in a match with a multimillionaire who was also a 2012 republican nominee. that's right, mitt romney is back. take the next 40 seconds and catch yourself up. >> the year is 2012. mitt romney is the republican nominee. 2016, mitt romney says we have good reason to believe there is a bombshell on income tax. mitt romney's tax returns made him look like a fool. he called mitt romney awkward and goofy. he fired back. show voters your back taxes. finally harry reid says i cannot imagine mitt romney having the gall to come after anyone's returns. john: i love when we do those things. that is incredible. my question is, why is mitt romney taking on donald trump this way, and will it work? mark: he needs to use his standing and stature and he's using

mark: i am mark halperin john: i am john heilemann. mark: and with all due respect, i am with hillary. ♪ john: tgif sports fans. although some candidates are dreading what comes this weekend, we are in south carolina, in columbia. this is our last day here on the eve of two presidential contests. the games are underway for the republican primary here in nevada. we have been waiting weeks for this day. let's go through each republican candidate. we will start with donald trump. on the last day before the primary, he spent his morning at myrtle beach, making a final pitch to voters. but the big news came from overseas, where a spokesman for the pope came over the radio, saying that anybody who is making walls is not christian. the pontiff was in no way throwing a brick at the donald. trump has been dominating south carolina for months. according to a new poll, his lead is shrinking to five points over ted cruz. mark, my question for you, what constitutes donald trump meeting expectations, and how is he beating expectations? mark: expec

>> john: they do. >> amy: i'm amy kaufeldt. >> john: i'm john brown. >> amy: a central florida boy is recovering after he was hit by a car. the driver didn't even stop to check on him. we'll have an update on his condition and the search for the person who did it. >> john: a major road in a tourist district shut down following a crash this morning. take a look at that. find out what led to this geyser on i-drive. >> amy: after breaking out of jail only to be found again. an ohio fugitive will be set free. why the former shaw shank redemption prisoner may find himself headed right back to florida. john: it's cold out there once again but a nice weekend on tap. clear, cool, crisp. delightful skies. great temperatures for getting outside in the great outdoors. 40s junior wide. area wide. and 49 at northern brevard. up towards the southern volusia border. 9 winds are very, very light. but you see behind me a tiny breeze. it's knocking back the temperatures just a bit. a feels-like scenario or wind chill factor just barely. bundle up again. cirrus clouds kicking up. and cool and sunny. and

back to john and amy. back to you. >> john: michael mcdowell is a good guy. >> amy: he is. >> john: behind the scenes and over there talking with joie good, good guy. >> amy: and you'd be hard pressed to say he's not friendly. many are that way. >> john: he'll mingle with the fans and david you are with the fans. it makes a big difference in the sport where the drivers go where you are and meet people who root for them. that is big. >> reporter: waltrip was here hanging with the fans and taking selfies and i'm a big fan of giving you exclusives. i have a fox 35 exclusive. we'll play dizzy bat! on "good day orlando," my friend dj, takes the first step. >> over here. supporting the bat! simple. >> reporter: step one. next on the road at the daytona international speedway, looking at the infield and leading up to the daytona 500 sunday at 1:00. you can see this breeze with though flags up there, and, the wind last night, and mate for a really cold night and it will warm up sunday. >> luanne: look at all the p

john? >> amy: still to come. >> john: you want to be friends after you split up? is that a good idea? >> amy: a question a lot of folks have, a local relationship expert will explain benefits and drawbacks to staying friend with your ex. david martin? >> reporter: can't wait for that interview. good morning, we're live at the orlando museum of art telling you about the 34th annual show. more than 30 an nikkei vendors are setting up now for the big weekend starting tomorrow. jewelry, furniture, unique of times gone by >> stood today marks 15 years since dale earnhardt died in a tragic crash at the daytona 500. that is him sitting with five-year-old chase eliott on his lap. he is the son of bill eliott, one of earnhardt's racing rivals. the picture was taken at the 1988 sprint cup. earnhardt died 13 years later, he was only 49 years old. >> amy: you spend years together and share friends and great memories and break up and it is tough sometimes to goer separate ways, is it ever -- go your sep

john: i'm john clark. meteorologist don schwenneker very busy we will get to him but first school closings and delays. edgecombe, halifax, nash-rocky mount, northampton. roanoke rapids, weldon city,

ladies, can we worry about john later? john will have problems forever. look who i just met in the hallway. you're late for doo-wop rehearsal. oh, big deal. all you let me do is-- there. i rehearsed. he won't let you sing? no. he thinks i'm tone-deaf. who the hell are you? kirk, don't be rude. no, no. it's a good question. who am i? am i the gale force wind that mocks our vain constructions? am i the tidal wave that plays with vacation homes like small boats in a bathtub? am i the sea, the sand, the sky? all empty now. or am i just a poor poet looking for the lightning flash of inspiration and weeping with joy at the muffled voice of its distant thunder? y'all, this is frank hollander, john's creative writing teacher from college. of course! john's talked endlessly about you. odd he didn't mention you were coming. it's a surprise. his neighbor said he'd be here. yes. he's in the storeroom. has he been a bad boy? no. he spilled some sugar. i'll tell him you're here. no, let me do it. i wonder if he'll recognize me. it's been 20 years. john spilled the suga

john: how much closer? dick: single digits. john: single digits? dick: single digits. what i am seeing around here with the sanders camp is what i saw with obama in 2008. i live in a neighborhood that is a swing neighborhood for democrats. i have not had a door knock, not a phone call, not a mailer, not , nothing, from hillary. [laughter] john: i am not sure why you are talking about -- [laughter] i would win against dick in vegas because he would be a winning man. every poll that i have seen shows her with a sizable margin. but here is the real story. i was in churches, three churches, largely african-american congregations, those locations along with new orleans mayor landrieu, and the people are aboutd, yes, excited going to vote for hillary clinton. the fact is is that hillary has been in the state through the most horrific tragedies that the state has ever witnessed. death of the shooting walter scott. she elevated the conversation of race and police profiling i speaking to the urban league shortly thereafter and also, she attended the funeral of my senator clemen

john: john kasich is feeling very good about things. acknowledgesnd him that he will not win south carolina. dispensations are so low, he is at 3%, their goal is to prevent jeb bush from being able to call this a comeback story for him. they think this is a must win , that willeb bush not push out of the race and leave the field on the establishment or side wide open h.r john kasich mark: trump is the poll leader and the winner in new hampshire. is for ted cruz because this a southern evangelical state. i think john kasich can survive but he can't be super bad. he needs to show some ability to perform well in this part of the country. inn: he will spend time , whichlike michigan comes on march 8. if he can do well in places like massachusetts and vermont and then be in a position to win in michigan and be well-positioned for ohio and the midwest, there is a path. it's not easy path but it is a path. in the world of jeb bush, the momentum means he moved from sixth place in iowa to fourth place in new hampshire. jeb may have brought his m

john: daimler a.g. is recalling more vehicles connected to problems with the takata air bags involving more than 840,000 vehicles including mercedes-benz cars and s.u.v.'s from the 2005 to 2014 model years. it includes 2007 to 2014 sprinter and freight line are advances. daimler says it is say royal caribbean should have known better.o port after hitting waves on the way to florida. government weather watchers say the storm was well advertised and alerts much sent out. royal caribbean is not commenting on the decision to says conditions were "unexpectedly"unexpected "unexpectedly severe". barbara: a construction worker is lucky to survive this. he was operating an excavator too close to the building when that wall came down on him. the worker walked away unharmed but what a story he has to tell this morning. john: somebody didn't plan that out right. barbara: no. the person there was laughing. don: that is disturbing. john: glad it worked out. barbara: maybe they didn't know somebody was in there. that

john? >> john: fox's doug luzader in dc. >>> the senate senator from orlando is trying to make it easier for you to vote. >> it would replace absentee ballot by mail ballot. the word absentee has been outdated. she believes it'll encourage >> so -- more people to vote. >> the legislation shows that you no longer have to show cause, you can vote by mail. so we want more people to take advantage of that and we bereave that we'll have more people who are involved. >> the bill cleared the senate budget committee. a companion bill is making its way through the house. we'll talk to a political analyst about what that could mean for the upcome race. let's collect in with jayme king. it's a little chilly. >> jayme: numbers are in the upper 40s. along the orlando metro region. and north central florida, lower whos. good morning to bushnell, and sumter county, around 40 degrees. a bit of a chill, but beautiful skies and perfecto temperatures returning on the day today. we ride the wave of good lookin

i'm john brown. >> look at the view. it could not be prettier. here are the stories we're working on for you right now. side in orlando overnight. >> reporter: we're at the orange county jail. a woman is behind bars for abandonling her baby. we'll tell you about the search, coming up. >> john: apple takes on the federal government. the response that the tech company ceo gave last night after the government asked them to hack into a cellphone. >> john: look at the view behind us. >> amy: it's spectacular, jayme king. >> jayme: in some areas the areas don't look like this. the fog is thickening. slowly inching a bit closer to the eastern edge of tampa bay. and otherwise the temperatures have not a lot of movement. 40s and low-end 50s in spots. the 40s are large and in charge. another gorgeous day. between 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., low to mid-70s. a secondary system willive mog -- will be moving through. and saturday and sunday, solid 70s. >> gina: happy wednesday. i have a couple new crashes to tell you about. the first one is causing a lot of backup on t

john: thanks, amber. barbara: ahead on "eyewitness news" new developments in the san bernardino terrorist case. john: f.b.i. searching the home of the gunman's brother but no closer to getting inside his iphone. why apple says hacking it could set a dangerous precedent. barbara: farewell to antonin enamel is your teeth's first line of defense. but daily eating and drinking can make it weak. try colgate enamel health. it replenishes weak spots with natural calcium to strengthen enamel four times better. colgate enamel health. barbara: we are following breaking news from chopper 11 h.d. we want to show you appear accident n. krfpltc. 42 and neuse colony drive in johnston county east of clayton. you can see this is a bad accident with emergency vehicles. this is going to be a problem for the commute. this is breaking up but this is chopper 11 h.d. over n.c. 42 at neuse colony east of calculate in johnston county. we will have more on this in weather and traffic coming up. caitlin: today is the day people wil

john: thank you for joining us. we will get to all the morning news in just a moment but first weather and traffic together. good morning, don. don: i am happy to be back today . hopefully you are not home with a virus this morning. as far as the day ahead, we will see the temperatures climbing. we are not changing that much as 54 at rdu, 55 in fayetteville. from cameron to sanford, it is locked in with fog. if you are in that fog it is very thick. lunchtime, we will go cloudy. through the late day, 56. those rain chances coming up. amber: we are seeing some of that fog in our dot cameras. it is 40 at mc 42. monday morning. we are seeing that patchy fog area this morning. all the orange you see on our map, around hillsboro and west of selma, we are seeing that. we are seeing some showers on up on the beltline and into knightdale, at smithfield road there. no problem into durham. 540 also moving find both directions. westbound is a four-minute ride. barbara: closing arguments are expected today in the sentencing hear

. >> john: your car. thank goodness. >> john: spacex said they're ready for the rocket launch at the cape. they're looking for send a communications satellite out in space. they will attempt to land the first stage on a rocket on a floating barge. it should be interesting to see. you remember, of course, that the company successfully landed on line at cape canaveral, but sea based landings are much more difficult. the last three times they attempted, they ended in failure. the launch is set for 6:46 there are weather concerns. we have strong winds and clouds and approaching cold front. but after tomorrow, it'll be nice and clear. we'll see how it goes. >> john: a prosecutor tells fox news that the uber driver who randomly killed six and injured others just admitted. >> amy: witnesses said that dalton was picking up fares while carrying out the shootings. one happened at a cracker barrel parking lot. the 14-year-old girl was initially declared brain dead. the family was getting ready to donate her organs w

john: many torches? barbara: a breakthrough in john: of cold air a john: getting snow ready. roads from freezing. crews have already suited trading roads in johnston county and now they are working on roads here in the triangle. elaina: in wake county alone, 15 trucks are out right now hitting the roadways and treating them your but there are still some spots they need to get to at this hour. this is a live look at 540. this area has not been treated just yet. crews will eventually make their way here. the trucks are coding the roads with salt and water solution. in johnston county county, they the dot will be working throughout today to get to as many spots as possible. >> this is the ideal weather for brining, potentially light snow, maybe sleet. we want to keep that from freezing onto the roadway. elaina: back live on 540. again, this area has not been brined yet by crews, but they will be making their way out. they are concentrating efforts on the interstate and overpasses. the dot also has crews on standby for tomorrow morning. they will be salting and sanding as needed.

. >> john: 6:03 here on good day. a proposed ordinance to put an end to discrimination againsted lgbt community is shot down in palm bay. >> amy: voted down after hours of debate. the meeting did not end until 1:00 a.m. andrea jackson has more. >> reporter: late night or very early morning, depending on the meeting drew a passionate crowd. 500 palm bay residents showed up. a ordinance intended to protect the lgbt community. its intention was to protect the rights of the lgbt community at work, housing and public establishments. the 25 page ordinance detailed specifics about allowing transgender to use the restrooms they most identify with. schools and churches would have been exempt. and we met up with community leaders following the ordinance being voted down. >> i was happy to see that people are passionate in the city and they care and they want to make sure that they voice their opinion. it was about the reality of trying to do something good, they were actually putting at risk all the business owners of faith. so

. >> john: i'm john brown. >> amy: parts of central florida are under a tornado watch. this same storm as spawned tornadoes in the panhandle. s this a look at some of the damage. some people have actually died in the storm. we have details of what we can expect and what we'll see around here. >> john: a woman in central. they said she murdered her own son. >>> we love nevada. we love nevada. thank you. thank you. >> amy: donald trump winning big again. the final votes were counted in nevada wp keel marco rubio fared. it's one of those mornings you walk out and you can sense something is coming? >> john: something is different. >> jayme: we're what we are in the warm sector of the storm. and it's a going to be a warm muggy day until this moves through. a 10e a.m. alachua, marion, and sumter, we're under a tornado watch. the northwestern corner of alachua county has a severe thunderstorm warn going until 6:45. this system is hauling some tail. moving really, really fast. we have rain developing in gainesville soon. the entire glob will be moving in your general direction.

john: john kasich has been attempting to hug his way to the white house. we are talking about the powerful moment at a town hall yesterday in south carolina, when he embraced a supporter who spoke emotionally about his personal struggles. >> i was in a dark place for a long time, i was depressed, but i found hope. i found the lord and my friends, now i have found it in my presidential candidate that i support. i really appreciate what those hugs you have been talking about. [applause] john: despite buzz about john kasich in the final days, his team has been talking down prospects, despite his finish in new hampshire. mark, back to the question. meeting and beating expectations. mark: fifth or sixth. beating would be a strong fifth, maybe fourth. john: portside jeb bush. -- or tie jeb bush. mark: my hat is off to his campaign. he has shown up quite a bit. they are testing waters to see if there would be a fire here. realize that was not happening, they spun everybody successfully and nothing to see here, he has nothing on the line. he is about michigan and

john: 6:36 and 21 agrees. family and friends pray for justice. >> we will always love you for the rest of our days john: the candlelight vigil marking the spot where th barbara: how you can help find durham's next police officer. don: as you head out we have temperatures this morning in the for the with 20 megs of internet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. yeah, the internet's great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. yeah, that's not working. i much prefer the two-day beard, horn-rimmed glasses, just-slept-in-his-car kinda thing. yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. okay. be "paul giamatti." that's the essence of this role. feel like a hollywood insider john: we are back with breaks news. new action in the fight against isis. ash carter says he expects more than two dozen countries to endorse a plan for schedule reagan the campaign against the group this year.ers will he lay out details of the plan. don:

it is beautiful. >> john: pretty amazing, i'm john brown. >> amy: i'm amy kaufeldt. glad you are with us for the daytona 500 weekend special. we are live. gdo at the track and enjoying temperatures 30 degrees warmer than last year. and we are not complaining. >> john: one place i go each and every year, where it is nice and warm is this hollywood hotel which is behind me. where the big stars get this hang out. i'm leaving the set in a second live with jeff gordon and darrell waltrip. talking about the race and how he feels about the first daytona 500. behind the desk instead of the wheel. >> and, he has been having fun talking to jeff about this changes and ucf researchers taking a look at pit crews, how to improve the process and find out how their suggestions helped a crew to pull off a big win. >> john: something new, they've gone digital and looking at the digital dashboard, what it means for drivers. first, david martin out here at the track as well. good morning. >> reporter: john, you put me in the infield again, this year the daytona international speedway. b

and his daughter is a huge fan, john's daughter. >> john: she is. i said that john sena would be here, and she had her nicky shirt on. it'll be a lot of fun to have him on the show. >> amy: can't wait. jayme, think back a year ago today. do you remember how cold we were? this is refreshing. >> jayme: yeah. i remember i was doing a tap dance to keep warm. and there was a party on the dock on lake lloyd the night before, and there was frozen beer, of all things, because it was freezing cold. and one of my good buddies out here on the boats here. and we have the darrell gwynn foundation this morning. by sunday we're doing a little bit of racing. and current temperatures up through the 40s, 350s, and i have 6 30s in brevard county. as we go over to the hour-by-hour forecast, you will notice ample sun and passing clouds. the deep pockets of central florida. the sat rad shows ocean blown clouds and the winds blin to relax big time. and allowing for more extra warmth. and the next seven featuring a high close to 80 degrees. the next system makes an approac

i'm john brown. >> amy: a gunman shot two people at an apartment complex in orlando. we have the latest. >> he made the first mistake. he took the gun off of me for a split second and i was able to control the situation. >> john: a gas station clerk takes matters into his own hands after a armed suspect points a off. >> amy: how appearson is -- stores. what they do they put in the stores because they sell everything? >> john: we'll have the answer coming up. >> jayme: atmosphere is slowly transitioning and offering up more cloud cover. moving through late tonight and wee early morning hours and increasing the rain chances on thursday. i want to show you that rainfall is starting to pile on in and that's going to be the case as we go through the next 24 hours. mostly cloudy, straight p.m. shower. 20% chance. after 2:00 p.m. the chance higher than 20% after you get to gainesville and a good solid 40 to 50% chance up that away. and 60s and 70s in melbourne. and you can see that the day time highs today

john: don? don: as you head out we have dry conditions, temperatures in the 50's and they will stay in the 50's all day. barbara: "good morning america" is next. make it a great day. >> >>> good morning, america. upset in iowa. ted cruz scores a huge victory over donald trump. a major setback for the billionaire. >> tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives across iowa and all across this great nation. >> record turnout helps the senator soar. >> i'm just honored.

that's a check of the morning commute john, over to you. >> john: thanks, chris. get over to brody o'connell, he is live in the alert center with new video and pictures of the houses the hildebran town hall. >> brody: steve ohnesorge sent in pictures, tweeted them out. show them to you right now the first look you're getting here. this is hildebran town hall in a large complex here, in fact this is what they call the old school building complex, you might know it as the old hildebrand high hildebran high school. the older part of the building we reported steve ohnesorge has done several stories they were considering tearing down part of the old part of the building which is not on fire, that was built in 1917. right now they are actively trying to put out the fire, our steve ohnesorge is on scene tweeting out the pictures you see here. we'll get a report from steve own own inohnesorge in a little bit. >> christine: the south carolina republican primary now in the books. >> john: now the democrats turn to focus on south carolina, candidates are set to visit the pal

i'm amy kaufeldt. >> john: i'm john brown. if you like consistency, this is for you. >> amy: this week. >> john: the whole week will be just like this! >> john: here's jayme king and people waking up late, and saying what storms? >> jayme: i har that from people in lake county an marion county and the storms weren't as robust as it closed into western brevard county. it was something, the western center, and jianna, the fox 35 weather team and we watched this thing, the cell wrap up on itself and prompted a tornado warning that went on for a good hour and we tracked it through western brevard county and the whole area of nasty weather has now ejected out into the atlantic ocean and still a good chance of severe stuff, across far south florida and the bulk of our stuff already made it to the west and grand bahamas and areas well north and east of that, the distant atlantic and we'll say good-bye to that, fantastic weather taking shape, 50s and 60s at this hour and john pointed out we are about to embark on some extra-special we