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

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

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

scalia, one day after thousands filed past his casket inside thes great hall and abc's devin dwyer is in washington with more on this story. >> reporter: good morning, dan. justice scalia and more than 100ecting to fill this basilica. the mass will be celebrated by the justice's son, paul scalia. a final farewelle father of nine. justice antonin scalia lying in repose in supreme court. today will be laid to rest. sidewalk memorials to the ice, adorned with jars of apple sauce alongside candles. president and mrs. obama among the thousands who have paid. armed with research, the president's today is preparing for a nomination battle. >> the president will becant portion >> reporter: likely on the list,ted to the federal bench with support. >> the republicans have a right what the philosophy of thethey only get to dispose. the president proposes. >> reporter: senate republican leaders said the president's pick is dead on arrival and that replacing scalia should new president in 2017, writing in the washington post, the american people rather than a lame-duck president should be afforded the opportuni

melting snow across the virginias and in through washington washington, d.c. >>> the big melt is on, ladies and gentlemen. spring temperatures continue >> this weather report is brought to you by mcdonald's. this morning, a pretty good weather x part. you're more of an expert on rainbows. kermit the frog, executive piggy. what can we look forward with the new time slot? >> the same old stuff. by the way, it's exactly -- it's exactly 35 hours and 15 minutes before the show come on if you don't change the channel you'll already be tuned in. >> perfect. our executives love that. are we going to be seeing more of our favorite frog on stage? >> i will be singing and doing the things that i normally do. we have 150% more laughs and 100% gluten-free. >> we're safe for this new day. kermit the frog, ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen. at 8:00 p.m. >>> thank you so much. >>> coming up, we're counting down to the super bowl, the biggest new ads and a sneak peek >>> can you give me a warning? >> oh, in my face. >> suffice it to say, that was ryan reynolds. >> and lara likes that commerci

. >> we have sent the message that will echo from wall street to washington washington, the government of our great country belongs to all of the people. and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors and their super pacs. >> reporter: hillary clinton conceding defeat. >> i want to begin by con great lag senator sanders. >> reporter: with bill and chelsea standing on stage >> 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: w

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

you're looking live right now at the supreme court building in washington, d.c. the flag there at half-staff to honor justice antonin scalia. >> scalia, the longest serving member of the court. his fight over his replacement already so fierce. team coverage this morning. we begin with new details about justice scalia's final hours at that texas ranch. jim avila has the latest. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, george. this luxury hunting ranch is now virtually empty. a hunting trip interrupted by the guest of honor. this morning, justice antonin scalia's body is heading to rest at the supreme court after being airport overnight from texas. this as "good morning america" learns details about his last hours from the man who discovered his body behind the drawn cur tans of this $500 a night room at a luxury hunting lodge in west texas. >> he was totally peaceful, a man who went to sleep and just didn't wake up. >> reporter: the judge who loved to hunt was scheduled to shoot birds saturday with an exclusive group with mostly texan couples who flew in by p

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

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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

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

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

washington, of course, 33 degrees with rain changing to snow. some snow rolling in >> this feels good. this weather report is brought to you by jeep grand cherokee, we're in the batmobile. in honor of the upcoming movie, we're looking for a superhero of our own. yeah. if there's someone in your life that inspires you, impresses you, considered a real-life superhero, we want to hear from you. it's called "good morning america's" real-life superhero contest. submit it on our website and you and your hero could receive a red-carpet trip at the premiere on march 20th. march 2nd. all right, george, come on out and let's ride this guy. we want to hear about your heroes. >> i feel kind of left out. she's going to africa. he's the batmobile. we're all hanging out in here. >> you're hanging out with steph curry. >> okay. >> let's go to commercial, george. >> we are. one team breaking down stereotypes for muslims and >>> we're back now with "good morning america's" gill power series first installment with our friends at 17 magazine this week. we're introd

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

. >> as did kerry washington and snap judgment with this. kerry washington inspires me to -- >> be an american gladiator. >> yes. >> that look. >> yes. >> definitely a gladiator. and i love the fact that she put that leg out there. >> oh, yes. >> i also really liked her ponytail. i thought that really made -- so youthful. >> i love all the casual hair on the carpet. >> okay. mcadams' red carpet look for just one hour, i would -- >> steam it out. i had this conversation with kelly. >> whoa. >> oh. >> no, i'm not being -- she looked stunning, stunning, stunning. >> i loved that dress. >> i love that dress. >> i love that dress. i was going to say i would die and go to heaven. >> it's just that fabric we're saying is so hard to sit for a long period of time. >> she's stunning. she can make a bag look -- >> she's gorgeous. >> she was right there at the grand staircase and i was just staring at her. sheing looked so beautiful. >> you weren't the only one. >> no, she looked gorgeous. true movie star. >> a shoutout from the audience. who did you li

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 -

you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. >>> we welcome you back to "good morning america." and this is a live shot of a group called nurses for bernie and they are ready to rock the boat for bernie sanders here in iowa. and we also have republican candidate ben carson's headquarterses this morning. yep, they're already in full swing in urbandale. and those are voters at the machine shed diner. they're excited for jon karl and they're excited for tonight's caucus. >> lot of motivation there and all across the state right now. we're covering every angle of this campaign. this morning, here from the state house. >>> other news and headlines this morning. >>> but first, robin, you had a chance to sit down with bernie and jane sanders. >> yes, he's making headlines overnight, he said he's not stopping here in iowa, he's going all of the way to the convention. not many expected that hillary clinton would have such serious competition and she has and it is, from a senator from vermont. he's drawing younger crowds at his stops. i h

. >> reporter: including kerry washington. common, john legend, and the weekend. and ava duvernet won't be there h either. she'll be at an event to rarz awareness of the water crisis in michigan. any idea what chris rock will do? >> he's going put the first ten i don't think he'll focus so much on the nominations but on the power structures. that make it that so few stories of people of color get told. >> don't go anywhere. we're going to pick your brain. >>> and guys, if you wonder why rob and i have an extra dploe, we cheated a little bit. we'll tell you why next time we see you. >> we went all glam. >> beauty secrets from paula and rob. news you can use. let's check the forecast now with indra. >> it's not the sunshine, seriously? california, gorgeous out there. i was very jealous out there. i was rocking the beanie. had the uggs on. the midwest, 20 degrees before normal. today, finally. the warm air. spreading into the east. we started off the morning wind chills below freezing. 20 degrees warmer by the temperatures 10, 15 above average. keep it going tomorrow

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

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 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 the apple. apple still refusing to unlock a cell phone. battle has moved into the political arena and abc's eva pilgrim joins us with more on >> reporter: the fight continues. personal privacy versus national security. ale versus the justice department. 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 shooter's iphone. presidential candidate donald trump now calling for a boycott until apple complies. >> boycott apple until such time they give that security number.

., 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

she's superannoyed. >> this is a good morning washington washington update. >> anchor: another messy morning out there. but eileen, we are seeing some improvements in the temperatures? >> weather: we have climbed 20 degrees since 7:00 this morning. and we are sitting in the 50s. look at all of the rain on live doppler radar. it is periods of heavy rain possible. but still a bit of winter weather west. especially down to the valleys. maybe a bit of light snow. but the heavy rain is pretty much the main weather story here in town. temperature is 50-degrees at regan and andrews. but holding steady in the 30s west of town. and as we go forward for the rest of the day. rain ends at lunch time of the refreeze possible overnight. and looking pretty nice tomorrow. and with our high temperature in the upper 40s. we will look closer at the weekend when i join you back here before roadways. >> reporter: we will see more activity, especially on the interstates. start with a live look at 66. and clear at the westbound crash we had heading into centreville. now volume delays on the eastbound lanes

. >> reporter: prompting this high school in washington to make a costly o switch to a different type of turf because nobody is sure what, or how serious it is. >> reporter: the epa, the cdcd consumer product safety commission now investigationing, to see what's inside recycled tire crumb and whe harmful. more than 50 studies have reported no elevated health risks associated with synthetic turf. what's being done now is >>> let's take a look at the other headlines this morning. for that, that's over to dr. ron claiborne. good morning, g to you, dan and paula. we begin with that storm-batter storm-battered cruise ship scheduled to set sail this e coast guard has yet to decide if the vessel is safe to return to the open seas. officials will morning. more than 4,000 passengers hunkering down in their cabins while the vessel ed 30-foot waves. >>> the pontiff is ready, donning a sombrero, his visit to mexico comes off aover in cuba. assignment traveling with pope francis, blessed by the pope. >>> an ohio restaurant. the suspect tried to make a getaway in the white car. his name was in a da

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