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 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. 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. 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 south carolina voters deliver for jeb like they did for w. >> i've been misunderestima

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., 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

. >> from newschanel 8 thi this ia good morning washington update. >> anchor: good morning. let's get a check of the weather w jacqui jeras. >> weather: there is a chance of a spotty shower continuing off and on this morning through about 10:00 or so. giving way to sunshine this afternoon. and getting quite breezy. in fact, we could have winds 30 to 40 miles an hour. but look at the temperatures. beautiful weekend weather will continue with our high around 6. and tomorrow nice as well. but things change tomorrow night. and as strong cold front approaches to bring few showers tuesday night through the day on wednesday. cooler temperatures to end the week with a chance of rain or snow on friday. >> reporter: we have a couple of tie-ups out there for monday morning ride heading into the district. well problems on 295. ant costia freeway. crash at the 11th street bridge. at the fly over ramp. tying it up southbound side. so be alert for delays there on 295. as well as on the bw parkway. northbound crash is past powder mill. and 395 heading toward the 14th street bridge. stalled

this is a good morning washington update. >> anchor: good morning. get a check of the weather with jacqui jeras. >> weather: nice today. but it will feel awfully cold. a lot more like winter again. as temperatures reach lower 40s. with the gusty winds it could reach 20, maybe, 30 miles an hour it will feel like 20s and 30s throughout the day today. with partly-to-mostly sunny skies. tomorrow will be cool as well. but winds calmer. so feels better. good day to get the car washed on sunday, with sunshine. and temperatures jumping into the 60s. we will stay like that for, at least, tuesday to wednesday as well. and hours more likely heading into wednesday. checking on the friday morning commute. live look at rockville pike, bethesda you are tied up with a crash center lane. southbound rockville pike at cedar lane we have delays through there. and, of course, for folks making the drive to the district from virginia. 395 with northbound slowing from landmark, also through arlington from pentagon area. to the 14th street bridge, you are on the brakes. stil

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. fbi director james comey said, we don't want to break anyone's 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 succes 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

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 flown to dulles international 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 j >> reporter: the judge who loved to hunt was scheduled to shoot birds saturday with an exclusive group with mostly texan couples who f

elm and washington. fortunately no one was in the taxicab but as you said one injury on the train. we have those streets as we go to the maps here of westbound being closed, cherry and popular streets both closed between washington and elm. we want to talk about the septa regional rails because the manayunk norristown line is canceled because of this so right now there's no service. one of the things you could do is try taking the norristown high speedline or bus routes 95 and 97, matt. >> we'll take a break and come back with the accuweather forecast. medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 6% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com slash eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >> good morning again everyone. on the big board storm tracker6 live double scan showing you that there is rain pushing up towards the north-northeast still affecting a the lo of or northern sub

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 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 need the trucks, please. >> alaska

let's bring it to jon karl in washington. you 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. they see several possibilities on super tuesday to get wins. bernie sanders' home state of vermont, neighboring massachusetts, minnesota, colorado, all states the sanders camp thinks they can win and remember, george, in every single state for the democrats they're awarded proportionally. even in states he loses he will still gather delegates. >> so hard to read. a relatively new caucus there but you got firsthand evidence yesterday of the republican establishment really closing ranks behind marco rubio. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. you saw several united states senators, several congress -- members of congress, governors, former governors, all coming out and endorsing marco rubio yesterday. really quite a list including bob dole, the 1996 republican nominee. but, george, dole told me, i talked to him about this. he told me if rubio can't find a

. >> we have sent a message that we'll echo from wall street to 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 congratulating senator sanders and his victory tonight. >> reporter: with bill and chelsea standing on stage remaining the ninth about the future. >> it's not whether you get knocked down that matter, it's whether you get back up. i know i have some work to do, particularly with young people. 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

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

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

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 enfor enforcement are in fact true. >> the ferguson police department's violations in particular were expansive and without reasonable suspicion. by arresting them without cause and by using unreasonable force. these violations were not only egregious, they were routine. they were driven at least in part by racial bias. >> reporter: the justice department now suing the city of ferguson less than 24 hours after the city council rejected a deal to reform the police. >> i think the things that we've of course aed for are very reasonable. we

abc's pierre thomas has all the latest from washington. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, george. it's a showdown between the fbi and apple. the fbi trying to force apple to open that iphone as it hunts for clues in the san bernardino massacre. apple saying no way and this morning a federal court is weighing in. a federal judge in california ordering apple to help the fbi unlock an iphone used by syed farook who went on a murderous rampage with his wife leaving 14 dead in san bernardino. >> we still have one of those killer's phones we have not been able to open and it's been over two months still working on it. a key victory in their long-running battle with apple and other tech companies about the government's ability to encrist data. 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. it did not have farook's numerical code to o

ten minutes inbound tropical storm washington bridge. there is a disabled bus in the exclusive bus lane. holland tunnel. that is a 30-minute delay, and as you go to new jersey transit, long island railroad. street cleaning rules are in effect. ken, over to you. >>> meteorologist bill evans has the accuweather forecast. >> temperatures are right around 37 degrees. that's warmer than normal for it's 38 cambria heights, hiver dale and the bronx. 35 coastal connecticut and 30 to 32 down on the jersey shore. we've got sunshine and 45 in the afternoon. that's warmer than normal. we'll be below normal tomorrow and friday but a big warm-up for the weekend, ken. >>> coming up, a dad's warning about a hidden danger on the ski slopes. "good morning america" >>> it's okay. it's okay. here we go. >> what a scary moment there on the slopes. you have a father rescuing his son right there from something called a tree well. it's a real danger when you're skiing and we'll tell you more about it, tips on how to stay safe. >> it can be scary. very deep. >>

>> this is the approach to the george washington bridge. you can see how jammed up traffic is there. let's go over to our maps as you head to the 95 northbound expressway. you have that accident 50 inbound george washington bridge. the holland tunnel is a 30- minute delay. it looks like our subways are doing okay. we have our street cleaning rules in effect. lori, over to you. >>> let's check in with bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> we have sunshine, a beautiful day and yesterday's high was 59. we're starting at 39 right now. 39 is the normal average high temperature and we'll warm up nicely today. we're in the 20s to the north and 30 on the jersey shore. sunshine, a beautiful quiet, calm day before we get rain rolling in tomorrow. that rain will be heavy in the afternoon as the temperature approaches 60. it's chilly on friday. the heavy rain coming for tomorrow some windy, rainy weather. lori? >> thank you, bill. >>> it's 8:29. that'll do it for >>> why? >> why what? >> seriously. don't tell me you just got in over your head. i

washington, of course, 33 degrees with rain changing to snow. some snow rolling in and tomorrow good morning we're starting off still was snow and wintry precipitation across the area but we're gonna see the next changeover to rain later this morning and through >> 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 red-carpet trip at the premiere on march 20th. entries must be received by 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 brea

and you can get more news, traffic and weather updates on good morning washington on newschanel 8. hope you have a great friday. >>> happy friday, everyone. and it is a happy friday looking at ginger zee and look how she looks at her little baby boy. it's a big day for adrian. 2 months old today. where does the time go, ginger? >> where does the time go? >> it just flies by. we'll be checking in with the family. >> can i tell you i saw an instagram picture of ginger doing a backhandspring on a trampoline. the woman is a superhero. >> adrian looks so comfortable right now. also right now the late justice antonin scalia's body lying in repose at the supreme court ahead of his funeral tomorrow. president obama and the first lady expected to pay their respects this afternoon. >>> and pope francis and donald trump caught in a war of words about whether or not trump is christian. the gop front-runner joins us next. >>> we have a big story about those hackers targeting your computers. we've got a warning for you. what you should do to prote really important story coming up, george. >>> bu

look at you all bundled up from tacoma, washington. ready for the cold. we got warm-up happening actually across the southwest and springlike temperature. yeah, let's hear it for spring, 66 degrees in denver. look at that, temps in the 70s in dallas, 60 in atlanta and into the 50s in chicago. that's going to feel nice. dryer and breezy. cindy: still watching for a few icy spots and temperatures in the freezing mark. into the 40' s this afternoon in >> hey, we got this weather report brought to you by voya financial. we've got a return customer. you were here yesterday with your coffee half decaf. where is your coffee today? >> i already drank it. >> all fired up. go packers, next year. gun gunny says what? >> our service dog friend of ours. >> veterans. >> yeah. >> beautiful dog. i bet he would be good for best in show. thanks for his service. back inside to you. >>> thank you, be are. we are now going to get to the ultimate laundry challenge, of course, more men than ever are taking over laundry tuttis but how much do they really know about wash, dry and

do not take the baltimore washington parkway toward baltimore. this is what you will find on the roadway. water standing. shut down due to flooding. elsewhere closer to home of the quick live look at 66 eastbound, heading through arlington. lanes are open there. but on george through arlington left lane blocked with a crash past 23. josh has a look at the forecast. >> weather: good morning. that's right. temperatures are relatively mild. but once you factor in the breeze it is cooler. so future cast feels like later today. back around 6:00, into the 30s. overnight windchills are down below freezing. and it is the same way to start off tomorrow. friday morning we start off cold. windchills hang around freezing for the afternoon. so big change for us. and so 55 today. and 43 tomorrow. feeling much cooler. better on saturday. sunday is the pick day of the weekend with a high around 60. >> anchor: josh, thank you. virginia is under a state of emergency right now. after yesterday's severe storms. national guard is on the move to three of the hard-hit

he is optimistic about the fight ahead. washington washington, the government of our great country belongs to all of the not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors and their super r: hillary clinton conceding defeat. >> i want to begin by con greator sanders. >> reporter: with bill and chelsea standing on stage remaining deninth about the future. >> it's not whether you get matter, it's whether you get back up. people. and here's what we're going to do, now we take this campaign to the entire country.or every vote in every state. >> reporter: and clinton concedes bernie sanders managed to tap into a real sense of anger among voters but her 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 among latino and african voters. >> cecilia, what are we hearing about these reports of a possible shake-up within the clinton well, for now, robin, there is adamant denial inside the clinton team saying that's not going to happen but we know they are moving staffers around to upcoming y this morning there

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 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 in due time. >> reporter: they're

there's washington, of course, 33 degrees with snow changing to rain. some snow rolling in >> this feels good. this weather report is brought to you by jeep grand cherokee. >>> we're in the batmobile. we've been showing you this bad boy all morning long. 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 about them. 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 of justice on march 20th. entries must be received by march 2nd. and let's ride this guy. heroes. >> i feel kind of left out. she's going to africa. he's in the batmobile. we're all hanging out in here. >> you're hanging out with steph curry. >> okay. >>> let's go to commercial, george. >> okay, we are. stereotypes for muslim women and girls. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential cand