., 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

up to washington state. snow and freezing rain in western new york. >> 30s in boston and new york. 50s in chicago. great falls and minneapolis. 60s in los angeles. and atlanta. and 70s nbc albuquerque and miami. >>> two rare white tiger cubs are now calling australia home. the little cuties, look at them, just arrived 15 weeks old. arrived earlier this week from a zoo in japan. they don't have official names yet but are called red and yellow for now. yellow. it's hoped that the sisters will help attract tourists to dream world theme park. they were born white when their parents share the right combination of simple genes and that causes a lack after pigment in the fur. >> so it's a pretty good deal because australia zoo actually trades koalas to other zoos. >> apparently there are only 3200 tigers left in the wild. >> let's hope they're not that angry. >> simmer down. >>> coming up in. the "insomniac theater," two new movies that might scare you. the reviews are coming in. >> we've heard of therapy pets befo

. >> bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >>> no fireworks at all last night. the democrats in the meantime are sharpening their pitch to african-american voters with the south carolina primary just a day away. hillary clinton campaigned at a black church in south carolina with new jersey senator cory booker at her side and talked about gun control and recalled the charleston church massacre. and former president clinton made several stops across the state, as well to rally for his wife. they plan to make a joint appearance this evening. >>> as for bernie sanders, well, he insists he is not giving up on winning in the south. but he spent the day in ohio and michigan. sanders took part in a forum in flint to discuss the city's water crisis. he said he hopes americansil and say, never again. sanders will turn his attention back to south carolina later today when he returns for back to back rallies. >>> new developments in the politically charged battle over the next supreme court justice. the republican governor of nevada says he's not interested in the job. bria

>> 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

the outsider saying he may go with a washington insider. >> i do want somebody that's political because i want to get lots of great legislation that wes just sitting there for years and years and years. >> reporter: trump is also getting his first insider support. just yesterday, george, he was endorsed by two of congress, his very first congressional endorsements but as he told you just yesterday, endorsements are a, quote, waste did say that. you're in front of that board. let's give everyone a sense of why we call it super tuesday. what's at stake? >> this is the single biggest day of the entire primary. delegates at stake, about half you would need to clinch the nomination. you've got most of the big states in the south, a little bit of new england, a little bit to get delegates even with a second or third place finish. >> donald trump ahead in most of the polls in most of those states right now so both rubioe to find somewhere to get a win. >> reporter: especially ted cruz. his home state votes, he has to win texas and his entire campaign has beeng in the south. if he can't find a

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

they're trying to keep warm in washington state. apparently the most googled search for a valentine's gift, mississippi, romantic mix taps. 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. bachelor." 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 day weekend

we're live in washington. >>> how about getting our surf on. fearless wave riders hanging ten on some massive waves.

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 attempmp to right the wrongs of a police department she flatly described as racially biased. >> all: this is what d%mocracy looks like. >> reporter: this morning the justice department firmly agreeing with african-american residents of ferguson saying their complaints of unfair and racially biased police enforcement are,n 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 p pice. >> i think the things that we've asked for are very reasonable. we're not trying

of emergency to five counties and there are now more than 50 cases of the virus across 13 states and washington, d.c. abc's linzie janis has the latest. >> reporter: this morning florida preparing for the worst, emergency in five counties, there are now 12 travel-related cases of zika reported throughout the state. governor rick scott calling on the cdc to provide at least 1,000 zika antibody test kits for pregnant women to see if they contracted the virus in the past and thousands more kits to test for active cases. >> the mosquito that causes zika virus is common in florida. >> reporter: the spread of the virus a growing concern for the estimated 20 million tourists expected to visit florida in the spring break months and at miami international airport, hundreds of flights a day coming in from the 30 high-risk countries flagged by the cdc. over 100 of them just from brazil. this morning, 2 million people are flocking to the streets of rio for the start of carnival where now mosquitoes aren't the only concern for spreading zika. health authorities there saying a man was infected with the virus

among them, the brooklyn bridge, memorial bridge in washington, d.c. and heavily traveled bridges on interstate 405 in los angeles, several on i-95 in philadelphia. for many of them, the problem is age. of the 250 most heavily traveled bridges, 85% were built before 1970. we've seen disasters in recent years. >> a catastrophic event would not be an understatement. >> reporter: in 2007, 13 people died when a minneapolis bridge collapsed during rush hour. >> look at the rust. >> reporter: in 2013, "20/20's" deborah roberts went to look at one bridge that was once called the most dangerous bridge in the new york's tappan zee. that's scary. >> reporter: that bridge now being replaced. and behind me, the brooklyn bridge, as we said, on the list but at this rate, we're told it would take 21 years to repair or replace all of america's deficient bridges. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> so the most deficient bridges are in iowa, pennsylvania, and oklahoma. they're structurally deficient and d.c., neb, delaware, and utah have the least efficient. >> it is a

>>> 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

winds packing such a powerful punch, this semi tractor trailer the heavily traveled george washington bridge. power lines down and igniting across new jersey and in philadelphia, winds dropping trees on cars and houses. the storm forcing nearly 3,000 flight cancellations, 1,200 flights into and out of chicago alone. and back here in lancaster, pennsylvania, we can tell you the national weather service will be coming out to look at this damage to see if that was caused by a tornado or not but the good news right now, perhaps a miracle, no injuries and no deaths reported, sam. >> unbelievable, gio and the damage there so what they'll look for is whether the straight line wins was such a pushing damage or they'll to see if there was a twist. if there is a twist, pow, tornado. now, if you think that february storms aren't powerful look at the size of that tornado. this is just one of them we were talking about. that one in evergreen, virginia. now to waverly, virginia, a town waking up this morning destroyed. a town that's looking around and realizing that at least three members of their

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

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

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

lets get right to eileen whelan good morning washington. toss to eileen winter weather advisory in effect for northern fauqier, loudoun, montgomery, prince george's, anne arundel, and counties north/west through midnight. 1-3" snow possible (likely on the lower end, in my opinion) today: cloudy with periods of light rain/snow. accumulations possible north. highs: 35-40 winds: ne -> nw 5-10 mph tonight: cloudy with a few lingering snow showers possible. refreezing likely on the roads. lows: 22-32 winds: w 5-10 mph wednesday: mostly cloudy and breezy. flurries

. >> reporter: now the washington post reporting this morning that former new york city mayor rudy giuliani is advising donald trump. he'll announce his national security advisers very soon. rubio donny wahlberg, the former news kids of the block member. he has the oh oh oh the right stuff. >> did he say it like that? >> he didn't say it like that. >>> to the democrats now. hillary clinton scoring a hard-fought victory in nevada over bernie sanders. a much-needed win for the clinton campaign they may now slow bernie sanders' momentum ahead of their next face-off in south carolina. abc's cecilia vega is here and has the latest for us. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. bernie sanders said he's not going anywhere, he's into this race until the convention. after this loss in nevada, that path to the name nation is looking a lot tougher. this morning, hillary clinton still riding high. >> we just won nevada! >> reporter: fresh off that nevada win -- >> something really special is happening here. >> reporter: clinton now armed with two victories and hoping for a third, heading into the nex

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

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

. >> 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

good morning washington. toss to eileen winter storm warning in effect for all counties west of i-95 through 10am. winter weather advisory in effect for d.c. and counties east of i-95 through 10am. flood watch in effect for the entire viewing area through 11pm. today: heavy rain through early afternoon. breezy and milder. highs: 46-54 winds: se -> w 10-15 g 25 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. some refreezing possible. lows: 27-34 winds: nw 5-10 mph