. >> 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

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

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

they're trying to keep warm in washington state. apparently the most googled search for a valentine's rugs. mississippi, romantic mix taps. >> hey, i'm from mississippi. >> are we allowed to ask followups? >> massachusetts is looking for cooking classes. >> i think it was idaho or montana. adam andot romantic? >> there's a lot of head scratchers. montana was sejing for lobster '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,re'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 10finale. one of these guys is getting a big date. >>> and speak of dates, get over here. chris harrison is here from "theman number two please come in. >>> and then man number three, come on in. tim tebow is also with>> hi, everyone. >> he's got big news to share. hey, it's valentine's day y girl. to the couple wondering what a good deal looks like... no. we'll give i

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

. >> 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

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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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

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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

we start our coverage with abc's mary bruce right in washington. hi, mary. >> hi, paula, good morning. this is a potential game changer in this roller coaster campaign, donald trump getting his first major endorsement from a card carrying member of the he heads into super tuesday. his former rival showed up un unannounced and dropped a bombshell on donald trump's campaign. >> we'll have a first class president in donald trump. >> reporter: chris christie is lending his credibility to trump's runaway campaign. >> i can guarantee you that the one person that hillary and bill clinton do not want to see on that stage come next september is donald trump. >> reporter: they weren't always so friendly. >> we'll do it. i'll get it done because i make deals and i get deals and i'm doing deals. >> reporter: united christie and trump are taking aim at a common enemy, marco rubio. >> desperate people in campaigns flail pumps in the last days of a losing campaign. >> reporter: after rubio let trump have it. >> if he hadn't inherited $200 million he would be sell

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. 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 place to win on super tuesday,

. >> we have sent the message that 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. conceding defeat. >> i want to begin by con great lag senator sanders. >> reporter: with bill and remaining deninth 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. 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: well, for now, robin, there is adamant denial ins

as long as washington is bought and paid for, we can't build an economy that works for people. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. >> live news channel five this is a newscenter 5 on her up date. -- eye-opener update. >> sunshine to start this thursday morning. cindy: 30 degrees in boston. we have a cold front coming through. the temperatures hold pretty steady throughout the day with a good amount of sunshine. teens, 20' s, that is as high as they get through the course of the day. were comes through friday night and brings in temperatures near randy: breaking news right now. >> having problems getting trains into the station. the commuter rail is having issues. these are the impacted lines right now. you want to plan accordingly if you want to take the commuter rail. we will keep you posted on this, morning. aside from that. randy: right now state senator federal agents hauling evidence the raid focused on allegations of free services and campaign cash. his attorney says joyce believes he' s done nothing wrong. a fairhaven man is in critical condition, af

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.

. >>> look at this dramatic rescue in the waters off washington state. three surfers being rescued. there. they're all okay. >>> and finally, steve harvey is left stunned during "family feud" when he posed this question to a husband just once. what would you like to tell your wife. that she's what -- >> i'm going the get in a loft trouble for this. >> she's pregnant with your child. you don't understand? >> i understand now. >> good luck back at the house. fat. >> how about that. he got the answer right. but there is a reason they call this "family feud." they left together. >> you ask your husband, be truthful, does this make me look fat. don't ever be truthful. >> he was trying to win money. have she's pregnant. she's pregnant. never okay. >> i've never seen all of your guys' mouths drop simultaneously. >> that was one of the dumbest things i have seen said on television. >> they left together. >> clearly t, that will be their only child, so. >> exactly. >> i feel bad for both of them. >> you feel bad for him? >> i do. >> he's put on the spot. >> we sa

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 this morning. at the airports, hundreds of flights have been cancel fpd storm also spawning tornadoes leaving a trail of damage in the florida panhandle and mississippi. for passengers on a flight out of washington. smoke pouring into the cockpit, forcing the pilots to put on their oxygen masks. >> 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 miniyous into the flight, i felt the engines slow down. >> reporter: they had just left for see at fm pilots of the alaska airlines 737 wants 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 air krapt and -- for 1-9 left. we're going the need the trucks please. >> alaska 1, the trucks should be coming out. >> reporter: emergency cruise checked the jet. one pas

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

they're worried about melting snow across the virginias and in through washington, d.c. >> the big melt is on, ladies and gentlemen. spring temperatures continue across the northeast. that's a quick check on your >>> good morning. take a look at satellite and radar, heavy band out on >> this weather report is brought to you by mcdonald's. morning. a pretty good weather expert. you're more of an expert on rainbows. kermit the frog, he's the executive producer of up late with miss piggy. revamped the muppets. phenomenal show. what can we look forward with the new time slot? >> the same old stuff. by the way, it's exactly -- it's exactly 35 hours and 15 minutes before the show comes on, if you don't change the channel you'll already be tuned in. >> perfect. our executives love that. now, are we going to be seeing more of our favorite frog on stage? will be is ijing? >> i will be singing and doing the things that i normally do. we have 150% more laughs and we're 100% gluten-free. although our show is manufactured in a facility filled with nuts. >> we're safe for this new day. kermit the fro

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. >> reporter: the ruling could be a key victory in their long-running battle with apple and other tech companies about the government's ability to encrist data. 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 cod

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