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

david kerley, abc news, washington. >> scary stuff. the british pilot's association wants these lasers to be considered an offensive weapon. pushing for that. >> trying to ban sales of them. >>> coming up in our next half hour, a backlash over what's being called corporate greed. >> who is boycotting carrier air conditioning after the company's decision to ship 1400 jobs to mexico. the warning donald trump is firing off to the company. >> but first, the top dog this year. what we're finding out abo best in show at last night's westminster kennel club competition. you're watching "world news now." ♪ >> it wasn't really a hound dog but this morning america is waking up with a brand-new top dog. >> that is one of my favorite elvis presley's song. >> that dog's name is cj. last night the german short-haired pointer took home the most prestigious canine award in the country at the 140th westminster kennel club competition. jesse palmer reports on all the excitement. >> reporter: the contestants may be cute but the competition is always fi

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

. >> together, we have sent a message that will echo from wall street to washington. >> if you don't have a seat belt, go get one. we're going to shape this country top to bottom. >> now we take this campaign to the entire country. we are going to fight for every vote in every state. >> they violated the fourth amendment by stopping people without reasonable suspicion, by arresting them without cause, and by using unreasonable force. >> the amount that thing were shifting around our room was a little frightening. >> the whole thing was not bigger than this. and it was up here and it just exploded. >> i resent the fact that he put 6,000 people's lives at risk taking us into a storm that was predicted. >> at a young age, i was taught to appreciate the value of hard work and especially self-made work. >> the speed with which they took this case from the university's purview and brought it into a criminal setting suggests that the prosecution believes they have a strong case. >> the accelerated development of north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program poses a serious threat to i

. >> 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. flint to discuss the city's water crisis. he said he hopes americans will look at what happened in flint 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. br

up to 4 inches of snow has fallen in washington, d.c. and baltimore and light snow is continuing across central pennsylvania which could eventually see half a foot before the arctic cold moves in later on this week. >>> and the storm system dumped snow as far as south as huntsville, alabama. the national weather service says a winter weather system moving through the state could dump as much as 2 inches of snow in higher elevations there. several school systems had delayed openings yesterday because of slick roads. >>> from that cold to possible record high temperatures again today in southern california. it felt like midsummer in los angeles and orange counties and across much of the region. today's forecast calls 88 degrees in l.a., that would mean an all-time high record. temperatures are expected to remain in the low 80s. that's well into the weekend. in oklahoma, firefighters are expecting another day of dangerous grass fires. low humidity and strong winds have ever been pushing the flames across bone dry parcels of land. students i

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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

david kerley, abc news, washington. >> we move on to more dramatic video as firings near kansas city battle a huge brush fire. they believe it was sparked by grass cutting equipment. but the heat from the blaze and the high winds fanning it korea add fire tornado. the fire is on prison property. but it closed a nearby highway. consuming about 1500 acres and is about 75% contained this morning. no homes are threatened at this time. >>> not so in eastern oklahoma where there are more than two dozen grass fires burning. the most in years. officials say numerous homes were lost. but they don't know how many as yet. the city of tulsa has been filled with smoke from the fires. firefighters are using helicopters to dump water as you see there on these fires and officials say they are so intense right now. >>> well, in northern california, the threat is much more wintry. a powerful system brought nearly a foot of snow to some of the higher elevations. strong winds are also limiting visibility with whiteout conditions. many truckers pulled over till the roads were cleared. >> and it may take

rick klein, abc news, washington. >>> and speaking of the the government relations hundreds of pages of controversial clinton e-mails from her private server. a federal judge audioed the state department to release the remaining batch of e-mails in saturday, another release is set for february 19th, that's just before nevada's democratic caucuses, the final set is due tuesday. >>> a national wildlife refuge in oregoning will remain closed for weeks now that an armed standoff is over. the last four holdout who's had occupied the refuge for 41 days surrendered peacefully yesterday. they were arrested and will make appearances in court today. the whole dispute was over federal control of public land. now there's a great sense of relief in the area. >> i am so glad this is over. >> i'm proud of my friends and neighbors. i'm proud of way that you stood up to this stuff. >> also in custody right now is a man named cliven bundy, the father of one of the oregon standoff's leaders. he's being held on charges tied to a different anti-government incident two years ago. >>> dozens of prison guar

. >> reporter: megan hughes, abc news, washington. >>> incredible images. winter storm system dumped snow on the eastern great lakes and ohio valleys. heavy rain in new england, the south dries out after the tornado outbreak. mild in the west. >> '30s in minneapolis and detroit, 40s in kansas city and atlanta. 60s in seattle and dallas and 80s in los angeles and phoenix. >>> a new isis video threatens the lives of facebook founder mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey, the head of twitter. the 25-minute video is too disturbing to show showing pictures of the two men covered in bullet hohos. facebook is responding to remove posts that promote terrorism. >>> reactiononoming in now to al ceo tim cooke speaking out in an exclusive interview with abc news cooke tells david muir that his company has cooperated fully with the fbi on the san bernardino shooting investigation. but cooke says apple won't help the bureau break into the iphone doing so they say would require software that would make huhureds of millions of customers vulnerable. >> the only way we know would

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. in another terror incident is abdul melik abdul kareem is accused of being the mastermind of an attempt to disrupt an exhibit of anti-islam cartoons two islamic militant gunmen were killed. prosecutors say he trained them and bankrolled the attack. he denies knowing about the plan in after the attack. >>> president obama will not attend funeral services for supreme court justice antonin scalia. the white house says the president and first lady will pay their respects tomorrow at the supreme court where scalia will lie in repose. vice president biden will attend the funeral mass on saturday. >> meanwhile, retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor siding with president obama. o'connor who was appointed by ronald reagan says the president should get to nominate scalia's replacement. >> police in southern california say a distracted driver was killed after being crushed by a transformer. he was passing by a previous crashed into a power pole. smoking grass fires disrupted the evening commute in wichita last night seriously hampering visibility a

. >>> the suspect accused of last spring's so-called mansion murders in washington, d.c. will be in court tomorrow to face murder and other charges. police say da ron wint killed an executive, his wife and their young son as well as a housekeeper and then set the house on fire before fleeing. he was linked to the crime scene by dna found op a pizza crust and he faces life in prison if convicted. >>> newly released dashcam video shows the terrifying moments when an ordinary traffic stop ended with one person injured and one shot to death. >> what looks routine is about to turn deadly. >> just relax. just relax. in cayce, south carolina questioning demetrius bryant over an expired license. but then bryant pulls a gun, shooting an officer in the leg. the sergeant fires back. and kills bryant. >> suspect's down. >> the shoot-out captured on police cameras. now becoming as common as flashlights. today 76% of all departments use some time of camera. then there also citizen video. recording moments like last year whether he another south carolina officer shot and killed walter s

. >> reporter: the vermont senator doubling down on his attacks against his opponent's washington ways. >> she has the entire establishment or almost the entire establishment behind her. that's a fact. i don't deny it. >> reporter: clinton firing back. >> senator sanders is the only person who, i think, would characterize me, a woman running to be the first woman president as exemplifying the establishment. >> reporter: the two candidates sparring again over that iraq war vote. >> secretary clinton, who was that is not arguable. in foreign affairs. but experience is not the only point. >> a vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat isis. >> reporter: and the latest polling shows bernie sanders ahead by 30 points here. the clinton campaign, though, pushing the narrative she is the underdog. expectations and, perhaps, wake up her supporters. reena and kendis? >> our thanks to liz in new hampshire. >>> we're going to turn now to the zika virus. and turning now, rather, to the republican race. one day before the big debate here on abc rather. donald trump is enjoying a wide lead. 11 points ahea

gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >> good tips from gloria. i had no idea they would reimburse you. >> whoa. ow. oh. look at that scared look on reena's eyes. >> because look who is in the driver's seat. the man who takes the subway. >> exactly. apparently you slow down to help improve your reaction time when it comes to all of that. >> that's the problem. i always speed up. >> once you hit the pot holes? nice little roller coaster ride for many of your kids. they also say stop tailgating. that's me. and dry weather, you should be observing the two-second rule apparently, as well. it's tough for many of these municipalities. i was in quebec over the weekend which has had some wild temperature swings and it was like being on a roller coaster ride on their highways. anyway. >> when we come back, why chicago is planning a major hooky festival in honor of ferris bueller. >> and what comedian tom arnold is especially thankful for this morning. is especially thankful for this morning. "the skinny" is nexttt0w!ti"hz! %4@-4=l tt0w!ti"hz! el@->: tt0w!t

. >> the candidates faced an electorate in iowa deeply divided and frustrated with washington. while the economy has improved under president obama, the recovery has eluded most of the new terror threats at home and abroad have increased national security concerns and ted cruz's victory suggests religious rights still remains a formidable voting bloc. >> we'll turn now to our abc news political team and our reporter mary alice parks who has been following the sanders campaign. >> she asked his staff if his address was a victory speech and they said yes. and abc's mary alice parks checks in from iowa with your voice, your vote. >> thanks, reena, kendis. from day one, the bernie sanders campaign focused an incredible amount of attention here in iowa. the thinking was a victory here could show the rest of the country that bernie sanders could be taken seriously and that hilary clinton was vulnerable. a few reporters were allowed upstairs to see bernie sanders watching the results come in. it was a personal intimate moment in his hotel room just upstairs here. and i have say the se

. >> reporter: neal karlinksky, abc news, snoqualmie pass, washington. >> that i never even thought of. >> i love all that fresh powder. >> coming up, mail carriers are no stranger to danger. >> traditionally it's the occasional nasty dog. wait oh, yes, wait a minute mr. postman, wait, wait mr. postman snee postal carriers are lauded for their adherence to their unofficial motto. >> neither snow nor heat nor rain nor gloom of night saves these carriers from the swift with completion of their appointed rounds. around here we wake up to gobble, gobble. >> reporter: it seems wild turkeys rule in this picturesque culled desack in hills dale. >> if you shoo them, they leave. >> no, they don't run. >> reporter: which is why we were here in the first place. >> i think that's ridiculous. it's silly. >> reporter: helen is talking about what happened after wild turkeys, yes, we found them, surrounded a letter carrier's truck obtuse. he was so upset, couldn't get out and called his boss for help. the postmaster dialed 911. >> police. >> reporter: this is the actual call. >> you're not going to be

arlet sands is in washington with the details. >> reporter: good morning. the democratic president may be eyeing a republican for the supreme court. a democratic source tells abc news, president obama is considering nevada governor brian sandoval 0 replace the late justice antonin scalia. he is 52. the republican has served as nevada's governor for five years. prior to that, i was nevada's first hispanic federal judge. he was appointed by president george w. bush in 2005 and senate. sandoval is considered a centrist. he support supports abortion rights and impla memted a controversial part of the health care plan. floatinging a republican name could be an overture to gop senator who's refuse any nominee. >> my hope and expectationing is that once there is an actual an abstraction, that those on the judiciary committee recognize that their job is to give this person a hearing. >> reporter: president obama is expected to make that pitch in person to top republicans. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and judiciary chairman chuck grassley both agreed to me

there are now 66 confirmed cases here in this country, 19 states and washington, d.c. some new states that are on the list now include delaware, indiana, ohio, pennsylvania, and tennessee. and overseas in china, that country reporting its first case of the virus. a man who had traveled to venezuela. >>> and u.s. soccer star hope solo says if she had to choose whether to go to the summer games in brazil right now, she would not go because of fears about the zika virus. solo told sports illustrated that she would never take the risk of having an unhealthy child. the woman's national soccer team was scheduled to be briefed last night about the zika virus outbreak. >> so scary for so many of those female athletes. >>> there's another health hazard for pregnant women this morning, one we've known for decades. data from a large national survey shows that more than 8% smoking tobacco during their when compared to previous years, the figure is an improvement. agree any amount of smoking is >>> turning to the weather. and winter storm warnings for the mountains and higher eleva

just another washington >> donald trump? new york values. >> clinton and bush. >> reporter: and then there's the junk mail. some iowans received this ominous envelope. election alert. voter violation. official public record stamped on the document inside. underneath, the person's voting score, whether they've voted in recent elections. and information about their caucus on monday to improve your score it says. after the vote. not a government document but a mailer from the cruz campaign. iowa's secretary of state denounced as deceptive. over at the diner, these folks are still truly undecided. >> had when are you going to >> maybe 7:00 tomorrow. i don't know. >> the deciding factor in this race could be people who have never been to a caucus before. on the democratic side, bernie sanders and on the republican side, donald trump are counting on a big turnout, a first time caucusgoers to put them over the top. jonathan karl, abc news, des moines. >> and we want to remind you, live coverage from iowa copies in our next half hou

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> okay. when we come back, music's big night in hollywood. >> yeah, we're all about the grammys, the awards, the tributes, the moments and, of that's ahead in "the skinny."tt0w!t.*(=! %4@-,2( tt0w!t.*(=! el@-&5d tt0w!t.*(=! ed@- 7 tt0w!t.*(=% )8h-\ tt0w!t.*(=% kzh-]& tt0w!t.*(=% n-h-(o, tt0w!t.*(=% 0ph-6(4 tt0w!t.*(=% s"h-&zt tt0w!t.*(=% ueh-%8$ tt0w!t.*(=% 7hh-9:p skinny, so skinny >>> well, time now for "the skinny" and the only headline this morning is last night's grammy >> it was a big night in los angeles. 58th annual grammy awards. there were quite a few surprises and more than a few upsets. one of the biggest wins of the night, mark ronson beat out taylor swift to take home the record of f e year award for his hit "uptown funk." the song also took home the award for best pop duo group performance. >> taylor swift did prevail taking home album of the year for "1989," making her the only the year twice. she also won best pop music album and music video. swift used her acceptance speech

. >> together, we have sent a message that will echo from wall street to washington, from maine to california. >> now we take this campaign to the entire country. we're going to fight for every vote in every state. we're going to fight for real solutions that make a real difference in people's lives. >> some important dates by the way coming up. straight ahead. so you have on february 20th is the nevada caucuses for the democrats and the republicans will have their primary in south carolina. then the democrat will have their primary in south carolina on the 27th of this month. so they have a few days to get things together. >> it will be interesting. >> that's the news for this half hour. >> remember to follow us on facebook @wnnfans.com. [mother] yeah but this neighborhood,i feel like it's got a lot of what we were kinda talking about. we should definitely go see it. [agent] hi. melanie. maggie. living room. [dad]what about this? this looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isn't it great? [announcer]redfin pays its agents based on your happiness... that's real estate, redefined. >>> this morning

david kerley, abc news, washington. >> thank you for that, david. that was fun. >> very cool. he tweeted about seven hours ago. countdown six days left and 96 sunsets left. >> oh. >> so it's very cool. >> such a sense of -- oh. he said radiation. i'm not going to mars. i'm telling you now and i love food. >> i will do it. i will take one for humankind. >> we'll send you up here. tang, ugh. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm kendis gibson. here's a look at the top stories we're following this morning on "world news now." >> deadly storms leaving a path of destruction. tornadoes killing at least four people in virginia alone. while nearly a foot of snow and blustering winds in the midwest cause flight cancellations and impassable roads. full coverage ahead. >>> a new isis video threatens the lives of facebook founder mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey, the head of twitter. isis says it's responding to efforts by the two tech giants to delete accounts and remove posts that incite violence and >>> a small colorado tow

the scene as far away as the washington, d.c. area. stories on this monday, february 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everyone. we begin this half hour with decision day in iowa. we've waited awhile for this. >> we have. and the day is upon us. thousands of iowans will caucus today in the first election test for this year's presidential candidates. candidates on both sides have shifted into high gear cramming in as many last-minute events and rallies as they possibly can. >> so on the democratic side, the newest poll from the "des moines register" has clinton three points ahead of bernie cecilia vega kicks off coverage with the democrats. >> stick with me. stick with a plan. stick with the experience. >> reporter: hillary clinton is fired up. >> please, come out and caucus, don't worry about the weather. >> reporter: bringing in reinforcements for the final push. >> please join me in welcoming, i hope, our next president, my mom. >> reporter: not just chelsea. the entire family, center

. >>> you're looking at a dramatic rescue operation in washington state. a homeless was hoisted to safety after being trapped on a cliff for two days. he slid to the edge of the cliff just a few feet from going over and falling to the river below. fortunately a worker heard him shouting for help. despite having to cope with day kaz of bitter cold, he is expected to be okay. >>> police are investigating a grizzly scene at a home in chicago. six people found dead including a child. they have not yet determined how they decide but say it could have ever been a murder-suicide but a relative who lived in the house described the family as happy and normal. there were 51 homicides in chicago last month, prompting a call for the governor of illinois to declare a state of emergency. >> 51 in one month. >>> there's another huge air bag recall to tell you about involving the controllers for air bags in about five million vehicles. they were made by a german company that can deploy without reason or fail to inflate at all. it involves older vehicles made by honda, fia

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> in northern mexico, a prison riot turns deadly killing at least 49 and injuring a dozen. it starred as a brawl between rival drug gangs in an overcrowded penitentiary. the prison has 3800 inmates. that's more than twice its capacity. authorities say no inmates escaped. the riots took place on the eve of pope francis' arrival for a six-day visit. >>> the military says it's expanning the number of air strikes it is launching against isis. sources claim there have ever been about 20 american strikes against targets in eastern afghanistan. that's only in the past three weeks. those strikes took place after president obama authorized the pentagon to attack isis in afghanistan where its numbers are growing. >>> secretary of state john other diplomats on stopping syria's civil war. early this morning they agreed on a temporary truce set to begin next week. kerry said the test of that truce is whether syria's military and rebels can actually implement it. that would set the stage for a full cease-fire as well as peace talks. >>> that would be such a big d