this morning, desantis drops out just hours before the new hampshire primary. the major shakeup in the race for president. meanwhile, former president trump could testify as early as today in a new york courtroom. >> happening now, an ice storm

impacting the morning commute for millions from oklahoma to illinois. more than 70 deaths now blamed on the winter conditions in recent days. what to expect this morning. >> breaking overnight new fallout from that frightening mid-air blowout of a door plug on a boeing airliner. the new inspections, now being recommended by the faa affecting three major airlines. >> an abc news exclusive. in the case of scott peterson, the man serving life for the murder of his wife and unborn child, now we hear from the former fire inspector helping push for a new trial. >> wide right? but no, he doesn't make it. heartbreak in buffalo as history repeats itself. chiefs fans elated. some even shirtless. the emotion roller coaster in the nfl playoffs. plus, detroit on the verge of making history. the amateur golfer stunning the sports world, winning a pga event.

>> and this 20 year old is still in college. we spoke to him over night. >> later, when in doubt, call a cowboy to the rescue. right >> from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. >> good monday morning, everyone. i'm rhiannon, ally i'm derek dennis. >> glad to be with you. i'm in for andrew dymburt. we'll get to that ice storm in parts of the south in just a moment. but we begin with a major development in the race for president ron desantis is dropping out and supporting former president trump. >> sources say governor desantis has no current plans to campaign with trump. in the meantime, trump could take the stand in a new york city courtroom today. >> abc's melissa odone is following all the developments this morning. she's in new hampshire, where voters head to the polls tomorrow. melissa good morning to you. >> good morning derek. so this race has changed dramatically within the last 24 hours. and so has former president donald trump's tone toward ron desantis

. and then there were two i can't ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. >> if we don't have a clear path to victory. >> florida governor ron desantis, once thought to have the best chance of supplanting donald trump as leader of the gop, now suspending his presidential campaign and endorsing trump. just days before the new hampshire primary . >> well, i've had disagreements with donald trump, such as on the coronavirus pandemic and his elevation of anthony fauci. trump is superior to the current incumbent, joe biden. >> trump has spent much of his campaign on slamming desantis. >> the problem with ron desanctimonious is that he needs a personality transfer. >> reporter but after desantis suspend his campaign, a friendlier tone from trump. >> i'd like to take time to congratulate ron desantis and, of course, a really terrific person. >> now, the only person standing

between trump and the republican nomination is former ambassador nikki haley. but haley is facing a double digit deficit heading into tomorrow's primary, with 50% of likely republican primary voters supporting trump. haley at just 39, according to a cnn university of new hampshire poll. haley says even if she loses tomorrow, she's not quitting. >> we're going home to south carolina. we're going to crisscross the state that i love so much. so we're not we're not backing out any time soon. >> haley is questioning if trump is mentally fit to serve after the former president appeared to confuse her with former house speaker nancy pelosi when recently discussing the january six riot at the capitol. >> when you're dealing with the pressures of a presidency, we can't have someone else that we question whether they're mentally fit to do this today, haley is set to hold multiple rallies in new hampshire, while trump will be in new york. >> he could testify as early as

today in the defamation case brought by writer e jean carroll. if he does take the stand at the trial, his testimony will be restricted based on the judge's pretrial rulings. now trump is expected back here in new hampshire tonight and on top of. ron desantis endorsed. he was also endorsed by senator tim scott. that's actually tim scott from south carolina, who nikki haley appointed to thatrillionole. meantime, nikki haley also picking up an endorsement by former presidential candidate and former arkansas governor asa hutchinson. derek, abc's melissa. >> don. melissa. thanks governor ron desantis is facing criticism for the winston churchill quote he used when posting that video suspending his campaign. desantis quoted churchill as saying, success is not final. failure is not fatal. it is the courage to continue that counts. but experts say there's no record of churchill saying those words. >> a dangerous ice storm is impacting the morning commute for millions of americans. half

an inch of ice could coat everything this morning, from oklahoma to arkansas all the way to chicago. crews have been racing to restore electricity and water in parts of tennessee and alabama. people in memphis could be boiling their water until thursday due to pipes bursting in the frigid weather. slippery road conditions caused this truck here to lose control in pennsylvania, the winter conditions this month are now blamed for at least 72 deaths nationwide. we will check your forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> weeks after a door plug fell off, an alaska airlines plane mid-flight, the faa is now recommending visual inspections of another boeing model. officials now want operators of the 737 900 air to make sure the door plugs are properly secured because they have the same door plug design as the max nine. on the recommendation applies to nearly 400 planes flown by alaska, delta and united airlines. the airlines say they've already begun the inspections. >> the pentagon says a number of

u.s. service members were injured after a base in iraq came under attack. a militia backed by iran has claimed responsibility for the missile attack. several americans are being evaluated now for traumatic brain injuries. 140 similar attacks have been reported in recent months. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to continue the war against hamas on all fronts. hamas says 25,000 people have now been killed in gaza. abc's matt gutman traveled with israeli forces inspecting hamas tunnels under gaza. >> see how well manufactured it is. concrete arches above concrete. on the side, you can see a pillow, mattress, bathroom. on the other end. um they say they found articles of women's clothing and dna that they've matched two hostages as the israelis say, at least 20 hostages were held in that tunnel now to football. >> and the drama in detroit and buffalo fans on the edge of

their seats. history was made and in one game, it seemed history was repeating itself. >> and the chiefs are going to be going to baltimore this morning. >> patrick mahomes and the chiefs are headed to their sixth consecutive afc champion game after holding off the bills in a back and forth game that came down to the wire. the bills with a chance to tie it late, but then, no, he doesn't make it. grown men crying in the stands as the bills suffer yet another heartbreak. the miss, eerily similar to this super bowl classic back in 1991. it is no good. >> there's one one happy team at the end of the season, really, and it's not you. when you're in, you're so close it just it sucks. >> it was the bills defense that lost this game. mahomes and the chiefs offense firing on all cylinders. it's always fun when you get to come together as a team and really just be like, y'all verse, verse, everybody and get the win. >> kelce has the touchdown travis kelce scoring two of the

chiefs three. >> touchdown runs. his famous brother jason celebrating shirtless chugging a beer as taylor swift joined him cheering on the chiefs end zone. touchdown detroit, meanwhile, cheers in the motor city as the lions move one step closer to something we've never seen before. detroit in the super bowl, the lions dismissing the bucs 31 to 23 to advance to the nfc title game, elated fans celebrating in the streets go lions, who the last time the lions won a championship ship? >> i was nine years old and i've been a loyal fan since 1953. i mean, i've been waiting for this for a long, long time. >> a lot of fans have well, back at buffalo, a player on the chiefs claim the team's hot water was shut off in the locker room. but we could not confirm that overnight. the chiefs will take on the ravens in baltimore at 3 p.m. eastern on sunday, followed by the lions and 40 niners at 630 eastern. >> good luck to all the teams.

time now for your monday weather . >> good morning. as we ease our way out of the cold and the rain comes in and it creates freezing rain in several locations. so the icing threat is of concern throughout the day and into tomorrow, where you can see we have lots of pink indicating freezing rain and sleet. plus we have some snow on the northern side of the storm system. the ice will be one of the bigger concerns as we head through monday into monday night through central illinois, and it could lead to some power outages on the northern side, we have 3 to 6in of snow for some from accuweather. i'm melissa konstanzer. coming remembering a soap opera actor who also appeared on beverly hills 90210. >> but first, an abc news exclusive. in the case of scott peterson, the man serving life for killing his wife and unborn baby. a key figure in the effort to reopen the case is now speaking out.

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if you can't afford your medication astrazeneca may be able to help. good morning america. >> back with a bizarre scene in los angeles, what appears to be an accidental fireworks display going off just before 11:00. the large series of explosions echoed through downtown. no immediate word on what set them off. >> we have new details this morning as the los angeles innocence project works to overturn the conviction of scott peterson for the murder of his pregnant wife, we are hearing from a former fire investigator who looked into a burned out van that was found near lacy peterson's california home after she vanished back in 2002. that van contained what was believed to be a blood stained mattress, but it could not be linked to laci's dna at the time, the

former investigator tells good morning america the case still keeps him up at night. he believes the evidence should be reassessed. >> i don't have a an agenda or an opinion on his guilt or his innocence. this is for me. it's a fire investigation. >> you may remember suspicion was raised against peterson after his girlfriend revealed their affair. you can hear more from that fire investigator coming up on good morning america. >> we turn now to a new study on kids and sports. more young kids are quitting sports and researchers are finding out why. here's abc's alison kosik this morning. >> the american academy of pediatrics has issued a new warning about youth sports, saying, too much pressure on kids performance is leading to overtraining, injuries and burnout. nice, alex. in recent years, experts have raised more concerns about parents taking the fun away when there's such an overload on winning it really

takes away the enjoyment. reporter the new study, released overnight, finds a whopping 70% of kids are dropping out of organized youth sports by age 13. factors include depression, fatigue, sleep problems and injuries as injuries in youth football took the spotlight in california this month. as lawmakers considered banning tackle football for kids under 12. super bowl champ rob gronkowski supported the proposal. >> i love that these kids want to play the game of football, but the play the game of football such a young age, i think is a little dangerous. >> but california governor gavin newsom killing the proposal, pledging not to sign it, saying i am deeply concerned about the health and safety of our young athletes. but an outright ban is not the answer, arguing whether kids play should be up to parents. in the end, the american academy of pediatrics recommends young athletes should take part in no more than one

sport per day and have at least one day of rest per week from organized sports and experts say the focus should not be on wins and losses, as parents can do a lot to support young people. >> it doesn't matter if they win or lose, it's that they're building their character and they're taking care of their bodies. >> the new study out this morning also recommends young athletes have 2 to 3 months off from each sport each year. derek rhiannon. >> allison. thank you. coming up , a new health scare in the royal family. >> also ahead, the amateur golfer stunning the sports world winning a pga event. he's still winning a pga event. he's still in college. rsv is out there. for those 60 years and older protect against rsv with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older.

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royal family, the duchess of york is facing skin cancer just months after battling breast cancer. sarah ferguson has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma. it is treatable but can spread beyond the skin if not caught early enough. fergie spokesperson says she's in good spirits. >> wish her well now to an unlikely hero in the world of golf and he's still in college. our danny news spoke to nick dunlap. come on desert. >> not many sophomores in college get to hear those words. >> nick dunlap wins the american express as university of alabama student nick dunlap becomes the first amateur since 1991 to win a pga event at 20 years old. >> so how does this work? like, do you have homework you have to go work on now? probably won't do it, but yeah, i do have homework. >> this happened yesterday in california at the american express, formerly known as the desert classic. ten hole all the

way. and that last amateur to win a pga event back in 1991. why that would be three time masters champion phil mickelson, who posted on x after the 18th hole, quote, congratulate us on an incredible win this is just the beginning. >> you're always watching the pga tour, right growing up. and to see people win and go crazy and i just never i thought i could, but i never saw myself in that position. >> wow. >> now one interesting wrinkle about this historic win is what happens to the $1.5 million in prize money, you see, because dunlap is still a quote unquote amateur, he can't keep that money. instead it slides down to the second place finisher. can you imagine if you had told me five days ago that, hey, you know, would you rather have $1 million or win on the pga tour? >> it's like, oh, i'd rather win on the pga tour come on. >> so with all this winning, the question of course, becomes could it finally be time to go pro? it is a reality. >> like it's a possibility. and,

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we're in for a wet commute this monday morning. the bay area being inundated with storms and more is on the way. washed out roads, mudslides and lightning chances. this week we are tracking all of it. >> many other states dealing with more than just rain, below freezing temperatures, piles of snow and dangerous ice now being blamed for several deaths. the severe weather impacting communities across the u.s. this morning, the field of republican candidates for president

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