[applause] - congratulations. - thank you. "champions wildcard" continues tomorrow. we'll see you then. ♪♪ captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. right now in america. this morning. breaking news. an industrial fire near detroit. several explosions reported the evacuation happens overnight as debris is seen flying into the air. >> super tuesday is here. voters head to the polls in 15 states. could this be the end of the road for nikki haley? her message this morning and reaction to former president trump's unanimous win at the

supreme court, two weeks after a cyber attack hit a major health insurance company, disrupting hospitals and pharmacies across the country, reports that a massive ransom has been paid. >> the u.s. college student kidnaped in the middle east. >> the new plea from her sister, how she hopes to track her down. >> the cookie monster joins the outcry over so-called shrink flation the products at the grocery store getting smaller even though the prices are the same. >> nfl star jason kelce's emotional goodbye. i'm retiring. >> i announce i'm retiring from the nfl. >> the lessons in his retirement speech about love, support and being an underdog and later sold the final price tag for a piece of sopranos memorabilia. >> from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. >> good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm rhiannon ally, and i'm lionel moise in for andrew.

>> we begin with breaking news in michigan, an industrial fire near detroit has triggered multiple explosions, forcing some residents to have to evacuate. >> the explosions were heard up to 15 miles away. the fire reportedly started at a distribution center in clinton township that houses nitrous oxide tanks. local police said 911 lines were down overnight because of those explosions. >> heavy flames and smoke were seen billowing from the fire as debris shot into the air, landing up to a mile away. and residents say they had no idea what was happening at first i thought it was like the next door neighbor doing something crazy outside, and then the wife was like, no, i just checked facebook. >> there's explosions going on, and i followed the plume of smoke and the shaking car. and here i am, and these are the baby explosions going off. there was much bigger ones going off earlier for at least two people were injured, including a firefighter. >> no word yet, though, on what caused that fire. we'll bring you more details as they become available. >> today is the biggest day of the republican presidential

primary. it is super tuesday, and the big question is, will a poor showing mean the end of the road for nikki haley? abc's ike ejiochi is here now with the preview. ike good morning. >> good morning. ryan and former president trump hopes to sweep the primaries today in what could be nikki haley's last stand as the presidential candidate on this super tuesday. donald trump appears to be on the verge of clinching the republican nomination for a third time. >> we could very well win every state in record numbers. >> trump leads nikki haley by at least 37 points in each of the 15 states holding primaries today. in a new interview, trump looked ahead to general election issues, including security on the southern border. >> people are coming from part unknown countries that you've never heard of, languages that nobody in this country speaks. who would think that we have languages that are like from from the planet mars? nobody nobody knows how to, you know, speak it. >> at a rally in texas last night, haley insisted she's the

only republican who can beat president biden. >> republicans lost the vote on mallorca. they lost the vote on israel. the rnc chair lost her job, and donald trump had his fingerprints on all of it. at some point, maybe we should say the reason that america keeps losing is because of donald trump. >> it remains unclear what haley will do next. she has no public events scheduled today, not even an election night party. she's expected to watch tonight's results privately at home. today's primaries come after the supreme court unanimously ruled that individual states cannot ban trump from the presidential ballot. courts in three states colorado, maine and illinois had ruled trump should be banned because of his actions surrounding the january 6th riot, citing the 14th amendment, which says no one who has taken an oath to support the constitution and then engaged in insurrection can hold public office afterwards. the court did not address the issue of whether trump engaged in insurrection, but it did rule that in order to disqualify insurrectionist

candidates, congress must first pass a law spelling out how that would be done. colorado's secretary of state criticized the ruling. we believe that states like colorado and states across the nation have the authority to disqualify, by oath breaking insurrectionists from our ballots. >> the supreme court decided otherwise. >> now, next up for trump at the supreme court arguments next month on whether he's immune from criminal prosecution in the january 6th election. interference case. brianna. all right, ike, thank you for breaking that down. >> our super tuesday coverage begins tonight at 7:00 eastern on our streaming channel, abc news live, 10 p.m. here on the tv network. >> the investigation is underway into a deadly plane crash in nashville. the single engine plane burst into flames after going down behind a costco near interstate 40. authorities say several people were killed, but they did not say how many. the pilot had reported engine and power issues as well. >> today marks two weeks since a cyber attack targeted a division of a major health insurer. it

had paralyzed some hospitals, doctors office, even pharmacies. and now reports say the company may have paid a large ransom. abc's alison kosik has more. >> this morning, two weeks after a cyber attack hit the nation's largest health insurer, crippling its digital network. experts say it appears unitedhealth group may have paid . the hacker group, known as black cat, $22 million in ransom the smoking gun. >> so to speak, was a publicly visible $22 million transaction on bitcoin's blockchain. >> united health has not confirmed the payment reported by reuters and wired. the company saying it's focused on the investigation and the recovery since the attack, thousands of mostly smaller pharmacies have been facing major disruptions in fulfilling prescription orders and verifying insurance coverage. they're targeting the health care industry because they know that people patient. >> it's they are especially vulnerable. they these these

organizations are in a position where they cannot wait too long before they have to pay a ransom . >> paying the ransom might help the company get its operations up and running. but it could also set a dangerous precedent. it's like training a dog, you know, the dog does something and it gets a treat and just does it again. one health analytical firm estimate that the cyberattack has been costing health care providers more than $100 million per day. rhiannon lionel. >> all right. alison. thank you. officials in texas say at least 3000 cattle have died in the largest wildfire on record in that state. more than 500 homes and other buildings have been destroyed in the texas panhandle , a new lawsuit claims a falling utility pole sparked that fire. >> as the biden administration pushes for a cease fire in gaza, vice president kamala harris met with benny gantz. he is a member of israel's war cabinet and prime minister benjamin netanyahu's political rival. the us is promising more humanitarian airdrops amid

growing doubts that a cease fire can be reached before ramadan begins. sunday >> it's been nearly one year since a princeton university student was kidnaped while studying overseas, and now we're hearing from her sister, who's demanding the u.s. government do more to find answers. this was the last known image of princeton doctoral student elizabeth kerkhoff, a hostage video seen on iraqi tv back in november. it's the first proof emma kerkhoff had that her sister was alive after she was kidnaped. both the u.s. and israeli governments say, by the militant group kataeb hezbollah last march. >> she looked terrified. she doesn't scare easily at all, elizabeth is studying in the u.s. on a student visa with dual russian and israeli citizenship. >> she traveled to baghdad for a research project, and her sister spoke to abc's joe o'brien. >> why do you think they took her? >> probably because they somehow

figured out, um, that she's israeli and jewish. >> emma is now pushing u.s. policymakers to pressure iraq's government to free her sister. she believes iraqi officials hold the keys to elizabeth's survival because of the ties between iraq's government and that terrorist group holding elizabeth kataeb hezbollah. for years, the group helped fight isis. they now boast a budget in the billions from iraq's government. some members even have official roles in the government. >> is it fair to say that the same paramilitary groups that are shooting at american soldiers in iraq, right now are also part in a way of the iraqi government? >> well, absolutely. and that presents a tricky conundrum for both the iraqis. but also, you know, the americans. >> emma insists the u.s. could help free her sister if they lean on the iraqis. >> the only thing standing between her and freedom is a stern, tough phone call from

washington, d.c, to baghdad. >> iraq's government has said it is investigating but would not speak on the record about the case. >> it is time now for a look at your tuesday weather >> good morning. we're looking at more western snow, including into the siskiyou mountains of northern california, plus southern oregon getting in on some of the snow with winter storm warnings there you can see all that snow unfolding as we head throughout the day on tuesday into tuesday evening. know a lot of the energy moves towards southern california. so the sierra missing out on this one. but rain will work its way into los angeles and san diego. meanwhile, the east will be wet for the week right into the weekend across the south. for accuweather, i'm melissa constanza >> coming up, the world gets a new richest man. >> but first, cookie monster joining the outcry over so-called shrinkflation. that's

when products at the grocery store get smaller. even though the prices are the same, we'll have what's being done about it. >> plus, the kidnaping allegations at a well-known boarding school you want the lowe's-est price. did you say lowest, or lowe's-est price?

it's basically the same thing. if you find a better price somewhere else, we'll match it. get the lowe's-est price, with our lowest price guarantee. you got this. we got you.

i'm so excited! let's do this! >> at least three students are injured in a school bus. driver faces dui charges after a rollover crash near huntington, west virginia, police say at the scene, the driver's blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit. he is now being held on $250,000 bond. >> a husband and wife who own a christian boarding school in rural missouri have been arrested, charged with kidnaping, lighthouse christian academy claims to help families struggling with teens but police say several students ran away, some claiming abuse, saying they were locked in rooms, even held in choke holds. no response yet from the owners turning to the

economy in a sesame street character is joining the outcry over high grocery prices in this case, it's shrinkflation. >> that's now in the spotlight. this morning, the cookie monster has had enough chocolate chip cookie important to me to his beef with shrinkflation is getting attention on capitol hill after he posted meat shrinkflation me cookies are getting smaller. senator sherrod brown responded me to cookie monster. people in my state of ohio are fed up. they should get all the cookie they pay for mom. >> um, yum. >> shrinkflation is when companies make the size of their products smaller without cutting prices. a report from pennsylvania senator bob casey found the size of some oreo cookies has decreased by 6% since 2019. on a family size of, wheat thins has dropped 12% in weight. >> try new charmin mega roll. it's four times the sheets in one, and some charmin toilet

paper rolls now have 20 fewer sheets. >> president biden recently took aim at shrinkflation, calling it a rip off. >> give me a break, american public is tired of being played for suckers. >> last week, senator casey introduced a bill that would give the ftc and state attorneys general authority to crack down on shrinkflation. but many republicans dismissed that idea. >> it's a tactic that fits well with the president's previous attempts to blame price gouging for higher prices. but these arguments are political spin and not serious explanations. >> republicans argue the democrats economic policies are the root of the problem. even though inflation is down. considering from two years ago a report on prices released last month was worse than expected, fueling new worries on wall street. president biden is expected to address inflation during his state of the union thursday night. >> coming up, another risk for people with low iron levels. >> also ahead. what we're

expecting as the father of the michigan school shooter goes on trial weeks after his wife's conviction on the same charges special k is oven-toasted to crisp perfection then tossed with yogurty goodness or maybe some red berries special k. in so many craveable varieties so you can do what's delicious. nature's bounty hair growth. help grow thicker, fuller hair with just one capsule a day of advanced hair complex.

conquer hair thinning... ...and fall in love with your hair all over again. only from nature's bounty. - bye, bye cough. - later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. now try mucinex instasoothe sore throat medicated drops. no one wants to be my friend. if i told someone, it would only get worse. i'm scared to be alone. scared for what's waiting for me around every corner. i can't stand up for myself. these are the stories of kids that were bullied. 1 in 5 have experienced this in school. so the nfl's working to give them the tools to create healthier relationships. we've helped more than 2 million students. together, we can help even more at characterplaybook.com sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte™.

caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression. and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common. call your doctor about sudden mood changes, behaviors, or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants may increase these risks in young adults. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. report fever, confusion, stiff or uncontrollable muscle movements which may be life threatening or permanent. these aren't all the serious side effects. caplyta can help you let in the lyte™. ask your doctor about caplyta. find savings and support at caplyta.com . find savings and support at caplyta .com. >> overnight night, a new crew arrived at the international space station. the dragon capsule endeavor docked with the station. three astronauts and a cosmonaut will spend six months carrying out experiments in medical news. >> now, low iron levels are apparently playing a major role in cases of long covid, a new

study finds. patients who develop long covid had more problems with regulating iron in their bloodstream. researchers hope to use the data to improve treatments. >> now to michigan, where the father of a school shooter goes on trial. today, just weeks after his wife was convicted in a landmark case holding a parent responsible for their child's school shooting. this morning, the trial of james crumbly gets underway. his son, ethan killed four of his classmates at their high school in oxford, michigan, in 2021. james is charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of making a gun accessible and ignoring his son's pleas for help addressing his mental health, his wife jennifer, was convicted on the same charges last month. >> i would really like to see what he has to say in this matter. >> nicole boswell's daughter was killed in the shooting. she says she doesn't understand why ethan's parents didn't do more to intervene in their son's life. >> the stuff that he was doing and saying and writing and showing and watching is not just

a kid going through a hard time >> during her trial, jennifer crumbley testified that james was the one in charge of the gun used by ethan to carry out the attack. >> i just didn't feel comfortable being in charge of that. it was more his thing. >> a former prosecutor says james crumbley's lawyers will need to overcome many challenges , including that testimony from crumbley's wife. >> the dad was the one that bought the gun. he was a gun owner. he knew how to safely store guns, and yet he didn't lock box was still in the factory settings and the cable lock wasn't used. >> crumbley's wife will be sentenced next month. she faces up to 15 years in prison. >> coming up. what a piece of surprise memorabilia just sold for. >> also, nfl star jason kelce's emotional retirement announcement with lessons for announcement with lessons for all of us with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, my skin was no longer mine. my active psoriatic arthritis joint symptoms held me back. don't let symptoms define you.

emerge as you. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 4 months... ...and the majority stayed clearer, at 5 years. tremfya® is proven to significantly reduce joint pain, stiffness and swelling it's just 6 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge as you. emerge tremfyant®. ask you doctor about tremfya®. (psst! psst!) ahhh! with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily gives you long lasting non-drowsy relief. flonase all good. also, try our allergy headache and nighttime pills. [dog whimpers] [thinking] why always the couch? does he need to go to puppy school?

get his little puppy diploma? how much have i been spending on this little guy? when your questions about life turn into questions about money... there's erica. the virtual financial assistant to help you spend, save, and plan smarter. only from bank of america. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. and now, get max strength topical pain relief precisely where you need it. with new tylenol precise. there's something going around the gordon home. good thing gertrude found delsym. now what's going around is 12-hour cough relief. and the giggles. the family that takes delsym together, feels better together.

i'm so excited. let's do this. time to check the pulse. >> we begin with jason kelce. >> tearful goodbye to the nfl star made his retirement official as only he could. kelce thanked his family and his team. he also spoke about playing his entire career in the city of brotherly love and spoke about the role of underdog. >> i have been the underdog my entire career and i mean this when i say it. i wish i still was. few things gave me more joy than proving someone wrong. it has always been a goal of mine to play my whole career in one city, and i couldn't have dreamt a better one. and a better fit if i tried. there is no chance i'd be here without the bond travis and i share. i'd meet my future wife. i still remember

the moment she walked through the door. for then she started talking and i thought, man, is this what love feels like? >> we will miss him on the football field. but what's next for kelce? will talks have already reported been held about a potential broadcasting deal. next, an $85 million setback for the denver broncos. >> yeah, the team has decided to part ways with quarterback russell wilson after two losing seasons, but that means a record hit to the team's salary cap just so they can move on from wilson next. the really big money jeff bezos and elon musk are trading places. >> the amazon founder just surpassed musk as the world's richest person, so bezos is now worth a cool $200 billion. musk has suffered recently as tesla stock has taken a hit. >> whole foods, which is owned by amazon, is going smaller and the chain is launching new stores that could be half the size of a regular location to expand in big cities. the first opens in new york this year. >> next, one of the most watched

tv series of all time, is making a comeback. >> excited about this? a baywatch reboot is in the works at fox. david hasselhoff and pamela anderson, of course, shot to fame on the original series. no word yet on which stars are around this time. and finally, news about another iconic show. the booth used in the sopranos. sopranos finale just sold for $82,600 on ebay. $82,600 on ebay. >> the idea of the buyer not if you have chronic kidney disease you can reduce the risk of kidney failure with farxiga. because there are places you'd rather be. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, urinary tract, or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking farxiga and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this infection, an allergic reaction, or ketoacidosis. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ we're building a better postal service. all parts working in sync to move your business forward.

for more value. more reliability. and more on-time deliveries. the united states postal service built for how you business. when i have pain from arthritis i grab biofreeze. unlike voltaren, biofreeze provides fast-acting relief i can apply it to more areas of my body. and it's nsaid-free. cool the pain so i can get back on the court. [street noise] [car door shuts] [paparazzi taking pictures] introducing, ned's plaque psoriasis. ned, ned, who are you wearing? he thinks his flaky red patches are all people see otezla is the #1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. ned? otezla can help you get clearer skin, and reduce itching and flaking. with no routine blood tests required. doctors have been prescribing otezla for nearly a decade. otezla is also approved to treat psoriatic arthritis. don't use otezla if you're allergic to it.

serious allergic reactions can happen. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. some people taking otezla had depression, suicidal thoughts or weight loss. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. with clearer skin movie night, is a groovy night (♪) live in the moment. ask your doctor about otezla. stay ahead of your child's moderate—to—severe eczema,

and they can show off clearer skin and less itch with dupixent. the number one prescribed biologic by dermatologists and allergists, that helps heal your child's skin from within. serious allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems such as eye pain or vision changes, including blurred vision, joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop asthma medicines without talking to your doctor. ask your child's eczema specialist about dupixent. this election is about who shares your values. ask your child's eczema let me share mine. i'm the only candidate with a record of taking on maga republicans, and winning. when they overturned roe, i secured abortion rights in our state constitution. when trump attacked our lgbtq and asian neighbors, i strengthened our hate crime laws.

i fought for all of us struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living. i'm evan low, and i approve this message for all of our shared values. (box thuds) (water boils) (packet tears) (tea bag clanks) (water pours) - listening to people that drink bigelow tea is so important to my family, because making that perfect cup, it's the reason we do what we do hi, guys! - hi! - hey! - so what are you guys drinking? - constant comment. - when i'm drinking bigelow tea, it's just a moment for me. it's just me time. - that's what a cup of tea is. - it is. - a moment for you, someone you love. - aw! (customer sighs) - it tastes really great. - yes! it was always bigelow tea - wow! that's what my family hopes for. cheers. - cheers. (bright upbeat music)

now at five super tuesday showdown. nikki haley hoping to make a mark as polls show donald trump with a commanding lead heading into today's primaries. >> the race for the us senate, the four leading california candidates making final pitches as voters head to the polls today, digging out from the snow storm. >> residents in the sierra clearing away several feet of snow as a big stretch of i-80 reopens and big mac record. >> the man who's eating more than 30,000 of the burgers, extending his own guinness world record. >> wow, man, i remember this man as well. >> he looks exactly the same. >> he does? yeah