i gueue they don'take no patch and the angerere only growiwi as monthlyly water bills continue to roll in. >> we're paying for this water. and this water is poison. >> alex perez, abc news, chicagoing. > clean-up is under way in philadelphia after hundreds off gallons of home heating oil spilled in the skuk counsel river. the river runs through the center ofphiladelphia. more than 4,000 gallons s slled from a atank. about 200 gallons of red dye fuel went into the water. the city says there is no threat to the water supply. the two wildfires that burned in northern california last fall did at least a billion dollarsn damage. this is according to the latest estimate from the state department of insurance.

damage to communities infrastructures and utilities. the e lley fire destroyeded nearly 2,000 struck furpz the beaut fire burned about 00 homes and businesses. in the meantime, indiana's controversial religious objectionsnsaw may have cost the state about $60 million in lost revenue all from a tourist industry group that says a dozen conventions picked cities other than indianapolis, all of that because of the uproar over the law. critics say the law makes it okay to discriminate against gays based on religious objections. >> even darth vader isn't all that bad. hard to believe? the villain and storm troopers delivered new hope to a 4th grader in nebraska. he was born without an arm but limitless technology, a non-profit organization arranged for replacement limb at no charge. >> very cool. so it was made with a 3-d printer.

>> darth was accompanied by members of the legions central garrison of storm troopers. you know them, of course. >> or course. >> and after the assembly, they and alvin showed off the arm to his classmates. i was reading some of the comments be this. some guy was like this is nice and all, but what about that black protococo droid? i guess that's not a common one. >> the droid over there. >> oh, i didn't even see that. >> is that a common one? i have no idea. >> that looks like cell la tore or something. are we going old school? >> you're going e man? >> i couldn't remember the show where that came from. >> e man and shera. >> there alrlrdy 30-year-olds that are like what are they talking about. >> i have the power. >> my god. >> do you remember that? >> shera. >> folks, coming up in the mix eaking down t ttrangest laws that still exist. >> including why aren't we

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and cell tore. nor is it from florida. a driver whipped out his camera and captured an ugly road rage incident in austin, texas. wow. video shows a man wielding a baseball bat confronting the driver of a pickup truck who grabs a pole. the two go at it like ninja warriors. the conflict seems to be winding down but it's a good thing they didn't resort to guns. >> this have been incredibly ugly. this would freak me out. freakke t. well, anyway,, a georgia nurse is facing charges for faking a cancer diagnosis to scam donations. investigators in the county say that mary bennett used her medical training to convince potential donors she had stage 4:ovarian cancer and used the donations to fund trips around the southeast including one to new orleans to meet ventriloquist jeff dunnham.

dinner for bennett. >> i couldn't believe it. for days i still cououn't bebeeve it. now i believe it. >> bennett has been charged with theft and forgery. >> okay, so in jail this morning, two would be carjackers in florida who tangled with the wrg victim. >> that amazing video last week was of a mom fighting off people trying to save her vehicle. she's telling her stoto with gio benitez. >> a trip to the gas station turning into a heroic moment for a florida mother. watch as she fights off two armed menace they allegedly try to steal her car while her children are still inside. >> he got in. >> she was traveling to miami with her 1-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son when she stopped to get gas. while at the pump, these would men juan carlos gonzales and nicolas rosato tried to carjack her. >> i was just thinking he's

are in there. >> that's when she sprang into action. a security camera at the gas station capturing it all. the protective mother sprinting around to the driver's side door, diving into the car after one of the men pulling him out of the vehicle and stripping off his mask. the two would be carjackers are then seen running off camera, allegedly fleeing the scene in a getaway car. >> i didn't even think about the guns or what they were going to do to me. i just thought about getting the kids out. >> her son evan watching the whole thing from the back seat. >y mom was yelling at him. saying get out of the car. get out of the car, get out of the car right now. >> reporter: the suspects spotted by police less than a mile from the gas station. authorities arresting the two men and their alleged get away driver identified by police as rebecca utria. the trio facing charges for attempted armed carjacking and eluding police. gio benitez, abc news, new york.

one was as young as 17 years old. one of the tips, park in the center lane when you go to a gas station. it's hard are for them to get around. as a mom, i hope that i would have instincts. people say you shouldn't do this. your kids are in the back seat, you'll do anything to protect them. >> she ran on instincts. one of the suspects has been released from jail. a frightening encounter indeed there. do you leave your kid in the car when you go inside? >> i neverer do that. no. i don't go at night, too. just a personal thing. but they also happen during the day so. >> never know. >> coming up in our next half hour, the emergency playing out on the west coast. take a look at these cliffside houses teetering on the brink in danger of falling over the edge at any moment. where police have been going door to door telling residents to leave before it's too late. >> first, what's being called the super bowl for the ages. the young star up against an

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>> announcer: "world news now" so while the panthers and broncos practice for super bowl 50, san francisco drivers are practicing their patience. many streets in downtown san francisco are closed for construction of super bowl city abother preparations for the football championship. traffic will be a mess for the next two weeks. mind you, san francisco is something like 40 minutes away from where game is being played. carolina panthers fans can't get

some storere in charlotte opened up early yesterday morning so fans could guy championship gear and the people were out in force at 6:00 a.m., souvenirs for the very hot nfl team have been big sellers all season long. >> i would imagine so. going to the game won't be cheap either. see the geek says the average ticket price right now is more than$5300. thth's almost two weeks beforor a super bowl in six years. the highest was less than $4,000 but prices usually drop as the game approaches but not always. do you get them now, laterer i guessssf you're going to go, you need to get your ticks. >> yeah, or you could wait around and see. all of that just to see code play. amazing. > come on. >> when the denver broncos face f against the carolola panthers in less than two weeks, it will be a match-up that will bridge like two generations together. >> the two quarterercks facing ofof against each othehe aoung star and a favorite.

>> denver wins it, heading to super bowl 50. >> reporter: super bowl 50 will be a game for the ages. >> they take him down. >> reporter: 39-year-old peyton manning, the oldest quarterback ever to start in a super bowl. >> here comes cam. >> reporter: taking on 26-year-old cam newton, making his debut there. newton only adding to his superman reputation with an y inspiring game. >> he's in for the touchdown! >> reporter: and manning surviving an epic nailbiter against legendary rival tom brady. >> thihiis a sweet day, a sweet victory. >> reporter: but manning may be feeling his age. espn has seen firsthand how excruciating it is foranning just to take off his equipment. >> after games, he's often in so much pain that someone is helping him sort of yank his cleats off one inch at a time. >> that led to talk this super bowl may be manning's last game with his son marshall as his side. >> just a few minutes.

show, manning wouldn't predict his future. but a win in the super bowl could make for a storybook ending on football's greatest stage. ryan smith, abc news, new york. >> and some time for some analysis right now from reena. >> i didn't know. >> with the game. >> it's going to be a good game. they're going to have good commercials and the opening act is going to be amazing. >> the opening act? >> the national anthem. it's huge in my book. that says everything about the super bowl.

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>> yes. >> and my home state florida, you know i love my florida. >> wha you got. >> if an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, you still got to pay the parking fee. just as if it was a vehicle. we're big on our elephants. go big or go home. >> what if it's an em 1992 now regulation. books. in connecticut, a pickle cannot legally be a pickle unless it bounces. it's too cool in connecticut. thosfolks have too much time on their hands. >> who knew there were pickle laws. we were talking about the big super bowl match-up involving the patriots versus the cardinals in san francisco in two weeks. oh, wait. that's how these guys thought it would be. this one fan patriots fan burke o'connell decided is he would get tattoo before the championship game on sunday. saying the patriots win be super bowl 50. >> no.

the cardinals fan. yeah, super bowl 50 with the cardinals. that can't be undone. >> oh, it can be. >> it can be undone but it's a little embarrassing. ose. >> it'ss like you're jinxing your team, folks. it could be their fault they didn't make it. >> exactly. >> i would not. >> it wasn't the kicker's fault for patriots fans. it was that guy burke. >> you know, airbnb has very interesting properties. have you ever used that site? >> absolutely. >> apparently, there reinforce an igloo. they had 27 inches in new york, right? but in brooklyn in particular, there's a group of guys, 2-year-old art director patrick horton built an igloo and put it up o o airbnb, $200 a night. apparently they must not have had a goodheating system because airirb bouncedhem

>> it would have been accepted if it was in williamsburg, brooklyn but it wasn't. >> check this out. it's so cute. this kid from childbirth nearly, he's had this little ducky beaker with him. he's now become part of the family. dad bought beaker when one day when he went out to go get food. look at that.

>> so much a part of the this morning on "world news now," blizzard blockage. days after the big storm, plenty of residents and travelers still stuck. streets unplowed, flightht canceled and schools and offices shut down. we're going to having an update with the latest. >> back to back, hillary clinton ananbernie sanders making their case for the white house overnight. the iowa town hall as the primary race narrows. >> new this half hour, brink of

>> the california town in crisis, cliff erosion threatating to send buildingng into the ocean. residents literally on edge. and fresh drama for week 4 "the bachelor," which takes a detour through las vegas with n standing at an altar in a tux. what will really went down and who's the new front runner? we'll have a full report in "the skinny." it is tuesday, january 26. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i'll tell you, i needed a shower after watching "the bachelor." >> was it that -- >> you weren't the only one. >> don't you think, jack. >> exactly. it was a pretty saucy episode. and they say ben is boring? well, ben. he was hardly that. he knew how to party. >> when in vegas, you know. >> how can you be boring in vegas? >> exactly. >> even i would put my books down.

>> we're going to hear more about the anchorwoman. >> we'll hear more about the anchorwoman. >> you can take and chore woman to vegas and you never know if she'll come back. >> they get anchored there and just turn loopy. >> did they get to see j.lo.? >> i don't think she was there at the time. but i'm sure they saw some other shows. >> vegas doesn't have to deal with the@blizzard clean-up. that we're deaeang with on the east coast. another day off for washington students, baltimore, philly and their suburbs. >> that's because so many streets are still not plowed and travel is limited. new york city schools will be open again. outside manhattan driving can also be a problem. mass transit is resuming but is still fairly limited. >> federal government offices are closed again today in more than 40 deaths have been bled on the storm fromom accidents, snow shoveling, heart attacks even carbon monoxide and hundreds of flights have already >> the problem for the airlines is that planes and crews that

of the country may be stranded here. the hardest hit airline is united which has two hubs in the region, newark and washington dulles airport. washington is having trouble de-icing or digging out rather. more from abc's david kerley. >> reporter: after the blizzard, front end loaders, trucks, even a rail yard plow are still working to reopen the capital. >> we are still in a snow emergency. >> reporter: washington looking like a ghost town. some highways, single-lane trenches. in the suburbs, , ficials say it could be wednesday before residents see a plow on their street. >> it's a mess. total mess. >> reporter: it has been a mess in the skies, too. more than 1,600 flight cancellations as planes started flying, and passengers returned to airports. in chicago, juan reyes' first flight was scheduled for saturday. >> that wasanceled and thehe rebooked me on sunday, and that was canceled. >> reporter: some of the snow from the historic storm now being melted at reagan national.

airport looked like in the middle of the blizzard saturday. a day later, sunshshe and heavy chinery. these crews are working to clear a foot and a half of snow from the equivalent of 200 miles of roadway to get aircraft like this back in the air. runways clear, but service will be limited for another day or two. so this city will come back to some life on tuesday with commuters coming back in to the district of columbia, but don't expect it to be a smooth commute. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> thank you so much. all that snow is making it difficult for firefighters in baltime last night. they had to slog through snow-covered streets to battle a raging row house fire. the narrow street in front of that house completely blocked by snow up to five feet deep. no way for fire trucks to get close. the house appeared to be stroyed and other homes nearby suffered smoke damage. >> it does seem as if the presidential campaign has gone on forever but next monday, the first voters will finally have their say at the iowa caucuses. last night, the three democratic

hall in iowa. bernie sanders was asked a big question people have when they hear he is a socialist. >> but just to be clear, you are going to raise taxes to do this. >> yes, we will raise the -- we will raise taxes, yes, we will. but also let us be clear, chris. we may raise taxes, but we are also going to eliminate private heal insurance premiums for ininviduals and for busisisses. >> hillary clinton, this was kind of awkward, was asked about sanders inspiring new tv ads including the one that uses simon and garfunkels's wonderful song "america." here is her answer. >> you campaign in poetry, you govern in propose. we need a lot more poetrin this campaign and in our country soso applaud that. i love the feeling. i love the energy. i obviously respect senator

what he has done in this campaign. but i believe that i'm the better person to be the democratic nominee and to be the president and commander in chief of the country. >> that's what you called a pivot. martin o'malley is pitching himself as a candidate for the party's future, but if he doesn't get enough votes at next week's caucuses, his supporters will have to switch to one of the others. >> decision day coming around. meanwhile, republican donald trump is threatening to boycott thursday's debate on the fox network. the front-runner is demanding thth anchor megan kelly be removed as a moderator. trump you'll remember tangled with kelly during the last fox date. he says she isn't fair to him. so far fox is holding firm reminding trump even if he's he's president, he won't get to pick the journalists. that is true. >> true. so a key law enforcement offici in europe is warning that isis is planning othth large scale attacks on european

paris. the official said this was part of the terror group's new combat style capability to carry out large attacks. those attacks will focus primarililon soft targets because of the impact that it generates. and a top french official says isis has created a whole industry out of the production of fake passports. the french interior minister claims isis got blank passports from its operations in libya, syria and iraq. last month, abc news reported that u.s. intelligce suspected isis had acquired ththsands of blank syrian passports and at least one passport printing machine after taking over government offices in syria. now to the hunt for those dangerous escapees in southern california. sheriff's officials in orange county say they believe the three men are still in the area because of their close ties to local gangs. and they're pleading for anyone with information to come forward. here's abc's kayna whitworth.

intensifying for those three escaped inmates. now on run. police say the three men cut through metal grates in their cell, making their way through plumbing pipes to the roof. there, they rappelled down the side of the jail using that rope made from bed sheets. >> we think that it would be highly unlikely for someone else in there not to know what was going on. >> reporter: you can see in this surveillance video a shadowy figure and a flicker. they believe that's one of the men on the roof. the fugitives, accused of violent crimes from murder to attempted murder, kidnapping and torture. they were last seen at the maximum security jail near dawn on friday, but weren't discovered missing until late that evening. once they escaped, they found themselves here. a densely populated area full of government buildings and neighborhoods. >> authorities saying they think the men are still somewhere in southern california. >> we feel that they may be embedded somewhere in the community. >> reporter: but authorities are worried that people in that community may be too fearful to come forward. kayna whitwortrt santa ana, cacafornia. >> turning to sports, serena

semifinals of the australian open defeating maria sharapova in straight sets earlier today. 6-6- 6-1. >> the first set was neck and neck. williams breezed through the second. williams has won their last 1 matches. alal note, in the last six times that williams qualified as one of quarterfinal at the australian open, she's gone on to win the tournament. so we wish her good luck. >> she just t eds they and three more. >> there you go. do the math for us. >> all right. so speaking of sports, the seventh place finisher at a half marathon in alabama never bothered to register before the race. ludivine somehow escaped her backyard and made her way to the starting line and ran the entire 13.1 mile course. look at the dog. >> there's good reason. the 2 1/2-year-old hound dog had no trouble keeping up with the

her time was a little over an hour and a half and marathon officials awarded her a medal on a ribbon just like the other finishers. >> ah. how do you only come in seventh? >> seventh? i would be grateful if i finished the marathon. >> well, that's true. but i would think that a dog would be faster than us. all right. coming up, a california city on edge. take a look at this building right here. cliff. as the earth gives out to erosion. what's being done to try and prevent a disaster. >> and in "the skinny," sophia vergara suing a beauty company. without her consent. do the honors. >> there's no love for great falls today. >> there's rain in some parts. >> why did max take it off? 74. >> announcer: "world news now"

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a physician's assistant from atlanta has been killed while on vacation in the caribbean. investigators on the island of grenada say jessica colker was stabbed to death as she walked a beach h d her husband was able to escape the attack. reports say a recently released ex-con is being questioned by police. >> back here at home, a crisis is playing out on the west coast as dozens of cliffside homes literally teeter on the brink of disaster. >> crashing waves and powerful rain from el nino are accelerating the erosion of a coastal wall in the neighborhood outside of san francisco. abc's neal karlinksky has the latest.

putting lives at risk. a drone capturing that dramatic moment as part of this hillside outside of san francisco shears off, putting apartment buildings and homes in danger. >> people's houses are now on the edge of the cliff. >> reporter: weeks of heavy storms and high surf pounding the coastline here. the new worry as officials ask roughly 100 homeowners to move out, fearing their apartment building could now b bat risk, too.o. >> we've been losing four or five feet a week the past couple of weeks here. >> reporter: one of the things they're trying to do to help these people is put boulders in place to gok block some of the waves and erosion but it's just not enough. many people who live in the apartments teetering on the edge are not at all happy about being asked to leave. neal karlinksky, abc news. >> pictures near san francisco. when we come back, the bachelor takes a detour inside a las vegas wedding chapel. our senior bachelor analyst will

>> "the skinny" up next. >> announcer: "world news now"

abc stations skinny, so skinny topping our headadnes this morning, week four of the bachelor takes a detour to las vegas. >> joining us with the details is "world news now" senior bachelor analyst, jack sheehan.

>> you out of breath? >> single rose this week. it's raining here. let's get right to it. 14 women started this week. vegas, baby, vegas. one-on-one d de. jojo and our man ben, it didn't start off too well. the helicopter there blew over their table. but once they got going, they really got going. you know, a little helicopter ride around kind of thing. folks, jojo is in it for the long run. jojo gets the rose. moving on. the group date. thisisas a talent show. maybe we should say lack thereof. there was dancing. there was cello playing. > nice. >> there was all sorts of other stuff going on. but olivia was the star, the unwilling star i would say. >> is that a talent? >> it was legedly a talent. this was no doubt the most

season so far. probably in like a decade or so of bachelor, bachelorette and "bachelor in paradise" material. this was absolutely horrible. there's no other way to say it. unfortunately, afterwards, she overcame a panic attack. olivia actuallllgot the rose. moving on, becca one-on-one date with ben. they started out there in the little white chapel. ben got down on one knee. >> no. >> just kidding. >> they -- he got down on one knee? >> he got down on one kn. he was in a tux. ben has been ordained so he can carry out these wedding things. that's what t ey did. it was really nice. becca we should say gets the rose. then the two-on-one date. you know that there are these twins. >> who doesn't like twins? >> emily and haley. theyeye actually from vegas. they took a lili out to see their mom.

you get the idea. the thing is, it was both of them in the limo on the way to mom's house. >> uh-huh, and? >> only one of them went back. >> that's cruel. >> haleyhanks but no thanks. you get the idea. so now we're getting down to the nitty gritty. in the rose ceremony, excuse me, 11 women got roses. there was also obviously haley's gone, amber didn't get a rose. better luck on "bachelor in paradise." rachel, she didn't get a rose. the kiss cou, the kiss count stops at eight. >> wow. >> yeah. he was kissing women with the same regularity as carolina was scoring touchdowns. >> nice. >> tell you what. next up, vamos, mexico >> they go to mexico. >> analyst out. >> all right. >> got to get to mexico. he's g g a week to figure it

>> his lips were busy. even little ben got a kiss. >> good wrap-up. thank you so much, our senior bachelor analyst. >> next up, after all that, sophia vergara is suing a beauty company for $15 million. >> the "modern family" star filed a lawsuit against venus concept where she did receive a skin f fghtening massage in 2014 even posting a photo of herself after getting the treatment with a poster of marilyn monroe looking on. >> since then she claims the mpany has been using that image without her permission and without paying her and tmz is reporting vergara wasn't even that happy with the treatment in the first place, describing it as a waste of money. >> i'd like to know how much that costs for t t skin knight tightening just in case can i know a friend. speaking of money, we're getting new details about that sparkly bolero jacket worn by sarah palin during the donald trump endorsement.

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tinder? i found a -- a bunch of girls who aren't interested in me. >> reporter: yes, wise teens on "blackish" that's a problem they're working on where you swipe right if you like and left if it's a no, no. three using a new supersecret formula, a desirability rating. >> the desirability rating is a measure of the swipe left, swiwi right ratio. >> they still show you potential matches based on interests, location, age, et cetera, but now the first ones you see will be folks in your league. >> individuals are presented with individuals who are also at their same level of rating. >> how do you know this? >> i know everything. >> reporter: actually journalist austin carr uncovered the truth. one of the only people on earth who know their rating. >> you get a sense of how many are swiping right on you and how desirable you are as a human being. >> reporter: tinder told austin his rating when he was writing

"fast company." >> mscore came out to 946. i would like t tthink it's out of a scale of 1,000. that would make me feel a lot better. >> desirability is far more nuanced than whether someone is physically attractive or not. >> the average they say is about 800 so chin up, austin. >> tinder users do not learn their measure because it's constantly changing. >> would you w wt to know? be honest. >> they're probably not rating >> nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> based on what i'm getting on this, this tinder. >> we did find your profile. we know you recently joined. we're going to pull it up. look at your hair profile. >> everybody would love that. hair. desirability score way more than the one i'm using right now. >>eally? a dead skunknkn your head what do they call it? likability?

your wantability, your lustability, i just keep swiping playing the numbers game and it's not working. > how come nobody's matched with you? >> i don't know. there's got to be some desperate people out there. i'm going to keep my tinder profile for another half hour. >> we've got lots of updates and more news from abc coming up. >> announcer: this is abc "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. this is abc "world

spending in the iowa legislature has begun to take shape. on monday the republican-controlled house approved a two per cent growth rate for basic aid to schools in the next fiscal year. the bill nonoheads to the democratic-majority senate, where lawmakers have indicated that increase is not enough. democrats prefer a four per cent boost. governor branstad has also proposed more than what the house has passed. more news later tonight here on t-v nine. good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." the democratic presidential candidates answered questions from iowa voters one week before the caucuses there. a new national poll indicates hillary clinton holding the lead, but she could lose the first two voting primaries.

>> i -- a text grand jury has cleared planned parenthood on charges it sold organs from aborted fetuses. they indicted two activists. >> a former prosecutor has been named to spearhead an investigation into the water crisis in flint, michigan. the retired head of the fbi in detroit will also be part of that investigation. and their first set was a struggle. the second rather lopsided as serena williams defeated maria sharapova at the australian open today. williams moves onto the semifinals now. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, january 26th. >> announcer: from a a news, this is "world news now." >> we do say good morning to you on this tuesday morning. we're going to get started this half hour in iowa where the first american voters will get to say who they want to be the next president. >> and last night, the three

voters. abc's own liz kreutz was there and joins from us des moines. hey, liz, morning. >> reporter: reena and kendis good morning. we're now less than one week away till it the iowa caucus and the stakes could not be higher. after a day crisscrossing the e state campaigninin the three dedecratic presidential candidates convened right here to lay out their final pitch to voters. overnight in iowa, the race heating up. >> leave me alone here. >> reporter: the democratic presidential hopefuls facing voters in a cnn town hall just seven days before the caucus. bernie sanders fielding questions on his health care plan and the economy. >> but just to be clear, you are going to raise taxes to do this. >> yes, we will raise -- we will raise taxes. yes, we will. but also let us be clear, chris. we may raise taxes, but we are also going to eliminate private health insurance p pmiums for individuals and for business. >> he also didn't hold back when

>> now, this calls for a standing up response. >> okay. what do i think? let me just give you a couple of examples. the truth ishat the most significant vote and issue regardininforeign policy that t have seen in this country in modern history was the vote on the war in iraq. okay? that's the fact. i voted against the war in iraq. hillary clinton voted for the war in iraq. >> reporter: later hillary clinton animated, energetic confronted with questions over her honesty and her e-mails. >> i've heard from quite a few people my age that they think you're dishonest. but i'd like to hear from you on why you feel the enthusiasm isn't there. >> you know, look, i've been around a long time. people have thrown all kinds of things at me. with it. they fall by the wayside.

outldish things and make these charges. i just keep going forward because there's nothing to it. >> but then a lighter moment when clinton was asked to respond to her opponent's new tv ad featuring simon and garfunkel. >> i think that's great. i think that's fabulous. i loved it. and now,w,ook, you campaign inin poetry, you govern in prose. and we need a lot more poetry in this campaign. >> as you can tell, it is going to be a long six days here. it is a tight race and who wins is going to come down to turnout. the clinton and sanders campaigns are both planning big mobilization efforts to make sure their supporters abe the ones who come out to caucus. >> our thanks to liz in des moines this morning. thank you. in the meantime, the republican front-runner donald trump is using a new online ad to help make his final pitch. in it, he says pretty much every

is out to stop him. take a listen. >> the establishment, the media, the special interests, the lobbyists, t t d dors. they're e l against me. i'm self-funding my campaign. i don't owe anybody anything. i only owe it to the american people to do a great job. >> that's quite a close-up. trump is threatening to boycott thursday's debate on fox if the network allows megyn kelly to be one of its moderatoror he says kelly is unfair to him. so far the network is holding firm. a major change for juveniles held in federal prison. president obama ordered young prisoners will no longer face the possibility of solitary confement. in a "washington post" editorial, the president says that the change will affect some 10,000 prisoners now held in solitary. he says that he hopes the new rules will be as a model for state and local prisons. >> going to move to breaking news right now. a close call in the waters off south florida.

a sinking yacht. the coast guard says the 106-foot boat started taking on water 13 miles off the coast of fort lauderdale. all the passengers were able to get on board the coast guard ship to help. it appears a mechanical problem may have caused the yacht to sink. >> turning to the weather now, some 80 million of us digging out from the blizzard of 2016. even many city streets are still blocked by all that snow and many school districts closed again today. so are the federal government offices in washington. with more, here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: in new york city, even the snowplows, reeling from that record breaking snow. >> we've got finish this job and get it done. >> reporter: streets in queens still buried. >> i don't know why they forgot about us. >> reporter: 80 million people in all impacted by the winter storm. baltimore seeing its biggest storm on record. again gary, west virginia, blasted with 42 inches. in nearby martinsburg, 40 inches. in newark, new jersey, a record

>> this is not right. they're not cleaning the streets they're not doing anything. >> reporter: the heavy snow caving in roofs, like this church in chester county, pennsylvania. this apartment comex in virginia. and in new york city, five people died while shoveling, a warning many are taking seriously. >> and you stop for rest so you don't get too tired. >> oh, no, not at my age. up. >> and down the east coast, hundreds of accidents since saturday's storm hit. that 85-mile stretch of pennsylvan turn people finally reopened after more than 500 cars got stuck for hours. this church group making due too, celebratiti mass in the ow. and the problem here, just take a look. some streets here in new york still haven't been plowed. many people here say they've never seen this much snow. o benitez, abc news, queens, new yoyo. >> with no school, no work and not much else open in washington, d.c., the nation's capital is turning to its most beloved resident. >> we're talking about giant panda tian-tian. not disappointing anyone.

the weekend. at least someone in shington is enjoying the weather. look at that. the national zoo still closed though. but there's alalys the panda cam and videos like this one. the earlier video got more than 55 million views on facebook. that's what everybody was doing watching tian-tian roll in the snow. >> it's calming. isn't it? >> it's funny. > i don't know if it's because in china they're not used to the snow, right? pandas, it's hot. bamboo. soso tian-tian is like, what t it up with h is, right? it's colder? >> okay. they are used to snow. >> excuse me. florida girl misspoke. >> we just found out from our beijing bureau. bob woodruff is over there. >> coming up, getting out of debt. for so many americans it can feel like a daunting challenge. abc's rebecca jarvis will talk with one expert who's been there and done that with her own getting out of debt road map.

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nearby may be the key to a home's value. homes within a mile of trader joe's or whole foods are worth twice as much as the national avere. within two years of a trader joe's opening nearby, home prices surged 10% more than in other neighborhoods. >> but not whole foods? >> they didn't look into that. equity in your home is great, but it doesn't help your personal balance sheet if you're mired in debt. >> for many americans, climbing out of debt can feel like an impossible challenge. but it doesn't always have to be. here is rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: ever wonder what a shark would say is the best way for you to build wealth right now? ask shark kevin o'leary and he'll tell you. >> saving money is the key to long-term success. if i was in debt, i would do whatever it takes to save all my napkins when i went to a fast food restaurant so i didn't have to buy them. it's extreme but it's important. debt is a killer. >> one in three american useholds lives paycheck to paycheck with the average home

tiffany, otherwise known as the budgetnista says she began her climb out of deep p bt when she had no job. >> i was a preschool teacher and then i lost my job. >> you're almost $300,000 in debt at the time. >> yes. >> the key says tiffany to getting rid of that $300,000 in debt was cutting back on housing costs. first, moving in with her parents, then friends. >> a lot of my friends thought i was crazy. >> she used the website magnify money to identify zero rate credit cards to transfer her existing card balances to that involved no fees allowing her to pay down her credit card debt considerably faster. >> who today she is out of her economic hole, the owner of a successful financial advising business and using hard earned savings totoravel the world. >> what's the lesson you want people to take away from your story? >> if i can dig my way out, honestly, anyone can do it. >> rebecca jarvis, abc news, new

i love that she waable to dig herself out. >> yeah, and her advice, of course, only works if you're single. families can't as readily move in with their parents. or hopefully not. >> speak for yourself. i've always my husband we're going to move in with my parents. it's a great motivator. >> to move in with your parents and friends. that's'sne way to cut. you got to put yoururride out of theheay when you need to get your debt in order. that's the message from reena this morning. >> financial advisor reena ninan. >> coming up, when you're taking you to all the wrong places. >> how the old world idea of match making is enjoying a new resurgence among today's modern you'rereatching "world news s now."

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>> and in today's increasingly hectic world, modern singles are finding growing difficulty in finding the one. with more and morereurning to a nenetake on an old world idea of match making. we're up "up all nightline" with abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: while millionaire matchmaker patti stavger has famously found love for the risch -- >> meet my millionaires. >> reporter: you could say anna is more a thousand dollar matchmaker. her match making costs 3500 bucks for three montnt or up to $5,000 for half the year. >> at the point they're willing to pay $3500, are they desperate? >> i had that same question when i started this job and i have not yet met a desperate person. >> you've not met a single desperate person? >> no. >> you haven't met a woman with the biological clock that's ticking desperate to meet a man inside a year? no? >> we do not promise deadlines. people that we're working with

their lives that they're happy with and it's just this one missing piece. >> she works for the national match making company three-day rule jokingly named for this bad advice from the movie "swingers." >> i used to wait two days to call anybody. now it's like everyone in town waits two days. so i think three days is kind of mine. what do you think? >> two is enough not to look anxious. >> what arsome common problems you're seeing with people coming in who haven't been successful dating on their own? >> i think modern dating is challenging. the system itself, it's great how many options we have these days with apps and web sites but also leads to a bit of dating a.d.d. sometimes. >> she and her colleague heather only take on eight new paying clients a month. >> are you guys single? >> those who don't pay to become clients end up part of three-day rule's free pool of lower priority potential matches. >> hi. >> hi. >> are you emily? >> yes. >> so nice to meet you. i'm anna.

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t if she eventually decides to pay up, anna will be there to help her get to happililever after. for "nightline," i'm linzie janis in chicago. >> what do you think? >> i guess it makes sense people will do that. let's be honest. tinder and grinder are basically hookup sites. they're not necessarily for a long-lasting relationship. >> you're not going to find your happily ever after on tinder, is that what you're saying? >> no, happily next five minutes. >> coming up, the new gym in texas. minutes. >> coming up, the new gym in texas. the leading cough liquid only provides relief for four hours, but did you know there's a product that lasts for twelve hours? try delsym twelve hour cough liquid. its advanced formula works by immediately releasing powerful medicine that acts fast while its extended release medicine lasts for 12 hours. in fact, delsym lasts three times longer than the leading cough liquid. for all day or all night relief, try delsym -the #1 doctor recommended 12 hour cough liquid.

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>> okay. this morning on "world news now," presidential hopefuls making their final pitch. >> the democrats taking the stage last night. clinton and sanders energized in front of the iowa crowd, while donald trump takes a break from the hawkeye state with lesesthan a w wk too the caucuses.

than a dozen rescued at sea as a yacht sinks off the c cst of florida. the coast guard jumping into action with the 100-foot boat taking on water. road rage caught on camera. two drivers going at it with bats in the middle of the road. the scene playayg out in traffic at the enraged strananrs attack each other. and the super bowl match-up. the old guard versus the new. preparations under w w right now for the big game. and the average price of a ticket just to see peyton versus cam, oh, and coldplay, as well and beyonce. it is tuesday, january 26th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." hey, everyone. good morning. it is getting down to the wire. >> yes, the super bowl is almost here. >> i wasn't referring to that, but you're probably right, too. >> the super bowl of politics. it is almomo here.

today we might know from right now who won the caucuses. remember four years ago, it took awhile before iowa decided the results with rick santorum. it is exciting. we've been talking about it for so long. >> looking forward to having chinese that night. >> why, is that a tradition? >> i alwayaylike to watch the night before, you u ow. it's going to be a long night for us. hunker down before we get to the broadcast, we'll have the latest stuff. >> exactly. and some politicians might be eating some crow that night after the results. >> well, said. >> but like we were saying, six days and counting. it is crunch time for many of the candidates. and the first voters will be heard in iowa next monday. >> last nighghthe three democrats vying for their support answered their questions and made their final pitch. >> a new poll shows hillary clinton with 52% of the vote ahead of bernie sanders by double digits. he's at 38%. while martin o'malley at just 2%. >> but clinton could lose in the first two contests and that could injure her long-term prospects.

latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: with one week to go before they face the iowa caucus voters for the first time, the three democratic candidates for president appeared one by one at an iowa town hall hosted by cnn. some polls have bernie sanders edging out hillary clinton. >> establishment politics is just not good enough. we need bold changes. we need a political revolution. >> reporter: though statistically out of the running, martin o'malley isn't breaking strtre. >> i need the o'malley supporters out there to hold strong and move forward like iowa does. >> reporter: and clinton still the front-runner nationally but she needs every vote she can get in the hawkeye state. >> i've been on the front lines of change and progress since i wawayour age. i have been fighting to give kids and women and the people who are left out and left behind a chance to make the most out of their own lives. >> reporter: the gop front-runner had his attention on new hampshire. >> we love new hampshire. good evening.

primary is in two oeeks. >> and, you know, my new battle is with a gentleman named ted cruz. >> reporter: in iowa recent polls have trump leading cruz. >> 177 hours. that's how long g 've got till e iowa caucuses. >> reporter: the endorsements are rolling in for the candidates. the most recent former texas governor and gop candidate rick perry endorses t t cruz. reena and kendis? >> thank you, kenneth. we'll get to breaking news right now coming from south florida where some 13 people have been rescued from a sinking yacht. the e ast guard says the 106-foot boat started taking on water 13 miles off the coast. this is at ft. lauderdale. all passengers were able to get aboard the coast guard ship to help. it appears a mechanical problem may have cause the the yacht to sink. more than 40 deaths have been%reported from this weekend's blizzard. watch as the s sw buries the

parking lot. we're talking 24 to 30 inches of snow fell in the region. schools are closed for another day in washington, baltimore, as well as philly and suburban communities. federal offices will again be closed today. but t new york city, roadadin manhattan are mostly clear but other boroughs and suburbs still need work causing tempers to flare. >> this is not right. they're not doing anything. >> i didn't think it was going to be this bad. no transportation, really? not everybody has a car. >> it may be days before all public transportation is rolling again. warmer temperatures over the next few days may help the cause there. so air travel is still a mess after the storm. hundreds of flights are already canceled for today and more than 16 flights were canceled yesterday and,000 delayed. united airlines has the most headaches. it has hubs in newark and washington dulles airport. the problems in the east affect flights all across the country

the wrong places. there's a new ruling in the legal battle between detroit and its teachers. teachers protested outside the courtroom where a judge later denied a request for a restraining order to keep teachers from participating in sick-outs. strikes are illegal but teachers have staged several sickouts to draw attention to poor conditions and low pay. a new hearing is set for february. the governor of michigan may be forced to reveal more details about the handling of the water crisis in flint. governor rick snyder's e-mails and other communications have been subpoenaed as part of a class action suit. alex perez reports on how the investigation into the crisis is heating up. >> reporter: the michigan attorney general announcing an independent team is now leading an investigation into the mishandling of the water crisis inlint. water, he admits, remains unsafe. >> i would certainly not bathe a newborn child or a young infant in this bad water. >> reporter: a warning the fafaly of 2-year-old sininre smith wishes they would have had

that rash on the toddler's face, his mother says, caused by bathing in the lead-contaminated water. theseeheart-breaking i iges. some children in tears, as they lined up with families to get tested for lead poisoning. and the anger here only growing as monthly water bills continue to roll in. >> we'e' paying for this water. and this water is poison. >> reporter: alex perez, abc news, chicago. clean-up is under way in philadelphia after hundreds of gallons of home heating oil spilleded in the schuylkill river. the river runs through the center of philadelphia. more than 4,000 gallons spilled from a tank. about 200 gallons of so-called red-dye fuel went into the water. the city says there is no threat to the wer supply. the two wildfires that burned in northern california last fall did at least $1 billion in damage.

estimate from the state department of insurance. the price tag does not include damage to communities infrastructures and utilities. the valley fire destroyed nearly 2,000 ststctures. the e tte fire burned about 800 homes and businesses. in the mean tirnlgs indiana's controversial religious objections law, remember, that well, it may have cost the state about $60 million in lost revenue. this is all from a tourist industry group that says a dozen convention picked cities other than indianapolis, all of that because of the uproar over the law. critics say the law makes it okay to discriminate against gays based on religious objections. even darth vader isn't all that bad. hard to believe? star wars villains and storm tropers delivered a new hope to a fourth grader in nebraska. this is albert gonzalez who were born without an arm but

nonprofit organization, arranged fofo replacement limb at no charge. >> very cool. so, it was made with a 3d printer. >> czy, huh? >> darth was accompanied by members of the legions central garrison of storm troopers. you know them, of course. >> of cocose. >> and after the assembly, they and alvin showed off the arm to his classmates. i was reading some of the comments, and some guy was like, this is nice and all, but what about that black protocol droid? i guess that's not a common one. >> which one? >> the droid over there. >> oh, i didn't even see that. >> is that a common one? i have no idea. >> are we going old school? >> you're going e-man? >> i couldn't t member the show where that came from. >> he man and she-ra. >> there already 30-year-olds that are like what are they talking about. >> i have the power. >> my god. >> do you remember that? >> she-ra. folks, coming up in "the

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this is not a scene from e-man or skeletor. nor is it from florida. a driver whipped out his camera and captured an ugly road rage incident in austin, texas. wow. video shows a man wielding a baseball bat confronting the driver of a pickup truck who grabs a pole. the two go at it like ninja warriors. as the photographer drivers away the conflict seems to be winding down, but it's a good thing they didn't resort to guns. >> this could have been incredibly ugly. this would frere me out. freak me out. well, anyway, a georgia nurse is facing charges for facing a cancer diagnosis to scam donations. investigators in the county say at mary bennett used her medical training to convince potential donors she had stage four oe var ovarian cancer and used the donations to fund trips

one to new orleans to meet ventriloquist jeff dunham. >> curt hehe a fund-raising dinner for bennett. >> i couldn't believe it. for days i still couldn't believe it. now i believe it. >> bennett has been charged with theft and forgery. okay. so in jail this morning two would-be carjackers in florida who tangled with the wrong victim. >> that amazing video last week was of a mom fighting off people trying to save her vehicle. now in an abc news exclusive she's telling her story with h r gio benitez.z. >> reporter: a trip to the gas station turning into a heroic moment for a florida mother. watch as angie fights off two armed men as they allegedly try to steal her car while her children are still inside. >> he got in. >> reporter: she was traveling to miami with her 1-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son when she stopped to get gas.

would-be menen juan carlos gonzalez and nicholas rosato tried to carjack her. >> i was just thinking he's going to take it and the kids are in there. >> reporter: that's when she sprang into action. a security camera at the gas station capturing it all. the protective mother sprinting around to the driver's side door, diving into the car after one of the men pulling him out of the vehicle and stripping off his mask. the two would-be carjackers are thth seen running off camera, allegedly fleeing the scene in a getaway car. >> i didn't even think about the guns or what they were going to do to me. i just thought about getting the kids out. >> reporter: her son evan watching the whole thing from the backseat. >> my mom was yelling at him. saying, get out of the car, get out of the car, get out of the car right now. >> reporter: the suspects spotted by police less than a mile from the gas station. authorities arresting the two men and their alleged getaway driver, identified by police as rebecca utriap the trio facing charges for attempted armed carjacking and eluding police. gio benitez, abc news, newework. >> terrifying.

old. they say that one of the tips are maybe park in the center lane when you go to the gas station because it's harder for them to get around. as a mom, i hope that i would have instincts. people say, you shouldn't do this. but when your kids are in the backseat, you'd do a athing to protott them. >> she ran on instincts. one of the suspects has been released from jail. a frightening encounter, indeed, there. do you leave your kid in the car when you go inside? >> i never do that. no. i don't go at night, too. i find -- just a personal thing. i just don't go at night. but they also happen during the day, so daash >> never know. coming up in our next half hour, the emergency playing out on the west coast. take a look at these cliffside houses teetering on the brink in danger of falling over the edge at any momen whererpolice have been going door to door, telling residents to leave before it's too late. first, what's being called the super bowl for the ages.

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abc stations. so whilelehe panthers and broncos practice for super bowl 50, san francisco drivers are practicing their patience. many streets in downtown san francisco are closed for construction of super bowl city and other preparations for the football championship. traffic will be a mess for the next two weeks. mind you, san francisco is somethininlike 40 minutes awayay from where the game is being played.

can't get enough of the super bowl. some stores in charlotte opened up early yesterday morningngo fans could guy championship gear and the people were out in force at 6:00 a.m. souvenirs for the very hot nfl team have been big sellers all season long. >> i would imagine so. going to the game won't be cheap either. geekseat says the arage tickett price right now is more than $5300. that's almost two weeks before a super bowl in six years. the highest was less than $4,000 but prices usually drop as the game approaches but not always. do you get them now, later? i guess if you're going to go, you need to get your tickets. >> yeah, or you could wait around a a see. all of that just to see code coldplay. amazing. >> oh, come on. >> when the denver broncos face off, of course, against the carolina panthers in less than two weeks, it's a match-up that will bridge two generations together. >> the two quarterbacks facing off against each other, a young

here is abc's ryan smith. >> reporter: super bowl 50 will be a game for the ages. >> they take him down. >> reporter: 39-year-old peyton manning, the oldest quarterback ever to start in a super bowl. >ere comes cam. >eporter: taking on 26-year-old cam newton, making his debut there. newton only adding to his superman reputation with an awe-inspiring game. >> he is in the for the touchdown! >> reporter: and manning surviving an epic nailbiter against legendary rival tom brady. >> this is a sweet day, a sweet victory. >> reporter: b manning may be feelelg his age. espn has seen firsthand how excruciating it is for manning just to take off his equipment. >> after games, he's often in so much pain that someone is helping him sort of yank his cleats off one inch at a time. >> reporter: that led to talk this super bowl may be manning's last game. with his son marshall at his side.

>> reporter: and silently stealing the show. manning wouldn't predict hisisis future. but a win in the super bowl could make for a storybook ending on football's greatest stage. ryan smith, abc news, new york. and some time for some analysis right now from reena. >> i didn't know. >> with the game. >> it's going to be a good game. they're going to have good commercials. and the opening act is going to be amazing. >> the opening act? >> the national anthem. it's huge in my book. that says everything about the super bowl.

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you're right. martin luther king day, we've moved onto the next holiday. >> yes. >> and my home state florida, you know i love my florida. >> what you got? >> if an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, u still got to pay the parking fee. just as if it was a vehicle. we're big on our elephants. go big or go home. >> what if it's an emu? >> now that's a different type of regulation. didn't go that far into the books. in connecticut, a pickle cant legally be a pickle unless it bounces. it's too cold in connecticut. those folks have too much time on their hands. >> who knew there were pickle laws. we're talking about the big super bowl match-up involving the patriots versus the cardinals in san francisco in two weeks. oh, wait. that's how these guys thought it would be. >> oh, now.

burke o'connell, decided he would get a tattoo before the championship game on sunday, saying the patriots win super bowl 50. >> no. >> and then there's jose. the cardinals fan. yeah, super bowl 50 with the cardinals. that can't be undone. >> oh, it can be. >> it cacabe undone but it's a little embarrassing. >> it's like you're jinxing your team, folks. it could be their fault they didn't make it. >> exactly. >> i would not. >> it wasn't the kicker's fault for patriots fans. it was that guy, burke. you know, airbnb has very interesting properties. have you ever used that site? >> absolutely. >> apparently they have igloos. they had 27 inches in new york, right? but in brooklyn in particular, there's a group of guys, art director patrick horton

airbnb, $200 a night. apparently they must not have had a good heating system because airbnb bounced them saying it had to be removed from the search. >> it would have been accepted if it was in williamsburg, brooklyn, but it wasn't. >> check this out. it's so cute. this kid from childbirth nearly, he's had this little ducky beaker with him. he's now become part of the

as an areaeaf low pressure pullsls to the northeast the light snow moves east of the state. as tuesday heads our way stronger northwest winds are expected. highs fall from the 30s the past couplelef days into the 20s through wednesday. some flurries are possible late wednesday night but should not cause any major issues. looking ahead some milder weather approaches for the later pararof the work week. have a great night! tonight: snow likely low: 19-25 making news in america this morning, countdown to the caucuses. less than a week until the first major electoral event in the presidential race. the democratic candidates on stage overnight making their final pitch to the people of iowa. digging out, the blizzard of 2016 leaving behind a mess. schohos and major cities s sll

another possible storm.