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>> he doesn't have the experience to be president. >> and trump trying to silence jeb. >> let me talk. quiet. >> who will survive this critical primary? all out. the democrats on the move. hillary clinton in flint. bernie sanders, live in new york. terror scare. the uble-decker bus. and the explosion on a london bridge. who didn't get the warning about this movie moment? senior scam? the hunt tonight for two young women targeting retirement homes, ciming to be raising funds for a school trip, and getting away with stacks of cash. and, on thin ice. the lakeside parking lot that was actually the lake. the hazardous scene that drivers came back to, when their cars broke through the ice. >> good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. tonight, a critical moment in
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the new hampshire primary just twos two days away. and republicans on the stage for last night's abc news debate in manchester. repeated blows to marco rubio,o, aiming to s sp his momentum. that didn't stop donald trump from attacking, even when the audience booed him. let's begigiwith david wright. >> i like marco rubio, and he's a smart person and a good guy, but he simply does not have the experience to be president of the united states. >> reporter: last night, marco-mentum ran smack into chris christie. >> you have not been involved in a consequential decision where you had to be held accountable. you just simply haven't. >> reporter: marco rubio didn't exactly help himself. >> let's dispel with this fiction that barack obama doesn't know what he's doing. >> reporter: by getting stuck in his own talking points. >> this notion that barack obama doesn't know what he's doing. it's just not true.
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the memorized 25-second speech. there it is, everybody. >> reporter: trotting out the same well-practiced line four times. >> you're getting pounded for repeating that speech. >> well, look, we raised more money last night in the first hour that debate than any other debate. >> reporter: today, rubio did his best to ignore the headlines. >> oh, you said the same thing three or four times. well, i'm gonna say it again. >> reporter: but, it was a red flag for some of the voters attending his event. >> marco should have been better prepared. >> he's a young senator just like obama was. i'm not so sure he's ready. >> reporter: so something like this raises questions for you. >> yes. >> reporter: chris christie couldn't agree more. >> just going for the newest or shinest thing, we did that seven years ago. >> reporter: another headline last night, donald trump practically endorse torture. >> i'd even bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding. >> reporter: today on "this week," even using the word
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>> they chopped off heads. that's what we have. >> so we're going to chop off heads? >> we're going to do things beyond watererarding. >> reporter: last night, trump seemed to enjoy torturing jeb bush. >> quiet. >> reporter: when donald trump shushed you, you look like you wanted to deck him. [ laughs ] >>on't shush me, man. we're running for president. >> reporter: today, trump was at it again. >> they booed me when i attacked poor, poor, poor jeb bush who brings out his mother because he needed help. he needed help. "mommy, please come walk in the snow." >> reporter: the oddest moment of the night? dr. ben carson missing his entrance cue, causing a bit of a g jam. >> i kept waiting to hear my name, and couldn't hear it. >> reporter: tonight, candidates take a brief break. but all off thehe candidates focused on their big gameday tuesday.
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fumble too bad. >> d did wright, thank you. rubio wasn't the only one with a lot on the line last night. jon karl joins me. >> rubio ran right into a buzz saw named chris christie. his team hopes that because the super bowl is tonight, voters will be distracted and move on to something else. in so far as it hurts rubio, it may have helped john kasich. he was above the fray, with a positive messageou could see resonating in new hampshire. >> does trump get any type of
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>> it seems that trump solidified his front runner status. nobody really touched him. he seemed as confident as ever today, and ifpossible, even more confident. >> thank you. and the democrats, hillary clinton traveling to flint, michigan, standing with those troubted by the water crisis. and cecilia vega, following the democrats from the start. >> reporter: bernie sanders, today, feeling confident. the vermont senator, packing in the crowds, and packing in the punches. >> the most important foreign policy issue in the modern history of this country was the war in iraq. i was right on that issue. hillary clinton was wrong! [ cheers ] >> reporter: two days until new hampshire, voters make their
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but the real question for bernie sanders right now is not whether he can win here in nehampshire, but whether he can carry this momentum beyond his backyard. hihiary clinton trailing by double digits in most polls here, instead spending her day in flint, michigan, talking about that water crisis. >> what happened in flint is immoral. >> reporter: leaving her most famous surrogate back in new hampshire to make the case for her. >> republicans have tried way harder, way longer to beat her than they did me because they are way scareder of her than they were of me. >> reporter: but overnight, a different kind of face-off. >> i am so sick of the 1% getting this preferential treatment. [ cheers ] >> reporter: sanders coming face to face with his "snl" doppelganger, larry david. >> sounds like socialism to me! [ laughter ] >> democratic socialism.
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>> huge difference. >> reporter: a lot of laughs last night. clinton advisers do not expec her to win this state. if hillary clinton isoping too tap into the undecided vote, polls show 21% of voters in new hampshire have yet to make up their mind. >hank you. and stay with abc news for the new hampshire primary, i'm back there tomorrow, following the republicans. "gma" and "world news" live from new hampshire on tuesday, and full coverage tuesday night. and to the scary scene in this explosion. but when the dust settled, the word got around, that moment was made in hollywood.
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from london. >> reporter: an iconic double-decker bus, crossing a bridge, suddenly bursting into flames. debris flying into the air. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the scene, so realistic, so terrifying. many didn't know what was happening. >> it was quite a drama. >> reporter: author sophie kinsella was at a nearby playgrouou with her kids this morning. >> it thought it was possibly a major event. >> reporter: but the explosion on london's lambeth bridge, just a stunt for action star jackie chan's new film, "the foreigner." nigel l ddlestone catching it on camera. clearly aware it was staged. the production team sent out this flyer alerting the e blic, saying, "the explosion is controlled." but not everyone was informed. bringing back memories of the other tide a london bus was targeted, the deadly terror attacks in the summer of 2005. some finding the similarity insensitive.
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public the explosion was just a stunt, but%in these times of heightened terror r ars, even fiction can hit too close to home. tom? turning now to taiwan, where new drone images of the extensive damage caused by the 6.4-magnitude quake. crews believe 100 people are still buried in the debris of this apartment building. at least#32 people killedy the earthquake. and north korea, sparking new fears with a missile launch. north korea has vowed to build a nuclear missile that could hit the mainland.
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suburb, and a rescue from an icy pond. three boys crashing through. one boy was able to get out on his own. but rescue teams using an inflatable boat to rescue the others. and thin ice also affecting others parking to get to a winter festival. turns out it was on the lake itself. here's gloria riviera. >> reporter: tonight a scene, what started with a crack in the ice, ended with over a dozen vehicles submerged in the frigid waters of wisconsin's lake geneva. those drivers, sure they had left them in a good spot. >> we came down, we saw that people were parked on the ice so we said,d,heck yeah! let's park on the ice." >> reporter: they did. heading off to a local winter festival. conor long snapped this photo showing car after car in the background tightly packed together. within hours, this -- >> we have vehicles through the lake with no subjects in it. we need manpower. >> reporter: emergency crews,
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at least ten are a total loss. >> they were all parked basically within arm's reach of one another. that's a lot of weight for ten inches of ice.e. >> reporter: safety experts say ice must be 8 to 12 inches thick to hold a car or small pickup. 12 to 15 inches thick for a mid-size truck. but who is measuring? >> the minyte you decide to drive a vehicle onto the lake, you are basically rolling the dice. >> reporter: no ice is 100% safe. >> i think it is stupid to park on the ice, now. wouldn't do that again. but,t,ive and learn, you know? >> reporter:r:uckily no one was hurt. gloria riviera, abc news, washington. now to the weather. two storms headed to new england. blizzard conditions in the upper plains. and in north carolina, part of a storm moving up the atlantic coast. indra petersons joins us. >> watching a coastal storm in the carolinas.
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nor'easter, and new hampshire starting to get into the action. the good news, we could get a break for the primaries. but another storm coming. 18 inches towards the cape. blizzard conditions there. and a big change, sub-zero windchills expected in the plains a a midwest. and spreading to the south and northeast. >> negative 19, duluth, that's cold. thank you. and tonight, the president of a fraternit at cornell university has been charged with attempted rape. phillip mena is in ithaca. >> reporter: tonight, the president of an elite ivy league fraternity is in jail, accused of sexually assaulting a female student on campus.
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president of psi upsilon at to police four days after the alleged attack. about his goals. >> at a young age i was taught especially self-made worth. >> reporter: ballinger, whose father owns a famous new york club, is charged with first-degree attempted rape. >> the speed in which the case was taken from the university and brought to authorities, they believe they have a strong case, >> reporter: according to court documents, the alleged victim claims ballinger tried forcing himself on her in his fraternity house bedroom "several times," despite her saying, "i don't want to." in a statement to abc news, , ballinger's attorney denies the accusations, saying, "wolfgang ballinger is not guilty of the charges that have been filed against him." cornell university president elizabeth garrett released this statement, after suspending the fraternity. "sexual violence has no place at cornell.
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additional steps should be taken to ensure the greek community at cornell is living up to our institutional standard of excellence and respect for others." a sentiment shared by students on campus. >> it's not represent of us as a community or school. >> reporter: wolfgang remains in >> thank you. and in new york city, that massive crane that crashed down has been removed. cut into pieces and hauled away on a truck. came down in a snowstorm, killing one person. still ahead tonight, preying on the elderly. what police say these women were up to at a retirement home. a a later, the big payout.
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$250 check, and a victory dance. later, the resident had second thoughts and cancelled the check. so far, the pair has stolen hundreds of dollars from seniors. police, reminding the public, always ask for an i.d., before giving money to solicitors. >> our goal is to get this stopped. we want to protect our residents. >> reporter: photos of the pair, now splashed across the walls of the hallmark, where officials hope the alleged teves who were caught on camera, will soon be caught for real. aditi roy, abc news, los angeles. >> and we thank aditi for that story. coming up, an investigation at an olympic village. > and later, why this family photo is going viral. a mother and her twin daughters. but can you tell who's who? stay with us. estimated to suffer from opioid-induced constipation, oic,
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back nowow with our "index". starting with the accident at the site of the 1988 winter olympic games in calgary. a deadly crash on this bobsled track leaving twin brothers dead. six other injured. authorities say they were using their own toboggan in the park after hours. on the way down, they slammed into a gate. the survivors are said to be severely traumatized by what happened. now to the latest in the midair plane explosion investigation. tonight, new surveillance video surfacing. to the right of the screen, authorities say it shows two men handing off a laptop to the third man before the flight. they believe it's that computer that was rigged with a bomb that blew a hole in the plane last week. the suspected bomber, believed to be linked to the al shabaab terror group, was killed. now to volkswan, and the emissions fixing scandalal the car giant now trying to make it right with nearly 600,000 customers. a plan to compensate the owners of its diesel vehicles with either cash, car buybacks, repairs and even replacement cars is now in the works. now to a family selfie that
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>> reporter: let's face it, a lot of last year's super bowl commercials were downers. >> i couldn't grow up, because i died from an accident. >> reporter: the super bowl wawa more like the "bummer bowl." but tonight -- >> puppy monkey baby. >> reporter: advertisers are bringing back happy, singing sheep -- >> reporter: alienen-- >> this simple puzzle was consided unsolvable by the humans. >> did they not have brains? >> simple ones. >> reporter: w wner dogs in costume. hollywood hotties. what a man what a man what a mighty good man >> reporter: kids are back, but this time, it's girls getting hairstyle help from their nfl dads. >> can you put the bow inside the braid? >> reporter: this being an election year, there is politics. >> we're forming the bud light party. >> reporter: but a lot more fun. >> this is our independence day! >> reporter: the kung fu panda even spoofs the old spice guy. >> look, your panda. now look at me. i'm on a tiger.
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stuff, like dame helen mirren saying, "don't drink and drive," is funny. >> if your brain was donated to science, science would return it. >> reporter: so this year -- >> you get a little cranky when you're hungry. >> better? >> much h tter. >> reporter: even if your team gets you down, advertisers are making sure the commercials won't. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> we thank clayton for that. "gma" first thing in the morning, david muir is in new hampshire tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great epening. good night.blizzard conditions. i'll have all the details comomg up in your first alert forecast. helping families with "home team huddle." we'll show you a program that uses the biggest football game of the year to build affordable homes for people in eastern iowa. and we'll show you how a non-profit is creating "special spaces" for children
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you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at 5:30. some counties in the tv9 viewing area are under a blizzardrdarning this evening. so, let's get right to meteorologist chris havely with your first alert forecast. snow showers will develop tonight as a powerful blast of cold air returns to eastern iowa. bringing in that chillier air will be northwesterl y winds at 25-35+ mph. this will create blowing snow and reduced visibility for travelers. blizzard warninis are in effect forr northwestern sections of eastern iowa, while winter weather advisories are in place farther east. temperatures will be falling through the night, and dropping into the teens by sunrise. on monday, light snow showers and strong wids will continue, gusting over 40 mph at times. total snowfall accumulation by tomorrow evening will be on the range of a trace up to 1'' in most locations. some isolated areas may pick up slightly more. the monday morning and evening commutes will likely be affected by
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