no. bomb about so far no one has claimed upon the. a new poll showing donald trump may be starting to slip a ttle bit. national poll has ted cruz slightly ahead of trump in a statistical dead heat. marco rubio is in third place but hoping for i an surge in saturday's primary after about picking up the coveted endorsement of south carolina governor nikki haley. trump was quick to take a jab. >> you know, nikki haley give a speech a couple weeksgo and said ha we, we, yeah, it's not good. she's very, very weak on on illegal immigration. >> every day is a great day in south carolina. ladies and gentlemen, if we elect marco rubio, every day will be a great day in america. >> at a cnn town hall in south cacalina, rubio and cruru both disapproved of president obama's trip to cuba. cruz responded to the cease and detis letter from trump over a

he said he laughed out loud becacae the ad usestrump's own words. >> the democrats are also running fleck and neck. hillary clinton has 44% and bernie sanders has 42%. they're each hoping to winore voters when they appear together tonight at a town hall event in nevada. we get more from abc's cecile yeah vega. >> i'm one of those mothers who met with her and was able to make it through. >> reporter: hillary clinton standing with the tearful sother of sandra bland, the chicago won who's death in a jail cell sparked outrage. >> we need to face the reality of systemic racism. >> reporter: clinton and bernini nders trying to woo minority voters. from the campaign trail -- >> what we have got to do is bring justice back to the criminal justice system. reporter: to the aiaiaves -- >> bernie sanders. >> hillary clinton. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: clinton's now facing the possibility she could

we went to her brooklyn headquarters to speak with her campaign manager. >> we always anticipated that this would be a very close contest. >> reporter: what is bernie sanders dog in nevada that you are not? >> i don't know. you'd have to asashim what he's ing. we are executing on our strategy. >> reporter: a strategy that involves thousands of volunteers now focused on getting voters to caucus. clinton herself, now featured in "vogue," revealing this -- "i'm great at advocating for other people, but i'm not so good at really promoting myself. i just find it hard to do." >> andnd now word a aut what happens if there's's a tie in these nevada caucuses. in iowa, they coin tosses. in nevada they're handing out decks of cards to every precincts. they have to be shuffled times before they're used. if there's a tie, there's a draw. and the highest card wins. cecilia vega, an abc news, new york. > now you another potential rick for women who waited till they're older to have dids kids. women who became pregnant at 40

have a stroke later in life. for those women, there was a 60% increase in the risk of a i brain bleed. there was also a slight increase in heart disease. experts say more research is necessary to confirm a direct lirveg. >> say you like to put grated parmesan chinese on your favorite italian dish to add extra flavor. if you do, you should know you're also getting a small serving of wood pulp. the fda is cracking down on companies that use cheap fillers in their parmesan like wood pulp. it comes in the form of a legal common food additive which preventshe cheese from sticking together and getting oily. >> i do love my parmesan. you were saying don't get the two for $5 parmesan at the store. get the $18 thing. without much fanfare, facebookok launched a crack down to lid sites of marijuana related material. >> what? >> i know. dozens of accounts operated by

already been shut down. facebook s says those pages were removed "for violating our community standards." many account owners say they've never sold one bit of pot online and say their business is suffering due to less exposure on social need media. >> there are no more colorad facebook users this morning. a couple in pennsylvania wakes unhahay this morning because their golden retriever is safely back with them. the dog was stuck in that 15-foot deep hole for two nights. >> poor sky. the fire department's assistant ief climbed into the hole, got a makeshift harness around sky and his colleagues. they pulled sky t sety and onoe he was safe, sky waste nod time tryryg to run around again. >> the firemen think sky sensed that he was being saved during the operation and that he was developscooperative. >> cute. >> very te. coming up " "e mix," one

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teacherer at some of the country's largest school districts staged walk ins yesterday such as this one in chicago. in chicago and dozens of other cities. the teachers were calling for more funding and less testing. the protests happened before the school day started. when the bells rang, the teachers walked in and took their places in their classrooms. the university of michigan is investigating a suspected outbreak of norovirus. nearly 100 students are suffering from gastro intestinal illness. most eat in the same dining hall. results won't be available for sevevel days confirming what the illness is. the big 10 women's swimming and driving championships did begin last flight on campus. >> in los angeles a computer virus sickened an e eire hospital. paralyzing its entire computer met work. >> the ceo of hollywood presbyterian m%dical center says

to hacacrs to regain control of their computers. matt gutman has the story. >> hollywood presbyterern hospital computer s stems sickened with a virus. the so-called ran some aware turning data to gobbledeygook. >> it was odd being at the hospital because#all the signs said do not use the computers. i'm like what's going on with the xurs? they said we got hacked. >> reporter: so typically what they're doing in ran some aware is not actually s saling d da but doing something we call encrypting the data. >> reporter: and why bitcoins? expert say they're nearly united nations traceable. this type of ran some wear is new. >> they're using more sophisticated tactics but also demanding a much higher level of ran some from their victim. >> reporter: the hospital leaving this message on its voice mail saying its functions are unaffected.

patient care has not been compromised ase continue to address this incident. >> reporter: also on the case the fbi releasing this statement "we are investigating the compromise with martins at lapd to determine person or group responsible." matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> so they paiaihe ran some before alerting authorities. which is what some people are saying why. apparently it was ten days. they found the malware february 5th and it wasn't restored till ten days later. >> that's so odd they waited to alert the authorities. i think it's an awful precedent. i can't believe they paid it. we'll see what ends up happening after this. coming up in our nextt half hour, a real life catch me if you can case in florida. take a look at had this 18ear-old. he's now facing felony charges for brazenly opening up a medical practice inside a medical building and passing himself off as a doctor. how did he manage to get away

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her husband, david kaltschmidt say they told no one they were holding onto a winning powerballll ticket from the drawing in january worth a third of the record $1.5 billion jackpot. he even kept going to work, as an engineer at northrop grummon. >> first day i arrived, late to work, they all suspected i won. >> reporter: they are already saying more money, more problems. >> i l lt over ten pounds, t t. you know, it's a lot of pacing at night. >eporter: he's 55, she's 70. they've been married since 1980 and moved to florida from new york. they didn't want to talk about children, but have put their one lump sumf nearly $328 million into a trust for their family. they won with numbers they've been playing regularly for 30 years. and couldn't feel more blessed tonight. steve osunsami, abc news, tataahassee. >> when we have these big powerball jackpots we cannot wait. we get annoyed when they wait. i love it they got their ducks in line. didn't tell anybody else.

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>> still a big mystery. >> it's got to be wonderful living in that neighborhood right now. >> can you imagine? would drive me n5ts. >> we say hello to the audience in that town. >> turn us up a little. >> because you're up right now with that noise. we celebrated cj, the winner of best in show yesterday at the westminster dog show. but then the one that was really getting rakz online during the two-day competition was the lean burger. he was looki out for one thing, the sack that was inside of his handler's pocket. he just kept going after the snack. usually you don't see moments like these. these are very well trained dogs on the is taken but daria was looking out for one thing. >> all on the big is taken. >> needless to say daria did not win the competition. >> plane he just needs a little breakfast in the morning. he needs to be fed. >> he was hungry. >> it's good that anyway, he

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>> i d this morning on "world news now," campaign crunch. latest polls showing razor thin leads in the republican and democratic races days before voters make critical choices in south carolina and nevada. who has an edge? >> emotional message. the pope's final hours in mexico spent along the texas border. how he ventured into the middle of a sensitive american political issue. >> and new this half hour, it's an airport where weather delays are common during the winter. >> but this time it was a wild scene on the tarmac at this busy airport. the coyote interfering with air traffic. later, kanye west's

public. where he lost his cool this time and who has leaked the video. it is thursday, february 18th. >> announcer: from abc news, good morning on this thursday. >> and i'm reena ninan. sorry. >> you had something? >> no, i was just talking about we'll get to that in a little >> i thought we'd talk about the presidential poll. i found that more interesting than kanye. >> some wild and crazy swings, of course. >> ted cruz overtaking donald ump in the latest poll, and it's fascinating see exactly what's going to happen leading up to nevada. >> exactly. nevada is coming up on saturday for the democrats and south carolina on saturday for the republicans. a new national poll though, this is a game-changer apparently. cruz has inched ahead of trump by two points. making it a statistical dead hfat and the number three spot

also enjoying a key endorsement. it's your voice, your vote. abc's lana zak is covering the gop candidates. >> reporter: there are just days until republicans vote in south carolina and governor nikki haley is hoping her endorsement could give a win to marco rubio. >> ladies and gentlemen, if we elect marco rubio, every day will be a great day in america. >> reporter: south carolina's popular governor has enjoyed approval ratings of 81% and rubio pulling at 14% could use the boost. >> if we lose this election, we lose more than an election. i believe we lose the american dream. >> reporter: ted cruz throwing down the gauntlet with donald trump. donald, i would encourage you if you want to file a lawsuit challenging this ad, claiming it is defamation, file the lawsuit. >> reporter: trump has been threatening legal action over this cruz ad released in the wake of justice scalia's death. >> i am pro-oice in every respect.

>> reporter: on the trail trp says cruz is a liar. >> cruz said he's not pro-life. i said i'm not? i'm pro-life.. you can't t e about people like that. >> reporter: but the ad doesn't seem to be hurting trump's poll numbers. state. trump holds a 16-p-pnt lead over his nearest competitor ted cruz. in fact, even adding together the numbers for for rubio, bush, carson and the number that gives trump the lead. cruz seems to be challenging trump's lead and in what is now becoming increasingly common, the republican establishment seems to be on a campaign for anyone but trump. senator mimi lee is going to be e campaigning this morning with ted cruz and in the afternoon with marco rubio. reena, kendis? >> thank you. this morning the white house will announce that president obama is v viting cuba next month. he will be the first president to visit the island while in office since calvin coolidge long before thcastro revolution.

marco rubio calls the decision a mistake and says he will not go to cuba while the castros are in power. >> a year and two months after the opening to cuba, the cuba government remains as repressive as ever but now they have access to millions if not billions of dollars in resources that they didn't have access to before this opening. >> reporter: he also said it is part of the admimistration's policy of weakness and appeasement to america's enemies. apple is in a security showdown with the fbi refusing to help the agency hack the iphone used by one of the san bernardino terrorists. despite a court order. the computer company says doing so would create a backdoor into the confidence information in every iphone. presidentiti hopeful donald trump is siding with the government. >> i think it's disgraceful that apple is not helping on that. i think security first and i always felt security first. apple should absolutely we should force them to do it. >> marco rubio weighing in on

cooperate a a be "a good corporate citizen." >> john kasich says he doesn't think it's an unreasonable request. >> the pope is heading back to in mexico across the u.s. border. he capped off his visit by their hearts to thousands of migrants. abc's terry moran was there. >> reporter: he stood on the banks of the rio grande, head bowed in silent prayer, hereret this troubled border. across the river, a few feet away in the united states, americans, including some undocumented immigrants, praying with francis, remembering the thousands who have died in the desert, trying to get to the u.s. spiritually, there was no border here. joyous crowds on both sides, in juarez and in el paso, a hugely symbolol celebration, a messsse from the pope. this week, donald trump sent a message back, in an interview with fox business. >> the pope is a very political

i don't think he understands the danger of the open border that we have with mexico. >> reporter: but mexico has embraced this pope. at one point mobbing him, almlmt toppling him until he rebuked them. "don't be selfish," he said. and at every step, francis has spoken out, blasting some businesses as slave drivers that exploit employees. and especially taking on the violence of the drug trade here in thihicity, once racked byby thousands of murders. but now, juarez with crime down to manageable levels, proudly hosting the pope. for francis, this isn't about politics. it's about taking in the stranger and welcoming the refugee. he would say, that's christianity. terry moran, abc news, with the pope in juarez, mexico. >> terry's been in iraq. so he got lucky. he got boondoggle to hang out with the pope. a los angeles hospital

in ransom to hackers who disabled its computer network. the ceo of the hollywood presbyterian medical center defended the move saying i i was the most efficient way to get its system running again. the hackers demanded the ransom be paid in bitcoin because the onlinehcurrency is difficult to trace. two los angeles police officers are under arrest charged with repeatedly raping four women while on duty. prosecutors say the two who worked as patit -- partners threatened the women with arrest if they didn't give in to their demands. they're due e court later today to face more than a dozen felony charges. if they are convicted, they cod face life in prison. bill cosby is now suing the woman whose complaint led to his sexual abuse arrest. the lawsuit says she, her attorneys and her mother and others broke confidentiality agreements. the comedian also claimed that an agreement to settle her civil wsuit against him momo than a

a judge has denied his request for dismissal. boxer manny pacquiao's views about homosexuality will cost him his endorsement deal with nike. pacquiao is running for office a senate seat in the philippines and durin an interview, he said gay people, "are worse thth animals." nike called that abhorrent. and immediately ended its relationship with pacquiao. other companies could follow nike's lead. for many millions of americans a promise of warmer weather has arrived with the official opening of baseball's spring training. look at there. >> hey, boys. >> looks good in florida. by thehend of the day, pitchchs and catchers from 19 of the 30 major leagues will have reported in either florida or arizona. plenty of field players are already working out, as well. spring training games start over the next ten days or so and the league's opening day is sunday, april 3rd. >> yep, and it will end with the nationals winning it all.

if a new patent apapication airplanemaker airbus is to be believed, passengers could be in for more of a pinch than ever before. here's a company's diagram for an underseat storage compartment. to use it, you would obviously have to stand up, turn around and open it. but it would also severely cut down on leg room for the passenger behind you. airbus on behalf of the flying public we say please don't. >> no, no, no. we'll give up the snacks before the leg room. wait, we did give up the snacks. >> we lost with that. while we're talking about flying, check out this coyote in the circle there right in the middle of that scene there. it was running around yesterday morning on runways of milwaukee's airport. the unwelcome visitor delayed one flight briefly. the plane eventually made a safe landing. ground crews chased the coyote off sending it back to where it came from. >> o oy. glad it got home.

weird stuff happens in wisconsin, as well as florida. >> no matter how productive new technology is, you can always play games with it. so it should be a surprise that you can now play ping-pong on your apple watch. >> yeah, the app is called a tiny game of pong. it is free although for a dollll, you can get an artificial intelligence opponent. pong was a classic game on the early computer systems because it had such a simple display. so it should work well on a tiny device like a watch. >> i thought it was ping-pong. i was trying to figure out how you play ping-pong on an apple watch. pong was before mymyime. was that before atari? >> i think it was. >> it was before the atari. >> coming up in "the skinny," adele getting lots of love online but not for something she did on stage.. also, cutting edge fabric that could revolutionize the way clothing is made. break through at new york's fashion week. >> and the teenager who posed as a doctor even opening a busy

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even though the ship was damaged, it did manage to stay afloat until repairs were made. wow. facing some serious charges this morning, an 18-year-old man from south florida who calls himself dr. love. >> he's facing felony charges for allegedly practicing medicine without a license. brazenly, opening up his own practice inside a medical building. abc's matt gutman with the story. >> reporter: he had the lab coat and the stethoscope. >> they say you've been practicing medicine without a license? >> reporter: but police say this self-declared florida doctor lacked a medical license. just 18, malachi l le robinson, was charged with seven counts including grand theft and fraud for allegedly practicing without a license. our west palm beach station wpbf was right there when he was arrested tuesday. >> i'm hurt because of the accusations and the allegations. >> reporter: last month, he proudly offered this tour of his office. >> this is the new birth and life medical center. >> reporter: saying he never claimed to be an md. but wpwp peeled back the tapapon this sign, revealing those very

>> so many physicians, they speak to me and they are just in awe. it's not because i'm a great person, not because i'm some miracle from heaven sent, it's just because i have a passion for helping people. >> reporter: including an undercover sheriff's deputy. another patient, an 86-year-old, claims he treated her for severe stomach pain, paying him nearly $3500. his website says he treats people with phototherapy, as well as water, food and air. last year, love-robinson roamed the halls of st. mary's hospital. >> they told me that he was a doctor and his name was dr. robinson. >> reporter: st. mary's said he never came in contact with patients and he was never charged. matt gutma abc news, los angeles. >> how can you do that when you know these people are suffering? >> i'm amazed he was able to get away with it. a, how did he afford to pay the rent for his office there? and how did he get -- >> lots of questions will be answered this morning on "good morning america." he's going to be there this morning to talk about the situation. so i can't wait to see that

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stanley kubrick, yea. >> sources tell tmz west did eventually speak calmly with "snl" executive producer lorne michaels who decided to put the set back together. crisis apparently averted but -- >> thank god. >> the meltdown continues. >> who knows what that guy was capable of. >> i don't know what he was -- that was crazy. >> next claims of justice averted. gwyneth paltrow w ying she's very upset over the acquittal of her alleged stalker. >> a jury in los angeles found 66-year-old dante soiu not guilty of all charges without any recommendation he be hospitalized for psychiatric treatment. prosecutors say dante soiu upset her by sending dozens of unsolicited letters and gifts in recent years. >> it was the second case in which he was accused of stalking the actress. in the first he was committed to a mental institution but was eventually released. >> the jury foreman tells tmz they saw no evidence that he meant to cause paltrow any harm

been worse if they convicted an innocent man whose only crime was sending love letters. we move on next to the tons of love letters for adele on social media. >> it's good to see so many people reaching out. the ten-time grammy award winner was spotted over the weekend with her partner treating their son angelo to a day at disneyland. bud take a close look. you see him there? guess who he's dressed up as? his favorite character from "frozen," princess anna. >> there he is in the stroller sporting the blue and yellow dress complete with black ballet flats. it's earning her countless cool points for bending gender norms and for being the kind of mom who lets her kids w wr whatever makes them feel best. >> i love that. >> another photo is turning heads this morning. >> most of us cringe at the idea of having to show our driver's license or passport photos but prince tweeted out his new passport phototoorthy of a magazine cover.

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kind of fabric that could revolutionize the way clothes are made. here's abc's tina trinh. >> reporter: it's new york fashion week, anandesigners flora gil and alexa adams s e gearing up for their big show. knitwear is their specialty. this season they're adding a different material to the mix. 3-d printed plastic. >> basically starting with a string with knitting and thenning fabric out of it. this is a really similar process where you're working with kind of a line of plastic. >> reporter: but that plastic, it's typically r rid and hard. >> we had to think about ways to make something soft and flexible and malleable using hard units. >> reporter: the designers printing company shapeways. >> this is their frosted ultradetail plastic. one of the things i love about it, it's transparent and has this sort of rubbery feel which is really interesting. smaller pieces together, the designers essentially created a new fabric to work with.

take ideas from traditional chain maile. >> the really cool thing here is that it actually has a little bit of give in it, right? >> yeah, it definitely has stretch in it and it can be very malleable. >> it's going to fit to each body of the model to fit her personally which will be nice. >> we're combining it with a more old world technology crochet around the edge. >> that old world meets tech world approach makes f f unlimited possibilities. >> i think the next revolution in 3-d printing will be more materials. eventually they will be able to use plastics and polymers that are completely soft. >> the only way it will get better and really progress is if people use it. >> reporter: it's fashion 2.0, and this season, it's ready to wear. tina trinh, abc news, new york. >> very interesting. >> do you like it? >> i do. but i'm also wearing a spider web today. >> is it made of plastic and polymers? >> it's not made of plastic.

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lawsuit. the texas senator told supporters he received a cease-and-desist letter from the businessman. trump has threatened to sue if cruz doesn't stop running an ad containing what he says are outrageous lies. more news later here on good morning. i'm good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." apple is refusing to comply with a cocot order. the fbi wants applplto break the encryption on the iphone of a terrorist. apple says that would violate privy rights. the disagreement is becoming a major politicacabattle. we've got full details ahead. cruising to the top for the first time, ted cruz has overtaken donald trump in a national poll but it's still a statistical dead heat. marco rubio came in third as he picked up an endorsement from the south carolina governor

leaders to welcome migrants with open hearts. the pope celebrated his final mass in mexico just across the texas border. thousands watched from a stadium in el paso as he prayed for those who died trying to reach the u.s. and america's newest multimillionaire stepping forward to claim their share of last month's historic powerball jackpot. they won with numbers she has been playing for every week for the papa 30 years. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, february 18th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everyone. we're going to get started this half hour with apple's battle with the deral governnt. it involves the iphoho of one of the san bernardino shooters. >> the fbi believes that it contains important information about the terror attack. but that data is encrypted and apple does not want to break that code. here's more from abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: the fbi and apple in a titaniclash

nanaonal security. >> need assist now. i have shots fired. >> reporter: since the bloody end of the san bernadino attack, the deadliest since 9/11, the fbi has been helplessly staring at syed farook's cell phone, an iphone 5c like this one. >> we still have one of those killer's phones that we have not been able to open. it's been over two months now. >> reporter: a federal judge now siding with the fbi, ordering apple to finina way to hack into the iphone used by farook. apple is refusing saying if they break into the phone, it will t up a dangerous sliery slope. >> if you design a backdoor for one phone, you have to design it for all phones. >> reporter: the fbi suspects the phone may hold critical clues about who farook was communicating with, and where he and his wife, tashfeen malik, may have traveled. the problem? they don't have farook's four-digit password. the fbi believes that farook used apple's security option, basically a self-destruct mechanism, that renders all data on the phone permanently inaccessible if the proper code

but with 10,000 unique possibilities,he fbi knows cracking the code is nearly impossible in juju ten tries, and so it wants apple engineers to design software to break into the phone. in an impassioned statement, ceo tim cook said, "the government is asking apple to hack" its own users. adding that the software is, quote, something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. the fight exploding on social media with preredential candidates weighing in. >> who do they think they are? no, we have to open it up. >> apple is standing firm arguing if they found a way to break into that phone they'll be able to break into any phone which could put the private data of millions of users at stake. manhattan's chief prosecutor tells us he alolo is trying to open more than 150 encrypted iphones in cases ranging from murder to sex crimes. it's an epic legal battle that could go all the way to the u.s. supreme court. pierre thomas, abc news,

the trial of a man accused in another terror incident is under way. abdul melik abdul kareem is accused of being the mastermind of an attempt to disrupt an exhibit of anti-islam cartoons in texas. two islamic militant gunmen were killed. prosecutors say he trained them and bankrolled the attack. he denies knowing about the plan in after the attack. president obama will not attend funeral services for supreme court justice antonin scalia. the white house says the presidt and first lady wil pay their respects tomorrow at the supreme court where scalia will lie in reposese vice president biden will attend the funeral mass on saturday. >> meanwhile, retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor siding with presisint obama. o'connor who was appointed by ronald reagan says the president should get to nomomate scalia's replacement.

say a distracted driver was killed after being crushed by a transformer. he was passing by a previous rain related accidt scene and crashed into a power polol smoking grass fires disrupted the evening commute in wichita last night seriously hampering visibility and causing delays. strong winds, low humidity and warm temperatures sparked a red flag warning in effect for most of kansas. windy, warm and dry conditions continue today in the plains. record highs are expected along with an increased fire danger. downpours from san francisco to seattle. heavy snow in thehesera nevada and rocky mountains. a warmup in the midwest. >> 40s in minneapolis and chicago, 50s in great falls and portland. 60s in memphis, l.a., as well as 70s in kansas city and dallas. next semester opens at the university of texas in austin. some students will legally be able to carry a concealed

that's a result of a new state law. those carrying guns must be 21. they must also have a gun license. guns generally remain banned from doror. the school's president many students and faculty as well as other staff oppose the law. gun rights activists say it's critical for self-defense. the suspect accused of last spring's so-called mansion murders in washington, d.c. will be in court tomorrow to face murder and other charges. police say 35-year-old daron wint killed an executive, his wife and their young sosoas well as a housekeeper and then set the house on fire before fleeing. he was linked to the crime scene by dna found on a pizza crust and he faces life in prison if convicted. newly released dashcam video shows the terrifying moments when an ordinary traffic stop in south carolina ended with one officer injured and the other shot to death. abc's clayton sandell has details. >> reporter: what looks routine is about to turn deadly. >> just relax. just relax.

in cayce, south carolina questioning demetrius bryant over marijuana and an expired car registration. >> this is a little misdemeanor, okay? >> reporter: but then bryant pulls a gun, shooting an officer in the l l. the sergeant fires back. and kills bryant. >> suspect's down. >> the shoot-out captured on police cameras. now becoming as common as flashlights. today 76% of all departments use some type of camera. then there is citizen video. recording moments like last year when another carolina officer shot and killed walter scott as he ran away. that officer now charged with murder. >> cameras cut both ways. they either can justify someone's behavior or not. we've seen plenty of police shootings in the recent past where they showed bad police behavior. >> reporter: with e help of this video, this week, both officers were cleared and are now back to work.

denver. a mysterious flag that suddenly appeared in lubbock, texas, is sparking controversy. the flag with arabic writing and a heart popped up on a downtown building this week. the mayor was so alarmed he asked the city manager to contact the fbi and homeland security. but the message on the flag actually translated to the words "love for everyone." >> when you don't have all the information at the beginning, you should always on the s se of caution. because it's better to be safe than sorry. >> officials say the situation has to be taken seriously in light of current national and international events. >f they thought it was isis or something, isis usually doesn't put a bright red heart in the middle of their black fig or whatever. >> why not just get it translated first? >> maybe they couldn't find the gaggle translate button.

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not guilry of criminal wrongdoing in connection with a long-running gas leak in southern california. thousands of people in porter ranch have ever been out of their homes f nearly four months because the air is polluted. investigators say southern california gas was slow to report the leak. >> we believe that we have operated the aliso canyon storage facility in compliance with all applicable loss and regulations. further, when we discovered the leak, we me prompt notifications to multiple agencies. >> there are also more than two dozen lawsuits. the leak h been stopped but the nearly 6500 milies can't move back flow their homes until state authorities certify the fix. to a potential danger on te ski slopes that people may not have known existed. tree wells. >> yeah, there are treacacrous

snow from packing into the area around the trunk. and if you hit it at high speed, it can be a deadly thing. here's abc's neal karlinksky. >> hit the jump. hit it. >> reporter: a father and son back country ski outing turning to a heart pounding fight for seconds as 15-year-old ethan gossss disappears amidst the trees. he's fallen out of sight in that tree well. >> ethan? winston goss digs his son out. the boy fighting suffocation. >> here we go. here we go. i got you. >> i need to breath. >> reporter: the video now viewed more than a million times online as this father uses his close call to warn others calling it the most frightening experience he's had as a parent. >> i remember sitting there watching the video with him and my leg was shaking just a bit. it was pretty emotional

it was a true moment, know, for me to pull him out. >> i had a near death experiencece >> you never e eect something like that to happen to you. but once it does it's kind of shocking. >> reporter: it's hard to see till you're right here up close. but these branches block so much snow, it's not -- one step down there you sink another six feet at least. a safety video put out by the northwest avalanche institute showk just how paralyzing it can be. a staggering 90% of skiers who fall in tree wells fail to get themselves out without help. accounting for 20% of all ski fatalities. in this dramatic video posted on live leak in 2012, a snowboarder is buried while his friend's camera rolls. once he's partially dug out, you can see how helpless and contorted he was, legs andndne arm stuck above him like cement. >> it can be really scary. if you hit the tree, you can knock a lot of the snow that's on the tree off and that can n pile on top of you, as well.

try to keep a hand in front of your face to clear a place to breathe. hug the treat if possible and use its leverage to pull -- pushourself out. and finally and most importantly, always ski with a buddy and keep each other in sight. that's what saved ethan. >> my throat hurts rightow. i was trying soo hard to get away from my face but it just kept coming down. >> you might hear of somebody that was in a ll. but it doesn't touch home till you have someone that you know well like a loved one fall in. >> reporter: neal karlinksky, abc news, snoqualmie pass, washington. >> i've got a long list of ski dangers i like to recite. but i never even thought of that. >> i love all that fresh powder. >> coming up, mail carriers are no stranger to danger. >> traditionally it's the occasional nasty dog. in a new jersey community, it was wild turkeys.

that's next. wait, oh, yes, wait a ainute mr. postman, wait, wait mr. postman >> postal carriers are lauded for their adherence to the unofficial mto. neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these carriers from are the swift completion of their r pointed rounds.

about wild turkeys. >> some people hear roosters. around here we wake up to gobble, gobble. >> reporter: it seems wild turkeys rule in this picturesque cul-de-sac in hillsdale. >> if you shoo them, they leave.e. right? >> no, they don't run. >> reporter: which is why we were here in the first place. >> i think that's ridiculous. it's silly. >> reporter: helen is talking about what happened after wild turkeys, yes, we found them, surrounded a letter carrier's truck on tuesday. he was so upset, couldn't get out and called his boss for help. the postmaster dialed 911. >> police. >> reporter: this is the actual call. >> you're not going to believe this, but i got a rrier being attacked by wild turkeys won't let him deliver the mail. >> here on the drive, he wasn't actually attacked, rather surrounded. word is that mail carrier was a substitute. and while folks here got a really good laugh about this, they do admit the birds can be intimidating. >> i don't want to judge

>> i don't want to judge anybody, especially if you're not used to it. we're used to it. we see them every day. >> reporter: helen watches from her window. >> summer we don't see them. they're out there swimming. >> to be clear, this isn't a 100% positive i.d. the gang we just spotted may not be the same one that stopped the mail carrier in his tracks. my gut tells me it is. >> my truck is in the driveway. they always peck at it. they don't peck at the metal part, just the tires ty don't like. >> reporter: something tells me that mail carrier will proceed with caution next time he's here. in hillsdale. >> we've got loads of deer here also. >> reporter: we'll get to them next week. kimberly richardson, eyewitness news. >> that's a cute story. >> it is cute. they can be scary, wild turkeys. >> they can, but you have e way of dealing with them.

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here's abc's juju chang. >> reporter: on their hit show, "extreme weight loss," celebrity trainers an heidi and chris powell inspire contestants to dig deep and purdue a healthy lifestyle. >> come on. there you go. >> reporter: now the couple married for 5 1/2 years are inspiring people in a new way. >> with three people that are willing to put the kids first and our egos last, we've come up with this incredible dynamic that has resulted in four wonderfully happy kids and consequently three happy adults. >> heidi posting this family portrait on instagagm of her ex-husband cuddling with their two older kids and the two younger ones she shares with chris, along with the #love my blended family. the picture generating lots of positive buzz with comments like truly amazing example how to rock a blended family. >> early on, derek and i spent

each other about parenting plans, et cetera, and who i could be for his children. it was so important for me to acknowledge and recognize that he is their father. he will always be their father. it's not my job to step in and try to be their dad. i'm their step dad. >> reporter: the powells joining the growing ranks of blended families from from tom brady and gisele hanging with his ex bridget moynahan to will and jada pinkett smith and his ex. >> you want your children to have a sampb haven whether they are with one parent ororhe other. and their health, their well-being and their self-esteem stay intact as much as possible at all times. >> reporter: though heidi admits it hasn't always been smooth sailing, they're all committed to making it work. i'm not telling everyone they need to be best friends. i do think so much positive can come when you're just kind to somebody else. >> reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. >> it's a good example. >> it is. they really need to be better looking though. >> that's a good-looking family. that's the news for this half hour.

facebook at wnnfans.com. this morning on "world news now," a political message from the pope. >> the prayers, symbolism and statements about immigration at the mexico/texas border. what pope francis has to say about an emotional political issue. >security showdown. the dispute betweeeethe fbi and apape over a locked phone used by the san bernardino terrorists. why it could go to the supreme court. hospital hack. the california medical center's computer system infected by a virus. would you pay a ransom to get

and later, the instant multimillionaires who just claimed their part of an historic powerball prize. what this couple is not planning to do even though they're rich. it is thursday, february 18th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everybody. we've made it to thursday. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm reena ninan.. friday eve around here. >> oh, my god, you can feel it all around here. we're all excited for the weekend. >> that's just the pope from the border. >> is that what it is? >> he's so close to the u.s., you're feeling positive mexico is saying goododye to il papa. the powerful message from the pope speaking on behalf of migrants standing a stone's throw from the u.s. boarder. >> the pope is heading back to the vaticanan this morning afterer pping up a five-day visit to mexico where he called on countries to welcome people fleeing persecution, violence and poverty. marci i nzalez has the latest

good mornini. >> reporter: the excitement on the other side of the rio grande echoed here in el paso. thousands gathered in the stadium to watch a simulcast of the mass and to hear the pope's strong words on violence, poverty and the hot-button issue of immigration. pope francis left xico, his message still echoing through the hearts of the faithful on both sides of the border. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: after holding mass in the violence-torn city of juarez, and praying just steps from el paso for the thousands who have died trying to cross into the unitetestates and for the families still separated by this fence. >> we are tying unity between the two countries by going to the river togethth and praying together. isn't that wonderful? >> reporter: the pope again focused on one of the most heated issues this election

immigration. the vatican dismissing donald trump's claims that the pope is politically motivated as the pontiff again called for compassion. after his visit with workers in juarez, where he spoke out against exploitation and his emotional one-on-one time with prisoners, the pope headed home from what was once the murder capital of mexico -- >> reporter: -- saying he was touched by the growing contrast here of hope. and pope francis had a hopeful message of his own, saying there is sll time for change and to end what he called the suffering of countriless men and women. kendis and reena? >> marci, thank you so much. there is a major development in u.s./cuba releases.

next month. sources tell us the trip is planned for march 21st and 22nd about 15 months after the administration began reopening diplomatic relations with cuba. he will be the first president in 80 years to visit the island while in office. the official announcemenfrom the white house is expected this morning. and the president is creating a new commission on cybersecurity. he is tapping former nional security advisor tom donnalley to chair the commission with former ibm ceo sam palmisano as vice chair. the commission will draft recommendations on better protecting government, business, and consumers from cyberattacks. the panel is supposed to make its report by the december 1st. apple is refusing to help the fbi hack into a terrorist's iphone despite a court order. but the case has much greater security ramifications than just this particular terrorist or this computer company. abc's brandi hitt has the story. >> reporter: it's the ultimate showdown over national security and the privacy of your smartphone. all tied to last year's deadly terrorist attack in san

>> we still have one of those killer's phones we have not been able to open. >> reporter: a u.s. magistrate judge has ordered apple to help hack into syed farook's iphone and get past the passcode only apple knowso look for clues about other terror plolo. apple is vowing to appeal, sending this message to customers. we fear this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect. >> as soon as ththapple creates a backdoor, the phone becomes vulnerable. and hackers are so brilliant these days, if theeven got a whiff of how it was done, they'll find out how to do it. >> reporter: 14 people were killed in san bernardino and the victims' families are also weighing in. larry cauffman's partner saying apple kind of needed to come forward and not continue to fight. that's extremely wrong. yvette's uncle adding i

this is a crinal case. not all apple users agree. >> it's going to give the government the right to go into everybody's phone. >> reporter: this battle will continue to play out in the courts moving up to the th circuit court of appeals and potentially the u.s. supreme court. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> the u.s. believes air strikes on isis banks have destroyed more than $500 million in cash. the pentagon says they believe the terrorist group's finances are severely strained. some isis fighters report their salaries have beenenut 50%. the u.s. says isis is responsible for a chemical weapons attack on kurdish forces in iraq last august. the u.s. is joining its allies in condemning in the strongest possible terms a car bomb attack that killed at least 28 people in turkey. the explosion went off at the height of the evening rush hour in the capital city of ankara. targeting vehicles, carrying

the turkish government has already begun its investigation into the bombing. so far no one has claimed responsibility. a new poll showing donald trump may be starting to slip a little bit. national poll has ted cruz slightly ahead of trump in a statistical dead heat. marco rubio is in third place but hoping for a surge in saturday's primary after picking up the coveted endorsement of south carolina. governor nikki haley. trump was quick to take a jab. >> you know, nikki haley give a speech a couple weeks ago and said ha we, we, yeah, it's not good. she's very, very weak on illegal immiation. >> every day is a great day in south carolina. ladies and genenemen, if we elect marco rubio, every day will be a great day in america. >> at a cnn town hall in south carolina, rubio and cruz both disapproved of president obama's

cruz also responded to the ceas and desist letter from trump over a campaign ad. he said he laughed out loud because the ad uses trump's own words. the democrats are also running neck and neck. hillary clinton has 44% and bernie sanders has 42%. they're each hoping to win more voters when they appear together tonight at a town hall event in nevada, where the race is pretty tight as well. we get more now from abc's cecilia vega. >> i'm one of those mothers who met with her and was able to make it through. >> reporter: hillary clinton standing with the tearful mother of sandra bland, the chicago woman whose death in a jail cell sparked outrage. >> we need to face the reality of systemic racism. reporter: clinton a bernie sanders trying to woo minoriri voters. from the campaign trail -- >> what we have got to do is bring justice back to the criminal justice system. >> reporter: -- to the air waves. >> bernie sanders. >> hililry clinton. [ speaking foreign language ]

facing the possibility she could lose nevada, too. we went to her brooklyn headquarters to speak with her campaign manager. >> we always anticipated that this would be a very close contest. >> reporter: what is bernie sanders doing in nevada that you are e t? >> i don't know. you'd have to ask him what he's doing. we are executing on our strategy. >> reporter: a strategy that involves thousands of volunteers now focused on getting voters to caucus. clinton herself, now featured in "vogue," revealing this -- "i'm great at advocating for other people, but i'm not so good at really promoting myself. i just find it h hd to do." and now word about what happens if there's a tie in these nevada caucuses. in iowa they did coin tosses. in nevada they're handing out decks of cards to every precincts. they come with strict rules. they have to be shuffled seven times before they're used. if there's a tie, there's a draw. and the highest card wins. cecilia vega, an abc news, new york. now another potential risk for women who waited until

women who became pregnant at 40 or older were momo likely to haha a stroke later in life. for those women, there was a 60% increase in the risk of a brain bleed. there was also a slight increase in heart disease. experts say more research is necessary to confirm a direct link. so, say you like to put grated parmesan cheese on your favorite italian dish to add a little extra flavor. if you do, you should know yore also getting a smsml serving of wood pulp. the fda is looking into, this cracking down on companies that use cheap fillers in their parmesan like wood pulp. it comes in the form of a legaga common food additivevehich prevents the cheese from sticking together and getting oily. >> i do love my parmesan. we had a discussion about this. we were saying, don't get thehe two for $5 parmemen at the grocery store. you have to get the $18 thing. without much fanfare, facebook launched an aggressive crack

marijuana-related material. >> what? >> i know. dozens of accounts operated by marijuana businesses have already been shut down. facebook says those pages were removed, quote, for vie lating our community standards. many account owners say they've never sold one bit of pot online and say their business is suffering due to less exposure on social need media. >> on a side note, there are no more colorado facebook users this morning. a couple in pennsylvania wakes happy this morning because their golden r rriever is safely back with them. the dog was stuck in that 15-foot deep hole for two nights. >> poor sky. the fire department's assistant chief climbed into the hole, got a makeshift harness around sky and his colleagues. they pulled sky to safety and once he was safe, sky wasted no time trying to run around agagn. >> the firemen think sky sensed that he was being saved during the operation and that he was develops cooperative. >> cute. >> very cute.

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teachers at some of the country's largest school districts staged walk-ins yesterday, such as this one in chicago. in chicago and dozens of other cities. the teachers were calling for more funding and less testing. the protests happened before the school day started. when the bells rang, the teachers walked in and took their places in their classrooms. the university of michigan is investigating a suspected outbreak of norovirus. nearly 10000tudents are suffering from gastrointestinal illness. most of them eat in the same dining hall. results won't be available for seseral days confirming what the illness is. the big 10 women's swimming and diving championships did begin last night on campus. in los angeles a computer virus sickened an entire hospital, paralyzing its entire computer network. >> the ceo of hollywood presbyterian medical center says

to hackers to regain control of their computers. abc's matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: a hospital brought to its knees. hollywood presbsberian spital's computer s stem sickened with a virus. the so-called ransomware turning data to gobbledygook. >> it was odd being at the hospital because all the signs said do not use the computers. i'm like, what's going on with the computers? they said we got hackeke >> so typically what they're doing in ransomware is not actually stealing datat butoing something we call encrypting the data. >> reporter: and why bitcoins? expert say they're nearly united untraceable. this type of ransomware is new. >> they're using more sophisticated tactics but also

ran some from their victim. >> reporter: the hospital leaving th message on its voice mail saying its functions are unaffected. >> we want t tassure you that patient care has not been compromised as we continue to address this incident. >> reporter: also on the case the fbi releasing this statement "we are investigating the compromise with lapd to determine person or group responsible. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> so, they paid the ransom before alerting authorities, which is what some people are saying, why? apparently it was ten days: th found the malware february 5th and it wasn't restored till ten days later. >> that's so odd they waited to alert the authorities. i think it's an awful precedent. i can't believe they paid it. we'll see what ends up happening after this. coming up in our next half hour, a real life catch me if you can case in florida. take a look at this 18-year-old. he's now facing felony charges for brazenly opening up a medical practice inside a medical building and passing himself off as a doctor. how did he manage to get away with it?

multimillionaires. the story behind the couple who finally came forward to claim their historic jackpot.

>> if i had a million dollars we wouldn't have to walk to the store if i had a million dollars >> bare naked ladies. >> you like this one. >> we all like anything that sings about a million dollars and then some. a couple in florida no longer has to worry what they do if they had a million dollars. now they have $328 million. >> they're winners of last month's historic powerball jackpot. they kept everyone in the dark about their win, even their two children. steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: these two ought to teach a class on how to keep a big secret. >> we just kept quiet. >> yeah, absolutely quiet.

>> reporter: maureen smith and her husband, david kaltschmidt say they told no one they were holding onto a winning powerball ticket from the drawing in january worth a third of the record $1.5 billion jackpot. he even kept going to work, as an engineer at northrop grummon. >> the first day i arrived late to work, they all suspected i won. >> reporter: but they're already saying, more money, more problems. >> i lost over ten pounds, too. you know, it's a lot of pacing at night. >> reporter: he's 55, she's 70. they've been married since 1980 and moved to florida from new york. they didn't want to talk about children, but haha put their one mp sum of nearly $3232million into a trust for their family. they won with numbers they've been playing regularly for 30 years. and couldn't feel more blessed stevevosunsami, abc news, tallahassee. >> when we have these big powerball jackpots, those of us in media get very annoyed when they wait.

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have n nclue. what could be that noise. >> so it's still a mystery at this point. >> still a big mystery. >> it's got to be wonderful living in that n nghborhood righghnow. >> can you imagine? would drive me nuts. >> we say hello to the audience in that town. >> turn us up a little. >> because you're up right now with that noise. wee celebrated c.j., the winner of best in show yesterday at the westminster dog show, but then the one that was really getting action online during the o-day competition was the leonberger. why? he was looking out for one thing, the snack that was inside of his handler's pocket. he just kept going after the snack. usually you don't see moments like these. these are very well trained dogs on the is taken but dario was looking out for one thing. >> all on the big stage. >> needless to sasa dario did not win the competition. >> he just needs a little breakfast in the morning.

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realm of possibilities to see some 60s across southern iowa. early next week we do see cooler, but still above normal weather, with highs close to 40. we also appear to remain dry for the next seven to ten days. have a great night! tonight: partly cloudy low: 25-31 winds: se 5-15tomorrow: partly cloudy, milder high: 42-48 winds: making news in america this morning, candidates clash. presidential hopefuls speak out overnight. new polls jolting the campaigns and donald trump defending his temper. a live report just ahead. destination, cuba. president obama set to become the first preside in 80 years to visit the nation. new reaction overnight. a shipwreck caught on camera. a cargo vessel smashes through a harbor walkway. the incredible scene, what caused this accident? and passenger pinch. outrage as your legroom may be

good thing? goooo thursday morning. we begin with a surprise shift in the latest presidential polls. >> as the republicans scramble to win over undecided voters across south carolina, a new national poll shows ted cruz inching ahead of donald trump for the first time making it a statistical dead heat. >> marco rubio is holding on to third place and he's going into saturday's primary with a key endorsement from south carolina's popular governor. >> it's "your voice, your vote." we get the latest right now on the campaign trail from abc's ray raimundi starting with the republicans. >> reporter: the clash of the republican candidates now going into overdrive. the battleground, south carolina, where four of the six republican candidates participiped in town hall for rums across two cable networks. >> i do attack people when i'm attacked. >> reporter: republican front-runner donald trump all