in that's correct this morning. >> stay with us for "gma." making news in america this morning, the final debate before the first vote. democrats facing off. the surprising moments from the iowa debate and what the candidate said about the chance of a woman winning the white house. new evidence in the impeachment investigation. the handwritten note from rudy giuliani's associate. what it said about the bidens and what it could mean for the impeachment trial about to begin in the senate. breaking overnight, the jet fuel outrage. new audio from air traffic control as a delta jet flying neighborhoods injuring children on the playground below. what the pilot said that's raising new questions. final stand. a group of homeless mothers

forced out of a vacant building and police using a battering ram to evict them. emotiofarewell. the nfl star calling it quits retiring at age 28. the moment he got choked up trying to explain his decision. and the greatest of all time, "jeopardy" crowns its true champion. this morning we hear from the quiz show king, his unexpected message to fans. google good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with a high-stakes showdown in iowa. democrats squaring off for the last time before the first vote. >> it was the smallest debate stage so far featuring only six leading candidates. they took aim at president trump and tackled everything from iran to health care. >> they also addressed the statement allegedly made by bernie sanders that a woman can't win the white house in 2020. but it's a moment after the debate that's getting a lot of attention this morning.zi

highlights.h t megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth and janai. the six top democratic candidates weighed in on everything from the u.s. drone strike in iran to health care but they held back from bitter attacks even when senators elizabeth warren and beieanrs addcoent ndide ver mad democratic presidential debate yet, six candidates took the stage with an unexpected dose of iowa nice. >> bernie is my friend, and i am not here to try to fight with bernie. >> reporter: candidates speaking about climate change. >> in australia there are literally tornadoes made of fire taking place. >> reporter: and health care. with former vice president joe biden hitting senator bernie sanders for not being candid with voters about the costs of his plans. >> i think we need to be candid with voters. i think we need to they will tem what we're going to do and what it costs. >> reporter: in the first debate since president trump ordered a

strike against iranian general soleimani, they discussed foreign policy. >> i said 13 years ago it was a mistake to give the president the authority to go to war. >> we have a situation where he got us out of the iranian nuclear agreement. as president i will get us back into that agreement. >> obviously mr. trump has no strategy. >> reporter: and the elephant in the room, sanders denied that he took elizabeth warren in 2018 that a woman couldn't win the presidency. >> anybody knows me knows that it's incomprehensible that i would think that a woman could not be president of the united states. >> reporter: senator warren responding. >> i disagreed. the only people on this stage who have won every singleeye be are the women,my and me. [ applause ] >> so true. >> reporter: the moment getting perhaps the most attention happened after the debate when sanders extends his hand to warren and she appears to rebuff it.ses arnoless e s ghat sander

the top with former vice president joe biden, senator warren and former mayor pete buttigieg following closely behind. kenneth. >> our political director saying at least four of those candidates have a real shot at winning it less than three weeks. megan, thank you. all right to washington now and the articles of impeachment against president trump are heading to the senate today setting the stage for a trial to begin next tuesday. democrats are also sending over new evidence including a note from rudy giuliani's indicted associate lev parnas written on hotelstationary. it says get them to announce an investigation into the bidens. there's also a text message suggesting former u.s. ambassador marie yovanovitch was under surveillance in ukraine before she was fired by president trump. that message came from robert hyde of connecticut, a trump supporter who is running for congress. no word if these documents will be introduced at the trial. meanwhile, our mary bruce reports some strict rules have

>> reporter: and this trial will not look like your average proceedings on the senate floor. all 100 senators are expected to be in their seats silent throughout the entire trial, and they will not be allowed to have any electronics so no cell phones or tablets. it's likely to be a challenge for some senators. >> republican leaders plan to start the trial first and consider witnesses later. well, we turn to the growing outrage after a delta passenger jet dumped its fuel onto a neighborhood in los angeles. >> the toxic fuel sprayed several schools on the ground injuring children and overnight new air traffic control conversations came to light raising new questions. confusion and concern in southern california after a delta plane dumped its fuel showering people with a toxic mist in this los angeles neighborhood. >> my friend said that it was -- it was raining.

>> and it was very strong, the odor. >> reporter: delta says the plane heading to china experienced an engine issue requiring the pilots to return to l.a.x. the plane then dumped fuel as part of a normal procedure to reach a safe landing weight. 60 people were treated for injuries. most of them students at area schools suffering eye and skin irritation. they say they thought it was raining. >> it was pretty scary. i didn't know what was happening. i was kind of frightened. >> reporter: experts say fuel dumping during an emergency usually happens over water or at higher eleonab 5, that's where fuel can evaporate before hitting the ground. but this plane was getting rid of its fuel as just above 2,000 feet. >> usually you're going to want to dump fuel out over the water or over a sparsely populated area and in conjunction with air traffic control. if you're going to dump earth on the way to the airport over a city, you really need to have an urgent reason to do so.

>> reporter: audio released overnight raising questions about what happened in the air. >> we got it back under control. we're going to come back to l.a.x. we're not critical. >> okay, so you don't need to hold or dump -- >> negative. we'll be requesting runway 25 right. >> reporter: the l.a. fire department is using meters in the area to detect unsafe levels as parents remain concerned about unsafe health risk. >> insane. i mean, you would think they would know where they're flying. >> experts say based on the plane's location it would have taken the pilots at least 30 minutes to dump the fuel over the ocean. the faa is now investigating. investigators have a new piece of evidence as they look into the shootdown of a passenger plane over iran. new video shows an iranian missile launching and exploding near the plane taking out its communications and then a second missile launches and reaches the jet. its flaming wreckage was seen falling to the ground. meanwhile, there's confusion about the plane's black boxes. iran says they've been sent to france, but french authorities are saying that's not the case. 63 canadians were killed in that crash.

role in the tragedy. >> i think if there were no tensions, if there was no escalation recently in the region, those canadians would be right now home with their families.oday a top iranian off acknowledged for the first time that the iranian people were initially lied to regarding what happened to the plane. people in the philippines from a volcano at any time. the volcano has been spewing ash for days raising serious health concerns south of manila. our bob woodruff is there saying people are growing more nervous by the hour. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people have fled their homes, the ground is still trembling. there is absolute fear that there could be another massive eruption any time, a bigger and more powerful one. >> about 50,000 people have evacuated. scientists say the eruption

could spew rocks and magma and trigger a tsunami from the lake where the volcano sits. well, back here at home time now for a look at your weather for this wednesday. yet another storm system is arriving in the pacific northwest. you see it there. washington and oregon will see heavy rain along the coast and snow in the mountains. meanwhile, another storm system is stalled over the south from texas to the carolinas.triggelo in the southwarmerhausua 21eali coming up, big news from the las vegas strip. the casino is being sold. but first why celebrity attorney and president trump foe michael avenatti has been arrested again. plus, the new challenge for

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we're back with duchess meghan spotted for the first time since she and prince harry decided to step back from the royal duties. she was boarding a seaplane to had vancouver where she's staying with baby archie also visited a women's center in the city. prime minister justin trudeau has invited the royal couple to stay in canada but the cost of their security and who pays for it still has to be discussed. celebrity attorney michael avenatti is on the wrong side of the law again. sources say irs agents have arrested him in ca w tenstdustb.

ene and president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn is asking to withdraw his guilty plea for lying to the fbi during the russia investigation. flynn accuses prosecutors of acting in bad faith. his change of heart comes days after prosecutors recommended flynn serve up to six months in prison. california's hoefless crisis has led to a violent confrontation in the bay area. police in riot gear used a battering ram to evict homeless mothers from a home in oakland. they were charged with resisting eviction. the face-off came hours before the governor announced fema trailers will be placed throughout the state to house more homeless people. more than one-quarter of the nation's homeless population lives in california. well, now to a big sale on the las vegas strip. the mgm grand and mandalay bay are being sole, and the price

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>> and i said to them, get down and cover your heads and they did exactly that. my kids were absolutely amazing. >> reporter: this is what it looked like after. debris everywhere and that stage destroyed. >> i just could not believe what i was seeing. eather servic saying this sere weather phenomenon that can cause as mu ado. this one with 85 miles per hour. >> i'm just so grateful that they were all safe and everybody was cared for. >> and three students were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the school has canceled classes until later this week. the search for a missing ohio teenager has ended in tragedy. the body of 14-year-old harley dilly was found in the chimney of a vacant house. harley was last seen walking to school before christmas. police believe he tried going down the chimney but got stuck. they had not checked inside the house because there were no signs of forced entry.

a big development in the major league baseball cheating scandal. the red sox have now fired manager alex cora. before heading to boston, cora was bench coach for the astros where the league says the astros used a camera in the outfield stands in order to steal signals from rival teams. the astros manager and general manager have already been fired. but the commission >> i think once you read what rob manfred wrote about his involvement with the houston astros and you compound that with what' understood what was coming. >> in a statement cora said he does not want to be a distraction moving forward. another major sports headline. this from the wnba. the players union has negotiated a new labor deal that will boost the average player's salary over six figures for the first time

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making news right now, a bay area transit a caught dropping off the homeless in san francisco. we have the video. and happening this morning, an east bay fire station closing its doors. neighbors struggling to understand why. >> new overnight, chp officers put their training to the test to stop a police chase cold. good morning, on this wednesday, january 15th. >> that was training video? >> that wasn't training. that was them actually doing it. >> okay. all right. >> mm-hmm. >> training put into action. >> that's right. >> looks like they were trained well. all right. wow, what to talk about this weather that's coming in tonight. >> how cold it is. >> you should live out where i live. >> this morning it was like 30 something. >> i wanted to call you and have you come scrape the ice off my

windshield. three times this year so far. it's up to 16 degrees colder this morning than it was this time yesterday. here's a look at some of those frosty temperatures. san ramon, 32. napa, 31. santa rosa, 31. it's 45 in the city. you're talking about it being cold. >> i'll calm down. >> okay. >> let's look at where you end up this afternoon, 53 in san francisco. most of us around 51 to 55 with rain. anything during the day will be up in the north bay, it's a 1. 2 on the way tonight. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> thank you, mike. good morning. happy wednesday to you. halfway through the week. effect right now. stops at 5:00 a.m. this is weekdays from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. that work continues through march. we are moving on to a live look at emeryville, 80 thoughing tho showing those headlights. live look at the san mateo bridge, much lighter, no major

incidents coming in from the chp. drive times here across the board, everything is green and looking good. >> this is new over night. california highway patrol took one man into custody after an s you can see this. the patrol car did a pit maneuver on this white dodge anen i custody at that point. thehe ition about this. >> new this morning, a samtrans bus from the peninsula appears to be leaving homeless people in san francisco with nowhere to go. >> there's video showing it happening. amy hollyfield is live in san francisco with this story. amy? >> good morning. security guards saw it happening here, we are a block off the embarcadero. they decided to roll video to capture it happening. so take a look.

we have that video. the security guards say they see the bus come to the end of the line, then they hear the driver tell everyone they have to get out. the security guards say they then see several homeless people get off the bus and disappear into the darkness. this is a samtrans bus coming from the peninsula. phil matier is breaking this exclusive story this morning. he asked san francisco supervisor aaron pes kkin about this practice. he called it unconscionable saying it appears agencies are playing musical chairs with the homeless. this as san francisco is spending millions to deal with the homeless population it has. the city just opened a $4 million navigation center for the homeless on the embarcadero located just a few blocks away from here, where these homeless people are being dropped off. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>