breaking news in america this morning, virus emergency. a new surge in cases of the coronavirus on this cruise ship carrying thousands of people and the new precautions here in the u.s. as we learn about the fate of the so-called virus whistle-blower in china. a surprising turn in the race for 2020. 100% of the precincts in iowa are now reporting, but this morning new questions about the vote tally just as the candidates count down to their high-stakes debate tonight. we catch up with bernie sanders. an unlikely story of survival. a woman is rescued after this tree fell on top of her home. the new video from the deadly storms battering the south dumping one month's worth of rain in just hours.

what to expect today. plus, parenting alert. new concerns about the safety of some popular child booster seats. speaking out, the manager fired from the houston astros answers the question, is the team's world series victory tainted because of the cheating scandal? and the powerful video this morning, what this police officer did to save a baby who could not breathe. good friday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we begin with that breaking news on the coronavirus emergency. dozens of additional people are now infected on a cruise ship including eight americans. >> thousands of people are on board the ship off japan. worldwide more than 31,000 cases are reported with more than 600 deaths. >> and now anger and grief is growing in china after a doctor who tried to sound the alarm died from the virus. this morning the number of coronavirus patients on a

quarantined cruise ship has tripled. another 41 people on the ship off the coast of japan have tested positive for the virus bringing the total to 61. another cruise ship has been quarantined in hong kong after eight passengers caught the virus. in total 7,000 people are now quarantined on the ships including hundreds of americans. >> the only interaction we have is with the staff who are wearing masks and gloves. >> reporter: in china this doctor is being called a national hero after becoming one of the hundreds of patients to die. the 34-year-old issued the first warning about the coronavirus posting a message back on december 30th telling other medical professionals about patients in wuhan with symptoms similar to sars. reports say he was warned by authorities days later for spreading rumors and was forced to sign a letter saying he had made false comments. the doctor continued to see patients until he himself started showing symptoms. back in the u.s. two more planes packed with americans evacuating china are set to land

at two military bases today. pictures from the department of defense show rooms in eppley air field in nebraska, where passengers will be quarantined for two weeks. they'll have wi-fi, tvs, exercixe areas and games for children but no access to anyone except the medical professionals in full protective gear. >> none of our staff have said they don't want to do this. this is what we've signed up for. this is our career. so we're all here. >> reporter: in the health officials say they are learning more about the virus including its dna, but they caution there's still many unknowns about the virus including its origin. >> to put it bluntly, we're shadow boxing. we need to bring this virus out into the light so we can attack it properly. >> u.s. health officials are now asking the military to designate areas near airports that could be used to quarantine more americans just in case. the trump administration has confirmed that a top al qaeda leader has been killed. this was in yemen. quassim al rimi was the head of

the terror group's branch in the arabian peninsula. a white house statement did not say when he was killed. there is word this morning that a key witness from president trump's impeachment trial may be soon dismissed from the white house. the president is reportedly planning to reassign lieutenant colonel alexander vindman from the national security council. vindman, who is a decorated iraq war veteran, testified that he was so alarmed by the president's phone call to ukraine that he reported his concerns to white house lawyers. president trump is celebrating his acquittal calling the impeachment trial a disgrace. he used profanity as he explained his frustration to supporters at the white house and he accused gop senator mitt romney of using his mormon faith as a crutch to vote against him. in a new interview, romney explained why he voted to remove the president from office. >> i believe that when i swear an oath to god, i have a responsibility to be exactly truthful, and i am truthful and did what i believe was

absolutely right for our country and hope that going forward people will say, well, whether i agree with him or disagree with him, at least he did what he thought was right. >> trump also took aim at house speaker nancy pelosi for saying she prays for him. he questioned whether she prays at all. we turn now to the race for 2020 and new questions about the iowa caucus results. >> those questions are being raised even though 100% of precincts are now reporting. meanwhile, the candidates are focusing on tonight's big debate in new hampshire. >> abc's ines la cuetara has the latest from the campaign trail. ines, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth and elizabeth. after all the confusion in iowa, the democratic candidates are now turning their focus to new hampshire and hoping tonight's debate can give them a boost. overnight, the two leading democratic candidates trying to move past iowa. bernie sanders and pete buttigieg appearing in separate town halls on cnn. >> we've got enough of iowa. i think we should move on to new hampshire. >> i also know that we're in new hampshire now.

we've got to look ahead. >> reporter: with 100% of precincts reporting, there is still no clear front-runner in the hawkeye state. buttigieg and sanders only 0.1 of a percentage point apart and both declaring victory. chairman tom perez is now calling for a recanvas of iowa telling msnbc. >> i want them to know every iowa voter knows their vote was counted and take our commitment to it seriously. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden who finished in fourth place admitting he took a gut punch in the caucuses but insisting -- >> i'm not going anywhere. i'm counting on new hampshire. we're going to come back. >> reporter: the presidential hopefuls now crisscrossing new hampshire. >> hello, derry. >> hello, exeter, new hampshire. how are you? >> reporter: and they're looking ahead to tonight's abc news/wmur debate. >> new hampshire is not the kind of place to let iowa or anybody else tell you what to do. >> reporter: biden is home in

delaware preparing, and he's already been sharpening his attacks. >> he calls himself a democratic socialist. well, we're already seeing what donald trump is going to do with that. >> reporter: and seven presidential candidates will square off on that debate stage tonight just days ahead of the new hampshire primary. officials there say they are ready for tuesday's vote. kenneth and elizabeth. >> ines, thank you. and you can watch tonight's debate at 8:00 eastern on abc and our streaming channel abc newslive. turning to the weather now, much of the south will be cleaning up and drying out today. one month's worth of rain fell in just a few hours in some areas. look at those winds there. the downpours at one point knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers. the storms are blamed for at least four deaths. meanwhile, in raleigh, north carolina, this new video shows wind blowing apart a sign on interstate 440. pieces of the sign were raining down on cars. no one was hurt. everyone is okay. and along florida's gulf

coast, an amazing rescue. an 81-year-old woman and her dog were pulled from her mobile home which was destroyed after it was hit by a falling tree. neighbors say she had more than luck on her side. >> god was watching over that lady. >> thank god she is alive. you know, it could be any one of us. >> the woman is now recovering. let's take a closer look now at your forecast for this friday morning. well, good morning to you. we're talking about the winds. very strong winds here from boston all the way down the coast along the southeast coast into the carolinas, so gusty winds. accuweather local storm max up to 60 miles per hour as the storm system strengthens and moves up the coast. it's going to bring in colder air, snow across the interior, buffalo back to syracuse, pittsburgh as well. heaviest snow is across northern new england. upwards of a foot or more up towards the adirondacks.

for accuweather i'm meteorologist chris nallan. coming up, the driverless vehicles that just got the green light. but first important news for parents, the new safety concerns being raised about a popular booster seat for children. plus, one state decides the fate of a holiday honoring confederate generals. and later the place now claiming to be the pizza capital of the wor

back now with the black back now with the black smoke and flames from a crude oil train derailment in central canada. a nearby village was forced to evacuate because of air quality concerns. no injuries were reported, but beginning today trains carrying dangerous cargo cannot exceed 25 miles per hour. new safety concerns are being raised about a popular child booster seat.

an investigation by propublica uncovered video of internal crash testing for evenflo's big kid booster seat along with testimony from an engineer saying a child could die if they were thrown like the dummy in a side impact crash. there is no government oversight of side impact testing so companies conduct their own. >> under the rules that evenflo made up, the only way to fail the test is if the dummy is completely thrown out of the seat or if the seat breaks into pieces. >> the report also claims ev evenflo marketed the seat for children as little as 30 pounds, which experts say is below the weight needed to safely ride in them. in a statement evenflo said its seats perform as they're designed to, and the company said it complies with all federal regulations. the suspected gunman in the el paso walmart massacre is now facing federal hate crime charges. he's accused of killing 22 people last august. prosecutors say he carried out the attack in hopes of scaring

latinos into leaving the u.s. he also faces murder charges and could face the death penalty. lawmakers in virginia have voted to eliminate a holiday celebrating confederate generals. the holiday created more than 100 years ago honored generals robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. several cities in the state previously stopped observing it. for the first time the federal government has given the green light to self-driving delivery robots. the start-up company nuro has received an exemption for up to 5,000 of these low-speed vehicles called the r2. the company will soon begin road testing them. the goal is to release them first in houston and eventually use public roads to deliver products like groceries to consumers. well, coming up, a big development in the baseball cheating scandal. the astros' former manager speaks out. but first an abc news exclusive. the tv doctor and his girlfriend accused of drugging and assaulting women break their silence after the charges are dropped. and caught on camera, an

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all day strong. back now with a record-setting astronaut's return to earth. christina koch spent 328 days in space. that's longer than any other american woman in history. she also became part of the first all female duo to perform that space walk. we turn now to an abc news exclusive. the tv doctor and his girlfriend accused of victimizing hundreds of women are breaking their silence. >> all charges against them have been dropped after the district attorney said he made a shocking discovery. this morning, the reality tv doctor and his girlfriend once accused of victimizing hundreds of women are speaking out. >> just still in shock. still can't believe this has happened to us. >> reporter: dr. grant robicheaux and cerissa riley once facing more than 80 years behind bars have been cleared after a newly elected district attorney dropped all charges

citing insufficient evidence and claiming the former district attorney only decided to pursue the high-profile case to boost his re-election chances. during an exclusive interview with "good morning america," the couple says they are still in shock. >> orthopedic surgeon will make a lot of girls' ears light up. >> reporter: robicheaux once appeared on the bravo reality show "online dating rituals of the american male." prosecutors had claimed the couple preyed on women in bars and on dating apps accusing them of drugging and assaulting seven women. >> i mean, i have sisters. i have a mom. it's disgusting. >> reporter: the couple admits they were swingers but deny any nonconsensual sex. >> did you ever think what if one of those women was too inebriated to really give consent? >> is wasn't ever a question. >> never. never a question. >> reporter: the former district attorney who filed the charges

credits the dismissal of the case to the possibility of new evidence but says he is disappointed in his successor's decision. >> this is a huge disappointment for those victims. it's not easy for these ladies to come forward and make their statement to the authorities, and they've done that. >> and we'll have much more of the interview later on "good morning america" including why the couple feared for their safety. a jaw-dropping moment in harvey weinstein's sexual assault trial. six accusers testified against the hollywood producer before the defense called its first witness thursday. a mutual friend of weinstein and one accuser. paul feldsher testified there was no reason to believe weinstein was violent but prosecutors then reveal messages from feldsher in which he appeared to justify weinstein's behavior. one message said, i think the dog pile of actresses who are suddenly brave and recalling repressed memories is hideous. no word if weinstein will take the stand. dramatic body camera video shows a georgia police officer saving a baby who could not breathe.

police sergeant harold drummond leaped out of his patrol car and started cpr on the 6-month-old. he used his two fingers to do compressions on his chest and finally after several tense moments, little a.j. started breathing again. >> there you go. >> the fact that i'm having this baby, holding this baby, the fact that i'm looking at their parents and they're begging me and asking me to help him, so i was extremely nervous. i would have preferred to look down the barrel of a gun than to be looking down at a baby who was in distress. >> he got him, and he did what he had to do. >> okay. >> calm down. >> little a.j. and his family were reunited last week and the family wants to stay in touch. former houston astros aj hinch says it's a fair question to ask whether the team's world series championship in 2017 is tainted. hinch is speaking out for the first time since being fired because of a cheating scandal that involved stealing signs. he admits to the mlb network any skepticism about that world series is the team's fault. >> no one can really answer that

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>> a big smile. >> we have a lot of fog this morning. look at this, this is looking down on emeryville, the bay bridge toll plaza. i was coming out of the caldecott, it went from clear conditions to about a couple hundred feet visibility in about five seconds. it's not only there but in napa, santa rosa and along the coast. about 36 in nap p. 48 in oakland. this afternoon, our warming trend peaks with low to upper 60s. we'll talk about a breezy and cooler weekend coming up. jobina? >> check out this fog. cash lanes are stacking up. the chp is reporting about 100 feet of visibility. there's a fog advisory for the golden gate bridge, but that looks much better.

tracy so dublin, 28 minutes. antioch to concord, 13 minutes. a look at the green map there. the slowdown is just beginning. couple and julian? >> developing news this morning, the effort to evacuate americans from china, another flight carrying coronavirus evacuees has landed at travis air force base. the flight came directly from wuhan, china. the plane touched down after 3:00 this morning to refuel. passengers are being screened for the virus before flying to techs a tec texas and then on to nebraska. anyone screened who is testing positive will stay at travis. evacuees are also being taken to canada. this plane departed vancouver last night after refueling. this plane is headed to ontario, canada where passengers will spend 14 days under

more travel restrictions are coming soon to keep the virus from spreading. by february 17th, sfo and mineta san jose airport will have no flights servicing china. this immigration china says more people with u.s. work visas are stuck overseas. >> we have a high-level executive stuck in china. he cannot come back. he is not a u.s. citizen, he's holding an l1 visa. >> he said many of his clients rely on visa for their work force and those companies will be impacted. two lunar new year celebrations in the bay area are still happening as planned. the oakland museum of california says they're monitoring the outbreak ahead of the noontime event tomorrow but have no plans to cancel at this point. in san francisco, the city is going ahead with the chinese new year parade tomorrow. for everything you need to know about the coronavirus, we know this is developing quickly, head over to our