york city. captioning funded by cbs it's friday, february 26th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." targeted at random. a gunman opens fire at his workplace killing at least three people before he is brought down by a hero cop. >> do you know where donald is now? >> no, no, no. >> reporter: donald trump fender off closest attacks from fell competitors before super tuesday. adding inging insult to injury. passengers cheer as a father and boy, when they are removed from a flight. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news

good to be with you. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. this morning, at least ten people are in critical condition following a deadly mass shooting in kansas. three people were killed and 14 more wounded. police say the gunman identified as cedric ford shows his victims at random. the shootings took place across two towns about 35 miles north of wichita. the victims were hit by gunfire at two separate locations. 150 people were at work at excel plant. hanna davis of our wichita affiliate is there. >> reporter: meg, this morning, law enforcement official are calling this an active workplace violence. they say cedric ford woo a parent at excel industries and this is where all of the fatalities occurred but it spread well beyond this business.

with her husband who worked inside the plant. employees are familiar with the gunman. their coworker cedric ford often posted pictures of himself on facebook at work. >> he was a nice guy. when i worked with him on my second shift, we hung out. everything was hunky-dory. he didn't seem like this kind of guy. >> reporter: the shooting started near the plant. they say ford was firing from a vehicle at other cars. at one point he car-jacked a car and shooting the driver. ford, armed with a rifle and handgun shot 15 people at excel industries. >> we heard gunshots and people were just running saying somebody was shooting and, next thing you know, i felt i got hit in the leg and that is when i turned and started running. >> the shooter was actively firing on any target that came across his sights. >> reporter: the shooting only stopped when the first law enforcement officer on the scene

>> he took fire. he went inside of that place and saved multiple, multiple lives. a hero, as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: it's unclear ford was still employed at excel industries at the time of the shooting. just a few days ago he posted video to his facebook showing him firing what appears to be an assault rifle into an empty field. meg, as of this morning, investigators have not determined a motive but they say this is not an act of terrorism. the fbi will be helping with this investigation. >> thank you, hanna. in the meantime, the final republican debate before next week's super tuesday was a hold nothing back attack on front-runner donald trump. running out of time to take trump down, both marco rubio and ted cruz ripped trump on everything, from immigration to his business practices.

delegates are up for grabs at cruz's home state in texas where a new poll shows cruz leading trump but in florida, trump holds a substantial lead. a night of back and forth charges and trump joined the fireworks. >> this guy is a joke artist and this guy is a liar. >> omar villafranca has our report from houston. >> reporter: the candidates took swings at each other over immigration, foreign policy, and the supreme court. front-runner donald trump, at times, got into some heated exchanges with both ted cruz and marco rubio. republican presidential front-runner donald trump was the target of most of the punches in last night's debate. many coming from marco rubio. this fiery exchange on health care was the most tweeted moment of the night. >> the biggest thing we have got and the reason we have no competition is because we have lines around the state. >> that is the only part of the plan? just the lines? interstate competition? >> the nice part you have many different plans.

you'll have so many different plans. >> now he is repeating himself! >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: the attacks between trump and ted cruz got personal. >> look. donald, donald, relax. >> go ahead. i'm relaxed. you're a basket case. >> reporter: trump also took hits from people off stage. the billionaire candidate said he hasn't released his tax returns because he is being audited. but former republican candidate mitt romney questioned it. >> he is going to support marco rubio. >> reporter: the top three contenders went head-to-head, the two lower polling candidates john kasich and ben carson struggled to gain the spotlight. >> can someone attack me? >> i think no attempt -- with the questions. >> reporter: the ohio governor appeared more optimistic. >> i think i penetrated and sent a message to people around the country about the fact that i'm qualified to be president of the

>> reporter: close to 600 delegates are up for grab in next week's super tuesday contest. no rest for the candidates. they will start crisscrossing the super tuesday states this morning. in houston, omar villafranca, cbs news. we will talk with senator marco rubio about last night's debate and what comes next, ahead on "cbs this morning." the battle between apple and the fbi came up in the gop debate. apple has now officially asked a federal judge to reverse her order that it helped the fbi hack into a phone used in the san bernardino shootings. both ted cruz and marco rubio said apple should imply. >> all they are asking them to do is disable the self-destruct mode or auto erase mode on one phone in the entire world but apple doesn't want to do it because they think it hurts their brand. their brand is not security to the national security of the united states of america.

it getting dangerous power. lindsey graham did not mince words last night. >> if you kill ted cruz on on the floor of the senate and the trial is in the senate, nobody can convict you. >> graham employed the press to ask donald trump harder questions, saying trump does not understand what makes america great. back to last night's gop debate. donald trump was questioned about his plans to build a wall on the border with mexico and have mexico pay for it. yesterday, former mexican president vicente fox said mexico will never pay for a wall. >> how are you going to make them pay for the wall? >> i will and the wall just got ten feet taller, believe me. it just got ten feet taller. >> vice president joe biden called all of the campaign

immigrants dangerous and damaging and ill-advised and does not represent the view of most america. the democratic primary in south carolina is tomorrow. hillary clinton court the vote there yesterday. a majority of voters in south carolina are african-americans. bernie sanders focused on minorities as well during a visit to flint, michigan, where he told residents fixing their water crisis was a top priority. >> any silver lining out of this tragedy is it is my hope that people in america will look at flint and say never again can we allow a community to undergo this. >> the minority vote will play a big role on super tuesday. neither candidate can win the delegate rich states without their vote. nevada governor brian sandoval says he is not interested in being considered for the supreme court. word had leaked that the white house was considering sandoval, a moderate republican, to replace antonin scalia. sandoval gave no reason for his decision. coming up on the "morning

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don't make the same mistakes the academy did. be sure to have a diverse guest list. okay? >> yeah, diversity. >> if all your friends are white, you are a racist. think about that by sunday, okay? >> there you have it. stephen colbert's tips on throwing a great oscar party. of course the oscars are on sunday but he mentioned the lack of diversity on sunday is dominating the buzz and the weekend. last night in l.a. the all def awards were held. they honored music and entertainment and will be up against the academy awards on

"creed" director is hosting a fund-raiser in michigan for residents impacted by the water crisis. that event will be streamed oscars. everyone is safely at shore after rough waves off new york left them in need of a rescue. the coast guard was sent to help a shipping crew that ran aground but their vessel cap-sized. the helicopter full of coast guard lifted them to safety. a tony dressed escaped from a birthday party on wednesday after some close calls with cars. helicopter. call him a jail bird. a rooster is rousted after people at a tennessee gas station cried foul. the bird had been harassing customers for days. the cops finally got him. internet hit. a wisconsin man marked a birthday milestone as just another day at the office. roman clemons turned 90 years

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have a great day. it's 4:30, 35 degrees on friday february 26. winter is back with a blustery day in the 30s but the rollercoaster ride continues this weekend back into the 50s. good morning i'm chris wragge. >> i'm mary calvi. welcome to cbs 2 this morning. traffic and weather on the 2's coming up but first traffic cop due in court. >> he's reportedly considering a plea deal. janelle burrell has more from federal court. this was the last time we saw the former police chief in public. f.b.i. agents arresting james burke