making news in america this morning, democratic rivalry. hillary clinton, bernie sanders on stage throwing jabs at each other overnight as donald trump makes a late night appearance. wicked weather. bitter cold, well below zero in some areas right now plus people in parts of the northeast getting their first taste of snow. medicine recall. a children's cough syrup pulled from store shelves. the manufacturing mistake that could lead to an overdose. national champions. alabama/clemson, the classic

to the final minutes. well, good tours morning. we begin with breaking news out of turkey. a huge explosion rocking istanbul. >> turkish media reporting that several have been injured in this explosion. it took 34r5is in the city's historic sultana met area. the mosque popular with tourists. >> the first images near the scene showing ambulances on the scene. the explosion could be felt across the entire city. no word yet on the cause of the explosion. again, an explosion is turkey. we'll stay on top of this. >> we'll bring you the latest as we get it. the other major storyover night we're following. what's being called the first major event of the political year. >> it happened in des moines last night.

forum focused on questions essential to america's blacks and latinos and did run the gamut from criminal justice to the economy. overnight head-to-head in iowa -- >> bernie sanders. >> martin o'malley. >> hillary clinton. >> all three democratic candidates taking part in the forum hosted by abc news' sister station fusion. answering rapid-fire questions. >> is it off brand for a democratic socialist to live in a mansion like the white house. public housing. >> the candidates laying out their plan for guns and immigration plus bernie sanders and hillary clinton taking aim at each other. >> have you known this lady is you. >> it could be that the inevitable candidate for the democratic nomination may not be so inevitable today.

my tax plans and my friend, senator sanders has said he will lay out his before the iowa caucus and i and others will be anxious to see them. >> taking shots at donald trump. >> who would have thought donald trump would be leading in national polls? i mean, for those of you who ever thought about running for president take heart. i mean shall -- >> trump on the attack as well. >> i haven't even started on her yet although last week i did a little bit. i guess. we haven't even started. >> trump will again be center stage in the republican date in south carolina. rand paul and carly fiorina have been dropped from the prime time lineup because their poor showing in the polls. they were invited to participate in earlier under card debate. paul declined. president obama will deliver his final state of the union tonight. take a look. a live image of the capitol where the president is due to go to address a joint session of congress.

mr. obama explained he will gee part from tradition and won't talk so much about last year's progress and instead he'll focus on the big picture and optimistic vision for the country. we should remind you coverage of tonight's state of the union address gets started on abc at 9:00 eastern time. vice president joe biden has opened up about a different chapter in his life sharing a touching story he never told about the generosity of president obama and in an interview with cnn he recounted the prospect of their eldest son being forced to resign as delaware's attorney general over his failing health and shared his worries with mr. obama about caring for beau's family without his son's salary but never said that -- he never expected his boss -- what his boss' response would be. >> joe and i will sell the house and be in good shape. he said don't sell the house. promise me you won't sell the house. he'll be mad.

>> beau biden did serve out his second term as delaware's attorney general but months after he died from brain cancer. so we're getting our first look at the dramatic firefight that took down one of the world's most notorious drug lords. "operation black want" afc it was called that led to the recapture of joaquin "el chapo" guzman. he is back in their most secure prison, the same one from which he escaped awaiting extradition to the u.s. leading authorities right to meeting. this one, with sean penn. the actor interviewed him for "rolling stone" magazine three months ago. mexican authorities were tracking penn during that visit and penn is now defending his interview with the drug lord telling the ap he has nothing to immediate. the mother of the so-called affluenza teen is expected to be released.

judge reduced it from 1 million to $75,000 on monday. couch was fitted with a gps monitoring device and was ordered to stay at the home of her 29-year-old son. she faces a felony charge for helping her 18-year-old son ethan flee to mexico. now to another high-profile court case. bill cosby filed a motion to have the indecent assault charge against him in pennsylvania dismissed. his attorneys claim the prosecutor violated a ten-year-old agreement not to bring charges against cosby if he testified in a civil case. he's due to appear in court again early next month. well, a clipper system is bringing a bitter blast of arctic air to the great lakes and northeast. the latest weather radar shows it stretches from northern michigan into the tennessee valley. it's not expected to drop substantial snow on the region but it is bringing the coldest air so far this season. but the snow from that system is bringing some causing traffic areas -- traffic headaches in

of south buffalo could see up to 40 inches of snow. elsewhere the big concern is the abc's rob marciano has the latest. >> reporter: check out these numbers in the morning, minus 8 news 27 in minneapolis. the cold front coming through inches possible in chicago and detroit and lake-effect snow city area. maybe a dusting away from city, the cold, 11 for a windchill in new york. minus 9 in chicago. >> rob delivering that chilly forecast from a sunny climate in glendale, arizona, where the big game was. alabama named national college football champion this morning after beating clemson 45-40 and came down to a trick play. >> it was a good game. after tying with a field goal, the crimson tide used an onside kick to regain possession of the ball at midfield and one more

kickoff return for a touchdown. >> their fourth national title and fifth for nick saban full details coming up from espn. >> i guess he could ask for a raise. still ahead important health news for women. a federal panel finalizing mammogram guidelines. plus, breaking overnight, a roof blown off and smoldering flames, a deadly explosion at a home. new details just coming in. strange sight for people driving down a busy l.a. freeway.

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>> i would be too. a small plane made an emergency landing on a busy freeway in southern california yesterday. cars swerved and stopped as it made use of the impromptu landing strip during afternoon rush hour. the plane was quickly pushed onto the median strip allowing traffic to resume and there were no injuries. there are new details in that violent spree of jewelry store robberies across the southeast. in the first court appearance of the main suspect we learned that abigail lee kemp is saying she had help from louis jones iii and told the fbi she was on the phone with jones during the robberies telling him when to join her at the stores. agents say that's what led them to kemp, cell phone records. a children's cough medicinemaker is pulling bottles from shelves because of a potential overdose. it involves two makers. dose cup has incorrect markings, they say.

brands including dollar general, cvs, rite aid and kroger. more details lined up at atmfans.com. it won't cost as much to heat your home or run your car. crude oil prices now at their lowest in 12 years. a combination of worldwide oversupply and less demand from china. many american oil and gas producers, they may go bust. electric luxury carmaker tesla is offering a new perk. many of its cars have the ability to park themselves. no driver needed. this one going in, you see here and out of the garage, a feature called summon and enables cars to wake themselves up and drive to greet their owners. do we really need that? >> if you can afford $160,000 car -- >> why not. when we come back, dash cam drama. a police officer responding to a call didn't see this coming right at him.

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the owner upset just paid it off four months ago. okay, so for your morning road conditions hopefully no road hazards like that. mostly clear with wet roads again for the pacific northwest and lake-effect snow causing slippery conditions across the great lakes, northeast and ohio valley. if you're flying airport delays possible in san francisco, detroit and boston. northeast ohio. >> fire officials near cleveland say four family members were exploded. the bodies of a mother and her two daughters, 8 and 12, were found on the first floor near the front of the home. the father was found near the back of the house. neighbors say the powerful blast shook their homes and ran into the burning building hoping to be able to save the family but it was just too late. a new study finds predictions about a baby's birth weight to be larger are usually wrong. four out of five mothers who were worned they might have

8 to 13 -- 8 pounds 13 ounces babies. the woman who were told they would expect large babies had twice as many interventions including c-sections. a task force is finalizing new breast cancer screening guidelines and recommends women between 50 and 74 get mammograms every other year and the task force says that women between 40 and 49 should make the decision based on how they view the benefits and harms. as always you've got to consult your doctor. in detroit this interesting scene here as a police cruiser responds to a domestic violence call. the cop karamed by another vehicle with a half dressed man hanging on to the hood. this was apparent ly ly a fight between two brothers and the driver tried to cause the police officer for the fender bender. both were arrested.

of house two window washers were stranded after a motor malfunction left their scaffolding hanging from the side of a building. the precarious angle left clinging nearly a thousand feet up for 45 minutes until firefighters were able to remove a window pane and safely pull them inside. >> good for then. a treacherous mix of wind, sleet and snow turned a car into an ice sculpture near buffalo. take a look at this. brian yellen parked his car along the edge of lake erie on sunday as an arctic blast hit, winds up to 47 miles an hour bluj huge waves on to the shore. it was encased in some five inches of ice when he showed up. >> i can't think anything. it's just covered in ice. covered in water. >> did you say, oh u. shgs , oh, my goodness. >> i'm cool. it's not bothering me. >> not that dramatic.

he left the car where it did. not clear yet whether the ice caused any damage. the rally cry for roll tide is being held from arizona to alabama as another national championship is headed back to tuscaloosa. >> sort of like home base for the national championship. full details from our friends at >> good morning, it's "sportscenter" from the college football playoff national championship game in glendale, arizona. stan verrett along with neil everett. we saw a classic. >> you'll only get the cliff notes and that's unfortunate. this was quite a game. check it out. what we got to show you. alabama going for its fourth championship in the last seven years. they just tied it at 24 and nick saban goes onside kick. clemson, look, he even smiled. clemson folks are going, wait,

two plays later it's coker to the big tight end who had two touchdowns and just what a game and clemson made a run and got within the number but the only number that counts is 45 and 4 in 7 years and nick saban all smiles. warriors and golden state, 17-0 at home. warriors inbounding, steph curry working the give and go to draymond green and it's gone. curry with 31, 16 30-point game in the nba. fourth quarter, catch and shoot three. that's what he does, 111-10 and warriors improve to 36-2, the best start in nba history rolls on. >> you take a couple days off from work and go, hey, no, they only got two and dropping in, is alabama just winning another? yeah, alabama just won another title. that's what we give you. >> back to you? we'll take it. up next in "the pulse,"

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