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good evening. we're weeks away from the caucus showdown in iowa and the claws came out tonight at the gop manners taking a back seat as candidates slam democrats, attack each other, all fighting for the heart and soul of the republican party. who scored big? here's >> reporter: tonight donald trump was center stage in every way. accusing his nearest rival ted cruz of being too canadian. >> there's a big question head. and you can't do that to the party. you really can't. >> reporter: cruz hit back hard. >> the constitution hasn't

and i recognize -- i donald is displayed that his poll numbers are falling in iowa. >> reporter: now that iowa is less than three weeks away, the gop debate no longer seemed just politely >> i have a feeling -- >> reporter: like the lead-up to a rose ceremony on "the bachelor." >> i'm probably going home. it's more like "the hunger games." kill or be killed. ahead of this debate cruzn't come to this. >> a lot of folk in the media would love to see donald and me get in a giant food fight. i'm not going to engage in that, i hope donald won't ter: but there he was accusing trump of having new york values. >> everyone understands that the values in new york city are socially liberal, pro-abortion, , focus around

not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. i'm just saying. >>y do come out of manhattan, including william f. buckley and others, just so you understa could, because he insulted a lot of people -- >> reporter: trump accused cruz of being a canadian. on the campaign trail trump has been goading cruz about whetherorn in canada, is actually eligible to run for president. >> he was actually a citizen of canada until 15 months ago, which a lot of people don't that's a big problem. >> reporter: cruz was born in calgary, alberta, to a cuban father and american mother but canadian citizenship in 2014. he insists he's american through and through. >> you're one of us, my man. that's why they're voting for reporter: this new endorsement ad from "the duck

>> our qualifications for president of the united states, is he or she godly? love us? can he or she do the job? finally, would they kill a duck and put him in a pot and make a good duck y man. he fits the bill. >> reporter: town halls in iowa, cruz has dismissed the citizenship controversy as a sideshow. >> i have never breathed a this planet when i was not a u.s. citizen. >> i choose him as my vice president presidenttial candidate and the democrats sue because welong for the ride? i don't like that, okay? >> donald, you very kindly just a moment ago offered me the vp slot. i'll tell you what.orks out i'm happy to consider naming you as vp. >> reporter: tonight cruz also took fire on this story, theaking cruz and his wife failed to disclose massive loans to his senate campaign from goldman sachs and

even as cruz has railed against on the stump. >> the federal government has bailed out wall street but somehow seems to abandon main street. >> reporter: cruz dismissed the "times" story as a smear. >> yes, i made ar, disclosing it on one piece of paper instead of the other. >> reporter: jeb bush, who once stood toe to toe with trump, tonight urged him to consider changing his mind on banning muslim i hope you reconsider this. because this policy is a policy that makes it impossible to build the take out isis. >> reporter: bush is still among the best-funded candidates, raising millions from the bush political machine. but support from republicanasn't translated to support in the polls. tonight trump seemed to take special pleasure in smacking bush down. >> we don't need aresident of the united states, okay? because that's what we'd get if it were jeb. i tell you what, we don't need that. we don't need that. >> reporter: his

the way he takes on anyone who stands in his way. >> trump! >> do i agree with what trump says? >> reporter: trump's supporters delighted this week when he attacked the technicians who did the sound system at his rally. >> by the way i don't like this mike. whoever the hell brought this mike ] put it in, i tell you. >> reporter: tonight that trump candor again on full display. >> your comments about banning muslims from entering the country created a is there anything you've heard that makes you want to rethink this position? >> no. no. >> reporter: you might think that the democrats are enjoying all this. but they're too busy managing their own food fight. the latest polls have bernie sanders pulling even with hillary clinton in iowa, pulling ahead of her inso the clintons are now in full attack mode. not just hillary and bill but chelsea too, attacking sanders

>> senator sanderstle obamacare, dismantle the c.h.i.p. program, dismantle insurance -- >> reporter: the sanders campaign outraged saying his plan would do nothingrt. >> that is factually incorrect and i hope the clinton campaign stops saying that. >> bernie sanders is now running a very strong campaign. it looks aso be a very competitive race until the bitter end. >> reporter: the democrats have their next debate sunday. it will likely be every bit as contentious as this republican one was. >> i appreciate your research folder on the debate stage -- >> it's your record. >> i will say at least half of flat-out false. >> reporter: the question is did it move the needle for any of the >> donald trump is very happy with his performance tonight. ted cruz may have some questions. and looking forward to new hampshire, i think christie and their performances tonight. >> reporter: we'll know soon

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a master class in yo-yo dieting. imagine dedicating your entire life to fitness and throwing it all away to help someone else.s nick watt. >> j.j., nice to meet you, i'm ray. >> good to meet you, ray. >> reporter: fit to fat to fit is a weight loss tv show with a big fat trainer had to gain weight, a lot of weight, before helping ray try to lose it. >> i have something to tell you. i'm going to be gaining 60here i am right now so that i can better understand and relate to where you're coming from. >> we both wear our emotions on ourry a lot. >> it's going to be an hour of two men sobbing. >> in one aspect it breaks my heart you're doing that to yourself. part of me is just sad for you. because i know what it's like. itwant anyone else to go there. >> i'm sick. you seriously might need to get a garbage can.

>> that is awesome. >> 61 pound in the space of? >> 120 days, 16 weeks. >> that cannot be good for you. >> no.d. >> what are you doing? >> just trying not to die. >> it's the hardest thing i have ever done inas not prepared for what it did to me mentally, emotionally. it wrecked me in every way. >> too much rice. >> you're kind of turning into a >> reporter: j.j.'s wife erika is a nutritionist. >> was he a bit of a nightmare? >> yeah, a big nightmare. let's just say he was way worse than i am ever, >> reporter: j.j. was closely monitored by doctors. >> increase toll goes off the charts, triglycerides are up, you become pre-diabetic, medicallyter: this doesn't come without risk. >> there's very limited data on the deliberate weight gain and then weight loss of healthy individuals.ry over a long period of time, we don't

of that would be. >> rise and shine. >> nuh-uh. i'm going to sleep until elt like he was a totally i didn't feel like he was my husband anymore. >> when i watched it i was thinking, to himself? >> because he's nuts. >> i get a small glimpse and a new perspective as to the struggles that come from that place that you are in before you start that weight lossou finally understand what it's like to be the fat guy? >> i was in a very, very dark place for most of that 120 days. you doing, man? >> i'm doing good. >> four months ago j.j., he was frickin' ripped. j.j. is in the pudgy boy's n they both beat the bulge together. >> thanks, brother. >> start off killing it. >> i didn't go through four monthsave you give

prove i didn't waste four months of my life. find your breath, find your rhythm. you got it.four months ago, this was so easy. today i feel like i'm dying. >> reporter: now ray's motivation, apart from j.j. and the tv cameras, is a bige and i are hoping to adopt. i don't think someone's going to place a kid with us at 400 pounds. you know? i want to be that dad who goes out and goes hiking with his kids.ren to be in awe of the man i am. like i am in awe of the man my dad is. and i'm not going to do that at 389 pounds. with basically a food addiction. >> you think most of this was just what ray was putting into his body? >> yeah. yeah, 80%. >> all the cliches are work and exercise. and you cannot outwork a bad

>> reporter: with this, a bit of this, a lot of this killing it. >> reporter: not too much of this, ray lost a whopping 147 pounds in just five months. >> make no mistake about it, theystem can be impacted on dramatic weight gain or weight loss. some of those impacts might be positive, some might be negative. >> oh my god. freaking kidding me? yeah, yeah! oh my gosh, yeah! >> you lost a g. >> that's right. >> you lost you. >> yeah. >> reporter: again, that much, that fast, can be dangerous.onitored ray the whole way. >> ray's wife julie also lost 75 pounds doing the exercises j.j. gave to ray andis wife erika. >> the plan was not for you to lose weight as well? >> we live together.

so it wasn't difficult to jump on board.ir entire lifestyle now totally changed. >> instead of just sitting around watching tv at the end of the night, we'll challenge each other to a max blank >> pushup position but on your elbows. see how long you can stay up. >> this is what you do for kick in the evenings? >> sometimes, yeah. >> reporter: j.j. is now back to his fighting weight of a190 pounds. and has his identity back. your identity is the buff guy. >> that was my idl like i am so much more than just the buff guy. right? i feel like i'm more well-rounded and i come from a place of love rather than a ment. >> haven't you done yourself lasting damage? >> oh, man, i don't know. besides the few stretch marks i have on my hips, that's the only thing thating from this little adventure. >> you wear them with pride?

love those stretch marks. >> reporter: ray and julie are now all signed up hoping to adopt a kid any dayld gain it all back in five months. >> don't think i don't know that. >> reporter: filming finished in october. ray has not let himself go. he has, in fact, lost even more >> i'm that like 13-year-old high schooler, flexing in the mirror after a shower. >> reporter: on the day we visit for the first time in his climbed a rope. >> that's what i'm talking about right there, dude, whoo! >> reporter: i'm nick watt for "nightline" in salt lake city. >> "fit to fat to fit"y and a&e, owned in part by our parent company disney. the voice behind iconic hits like "my heart will go on."n struggling to go on after the passing of her husband.

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he was an old school forming a teen with dreams into a music legend. then marrying her. tonight celine dion mourns the passing of her husband, mentor, and manager, rene angelil.r: millions of people in the world that don't even have time to say good-bye. and you know what?

the soundtrack to love. "my heart will go on" from "the titanic." my heart will go on and on , rene angelil, was celine dion's real-life epic romance. today the man behind the music has passed away at the age of 73 after a long bout with throat ey met when celine was 12 years old. he a music manager, plucking her from poverty. together they built her career and eventually a relationship. 1994 and had three children together. i went backstage in vegas with the family back in 2011. then rene had already dealt without of throat cancer. but as she told abc's deborah roberts the disease would soon i have cancer again, the doctor just called me. my heart started to beat faster but my body shut off. it took a toll on me. >> reporter: that toll and her it a true

>> he's got a feeding tube. i have to feed him three times a day.ad to say, listen, i can't be half here and half there. please allow me to stay home. >> reporter: celine says it was rene himself encouraging her to go back to the sometimes, and i think i'm used to it, you don't feel what you need >> go onstage? >> i did. because i love him. and i did. and -- it was very hard.h other, we're one. >> reporter: now those iconic ballads like "because you loved me" will undoubtedly take on new meaning for the singer. poignant anded with the memory of the love that inspired them. because you loved me >> our thoughts are with his family tonight.k the passing

died today at age 69. with his distinctive voice and he played a really good bad guy. a london stage actor so memorably mean on the big screen in "die hard" as the notorious gruber, he won our hearts and broke them as the cheating husband in "love, actually." ultimately defined his legacy as the dour severis snape in "harry potter." the arts community mourning his passing, a man who showed us heroes can hide in the most unlikely of places. watching abc news. "world news now" is coming up with overnight breaking news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow. as always, we're online at