captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, february 24th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." a big night in nevada for donald trump. he walked away with another win, while the candidates in his wake fight for second place. killer storms. at least three people are dead after tornadoes tear through the south, while people in the storm's path wait for its next move. and celine dion proves her heart will go on, returning to the stage with a powerful performance for the first time since her husband's death. i can't leave without a trace

57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. donald trump heads into next week's super tuesday voting after notching his third consecutive win for the presidential nomination for the republicans. he solidified his position with a decisive win in the nevada caucuses. voters fed up with washington and those who decided before last week were key to trump's win. in the battle for second, ted cruz and marco rubio are running neck and neck. danielle nottingham has our report from las vegas. >> reporter: donald trump once unlikely candidacy is barreling toward the republican presidential nomination. the victory in last night's caucuses here was his third in a row. meanwhile, time is running short for the other gop hopefuls. after picking up a third consecutive victory in last night's nevada caucuses, donald trump continues his winning streak with an eye on super

>> we have had some great numbers coming out of texas. and amazing numbers coming out of tennessee and georgia. it's going to be an amazing two months. we might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest, all right. >> reporter: the billionaire front-runner garnered most of his support in the state for republicans unsatisfied with the government. >> political correctness is killing us. >> i think he is here for the people and i think he wants to win. >> reporter: the win gives trump the majority of the delegates in the state, bringing him closer to clenching the gop nomination. >> i think he is well positioned to really sweep across the board. >> reporter: as trump continues to gain momentum, the rest of the gop field is battling it out to become his alternative. entrance polls show a majority of caucus go-ers who favored a candidate with more political experience and backed marco rubio over ted cruz. the texas senator addressed supporters shortly after the

>> one week from today will be the most important night of this campaign. >> reporter: they will face trump tomorrow night in texas before voters in 11 states pick their choice for commander in chief. the win here in nevada for trump gives his victories in three distinct regions of the united states, the northeast, the south, and now the west. with leads in the polls in a number of states, the likelihood he will become the nominee is growing by the week. danielle nottingham, cbs news, las vegas. trump won in nevada with broad support from voters who decided early and stuck with him. 70% of republican caucus go-ers in nevada made up their mind last month or before the majority of those votes for trump. 51% said they do not have a college degree and trump also won that group. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will talk to marco rubio about the nevada results and what he sees as his best chance to win the gop

this morning, democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders are in south carolina ahead of saturday's primary. last night, during a town hall meeting, both candidates said they support president obama's effort to close the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. clinton called gitmo a continuing recruitment advertisement for terrorists. this morning, the threat of severe weather continues for millions of americans in the eastern half of the country. a killer storm system moved out of the gulf coast and into the southeast and mid-atlantic. at least eight tornadoes touched down in louisiana, mississippi, and florida. david begnaud is in convent, louisiana, where the storms killed at least two people. >> a jumbled mess. these -- these travel trailers were picked up, moved a considerable distance, and really blown apart, torn apart. >> reporter: this rv park in convent, louisiana, has been transformed into a scrap yard

hours after the storm, a desperate search through the toppled homes for three people still unaccounted for. >> we don't have a good way of knowing if we have one, two, three people that is unaccounted for. >> reporter: survivors described their narrow escape from the storm's destructive force. >> i got in the bathtub with my dog and they were praying. and i was crying. and i was so scared. i mean, the house would not stop shaking. >> reporter: an elderly man in southern mississippi did not escape and he was killed when a tornado picked up his home and tossed it nearly 500 feet. >> kind of crazy, you know? kind of crazy how a tornado can skip one house and catch the next right next door. >> reporter: the damaging weather stretches from texas where winds whipped down rodeo tents in houston. to the florida panhandle, where tornado ripped through an apartment complex. back in convent, which for the highest cost of this storm, neighbors started helping each other even before first responders could arrive. >> people who will survive the

so you found someone injured, we would put them and they would go to hospitals in private vehicles. >> reporter: david begnaud, cbs news, convent, louisiana. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz is following the severe weather and says it's headed east. after a night of destructive storms moving across the south we continue to track this large storm system as we head into wednesday and tracking thunderstorms into the east coast as we head into the afternoon. warm air is surging up with that. on the back side, watching heavy snow developing across the midwest. heavy rain moves into new york city and boston corridors during the night and all of this exit as we head toward thursday morning. in terms of the severe weather threat focusing on the southeastern atlantic coast and mid-atlantic coast and carolinas high risk of seeing tornadoes today. certainly damaging wind gusts. and severe threat extends to the washington, d.c. area. you can see why. the warm temperatures up and down the eastern seaboard with 60s in d.c. 70s in raleigh and new york city

cold side of the storm as heavy snow is developing as we head through the day. we are watching chicago very carefully. the snow line is straddling the city and could see some significant totals over a half foot here and especially just east of town. the biggest snow totals, northwestern indiana up to michigan, could see up to a foot in some towns. i'm eric fisher for cbs news. republicans who control the senate judiciary committee say there will be no hearing and no vote for president obama's nominee to the supreme court. the politics of replacing antonin scalia has erupted into a battle between the white house and gop opponents who want the next president to make an appointment. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said his party would not permit a vote and revisit the matter after the election. significant medical conditions that led to justice scalia's death according to the supreme court doctor. scalia suffered from coronary

diabetes and high blood pressure and other diseases. scalia was found dead while on a hunting trip earlier this month. this week, apple will tell a federal judge that its fight with the fbi over the fight unlocking an iphone by a san bernardino terrorist should be decided by congress. demonstrations last night at apple stores urging apple not to unlock the phone. we are learning more about the man who shot people to death in kalamazoo, michigan. a gun shop owner said jason dalton came into his store just hours before the attack and bought a jacket with an notice pocket designed for a handgun. dalton was laughing and joking, but did not buy a weapon there. dalton is charged with six counts of murder. u.s. health officials are investigating 14 cases of the zika virus that may have been spread through sex. the virus is mainly spread by mosquitoes. the 14 cases involve men who traveled to areas with zika outbreaks and may have infected their female partners.

pregnant women to recognize that sexual transmission of zika is a protect themselves and their unborn babies. >> the cdc is advising men who have traveled to a zika outbreak area to use a condom when they have sex with a pregnant woman. fidel castro older brother has died, ramon castro. castro bore a distinct resemblance to his brother. most part, stayed out of politics. ramon castro was 91 years old. coming up on the "morning news." stuck on the side of a skyscraper. window washers are trapped in new york city. later, the creator of "hamilton" helped rescue a historic book store. this is the "cbs morning news." to class, let's start walking together" and i said "and i bet you money you'll be able to do that senior walk".

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manhattan, two window washers dangled for more than an hour yesterday when their scaffold collapsed near the top of a 68-story hotel. firefighters defied rain and whipping winds to rescue them by cutting open a window. the coworkers says the pair were laughing once they were inside. the creator of the broadway show "hamilton" helped save an iconic book store. and new details in the murder of a virginia teenager. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "the washington post" reports the cause of nicole lovell's death saying the 13-year-old suffered stab wounds to her. two virginia tech students are charged in connection with her disappearance and death. the money laundering and food stamp fraud. federal agents raided the church community on the utah/arizona

among those charged are two brothers of warren jeffs who is in jail for crimes relating to marrying and sexually abusing underaged grills. the tennesseean reports how some coaches of the university of tennessee are defending their college. six former female students claims the university enabled sexual assaults by athletes. the coaches say the lawsuit misses the mark. >> we are not doing anything differently now than we have done over the last 15 years as coaches. we always talk about culture. we always educate. we always, you know, preach good decisions. >> the university yesterday asked a judge to strike a mention of nfl star peyton manning from the suit. buzzfeed reports on a star-studded fund-raiser for those hurt by the water crisis in flint. "creed" director ryan kugler organized the event. it will be held in the michigan city on sunday. that is oscars night. donations will be collected during a live stream on

"the new york times" reports how the creator of the broadway smash "hamilton" helped a manhattan book store. after a water leak damaged the drama book shop, manuel asked his 225,000 followers to support the store. the sales soared and the shop deals exclusively in theater books. it's been open for nearly a century. still to come, a health crises forces a name change for a car. we will review the new name for a hatchback that had initially been called the zica car. nitially been called the zica car. a cry. we will review the new name for a hatchback that had initially been called the zica car. for a cry. we will review the new name for a hatchback that had initially been called the zica car. ces a name change for a cry. we will review the new name for a hatchback that had initially a cry. we will review the new name for a hatchback that had initially been called the zica car. . we will review the new name for a hatchback that had initially

here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. at last night's democratic town hall on cnn, moderator qis chris cuomo played a clip for hillary clinton from "the late show with stephen colbert." in it, colbert blasted clinton for refusing to tell americans she won't lie to them. >> how can you be this bad? just say no. just say no! you're running for president of the united states! even richard nixon knew to say,

>> she liked that one. on the cbs "moneywatch" the results of a defective airbag investigation and a chocolate recall. hena daniels is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. scientists hired by the auto industry say they figured out what caused takata air bags to inflate with too much force. takata airbags have caused at least ten deaths and 139 injuries. the independent tested coalition has been studying the problem for a year. it says design issues, moisture, high humidity, heat, and the use of a controversial propellant ammonium nitrate are all factors. stocks on wall street followed the price of oil -- lower. the price of cried oil sent down more than 4%. the dow jones industrials fell 188 points and s&p lost 25 and the nasdaq finished 67 points lower. mcdonald's is partnering with greek yogurt maker,

mcdonald's said the partnership is limit to 800 restaurants in l.a. and san diego. the fast food chain is fighting to change its image. it successfully introduced all-day breakfast in october. sales rose 5.7% in the last three months of 2015. the music streaming service spotify is moving its entire service on to cloud computing services operated by google. spotify says its partnership with google is, quote, a big deal, but it's a big one for google too which is offering itself as is an alternative to amazon which dominates the cloud market. google says in ten years, its cloud could generate more money than its online ads. a massive recall by the chocolate candy maker mars. mars is recalling candy bars and other items in 55 countries in europe and elsewhere because plastic was found in several products. the dutch food safety authority says the affected products including mars, mickey way, snickers and celebration. the recall does not affect the u.s.

changing the name of a new car because of an international health crisis. the new hatchback was called zica. it is a virus that reached more than 20 countries and it's linked to birth defects. they have renamed the car tiago this week. >> i'm sure they checked with the cdc before picking that new name. hena daniels at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, hena. coming up, celine dion's emotional tribute. she honored her late husband in a live stream performance from

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good wednesday morning it is february 24. thank you for waking up with us . >>thanks for joining us on this wednesday morning. traffic and weather together. your standing by with a look at the roads. >>we're going to start our 5 o'clock hour with a look at the weather. >>to all of you at home, don't let the quiet conditions deceive you. although we are waking up to a mainly dry and cold start, later on it will become very active and we could see some strong severe storms. a live view from our camera in miami. we also have potential for patchy dense fog. the radar it is rain free for now, but you can see we have pliny severe storms across portions of the panhandle and even some tornado watch is this morning. ahead of that front, the breeze has shifted out of the south asked to 10 miles per hour