this morning on "world news now," campaign take-down. the journalist tackled by the secret service at a donald trump event. the controversy and the candidate's comments on this super tuesday. clinton's challenge now that the latest batch of controversial e-mails are released. can hillary clinton take her campaign to the next phase? and new this half hour, the big change in space today. >> astronaut scott kelly is returning from the international space station after his record-setting mission. so who is taking over as commander as kelly returns to earth? >> and later in "the skinny," fantasy suite excitement on "the bachelor" involving ben higgins and three young women and some difficult decisions. our senior analyst is here with exclusive insights and analysis on this tuesday, march 1st.

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." your description of the bachelor," it is -- it's interesting. yes. >> when it gets to the fantasy suite it, becomes something completely different. >> a little. >> i felt like i needed a shower after watching the second hour of the bachelor. >> you don't feel like that often. >> no, exactly, as you know. sorry. well, let's get to what this day is all about. it is march 1st. it is super tuesday. the presidential candidates battling out on the busiest day of the primary season. >> voters in a dozen states are heading to the polls with a treasure trove of delegates at stake. nearly 600 on the republican side and more than a thousand for the democrats. >> the latest national polls donald trump with a commanding lead of 49%. marco rubio, ted cruz trailing far behind. more than 30 points down and trump though is making headlines again this morning, this time for a

scuffle at a campaign event. abc's david wright begins our conch. >> reporter: a raucous rally at radford university and a reporter roughed up by a member of donald trump's secret service detail. the "time" magazine photographer chris morris says he stepped out of the press pen. secret service agent blocked him. harsh words exchanged. [ bleeped ]. >> reporter: witnesses say that's when the agent grabbed him by the neck and threw him down. republican primary seems like a school yard brawl these days. >> rubio's won nothing. i've never seen a human being sweat like he sweats. >> reporter: the tone set not just by trump mocking his rivals but by his rivals mocking him. >> he doesn't sweat because his pores are clogged from the spray tan that he uses. >> reporter: marco rubio hasn't yet called trump a short fingered bulgarian. >> i don't understand why his hands are the size of

have you seen his hands? they're like this. you know what they say about men with small hands. >> reporter: but he's used just about every other insult. >> you can't trust him. >> reporter: chris morris has since apologized for escalating this confrontation. >> he choked me so i put my hand on him and that's when i was arrested. >> reporter: but the trump campaign and the secret service have yet to apologize to him. david wright, abc news, new york. never a dull moment. in the meantime it, melania trump is speaking out saying she doesn't always agree with her husband, especially his language. including when he repeated a crude word that a woman at one of his events shouted out to describe ted cruz. >> i was in new hampshire when the woman was shouting out the inappropriate word. >> right. >> and i was there and i'm thinking like don't repeat it in my head. just for him, don't repeat it. just don't say it because the next day, media all day will talk about that. but he repeated. >> clearly that interview was

mrs. trump tells cnn that afterward she did share her thoughts with her husband. >> to the democrats now and bernie sanders raising more than $5 million yesterday alone simply by asking small donors for more money burks sanders is fight aguphill battle. the latest poll has hillary clinton at 55%, nearly 20 points ahead of sanders. with more here's abc's cecilia vega. >> all right, everybody, are you fired up? >> reporter: hillary clinton hoping to sweep the south and win super tuesday. >> if you go out and vote for me tomorrow, i will stand up and fight for you throughout this campaign, no matter who the republicans nominate. >> reporter: in virginia, with just hours left until voting begins, clinton feeling confident. secretary clinton, your super tuesday prediction? >> just happy to be in virginia, working hard for every single vote. >> reporter: she's riding a wave of momentuaf

carolina blowout, winning 86% of the black vote. that's even more than president obama won in 2008. now, she's looking for a repeat in states like georgia and alabama, where african-americans make up half of all democratic voters. >> and tomorrow, this campaign goes national. >> reporter: bernie sanders now facing tough questions about the future of his campaign. >> we got decimated. but we got killed. >> reporter: while he packed in the crowds -- >> we can win, no question, here in minnesota if we have a turnout. >> reporter: the vermont senator logged just two stops on the campaign trail. while clinton and her husband made a super-sized super tuesday push, visiting three different states and eight different cities. both clintons now have their eyes on the same target -- donald trump. and the state department has now released the final batch of hillary clinton's e-mails from her private server, more than 50,000 pages in all.

and while she is certainly gladded to have this chapter behind her, she heads into super tuesday with an fbi investigation still hanging over her head. cecilia vega, abc news, fairfax, virginia. and look for more coverage from cecilia and our entire crew today on super tuesday. and in our next half hour, tune in as well and tune in tonight at 10:00 eastern for election returns and political insight. we'll have a special edition of "world news now"" tomorrow morning also. >> well, there were gasps yesterday in the audience at the supreme court after justice clarence thomas spoke. it's the first time in ten years thomas has said anything during an oral argument at the court. it wasn't just one question. it was a string of them in an change that lasted several minutes. thomas has said before that he relies on written briefs and doesn't need to ask questions. efforts to fill the vacancy on the court take a small step forward today. president obama expected to meet with top republican lawmakers on the issue. they vowed to block his nominee no matter who it is. the white house says presidential adv

dees will head up the efforts to the select the nominee. right now, he oversees the president's climate change policy. >> a veteran hollywood character actor has died. george kennedy is best remembered for his supporting role in "cool hand luke" for which he won an oscar. but he acted in dozens of other major films in his more than 50-year career, often as a tough guy. but he switched to comedy in the "naked gun" series of cop spoofs. george kennedy a world war ii veteran died of natural causes. he was 91. health officials in chicago announced the first case of zika virus in the city. a woman who had recently traveled to columbia has since recovered and scientists say they may have the first proof that the virus causes temporary paralysis. the research was based on an outbreak in tahiti two years ago. in that study, none of the patients died but 38% had to be admitted to the icu. there's a delay in salt warnings in new york's city's chain restaurants.

today was the day that big apple eateries had to post icons in their menus warning about high sodium items or be fined some $200. but an industry group won a last-minute temporary reprieve pending appeal. it says the city is overstepping its authority. these are the last hours in space for american astronaut scott kelly. he's been on the international space station for nearly a full year. >> kelly handed over command of the station to another astronaut monday. and later he and two russian crew members will ride a spacecraft back to earth. kelly says being up there so long required a lot of help. >> space flight is the biggest team sport there is. and it's, you know, incredibly important that we all work together to make what is seemingly impossible possible. kelly and the russians will land tonight in kazakhstan.

will undergo tests with his twin brother mark in order to gauge the effect that all of that time in space had on his body. >> incredible. they said it could take months possibly for him to recuperate. >> wow, it's going to be tough. coming up in "the skinny," excitement on last night's bachelor" including three young women, the fantasy suite and so much more. our senior analyst is here to explain. also ahead, the young woman who dresses up as a disney princess on a search for smiles. it's a job she takes very seriously. >> and the luxury cruise on a ship that's no stranger to problems from illnesses to rough weather. the passengers are demanding better treatment. that's after today's forecast maps and snow storms and severe weather on this super tuesday. you're watching "world news now." ♪ approaching medicare eligibility?

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well, a close call for a fedex driver in southern louisiana during a powerful tornado. she spotted the funnel cloud in her rearview mirror and tried to take shelter inside a hardware store. but the door was locked and it was barricaded with sandbags. so the driver hid behind a soda machine outside the store. it fell over, and the tornado all but destroyed that store. but the fedex driver just fine. >> dramatic. wow. and this certainly was an adventure in moving. near detroit, a high speed chase of an allegedly stolen u-haul van began on an interstate highway, then moved to local roads. the chase continued even after the truck's tires blew out, based on obstacles police had placed in the road. finally a deputy banged into the van with his cruiser

and the truck came to a halt. but i'm sure the cops didn't help with the moving at that point. well, on the high seas a troubled cruise ship is racing back to the home port. it was in new jersey. this is the second time it's coming back home. >> we're talking about royal caribbean's "anthem of the seas." you've heard of it. damage after charging into hurricane force winds last month. well, it is now being forced to turn around yet again. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: for the second time this month, the "anthem of the seas" is heading home early, but royal caribbean says it's because of the weather, not because ten people a day are reporting symptoms of norovirus. the cruise line tweeting that a "severe forecast storm" is to blame and that norovirus in a small percentage of 6,000 passengers "didn't affect the decision to return." an abc news forecast map shows the ship now racing to beat the storm, and arrive on wednesday. ahead of that oncoming storm that will hit on f

same ship took a ferocious beating from 30-foot waves and 120-mile-per-hour hurricane-force winds. passengers forced to hunker down. >> the water kept constantly coming above the window and it looked like we were in aquarium. >> reporter: and those passengers have already filed suit. now royal caribbean says it's just trying to be extra cautious, as that new storm approaches. that ship will arrive right here wednesday morning. gio benitez, abc news, bayonne, new jersey. >> when we come back, "the bachelor" now into the homestretch. which lovely lady will win the grand prize. >> is it a prize? and speaking of prizes what leonardo dicaprio said last night to the woman who was engraving his oscar. "the skinny" is next. night to the woman who was engraving his oscar. "the skinny" is next.

♪ skinny so skinny >> hey, welcome back. "skinny" time. if the bachelor was a sports competition, we would now be down to the championship game. >> oh, yeah, you're right. it's just bachelor ben and his two favorite women left right now. joining us with details of how we got to this point is our senior bachelor. he's broken up. >> was it really that bad? >> there were a lot of tears. i'm trying to hold myself together for the segment. i figured instead of roses i would bring tissues for you folks. fa e

on the blow, caila, our girl lauren b. and jojo. off to jamaica we go. roll that beautiful bachelor footage. that's caila. the river date with ben. you could tell that caila had something on her mind. she was melancholy as ben said. >> it is jamaica. >> they had dinner. that's when she decided to lay it on him. she said, ben, i'm in love with you. >> she did not. >> ben didn't go there. but they did go to the fantasy suite. come the next morning, everyone seemed satisfied. next up, lauren b. she and ben helping release some baby turtles into the ocean. this was very cute. >> that's cute. >> they really enjoyed each other's company as they usually do. >> how long before a shark attacks those? >> give them a chance, you know. they get to dinner. lauren b. admits some uncertainty. well, she says i love you to him. they wound up back in the fantasy suite, as

and the surprise was ben told lauren b. i love you, as well. so he went there. he went there on that one. then there was jojo. they took another helicopter ride. they've had a helicopter ride before in vegas, if i recall. well, they took this one in jamaica. they headed off to a very romantic waterfall. jojo decides to get in on the act. she says i do love you, ben, to which ben says, jojo, i love you, too. >> what? >> you know where that ended up. >> in the fantasy suite? >> right there in the fantasy suite where they had their own hot tub. ben's got himself in a right proper mess by now. and here comes caila. she decides that she's going to surprise ben who is doing some deep thinking right there with the camera perfectly positioned. surprise. you know what the surprise was? she said she wanted to do something spontaneous. well, ben

spontaneous to her like you know what, you've got to go. she is out of here. >> like he just sent her home without a rose or anything? >> without a rose or anything. caila, thanks for playing. you've come a long way. take a ride. >> he swiped left in jamaica? >> that is all she wrote. >> she is so cute. i have to say, caila, don't you worry, dear. you are a beautiful woman and you're going to find love. just not on the show. >> it was what it was. ben doing some more deep thinking. then there was the rose ceremony. frankly, it was a foregone conclusion at this point. they went through the motions anyway. jojo got the first rose. our girl lauren b. got the second rose. and now there's just the championship game left. in essence. that's pretty much what we're down to. we're still cheering for our girl lauren b. >> we think it's going to be lauren b. >> we'll see. women tell all

analyst out. >> and he leaves us with the tissue. let's move on. in case you're not totally oscared out at this point, we had to share this adorable moment sunday night of leonardo dicaprio at the governor's ball after party. >> the little gold men are actually blank when they're presented and the winners get the name plates affixed after the ceremony. that's when the this year's best actor apparently tried to make a little small talk with his engraver and this is what came out. >> the engraver handed leo an information pamphlet that tells him how to properly maintain his oscar, to which he replied, i have to maintain it? >> he may have to do more than maintain just that oscar of his. >> he might have fierce competition from a young up and coming look alike. he's 21-year-old swedish musician and bartender konrad annerud. that's

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it doesn't matter where you came from, what kingdom you live in. >> reporter: that is until their favorite stories come to them. their kingdom, the inside of denver's ronald mcdonald house where an hour with elsa makes them forget about their battle with illness. ♪ now they know let it go >> reporter: her voice brings a glimmer to their eyes. ♪ >> we told her elsa was here today. she actually came up from a nap and was on the run for downstairs. >> reporter: their souls shine if even for just a bit. and when it's time to let it go, elsa leaves behind those magical memories. it's time for this part-time princess to return to real life. to a land called colorado where she's a 25-year-old marketing manager named sarah ingle. and her disney impersonations have made r

international internet sensation. she's gotten so good at her transformations, she and her boyfriend started a business called princess ever after. >> i like your dress. >> reporter: but is a princess just a collection of dresses and wigs? >> everyone goes through struggles. >> reporter: or is it the way she treats others that makes her a kind of royalty. >> believe in yourself and you have the right people there to support you and cheer you on, then you can accomplish anything. >> reporter: for denver 7, i'm kristen skovira. >> must mean so much to so many girls and boys. >> you can see it in their eyes. they kind of light up just seeing her. >> they have it where you meet elsa at disney world. it is one of the most popular rides. it's a 90-minute wait. absolutely worth it. my daughter loved it. >> that's great. be right back.

making news in america this morning, super tuesday showdown. the most important day so far in the presidential election. multistate voting with a lot at stake. we're live in washington with the candidates last-minute efforts and states seen as must wins today. violent rally. chaos erupting at a donald trump event. protesters disrupting the front-runner and a photographer getting slammed to the ground by a secret service agent. caught on camera. a driver leading police on a wild chase in a u-haul. and historic year in space. astronaut scott kelly preparing for his return to earth after a record-breaking mission. well, good