it's tuesday, february 16th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." the race for south carolina simmers. donald trump steps up his attacks on ted cruz while a former president tries to pave a path to the white house for his brother. wild weather sweeps through the southeast, damaged twisters

another system delivers snow to the northeast. and taylor swift leads an all-star cast who strike gold at the grammys while the music's biggest night pauses to say good-bye to rock and roll legends. captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs headquarters in new york. i'm anne-marie green. days before the south carolina republican primary the race for the presidential nomination is becoming increasingly nasty and personal. the primary is this saturday and the latest cbs news tracker poll finds donald trump has a commanding lead followed by ted cruz. campaigning in south carolina yesterday, trump blasted out at cruz. trump called cruz unstable and

over his eligibility to serve as president if he doesn't pull his ads. >> i have never met a american who lies more than ted cruz. >> >> cruz doesn't seem particularly upset. >> he was going on and on how i'm the most horrible person in the world because i keep repeating the things that he said. >> former president george w. bush for the most part has stayed out of politics since leaving office. that changed yesterday when mr. bush campaigned for his younger broekt in south carolina. he never mentioned donald trump by name but left no doubt who he was talking about. >> i understand that americans are angry and frustrated, but we do not need someone in the oval office who mirrors and inflames

>> jeb bush remains far behind donald trump in the latest south carolina polls. coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll talk with jeb bush about his campaign and what's at stake for him in south carolina. the white house says president obama held preliminary discussions about whom to nominate to replace justice antonin scalia. scalia's death has set off a political firestorm. more republicans say they will not confirm any nominee. hillary clinton made her position clear during a campaign stop in nevada. >> i am absolutely adamant that the president under our constitution has a duty to send forth a name to be considered by the senate and the senate has a duty to consider that. >> the nevada democratic caucus is this saturday. clinton's democratic rival

it was his first campaign in michigan. during a rally at eastern michigan university, he said the flint water crisis is beyond comprehensible. the panhandle and mississippi is trying to recover this morning after a tornado. the twisters were part of a wide-ranging storm system that stretched up the east coast. don champion has our report. >> reporter: not even this fire station in alabama could escape the wrath of a storm. an apparent tornado plowed through the town of johnsonville monday tossing debris everywhere. in florida dash cam video from a sheriff deputies car showed a twister on the ground.

the hallway. in mississippi it damaged the roof of this school, terrifying students. >> we could hear the water coming through the roof into the hallway. >> reporter: the same massive storm system covered roads and streets from the carolinas to new york and snow and ice making travel tricky. >> cars off the road everywhere. a car wrapped around a telephone pole right up here. >> reporter: in baltimore this ambulance flipped responding to a call. everyone inside survive. warm temperatures are now on tap for the northeast raising concerns over possible flooding. in the washington, d.c., area several schools are closed today and the federal government is opening three hours late even as we contend with slush and ice on the sidewalks like this, several places in the northeast could flirt with the 60-degree mark, anne-marie. the winter weather roller coaster continues. >> roller coaster is the best way to describe it. and i know.

well because the weather is just all over the place. don champion here in new york. four american journalists are under arrest in the small gulf nation of bahrain. bahrain police say day was detained for providing false information that she was a tourist. she was covering the anniversary of the arab spring protests. they were violently put down by the bahrain government. pope francis has been speaking to some of the most marginalized individuals in mexico. yesterday it was the impoverished. today he visits the city where war and drug games cook much of the meth am amphetamines in the u.s. >> reporter: pope francis

routes chanted "long lives pope francis" in chappa. a teenager told pope francis about his struggles with muscular dystrophy. i know god has blessed me with this special ka as the trough fi. i trust him, he said. he gave his homily in three different languages to more than 100,000. it highlights hundreds of thousands of central americans heading to the u.s. many tried to hitch a ride across the northbound freight train known as the beast. along the way we found a group from guatemala. this young man has been traveling for a month. he asked us not to show his face.

he was deported from houston six years ago and is trying again and hopes to join pope francis at the u.s. border. the pope visits juarez across the mexico city wings. adele's grammy performance hit a sour notoriety off the top. >> the incident seemed to follow adele throughout the performance which had twitter lighting it up. she said the piano might have fallen on the piano strings. because of it i'm treating myself to an inand out so maybe it was worth it. referring to the burger chain.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. starts ed working for me >> the cast performing at last night's grammy awards. the broadway won for best album.

lights from music's biggest night. good morning, teri. >> good morning, anne-marie. taylor swift is the first woman ever to win two album of the year-awards. she shares the night's big wins with her friends and music collaborators. pop queen taylor swift opened the 58th annual grammy awards and ruled the show winning the top prize. swift's "1989" earned her her second career grammy in album of the year. she urged young women to not let naysayers get in the way. >> focus on the work. >> mark ronson and bruno mars won "uptown." >> ed sheeran's "thinking out lout." and meghan trainor couldn't hold

this year stirred up a lot of emotion. others used the mike to make a statement. kendrick lamar sent a powerful message about racism with a rap that won him five grammys. the audience was brought to its feet that honored earth, wind and fire's maurice white, eagle's glenn frey and legend b.b. king and lady gaga brought the late david bowie's work back to life. rihanna was also scheduled to perform but she canceled her performance reportedly due to bronchi sis. anne-marie? >> thank you, teri. afterward justin bieber hitched a ride with james corden.

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