did they allow an alleged stalker to get the room next door to spy on her? good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we begin with the massive and deadly storm system slamming the south, and about to move right up the east coast. several tornadoes striking already. and a state of emergency declared in multiple states, mississippi, alabama. and from louisiana tonight, these images coming in. a triple water spout there, forming in lake pontchartrain. one of those reported tornadoes in prairieville, louisiana, tearing up this shopping district. that storm on the move, heading up the ast. heavy rain, wind and right behind it, sleet and snow. several major cities in the path. a dangerous night ahead. and a travel nightmare tomorrow. we are on it all tonight, and abc's linzie janis leads us off from louisiana tonight. linzie? >> reporter: david, we're here in prairieville, where a reported tornado rippled apart this golds gym. it took off the roof, then

you can see, the metal beam still hanging. this damage from one of multiple reported tornadoes across the gulf coast. >> oh look, it's going down! >> reporter: funnel clouds trying to touch down near new new orleans. >> a tornado warning in this area. take shelter now. extreme threat. >> reporter: severe weather spawning this massive water spout on lake pontchartrain. watch as two more form on the sides. the threat growing throughout the day. now, a particularly dangerous situation. officials in four states telling residents to be on extreme alert, for large, long-tracking tornadoes. major damage to downtown businesses in prairieville. incredibly, dozens of people inside this gold's gym, unharmed, as a reported tornado rips through. >> i started screaming, everybody get down, take cover. >> reporter: the entire side of the building sheered off.

of the night near san antonio, with golf ball-sized hail. this car getting pummeled. heavy rain bringing accidents. one person injured when this tractor trailer overturned and three cars slammed into it. in houston, this school bus caked with mud. no kids on board. david, these storms are on the move, headed east, and nighttime is the most dangerous time for tornadoes, so, authorities are asking everyone in the region to be on alert. david? >> linzie, thank you. of course, because people then go to bed and you say this is not going to weaken throughout the night. >> reporter: no, the winds top to bottom are such that things may strengthen. that's going to be extremely dangerous. tornadoes warnings just east of hattiesburg. tornado watches posted until 10:00 p.m. large tornadoes possible. this extends into points to the east, as we go through the overnight. look at the low as it tracks up

heavy snows on the back side of this from st. louis to chicago to detroit. so, winter component, as well. wednesday and thursday. rob, thank you. in the meantime, tonight, we headline. new surveillance images tonight of the alleged uber gunman, in the hours before the rampage. this apparently is the suspect at a gun shop, earlier in the day. the owner says he bought a tactical vest and appeared upbeat. just hours later, police say he targeted victims at random. miles. actually picking up passengers in between the shootings. abc's alex perez with the surveillance. >> reporter: tonight, those new images believed to show uber driver jason dalton inside a gun shop. the store owner says nothing seemed out of the ordinary, and dalton bought a tactical jacket like this one. >> the person that was in here was friendly, talked to us, was smiling, joking around. >> reporter: less than three hours later, the first shooting. investigators say dalton picked

attacks. intentional, as deliberate, as cold. >> reporter: uber confirms the 45-year-old father of two had passed a background check and had good ratings from customers. tonight, new details about this car dealership where 17-year-old son tyler were gunned down. authorities revealing tyler's girlfriend survived by hiding in the backseat of the family car and called 911. and 14-year-old abigail kopf, craig cracker baseball erer barrel restaurant parking lot. four others, including her grandma barb, killed. doctors say the teenager's heart at one point stopped. her family describing that moment they learned she's alive and still fighting. >> actually, she squeezed my hand. it was a miracle on its own. you don't expect it, and all of a sudden, it's there. my daughter is not dead. she is alive and she is fighting for her life. >> reporter: and david, the uber driver has been appointed a public defender. meanwhile investigators totoght say they are hunting for more answers and a motive.

>> alex perez tonight, thank you. next here, to the race for the white house tonight, and the republican showdown in nevada. don't, voters will have their say. front-runner donald trump trying to seal the deal, doubling down in his attacks on senator ted cruz today. but one of his closest challenge challenger challengers, senator marrowco rubio, wracking up. one republic candidate saying today, i don't know if my purpose is to be president. abc's tom llamas, in las vegas. >> reporter: donald trump tonight saying nevada is no one-night stand, promising a long-term relationship, if caucus-goers pick him over his >> you'll never see them again, believe me, so that's it. with you here all night. all night. >> reporter: trump hoping a win here will choke any hope from rivals like senator ted cruz. >> this guy ted cruz is the biggest single liar i've ever

>> reporter: the gop front-runner, relishing his fight with cruz. >> he is like a little baby. soft, weak, little baby by comparison. but for lying, he's the best i've ever seen. >> reporter: but today, cruz fighting back. >> wow. it sounds like donald is really scared. you know, you always have a barometer to how concerned donald is, by how much he's insulting and just how rattled he is. >> reporter: but as he battles cruz, trump refusing to lay a finger on senator marco rubio, who continues to win endorsements from establishment leaders. >> marco rubio is a nice young man. he has not hit me. i'm treating him nicely. when he hits me, oh, is he going to be hit. at some point he may get nasty. in which case, you know, fine. i hope he does because it's more fun, right? >> reporter: rubio has momentum, but he has yet to win a single state. if you don't win tonight in nevada, what proof do you have, what evidence, what can you show to your supporters that you'll win any state at all? >> you have a hardcore majority of republicans that do not want donald trump as the nominee, and as long as they are being

it's good for donald. but that's not going to continue. >> reporter: do they need to drop out then? >> i think voters are going to take care of that, you already saw that. >> reporter: and tonight, one of john kasich, sounding like a man >> i don't know if my purpose is to be president. my purpose is to be out here doing what i think i need to be doing, and we'll see where it ends up. >> reporter: kasich's upbeat style, a stark contrast to protester interrupted his speech. >> he's walking out like big high fives, smiling, laughing, like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. >> and tom llamas with us live tonight. a big night ahead in nevada, but some candidates have already left, headed to super tuesday states? >> reporter: that's right, david. senator marco rubio and governor john kasich, both in other states campaigning, focused on next week and super tuesday. david? >> all right, the results overnight and first thing in the morning on "gma," tom, thank you. now, to major developments on the democratic side.

carolina primary, and tonight, hillary clinton drawn back into her e-mail controversy. the new question, will top aides now have to testify? the clinton team's response, coming in right now. and the question for senator burr knee sanders tonight, is there still a path? hillary clinton with a nearly 30-point lead in south carolina, and abc's cecilia vega is there. >> reporter: tonight, as hillary clinton hopes for a big win in south carolina, a federal judge delivering a stark reminder to voters about that controversy still hanging over her campaign. the judge ruling clinton's top aides and state department officials should testify under oath about their role in setting up the private e-mail server she used as secretary of state. bernie sanders on the trail today, too, trying for the win he needs to keep his campaign afloat. but when the crowd began to boo at the mention of clinton's name -- >> my opponent, secretary clinton and i have a strong disagreement -- no. no, no, no. no.

>> no. i respect secretary clinton, we can have differences. >> reporter: sanders now setting his sights beyond south carolina, to super tuesday, hoping for wins in colorado, minnesota, massachusetts and his home state, vermont. clinton trying to cash in on her support among minority voters across the south. counting on victories in arkansas, texas, georgia and alabama. >> all right, we'll see. and cecilia live tonight. the clinton team responding to word that clinton aides may now have to testify. >> reporter: david, clinton's campaign manager said right wing attacks are behind this court case. for her part, she is here in this church tonight, making her last-minute pitch to south carolina voters. david? >> cecilia, thank you. next, to a major new voice in the battle between apple and the fbi tonight. of course, at issue, whether apple should help the fbi unlock the iphone used by one of the san bernardino attackers. tonight, that tech giant, microsoft founder bill gates now

about finding a back door into that phone. he says it's an isolated case. again tonight, abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, apple supporters rallied outside the fbi and at apple stores across the country. >> hands off our phones! >> reporter: microsoft founder bill gates was weighing in on apple's fight against the court order to open a san bernardino killer's iphone. >> nobody's talking about a back door, so, that's not the right question. this is a specific case, where the government's asking for access to information. they're not asking for some general thing. they're asking for a particular case. >> reporter: in his interview with "the official financial times," gates did not give an opinion on what apple should do, but said this is a debate that needs to be had and resolved. whether to provide the access or not. know -- should anybody have ever been able to tell the phone companies to get information.

odds with other giants of the tech industry, who have rushed to back apple. a new poll finding 51% of americans believe apple should unlock the phone, and 38% who say the company should not. >> reporter: but david, apple has its supporters. a rally here is just wrapping up, and they were quite vocal. david? >> pierre thomas tonight, thank you. and to the white house tonight. president obama today vowing to close the guantanamo bay prison, once and for all, revealing his new plan. but tonight here, we ask, where would those prisoners go? some of them to unspecified here's abc's chief white house >> reporter: it holds some of the world's most notorious terrorists, including 9/11 mastermind khaleedid sheikh mohammed, and abu zubaydah, once in releasing his plan to close guantanamo -- >> keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. it undermines our standing in the world. >> reporter: the president is

candidate. >> we will close guantanamo. >> reporter: the white house plan is short on specifics. of the 91 detainees, about 30 would be transferred to other countries. the rest, brought to unspecified locations in the u.s. >> the yays are 91. >> reporter: congress has already voted to forbid bringing detainees to the u.s. but the white house today didn't rule out the president acting on his own. it's a really simple question -- if those barriers remain in place, can you still close that facility, yes or no? >> we are now asking for congress to give it fair consideration. i'm not going to speculate at this point if congress refuses to do that. >> reporter: and david, if the president tries to defy congress and close guantanamo on his own, congressional republicans say they are prepared to fight him in court. in fact, they have already hired lawyers to make the case. >> jon karl live at the white house. jon, thank you. and jon, as you know, another major development today in a different battle playing out in washington. the fight over replacing justice

court. tonight, senate republicans ruling out taking action on anyone president obama might nominate. mitch mcconnell says presidents have a right to nominate, just as the senate has its constitutional right to provide or withhold consent. in this case, the senate will withhold it. mcconnell said he is not inclined to hold a meeting with the president's nominee. jon karl reporting that the president still plans to pick a nominee in the next two to three weeks. to a troubling new headline tonight involving the zika virus. the cdc is now investigating 14 cases that they say may have been spread through sexual contact involving member who had visited areas with zika outbreaks, infecting their female partners. two of those women are pregnant. investigators are still working to confirm the links between the virus and birth defects in babies. there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the famous sports reporter and a favorite on "dancing with the

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tennessee marriott and a stalker, in a $75 million courtroom battle, claiming the hotel made it easy for the stalker to videotape her in the nude. >> this is so humiliating to her, and it continues. >> reporter: here lawyers telling a nashville jury michael david barrett called the marriott with a strange request. >> i, michael barrett, want a room next to erin andrews. that's my request. >> reporter: and the hotel did nothing to prevent him from finding her room number and booked him in a room next door, where, according to the lawsuit, he removed an alters the peephole of her room. >> he stands there for 4 1/2 minutes and videos her. >> reporter: barrett later posting the video online. in 2010, he pled guilty to stalking and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. but according to andrews, the incident caused her severe and permanent emotional distress. today in court, the hotel's lawyers arguing barbarrett's criminal behavior was his

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