down. good evening tonight from san francisco. and we are here for our ceo tim cook. for the first time, answering questions why apple will not help the fbi break into the bernardino. but first tonight, the horrific states. deadly tornadoes and dangerous weather ahead this evening. from the carolinas, all the way up to the northeast, stretching across 1,000 miles already. an ef-3 ripping through this apartment complex in pensacola, florida. in north carolina, sending school children into the hallways. and in virginia, at least three people have been killed, just this afternoon, because of the weather. and behind all of this, blizzard conditions moving in, blowing this truck onto its side in indiana. more than 2,000 flights canceled, coast to coast. abc's linzie janis leads us off from the tornado zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight, those deadly storms barrelling up the east coast.

>> reporter: a suspected tornado striking waverly, virginia, shredding homes and leaving at least three dead. many striking at night, as people slept. >> you need to pull over. >> reporter: in pensacola, florida, campbell and his girlfriend making it to their driveway, riding out the tornado in his pickup truck. >> oh, my god. >> all i could hear was sounded as if i parked my truck next to a train. >> reporter: the ef-3 tornado packing 155-mile-per-hour winds, damaging more than 100 homes here. these people didn't have very much time to react at all. >> very little. very little. >> reporter: including these apartments. look at this, the entire second story of this apartment complex ripped off. you can see right into people's living rooms. >> look at that thing coming in here like this. >> reporter: twisters claiming the lives of at least three others, including two at this louisiana r.v. park.

were huddling together. what was it like going through that tornado? what were you thinking? >> just, god let us be okay. let us get through this. >> reporter: david, the tornado ripped through this neighborhood, destroying this home, but look. you can see a stack of books still sitting on the piano, and over here, the refrigerator still standing. those storms now moving north. david? >> just incredible. thank you. let's get to rob marciano with the track of these storms and the next threat, right behind it all. rob? >> reporter: hey, david. what a wide-reaching tornado outbreak. the next several hours going to be critical. we have many tornado warnings that are posted now and watches that are posted through 11:00, as far north as new jersey. blizzard warnings remain up for illinois and indiana, two 2. i think there will be a squall

parkway overnight. big winds as this slow-moving storm exits tomorrow. david? >> rob marciano at the weather wall for us. rob, thank you. next tonight, to the race for the white house, just six dames until super tuesday. a critical day, of course, in the campaign ahead. zonld donald trump winning the nevada caucuses. his third verdictry in a row now. and this time, getting nearly half of all the voters. senator marco rubio edging out senator ted cruz for second. and tonight, we're how hearing from trump's wife, melania, saying he doesn't get the credit he deserves. also, who would trump choose for vice president? and is there a bombshell to come on trump's taxes? abc's tom llamas on the campaign trail. >> reporter: tonight, fresh after running the able in nevada, donald trump sounding like the nomination is already his. >> it's going to be an amazing two months. we might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest, right? will you come out here, pat?

today, side-by-side with evangelist pat robertson. >> man, it's good to have you here with us. >> reporter: so confident, he's now revealing his priorities for a running meat. apparently the outsider candidate wants an insider v.p. someone able to help him cut deals in washington. >> i do want somebody that's political because i want to get lots of great legislation that we all want passed that's just sitting there for years and years and years. >> reporter: in nevada, trump scooping up more votes that his two top rivals combined. >> after a whole lot of months on the road -- it is good to be home. >> reporter: senator ted cruz today in houston endorsed by the texas governor and lashing out at trump. >> we are not a people who are impressed by a lot of blustery rhetoric that's not backed up by truth. the time for the clowns and the acrobats and the dancing bears has passed. >> reporter: but right across

marco rubio. >> we cannot have a commander in chief that is not ready the first day in office. you can't just say, well, when i get there, i'll hire the smartest people and they'll tell me what to do. >> reporter: but both senators struggling to compete with the trump show. today, in a rare interview, the mogul's model wife, melania, describing what first drew her to the donald. >> his mind. amazing mind. i'm my own person, he's his own person and i think that's very important. i don't want to change him, he doesn't want to change me. >> and tom llamas joins us live tonight. tom, donald trump now coming under fire for refusing to release his tax returns before super tuesday. and tonight, a former republican presidential nominee, mitt romney, speaking out? >> reporter: that's right, david. mitt romney saying he thinks there's likely a bombshell in trump's tax returns. romney says he thinks trump is not as rich as trump claims to be and he hasn't donated as much to charity as much trump has said. trump has responded with a

is a fool, and trying to act like a tough guy. david? >> tom llamas with us tonight again. tom, thank you. on the democratic side tonight, hillary clinton, picking up a key endorsement, senate minority leader harry reid choosing her, saying, it's time for the party to consolidate behind clinton. senator sanders, though, vowing to stay in until the long haul is over. speefking to enthusiastic crowds, lines to see him in kansas city today, wrapping around the block. south carolina, of course, next for the democrats. clinton ahead by nearly 30 points in the pomes for south carolina. stand with abc news for full coverage on super tuesday with special editions of "good morning america" and "world news tonight." and george and the entire powerhouse political team on the air beginning at 10:00 p.m. eastern, tuesday night. now, to an abc news exclusive, and the national conversation tonight. the debate over whether apple should help the fbi break into the iphone used by sigh yad farook, one of the san bernardino killers. my exclusive interview with

saying this is not about one iphone. this is about hundreds of millions of iphones and protecting everyone, american families, and the information they store on their phones. and he says, what the fbi is now asking would set a dangerous precedent. two polls just this week showing the country divided. so, we want you to listen tonight, and let us know what you think. as we sit here, you know some of the families of the victims unless san bernardino have now come out in support of the judge's order that apple help the fbi unlock that iphone. one family saying, we're angry and confused as to why apple is refusing to do this. what would you say to those families tonight? >> david, they have our deepest sympathy. what they've been through, no one should have to go through. apple has cooperated with the fbi fully in this case. they came to us and asked us for all the information we had on this phone, and we gave everything that we had. but this case is not about one phone.

what is at stake here is, can the government compel apple toll write software that we believe would make hundreds of millions of 'causecustomers vulnerable around the world, including the u.s. >> and you'd have to write that system in order to unlock that phone? >> yes. the only way we know would be to write a piece of software that we view as sort of the software equivalent of cancer. we think it's bad news to write. we would never write it. we have never written it. and that is what is at stake here. >> the fbi, though, says it believes that syed farook used that phone to communicate with his wife, his accomplice, and i'm rious, do you struggle at all with the possibility that there could be information on that phone that could reveal other plots, other people who were involved in planning the san bernardino attack? >> david, if we knew a way to get the information on the phone that we haven't already given, if we knew a way to do this,

of millions of other people's issues, we would obviously do it. >> i want to get to what the fbi director, james comey, has said. it's about, quote, 14 people who were slaughtered and many more had their lives ruined. maybe the phone holds the clue to finding more terrorists, maybe it doesn't. but we can't look the survivors in the eye and ourselves if we don't follow any possible lead out there. do you understand where he's coming from? >> i do understand where he's coming from. and this is an incredibly complex issue, to place a back door in the iphone. we believe it does put hundreds of millions of customers at risk. >> let me ask you this. you invited me to apple before. the stories are legendary about new products with blake dripry over them, the locked doors, the secrecy. any american company can keep a secret, it's apple. why didn't the fbi and apple team up in one of those secret labs and get this done and no one would have ever had to know about it?

tactics of the fbi. they've chosen what they've done% and they've chosen to do this out in the public, for whatever reasons that they have. what we think at this point, given it is out in the public, is that we need to stand tall and stand tall on principle. there's probably more information about you on your phone than there is in your house. our smartphones are loaded with our intimate conversations, our financial data, our health records. they're also loaded with the location of our kids, in many cases, so, it's not just about prove sip. but it is also about public safety. >> but in your quiet moments, do you have any concern that you might be able to prevent a terrorist attack by breaking into that phone? >> david, some things are hard, and some things are right. and some things are both. this is one of those things. >> and in this case, you believe there are some things that just should never be created. >> correct.

talked to the fbi early on, giving them advice, he says, on other ways to best get information from that iphone. to plug it in, to back it up to the i cloud. did they do that? >> unfortunately, in the days, the early days of the investigation, an fbi -- fbi directed the county to reset the i cloud password. when that is done, the phone will no longer back up to the cloud, and so, i wish they would have contacted us earlier, so that they would not have been the case. opportunity? >> it's very crucial. >> the white house said this week that the fbi's request is, quote, limited in scope. limited in scope. do you agree with that, and have this? >> i have not talked to the president. i will talk to the president. do i think it's limited, no. >> you have talked to the president before, on these issues of privacy and security. >> yes. >> are you disappointed there wasn't more of a dialogue with the administration before this

department? >> yes. >> you wish there was more done? >> yes. and i think there should have been. this -- we found out about the filing from the press. >> i'm curious, tim, did you ever think that you'd find yourself at the center of such a crucial national debate? >> no. this is -- this is not a position that we would like to be in. it is a very uncomfortable position. to oppose your government on something doesn't feel good. and to oppose it on something where we are advocating for several liberties, which they are supposed to protect, it is incredibly ironic. >> apple has until friday to respond to the judge's order that it assist the fbi. their legal team is preparing. the full interview with tim cook on our website at abcnews.com,

i ask tim cook about donald trump's call to boycott apple. in the meantime, to other news and from washington tonight, a new development in the standoff over the supreme court. two top republicans now agreeing to meet with president obama to discuss nominees. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and chuck gaszley. yesterday, both said they would take, quote, no action, on anyone the president named. to be continued. and we're learning new information tonight about the pilot in that deadly chopper crash near pearl harbor. the family on board, last night, their teenage son passing away. he had been trapped under water. rescuers cutting him free. well, tonight here, why the pilot now says he steered that helicopter right into the watete abc's david kerley covers aviation. >> reporter: the pilot of this troubled tourist helicopter now tells investigators, he had to make a sudden change, just before ending up in the waters of pearl harbor, with bystanders jumping in to rescue the five onboard. bull was this dramatic move in an effort to save lives?

vibration, heard a grinding sound, followed by a loud bang. he plans an emergency landing on a grassy area. he sees people on the lawn. quick little turns the chopper left, hoping to land on the shoreline. but the helicopter falls suddenly into thes what er water. >> i saw people running and screaming and took off my shirt and dove in the water. >> reporter: but they had trouble freeing a 16-year-old boy, part of a family of four from his seat belt. he was the o oy fatality, with the focus of the investigation on the mechanical issue and how the pilot reacted. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> david, thank you. there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday from california. breaking developments. the deadly police shootout. three deputies ambush eded. the new details coming in at this hour. and then, tonight, the $72 million verdict. a very popular store brand. the family blaming the product for their mother's cancer.

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pat sajak and vanna white. thank you, jim. thanks, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] how nice. thank you. appreciate that. vanna has to go. she has letters to touch, and whatever else she does. hi. get ready, everybody. your time has come. "person" is the category for our first "toss up." it's worth $1,000. vanna's all set. here we go. [ bell chimes ] tom. friendly cashier. yeah, that's it. [ applause ] tom moran. hi, pat. hi. lake stevens, washington. that's right. an engineer. i'm an engineer, and i work with a lot of great people for the world's largest aerospace company up there. oh, okay. i can narrow it down.

and she's a retired "smoking-hot" flight attendant. [ chuckles ] okay. wow. good for her. and you have three children? i do. we've raised -- over our 33 years of marriage, we have raised three terrific kids -- caitlin, lauren, and sean. all right, well, i know they're watching, and i know they're applauding for you, and we wish you a lot of luck. nice to have you here. thanks, pat. it's a pleasure. hi, wendi. how are you? hi. i'm great. good. wendi flanagan is from penndel, pennsylvania. yes, i am. chemistry teacher at the high-school level. yes, i'm a teacher at monsignor bonner and archbishop prendergast catholic high school. yeah? what are we leaning about in chemistry these days? we're learning all kinds of chemical reactions, how to make the formulas, all kinds of fun stuff that the kids sometimes love and not so much other things. yeah, i fall into the latter category, i'm afraid. but i admire what you do. thank you. now, you work at a theme park, as well? yes. i have a second, fun job at a local theme park where i'm an h.r. assistant. oh, okay. well, i'm glad you're here. thank you. and good luck to you. thanks, pat. you, too, aisha. aisha king, right? is from staten island, new york. paralegal. yes. now, your folks are from trinidad.

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