p making news in america this pmorning, southern battleground. pthe race for the white house pmakes a turn through south pcarolina. pthe republican field narrowing pas hillary clinton hopes to gain pground. p breaking overnight, the parmed standoff in oregon. pit's nearly over. pthe fbi moves in and makes more parrests. pthe militia protesters appearing pto give up. p also breaking overnight, penraged cruise passengers pfinally back on land. pwhat they have to say about ptheir frightening ordeal. p and wieners on the go. pthe hot dog coming soon to your plocal drive-through but will one

pburger chains truly relish this pmarriage of meats. p well, good thursday morning. pwe begin with the next pbattleground in the race for the pwhite house as republicans shift pto the south. p>> yeah, donald trump is still pcelebrating his big new phampshire victory and if this pwas even possible, he sounded pmore confident than ever last pnight as he was cheered on by pthousands of supporters at pclemson university in south pcarolina. phe's facing a smaller republican pfield this morning with chris pchristie and carly fiorina pdropping out of the race. p and that means six pcandidates are still in the prunning. psecond place winner, john kasich phas a new burst of energy and pthe others appear to be digging pin for the long haul. pgearing up to fight trump to the pbitter end. p>> and as for the democrats, pbernie sanders is looking to pbuild a momentum that he picked pup in new hampshire reaching out pto minority voters and hillary pclinton's campaign is on the pattack going after sanders'

pso that said with just nine days pto go before the next votes are pcast in south carolina and pnevada, the pressure really is pon. p>> and the republican pfront-runner still enjoying his pvictory lap. pit's "your voice, your vote." pabc's lana zak has the latest. p>> we may have to stage a phony rotest. pthat's the only way they show pthe size of these crowds. pthis crowd is amazing. p>> reporter: donald trump with peven more spring in his step pfollowing his major win in new phampshire forcing two more pcandidates, chris christie and pcarly fiorina out of the race. pand now trump says he's ready to ptake on democratic challenger phillary clinton. p>> we're going to beat her. pand honestly women don't like pher. p>> reporter: in new hampshire pclinton lost female voters 44 to p50% and young people 16% to 83% pbut nationally clinton still has pthe advantage over bernie psanders who tells abc's cecilia pvega he has work to do. pif the election were tomorrow do

pcarolina and nevada? p>> no, fortunately for us the pelection is not tomorrow. p>> reporter: another candidate pgreat for for extra campaign ptime jeb bush who confirms his pbrother will join him on the ptrail hitting hard after his pfourth place finish in new phampshire. p>> he is an entertaining person punless you are a woman, unless pyou're hispanic, unless you're a .o.w., unless you're a disabled erson. p>> reporter: but second place pwinner john kasich says he's punlikely to go on the attack. p>> so i'm not going to be a pin pcushion or a marshmallow but i'm palso not going to spend my time ptrashing other people. p>> reporter: republicans will phead to the polls in south pcarolina in nine days, but for pdemocrats, it's a little bit pmore than two weeks before pthey'll head to the polls. phowever, the next face-off preally is going to happen ptonight at the democratic pdebate. preena, kendis. p>> abc's lana zak live in pwashington. plana, thank you very much. p well, another big day is on ptap for ohio governor john pkasich after his surprise second

pkasich expected to sign a bill pto defund planned parenthood. pthe legislation targets money pthat goes to the organization pthrough ohio's health pdepartment. pthe move may help kasich with pconservatives leading some to pquestion the timing of the bill. p now, to developing story pthat we've been watching povernight from oregon where the pfive-week standoff at a wildlife prefuge appears to be almost pover. pthe four remaining militia pmembers still holed up in the poffice have agreed to turn pthemselves in this morning. pthe development came after pfederal agents surrounded the prefuge and set up negotiations. pamong their demands the four pwant to meet with reverend pfranklin graham when they walk pout from that ref fugit. p another very many, bundy's pson has been arrested after pstepping off a plane in portland pand pand he faces federal charges prelated to standoff at his ranch pin nevada. pbundy had come to oregon with lans to go to the refuge.

pthe county jail. p flags are flying at phalf-staff in maryland after two psheriffs were gunned down in a ptargeted shooting. pone was killed at a restaurant pin ab be done. pthe suspect was then killed and pthey were killed because they pwere wearing a uniform. p the justice department pis suing ferguson, missouri, the pmove came a day after the city ptried to amend an agreement to poverhaul its police department. pferguson came under scrutiny pwhen the fatal police shooting pof michael brown sparked pwidespread unrest. pthe city is accused of a pattern pof misconduct that includes proutinely violating the rights pof residents. pattorney general loretta lynch paccused ferguson of racial bias pcalling the practices egregious. p in the meantime, in pcleveland, the city there has psent a bill to the family of ptamir rice, he's the 12-year-old pshot dead by a police officer. pthe city wants the family to pay

preceived. pneither the officer or his artner officered first aid to pthe dying boy. pan attorney for the family said pthis adds insult to homicide. pthe rice family considers this a pform of pharassment. p some extreme weather on both pends of the country will start pin the beach area in southern pcalifornia where summerlike heat pwill continue today with many eople coming down for a dip. pextra lifeguards are being pcalled in for a rare midwinter pwork shift. psomehow we don't think anyone is pcomplaining too much about this pone or the heat in general. p and just the opposite pextreme in the midwest. pmore snow expected this morning pin the cleveland area, pwhich would make for another penjoyable morning commute. pthe lake-effect snow across that pregion expected to continue for pseveral days. plook at that. p and the tough winter weather pdoesn't look like pit's going to let up any time psoon. p>> so for a look at the forecast pwe turn to accuweather's pmeteorologist justin povick. pgood morning, justin.

pgood morning to you, as well. pit's a cold start to the day pand, well, it's going to be a pgood finish, as well. pwe add the wind to the chill and pa couple of snowflakes and snow pshowers. pwe're not really concerned about paccumulation unless you're very pclose to the great lakes. pthis is very concerning, though, plater on saturday night, record plow temperatures in jeopardy and psome of these go way back into pthe 19 teens when we're down pclose to zero. preena, kendis, back to you. p>> 2 degrees in new york city. p>> it's always appropriate to pwear sleeveless on days when arts of the country is below 10 pdegrees. p>> you're in the california pmind-set. p>> you're right. p coming up, hot dogs coming pto a drive-through near you. p and the passengers of that pcruise ship that gave them the pscare of their life returned phome. pwhat they had to say about that pcaptain. p and did you see this, an pimage of an american servicemen paired on iranian television. pthe u.s. calling this

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p checking our top stories, pthe republican candidates are poff age running in south pcarolina. pdonald trump playing to pthousands of support is while pthe democrats are battling over pminority voters. p the five-week standoff at an poregon wildlife refuge appears pto be at its end, the remaining pmilitia members agreed to leave pthe office this morning roviding certain conditions are pmet. p thousands of passengers who pendured a storm battled cruise pare back on dry land. proyal caribbean's "anthem of the pseas" must be cleaned up before pits next departure saturday. p cold across the east with psnow in new england and plake-effect snow around the pgreat lakes. pwarm for most of the west. psome rain in the northwest, as pwell. p well, the federal government

pit means to be a driver by green plighting google's self-driving pcars. p>> okay, so this morning we're pmeeting passenger one, a blind pman who's the first person to pgive the car a test ride. phere's kgo's jonathan bloom. p>> reporter: for steve may han plives two miles from the nearest pbus stop and relies on the vta's aratransit. p>> i have to make arrangements pthe day before. p>> a required he took three pyears ago is so magical. pfor the first time since he pbecame blind he sat in the pdriver's seat and that's about pall he did. p>> the vehicle was the driver. pthe car was the driver. p>> reporter: but california prules say autonomous cars still pneed a licensed driver. psteve can't get a driver's plicense. p>> if it is required to have a plicensed human driver in the car pit means i could not go anyplace pin that vehicle without someone paccompanying me. p>> reporter: it would throw on

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