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 touch down in two states while

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 >> >> 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. say they will not confirm any nominee. hillary clinton made her position clear during a campaign stop in nevada. >> i ammant 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 he nevada democratic caucus is this saturday. clinton's democratic rival ned in michigan.

during a rally at eastern sity, he said the flint water crisis is beyond comprehensible. the panhandle and to recover this morning after a tornado. the twisters were part of a wide-ranging storm system that stretched up the east coast.report. >> reporter: not even this fire station in alabama could escape the wrath of a storm. an apparent tornado plowed through theville monday tossing debris everywhere. in florida dash cam video from a deputies car showed a twister on the ground. this man rode out the storm in thellway.

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 andhe carolinas to new york and snow and ice making travel tricky. >> cars off the road everywhere. a car wrapped around apole right up here. >> reporter: in baltimore this ambulance flipped responding to a call. everyone inside survive. warm temperatures are now on tapst raising concerns over possible flooding. in the washington, d.c., area several schools are closed today and the federal government is 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, the winter weather roller coaster continues. >> roller coaster is the best way to describe it. and i know.

all over the place. don champion here in new york. four american journalists are under arrest in the smallf bahrain. bahrain police say day was detained for providing false as a tourist. she was covering the anniversary of the arab spring protests. they were violently put down by thement. pope francis has been speaking to some of the most marginalized individuals in mexico. yesterday it was the today he visits the city where war and drug games cook much of the meths in the u.s. >> reporter: pope francis

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good morning, teri. >> good morning, anne-marie. taylor swift is the first woman ever to win two album of the s. she shares the night's big wins with her friends and music collaborators. pop queen taylor swift opened the 58th annual grammy d ruled the show winning the top prize. swift's "1989" earned her her second career grammy in album of e 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."

this year stirred up a lot of emotion. others used the mike to make a statement.amar sent a powerful message about racism with a rap that won him five grammys. the audience was brought to its feet that honoredd and fire's maurice white, eagle's glenn frey and legend lady gaga brought the late david bowie's work back to life.o scheduled to perform but she canceled her performance reportedly due to bronchi sis. >> thank you, teri. afterward justin bieber hitched a ride with the ceremony went a little long,

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night's grammy award showedf showmanship and glamour. the red car peat all about social media. they greeted >> have you been tweeting and instagramming? >> oh, yeah. it's crazy. while i'm doing it let me phone. >> reporter: we live for all of your posts. >> thank you. >> reporter: who did they bring as dates? - some it all in the family. >> this is my little sister. >> reporter: it's family affair. >> it is. i have them all aunld me. >> my mother and i have a sixth sense.ing sparkles on her shoes and i'm wearing sparkles on my suit. we got dressed and we're like, oh, my god, we're matching.

>> reporter: lamar won. >> michael jackson will be the a greatest to ever do it to even be closely, e i'm not even know where near the mike but being in the a great feeling. >> reporter: he talked about how he normally does grammy night. >> i'm always at home, watching it, waiting for traffic to die tta co-s and now i'm part of the traffic. >> reporter: last year he may have been getting tacos. this year he went home a winner. i'm suzanne marques, los angeles. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we'll speak with republican presidential candidate jeb bush. plus, a miracle recovery for a tiny baby. born last september 23rd 14 weeks early. she weighed 10 ounces and head to toe measured 10 inches tiny. the size of a small kitten or

and more from last night's grammy awards and the ongoingaylor swift and kanye west. that's all ahead on "cbs this morning." and that is the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. we'll leave you with lady gaga's tribute to david bowie at last night's grammys. captions by vitac