that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues, for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. captioning funded by cbs it's friday, february 26th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." targeted at random. a gunman opens fire at his workplace killing at least three people before he is brought down by a hero cop. >> do you know where donald is now? >> no, no, no. >> reporter: donald trump fender off closest attacks from fell competitors before super tuesday. adding ing

passengers cheer as a father and boy, when they are removed from a flight. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. this morning, at least ten people are in critical condition following a deadly mass shooting in kansas. three people were killed and 14 more wounded. police say the gunman identified as cedric ford shows his victims at random. the shootings took place across two towns about 35 miles north of wichita. the victims were hit by gunfire at two separate locations. 150 people were at work at excel plant. hanna davis of our wichita affiliate is there. >> reporter: meg, this morning, law enforcement official are violence. they say cedric ford woo a

this is where all of the fatalities occurred but it spread well beyond this business. fear and a woman who reunites with her husband who worked inside the plant. employees are familiar with the gunman. their coworker cedric ford often posted pictures of himself on facebook at work. >> he was a nice guy. when i worked with him on my second shift, we hung out. everything was hunky-dory. he didn't seem like this kind of guy. >> reporter: the shooting started near the plant. they say ford was firing from a vehicle at other cars. at one point he car-jacked a car and shooting the driver. ford, armed with a rifle and handgun shot 15 people at excel >> we heard gunshots and people were just running saying

thing you know, i felt i got hitis when i turned and started running. >> the shooter was actively firing on any target that came across his sights. only stopped when the first law enforcement officer on the scene shot ford to death. >> he took fire. he went inside of that place and saved tiple lives. a hero, as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: it's unclear ford was still employed at excel industries at the time of the shooting. just a few days ago he postedto his facebook showing him firing what appears to be an assault rifle into an empty field. meg, as of this morning, ot determined a motive but they say this is not an act of terrorism. the fbi will be helping with this >> thank you, hanna. in the meantime, the final republican debate before next week's super tuesday was a hold nothing back attack on trump.

trump down, both marco rubio and ted cruz ripped trump on everything, from immigration to his business practices.155 of the 595 delegates are up for grabs at cruz's home state in texas where a new poll trump but in florida, trump holds a substantial lead. a night of back and forth charges and trump joined the fireworks. e artist and this guy is a liar. >> omar villafranca has our report from houston. didates took swings at each other over immigration, foreign policy, and the supreme court. front-runner donald trump, at times, got into some heatedth both ted cruz and marco rubio. republican presidential front-runner donald trump was the target of most of the punches in last night's debate.om marco rubio. this fiery exchange on health care was the most tweeted moment

>> the biggest thing we have gotve no competition is because we have lines around the state. >> that is the only part of the plan? just the lines? interstate competition? >> the nice part you have many different plans.ion. you'll have so many different plans. >> now he is repeating himself! >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: the attacks between trump and ted cruz got k. donald, donald, relax. >> go ahead. i'm relaxed. you're a basket case. >> reporter: trump also took hits from people off stage. the billionaire candidate said his tax returns because he is being audited. but former republicantt romney questioned it. >> he is going to support marco rubio. >> reporter: the top three contenders went head-to-head, the two lowerjohn kasich and ben carson

>> i think no attempt -- with the questions. >> reporter: the ohio governor appeared more optimistic. ted and sent a message to people around the country about the fact that i'm qualified to be president of the united states. >> reporter: close to 600 delegates are up for grab inweek's super tuesday contest. no rest for the candidates. they will start crisscrossing the super tuesday states this morning. in houston, omar villafranca, we will talk with senator marco rubio about last night's debate and what comes next, ahead on "cbs this morning." the battle between apple and the fbi came up in the gop apple has now officially asked a federal judge to reverse her order that it helped the fbi hack into a phone used in the san bernardino shootings. both ted cruz and marco rubio said appleimply. >> all they are asking them to do is disable the self-destruct mode or auto erase mode on one phone in the entire world but do it

their brand. their brand is not security to the national security of the united states of america. >> the apple appeal it getting dangerous power. lindsey graham did not mince words last you kill ted cruz on on the floor of the senate and the trial is in the senate, nobody can convict you. >> graham employed the press to askr questions, saying trump does not understand what makes america great. back to last night's gop debate. donald trump was questioned about his plans to build a wallh mexico and have mexico pay for it. yesterday, former mexican president vicente fox said y for a wall. >> how are you going to make them pay for the wall?

it just got ten feet taller. >> vice president joe biden n rhetoric about mexico and immigrants dangerous and damaging and ill-advised and the view of most america. the democratic primary in south carolina is tomorrow. hillary clinton court the vote there yesterday.ers in south carolina are african-americans. bernie sanders focused on minorities as well during a visit to flint, michigan, where he told residents fixing their water crisis was a top >> any silver lining out of this tragedy is it is my hope that people in america will look at flint and say never again can wety to undergo this. >> the minority vote will play a big role on super tuesday. neither candidate can win the without their vote. nevada governor brian sandoval says he is not

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