actor winning over the crowd. >> this is super cool. this is the best day of my life. >> s, it is, the adorable acceptance speech melting hearts. well, good monday morning, everyone. it was the most confrontational meeting yet between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. >> yeah, the last democratic debate before the iowa caucuses got so heated at times the third candidate, martin o'malley was pleading for a chance to speak. our coverage begins with abc's megan hughes in washington. megan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena, yeah, the timing is critical. the fact this was the last debate before the iowa caucuses, it was very clear that for hillary clinton and for bernie sanders, the gloves are now off. in south carolina, front-runners hihillary clton and bernie sanders come out swinging

clinton a defender of obama's legacy. >> i'm not sure whether we're talking about the plan you just introduced t tonight o we're talking about the plan you introduced nine times in the congress. >> reporter: sanders says inton is lying about his plans for health care. >> that is nonsense. we're not going to tear up the affordable care act. >> reporter: clinton slams sanders on gun control. >> he voted to let guns go onto amtrak, goes go into national parks. he voted against doing research toigure out how we can save lives. >> reporter: the debate step as way from the charleston church where a white gunman killed nine black worshippers in june and martin o'malley hoping to get an edge on the issue? i'm the one candidate on this stage that actually brought people together to pass comphensive gun legislation. >> reporter: he refused to discuss bill clinton and his past indiscretion. >> yes, his behavior was deplorable. have i ever said a word about

i'll debris them on the issues facing the american people, not bill clinton's personal behavior. >> reporter: in contrast to earlier debates, donald trump was not a big c conversatn topic, in fact, kendis and reena, hillary clinton didn't mention his name once. back to you. >> megan hughes, live in washinon, thank you so much. okay, so the latt poll by nbc shows either leading democrats soundly beaeating dond trump but the billionaire has fellow republicans right now in his crosshairs as he steps up his attacksks on ted cruz, t the front-runner telling abc's george stephanopoulos that cruz doesn't have a great chance of winning the nomination because ofof his unpleasant personality. >> he's a nasty guy. nobody likes him. nobody in congress likes him. nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. he's a very -- he's got an edge that's not good. you can't make deals with people like that. it's not a good thing for the country. very nasty guy. > well, trumplso keeps

from big wall street banks and failin to reporthem on election forms. cruz calls itt an oversight. he h yet however to blast trump during a campaign speech. this morning's other major story, the united states and iran in a stunning act of diplomacy after 35 years of hostility. >> this is huge, take a look at these photos, five americansre tasting freedom following their release from iranian prisons. and the youngest of them is already back home in boston. abc's jonathan karl reports on the secret negotiations that set them free. >> reporter: that first image of freed "the washington post" reporter jason rezaian greeted in geneva fm a statete department official who helped negotiate his release. also on that flight out t of iran, amir hekmati, the former marine held for more than four years in the notorious evin prison. his sister and brother-in-law were all smiles on their way to meet him in germany and pastor saeed abedini who has been separated from his wife for

>> been a single mom for 3 1/2 years and the kids, uniting with him i think will be a preciouss moment. >> reporter: at the white house president obama celebrated the prisoners' long overdue release. >> tonight we're united in welcoming sons and husbands and brothers who have endured an absolute nightmare. >> reporter: "the washington post" tehran bureau chief was jailed in july of 2014, just six weeks after discussing life in iran on anthony bourdain's "parts unknown." >> i love it and i hate it but it's home. it's become home. >> reporter: his m mother and wife now reunited with him made this tearful plea during his imprisonment. >> he's been in prison for the last year. he and his wife who is also a journalist have not been able to. she's not ablee to speak to the press. >> reporter: his extended family tonight is in germany. the dramatic daysys, the culmination of 14 months of negotiations, mostly in switzerland, u.s. officials

intense and until a few weeks ago no one knew how it would end up. not included in 9 prisoner swap was former fbi agent robert levenson, the 67-year-old disappeared in iran in 2007. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> but as those americans are now out of iran, three others have gone missing, this time in iraq. u.s. officials say that the three are civilian contractors not part of the military. the ap reports that they were kidnapped from their interpreter's home in baghdad taken to another neighborhood where all communications cut off. so far no group has claimed responsibility. in hawaii conditions are expected to impve today in the waters where teams are looking for 12 missing marin and two helicopters, crews have been fighting waves as highs 30 feet. but still working around the clock. the two helicopters crashed during night exercises on thursday, the marine corps has now identified t missing who range in age fm 21 to 41 and

two residents from florida are dead after a pair of diddley tornadoes,oth came within minutes of each other in the middle of the night. the first picked up the uple's mobile home andmashed it. their son and grandchildren who were visiting were injured. th sheriff says he's amazed that anyone got out of that alive. the winds topped 12 miles a an hour. and new yorkers got a preview of winter weather yesterday. just a dusting of snow, b that combined with plunging temperatures was enough to make roads a little slick in some parts. take a look at the radar, why don't you. the entire northeast will see snow squawsnd showers today and frigid temperatures, highs today will be in the0s and possibly in the teens for some parts of new england. and the mercury in washington, d.c. won't rise above freezing at all today. that's the first time it's happened all winter long. got to get jackets if you haven't already. >> and then some. still ahead gas pris plunging even below 50 cents a gallon. hardlanding, the spacex rocket's latest aempt to land

pl, a woman in a store when a carar suddenly crashes

how she walked away from this. well, this is a strange sight at newark liberty airport last night. those are passengers walking on the tracks of the airport monorail. a power failure had brought all trains to a standstill. crews arrived to rescue riders and get them safely on buses. service was restored but after two hours. > a a georgia psychiatrist behind bars accused of operating a pl mill. the dea raided the offices of this doctor, prosecutors a allege

while holding prescriptions he had written for them that were controlled substances. autopspsies confirmed that 12 of those were overdoses. his attorney says he e is innocent and will fight the charges. oil prices are sliding overnight ashe industry braces for even more crude on the market. now that iran's sanctions have been lifted. and that could make gas station signs like this a common sight. you're reading that right, folks, 47 krintss a gallon in northern michigan. at one point yesterday, other stationshere were also below a dollar but the price war won't last. didn'tast and then in gas there right now is about $1.50 a gallon. nationally it's $1.90 this morning. moviegoe decided to ride along and see something other than "star wars." the kevin hart and ice cube sequel was tops, "de along 2" brought in $34 million, "the revenant" was second with $29.5 million and "star wars" from our parent company was third with

an honor for the late david bowie. for the first time one of his albums has reached the top of the chars talking about "black star worth which was released two days before his death. it sold the equivalent of 181,000 albums knocking adele out of the top spot. he died earlier this month after battling cancer. with we come back caught on camera. firefighters storm a burning building. the dramatic rescue of a woman and her baby. plus, down to ur. the afc and nfc championship gagames are set. highlights from espn plus the

getting a football. if you're pregnant, nursing, have serious health conditions, or take other medicines. if you d develop a allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior, stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. children and adolescent in particular may be at an increased risk

or abnormal behavior. the most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. anti-flu? go antiviral with tamiflu. checking our morning drive, watch out for ice buildup around the great lakes and northern new england. there will alsbe snow on the roads in the sierras, cascades and the rockies. watch out for wet roads along the west coast.. if you're flying, airport delays likeliest in boston, salt lake city, los angeles and san francisco. parts of our abc family are grieving this morning after the mysterious murder of one of our own. >> anne swaney was a producer at our chicago station on v vacation in the central american country belize when she disappeared last week and decided to skip a horseback riding trip and instead go down to the river to practice yoga.

that same river a day later. offs now confirm she was strangled, no one arrested and was only 39 years old. in michigan there's a growing outrage over the contntaminatio of water in the city of flint. reverend jesse jackson told a sunday congregation there should be tape around the city because it's a crime scene. jackson's comments came a day after president obama signed an emergency declaration to clear the way for federal help. the water became contaminated after flint switched its supply to save money. we've got incredie new videdeo overght of the latest attempt by a spacex rocket to land, instead of just falling into the ocean but this one didn't go as planned, take a look, the rocket had just successfully deployed a satellite but as it was s sitting dunn, ouch, it toppled over and exploded on impact. it's founder elon musting said one of the leg-locking mechanisms failed perhaps due to

a firefighter's helmet camera captured a dramatic rescue that revealed a desperate mother handing her baby through a window to a firefighter on a ladder and climbed out and her husband too. it broke out before dawn trapping them as they slept. one man called the fire department to the rescue. to an incredibly close call for a woman shopping. things are just okay at the grocery store, en, whoa. this was in australia. the force by which that vehicle slammed there is pretty inincredible amazingly no one inside the store was seriously injured. three men inside the car weren't so lucky. they were taken to the hospital, the driver fled and that woman in the purple squirt refused help and walked away. inedibly close. time now for sports and the nfl playoffs. >> nearly three dozen teams down to the fal four with sunday's highlights here are our guys at espn. >> steve levy along with john

sunday is finalize. >> nfl has 32 teams. >> you like them all equally. >> now down t to four. i hope one is yours. if you're a bronco fan you're happy, your team is one of thos look how windy it is through ben roethlisberger's wind-blown hair. fourth quarter, steelers looking good, up by one, looks like first down but fitzgerald toussaint, bless his heart fumbles and broncos take the lead, last play of the game for the steelers and that didn't turn out well so it's the broncos and patriots. peyton manning versus tom brady next sunday in denver afc championship game. cardinals need an opponent in the nfc. cam newton and the panthers? hosting russell wilson and the seattle seahawks. wilson is pressured, throne, picked by luke kuechly. that's a pick six for them to the hizzy or end zone, 24-0.

31-0 and 31-24 is your final score. so that highlight doesn't exactly tell the entire story but you get the idea. we don't have a whole lot of time. >> they do on espn have a fresh "sportscenter" starting at 9 a.m. eastern time. >> enjoy your martin luther king holiday. >> they got their plug in. >> nice job, guys. one more note from the panthers/seahawks game. afterr a touchdown jonathan stewart handed the ball to a little fan who possley jumped for joy and it lit up social media. pure joy. >> oh, that was a surprise, huh? >> yes. she's so excited. >> she is adorable. >> great. up p pecks in "the pulse" stealing the show, a young actress speech at the critics' choice awards, you've got t hear this. his better half, will forte's strange nelook.sthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked tmy doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment.. once-daily breo prevents asthma sympms.

with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't r replace aescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. breo containins a typef medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. do not take breo more than prescribed. see your doctor your asthma does not improve or gets worse. ask your doctor if 24-hour breo could be a missing piece for you. seef you're eligible for 12 months free at mybreo.com. soup and sandwich and clean and real, and feeling good, sort of. and 500 calories or less. the clean pairings menu.

food as should be. when heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tgugue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies! only from tums jane didn't like restrictions. not in life. and not when it came to watching her calories. why settle on taste? jane thought. that's why jane loves light & fit greek nonfat yogurt. bursting with rich creamy awesomeness and 12 grams of protein. all for 80 calories. no settling here. what else does jane love? that you could win a fitbit flex from light & fit. learn more on specially marked packs. light & fit.

time now to check "the pulse,"" wha the critics' choice awards might reveal about the oscars, "spotlight" collected three big trophies last night for best picture, best ensemble and best original screenplay. >> but "mad max: fury road" tripledhat with nine awards including best director and best action movie. >> not bad. all right. so best acting awards went to leonardo dicaprio for "the revenant" and brie larson for "room." >> but the biggest scene stealer was little jacob tremblay aaccepting his award for best young actor. >> this is super cool. this is the best day of my life. i also want to thank my parents and i lover them very much. and i know where to put this,

my millennial falcon. >> top five best speeches ever. >> up near the top. >> he is just 9 years old but already so poised. >> yeah, a lot of people say that he'll have a future ahead of him. can't wait to see what he achieves down the road. >> what a cutie. >> his dad is actually a rlly od cop in vancouver, in fact, well respected policofficer. >> did not know that. >> yeah. >> okay, so imagine the surprise at a hollywood party friday night, will forte who,o, of course, normally loo like that, all that hair and showed up looking like this. the other one. cleannshaven on one side, long hair and beard on the other side. even theeyebrows, are they there? >> they're gone. >> the big question, why? is the last man on earth star trying to start a fashion trend? was he in the midst of shaving all that hair off and just kind of got distracted, forgot to do the other half? we're not half convinced about any of those. >> we still haven't heard what

on any of those, as well. so the amazing betty white cebrating her 94th birthday sunday, she steals the show yet again. >> we love her, don't we. >> in an nfl themed tv ad sort of along with rob riggle and joel mchale. >> the former golden girl style is seen taking shots at some of the game's biggest names. >> don't worry, dez, i'll put in a good word with you with jerry jones. i'm m seeing h later at a swingers party. no, roger, luke wilson looks nothing like you. you're much sexier. what are you wearing right now? >> and she even goes on to kind of take a hit a johnny manziel like like. [ speaking a foreign language ] i can't help you out, johnny manziel which a lot of coaches in cleveland are saying. a great way to spend a birthday. >> i still believe her best role

>> yeah, i would guess so. too. >> tried and true. >> she's had many. >> absolutely is a classic and she's had so many roles and has really kept looking young all throughout the year. >> thank you for being a friend, kendis. more news. before i had the shooting, burning, pins-and-needles of diabetic nerve pain, these feet served my country, carried the weight of a family, and walked a daughter down the aisle. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. nerve damage from diabetetes causes diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is fda approved to treat this pain from moderate to even severe diabetic nerve pain. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever,tired feeling or blurry vision. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs, and feet. don't drink alcohol while taking lyrica. don't drive or use machinery until you know how

those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may be me likely to misuse lyrica. now i hahave lessdiabetic nerve pain. and my biggest reason to walk calls me grandpa. ask your doctor about lyrica. announcement: this storm promises to be the biggest of the decade. with total accumulation of up to three feet. ads will be shut down indefinitely. and schools are closed. campbell's's soups ggreat with a cold and a nice red.

there are 16 fresh-picked orges squeezed into each bottle of tropicana pure premium. and absolutely no space for added sugar, water, or preservatives. tropicana. we put the good in morning. take a look at our top stories, hillary clinton and bernie sanders clashed over health care, bank bailouts and bill clinton's legacy during last democratic debate before the iowa caucuses. five americans have been released from iranian prisons afterecret negotiations with u.s. diplomats. a prisoner swap set four of them free. one of the former detainees is already back home in boston. three american contractors have gone missing in iraq. u.s. officials say they were last seen two days ago, south of baghdad, a kidnapping is suspected but no one has claimed responsibility. and looking at today's weather, rain along the west coast, snow in the sierras, cascades and northern rockies,

midwest. lake-effect snow near the lakes. well, you know over the weekend there was quite a bit of panda-monium in washington. if there's one thing our nation's capital loves almost as much as politics it is pandas. >> i think you're right. the zoo's latest pride and joy made his debut publicly this weekend before thousands of eager fans and abc's gloria riviera was there. >> reporter: this was the moment, a panda cub making his public debut to squeals of delight. the first t thing a sleepy baby bear does, shy away fro the spotlight. meet beibei the month-old panda. >> myeart is like -- oh, my gosh. >> reporter: since his birth beibei has enjoyed babyhood in private. but thousands from all over the world waited for hours in lin to see him for the very first time. >> panda-monium. >> reporter: beibei's name means precious treasure in chinese.

third cub to thisrive at the zoo. beibei is a social media darling. 5 million hits and counting on thee nationa zoo's giant panda cam sinince hwas born. >> he is immensely popular. >> reporter: said to be a charmer an a bit of a rascal beibei spent most of his business day snoozing flat on his furry back making his eager fans wait. >> we're waiting for him to wake up. >> we really want him to wake up. >> reporter: after all, being that adorable has got to be exhausting. gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >> he is adorle. >> he is adorable and there was this controversy earlier last year when michelle obama and the first lady of china named beibei. there were people that mrs. obama named beibei after beyonce. >> oh. >> no lie. conspiracy theorists are out there. >> when he turns 4 he goes back to china to try to procreate.

>> good future. that's what's making news in america. >> stay with us for "good morning america," everyone. have a great monday."you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm ???. it's x:00 a-m on monday january 18th thanks for joining us! elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam:

bitter cold air has