>> the big moments of the night, winners and losers, we're live in iowa. new this morning, under arrest in the investigion of three men escaping from a southern california jail, a woman accused of helping the inmates, her connection to that jail. monster sinkhole swallowing part of the highway. the hole widening and the collapse caught on camera. and going viral, wearing a speedo and his medals, why did michael phelps show up to a basketball game like that? hey, everyone, good friday morning. let's get right to the top story here, at unusual republican debate just three days until the high stakes iowa caucuses and the front-runner, well, he wasn't there. >> yeah, so seven top candidates aged to show up anand be quied by f fox news derators, but donald trump refuseded becausee didn't like one of the moderators, megyn kelly.

help and who did it hurt? abc's lana zak joins us from des moines with "your voice, your vote." good morning, lana. >> reporter: good morning, reena, and good morning, kendis. yes, you know, donald trump wasn't even on the debate main stage, but there was still plenty of memorable moments, however, most of them were about donald trump. it was the final debate before the first votes are cast in iowa and e national front-runner waabsent. >> let's address the elephant not in the room tonight. still, donald trump's influence was felt. >> everyone on this stage e is stupid, fat and ugly. now that we've gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. >> reporter: b ted cruz's s jokes soon turned tense. >> chris, i would note that the last four questions have been, rand, please attack ted, marco, please attack ted, chris, please attack jeb, jeb, please attack jeb. let me say this -- >> it is a debate, sir. >> if you guys ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage.

up for the first of several applause lines. >> don't worry, i'm not leaving the stage no matter what you ask me. >> all: usa, usa. >> reporter: just a few miles away trump held his own event. >> i didn't want to be here, i have to be honest. i wanted to be about five minutes away. >> reporter: and said he raised millions for veterans. will i get less votes? >> reporter: while back at the debate without trump, the candidates took on issues from abortion. let's get rid of planned parenthood fununding. >> reporter:o immigration. >> you used to support a path to citizenship. >> so did you. >> reporter: and how is this for a wild card, the debate moderators were actually prepared for the possibility that trump could arrive even after the debate started. i have to tell you, nothing like this has happened in recent years in iowa, and it really led to a very memorable evening. >> yeah, we didn't know what was going to happen. >> reena, kendis. >> it was very interesting. lana zak live in des moines, lana, language you so much.

the debate might be paying off a ttle. >> experts say that this debate was a front-runner's easiest win yet. without trump's presence there was no obvious standout candidate. and according to abc political consultant matthewowd -- >> i think the biggest winner of this politically was donald trump. i think if you pick somebody on stage, i think rand paul actually did the best. i ththought marco rubio won the first half of the debate but faded in the second half, but if you had to pick somebody that did well and seemed to do best without donald trump there, it was rand paul. >> and if you're looking for concrete numbers, an important poll will be released tomorrow from "the des moines register." dowd says if trump holds a lead in that poll, he'll likely win the iowa caucuses come monday. okay, and get this, last night trump still dominated the chatter on social media. >> during the debate he was the most talked about candidate on twitter and the most searched on google. on facebook these were the most talked about issues, immigration topped the list followed by isis and islam and muslims. and, folks, stay with abc news

debate. more analysis later on "good morning america." >> and we should note that the next republican debate will be right here on abc, saturday, february 6th in new hampshire moderated by "world ne tonight" anchor david muir and "this week" co-anchor martha raddatz. >> and in case you haven't had your fill of debates yet, the democrats add one more, hillary clinton and martin o'malley have agreed to another debate before the new hampshire primary on february 9th. that's a rersal for clinton who originally tried to keep them at a minimum. now she says she's waiting for sanders to agree. abc's jonathan karl asked sanders what's up. >> i wanted more debates from day one. >> reporter: i know. >> gee, a couple of months ago the clinton people weren't i wonder what has happened now that they want more debates? what do you think has changed? >> well, what's changeged is that clinton used to be the clear front-runner. now sanders is surging. debates can be risky for anyone in the lead. so, stay tuned to this one.

for providing material support to those three escapees om a southern california jail. nooshafarin ravaghi taught english as a second language at the jail. she's suspected of giving the inmates planning tools like google maps. authorities also released the photos of thisis van. escapees may be livi in. the four remaining militia wildlife refuge say they'll leave if no one is arrested. the group's leader, ammon bundy, has urged everyone to go home. the fbi, meanwhile, released this video which shows the group member lavoy finicum being shot by the stateolice. they say finicum was killed after twice reaching for a loaded weapon. the so-called affluenza teen ethan couch is in a texas juvenile detention center this morning. couch and his mother fled to mexico in december after a video surfaced appearing to show him at a party where people were drinking alcohol. that would be a probation violation for his 2013 drunk driving accident that left four people dead. now, later today, a judge

should be moved to an adult jail untia hearing next month. well, the west coast is bracing for another el nino driven storm. looking at the radar you can see this weekend showers likely in san francisco, phoenix, las vegas, as well. and the heaviest rain may fall from los angeles to san diego. wewell, stilahead, spreading explosively, new concerns about the zika virus causing birth defects. and the earth opening up along a highway. the massive sinkhole expanding. plus, grounds crew fail. workers preparing the field for

fixing a big mistake. bad luck for with would-be bank robber who ran into the bank manager at the front door. that manager who would not let go of the door even when the masked man banged on the door with his gun but he quickly gave up and ran away. police there in north carolina still looking for him. the latest on the zika virus. the head of the world health organization sounding the alarm saying it's, quote, spreading explosively. here in the u.s. at least 31 cases in 11 states all contracted before coming back to the u.s. the mosquito-borne virus is linked to birth defects. dr. richard besser is in brazil where the first cases in this current outbreak surfaced last summ. >> if you're looking at similar type viruses what they find, when a person recovers from that infection after about a week or so and their symptoms are gone, the virus is out of their body. so scientists don't believe that future pgnancies are going to

current one when you're infected. >> emergency w.h.o. committee will be convened on this national health emergency. circuit city coming back. once the biggest big box technology retailer, the company went bankrupt eight years ago and now the new circu cy plans to open as many as 100 stores by next year. the stores will sell small electronics with wider inventory online and market their own brand of inpensive computer accessories and cables just like shack. mcdonald's is testing the mcgriddle. it saw its biggest quarterly sales jump in years after it launched alt day breakfast in october. now rolling out the mcgriddle and biscuit all day long at 72 restaurants in tulsa, oklahoma, if they can figure out how to juggle the equipment to make it happen it could roll out nationwide.

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north shore has been crawling all week thanks to what may be the biggest swell of the season attracting surfers from all over. even veterans of big waves have been challenged by these 30 to 40-footers. look at that. amazing. >> very nice. hang ten and then some. here on the mainland watch out for some possible road flooding as a new storm moves into the west, especially in the northwest. also plan on some slippery conditions from the great lakes into the atlantic coast. if you're flying, san francisco is the only spothere weather-related delays are possible. well, classes are canceled today at a texas middle school because of f a suspected carbon monoxide leak from a faulty boiler. >> at least 145 were made sick and some students left on stretchers, others loaded on to buses to a hospital. they were treated and released. all the studentsts are expted to be okay and authorities are vowing no one will be allowed in

safe. a massive sinkhole has forced the closure of a main highway in southern oregon. pictures you he to see. the slide started on t freeway, the 101, around noon after a storm dumped nearly an inch and a half of rain. the owner of a nearby diner cauring it all. take a listen. >> it really moved. >> well, the sinkhole has now undermined all four lanes of the heavily traveled 101. well, the doctor who inspired the movovie "concsion" says o.j. simpson may be suffering from a degenerative brain disease. dr. bennet omalu telling "people" magazine he strongly suspects simpson is suffering from cte. the disease can lead to a wide range of behavior problems and led to untimely deaths of many former players. in 2012 simpson actually considered arguing that he had a brain disorder when asking for a new trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges in nevada.

of the psychedelic rock group jefferson airplane has passed away talking about songwriter, singer, guitarist paul kantner. he passed away in san francisco last night after suffering from organ failure and septic shock. kantner was behind such classics as "white rabbitnd "somebody to love" that you hear there. kantner was 74 years old. a mystery solved this morning after the greater new york area was rattled by what felt lika major earthquake. reports of the ground shakaking stretched from southern new jersey to connecticut and even long island. military officials now say it was a series of sonic booms that were caused by fighter jets conducting supersonic tests off the coast which broke the sound barrier. it was very scary for some people. >> yeah, it was. well, from the ground shaking on one coast to a mess-up by the ground crew for the super bowl. they're fixing a mistake this morning. >> they're preparing the levi stadium field in santa clara. and youan see

way off in the distance but you see the closer end zone, it was also painted with the broncos logo at one point. >> oh, come on. they forgot to paint a panthers end zone and scrubbed one of them and repainted it with the panthers logo. >> so there will be no confusion come super bowl sunday. >> yeah, but the middle they they painted super bowl 49 so they have to do that -- i'm kidding. >> well, time now for sports and some college basketball. >> with the highlights here's neil and stan at espn. >> good morning. it's "sportscenter" from los angeles. neil everett, stan verrett and big ten college basketball. >> yeah, let's go maryland and iowa. this was a good game. itit was on levision. rasheed d sulaimonformer dukie, fear the turtle, 17 points, 5

all the points for iowa, he didn't score a lot. he had nine. he was 2 of 13. mark turgeon, former oregon assistant coach. big win for his club. maryland by a six-pack. how about michigan state and northwestern. denzel valentine, leading man, way out ther and that worked once. why not try it again? and then valentine, he's got no conscience, but he's gogot range. 4 for 4 in threes in the first half. michigan state up 12 in the first half and then freshman matt mcquaid took over. give him a screen and three more. hehe had 17,alentine had 19, michigan state wins it, 76-45. they had 16 threes in that game, a season high for them. >> we were hoping we were going >> but we're not. >> that would be tomorrow. up next in "the pulse,"

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material support including google maps to the inmates. the fbi has released video of a militia member, lavoy finicum, being killed by state police near the federal wildlife refuge in oregon. agents say finicum was reaching for a loaded weapon when he was shot. and taking a look at today's weather, stormy in the west, sunny and warm across the south. light snow and some rain from the northeast to the great lakes. windy but dry in the southeast. we, finally from us, the late night comics take on the news of the week >> here now are your "friday funnies." >> demrats held a presidential forum last night on cnn where candidates were interviewed individually. candidates were asked questions like, what would you do about the wage gap? do you plan to raise taxes and how did you get in here? >> this was his big moment during t "q" and "a" portion. he said, i can't just sit here, i have to take off my jacket and

sleeves and showed off his body. it's like magic martin. >> i would like to hear from you on why you feel the enthusiasm isn't there. >> take a look at him. his response to the question. >> donald trump can't possibly really want to be president. it's the hardest job in the world. he knows that the presidency, if it can do this to barack obama in eight years, imagine what donald trump will look like. >> donald trump announced that he is not going to participate in the fox news debate tomorrow night. >> i have to believe jeb bush is excited. it's like when the bully stays home sick from school, you get one day of not getting beat up. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldn't lose any voters. okay. it's like incrediblele. it doesn't sound likee was complimenting the loyalty of his supporters. he sounds like he's complaining about a clingy girlfriend. i could shoot people on fifth enue and she would text me heart emojis at 2 a.m. >> if this were the wwe, donald trump would have shown up in iowa tonight with a mask and a

beating everyone over the head. >> they're still trying to get people excited about the debate, so even going ouout withoudonald trump, i don't know if this is working. ve you seen this commercial? watch. >> thursday night it's the fox news republican debate, sure, donald trump won't be there, but that doesn't mean this debate won't bl your foxing mind. we stillot a bush that won't be tamed. >> we have a lot more fodder over the next week. >> can you imagine after the caucuses? >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great friday and an even better weekend, everybody. bye-bye."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 friday january 29th thanks for joining us! elias: