>> he's el debt. making news in america this morning, pulling ahead. the primary race showing tru and clinton in the lead among south carolina voters with the president weighing in saying trump will not be president. we're live in washington with the latest. a frank francis. the pope in a rare moment scolds people grabbing him telling the crowd not to be selfish while he gets set for a big day on the border. emotional encore. american band eagles of death metal play again in paris. friends and fans remembering those lost in the rror attacks last november. and ruff road. c.j., the top dog at the westminster dog show earning best in show beating out a crowded field of favorites. his human companions overjoyed while c.j. just playing it cool. well, good wednesday morning.

the next crucial vote. a possible make-or-break moment for several candidates. >> donald trump is now fending off criticism from president obama as he fires back. he's enjoying a commanding lead in the south carolinpolls. ted cruz is a distant second traid by marco rubio and jeb bush. >> the democrats in a tight race in nevada, but hillary clinton way ahead of bernie sanders in south carolina with a double-digit lead. >> and with just three days to go before votes are cast in two states, the repuicans are trading more nasty insults. it's "your voice, your vote." we get the latest now from abc's megan hughes in washington. good morning, megan. >> reporter: kendis, reena, good morning. all six remaining gop candidates will be in south carolina today where, as you mentionened, donal trump remains on top and on the attack. donald trump calls in on stephen colbert's "the late show." >> i can think off of the top of

have said on air that this is true, cbs will not let me >> reporter: though he vowed to clean up his dirty language, that doesn't mean trump is playing nice. >> then bush, poor bush, he comes out. he goes, well, i don't think that donald trump can beat hillary clinton, but i can. i say, well, why aren't you beating me? why aren't you beating me? >> i don't care what donald trump says. the guy is a a completloser. >> reporter: jeb bush maki news with a one-word tweet, america, with a picture of his own gun, his name printed on the barr. "the new york daily news" going after bush this morning with the headne dolt t .45. the e latest c/orc poll in south carolina showsush, rubio and cruz all trailing. trump with a 16-point lead in the palmetto state. on the democratic side hillary clinton with a nearly 20-point advantage. both candidates appearing on nevada public television last night. >> you cannot ignore the impact of what wall street greed has done to this country, and no state, no state has been hit harder by that greed and illegal behavior than the state of

>> i've spent a lot of time in nevada. it's one of the most diverse and exciting places in our country. >> reporter: sanders and clinton are battling for minority voters in both states. in south carolina african-americans are expected to make up more than half of the democratic vote. kendis, reena. >> abc's meg hughes in washshington. megan, thank you so much. well, breaking overnight, apple will fight a landmark court order to help the fbi hack into an iphone left by one of the san bernardino shooters. prosecutors say they've beenen unable to access syed farook's device because they don't know its pass code. all the data on the phone will be erased. a federal judge says apple must supply higighly speclized software to get around that self-destruct feature. the u.s. attorney says the order is a potentially important step in the process of learning everything about the attttack in san bernardino. the first of its kind ruling could set a precedent between

security, but apple's ceo tim ok says his companany won't ck into its own users. he said such a move would undermine encryption. supreme court justice antonin scalia will laid to rest on saturday as the battle intensifies over filling his vacant seat. senate republicans still want the next president to nonominate scalia's replacement, but president obama vowing to pick the successor himself, and he says there's no excuse for the senate not to vote on his nominee. >> part of the proroblem thawe have here is we've almost gotten accustom to how obstructionist the senate's become when it comes to nominations. >> well, he was asked if he was leaning toward nominating a moderate to replace scalia. the president bluntly said no, but he promised it will l be someone who o is well alified. and funeral arrangements for scalia is now set as the seat he occupied for 30 years is draped in black.

lie in repose at the supreme court where the public will be allowed to pay respects. a private funeral mass will be held saturday at a prominent romacatholicic church d.c. well, some dramatic ments for the pope in mexico. first an air scare as his plane was landing in mexico city last week. we learned it was hit by a laser. a newly released audio ground control can be heard warning the pilots about the strike. the worry, of course, is that the pilots can be blinded by the bright light, but the pope's plane landed without incident. and then this moment yesterday for the first time on his trip, he publicly showed signs of irritation when some overeager fans nearly toppled him. the pope looked annoyed, and he said ispanish, quote, don't be selfish. well, today he travels to the u.s. border in one of the highest profile moments in his trip to mexico. the streets of juarez have been packed with police and mexican ldiers ahead of the papal visit. he will also visit a prison. overseas some new signgns this

between north and south korea. in a show of force four american f-22 steth fighters have flown over south korea. north korea is expected to view the arrivals of the planes as a direct threat. an american general says the u.s. maintains an ironclad commitment to the defense of south korea. and the obamadministration reportedly had a fallback plan if the iran nuclear talks fell through. according to "the new york times," the u.s. had an elaborate cybettack plan. nitro zeus, as it was called, would have disabled iran's air defenses, communications and power grid. it would have given president obama alternatives t to war ifhe talks had not been successful. at its height planning efforts invovolved thoands of american personnel spending tens of millions of dollars. well, the last few days have been glorious in california, but it's not going to last long. a storm rolling in from the pacific ocean will bring drenching rain and heavy mountain snow to central and northern california with some

well, coming up, the new hershey's kiss fvor just in time for spring. also, the blame game as thousands of american jobs move to mexico. the company blames the government. and check out this joyride that turned into a police chase.

fly. there's a major delay driving across western colorado after a rockslide shut down interstate 70. drivers face a four-hour detour, about 150 miles. it will be at least a month before i-70 is completely re-opened.d. officials hope to have one lane

allow traffic one direction at a time. although some vehicles were damaged in the slide, there were no injuries. well, a coany blames the obama admistration for its decision to move 1,400 jobs to mexico. carrier claims that it never got re than the $5 million it had been promised as part of the president's stimulus plan. the clean energy tax credit was awarded two years ago. the heating and air-conditioning company announced last week that it will close its indianapolis plant. nearly every major u.s. airline plans to apply for flights to cuba now that the two countries have signean agreement restoring commercial travel. it allows 110 daily flights although travelers will need a reason other than tourism. regularly scheduled flights to cuba ended nearly 60 years ago. right now onlyly more expenve charter flights are available to that untry. mechanics at united airlines have rejected a contract offer and authorized a strike. disagreements include a

in which new hires are paid less and get fewer benefits. complicating the negotiations united's ceo is still recovering from a heart transplant and hasn't been closely involved in the talks. well, coming soon to a store near you, a new type of hershey a kiss just in time for easter. yeah, this is called a carrot cake kiss, and hershey says there's an orange coating and a white chocolate base. the carrot cake kisses will be sold exclusively at walmart, and i hope to be in line for the first batch. >> that is one way to get your kids to eat carrots. >> i dididn't thinof it that way. >> i guess. coming up, a heart-stopping moment on a mountainside. a child dangling from a ski lift. the incredible group rescue. d taking t the stageolemn and triumphant, eagles of death metal playing in paris months

the terrorist attack.

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western mountains and western new york and pennsylvania areas, as well. if y're flying, airport delays likeliest in san well, an emotional return to paris last night. >> the california band eagles of death metal was back to finish a concert cut short by terror. the band was on stage at the bataclan theatre in november in paris when the terrorists stormed it. hundre of survivors were among those who packed the show last night. one woman gave her november concert ticket to a friend who was killed. >> wish she was here and i wish she was here instead of me but i felt so happy to be in the room surrounded by people. >> last night's concert was at a different concert venue but still some people stayed away. there were therapists on hand in case of panic. member of the band asked for 89 seconds of size in memory of the 89 people who were killed that night. the trial of the grim sleeper is now under way in los

lonnie franklin jr. is accused of abusing and killing ten women, the youngest just 15 years old. most were prostitutes with cocaine in their systems. their bodies were dumped in alleys. details revealed yesterday were so graphic that some relatives of the victims began crying and walked out. also in los angeles, a hospital held hostage by hackers. the computers at hollywood presbyterian medical center have been shut down by a virus. haers are demanding a nearly $4 million ransom in order to get the machines going again. the fbi joined lapd trying to figure out who is behind this attack. the hospital says patients' records were not compromiseded. and this south florida teen seseen here o police say has posed as a physician for months will make a court appearance today. he's 18-year-old malachi love-robinson and was arrested yesterday and is accused ofof trying practice medicine without a license. he had his own office, even a website for his fake medical

he routinely wore personalized lab coats. he claims he has a passion for helping people and that's why he wants to be part of the medical field. well, new recommendation this morning in the effort to detect autism early. a leading u.s. advisory panel has conclududed there's no need to screen all children between 18 and 30 months old. the independent group of experts say more research is needed to assess the benefits and harms of universal screening, but parents are advised to keep an eye out for the early signs of autism. and there's new concern about the drug iced to treat adhd. a new study shows adderall abuse is on the rise. adderall use without a prescription has 67% in young adults and emergency room visits linked to the drug jumped more than 156% mostly caused by combining adderall with alcohol. illicit drugs and many young abusers use it as a study aid believing it can actually

an amazing rescue in british columbia. take a look at this video carefully. an 11-year-old was dangling from a chair lift 30 feet off the ground. you see his feet right there beneath the chair lift. reaching for one of his ski poles, that's when all of this happened. the question thinking operator shut down the lift and grabbed a tarp and the you have it. on the count of three he let go and was caught. he wasn't injured. in fact, we're told he was smiling. no word, though, if the driver of this backhoe that you're going to see here was smiling as he led sheriff's deputies on a merry chase in the florida keys. he not only damaged a major bridge on u.s. 1 but also used the backhoe to dump boulders on the road and charged at the deputies. they managed to stop him after an hour an a half and placed him under arrest. the charges include grand theft backhoe. >> grand theft backhoe. who knew there was such a chararge. >> yes. >> now you know, kendis. >> they created it that day,

there's lots of college basketball teams chasing their places in this year's march madness. >> here's how some did last night thanks to espn. >> good morning. welcome to our "sportscenter" set here in los angeles. i'm stan verrett. big 12 basketball on super tuesday. we got two battles between ranked teams from the conference. let's stt with iowa state and baylor. johnathan motley and deondre burton with the block. abdel nader with the rebound. iowa state doesn't call a time-out. nader heads to morris who tes to pull up the misseses and eventually gets the rebound and bucket but the official waves the shot off and went to overtime. just a minute to go and baylor up two. ismail ishmail wainright. three ball helped a lot. they lost three straight at home in conference play. 100-0-91. west virginia and texas, both ranked as well. shaka smart said he wanted more emotion from his team.

lambert hit three of texas' ten triples. 12-point lead and texas up 13. to lambert. quick pass to prince ibeh and he'll throw it down. texas, 85-78. ey sweep the mountaineers. texas with a third win against a top ten team of the season, so ghe longhorns working on that tournament resume. that's it from here. now back to you. >> thank you, sir. coming up, the dog of all dogs. meet c.j. picked best in show at last night's westminster dog show. and can you guess his breed? plus, ronda rousey opening up about one of her darkest moments.vice from the future don't buy makeup that settles into lines, it ages you. get simply ageless makeup from covergirl and olay. with b vitamins, and spf. it floats over lines and you look beautiful! and now there's simply ageless liquid makeup it helps you look younger in three ways. so in the future when you're older you look younger.

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overnight, apple says it will fight a judge's order to hack into a phone belging to one of the san bernardino shooters. prosecutors have not been able to access the phone because of encryption technoly. pope francis travels to the u.s. border to celebrate mass in one of the most highly anticipated events during his visit to mexico. the pope will also visit a mexican prison where he'll speak to inmates and their families. today we learn who bought a winning ticket to last month's nearly $1.6 billion powerball lottery in florida. three winners were sold. a couple from tennessee has already claimed their share. lookg at today's weather, normal temperatures in the northeast today with some snow inland but a strong storm stem moving into the west. and finally this morning, a dramatic arrest in texas, and you wouldn't believe the crime. >> deputies tracked down a man at his houston home and hauled him off in handcuffs apparently over an unpaid student ln that

station reports. >> reporter: paul aker says last thursday he got the shock of his life at his south west side e home. >> i walk out slowly with my hands up. i'm here. i'm here. >> reporter: u.s. marshals surrounded his home and arrested him. he says he had no id why. it wasn't until the ride to jail he finally got an answer. an outstanding student loan. >> what? all thosose guys a all those guns for a student loan? how much? the judge will tell you. the judge wants to see you. >> reporter: aker says he had two previous loans he paid off after graduating in engineering at prairie view a&m and did not know he owed $1,500. they rolled out a list of notices since 2006 that aker says he did not receive. he said he was cuffed and taken before a federaludge. >> hasked me am i in the habit of stealing from the government? i said, no, sir. >> reporter: the u.s. marshal service released a statement reading in part, "on thursday, february 11th two dety u.s. marshals made contact with aker outside of his residence.

him, aker resisted arrest and retreated back into his home. the situation escalated when aker verbally said to the deputies that he had a gun." aker says he was never offered a phone call, never told he could contact an attorney before agreeing to reimburse the government ,258.68 for arresting him and a payment plan of $200 a month in accrued interest. >> so much firepower to say we can't miss this guy. we must take him down and when you get me you celebrate as if you've taken down el chapo. you know, i am el-palled. >> reporter: he says it took him hours to shake off wt happened. more than anything h he's glad his family wasn't home. >> he's got a good sense of humor. he does. he's el-palleled. >> new verb. >> he's el debt. that'st's making news in america this morning. >> have a greawednesday, everyone.moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning

elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on wednesday february 17th 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: weather adlib: one more day of wearing your hats, gloves, and winter coats because we are starting up a warming trend and it's going to last us into the weekend! we'll start off cold in the morning with a quick flurry moving through the state, but most roads will stay fine. the clouds will stick around with a breezy southeast wind that will help move our highs into the upper 30s. tonight