have a great tuesday. making news inmerica this morning, voting day, all eyes on nevada a as caucusers make their picks for the republican nominee. donald trump turning out huge crowds overnight as hillary clinton looks to hollywood for a boost. we're live with the latest. >>new details s in the ce of that deadly shooting, the uber driver admitting to his rampage and the family of a teenage victim clinging to life speaks out. crash landing, a plane caught on camera going down in the middle of a city street. the pilot being credited as a hero this morning. and sir air up there. this imagine of a gravity-defying high school basketball player going viral. looking more like 's levitating than leaping.

that moment. well, good tuesday morning. we begin with the battle for votes in nevada as donald trump looks to score victory number three. >> yeah, trump is heading into today's caucuses way ahead of his republican rivals. marco rubio is picking up support from the gop establishment, and ted cruz is hoping to bounce back after a tumultuous day that called his integrity into question and left him without a chief spokesman. >> now, many are wondering if trump is unstoppable. it's "your voice, your votote." we get the latest from abc's kenneth moton. kennh, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. yes, donald trump in vegas overnight, and no need for campaign signage there because the real estate mogul's name is in bright lights on the strip. now, his odds of winning nevada are good, but the big gop endorsements are pouring in for his rival marco rurubio. it's caucus time in america. >> we're going to make america great again, and we're going to keep winning, winning, winning. >> reporter: overnight gogop front-nner

crowd yet in las vegas. the billionaire's banking on a hot streak that will carry him through super tuesday into the gop nomination as he continued attacking his riva. >> this guy cruz lies more than any huhuman beini've ever dealt with. >> reporter: the fight getting nasty. ted cruz fired his communications director for spreading a false rumor that marco rubio had disparaged the bible. >> we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity. >> reporter: but rubio is focused on trump who is leading in nevada by 26 points. his apparent unstoppable rise has the republican establishment rallying around rubio. >> donald has a base of support t but the majority of r party doesn't want him as our nominee. >> reporter: the democratic contenders were on opposite sides of the country in front of more than 8,000 people at the university of massachusetts amheherst. bernieie sandersgain hit hillary clinton on her wall street connection. >> we don't represent corporate america. we don't want their money.

carolina's primary this weekend clinton has a big lead against bernie sanders. she's heavily favored with african-americans. so as the two work t to court e black vote in the state, actor morgan freeman's voice is being used in a clinton television ad. sanders answered with an endorsement from filmmaker spike lee who will be featured in radio spots that wl start airing today in the palmetto state. reena and kendis. >> okay, kenneth moton, thank you so much. well, clinton's also picking up celebrity support as she got a financial boost in southern california. clinton stopped by the set of abc's hit "scandal" and hung out with the cast. kerry washington posting a picture with the #imwithher and clinton also host eded several fund-rsers in l.a. she to supporters that donald trump and the white house would be a risk to the nation's security. vice president biden is downplaying remarks he made nearly 25 ars ago about supreme court vacancies.

any nominee president obama picks to replace supreme court justice antonin scalia. but as a senator back in 1992, biden said, if a seat on the high court becomes vacant, president bush should not fill it until after the election. well, the vice president now says the excerpt is not an accurate description of his views. well, police say they still don't know why a man shot eight people in kalamazoo this weekend killing six of them. investigats say jason dalton admits that he took people's lives, but during his arraignment yesterday, the uber driver said he would prefer to remain silent. police say the uber driver apparently chose his victims at random. none had any known connection to him. one of the two people wounded was a 14-year-old girl who is clinging to life support. >> my daughter is not dead. she is alive, and she is fighting for her life. i want everybody to understand that. abigail is song, and s was a vibrant, beautiful young lady and did not deserve this. >> the girl's father said he feels for jason dalton's family and holds no grudge against

the family of the 45-year-old married father of two has issued a statement saying this type of violence has no place in our society. well, uber admits that they got complaints saturday night about dalton while the attacks were taking place, but those were the first complaints about him. uber says no background check would have flagged dalton because he had no criminal history, and some say uber should have a panic button in its u.s. apps as it does in india. but the ride service says in thisis country911 is the panic button, and it doesn't want to interfere. americans are choosing sides in the apple fbi security showdown. there will be rallies today in support of the tech giant at its stores in more than 40 cities and at fbi headquarters in washington, d.c. apple says helping the fbi would open the door to abuses by other law enforcement agencies. well, not everyone agrees with ple's refusal to hack into the iphone used by one of the san bernardino shooters.

are siding with the fbi. and that's prettily evenly split between republicans and democrats and in difrent age groups and education levels. only 38% think apple is in the right. a new developmenent in the five-year-long civil war in syria. the u.s. and russia have agreed to a cease-fire set to begin saturday. the agreement does not cover terror groups like isis, which claimed responsibility for two deadly attacks over the weekend. 250,000 have died in the civil war. e white house is downplaying expectations saying there are bound to be obstacles and setbacks. a major effort under way day in brazil in the battle against the zika virus. jot teams of u.s. . and brazilian health workers are fanning out across the country in search of mothers and infants. they're trying to confirm that zika causes babies to be born with small heads, and in this country, president obama asking congress for nearly $2 billion to stop the spread of that virus. switching gears into the weather right now, it looks pretty good for most of the u.s.

a storm stem is bringing the threat of tornadoes and severe storms back to the region. by this afternoooon the grtest threat will be along the gulf coast from louisiana to the florida nhandle. well, coming up, the breed named america'a's top dofor a quarter century. but first new warnings from the government regarding a popular flooring company doubling the cancer risk of those exposed. and a terrififying sce overnight, a giant crane

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raleigh, north carolina. no one was at home at the time. the truck driver was injured but should be okay. the house not so lucky. it'll be condemned likely. well, there are 11 million auto accidents a year in the u.s., and two-thirds of them were caused by distractions. researchers put video cameras in 3,500 cars to see what the driverwere doing right before accidents. using a mobile device increased the risk of a crash by more than 3 1/2 times, but emotional distress like being angry or crying was even worse increang the risk tenfold. bill cosby's wife camille has testified for the first time about sex assault allegations facing her husband. cosby was deposed for more than two hours unr heavy scrutiny at a hotel in springfield, massachusetts. the session was tense. the judge called twice for rulings. another deposition set for next month. shares of lumber liquidators could be under pressure again today afteter new waings abo some of its flooring. the cdc says the cancecer risk from certain types of laminate flooring is actually three times greater than original estimates.

the cdc is oveverstatingotential health risks. lumber liquidators' stock dropped nearly 20% yesterday. well, sea levels are now rising fastethan they have in nearly 3,000 years, and scientists say man-made global warming is to blame. before the world's industrialized nations, sea levels rose no more than an inch and a half a century, but in just the past two decades, that rate has soared to a foot per century. the study found oceans will jump more than 4 feet over the next 100 years. that number could be drastically reduced countries limit greenhouse gas pollution. coming up, veterans fight continuing here at home. the effort to get them proper health care and they're showing ththeir frusating experiences. plus, an airplane crash

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york, boston and denver. well, this morning t there is a viral effort aimed at getting veterans the health care that they need. >> it all started with this video seen here, an afghanistan teraran battling a never ending voice mail loop while trying to get an appointment at a v.a. clinic in massachusetts. he works in the office of congressman seth moulton who served with the marines in iraq. to try to fix the program mouth moulton wrote a bill to try to fix it. >> we deserve the best. that's what we should get after putting our lives on the line for the country. >> the v.a. says the problem has been corrected. congressman moulton's bill would require the v.a. to run a pilot progm letting veterans use an app on t their phone to schedule or cancel v.a. appointments themselves. there is a dramatic increase in the number of women opting for mastectomies although breast cancer rates remain the same.

mastectomies increased 36% from 2005 to 2013 and the rate of double mastectomies more than tripled. one health official said the numbers show a new willingness to treat mastectomyies as preventive to decrease chances of cancer later on. suort is pouring in this morning after senator claire mccaskill revealed that she is battling breast cancncer. the missouri democrat says that the tumor was found through a routine mammogram. mccaskill says that her prognosis is good, and she is expects to make a full recover. coaches at the university of tennessee are expected to address allegations in a new federal lawsuit today that suit includes a mention of peyton manning and claims the school has created a hostile environment for women. a 20-year-old sexual assault acaccusationgainst manning is rereportedlyited in the suiuit. espn reports manning's accuser called a sexual assault crisis center and that the incident wasas

manning was never the subject of a criminal investigation in that case, and he's denied asulting the former school trainer who made the allegation. two people have been seriously hurt in a tourur bus crash east of kansas city. investigators say the bus had pulled to the side of interstate 70 with a flat tire when it was sideswiped by a tractor trailer. the driver of that truck claimed he was choking on a piece of gum when he swerved out of his lane and into the bus. and amazingly no one was hurt when this small plane crash landed at an intersection near a small airport in los angeles. witnesses said they heard the plane's engine failing just befofore it ca down. five cars were damaged, however, the pilot, who was the only person on board, is being given credit for dodging homes d train tracks. investigators are looking into what went wrong. there were no injuries in a construction accident in australia this morning. a fire at the base of a crane collapsed -- caused it to collapse more than 12 stories

officials think the fire started in electrical wiring that construction workers had cleared out as soon as that fire broke out and the road you see below was also closed. timing was everything in the rescue of a northern california girl. 10-year-old samantha white suddenly fell into a ten-foot hole you see right here while snowshoeing with her family in the sierra. a marin county search and rescue team happened d to be hing dn the same trail after spending a day traiaining. the team used ropes to hoist the wet, freezing and terrified girl out before hypothermia could set in. thankfully she's going to be just fine. let's come on back inside to the safety and warmth of this morning's sports highlight. >> and we get those from our guys at espn. good morning. it's our "sportscenter" studio. i'm stan verretttt and he'neil everett.t. goen sta lose in portland and bounce back aennnd beat the clippers in l.a. saturday and it's on to atlanta. >> where they won. now we have video to prove it. steph curry, this is right

kicks it then just throws it up. oh. the dude had 19 in the f first half. the team was up 19. they had a horrible third quarter like they had in portland. atlanta was actually down one after three. took a lead early in the fourth quarter. a 28-6 run, but then the fellows got it together. and by the fellows, i mean steph curry and the fellows. shoulder shake right there. you see that. when you do what he does, you can do that. he had . warriors win again. lebron jam and the cavaliers, an impressive win over the thunder on sunday. tyronn lue's club. at home hosting the pistons so they got to win this one, right, well, not if they're tired and they certainly looked tired. lebron james, one for seven. lue says he'll think about resting lebron james once they lock up the eastern conference. james, you don't see this. stripped by kentavious caldwell-pope. 19 points for him, 23 for reggie

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checking our top stories, donald trump is hoping to continue his winning streak as gop voters caucus in nevada today. trump is holding a commanding lead over his rivals, but he ripped into ted cruz last night calling him si. demonstrations outside many apple stores today will be in support of the company, which is fighting a court order to hack an iphone for the fbi. the phone was used by one of the san bernardino terrorists. the kalamazoo, michigan, community held a second candlelight vigil last night after this weekend's deadly shooting spree. the alleged gunman, an uber driver, is not saying what sparked the rampage. looking at today's weather, sere weather returns to the uth from eastern texas and across the gulf coast. rain will stretch down into florida and up into the northeast. well, the countdown to the oscars has officially begun. we are less than a week away

hollywood the preparations are under way, as well. constructing the red carpet, of course, that's a big deal, and they're making se the stars will be able to strut their stuff. >> a and the other star of the evening, oscar, of course, getting a fresh coat of paint. abc's brandi hitt is covering it all including this year's crop of leading m men. >> reporter: they are hollywood's leading men competing for oscar gold. >> it's such an extraordinary ride >> reporter: this year's best actor nominees include bryan cranston, matt damon, leo dicaprio, michael fassbender and eddie redmayne, fresh off his win last year. >> i am a lucky man. >> reporter: damon starring in "the martian" is also an oscar winner taking home 1998's best original screenplay alongside friend ben affleck. >> all our friends and family and everybody back in boston watching us. >> 18 years later i think this is gre and i'm going to smell the roses. >> reporter: this is fassbender's second nomination playing the role of steve jobs.

>> reporter: and "trumbo's" bryan cranston is up for his first oscar ever. >> i'm delirious about it. i'm real happy about it. >> reporter: but this year's favorite is dicaprio in the brutal drama "the revenant." >> it's us immersed in this world. it's very rewarding. >> leo is one of those stars who seems to be nominated every single year and shockingly has never won. >> reporter: look, that's dicaprio in 1984 nominated for "what's eating gilbert grape," then "the aviator," "blood diamond" and "the wolf of wall street," but no win. >> that's going to end. it's his year this year. >> reporter: in fact, he's won countless awards for "the revenant" including a screen actor's guild and golden globe. find out if he takes home his first oscar sunday. brandi hitt, abc news, hollywood. >> look forward to sunday night. >> uh-huh. >> that's what's making news in america this morning.

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