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>> we're vigilant about make sure the mother has no infections that she's not taking medicacations appropriate. we need to make sure she's in good health. , of course, that, donated political can be be life saving since the milk reduces the risk of several infections in premature babies. >> i didn't know that was something that existed, as well. coming up in "the skinny," the "full house" remake is out and we're revealing new details why the olsen twins are not in it. the bombshell at seaworld. were employees from the theme park told to spy on and ral rights aivists? >> and the man accused off trying to pass himself off as a high school student at age 23. why investigators say he did it after today's forecast map and a reminder that this week's bachelor" recap has now rackeked

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wouldn't face criminal charges the governor hasn't said whether she will sign the bill into la sparking outrage among parents at a high school in harrisburg, pennsylvania, a young man hob apparently fooled everyone. >> the high school honors student turned out to be a 23-year-old man who overstayed his v visa and changed his entire identityn order to hide in plain sight. >> reporter: asher potts was a model student. so much so that when this high school senior, active in rotc, posed with a state rep, she tweeted a picture, #goingplaces. going to jail, it turns out. asher potts is is actually a 23-year-old ukrainian named artur samarin, who overstayed his visa. police in harrisburg s samarin made up a phony identi, complete with a social security card and a pennsylvania driver's license. he enrolled at john harris high school as a freshman four years ago. and was just a few months shy of graduating. >> i was surprised, i thought he was like 17 or 18.

straight arrow. >> i knew him since last year when he was in rotc. he was nice. >> reporter: parents are horrified. >> you have beautiful girls in this sool that are minors, that are underage. and you have, basically, a grown man in here, you know, misrepresenting hielf. reporter: police say a tip finally led them to discover the hoax. the question now is why? david wright, abc news, new york. it's amazing. he really didn't fly under the radar. he had a 4.16 grade average, inducted into national honor society society in 2014. >> he was a sr student. he was a star student and he was 23. >> because he had a seven-year head start on everybody else. other than that, he was -- >> it's scary he was able to totally change his identification and get into school and he was seven years older. >> desperate times for this kid i imagine. >> when we come back, the day that "full house" fans have been waiting has finally aived.

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of themselves. i thought it was impressive and i know a lot of men and women did purchase that "sports illustrated" magazine. >> thank you. >> you're one of them. >> off the soapbox. >> two days away from what could be his first academy award, a stunning admission by sylvester stallone. >> the actor nominated for best supporting actor for repricing his role in creed" told robin before "rocky," he was an out-of-work actor who couldn't make ends meet. >> i'll never forget there was a party scene. 300 guests. i said no. they go what part of me didn't make it past the italian identifition pect? they go, i d don't know. you just don't fit in. wow. gogod is telling me something. >> y don't fit in? come on. >> not italian enough. >> you can see much more of her interview with sylvester stallone on journey to the

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>> if we knew a way to get the information on the phone that we haven't already given, if we knew a way to do this that would not expose hundreds of millions of othther pple issues, we would obviously do it. >> shots fired. we have one confirmed victim right now. >> how do you go and tell the families of these victims that they weren't targeted for any reason other than they were there to be a target? >> god let us be okay. let us get through this. we did not note it was a tornado but we knew something was going on thatasn't good. >> i know he will give me a sign. for his approval or not. i can feel that he's telling me to zip it. and start singing. >> i am so happy. >> we are happy to have you. >> a b bck president. >> look at lim.

>> a black wife. >> that's me. >> to be so lucky. 106 years old, still just sprightly, have so much energy and to get to the white housuse. >> the quote from her after that, i can die happy now. >> i love that. she waso excited. >> busy week ahead of course, south carolilina primaries for the democrats on saturday. >> oscar sunday night. >> yes, and tuesday super tuesday. and next thursday is community concert. you know where.e. eat falls.acommunity concert. you know where.

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it ended at a an lawn mohr ploeer factory where the suspect worked. >> a feisty marco rubio going hard on donald trump and ted uz piling on, too. a law cuss debate as republican rivals rye to take down the front runner before super tuesday. >> apple's formal response to a demand that it unlock the iphone of a san bernardino shooter. apple's filing says the constitution for bids what the government is asking it to do. and surfers off l off oahu face0 foot waves in the rarely held big wave event. it was the first time in six years the waves were big muff for the competitition to be held. those are some of our top stories on this friday, february 26th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now".

let's get started this half hour with the investigation into that deadly shooting incident in kansas. right now it centers around this man, 38-yeaear-old cedric ford who police s say was armed with a high-powered rifle and a pistol when he opened fire late yesterday. >> ford was killed by police after taking thehe lives of three other employees at the workplace they shared. abc's clayton sandell is here in kansas. >> reporter: police say 38-year-old cedric ford started his rampage shooting at random drivers wounding two before heading to excel industries in hesston, kansas where he worked. >> to have something like this is tragic. >> reporter: ford heads inside armed with a rifle and handgun and opepens pe on coworkers. >> and then i seen a mob of people start running out saying run, run. pop, pop, that's all i heard. everybody started scattering out of the building and i didn't wales what happened till i got outside. >> reporter: police and wiesses say ford kept shooting

arrive fires back. >> there was a particular law enforcement here in hesston that reonded right awaway. and even though he took fire, he went inside of t that place and saved multiple multiple lives. a hero as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: in the end, four employees including the shooter would not survive many more wounded. >> inside the building, he shot a total of 15 people. >> reporter: around 150 employees were inside at the time. worried friends and family waited outside for news. >> i just can't believe that the guy that shot people up lived right across the street from us. >> reporter: not much is known yet about the victim who have not been identified. ford has an extensive criminal record in florida. police areren't saying why they believe he opened fire but they've ruled out terrorism. excel is a family-owned company that makes law mowing equipment since1960. >> reaeally saddened by this horrific event and our heart goes out to all of our

we're going to do what we can to take care of this em and bring them through this tragedy. >> reporter: according to the gun violence archive, hesston is the 33rd mass shooting in the united states just this year. clayton sandell, abc news, wichita, kansas. >> do stay with abc news as we update developments from kansas all morning long. more details in our next half hour andnd later on "america this morning." to politics and the sparks flying at the final gop debate before super tuesda marco rubio was totally bent on trying to take down donald trump in houston last night. ripping into him on a string of issues from israel to immigration to his privileged backgrounds. ted cruz joining in criticizing trump's conservative credentials but rubio was behind the most heated exchanges. >> now he's repeating himself. >> no, i'm not repeating. no, no, no, no.

>> no, no, no. >> i don't repeat myself. >> you don't repeat yourself? here's the guy that repts himself. >> you repeat yourself every day. >> talking about repeating, i watched him repeat himself five times four weeks ago. >> i saw you repeat yourself five seconds ago. >> i watched him. >> trump also took a swipe at former mexican president vicente fox after fox used obsceni to say mexico will not pay for a border wall, trump said the wall just got ten feet higher. >> the democrats have one more key hurdle before super tuesday. both looking to attract as many african-american voters as they can. abc's cecilia vega is on the campaign trail. >> reporter: hillary clinton feeling the love in south carolina. >> we need you! >> well, i'll be there for you. >> reporter: from gymnasiums -- >> thank you so much. >> reporter: to churches -- >> and i will always remember sosouth carona. >> reporteter: the ehusiasm here

clinton's lead is in the palmetto state, especially among african-american voters. >> we love some clinton. >> reporter: what do you know about bernie sanders? >> nothing. >> nothing. >> nothing, nothing. >> reporter: clinton and her husband bill crisscrossing the entire state, making 13 stops in south carolina this week alone. bernie sanders? just two. but he's drawing massive crowds in ser tuesdaytates and beyond. 7,000 in missouri, 8,000 in massachusetts, 9,000 in oklahoma. >> together, we're going to transform america. thank you. >> reporter: sanders recently telling me, hetill has a path to the nomination. there are a number of people right now who say the math just doesn't add up for you, looking forward. how do you think you can win this nomination? >> are you ready for this one? the answer is by getting more delegates than my opponent. >> reporter: but he'll have to get past south carolina fifirst. as for hillary clinton, she is

south carolina on saturday and with that the momentum to propel her into next week. betweeeen w and super tuesday, she has visits to five different states plans. cecilia vega, abc news, north charleston, south carolina. >> moving on, mysterious nos at l hour coming from a silicon valley complex occupied by apple. neighbors wants to know what is going on there. the speculation is that apple is building its car o of the future. but it won't confirm or deny that. and a giant green wall surrounding the complex prevents any kind you havee visual clues though it can't quiet the sounds. >> the noises that we woul hear would be clanking metal, grinding jackhammering. >> well, the san jose america can i news reports in 2014, apple received permits for the buildings describing them as auto work and repairr areas. anotr bit of information apple

mor fallout from cheap gas priceses. lliburtoton which provides oil field services is cutting another 5,000 jobs. the company has already laid off more than 18,000 workersince 2014. global oil prices have fallen 670% in the last two years. california drivers could be in for stier shock. gas prices expected to increase by 30 cents a gallon. tomorrow. that's according to conmer group. it's partially because of f a switchover from rint winter blend fuel to the more expensive summer blend. gas jumpedarlier on the wholesale market this week. california gas prices are already among the highest in the nation. californians, i would take the bus or walk. >> it's going to cost so much to get yourr latte at the starbucks or the fancy coffee shop 30 cents is a huge jump. >> theerm snowbird refers to sosomeone w heads to warmer climates during the winter, then returns home when the weather warms up and this might be the ultimate snowbird story.

about arrived at a small cage, at an airport north of chicago. she's nadia, the cat. she disappears from the home of cherry and bruce stalker in wisconsin nearly two months ago. >> nadia was found nearly 1500 miles away in naples, fl. a woman found her, had her microchip checked and located the stalkers who are happy to have her back home. >> see those microchips really help, folks. got to get those microchips. i bet she didn't drive. >> i wonr how she did get there though. >> i bet she knew about the gas prices going up. >> must have been quite a tornado. >> a sweet reunion. >> ah. exactly. coming up, toys of tomorrow revealed today. our giz wiz shows us the best best toys at this year's toy fair. >> also ahead, the controversy at this ar's academy awards. the african-american superstars in hollywo speaking out. >> and pope francis and his

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his lawyer says he wants to focus on the criminal casee against him in pennsylvania. she says the suit against johnson will be refiled before the statute of limitations runs out. >> turning to history being made at the vatican, pope francis has made no secret about his affection for children into now the pontiff is putting his pen where his heart is writing dear pope francis, the first children's book ever written by a pontiff. here's abc's jesse palmer. >> the book is made up of exchanges between the pope and kids from around the world. >> dear pope francis. >> reporter: sat down with not two, not four, but 12 of them including juan pablo from argentina,a, natasha fro kenya and william from chicago. >> dear pope francis, if you could one miracle, what would it be. >> reporter: the pope's answer, i would heal every child. the book may be for kids but it offers information to readers from all ages will find interesting.

he also reports that he loves to dance the tango and he's passionate about soccer. he met with his kid co-authors this week in rome where they presented him with gives from their homelands, maplsyrup from canada. >> this is good. >> reporter: a soccer ball from the united states and get there, a pair of uggs, yes, ugg boots from australia. >> oh, thank you very much. >> reporter: seeing the pope see the kids was life altering and nerve racking. > a little bit scared. >> not scared. that's a lie. >> one moment i felt excited but then i felt like, well, this is probably my only time i'm going to meet him so i don't want to blow this. >> reporter: the experience enabling them not exactly to touch the hand of god but to tug at the heart of god's right-hand man. jesse palmer, abc news, new york. so sweet. apparently they asked for

13, catholicsnd noncatholics and these were the quesz. >> they received about 259 questions from 26 countries in 14 different languages. very cool there. >> it'due out march 1st. >> i'm sure it will be a popular one. coming up, the best of the best. he always says that and he always delivers. from this year's north american international toy fair. >> our own giz wiz,ick debartolo checks out everything from build your own computers to

that's next. because all i want to do is have some fun i got a feeling i'm not the only one so we can't stop thinking of all the fun we had at this year's north american new york. >> perhaps no one had more fun than our giz wiz dick debartolo. >> reporter: it's toy fair time again where kids of all ages gets to play around with the newest toys and gadgets from building y your own computers to the world's smallest vacuum. it's great becausely a bagel for breaeakfast. i'm going to show you a couple

>> going to get it. >> you know what, i was just playing my banana. i really was. take a look at this. th have one of the most fun things here at toy fair 2016. and john's going to tell us what we're doing here. so john, why does does my ba an na na play. >> what we're doing with maky maky is you're closing a circuit, flipping a switch. you ground your hand here and you do that. it is not just a banana piano. you can do anything that you can imagine that you can do with a keyboard on the internet, you can do with maky maky. >> after maky maky i decided to walklky walky to megatraxes a cool new twist on the train set. >> what is this? >> megatrax is a who new rail system with the ia we wanted to let kids create whatever they want and build it wherever they

we've taken the idea of tracks stud sturdy and said we want them flexible and manipulated to create things in their wildest manuel nation. >> the amazing thing is on the way here, our cab driver drove pretty much exactlyhe same way. next it's off to another kind of transportation. >> the pocket drone. okay. this is really unique and steven here is going to tell us actually show us what this is >> okay. so the pocket drone was created and meant pore portability. so thing that you can take with yo on the go. it comes with a bag. be able to go in there. something easily be able to fit anywhere. you went biking with your girlfriend. something you don't want to carry a nice big drone that has a 720 hd camera and your book bag. you want something you take right out of your pocket. hence we made the pocket drone. >> this is one of my favorite things here. just like that, i was off again.

what could be lighter than edible bubbles. not bad. it's a turkey i think and stuffing. what was the flavor? >> tuitt i fruit i. >> okay. i was close. finally to end my day, i can't help but make a quick stop to hang with some old furry friends. >> every year we go by folkmani puppets. there's never anythining new in puppets and that's why- what are you talking about. >> oh, a you new too? >> yeah. what is on my head? is that -- oh, that is the world's cututest toupee. wow. who are you? >> i'm the brown bear cub. >> can you speak -- who is this guy? >> this is a french bulldog. >> french bulln dog. >> yeah.

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ceremony under a gwing cloud of racial controversy. >> and all eyes will be on host chris rock who's remained quiet about what we can expect from s performance on sunday. here's abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: the buzz surrounding this year's oscars isn't just about who's walalking the red carpet. it's also about who's not. >> i will not be at the academy awards and i won't be watching. >> we're not coming. not going. >> reporter: for a second year in a row, all 20 of the nominees in the acing categories are white resparking the twitter #oscar so white had. leading to protests and boycotts. >> what are they calling you. >> beast of no nation" idris elba was passed over for an oscar nod only to be nominated and win a screen actor's guild award on tnt. >> welcome to diverse tv. >> this is that watershed moment when the academy changes because

>> reporter: the academy has n put forth new initiatives to double the number of women and minority voters by "20/20" and increase diversity on the academy's board of governors. >> it's a systemic bias that needs to be addreed across the industry. >> reporter: a new university of southern california study on diversity look ath 2014 and 2015 gives failing grades to every hollywood movie studio and most tvmakers. >> our study makest really clear, hollywood is a straight white boy's club. >> reporter: all eyes are now on chris rock who told "essence" magazine in its march issue, black women get paid less than everybody in hollywood. everybody's talking about jennifer lawrence, talk to gabrielle union. >> it is going to be an extremely memorable monologue simply because of that particular topic. >> reporter: in fact, an oscar producers says chris rock threw out his original monologue and completely rewritten it to includ the diversity

brandi hitt, abc news, hollywood. join us on sunday night at 7:00 eastern for everything oscars. 4:00 pacific, of course, here o abc and tuneen and join us here at "world news now" nexext monday morning for a full wrap-up. >> you got your tux. >> i got it measured. i'll post a photo on my instagram. >> everyone's looking forward to that. >> we're all getting dressed up. >> glad you told me. get a dress.

outfit really. > breaking news on "world news now." deadly gunfire in kansas. >> the heart stopping moments at a small town factory where several people are dead. new details overnight about the gunman, his assault rifle and

>> our other major headline, the verbal smackdown at last night's republican debate in houston. did marco rubio steal the show from donald trump? >> aline accident. new details about the jet that slammed into the runway seconds after takeoff. revealed. and later, valuable lessons. the anchorwoman stepping from the news desk to the classroom to share vital stories from the past. an important black history month lesson on this friday, february 26th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. on what is really a busy friday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm reena ninan. >> let's get started with the top story that deadly shooting incident in kansas. 38-year-old cedric ford went on a shooting rampage according to authorities in his town shooting at people and then storming a lawn mow manufacturing business where he worked. >> evers killed by police after

and woundsing more than a dozen people with an assault style weapon. linsey davis has deils. >> four people including the shooter are dead this shooting after a shooting at a company called excel industries. 14 others were injured in the gunfire. >> we had a report of an active shooter inside of excel industries. we have numerous people shot inside the building. we have a number of people killed inside the building. >> reporter: coworkers and friends hugging outside the manufactured. >> and then i seen a mob of people start running out saying run, run, and pop, pop, pop, pop, that's all i heard and everybody startedcattering out of the building. and i didn't realize what had happened till we got outside and i started seeing wounded people coming out. >> reporter: officials say he began shooting from his car at the facility where he was an employee. >> he was traveling and shooting from his car. >> repter: police say the shooter was shot and killed by law enforcement and that they're investigating at least four

>> he was a rlly nice guy and seemed not this kind of pesh. that's for sure. >> i heard him yell sothing. that's what got our attention. turned around. hopped out with an ak-47 it appeared like and fired a few shots before he went in and ducked downnd went into the building. >> reporter: the threat so serious, nearby hesston college was on lockdown. >> this take some time to work through this. the's been so many crime scenes and there's so many people. this is just a horrible incident that's happened here to harvey county, hesston, newton. it's so spread out. please bear with us as we try to get through this. >> reporter: governor sam brownbeck tweeting please send your thoughts and prayers to the people of hesston. linsey davis, abc newsws, new york. police say something triggered cedric ford before the spree but aren't discussing a spec motive. ford reportedly had a long criminal record. excel industries will be closed till authorities clete their investigation. flags across kansas have been ordered to fly at half-staff today to honor all of the victim

overnight from kansas, look for our updates all morning long and the latest from kansas on "america this morning." now to the other major story we're following this morning, explosive republican debate. marco rubio and ted cruz tag teaming donald trump, their last chance to slow his momentum before super tuesda the candidates took the stage in houston after this poll of florida voters shows trump in a substantial lead in rubio's home state. abc's bazi kanani has the highlights. >> reporter: donald trump took to t is taken miles ahead of his rivals a trump quickly drew their fire. >> you're the only person on the age that's ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. you hired some workers >> i'm the only one on the stage that's hired people. you haven't hired one person. >> he hired work frerz poland. >> the tension made for heated exchanges. >> here's a guy that inherited $200 million. if he hadn't, you know where he

watches in manhattan. >> marco rubio and ted cruz are fighting for second place and e chance to become trump's main opponent. >> this is a man who for 40 years has given money to jimmy cartser, joe biden, hillary clinton. >> the gop's 2012 presidential nominee mitt romney has suggested there's a bombshell lurkinin trump's tax returns. >> i want to release my tax returns. but i can't release it while i'm under an audit. >> the former president of mexico vicente fox on thursday used obscenity to say his country would n never pay for trump's wall. >> the wall just got ten feet taller, believe me. for the gop stragglers, super tuesday could be their last hurrah. a strong showing on super tuesday could put trump in front for good. >> this guy's a choke artist and this guy's a liar. other than that, i rest my case. >> bazi kanani, abc news, washington. no fireworks at all last night. the democrats in the meantime

african-american voters with the south carolina primary just a day away.. hillary clinton campaigned at a black church in south carolina with new jersey senor cory booker at her side and talked about gun control and recalled the charleston church massacre. and former president clinton made several stops across the state, as well to rally for his wife. they plan to make a joint appearance this evening. as for bernie sanders,s, well, he iists he is not giving up on winning in the south. but he spent the day in ohio and michigan. sanders took part in a forum in flint to discuss the city's water crisis. he said he hopes americans will look at what happened in flint and say, never again. sanders will turn his attention back to south carolina later today when he returns for back to back rallies. new developments in the politically charg battle over the next supreme court justice. the republican governor of nevada says he's not interested in the job. brian sandoval's name float as a possible nominee earlier this ek.

is beyond humbling, he does not want to be considered right now. top republicans in the senate have said they won't consider the president's nominee in any ca. let's turn to the security showdown taking place between apple and the feder government. apple has filed aggressive formal response to a judge's order calling on the company to assist the fbi in unlocking t the syed farook. the company claims the government is seeking what it calls dangerous powerses. apple's filing also says that the constitution for bids what the government is asking it to do. on capitol hill yesterday, fbi director james comey called the whole thing the hardest question that he's seen in government. >> i don't know whetherr there i evidence of the identity of another terrorist on the phone or nothing at all. but we ought to be fired in the fbi if we didn't pursue that lead. comey also countered apple's claim if software is yin po

ers everywhere at risk of hacking. he said that was not a legitimate concern. several companies plan to file a brief in support of a and nex week. jurors in. thee erin andrews trial were with shown secretly recorded nude videoses of her. she left the croom right before the images were ceremony. an expert testified at least 16 million people had viewed the videos online. andrews is suing the man who shot the videos in the nashville hotel where she was staying for $75 millllion. she is expected to take the stand next week. police in dallas are asking a grand jury to consir mestic violence charges against cleveland browns quarterback johnny manziel accused of hitting his ex-girlfriend and threatening to kill her and himself. manziel's father says since then, the family has tried and failed to get him into rehab. the browns have indicated they will release manziel in march. a little bit of sports news right now and baseball for that matter.

calling a decision to ban rolling block slides the chase utley rule. you may recall during last year's playoffs, utley of the dodgers took out mets infielder reuben tejada breaking his leg in the process. it was utley's attempt to break up a potential double play. take a look again. from now on, those types of slides are banned. violations of the flu rule can get both the runner and b batter called out. > some absolutely extraordinary scenes from the waters o the north shore of oahu oahu. this was known as the eddy. >> this is so cool. when they say big, they mean really, really, really huge. the competition only takes place in sustained waves of at least 40 feet. organizers said yesterday's swells were up to 60 feet. >> so a local surfer named john john florence was t winner of the event after catching rides on four massive waves. this was the first eddy competition in six years.

will be as the saying goes, the bay calls the day. >> yeah, they block off like a three-month portion during the winter when the waves are highest there. every day they survey and try to get a sense of whether or not it's going to be big enough for the competition and today or thursday was the lucky day. incredible scenes there. >> incredible surfers. this is not for the weak of heart. >> they're not bad. they're pretty good. >> you're better, huh. >> wow, the kelly similarities of the world there. coming up "in the mix" what luses are really thinking while their wives shop. the pictures telell the story. >> they're hoping that their bank accounts are okay. >> a also ahead, history lesson. the anchorwoman going back to school to share a haunting discovery that she made about her own family's past. >> and the unforgettable airline accicident tha happened seconds after te i don't have. mar lead from investigators >> joi us on facebook. you should.

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well, returning to our breaking story. a deadly workplace shooting at a lawn moor manufacturer in kansasas. the gunman 38-year-old cedric ford he worked for the coany. he opened fire outside, then went inside and continued firing fordilled three people and wounded more than a dozen others before bng shot and killedy police. police say that something triggered ford's attack but they

could be. we'll stay on top of this breaking story. a former bp big rig supervisor has been found not guilty in a case lirked to the gulf of mexico oil spill in 2010. robert kalu sa was tried on a single misdemeanor charge of pollution. prosecutors said that he and another rig supervisor botched a negative pressure test and missed clear signals of trouble before the explosionon on the deepwatehorizon rig. very different verdict has been handed down by investigators in the case of a us airways jet crash as it tried to take off two years ago in philadelphia. >> at the time, the airline suggested it was a blown tire but now investigators are blaming pilot error. here's abc's david kerley. >> o my god, my plane. my plane just crashed. >> reporter: it was a scramble. >> the plane is on fire. >> reporter: f the 154 people to get off the jet. >> i see smoke down there. we're going to dispatch the emergency vehicles. >> reporter: this, after the four-second flight ended by slamming onto the pavement in march of 2014. first reports of a blown tire or

according to the ntsb the according to the ntsb, the pilots didn't input a piece of information into the flight mputer. so, as the jet started to take off, warnings. the captain puts the nose down and the jet slams onto that runway and bounces 15 feet back into the air bore sliding to rest. the ntsb says, n following ocedures and the "captain's decision to reject the takeoff" are the probable causes. the airline says it made "several changes to our procedures, manuals and training." no one was injured. the pilots have not flown for the airline since that incident. and neither has that damaged aircraft. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> absolutely amazing stuff there. coming up in our next half hour, the elaborate hoax played on a high school in pennsylvania. the honor student who turned out to be a 23-year-old. how he managed to fool everyone from students and teachers to parents and administrators.

valuable history lesson to students around the country. how this new york news anchor is touching youngivescross america.

now." well, it is the stock in trade of television journalists like ourselves to bring you the news of the day. >> very rarely are we given account opportunity to shine new light on past events that can change the way we view history. but that'ss just what one of our colleagues here in new york city is doing with a story especially poignant during black history month. >> reporter: for more than two decades, cheryl wills has been delivering the news of the day.

>> reporter: and every week, she delivers a different message to school children all across the country. know your history. >> what's happening here? this is one of the scenes i demand to be be put in the ok. >> reporter: wills pence a new book called "the emancipation of grand pa sand wills," the story of her great, grgreat gre fanned father, a slave who fought in the civil war. >> can you believe we once fit in these chairs? my knees are hurting. > my thighs are like sandwiched together right now. >> reporter: squeezing into those tiny decks at ps 55 in the bronx. >> this used to be really big to me. once upon a time. i felt like the big -- >> reporter: i was curious, why her family history matters too the rest of us. >> see, my sto so you can see your own. that's really the other take away. this is not just sherrill's whimsical fantntasy.

all kids to a you knonow what, my grandfather or my great gat grandparents probably d something, too. lelet me look into that. that's what school is all about. exploring and reseahing and digging deeper. >> reporter: she started digging deeper into her history years ago. the book recounts the sad chapter that started that search. had her father's deaeath when she was 13 years old. and she learned more about her histstory and specifically grandpa wills, she thought this could be a teaching tool. >> i want kids to say my family also walked through whatever chap iter in american history and they're important, too. when i lea about you know, the civil rights movement, i need to figure out what was my family's role at that time. >> reporter: thehe books really hitting homee with kids especially these youngsters at ps 55. >> give her an hand. thank you for reading the story. >> reporr: locked in one of the poorest congressional districts in the country, many of the children here homeless.

tv lady as they were to mee the woman behind the book. >> nice. including 7-year-old ventura. >> come closer to me. for a second. you don't have to kneel down. who was a handful by the way. >> tells me i want to find out more about my family history. >> reporter: listen to this important take away that 12-year-old randy learned from the book. >> i was kind of disappointed that i thought when i was little when i first heard about slavery, i thought it was about kindness and all that. >> reporter: you used to think slavery was about kindness. >> when i started reading books about slavery, it's bad for people. >> knowledge is power. that's the key. you need to build on that power. and that gets kids to hold d their heads up. >> yeah. >> and while they're at it, to pull their pants up. >> reporter: if you get them to pull their pants up, w won a

>> there should be a gold star on that book. >> there should be a gold star for it. >> she was just such a pleasure. this is her book, "the emancipation of grandpa sandy wills is in schools all throughout new york city, in buffalo, in texas, as well. one of the cool things about it, there's also now a spanish version that i try to read. >> and a chinese version, as well. >> it's remarkable because kids love to explore and to get them to there about their own heheritage i a way that we used to do it in construction paper and you right my dad is and my mom is. this takes it to a whole new level. that's great. >> "the mix" is next. everyone loves the way dark clothes make them feel. and no one wants that feeling to fade. that's why there's woolite darks.

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yeah. breaking news this morning on "world news now." tragedy in kansas. police say a gunman opened fire at fellow employees a factory killing several of them. the shock and grief in what is a

> our other major story, political fireworks. last night's gopebate and the testy exchanges between donald trump and marco rubio. did anyone come out ahead? >> and new this half hour, donations from one mother to another. >> the latest breast milk exchange that promises to be the safest arounund. who is donating, who is acceptinand why this has a -- can be a life saving idea. >> and later, controversial comments frnts formemer super model cheryl tiegs. >> why she thinks today's models ne to be slim. the reaction this iday, february 26th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is orld news now." good morning. it's a very busy friday morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm kendis gibson. let's g right to our top story this half hour. of course, we'll start with that tragedy in kansas. the deadly shooting spree there. police and co-workers y this man, 38-year-old cedric ford is responsible. >> ford has a long arrest record. he was killed at the lawn mower equipment maker where he worked

lives s and wounng more than a dozen other people. abc's chuck sivertsen has details. >> reporter: gunfire and fear community. >> the gun was strapped to him. he was ready to go. >> reporter: shortly after 6:00 p.m. eastern time, law enforcement says 38-year-old cedric ford, armed with what's believed to be an all the rifle and a pistol, went on a shooting spree. the suspect opening fire at two separate locations before walking g into thexcel industries plant in hesston, kansas. >> once he got into excel industries, he shot a person in the parking lot. and he entered into the building itself. >> reporter: that building a lawn mower equipment company evacuated. outside employees lucky to be alive embraced. ford who was employed there was later killed by law enforcement. coworkers and neighbors are in shock. >> he was a really nice guy and seemed not this kind of person.

>> i just can't believe that the guy that shot people up lived right across the street from us. >> reporter: kansas governor sam brownback took to social media thghts and prayers to the people of hesston tonight. the shooting comes less than a week aer authorities say a man opened fire at several people in kalamazoo, michigan, killing six. york. police say the rampage was notn act of terrorism but they have not disclosed the motive. by one count, this is the 33rd mass shooting so far this year. we'll be updating developments from kansaall morning long. look for the latest in our next ha hour and any breaking details on "america this our other top story this morning, the showdown in texas. donald trump on the defensive taking fire from his left and right in debate number ten. and d cruz joined in hitting trump on everything from immigration to the middle east. abc's arlette saenz has the highlights from the houston. good morning.

there were five presidential candidates on the stage here in houston last night, but the debate looked more like the marco rubio versus donald trump show. florida senator marco rubio unleashed attack after attack on donald trump, putting the republican front-runner on defense. >> you're the only person on this stage that's ever been ned for hiring people to work on your patrons illegally. >> no, i'm the only one on the stage that's hired people. you haven't hired anybody. in fact some of the people -- >> well, i hired -- and by the way, i've hired tens of thousands of people. you've hired nobody. >> here's a guy that inherited $200 million. if he hadn't inherited $200 million? you know where donald trump would be right now? selling watches in manhattan. >> reporter: trump took fire from ted cruz who hopes to win his home state of texas on super tuesday. >> when i was leading the fight against the gang of eight amnesty bill, where was donald? he was firing dennis rodman on

>> reporter: but trump was unfazed by the repeated assaults. >> keep fighting, keep swinging, men, swing for the fences. i'm having a lot of fun up here tonight. >> reporter: that bickering between the three republicans overshadowed the two others on the is taken, ohio governor john kasich and ben carson. >> c somebody attack me please? >> reporter: marco rubio clearly stole the show at the debate with his attacks against donald trump. it's unclear whether that will be enough to stop trump's momentum heading into super tuesday. kendis and reena. >> our thanks to arlette there in houston. trump also took aim at former mexican president vicente fox. he usean obscenity to say mexico was promising not to pay for the border wall trump is promising to build. during the debate, trump said the wall just got ten feet taller. isn't is ironic don't you think because trump is known for using foul language on the campaign trail but he said fox should

filthy w word on t a crucial day in syria. cease fires expected to take place within hours. it's the first serious attempt to stop the fighting in years. it could return the syrian government and the rebels to the negotiating table. it will also allow much needed humanitarian aid to reach remote areas, something president obama is hoping for. >>ful implemented -- if implemented and that's a significant if, this cessation could reduce the violence and get more food and aid to syrians who are suffering and desperately need it. >> the president also ordered his national security team to continue accelerating the u.s.-led military campaign against the islamic state on n all fronts. he said he was adamant that the syrian cease fire not impact operations to destroy isis. clean-up and damage sessments from the deadly tornado outbreak are just getting under way this morning but the toll will be staggering. in virginia, members of a high

a tornado the national weather service says packed winds up to 165 miles an houour. anthat's just one of more than 30 confirmed t twisters. abc's gio benitez with the latest. >> reporter: a rare tornado outbreak from texas to pennsylvania. >> it was like the whole house kind of shook. >> reporter: the first ever deadly tornado in virginia in the month of february. the governor there declaring a state of emergency, after a tornado tore through the town of waverly, killing three, including a toler. david root and his wife, susan, took cover in their storm cellar. >> you just heard the rain pounding into the storm cellar really, really hard. >> reporter: when it was all over, root found victims, his neighbors, tossed 300 yards from their mobile home. > reporter: in tappahonickck, virginia, an ef-3 tornado injuring at least 25 people, including an infant. homes in this community in lancaster,ennsylvania, flattened after r an ef-2 barreled through.

>> reporter: and off new york's rockaway beach, seven crew members were rescued from this fishing boat after 12-foot waves ran it aground. even the could i have the guard rescue boat overturning in those rough waters. the coast guard finally airlifting those fishermen to safety. so many close calls and despite all of the devastation here in lancaster, pennsylvania, still no injuries and no deaths. but a schoolhouse was leveled here, even so, workers believe they w will rebud in a week. gio beniz, abc news, lancaster, pennsylvania. fire crewsn houston say they've capped a leaking gas line that sent flames shooting into the air. city workers were repairing a broken water main in an upscale residential neighborhood wn theieir backhoe hit a gasline. that sparked a fire that engulfed the roof of one home. but firefighters were able to put it out quickly. > a hospital in new jersey sent out an alarming letter to more than 200 former patients. they're being urged to get tested because they may have been exposed to hiv or

a pharmacist who worked at shore medical center was arrested last month for drug tampering accused of stealg morphine and replacing it with saline. his blood may have come in contact with the patients. a major medical milestone in cleveland. surgeons have performed the first ever uterus transplant in the u.s. the 26-year-old patient will now have to wait a year before getting pregnant. the nine-hour operation used a women in europe have successfully given birth after having the transplant but it's never been tried in thu.s. this could be very big for a lot of women. >> quite interesting. >> very, very big development. and there's a first also for the state of connecticut. a breast milk bank has opened in the town of gilford. >> moms who make more milk than their babies can use are now donating their surplus to help premature innts whose moms don't make enough milk. milk donors are screened in much the same way that blood donors

>> we're absolutely vigililant about making sure that the mother has no infections that she's not taking medications that are inappropriate. we need to make sure s she's in good health. , of course, that, donated milk can actually be life saving since mother's milk reduces the rick of several infections in premature babies. >> i didn't know that was something that existed, as well. coming up in "the skinny," the "full house" remake is out and we're revealing new details why the olsen twins are not in it. the bombshell at seaworld. were employees from the theme park told to spy on animal rights activists? > and thean accused of trying to pass himself off as a high school student at age 23. why investigators say he did it after today's forecast map and a reminder that this week's "bachelor" recap has now racked

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wouldn't face criminal charges the new mexico governor hasn't said whether she will sign the bill into law. sparking outrage among parents at a high school in harrisburg, pennsylvania, a young man who apparently fooled everyone. >> the high school honors student tued out to be a 23-year-old man who overstayed his visa and changed his entire identityn order to hide in plain sight. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: asher potts was a model student. so much so t that whenhis high school senior, active in rotc, posed with a state rep, she tweeted a picture, #goingplaces. going to jail, it turns out. asher potts is a actually 23-year-old ukrainian named artur samarin, who overstayed his visa. police in harrisburg say samarin made up a phony identity, complete with a social security card and a pennsylvania driver's license. he enrolled at john harris high school as a freshman four years ago. and was just a few months shy of graduating. >> i was surprised, i thought he was like 17 or 18. >> reporter: classmates describe the student they knew as a

>> i knew him since last year when he was in rotc. he was nice. >> reporter: parents are horrified. >> you have beautiful girls in this school that are minors, that are underage. and you have, basically, a grown main here, you know, misrepresenting himself. >> reporter: police say a tip finally led them to discover the hoax. the question now is why? david wright, abc news, new york. it's amazing. he really didn't fly under t the radar. he had a 4.16 grade average, he was inducted into national honor society in 2014. >> he was a star student. >> he was a star student and he was 23. >> because he had a seven-year head start on everybody else. other than that, he was -- >> it's scary he was able to totally change his identification and get into school and he was seven years older. >> desperate times for this kid i imagine. >> when we come back, the day that "full house" fans have been waing for, it's finally arrived. >> and what sylvester stallone says was one of the lowest

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unhealthy. speaking candidly about it to "e! news." >> actually, i don't like it that we're talking about full figured women because it's glamorizing them and your waist should be smallethan 35. you know. >> you heard it. >> that's what dr. oz said and i'm sticking to it. no, i don't think it's healthy. >> so there you have it. so the 68-year-old tiegs may ve jumped the gun on that 35-inch number since graham's waist reportedly measured in at 30 inches. tiegs also took to twitter to clarify her comments saying, "i want all to be as healthy as they can be." >> i get it. i understand why she wants them toe healy. but a rge percentage of american women are not a size 30 waist. >> key word being large percentage. >> kenny g. >> sorry, you're making a valid, serious point. >> i'm making a serious point. women like to see a reflection of themselves.

i i know a l of men and women did purchase that "sports illustrated" magazine. >> thank you. >> you're one of them. >> off the soapbox. >> two days away from what could stunning admission by sylvester stallone. >> sitting down with our robin roberts, the actor nominated for best supporting actor for reprising his iconic role in creed" told robin before "rocky," he was an out-of-work actor who couldn't make ends meet. >> i couldn't even get cast as italian. >> i'll never forget there was a party scene. 300 guests. i said no. they go what part of me didn't make it past the italian identification aspect? they go, i don't know. you just don't fit in. wow. god is telling me something. >> you don't fit in? come on. >> not italian enough. >> you can see much more of her interview with sylvester stallone on "journey to the

edition of "20/20" tonight 10:00 p.m., 9:0000 centralight here on abc. lots of people and lots of about their careers. one of my favorite people w as our friends at espn put it, we are clearly in the dog days of the offseason. >> new england patriots s quarterbrback tom brady with apparently a lot of time on his hands posted a photo to his facook page introducing the new dog fluffy. >> standing on a rock with the family's two other dogs at his feet, he holds the pup high up in the sky as "the lion king's" "circle of life" plays. the sound track there, the video has already racked up more than 70,000 likes. >> that is cute. you've got to give it to him. pretty cute. >> tom brady and a puppy. what more can you ask for. everyone loves the way dark clothes ma them feel. and no one wts that feeling to fade. that's why there's woolite darks.

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the campaign trail to the 106-year-old american who finally got her chance to dance at the white house. here now is yourfriday rewind." >> we won the evangelicals. we won with young, we won with old. we won with highly educated, we won with poorly educated. i love the poorly educated. >>e can't just elect someone that's angry. we have to elect someone that will make a difference and someone that will win. >> the truth of the matter is if donald became president, nobody knows what the heck he would do. he doesn't know what the heck he would do. >> i think the last time he was asked about his taxes he said it's going to be months. look, people have a right to know if there's a problem in those taxes befo they decide. >> as i understand it, we actually won the latino vote yesterday which is a big break through for us. >> you know, that's not just what our analysis shows. >> keeping this fality open is contrary to our values. it undernes our standing in the world.

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>> that's me. >> yes. >> to be so lucky. 106 years old, still just sprightly, have so much energy and to get to the white house. >> the quote from her after that, i can die happy now. >> i love that. she was so excited. she was so excited. >> busy week ahead of course, south carolina primaries for the democrats on saturday. >> oscar sunday night. >> yes, and tuday super tuesday. and next thursday is a community concert. you know where. great falls.t. you know where. great falls.acommumunity concert. you know where. great falls. community

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it started on the streets and ended at the lawn moor factory where the suspect worked. details straight ahead. >> a feisty marco rubio going hard on donald trump and ted cruz piling on, too. a raucous debate as republican rivals try to take down the front-runner before super tuesday. but can they stop his winning streak? >> apple's formal response to a demand that it help it the fbi unlock the iphone of a san bernardino shooter includes a claim that the government is seeking "dangerous power." apple's filing says the constitution forbids what the government is asking it to d do. and surfers off of oahu faced 60-foot waves in the rarely held big g wave eve. it's known as the eddy. it was the first time in six years that the waves were actually big enough for competition to be held. those are some of our top stories on this friday, february 26th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning.

deadly shooting incident in kansas. right now it centers around this man, 38-year-old cedric ford who police say was armed with a high-powered rifle and a pistol when he opened fire late >> ford was killed by police after taking the lives of three other employees at the workplace they shared. abc's clayton sandell is here in kansas. >> reporter: police say 38-year-old cedric ford started his rampage shooting at random drivers wounding two before heading to excel industries in hesston, kansas where e he worke >> to have something like this is tragic. >> reporter: ford heads inside armed with a rifle and handgun and opens fire on lis co-workers. >> and then i seen a mob of peopople startunning out saying run, run. pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, that's all i heard. everybody started scattering out of the building and i didn't realize what happened till i got outside. >> reporter: police and witnesses say ford kept shooting until a single officer, first to

>> there was a particular law enforcement here in hesston that responded right away. and even though he took fire, he went inside of that place and saved multiple multiple lives. a hero as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: in the end, four employees including the shooter would not survive. many more wounded. >> inside the building, he shot a total of 15 people. >> reporr: around 150 employees were inside at the time. worried friends and family waited outside for news. >> i just can't believe that the guy that shot people up lived right across the street from us. >> reporter: not much is known yet about the victims who have not been identified. ford has an extensive criminal record in florida. police aren't saying why they believe he opened fire but they've ruled out terrorism. excel is a family-owned company that makes law mowing equipment since 1960. >> really saddened by this horrific event and our heart goes out to all of our

we're going to do what we can to take care of them and bring them through this tragedy. >> reporter: according to the gun violence archive, hesston is the 33rd mass shooting in the united states just this year. clclayton saell, abc news, wichita, kansas. >> do stay wh abc news as we update developments from kansas all morning long. more details in our next half hour and later on "america this morning." >> turning now to politics and the sparks flying at the final gop debate before super tuesday. marco rubio was totally bent on trying to take down donald trump in houstston last ght. ripping into him on a string of issues f from isra to immigration to his privileged background. ted cruz joining in criticizing trump's conservative credentials but rubio was behind the most heated exchanges. >> now he's repeating himself. >> no, i'm not repeating. no, no, no, no. [ cheers and applause ] >> no, no, no.

i don't repeat myself. >> you don't repeat yourself? >> here's the guy that repeats himself. >> you repeat yourself every day. >> talking about repeating, i watched him repeat himself five times four w weeks ago >> i saw you repeat yourself five times five seconds ago. >> i watched him. >> trump also took a swipe at former mexican president vicente fox after fox used an obscenity to sayexico will not pay for a border wall, trump said the wall just got ten feet higher. >> theemocrats have one more key hurdle before super tuesday. they're both looking to attract as many african-american voters as they can. crucial support needed to clinch south carolina. abc's cecilia vega is on the campaign trail. >> reporter: hillary clinton feeling the love i in south carolina. >> we need you! >> well, i'll be there for you. >> reporter: from gymnasiums -- >> thank you so much. >> reporter: to churches -- >> and i will always remember south carolina.

reflecting just how strong clinton's lead is in the palmetto state, especially among >> we love some clinton. >> reporter: what do you know >> nothing. >> nothing. >> nothing, nothing. >> reporter: clinton and her husband bill crisscrossing the entire state, making 13 stops in bernie sanders? just two. but he's drawing massive crowds in super tuesday states and beyond. 7,000 in missouri, 8,000 in massachusetts, 9,000 in oklahoma. >> together, we're going to transform america. thank you. >> reporter:anders recently telling me, he still has a path to the nomination. there are a number of people right now who say y the mathust doesn't add up for you, looking forward. how do you think you can win this nomination? >> are you ready for this one? the answer is by getting more delegates than my opponent. >> reporter: but he'll have to get past south carolina first. as for hillary clinton, she is

south carolina on saturday and with that the momentum to propel her into next week. between now and super tuesday, she s visits to five different states planned. cecilia vega, abc news, north charleston, south carolina. >> moving on now, there are mysterious noises at all hours coming from a silicicon valle complelex occupi by apple. neighbors want to know what is going on there. the speculation is that apple is building its car of the future. but it won't confirm or deny that. and a giant green wall susurroundinthe complex prevents y kind of visual clues though it can't quiet the sounds. >> the noises that we would hear would be clanking metal, grinding, jackhammering. >> wl, the "san jose mercury news" reports in 2014, apple received permits for the buildings describing them as auto work and repair areas. another bit of information apple refuses to confirm or deny. more fallout from cheap gas prices.

field services is cutting another 5,000 jobs. the company has already laid off more than 18,000 workers since 2014. global oil prices have fallen 70% in the last two years. california drivers could be in for sticker shock. gas prices expected to increase by 30 cents a gallon tomorrow. that's according to consumer group. it's partially because of a switchover from winter blend fuel to the more expensive summer blend. gas jumped 52 cents a gallon on the whole sale market earlier california gas prices are nation. californians, i would take the bus or walk. >> it's going to cost so much to get your latte downhe street at the starbucks or the fancy coffee shop. >> that's a lot of money. 30 cents is a huge jump. >> the term snowbird refers to someone who heads to warmer climates during the winter, then returns home when the weather warms up and this might be the ultimate snowbird story.

about arrived in a small cage, at an airport north of chicagogo. she's nadia, the cat. she disappeared fromhe home of cherry and bruce stocker in wisconsin nearly two months ago. >> nadia was found nearly 1500 miles away in naples, florida. a woman found her, had her microchip checked and located the stockers who are happy to have nadia back home. >> see those microchips really help, folks. got to get those microchips. i bet she didn't drive. >> i wonder how she did get there though. >> i bet she knew about the gas prices going up. >> must have been quite a tornado. >> a sweet reunion. >> yeah. exactly. coming up, toys of tomorrow revealed today. our giz wiz shows us the best best toys at this year's toy fair. >> also ahead, the controversy at this year academy awards. the african-american superstars in hollywood speaking out. >> and pope francis and his fondness for children.

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and i enjoy it. feel the difference with k-y ultragel. updating our breaking story, a gunman's rampage in a small community in kansas. police say 38-year-old cedric ford fired on people from his vehicle before entering the lawn moor factory where he worked. a shooting spree left more than three e dead and dozen wounded. ford was killed by the first officer who responded. police believe something triggered his attack but aren't saying what his motive was. >> bill cosby has dropped a defamation lawsuit against supermodel beverly johnson who accucused him druggg her back in the 1980s. his lawyer says he wants to focus on the criminal case

she says the suit against johnson will be refiled before the statute of limitations runs out. >> turning to history being made at the vatican, pope francis has made no secret about his affection for children. >> but now the pontiff is putting his pen where his heart is writing "dear pope francis," the first children's book ever written by a pontiff. here abc's jesse palmer. >> the book is made up of exchanges between the pope and kids from around the world. >> dear pope francis. >> reporter: gma sat down with not two, not four, but 12 of them, including juan pablo from argentina, natasha from kenya, and william from chicago. >> dear pope francis, if you could do one miracle, what would it be? >> reporter: the pope's answer, i would heal every child. the book may be for kids, but it offers information that readers from all ages will find interesting. the pope says he cries often. he also reports that he loves to

passionate about soccer. the pontiff met with his kid co-authors this week in rome where they presented him witith gifts from their homelands, maple syrup from canada. >> this is good. >> reporter: a soccer ball from the united states and get thise, a pair of uggs, yes, ugg boots from australia. >> oh, thank you vy much. >> reporter: seeing the pope say the kids was life altering and nerve racking. > a little bit scared. >> not scared. that's a lie. >> oneoment i felt excxcited but then i felt like, well, this is probobably my ly time i'm going to meet him so i don't want to blow this. >> repter: the experience enabling them not exactly to touch the hand of gobut to tug at the heart of god's right-hand man. jesse palmer, abc news, new york. >> so sweet. apparently they asked for

13 who were catholics and noncatholics. and these were the questions. >>hey received about 259 questions from 26 countries in 14 different languages. very cool there. >> it's due out march 1st. >> i'm sure it will be a popular one. coming up, the best of the best. he always says that and he always delivers. from this year's north american international toy fair. >> our own giz wiz, dick debartolo checks out everything from build your own computers to edible bubbles. that's next. computers to

that's next. because all i want to do is have some fun i got a feeling i'm not the only one because a all i wanto do is have some fun i got a feeling i'm not the only one so we can't stop thinking of all the fun we had at this year's north american international toy fair here in new york. >> perps no one had more fun than our giz wiz dick debartolo. >> reporter: is toy fair time again where kids of all ages get to play around with the newest toys and gadgets from building your own computers to the world's smallest vacuum. it's great because i had a bagel for breakfast. perfect. i'm going to show you a couple

>> you know what, i was just playing my banana. i really was. take a look at this. we're at makey makey and they have one of the most fun tngs here at toy fair 2016. and john's going to tell us what we're doing here. so john, why does my banana play? >> what we're doing with makey maky is you're actually closing a circuit. you're flipping a switch. you ground your hand here and you do that. it is not just a banana piano. you can literally do anything that you can imagine that you can do with a keyboard on the internet, you can do with makey makey. >> after makey makey, i decided to walky walky to megatracksa cool new twistst on the old lionel train set. >> what is this? >> megracks is a whole new rail system with the idea we wanted to let kids create whatever they want and build it wherever they want.

that are sturdy and are rigid. we've said we want tracks that are flexible and can be manipulated to create things that are in their wildest imagination. >> the amazing thing is on the way here, our cab driver drove pretty much exactly the same way. next it's off to another kind of transportation. >> the pocket drone. okay. this is really unique and steven here is going to tell us actually show us what this is and does. >> okay. so the pocket drone was created meant for portability. so thing that you can take with you on the go. it does come with a bag. be able to go in there. something easily be able to fit in your pocket for you to take anywhere. you went biking with your friends or picnic with your girlfriend. whatever the case may be. you don't want to the carry a nice big drone that has a 720 hd camera and your book bag. you want something you take right out of your pocket. hence we made the pocket drone. >> this is one of my favorite things here. just like that, i was off again. of course, i needed a light

lighter han edible bubbles. not bad. it's turkey i think and stuffing. what was the flavor? >> tutti-frutti. >> okay. i was close. finally to end my day, i can't help but make a quick stop to hang with some old furry friends. >> every yr we go by folkmani puppets. i tught this year why bother because there's never anything new in puppets and that's why -- oh, what are you talking about? >> oh, are you new too? >> yeah. what is on my head? is that -- oh, that is the world's cutest toupee. wow. who are you? >> i'm the brown bear cub. can you speak -- who is this is guy? >> this is a french bulldog. >> french bulldog. >> yeah. and thatat's my buy the raccoon over there. >> well, you found trash.

and just like trash, it's time to take it to the curb. see you next year toy fair. >> thank y, dick, fothat inside look. just anyone can't roll up to the toy fair. you've got to be a toy insider or with the media. and even media folks -- >> i learned that you can make a banana an instrument.. whknew. >> make it play like a piano. >> i'm not sure about the edible bubbles. i don't think i want my kids trying to eat the bubbles. >> i don't know that i can get on board with that one at all. >> i'm not so sure they're organic either. >> we should note, this was the 113th year. and as is tradition, next year will be the 114th. >> that's a good detail. >> you're welcome.are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. most allergy pills only control one substance.

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of racl controversy. >> and all eyes will be on host chris rock who's remained quiet about what we can expect from his perfmance on sunday. here's abc's brandi hitt. >> reporter: the buzz surrounding this year's oscars isn't just about who's walking the red carpet. it's also about who's not. >> i will not be at the academy awards and i won't be watching. >> we're not coming. not going. >> reporter: for a second year in a row, all 20 of the nominees in the acing categories are white resparking the twitter #oscar sowhite. leading to protests and boycotts. >> what are they calling you? >> "beast of no nation" idris elba was passed over for an oscar nod only to be nominated and win a screen actor's guild award weeks later on tnt. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse tv. >> this is that watershed moment when the academy changes because

>> reporter: the academy has now put forth new initiatives to double the number of women and minority voters by 2020 and increase divsity on the academy's board of governors. >> it's a systemic bias that needs to be addressed across the industry. >> reporter: in fact, a new university of southern california study on diversity looking at 2014 and 2015 gives failing grades to every hollywood movie studio and most tv makers. >> our study makes it really clear, hollywood is a straight white boy's club. >> repter: all eyes are now on this year's oscar host chris rock who told "essence" magazine in its march issue, black women get paid less than everybody in hollywood. everybody's talking about jennifer lawrence, talk to brielle union. > it is gng to be an extremely memorable monologue simply because of that particular topic.

producer says chris rock threw out his original monologue and completely rewritten it to include the diversity controversy. brandi hitt, abc news, hollywood. join us on sunday night at 7:00 eastern for everything oscars. 4:00 pacific, of course, here on abc and tune in and join us here at "world news now" next monday morning for a full wrap-up. >> you got your tux? >> i got it measur. i'll post a photo on my instagram. >> everyone's looking forward to that. >> we're all getting dressed up. >> glad you told me. go get a dress. >> wait till you see jack's

outfit really. breaking news on "wod news now." deadly gunfire in kansas. >> the art-stopping moments at a small town factory where several people are dead. new details overnight about the

the survivors. our other major headline -- the verbal smackdown on last night's republican debate in houston. did marco rubio steal the show from donald trump? airline accident -- new details about the jetet that slamd into the runway seconds before takeoeoff. what investigators just revealed. and later, valuable lessons. the anchorwoman stepping from the news desk to the c classroom to share vital stories from the past. an important black history month lesson on this friday, february 26th. >> announcer: from a abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. on what is really a busy friday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm reena ninan. >> let's get started with the top story, that deadly shooting incident in can. 38-year-old cedric ford went on a shooting rampe, according to authorities, in his town,

storming a lawn mower manufacturing business where he worked. >> evers killed by police after taking the lives of three others and wounding more than a dozen people with anan assaulttyle weapon. linsey davis has details. >> reporter: four people including the shooter are dead after a shooting at a company called excel industries. 14 others were injured in the gunfire. >> we had a report of an active shooter inside of excel industries. we have numerous people shot inside the building. we have a number o of people killed inside the building. >> reporter: coworkers and friends hugging outside the building where lawn equipment is manufactured. >> and then i seen a mob of people start running out saying run, run, and pop, pop, pop, pop, that's all i heard and everybody started scattering out of the building. and i didn't realize what had happened till we got outside and i started seeing wounded people coming out. >> reporter: officials say he began shooting from hihis car at the facility where he was an employee. >> he was traveling and shooting from his car. >> reporter: police say the shooter was shot and killed by law enforcement and that they're investigating at least four otr crime scenes.

seemed not this kind of person. that's for sure. >> i heard him yell something. that's what got our attention. turned around. hopped out with an ak-47, it appeared like, and fired a few shots before he went in and ducked down and went into the building. >> reporter: the threat so serious, nearby hesston college was on lockdown. >> this will take some time to work through this. there's been so many crime scenes and there's so many people. this is just a horrible incident that's happened here to harvey county, hesston,n, newn. it's so spread out. please bear with us as we try to get through this. >> reporter: governor sam ownbeck tweeting, please send your thoughts and prayers to the people of hesston linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> police say something triggered cedric ford before the spree but aren't discussing a spec motive. ford reportedly had a long criminal record. excel industries will be closed till authorities complete their investigation. flags across kansas have been ordereto fly at half-staff today to honor all of the

as details come in overnight from kansas, will for our updates all morning long and the latest from kansas on "america th morning." now to the other major story we're following this morning, explosive republican debate. marco rubio and ted cruz tag teaming donald trump, their last chance to o slow hisomentum before super tuesday. the candidates took the stage in houston after this polof florida voters shows trump in a substantial lead in rubio's home state. abc's bazi kanani has the highlights. >> reporter: donald trump took to the stage miles ahead of his rivals and trump quickly drew their fire. >> you're the only person on the stage that's ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. you hired some workers -- >> i'm the only one on the stage that's ever hired people. you haven't hired one person. >> he hired workers from poland. >> reporter: the tension made for me heated exchanging. >> here's a guy that inherited $200 million. if he hadn't inheriteded $200

trump would be right now? selling watches in manhattan. >> no, no, no. >> reporter: marco rubio and ted cruz are fightining forecond place and the chancnce to bome trump's main opponent. >> this is a man who for 40 years has given money to jimmy carter, joe biden, hillary clinton. >> reporter: the gos 2012 presidential nominee, mitt romney, has suggested there's a bombshell lurking in trump's tax returns. >> i want to release my tax returns. but i can't release it while i'm under an audit. >> reporter: the former president of mexico, viscente fox on thursday used obsceni to say his country would ner pay for trump's wall. >> the wall just got ten feet taller, believe me. stragglers, super tuesday could be their last hoorah. a strong showing on super tuesday could put trump in front for good. >> this guy's a choke artist and this guy's a liar. other than that, i rest my case.

no fireworks at all last night. the democrats in the m meantime are sharpening their pitch to african-american voters with the south carolina primary just a day away. hillary clinton campaigned at a black church in south carolina with new jersey senator cory booker at her side and talked about gun control and recalled the charleston church massacre. and former president clinton state, as well to rally for his they plan to make a joint as for bernie sanders, well, he insists he is not giving up but he spent t the day iohio and sanders took part in a forum in flint to discuss the city's water crisis. he said he hopes americans will look at what happened in flint sanders will turn his attention back to south carolina later today when he returns for back back-to-back rallies. new developments in the politically charged battle over the next supreme court justice. the republican governor of nevada says he's not interested in the job. brian sandoval's name has been

earlrlier thiseek. he said while the consideration is beyond humbling, he does not want to be considered right now. top republicans in the senate have said they won't consider the president's nonee in any case. let's turn to the security showdown taking place between apple and the federal government. apple has filed aggressive formal response to a judge's order calling on the company to assist the fbi in unlocking the iphone of san bernardino shooter syed farook. the company claims the governme is seeking what it calls dangerous powers. apple's filing also says that the constitution forbids what the govement is asking it to do. on capitol hill yesterday, fbi dictor james comey called the whole thing the hardest question that he's seen in government. >> i don't know whether there is evidence of the identity of another terrorist on the phone or nothingt all. but we ought to be fired in the fbi if we didn't pursue that lead.

apple's claim i software is to unlock the iphone, it would put users everywhere at risk of hacking. he said that was not a legitimate concern. several compananies plano file a brief in support of and next week. the aaron andrews trial the erin andrews trial were with shown secretly recordeded nude videos of her. she left the courtroom right before the images were ceremony. an eert testified at least 16 million people had viewed the videos online. andrews is suing the man who shot the videos in the nashville hotel where she was staying for $75 million. she is expected to take the stand next week. police in dallas are asking a grand juryry to conser domestic violence charges against cleveland browns quarterback johnny manziel. manziel is accused of hitting his ex-girlfriend and threatening to kill her and himself. manziel's father says since then, the family has tried a and failed to get him into rehab. the browns have indicated they will release manziel in march. a little bitf sports news right now, and baseball for that matter.

calling a decision to ban lling block slides the chase utley rule. you may recall during last year's playoffs, utley of the dodgers took out mets infielder reuben tejada, breaking his leg in the process. it was utley's attempt to break up a potential double play. take a look again. from now on, those types of slides are banned. violations of the new rule can get both the runner and the batter called out. some absolutely extraordinary scenes from the watersrs off theorth shore of f oa. it was the b big waveurfing competition. this is known as the ti. >> this is so cool. when they say big, they mean really, really, really huge. the competition only takes place in sustained waves of at least 40 feet. organizers said yesterday's swells were up to 60 feet. >> so a local surfer named john john f florence s the winner of the event after catching rides on four massive waves. this was the first eddy

no one knows when the next one will be, as the saying goes, the bay calls the day. >> yeah, they block off like a three-month portion during the winter when the waves are highest there. every day they go out, survey, try to get a sense of whether or not it's going to be big enough for the competition. and today -- or thursday was the lucky day. incredible scenes there. >> incredible surfers. this is not for the weak of heart. >> they're not bad. they're pretty good.d. >> you're better, huh. >> wow,w, the kelly slaters of the world there. coming up in "the mix"," what husbands are really thinking while their wives shop. the pictures tell the story. >> they're hoping that their bank accounts are okay. also ahead, history lesson. the anchorwoman going back to school to share a haunting discovery that she made about her own family's past. and the unforgettable airline accident that happened seconds after takeoff. a major lead from investigators. join us on facebook. you should. wnnfans.com and twitter @abcwnn. you're watching abc "world news

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well, returnrning to o breaking story. lawn mower manufacturer in can kansas. ford he worked for the company. he opened fire outside, then went inside and continued ford killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others before being shot and killed by police. triggered ford's attack but they haven't id what his motive could be.

breaking story. a former bp big rig guiltyn a case linked to thehe lf of mexico oil spill in robert kaluza was tried on a single misdemeanor charge of pollutn. prosecutors said that he and another rig supervisor botched a negative pressure test and missed clear signals of trouble before the explosion on the deepwater horizon rig. a very different verdict has been handeded down b investigators in the case of a us airways jet crash as it tried to take off two years ago in philadelphia. >> at the time, the airline suggested it was a blown tire but now investigators are blaming pilot error. here's abc's david kerley. >> oh, my god, my plane. my plane just crashed. >> reporter: it was a scramble. >> the plane is on fire. >> reporter: for the 154 people to get off the jet. >> i see smoke down there. we're gog to dispatch the emergency vehicles. >> reporter: this, after the fourur-secd ight ended by

march of 2014.4. first reports of a blown tire or landing gear trouble were wrong. it was pilot error. according to the ntsb, the pilots didn't input a piece of information into the flight computer. so, as the j started to take off, warnings. the captain puts the nose down and the jet slams onto that runway and bounces 15 feet back into the air before sliding to rest. the ntsb says, not following procedures and the captain's decision to reject the takeoff are the probable causes. the airline says itade several changes to our procedures, manuals and training. no one was injured. the pilots have not flown for the airline since that incident. and neither has that daged aircraft. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> absolutely amazing stuff there. coming u up in ourext half hour, the elaborate hoax played on a high school in pennsylvania. the honor student who turned out to be a 23-year-old. how he managed to fool everyone from students and teachers to parents and administrators.

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abc stations. well, it is the stock in trade of television journalists, like ourselves, to bring you you the news of the day. >> very rarely are we given an opportunity to shine new light on past events that can change the way we view history. but that'sust what one of our colleagues here in new york city is doing with a story pecially poignant during black history month. >> reporter: for more than two decades, cheryl wills has been delivering the news of the day. on cable tv. >> cherynews 1.

>> reporter: and every week, she livers a different message to school children all across the country. know your history. >> what's happening here? this is one e of the snes i demanded to be put in the book. >> reporter: wills pens a new book calledd "the emancipation of grandpa sandy wills," the story of her great, great, great grand faeshgs a slave who fought in the civil war. >> can you believe we once fit in these chairs? my knees are hurting. > my thighs are like sandwiched together rightht now >> reporter: squeezing into those tiny desks at ps 55 in the bronx -- >> this used to be really big to me. >> this useded to be b. once upon a a time. >> reporter: i was curious why her family history matters to the rest of us. >> >> see my story so you can see your own. that's really the other take away. this is not just cheryl's

it's really a callo action for all kids to say, you know what, my grandfather or my great, great grandparents probably did something, too. let me look into that. that's what school is all about. exploring and researching and digging deeper. >> reporter: cheryl started digging deeper into her history years ago. the book recounts the sad chapter that started that search, her father's death when she was 13 years old. as she learned more about her history and specifically grandpa wills, she thought this could be a teaching tooool. >> i want kids to say my family also walked through whatever chapter in american history and they're important, too. when i learn about, you know, the civil rights movement, i need to figure out what was my familyly's role that time. >> reporter: the book is really hitting home with kids, espeally these youngsters at ps 55. >> give her a hand. thank you for reading the story. >> reporter: located in one of the poorest congressional districts in thehe countrymany of the children here are homeless. they were as excited to see the tv lady as they were to meet the

>> nice. >> reporter: including 7-year-old ventura. come here. come close to to me for a second. no you don't have no kneel down. o was a handful, by the way. >> tells me i want to find out more about my family history. >> reporter: listen to this important takeaway that 12-year-old randy learned from the book. >> i was kind of disappointed that i thought when i was little when i first heard abo slavery, i thought it was about kindness and all that. but when i started -- >> reporter: you used to think slavery was about kindness? >> when i started reading books about slavery, it's bad for people. >> knowledge is power. that's the key. you need to build on that power. and that gets kids to hold their heads up. >> yeah. >> andnd while ty're at it, to pull their pants up. >> reporter: if you get them to pull their pants up, we won a

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yeah! making news in america t this morning, deadly rampage. a small town reeling from a shooter's spree firing at random before attacking his f fellow workers. a full report from the scene just ahead. >>pile-on.

gloves at last night's debate taking jabs at the republican front-runn but trump seemingly unfazed. >> you're a lot of fun up here tonight, i have to tell you. in the meantime, hilla clinton hoping to pull in some votes by getting her groove on. we're live in washinington. and how about gettinour surf on. fearless wave riders hanging ten on some massive waves. the rare competition that so many have been waiting for. and we say good morning on this friday morning. we're going to start witith the breaking details about the rampage in kansas. by one count, the nation's 33rd mass shooting so far this ye. >> heavily armed o officers th guns drawn flooded the area around a lawn mower plant. one of the workers had already killed killed three and wounded

>> the frightening incident playing out in the small town, hesston, kansas. abc's clayton sandell is there. >> reporter: police say 38-year-old cedric ford started his rampage shooting at random drivers wounng two before heading to excel industries in hesston, kansas, where he worked. >> to have something like this is tragic. >> reporter: fords heads inside armed with a rifle and handgun and opens fire on his co-workers. >> and then i seen a mob of people just start running out saying, run, run, and pop, pop, pop, pop, pop is all i heard and then e everybodytarted and didn't realize what had happened until we got outside and i started seeing wounded people coming out. >> reporter:olice and witnesses say he kept shooting until a single officer, the first to arrive, fires back. >> there was a particular law enforcement here in hesston that responded right away, and even though he took fire, he went inside of that place and saved multiple, multiple lives. a hero as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: in the end four employees including the shter would not survive.

>> inside the building he shot a total of 15 people. >> reporter: around 150 ememployees re inside at the time. worried friends and family waited outside for news. >> i just can't believe that the guy that shot people up lived right across the street from us. >> reporter: not much is known yet about the victims who have not been identified. ford has an extensive criminal record in florida. police aren't sasaying whyhey believe he opened fire, but they've ruled out terrorism.m. excel is a family owned company that makes lawn mowing equipment since 1960. clayton sandell, abc news, wichita, kansas. >> and this morning police are saying something triggered ford's rampage, but they haven't revealed a specific motive yet. >> and you saw a woman in clayton's story talking to a reporter after the rampage. her r husband d been right next to co-worker who was shot then the reporter pointed out her husband, an emotional but, unfortunately, all too familiar scene playing out live on tv.

familiar and sad. of course, we're going to continue to follow that throughout the morning including on "goodod morningmerica." but we want to get to our other breaking news overnight, new debate fireworks. marco rubio and ted cruz tag teaming donald trump in houston blasting the front-runner on everything from immigration to his privileged background. >> it was their first debate without jeb bush, but his parents right there. the first lady, former first lady and president bush drawing loud cheers from the audience. it's "your voice, your vote." here's some of last night's most fiery moments. the florida senator unleashed attack after attack on trump putting the republican front-runner on defense. >> you're the only person on this stage that's evereen fined for hiring people to wk on your projects illegally. you hired some workers from -- >> you know, i'm the only one on the stage that's hired people. you haven't hired anybody. >> this is a guy who inherited $200 million. if he hadn't inherited $200 million, you know where donald trump would be right now?

>> selling watching and -- >> no. >> now he's repeating himself.f. >> no, no, no. >> mr. trump -- >> i don't repeat myself. i don't repeat myself. >> you don't repeat yourself? >> here's the guy who repeats himself. >> you repeat yourself every day. [ cheers and applause ] >> talk about repeating i watched him repeat himself five times four weeeeks ago. >> i saw you repeat urself five s seconds a. >> it was a meltdown. i watched it. [ cheers and applause ] >> trump also took incoming fire his home state of texas on super tuesday. >> when n i was leing the fight against the gang of eight amnesty bill, where was donald? he was firing dennis rodman on "celebrity apprentice." >> trump unfazed by the repeated assaults. >> keep fighting. keep swinging, man. swing for the fences. you're a lot of fun up here tonight. i have to o tell you to a strong statement by the former president of mexico, vicente fox, using an obscenity

pay for trump's wall. >> the wall just got ten feet taller, believe me. >> reporter: the bickering between the three republicans overshadowed the two others on stage, ohio governor john kasich and ben carson. >> can somebody attack me, please? >> wolf. >> well, trump's rivals are hoping that they hit hard enough to stop his momentum as theyead into super tuesday. 11 states will cast their ballots, and nearly 600 delegates are at stake, so it could be a make-or-break moment for some of these candidates. >> donald trump must havfelt like he walked into the red wedding last night. the democrats have one more key hurdle before next week. abc's kenneth moton with the latest. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: gooood mornin yes, the democrats are sharpening their pitches to african-american voters before tomorrow's primary in south carolina. hillary clinton and her husband former president bill clinton crisscrossed the entire state making 13 stops in south carolina this week alone, bernie sanders just two, but he's drawing massive crowds in super

7,000 in missouri. 8,000 massachusetts. 9,000 in oklahoma. while the republicans debated, clinton danced at a charlie wilson concert in charleston and also she was at a black church with senator cory booker of new jersey at her side talking gun control and recalling the charleston church massacre. bernie sanders insists that he has not given up on winning in the south, but he spent yesterday in ohio, illinois and michigan. sanders took part in a forum in flint to discuss the city's water crisis and said he hopes americans will look at what happened in flint and say, quote, never again. he drew his biggest crowd in president obama's hometown of chicago. reena and kendis. >> all right, kenneth moton, does look like hillary clinton was performing the whip and e e there. thanks to abc's kenneth moton in d.c. we move on now. apple has filed a fiercely

order that it must assist of one of the san bernardino shooters. the company claims the calls dangerous power. it also says the constitution forbids what the government is aski it to do. fbi director james comey countered apple's claim that if software is written to unlock the iphone, it would put iphone users everywhere at risk of hacking. comey said that was not a a legitimate concern. well, new developments in the politicacally chard battle over the supreme court nominee. the republican governor of nevada says he's not interested. brian sandoval's name had been floated as a possible nominee earlier this week. republicans in the senate have said that they won't consider the president's nominee in any case. well, coming up, turning employees into spies. the shocking move by seaworld exposed. how they tried to fool animal activists.s. and a controversial move. a state governor proclaiming a confederate heritage month. reaction on both sides of the debate ahead.

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the sharpest jabs coming from marco rubio, hoping to break trump's winning streak as they head into super tuesday. one day to go until the next democratic primary. hillary clinton, bernie sanders battling for a win tomorrow in south carolina. but both are looks ahead to super tuesday. looking at today's weather map coal and dry in the east, mild in the midwest, stormy in the pacific northwest. sunny and pleasant across the south. finally this morning what's become a weekly look at a lighter side of the presidential race, there's just so much material out there for the late night comics to deal with. >> we can wait no longer so we present this week's "friday funnies." >> the gop held their nevada caucus and the people in vegas did what they do best, they pulled the lever and risked absolutely everything. and when it was over, it came up orange, orange, orange. >> trump is now the undisputed front-runner for the republican

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of his son, george p. bush. yes, geoe p. bush, yeah. george p. bush has his campaign slogan. don't worry, i was adopted. >>more young voter said they would like to have a meal with bernie sanders than with beyonce. a shift, of course, that spotlight at the super bowl halftime show. >> a lot of fun there. >> don't forget the oscars sunday night. that's what's making news. >> have a great weekend. making news in america this mornining, deadlrampage. a small town reeling from a shooter's spree firing at random before attacking his fellow workers. a full report from the scene just ahead. pile-on.

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