have a great wednesday. making news in america this morning,ig winnersn super tuesday. donald trump seemingly unstoppable. >> this has beenn amazing evening. >> voters cementing the billionaire's status winning the most states. but it wasn't all trump, ted cruz scoring victories. >> our campaign beats donald soundly. >> and for the democrats, a southern sweep. hillary clinton now with a commanding lead over bernie sanders. >> we have to me america whole. >> all: usa, usa. >> it's "your vce, your vote," live team coverage breaking down the big night, highlights and analysis. > good morning on this super wednesday.

blow-out for donald trump and hillary clinton resonating with voters across the country. >> clinton racked up seven states winning crucial races across the south but sanders still inin the gam picking up four state, minnesota, colorado and oklahoma. clinton has more than a thousand delegates while sanders is closing in on 400. >> thenn the republican side trump also racking up sen states, ted cruz won three races and marco rubio got his first win in minnesota. trump clinched the bulk of the delegates bringg his total to nearly 300. >> republicans handing donald trump his overwhelming win. >> trump delivered his victory speech at his lavish club in palm beach, florida, where the next primary will be in two weeks and took direct aim at hillary clinton and marco rubio. abc's paula faris was there. good morning, paula. >> reporter: reena and kendis,

extremely happy and really the things that stood out the number of first time voters and crossover voters who voted for donald trump on super tuesday. >> we'll make america great again, folks. we'll make it great again. i watched hiary's speech and she wants to mak amemeri whole again. >> reporter: the significance of the fact he had this at headquarters in quarter cannot be lost on anyone. fifirst and foremost florida is marco rubio's home state and right now trump has a commanding lead over rubio. >> i know it was a very tough night for marco rubio. he had a tough night but wehe worked hard. he is a lightweight as i said many times before. >> reporter: referencing his significant ties to the state of florida, the fact that he had this event at his campaign headquarters at the mar-a-lo which he own, can't overlook that, a well. he's clearly got his sights set on the next couple of weeks.

trump cgratated ted cruz on his win in delegate rich texas. >> he won di double digits speaking to abc news cruz used the win as a rallying cry saying he's the only candidate who can beat trump. >> so i hope that republicans instead make the decision let's come together, let unite behind the only campaign that has beaten donald not once, not twice but three times across the country. >> all right, well, cruz labeled his victories in oklahoma, alasaska and texas as a central turning point for his campaign. >> a couple of bright spots for marco rubio. besides his win he nearly beat trump in virginia after the poll polls closed, the frida senator spoke to a crude in miami criticizing donalald trp. >> fivee days ago we began to explain to the american people that donald trump is a con artist. and in just five days, we have

across the country. we are seeing in state after state his numbers coming down, our numbers going up. >> in his upbeat speech rubio viewed to win his home state of florida l later ts month. it was a dismal showing for ben carson but the neurosurgrgeon not ready to give up and told a crowd of 200 people i'm not read to quit.. in every state except alabama he received less than 10% of the vote. >> let's turno the democrats and hillary clinton was propelled to victory by voters looking for political experience and she steamrolled sanders across the south enjoying strong support from african-american voters and clinton celebrated in miami. abc's matt gutman is there. >> reporter: reena, kendis, we saw a very confident hillary clinton here giving what wasn't so much a victory speech but certainly seemed like speech by a victor in front of an energid crowd here. >> i believe what we need in

kindness. >> reporter: earlier as they were waiting for the returns to come in we saw them boo when donald trump was announced as the projected winner of certain stays and cheerered loudly when she won states and it seemed that everybody was looking beyond bernie sanders and beyond these primaries. in fact sheocused the guts on landing body blows against donald trump. >> this country belongs to all of us, not just those at the top. [ cheers and applause ] not just to people who will look one way, worship one way or even think one way. >> reporter: of course, the fact that the event wasas held here tonight very important. she really hopes t be able to clinch perhaps the nomination here in floda and in just two weeks' time. kendis, reena. >> thank you so much. bernie sanders is not ready to

>> he pulled off a resounding victory although it was in his home state of vermont and defeated clinton in thr other races, he's making it clear that the fight is far from over. >> tonight you're going to see a lot of election results come in, and let me remind you of what the media often forgets about, these are not -- this is not a general election, it's not winner take all. if you t -- >> sanders still has support of young voters and he raised more than $42 million during the month of february alone. and we're finding like some really interesting findings from the exit polls which really is a good gauge of how voters are feeling. now, when asked should the next president come from outside the political establishment, 50% of republicans said yes. only 15% of democrats agreed with that. >> on the flip side when asked should the next president have experience, 81% of democrats in blue said yes. 39% of the republicans in red. they want someone with experience, as well.

all the candidates on both sides apparently staying in the race despite the commanding clinton. >> a l little eaier we spoke with our political team. >> the bottom line we have looked through republican divisions and the party is not divided. they're embracing donald trump. you see massachusetts and alabama and tennessee and kansas and a all these states regional diversity and ideological diversity inside the party and the thing is if you judge a party by its voters donald trump owns this party right now. it's just that the leaders are ying something different and they're not comfortable with it. the voters are speaking very clearly and very similarly across states. >> clinton looks absolutely unstpable right now and she began this campaign as someone who was t the likely nonee. she was the presumed democratic nominee. now she's earned it. she had that scare in iowa. she took a huge hit in new hampshire. she's really come back now and tonight we really see her sailing out of super tuesday

really she's earned. >> and do stay with abc news for more super tuesday results. live team coverage and analysis on "good morning america." well, still ahead, breaking right now, a train derailment forcing evacuations. >> and severe weather, a powerful tornado causing damage, planes sliding off the runway at one off the country's busiest airports. where it's all heading. plus back on earth, scott

after nearly a year in space. well, breaking overnight astronaut scott kelly returning to earth after spending nearly a year abroad on the international

kelly and a russian cosmonaut landed in kazakhstan just hours ago. you can see kel right there. 'being helped out of the capsule clearly animatedooking well and he said that he didn't feel much different than he did after his five-month-long mission five years ago and heads to a home homecoming in houston where he'lle reunited with his daughter, girlfriend and twin brother mark. severe weather in the south has injured at least foureople in alabama. the national weather service has confirmed at least one tornado and two other potential twisters. the tornado near birmingham seriously damaged at least a dozen homes then there was this. in chicago, the problem was snow. triggering a couple of runway spin-offs at o'hare. one private jet slid off the runway while an american airlines jet slid on a taxiway and had to be towed back to the terminal. no one was injured. that storm system is now moving east stretching from georgia to new england. it could be a wet commute for the major cities on the east coast.

overnight a chemical leak following a train derailment. 14 cars went off the tracks near buffo, new york. two of those cars we carrying ethanol and they are now leaking. th sheriff says a fire station is down the street so the response was immediate. about the people nearby were told to evacuate. >> looking past super tuesday to the next battleground states. >> and more tearful testimony. erin andrews on the stand in the lawsuit facing grueling cross-examination.

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ted cruz, he won three,texas, oklahoma and alaska. marco rubio won his state and minnesota where trump came in third. democrats handed hillary clinton seven wins and a lion's share of the delegates but bernie sanders still going full steam ahead after clinching four race, vermont, volume volume, minnesota and oklahoma. >> so, what's next for the candidates? several caucuses are being held this saturday. kansas, kentucky, maine and nebraska as well as a primary in louisiana. but, of course, the next big prize, the florida primary, that's on march 15th. well now to the politically charged battle over the supreme court nominee. despite a meeting withhe president on tuesday, republican leaders don't appear to have changed their minds. they're standing by their commitment to not consider a new justice until after the elections in november. democratic leader harry reid joked that the group spent a lot of time talking about baseball. well, it was the second day

sportscaster erin andrews in the civil suit she brought against her stalker and a hotel in nashville. the "dancing with the stars" host admitting that she remains anxious and depressed after naked videos of her were posted online years ago. and andrews went through a list of thihings she now does after checng into a hotel. >> i instantly cover the peephole i look for lights, red light. look to see if there's cameras, i check the bed, i check the alarm clock, i check the fining. >> under crcross-examation, andrews admitted her career was taken off since those naked videos were posted. andrews is stewing her stalker and a marrit hotel for $75 million. the nation's largest electric company says it's coming under daily cyberattack. the ceo of duke energy that serves more than 7 million customers most across the southeast and midwest tells the associated press the sheer number of those attacks is astounding and he sayss these are notomegrown hackers working

they're cyberattacks coming from foreign governments trying to penetrate systems. new this morning apple filed an appeal in its high-profile dispute with the fbi. they filed the objection last night in california. the fbi wants the company to create software that will hack into the iphones of one of the san bernardi shooters. yestery the fbi director admitted to lawmakers that it was a mistake when the fbi asked the county which owned the phone to reset the password for the gunman's icloud accoun had it not been reset the phone would have been updated and the fbi c could have read that information. and a man who led police on an hour's long chase across orange county, california, is now in custody. was driving a hummer with two young children and their mother inside. they were stopped on the side of a highway for hours. thth m negotiating to surrender but then he took off and was wounded by police. he was f found nea his parents' house and arrested and faces a long list of charges. okay, so if you're not a fan

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time now for "the pulse" and this morning after super tuesday we'll start, of course, with political items. the internet was alive and is ill right now. all because of chris christie. >> yeah, the new jersey governor and former presidential candidate gave what many called a halfhearted intntroductio to donald trump last night. christie, he stood to the side but take a look at this. his body language pretty much took center stage. >> well, the speech did go on

mountain i minutes # freecrisp christie was trending and one republican coressman even tweeted the event was staged to look like a hostage situation. >> i do feel bad for him. he looks a little confused and a ttle annoyed t to be there. >> there was one moment when his head was shaking no and the "new york post" pointed out they were saying do you support donald trump and christie was saying no according to them. >> poor guy. well, next up the world's youngest billionaire is 19 yea old a norwegian heiress, alexandra andresen. >> she inherited the $1.2 billion that "forbes" says she's worth as part of her family's investment company. andresen lives a low-see lifeyle and competes in horse competitioions and promotes veganism. >> she is saving all that money and when is a car it's secondhand.

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are relishing their super tuesday victories winning seven states apiece. trump attracting republicans looking for an outsider while democrats picked clinton for experience. ted cruz won three races including his home state of texas. marco rubio picked up minnesota and bernie sanders is still in the running defeating clinton in four states. at least four people have been injured in a tornado outside of birmingham, alabama, that seriously damaged at least a dozen homes. today's weather, snow from western pennsylvania up into maine with up to 8 inches possible and another storm system is bring down on the west coast with winds gusting up to 65 miles an hour. that's in oregon as well as washington. well, as we ld you earlier ott kelly is back on earth after nearly a year in space. >> and after a homecoming in houston he'll undergo medical test, all with an eye towards nasa's goal of travel to mars. abc's lauren lyster has more.

kelly tweeting photos of his last sunrise from space. >> filling it up. >> reporter: with that hatch closingg on the soyuz capsule he heads back to earth. this after 340 days orbiting earth on the international space station. kelly is now the american who has spent the most time inn space. >> i'm ready to come home. i'mot -- it's not like i'm climbing the walls or anything to get out of here. i recognize the importance of what we're doing. >> reporter: kelly handed over commander of the iss to start the process of leaving. >> which, of course, is always bittersweet when you leave this incredible place. >> reporter: he said good night to earth one last time posting this photo on twitter. last year this soyuz rocket launch from kazakhstan beginning his journey. >> the year in space starts now. >> reporter: the point of thehe nasa mission to figure out if humans could survive a trip to mars. that would require a year and a hahalf in spe. back here on earth all year his twin brother retired astronaut

testing at the same time. scientists will compare the two men when scott returns. mark telling abc news last year -- >> i had the really easy porter. >> reporter: after this does scott think humans can make it to mars. >> from a subjective perspective i think absolutely. >> scott kelly back on mother earth after 340 days in space. >> reporter: overnight, kelly touching down in kazakhstan. now testing will begin to understand how the long time in space has affected his body. before this only four humans had spent a year or more in orbit on a single mission. reena and kendis. >> back in houston tonight. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us. "good morning america" has the super tuesday breakdown. have a great wednesday."you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning

elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on wednesday march second elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: after a snowy and cold day yesterday iowa is looking at a slightly warmer day with precipitation expected to come back through the evening as a mix of rain and snow. highs today will climb to the low 40s under plenty of cloud cover and a breezy southeast wind. we may see a few early sprinkles late this afternoon but we're mainly going to see a rain and wintry mix turning into light snow overnight through central iowa. areas north and east of the metro are expected to see heavier accumulations