making news in america this morning, heated debate. hillary clinton and bernie sanders head-to-head with fiery exchanges. >> and enough is enough. if you've got something to say, say it directly. >> the two presidential candidates clashing on stage in new hampshire. we're live with the details. plus, gearing up for the next debate. tomorrow on abc, the gop candidates crisscrossing new hampshire, barbara bush stumping for the first time and donald trump using a four-letter word. happening now, tracking the weather system impacting major east coast cities right now. school closings and the snow falling. and floor food. we've all done it, the five-second rule. scientists now weighing in just before the biggest snacking weekend of the year. is it true?

friday. we should say good morning, everybody. we'll get started with what was really a heated democratic showdown that took place in new hampshire. >> we're talking bernie sanders, hillary clinton going toe-to-toe in their first ever debate being described as caustic, nasty, even ugly. >> putting clinton on the defensive again was sanders' renewed attack on her her ties to wall street. it is time for "your voice, your vote." abc's bazi kanani following the developments from washington. bazi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis. good morning, reena. again, this was the first democratic debate with just two candidates on the stage and with just days to go until the next round of voting, they did not hold back. the top two democrats face-to-face for the last time before the new hampshire primary. >> i think it's time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out. >> reporter: the candidates clashing over charges of not standing up to wall street. >> i helped lead the effort

>> reporter: while hillary clinton dodged a question about releasing the transcripts of her paid speeches to banks and big corporations. >> i will look into it. i don't know the status. >> reporter: she showed her muscle on foreign policy. >> i fully, fully concede that secretary clinton, who was secretary of state for four years, has more experience, but experience is not the only point. judgment is. >> a vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat isis. >> reporter: bernie sanders again refused to go after clinton for her e-mail controversy. >> i will not politicize it. >> reporter: instead going after her connections to the political establishment. >> secretary clinton does represent the establishment. i represent, i hope, ordinary americans. >> senator sanders is the only person who i think would characterize me, a woman running to be the first woman president,

>> reporter: and the candidates are right back on the campaign trail in new hampshire today. while hillary clinton is far behind in the polls there, analysts say her performance in this debate was strong and could help her in future contests. reena, kendis. >> okay, bazi kanani live in washington. bazi, thank you so much. in the meantime, by the way, the republican battle for new hampshire is quickly turning into quite a horse race. >> the latest poll has donald trump enjoying a wide lead ahead of his two closest competitors, marco rubio and ted cruz, but the other candidates are upping their game and pulling out all the stops. overnight a first for jeb bush's campaign. >> it's great to be back in new hampshire. >> former first lady barbara bush making an appearance in new hampshire. >> he's everything we need in a president. >> for the third time in her life the 90-year-old hitting the campaign trail for a presidential candidate named bush. >> he's not a bragger. we don't allow that.

his dad and i are very, very proud of him. >> also in new hampshire this morning, donald trump stepping up the pace. >> this is really crunch time. >> at one of trump's rallies supporters unable to get inside because it was so packed. abc's tom llamas was there. >> so right now we're outside the trump event. we can't get in because there's so many in there. and the fire marshal won't let anybody get in. there's donald trump. his motorcade coming in right now. >> trump's message only an outsider can fix america's problems. >> no politician is going to solve it. no politician. these people, i would like to use really foul language. i won't do it. i was going to say they're full of [ bleep ] but i won't say that. no, it's true. >> and trump still taking aim at ted cruz accusing the cruz campaign of spreading misleading information suggesting that ben carson was dropping out of the race after the iowa caucuses. abc news obtained the voice mail left by cruz's campaign on caucus night. >> hello, this is the cruz campaign with breaking news. dr. ben carson

campaign following the caucus. please inform any carson caucusgoers of this news and urge them to support cruz instead. >> cruz denies any wrongdoing. cruz now trailing g rco rubio in a new new hampshire poll. the florida senator now in second place behind trump. >> that's just the overflow crowd. >> yeah, it's just the overflow. >> they couldn't get them all in. >> they couldn't get them all in. we got to get a bigger room. >> of course, rubio and cruz will flank donald trump tomorrow night. >> yes, also on the stage at the abc news debate in new hampshire, kasich, bush, carson and christie will be right here on abc moderated by david muir and martha raddatz tomorro saturday night 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central. hope you can join us. of course, the other big news story this morning, a winter storm that is set to snarl commutes in the northeast and air travel nationwide. >> take a look at this shot. it's the storm arriving. you can see a little bit of flakes just outside our studio here in manhattan. the new coastal storm will bring snow accumulations from

>> and boston is expected to get the worst, as you mentioned, 4 to 8 inches where schools are already closed today, the latest weather radar shows that storm system marching up the east coast at this hour, but it'll be quick, expected to be history by as soon as this afternoon. well, as concerns grow over the zika virus here at home, health officls in brazil say at least two cases were contracted through blood transfusions. with 12 of the 50 plus u.s. cases in florida, the governor there expapaed the state of emergency to a fifth county and asking the cdc for a thousand kits to test for zika antibodies in pregnant women who may be at risk. there's evidence high ranking michigan officials knew about a spike in legionnaires' disease in flint much sooner. the disease may have been linked to the contamination of the city's water supply. the governor said last month he had just learned of the connection, but e-mails obtained by the associated press show state agencies and high ranking members of his administration

earlier. a mass exodus is under way in syria as u.s. backed rebels lose their hold of a key province. tens of thousands of syrians are fleein the city of aleppo after days of air strikes from government forces supported by russia. and they're heading toward turkey. on thursday world leaders pledged more than $10 billion to help fund school, shelters and jobs for syrian refugees. back here at home there was a little bit of fun at the white house as president obama welcomed the nba champions, the golden state warriors. mr. obama imitating warriors' steph curry jumping up and down on the court. the team presented the president with a number 44 jersey, the 44th president. >> he struck a heisman pose with last season's winner of the award, derrick henry of the alabamamcrimson tide. they were together at the national prayer breakfast. >> it's always a highlight.

newton thing in the situation room, can't you? >> oh, could you imagine. >> yeah. we got obama. >> all right. >> still ahead -- >> still the curry. >> did i confuse it? >> yes. >> oh, all right. i'm going to get that together. still ahead, it's another massive bag recall and this time it's not the infamous takata air bags. and smiling, smirking and pleading the fifth. rtin shkreli, his performance on capitol hill enraging lawmakers.

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cliff for three days. the man had slid to the edge of that cliff just a few feet short of falling to the river below. fortunately a worker heard him shouting for help. he's back on terra firma expectct to be okay. well, enjoy the low gasoline prices while you can. president obama is proposing a $10 a barrel tax on oil. that's likely to raise gas prices about 25 cents a gallon. white house aides say the oil fee would fund environmentally friendly transportation projects such as mass transit. but it's unlikely to get a green light from congress. well, there's another huge air bag recall. these involve the controllers for air bags in about 5 million vehicles worldwide. the air bags made by a german cocoany can deploy withoho reason or fail to inflate at all. the recall involves older vehicles made by honda, fiat, chrysler, mercedes, mazda, volkswagen and volvo.

larger takata air bag recall. sad to say the deadline has passed and california lottery officials say no one has submitted the winning ticket for the $63 million jackpot. it was sold last august at a 7-eleven near los angeles. whoever bought it had until late yesterday afternoon to claim that prize, and that didn't happen. at least one person is suing claiming he submitted the winner but he was refused the prize. now, the lottery says some claims have to be investigated. when we come back, fall from grace. former heisman winner johnny manziel accused of hitting his girlfriend. the 911 call just released. and is the five-second rule

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>> martin shkreli has admitted raising prices of life-saving drugs as much as 4,000%. but at this hearing on drug prices, he smirked, he doodled, he twiddled his thumbs and refused to answer questions. >> do you think you've done anything wrong? >> on the advice of counsel, i invoke my fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination. >> he ignored the advice of his council to stay off social media. after learning of the hearing, he called the committee members imbeciles on twitter. the committee chairman calls that childish. new details this morning about the latest incident involving cleveland browns quarterback johnny manziel which led to him being investigated for assault. a report by ft. worth police indicates manziel's ex-girlfriend claims he struck her several times last friday during an argument. colleen crowley also said

the following day, she ran to a neighbor's home to get away from manziel, that neighbor calling 911. >> i heard her screaming so i came out to the balcony and she said her boyfriend had beat her up. she didn't want me to call you. >> does she need an ambulance? >> manziel tells tmz he did not strike crowley. police in both ft. worth and dallas have not charged him with a crime. the nfl, however, is investigating the incident. a couple of passings to note starting with the founder of of the band earth, wind and fire, maurice white. i remember how the stars ruled the night away >> there you see white singing his band's classic hit "september." he suffered from parkinson's disease. maurice white died at his los angeles home wednesday. he was 74 years old. and veteran bmx biker and x games star dave mirra has died. mira was one of the most decorated x games athletes ever winning medals over a 15-year span. his stunts on a bike were

police in north carolina say he died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. dave mirra leaves behind his wife and two young daughters. he was 41 years old. important health news this morning. the government revising it's rules on narcotic painkillers. tens of thousands are addicted to prescription drugs and dying from overdoses. reaffirming the the five-second rule for food dropped on the floor, the science channel discovery has reconfirmed that there's very little chance of germ contamination if both the floor and food is dry. but you need to be a quick draw for moist food left on the floor longer than 30 seconds will collect ten times the bacteria than those snapped up only after three seconds. >> okay, so much for licking up that ice cream fallen on the ground. >> or chicken wings sunday. >> yeah. let's hope there's not too many food funnelmbles at your super bowl party. >> h hps highlights from o o guys at espn. >> he's stan. i'm neil. mine says usc.

>> yeah, lakers and pelicans. kobe coming off that 38-point against minnesota in tuesday. in new orleans, taking on the pelicans, pelicans rocking their mardi gras uniforms. kobe bryant was leading the way, 11 points in the first quarter, 13 in the first half. a minute to play, lakers up three. bryant for three put them up by six. and that was a really, really big shot. a lot of fans, a lot of laker fans in new orleans. jrue holiday tried to tie it. no, sir, bryant, 27 points, 12 rebounds. lakers win again. usc honored gus williams. save our sonics. yeah, that's right. morning crew, you get it too. and then usc just went out and ran ucla. and the infield really took some heat last last couple of years. he has a club that is playing some hoop and the bruins, they've had some big wins but

usc this season. elijah stuart had 16. he gets three of it here. julian jacobs had 17. usc, they're 18-5. 7-3 in the pac-12. >> all right. that's your pac-12 report from neil everett. now back to you. >> thank you, gentlemen. up next in "the pulse," a kale salad and a big mac from mcdonald's. so, which one is better for you? and from the stataspangled banner to will peyton manning cry. the weird and wacky super bowl

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hey there, time to check "the pulse" beginning with the skinny on a seemingly healthy choice under the golden arches. >> yeah, i mean we're

salads and apparently they're packing more calories, fat, salt than a big mac. among them mickey d's premium southwest salad, sure, it starts out with kale and spinach so the hipster in you would love it but it stopped with buttermilk chicken, cheese, ranch dressing and much more. >> all told that's about 710 calories, 43 grams of fat and more than 1300 milligrams of salt. >> sold. >> really? that's nearly 200 more calories than a big mac, kendis, and more salt and more fat too. >> with a diet coke. okay, so it's the friday before the super bowl. time thighlight some of this year's famous so-called prop bets. of course you can bet on the coin toss, as you know, and the length of lady gaga's national anthem. >> but here's some exotic ones. will peyton manning announce his retirement in a postgame interview and will he cry during the broadcast? >> i didn't know he was known for crying.

times -- that's what we're talking about -- the dab or dabbing will be mentioned or how many times cam newton will do the superman motion. another good one, what will coldplay's first song be during the halftime show. >> very interesting. look forward to that. las vegas always gets a little action. >> exactly. and a record has been broken at a london premiere. >> ben stiller is now officially the king of selfies. yeah, that guy. he's breaking the guinness world record for a photo taken with the longest selfie stick. this is the photo the he took of hihielf and the entire cast of "zoolander 2" at the film's premiere in london last night. >> that's an impressive selfie arm right there. wow, we're talking 28 feet long. >> wow. >> stiller tweeted the photo out saying, this was much more dangerous than it looks, and he was right. he struggled to keep that enormous stick steady in the wind. that takes some muscle, some brawn, huh? >> and practice. >> and a lot of practice. >> more news after this. handle during winter. 90 stressful days juggling hectic schedules.

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bernie sanders and hillary clinton in their first head-to-head debate in new hampshire where sanders is outpacing clinton in the polls by 30 points. former first lady barbara bush is hitting the campaign trail in the granite state. the 90-year-old stumping for her son jeb who's barely registering in the double digits. east coast bracing for round two, another storm set to dump om 1 to 8 inches from washington, d.c. to boston where schools are already closed. looking at today's weather, everywhere else, light snow over the upper midwest, heavier snow over the northern rockies, rain down from the pacific northwest, but sunny all the way out there in texas. well, finally from us, the news of the week. >> here now are yourr "friday funnies". >> is everybody excited for super bowl in here? [ cheers and applause ] that's no surprise, of course, you are. it's like the olympics only better because it happens every year and america always wins.

this new o.j. simpson show this has been a very big week for broncos. >> 76-year-old man who's been to all 49 super bowls and will be attending super bowl 50 this sunday. [ cheers and applause ] but enough about peyton manning. let's get -- >> media day was moved to the evening but it was still the same chaos that it always is. there were clown, superheroes, miss universe was even there asking questions. >> yes, clowns and superheroes and miss universe, marionettes and dark wizards, a thousand screaming peacocks ee americaing from a golden clam shell their wings blotting out the very sun until finally peyton manning entered in the chariot wearing that dress from "the hunger games." >> lady gaga is going to sing the national anthem, which is weird. i wonder if francis scott key ever thought someday this song will be sung by a woman wearing a dress made of beef. >> it was also really nice it

opportunity to speak back to their fans like cam newton who said we've got numerous guys have that been making an impact and living their dream an oval shaped pigskin has taken them a long way. how inspiring to think that a young man named cam made it to the super bowl without ever having to learn the word football. >> cam newton was spotted wearing $800 versace zebra pants at the airport which means somewhere nicki minaj is opening her bag to find a carolina panthers uniform going, that airport is the worst! >> all right, pretty funny week. should be interesting with the super bowl and all. that's what's making news in america this morning.