making news in america this morning, the first republican debate of the year, just weeks before the iowa caucuses and the feistiest one yet. >> there is a big question mark on your head and you can't do that. >> the candidates slamming each other and the democrats. we're live with reaction and analysis. extreme weather from coast to coast. rain and snow sweeping off the pacific, the nor'easter moving up the atlantic and the rare hurricane, the first in january since the 1930s. caught on camera. a rail driver slumped over asleep on the job. and growing mystery. powerball jackpot winners waiting to come forward as winners of smaller amounts emerge including the preschool teachers cashing in. hey, everyone, good friday morning. we begin with the on stage show

especially between the two top republicans. >> a brutal bout and the five other candidates getting in their shots as well aiming at president barack obama as well as hillary clinton. analysis in a moment but begin with abc's stephanie ramos who is live for us in washington. stephanie, good morning. >> good morning to you and reena, good morning to you, as well. this was one of the most feistiest, most of the squabbles taking place between donald trump and ted cruz. seven president candidates and no lack of attacks. first up, president obama, fresh off tuesday's state of the union address. >> president obama didn't sello much as mention the ten sailors captured by iran. >> i watched story time with barack obama. >> reporter: it had the fewest number of candidates on the main stage, the high-profile prest to persuade voters before the

gloves coming off between donald trump and ted cruz, this bromance apparently over. a testy exchange about accusations cruz might not be able to legally serve as president. >> you have great constitutional rights that say you can't run. >> i'm not going to be taking legal advice from donald trump. >> you don't have to. >> reporter: cruz also forced to defend a new report that says he didn't tell the federal election commission about a million dollar loan from wall street banks for his senate campaign. >> i made a paperwork error disclosing it on one piece instead of the other. he >> reporter: he attacked his credentials by saying he represents new york values. >> not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. >> reporter: trump called the jab insulting and praised new york's response to 9/11. >> when the world trade center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than new york.

their next debate set for sunday, also in south carolina, kendis and reena back to you. >> speaking of south carolina, of course, we know the governor there, nikki haley has been in a bit of a back and forth between the candidates. was she there in the room last night? >> reporter: she was definitely there, kendis. she has had a couple of back and forths. more recently with donald trump. trump has come out swinging against haley especially after she gave the gop response after the state of the union address earlier in the week. trump saying that haley actually paid him a compliment earlier in the week during her response. haley said the party must not, quote, follow the siren call of the angriest voices referring to donald trump and his remarks. now, trump said last night that he is angry because the country is being run horribly. so a lot of back and forth and trump definitely not holding back even on her home turf. >> yeah, absolutely. and she showed up, as well. stephanie ramos live in washington for us this morning, thank you.

appear to be the main combatants on stage. >> analysts say it was indicative of a republican primary fast approaching. there's just 17 days until the iowa caucuses but the big question, did the debate move the needle for any of the candidates? >> donald trump is very happy with his performance tonight, ted cruz may have some questions and looking forward to new hampshire, i think christie and rubio are happy with their performances tonight. >> overnight "the washington post" asked voters online who won the debate? donald trump, winning overwhelmingly with 8 %. and voters also taking to social media during the debate. the #gopdebate was popular, top trending topic on twitter all night long. >> here are the top talked about issue, iran, immigration and isis during the debate. also on facebook, donald trump topping the list of most ted cruz and marco rubio. and stay with abc news for the latest on the debate.

"good morning america." so, apparently getting the democratic presidential nomination no longer a cakewalk for hillary clinton. the former secretary of state has lost the huge lead in the national polls and right now trails bernie sanders in new hampshire. on "the tonight show with jimmy fallon" she agreed it's a tight race between them but denied she was ever really that far ahead. >> that's really artificial. all of those early soundings and polls. once you get into it, this is a democratic election for our nominee and it gets really depends. >> clinton adds the nomination isn't a job that's given away. she also says that donald trump is a lot more obsessed with her then she is with him. but she admits clinton/trump matchup would, quoting here, would be quite the showdown. so is today the day when we learn who the three winning powerball jackpot tickets, those winners are? what we do know about the winning tickets is where they

suburban los angeles on florida's east coast and rural tennessee. the stores that sold the tickets get boneusesbonuses, $1 million in california, 100,000 in california and just 25,000 in tennessee. there were also eight $2 million winners and more than 70 who won 1 million. the new developments in a terror attack in indonesia. police arrested three suspects in connection with the attack that left seven dead. now, two of the dead, a canadian and indonesian were the victims. the rest were terrorists. they found a black isis flag with one of the attackers. defense secretary ash carter says this week's tiff with iran was our mistake. he tells our sister network fusion the sailors on two boats made a navigational error that brought them into iranian waters where they were taken prisoner. the american sailors were released the next day for which

more wet weather is on tap for the west coast stretching from the san francisco bay area north to washington state. that means soaking rain and coastal areas and several inches of snow in the sierra, the cascades and rockies and just in time for the weekend, the other side of the country is bracing for a nor'easter carrying heavy wind, rain and snow from florida to maine and also this about a hurricane in january? abc's rob marciano explains. >> this system, this nor'easter starts in the gulf of mexico. we time it out here and stop the clock midafternrnn across the carolinas, heavier rain developing here. a fast-moving system. the good news by the time saturday rolls around it's off the coast of cape cod, the playoff game in foxborough should be okay. alex, a january storm 300 miles south of the azores. will still be a hurricane when it crosses it.

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and community leaders shows abuse by police. >> our young people will be on the street and we want jujuice. >> well, chatman was suspected of a carjacking. officers say they thought he was pulling a gun on them. but there's no weapon found. no charges have been filed against the officers. a health alert. the cdc will soon warn pregnant women about to travel to certain caribbean and latin-american countries because the zika virus has been linked to brain damage in mothers who got sick. it's carried by mosquitoes and though there's no vaccine the national institutes of health is working on one. there is now a new miss washington, usa. pageant winner stormy keffeler has resigned because she did not disclose a dui conviction before the contest. police say she was drunk and driving on two flat tires when she was stopped.

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one a day. our top stories on this friday, donald trump, ted cruz delivering their harshest

republican debate. the two top candidates clashed over cruz's citizenship and trump's conservative values. there are just 17 days until voting in iowa. there have been three arrests in connection with that terror attack on a starbucks in jakarta. isis claimed responsibility and an isis flag was found at the scene. get this, the first january atlantic hurricane to form since 1938 churning right now toward the azores. thoughght's likely to weaken as it moves toward cooler waters. looking at today's weather, stormy in the west, colder in the midwest, nor'easter bringing rain and snow from florida to maine. sunny in much of the south. always a good time right now. the late night comics' take on the news of the week. >> here now are your friday funnies. >> earlier tonight there was another republican debate and this morning, the oscar nominations were announced. here are the nominees.

spies," "the revenant," "the road." >> if you ask me, the best picture of the year hands down was this, this is the best picture of the year. >> one of the actors nominated was leonardo dicaprio for his movie "the revenant." apparently dicaprio prepared by wrapping up a victoria's secret model in a bear rug and having a tickle fight with her. >> each of the best picture nominees. i will be playing all the parts because every nominee this year is whihi. here we go. ready, ready. "the revenant",." aaagh. >> the academy award are so white this year they're being held in the organic fruit aisle in trader's joe. >> as chris rock, the host said,

not one black actor. >> you know it's bad when there are more black people in the running for the republican nomination for president, than for the academy awards. >> so sylvester stallone is up for best supporting actor. stallone said today it was an honor to be nominated. or he said it's an awkward denominator. impossible to know. hey, i will be nominated. [ mumbleing ] >> seth is sll going by the way during that impression. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning amera," everyone. have a fantastic weekend and a great friday. right now at 4:30

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