insomniacs for two decades. making news in america this morning, debate day. with someone missing, the gop frfrt-runner donald trump refusing to go on stage and still taking shots at moderator megyn kelly. plus, bernie sanders and his meeting with president obama. >> breaking overnight more arrests in the oregon standoff plus a new message from the group's leader to his followers who are still holed up on federal land. daring rescue. strangers banding together forming a human chain to save a driver with his truck on the edge of a cliff. and strange surprise for a woman waking up. an animal usually found in the jungle in her bed. we say good morning on this thursday. we're going to start with the

>> three days before the iowa caucuses donald trump digging in his heels refusing to participate in the gop debate on fox news tonight. it comes as the latest poll shows him enjoying a wide lead ahead of his closest challengers, ted cruz and marco rubio. ray raimundi joining us now. >> reporter: the seventh republican gop debate will happen with swirling controversy. donald trump says he will be absent. his republicanivals seizing the opportunity. this as all candidates are pushing forward for the all-important iowa vote which is now just four days away. the fox news donald trump debate controversy continues this morning. both sides engaged in a high-stakes game of chicken. just hours before tonight's fina debate. >> you're not giving them the -- >> i was pushed away. i'm not walking away. >> reporte trump defending his decision to skip out on the debate on fox news. >> i was not treated well by fox. i have zero respect for megyn kelly. i don't think she's very good at

>> reporter: and the gop front-runner republican counterparents pouncing on his decision to be a no show particularly senator ted cruz. >> if someone did that, didn't show up at the interview, you know what y/u'd say, you're fired. >> reporter: the texas senator also now challenging trump to a one-on-one debate, trump tweeting his response saying, okay, can we dot in canada? on the democratic side b%rnie sanders' meeting with the man he'd like to replace at the white hous president obama and sanders' long discussed meeting was a way to show neutrality in the close primary race. back in iowa, former president bill clinton stumping for his wife ahead of monday' caucuses and donald trump says he will be holding a fund-raiser for veterans in iowa at the same time of the fox news debate whwch is literally two miles away. reena, kendis, back to you. >> all,right, wow, very close there. ray raimundi, thankyou.

that standoff at an oregon wildlife refuge. three more were arrested and turned themselves in. the arrests come after the group's lder ammon bundy and seven others were taken into custody yesterda another member was shot and killed during a confrontation with authorities. bundy issued a statement, though his attorney is askin for an end to the standoff. >> i'm askinghe federal government to allow the people at the refuge to go home without being prosecuted. to nose remaining at the refuge, i love you. let us take this fight from here. please stand down. please stand down. go home and hug your families. this fight is ours for now in the courts please go home. >> reporter: bundy along with six others arraigned inederal court. the judge denied bail calling the group a flight risk and a sanger to public safety.

stted as a routine traffic stop along a busy atlanta area shooting. a georgia state trooper tried to stopping a speeding pickup truck but the drivertook off triggering a ten-mile chase and a massive traffic backup. once the truck finally stopped, the driver pfeiferfired at troops who fired back. to the midwest n and the widow of a chicago area police officer who died in a staged suicide has been indicted by a grand jury. melody and they used edd the money for a trip to hawaii. the high-profile jail break in southern california.0 the orange county sheriff's office announced yesterday five people weretaken into custody for helping in the escape.

three inmates described as armed and dangerous were able to rappel down the side of the jail to freedom. they are still on the run. new video released by authorities in mexico show another former escaped inmate drugking joaquin el"el chapo" guzman. it shows him arriving at that maximum security prison from which he escaped last july being fingerprinted and processed and footage showing the moment he robbed a car and escaped with it minutes before his arrest. >> happening in europe this morning police investigating the death of a woman from colorado as a possible homicide. lauren mann had been working in vienna as an au pair. her body found in her apartment. police say no weapons were found at the scene and deepening this mystery, reports say her body was found in total darkness because all the lights in her apartment had been burned out. well, here at home president obama set to take aim at what

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least once but many residents are having a hard time believing that. official urge the public to be patient and continue to report any blockedstreets. okay, for a look at this morning's road conditions driving will be slippery across the upper midwest and great lakes areas and drivers will be dealing with flooding conditions in the pacific northwest and much of florida. if you'relying delays possible in miami. well, investigators are trying to figure out why passengers and crew on board an american airlines flight suddenly felt so sick. >> the plane was well into its flight from london's heathrow airport to.a.x. in los angeles when the cockpit called for help from any d dtors or nurses on board. passengers complained of feeling sick and one flight attendant collapsed in the aisle. >> she just literally fainted. she just stumbled literally within touching distance of me. it was crazy. i've never witnessed anything like that. >> well, the pilot made an emergency landing. crewew found no evidence of hazardous substances on board.

airflow may have been compromised. well, health news and what's being called a game changer when it comes to understand schizophrenia. a new study finds a normal brain processes -- which process gets kicked into overdrive is a potential factory. the discovery could lead to better treatment and the potential for prevention. almost 1% of the general populaon will have schizophrenia at some point in their lives. now to a powerful image that is emerging in the wake of that monster norm this past weekend. complete strangers forming a human chain to save a truck driver's life. the big rig driver had lost control and swerved off the pennsylvania turnpikeangling over the edge of a hill. look at that. those good samaritans held the trailer steady until they could pull the injured driver from the cab. >> all i kept hearing were the trees cracking. i didn't want to go down but i started smelling dsel fuel

and next thing i know i got a guy up there breaking a limb for me and helping me get out. >> get these, these random strangers and rescuers ignored the fuel that was gushing everywhere and the smoke that was billowing from that truck. well, three-legged pit bull from wisconsin being called a hero after taking a bullet for his family. levi was home when a man with a gun entered their house. the gunman ordered the homeowners to lie on the floor and demanded money and drugs. that's when levi began too growl eventually scaring the guy off but not before being shot in the process. he's going to be okay. >> time now for sports. golden state warriorsstill on the roll. >> here now with the highlights neilnd stan at espn. >> he's stan, i'm neil. we do as we're told and we were told to do this. >> warriors looking for their 40th consecutive win at home. not this season, trying to get

steph curry look like he was ready knockin down shots much to the delight of draymond green. he had 14 points, second fewest this season. no worries, though. klay thompson, 26 in the firir half. third most in a half this season. he wound up w with 45 for the game. 45, a season highgh second most in his career. he hit s sts from all over and then curry helped him out in the second half, warriors over the mavs, 127-107. if anyone last any idea what dennis wideman was thinking, the nhl will like to talk to you too. they'll be talking to wideman after this. >> he checked the linesman. obviously you can't do that. afterwards wideman said it was an accident. videotape tells the truth.

friday in the nh lchltl talking about that right now. >> i think the nhl isooking at that videotape. >> yeah. >> that's it f f us. back to you. >> okay, watch the next game to see what happens. >> yeah, i think he'll be suspended. up next in "the pulse," quite the surprise. a woman wakes up to find this sleeping on her chest. and impressive feat. squatting nearly 900 pounds. you won't believe his e. this is the joy for me. i love bread! i love bread. i now just manage it, so i don't deny myself bread, i have bread everyday. that's the genius of this program.

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will sr in that role as part of a comedy special set to aar on british tv later this year. despite all the jes about his light skin, the choice of fiennes has unleashed an uproar chastising producers for not casting a black man. even fiennes was shocked. >> a lot saying there aren't any good roles for black actors. here's a good one at least for halflff michael jackson's life. professional golfer from belgium got a haircut in take a look at his head shot there of thomas pieters. how he looks on the right but the one o the left is how his official photo turned out, shorter, not so curly. >> well, pieters posted it with a hashtag, where are my curls.

photoshop wenen too far in they have some guidelines they would like to put o o there. >> long hair is not a thing. >> yes. >> okay. >> do something. >> let's hope not. also going a bit too far from its native home of the rain forest of south america was this guy. it is a kinkajou and it ended up in south florida, where else. >> yeah, so a 99-year-old woman woke up to this. finding this actually napping on herr chest. >> the lady is sound asleep and she feels something on her chest and she sloloy wakes up and realizes there is an animal curled up sleeping on her chest. i don't know. guess her first impression was that might be a cat but when they both got a look at each other, they both freaked out. the lady screamed. the kinkajou took off and went into her attic. >> she was 99. i'm glad she didn't have a heart attack.

>> that's pretty impressive. how did a kinkajou get into the country? the little guy turned out to be somebody's pet. he was reunited at a miami veterinarian's office. >> clearly donald trump was right. we have an immigration problem. the kinkajou is a member of the raccoon family. they're usually peaceful but they can be extremely, extremely dangerous and scary in the middle of the night. finally an american teenager is alqeady one of the strongest men in the world. >> yeah, this video, joseph pena is going everywhere this morning. you see him right there, he's squatting 875 pounds. here's the catch. he's just 17 years d. >> wow, this is at a weight lifting competition in san antonio. no shocker, he won. he's already a record holder for squatting 700 pounds. that was when he was 15. >> putting way too much pressure on our children these days. more news sfter this.road with.

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heelss refusing to participate in tonight's gop debate on fox. over moderator megyn kelly. well, he says she's biased and unfair. three more militia members have been arrested as he left. the leader is now being held without bail and asking those at the refuge to go home. parts of south florida are cleaning up from a series of severe storms that spawned a tornado injuring att least one person. the national weather service says the twister packed winds of up to 100 miles per hour. okay, speaking of@ weather, more severe storms for south florida, lake-effect snow across the great lakes. heavy rain for the pacific northwest but sunny and clear for most of the natiti. well, new york woman had been waiting for what seemed like forever for a kidney transplant then got a call that a perfect match had become available. sounds like a happy ending. >> except her life-saving surgery was almost dered by last weekend's blizzard.

the east coast. eva pilgrim has details. >> reporter: a blizzard shutting down the city after this -- >> she said we have a kidney for you. i almost fell off the bed. >> reporter: she would have to beat the clock and weather to get t stony brook university hospital on long island. she had less than 24 hours tops to get on the operating table. her night in a shining ambulance pete amato. >> the realization was when i said to you one person's tragedy is another person's peeral. >> reporter: amato understood because a decade ago his brother received a life-saving kidney transplant. in whiteout conditions barely missing multiple accidents along the way. >> my fear was somebody was going to crash into us or we were going to get stuck. >> reporter: the pair made it rushing her into the 3 1/2 operation and this morning she and her new kidney are doing well. >> they have to sign the back of their license and really have to

whwh do you need your kidney for. >> reporter: eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> i like how she had her sense of human sflerer good advice from her. there was another story from the big storm. actually some great picture, as well. >> a couple outside philadelphia celebrating the ultimate white wedding. look at that. joanna and ryan trotman. made the best of the blizzard. so did the bridal party. they refused to cancel their special day. >> beautiful pictures with the winter wonderland. their photographer captured the perfectt wedding day pictures. only half their guests were able to show up but they got some great pictures to remember their big day. congratulations to them. >> they can get through anything if they can make it through that.