three men escaping from a southern california jail, a woman accused of helping the inmates, her connection to that jail. monster sinkhole swallowing part of the highway. the hole widening and the collapse caught on camera. going viral, wearing a speedo and his medals, why did michael phelps show up to a basketball game like that? hey, good friday morning. right to the top story here, that unusual republican debate just three days until the high stakes iowa caucuses and the front-runner, well, he wasn't there. >> yeah, so seven top candidates agreed to show up and be quizzed by fox news moderators by donald trump refused because he didn't like one of the moderators, megyn kelly. >> so, who did that decision help and would did it hurt? lana zak joins us from des moines with "your voice, your vote." good morning, lana.

and good morning, kendis. you know, donald trump wasn't even on the debate main stage but there was still plenty of memorable moments however most of them were about donald trump. it was the final debate before the first votes are cast in iowa and the national front-runner was absent. >> let's address the elephant not in the room tonight. still, donald trump's influence was felt. >> everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly. now that we've gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. >> reporter: but ted cruz's jokes turned tense. >> the last four questions have been, rapid, please attack ted, chris, please attack ted. jeb, please attack jeb. let me say this -- >> it is a debate, sir. >> if you guys ask one more mean question i may have to leave the stage. >> reporter: setting marco rubio up for the first of several applause lines. >> don't worry, i'm not leaving

me. >> all: usa, usa. >> reporter: a few miles away trump held his own event. >> i didn't want to be here, i have to be honest. i wanted to be five minutes away. >> reporter: and raised millions for veterans. >> will i get more or less votes? nobody knows. >> reporter: the candidates took on issues from abortion. >> let's get rid of planned parenthood funding. >> reporter: to immigration. >> used to support a path to citizenship. >> so did you. >> reporter: how is this for a wild card, the debate moderators were actually prepared for the possibility that trump could arrive even after the debate started. i have to tell you, nothing like this has happened in recent years in iowa and led to a very memorable evening. >> yeah, we didn't know what was going to happen. very interesting. lana, thank you very much. >> truly has been exciting. it does appear this hour that donald trump's decision to skip the debate might be paying off. >> experts say this debate was a front-runner's easiest win yet.

was no obvious standout candidate. according to matthew dowd. >> the biggest winner of this politically was donald trump. i think if you pick somebody on stage, i think rand paul actually did the best. i thought marco rubio won the first half but faded in the second half but if you had to pick somebody that did well and seemed to do best without donald trump there, it was rand paul. >> if you're looking for concrete numbers an important poll will be released from "the de niro register-- des moines register." >> he still dominated on social media. >> the most talked about on twitter and the most searched on google. on facebook these were the most talked about issues, immigration, isis and islam and muslims. stay with abc news for complete coverage. more analysis on "good morning america." >> we should note the next

here on abc saturday, february 6th in new hampshire. moderated by "world news tonight" anchor david muir and co-anchored by martha raddatz. >> in case you haven't had your fill the democrats add one more, hillary clinton and martin o'malley agreed to another on february 9th. a reversal for clinton who originally tried to keep them at a minimum. now she says she's waiting for sanders to agree. abc's jonathan karl asked sanders what's up. day one. >> reporter: i know. interested. what happened now that they want more debates? >> what's changed clinton used to be the clear front-runner. now sanders is surging. in the lead. stay tuned to this one. a teacher arrested for providing material support to nose three escapees from a southern california jail.

second language at the jail and suspected of giving the inmates google maps, and authorities released the photos of this van that was stolen and say the escapees may be living in it. the four remaining militia members still at the oregon wildlife refuge say they'll leave if no one is isarrested. this video was released showing lavoy finicum being shot by the state police. they say finicum was killed after twice reaching for a loaded weapon. the so-called affluenza teen ethan couch is in a texas juvenile detention center. couch and his mother fled to mexico in december after a video surfaced with him at a party with alcohol. later today, a judge expected to decide whether couch should be moved to an adult jail until a hearing next month.

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the slide started on the freeway, the 101, around noon after a storm dumped nearly an inch and a half of rain. the owner of a nearby diner capturing it all. take a listen. >> it really moved. >> well, the sinkhole has now undermined all four lanes of the heavily traveled 101. well, the doctor who inspired the movie "concussion" says o.j. simpson may be suffering from a degenerative brain disease. dr. bennet omalu telling "people" magazine he strongly suspects simpson is suffering from cte. the disease can lead to a wide range of behavior problems and led to untimely deaths of many former players. in 2012 simpson actually considered arguing that he had a brain disorder when asking for a new trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges in nevada. one of the original members of the psychedelic rock group jefferson airplane has passed away talking about songwriter, singer, guitarist

last night after suffering from organ failure and septic shock. kantner was behind such classics as "white rabbit and "somebody to love" that you hear there. kantner was 74 years old. a mystery solved this morning after the greater new york area was rattled by what felt like a major earthquake. reports of the ground shaking stretched from southern new jersey to connecticut and even long island. military officials now say it was a series of sonic booms that were caused by fighter jets conducting supersonic tests off the coast which broke the sound barrier. it was very scary for some people. >> yeah, it was. well, from the ground shaking on one coast to a mess-up by the ground crew for the super bowl. they're fixing a mistake this morning. >> they're preparing the levi stadium field in santa clara. and you can see the broncos end zone

see the closer end zone, it was also painted with the broncos logo at one point. >> oh, come on. they forgot to paint a panthers end zone and scrubbed one of them and repainted it with the panthers logo. >> so there will be no confusion come super bowl sunday. >> yeah, but the middle they they painted super bowl 49 so they have to do that -- i'm kidding. >> well, time now for sports and some college basketball. >> with the highlights here's neil and stan at espn. >> good morning. it's "sportscenter" from los angeles. neil everett, stan verrett and big ten college basketball. >> yeah, let's go maryland and iowa. this was a good game. it was on television. rasheed sulaimon, former dukie, fear the turtle, 17 points, 5 assists, that big kid who scores all the points for iowa, he didn't score a lot. he had nine. he was 2 of 13. mark turgeon, former oregon

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isn't there. >> take a look at him. his response to the question. >> donald trump can't possibly really want to be president. it's the hardest job in the world. he knows that the presidency, if it can do this to barack obama in eight years, imagine what donald trump will look like. >> donald trump announced that he is not going to participate in the fox news debate tomorrow night. >> i have to believe jeb bush is excited. it's like when the bully stays home sick from school, you get one day of not getting beat up. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldn't lose any voters. okay. it's like incredible. >> it doesn't sound like he was complimenting the loyalty of his supporters. he sounds like he's complaining about a clingy girlfriend. i could shoot people on fifth avenue and she would text me heart emojis at 2 a.m. >> if this were the wwe, donald trump would have shown up in iowa tonight with a mask and a folding chair and just started beating everyone over the head. >> they're still trying to get people excited about the debate, so even going out without donald

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