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. >> jonathan: that's right, scott kelly has been serving as a test subject on the international space station so that scientists can study the effects of space travel on the human body. it's all part of nasa's goal to make sure astronauts can handle a trip to mars. scott kelly is set to return to texas tomorrow. he has now spent the most cumulative time in space of any american in history. we were talking about the break, the brother mark kelli, they are twins, they will run a lot of data and see what a year in space, being twins, mark being on earth, scott being in space, it's a cool study. >>> eric: we're now going to >> jonathan: rochelle dean has a look at what is making headlines in the medical community. good morning, rochelle. >>> rochelle: good morning, jonathan. good morning, eric. the spring-like weather is coming with a buzzing and itchy reminder. mosquito season is about to explode and this time around it comes with even greater health concerns due to the zika virus. experts say the best way to battle the bugs is to get rid of standing water on your property like flower po

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jonathan: thank you. astronaut scott kelly says after 340 days in space his muscles and his joints ache. i imagine. kelly returned from the international space station on wednesday. in the last hour he said this return experience is harder than any other he experienced. >> listen. >> i have an issue with my skin because it hadn't touched anything for so long. jonathan: the chief scientist of the international space station program says the goal of the mission was to see what humans need in space for possible round-trip to mars. the last time they talked about it mars is five years. a long time to be floating through space. michelle: i wouldn't want to be first on that either. jonathan: they said, didn't you say -- you might know this. it's a one-way trip. the first explorers to mars won't come back. >> that is sad. it's sad. i guess you don't have to worry about the bank accounts if you are not coming back. jonathan: no mortgage. no property tax. >> your family. steve: that is a tough call. michelle: sacrifice. jonathan:

reporting, scott abraham, abc7 sports. jonathan: coming up here on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a hotel merger has been called off. michelle: the local chain outbid in a multibillion dollar deal. jonathan: plus he left virginia to join isis and now he is saying it's a big mistake. the american picked up in iraq opens up. michelle: still ahead, treating eating disorders. the changes that could come t life-saving help. update to a "7 on your side" story in 15 minutes. jonathan: it's official. out of the shell. mr. president and the first lady showing off the eaglet for a brief time before lunch. we have a check on the national ash retomb first family coming up. and there is eaglet number tw jonathan: if you are just joining us an update on the terror raid from belgium. a paris terror suspect captured alive. there was a firefight. he was injured but he is alive. salah abdeslam has been on the run now for months. they have been looking for him for a long time now. chief political correspondent scott thuman had been in molenbeek following the

from scott trade center, elise jesse, wlwt news 5. jonathan: u.c. was also on the court last night against st. joe. a tough call, in the last seconds of the game, sent the bearcats home empty handed. wlwt news 5' s derek forrest is in spokane, washington with the late night loss. derek: it came down to the wire. the bearcats losing by a score of 78-76. it came down to one play. a dunk by octavius ellis, which was called off, and the bearcats fell by two. here is a ruling of what happened at the end of the game. according to rule 11, section three, article one, it says that when there is a reading of zeroes on the game clock, at the end of any period, after making a call on the playing court, and, when necessary to determine the outcome of the game in the following situations, determine whether a try for field goal, entering the basket, was released before the reading of zeroes on the game clock. and, as you can see, ellis did not let go of the basketball therefore, disallowing the basket. this is what the players and mick cronin had to say after the

jonathan: we have told you about the neighborhoods around brussels being a breeding ground for terrorist group. scott thuman joining us. they think it's one or two lone wolfs but there is a culture breeding there about this. scott: yeah. per capita they will tell you there are more foreign fighters and jihadist from any other spot in europe. they hate the title of "breeding ground" sometimes it's the appropriate way to look how it is happening in belgium. people are radicalized or they feel they are outsiders in the country and are more suck sentable to be preyed upon for someone looking to carry out attack like this. jonathan: four days ago belgium captured in a gun fight the head of the paris attack. took him out. he was living in plain sight. one block away from the home he grew up in. so maybe the neighborhood who he was there and didn't do anything. the guy you are looking at is right here. scott: talking about salah abdeslam. it's believable the someone not necessarily in plain sight but people in molenbeek. that prompted the attack today. the concept is if you have a neighborhood like that whe

scott mclane from havana. we check in with him live at 5:00. jonathan: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert after a cell phone burst in flames in the middle of a flight. alison starling is here to explain what happened. that is scary. alison: really scary. this is an iphone 6 that so many people have. the young lady was watching a movie in a flight to hawaii when the phone literally burst into flames. >> there was eight-inch flames from the phone. i thought, we're going down! >> they are cautioning the airlines about the littian batteries on flames. they are testing what happens if they spontaneously combust. turn it off as much as you can and turn off the tabs that you are not using. get the phone inspected immediately if you drop it. i don't know how often we do that. you should turn your phone off on a plane if you are not using it because if you put it in the airplane mode it leaves it constantly searching for a signal and could make it worse. back to you. jonathan: thanks. at 4:00" -- find out how your area or our area ranks when it comes to insp

jonathan: thank you. breaking news now from the campaign trail. chief political correspondent scott thuman reports that dr. ben carson is suspending his campaign and will not participate in tomorrow's republican debate. you can watch scott's exclusive interview with carson. that is coming up this evening on abc7 news. michelle: let's take a quick look at the super tuesday results. on the democratic side, enough for both sides to declare victory. hillary clinton took a grand total of seven states, boosting her delegate lead. but sanders cleaned up enough to keep his campaign going. he has got enough cash and supporters to ride this out unti jonathan: for the g.o.p., another dominating night for donald trump. but how will the party handle it? the billionaire businessman took seven states last night. senator ted cruz was expected to win his home state of texas. he did. but he also added alaska and oklahoma in the win column. in the meantime, marco rubio would not be swept. some think that he is the establishment alternative to trump. he got on board with one win and he got that in the

scott kadel said people got sick because the capitol building is a big germ. the state health officials are now investigating, jonathani'm sure they'll get to the bottom of how everyone is getting sick there. >> yeah. a big germ in a glass of milk. thanks a lot, louis. that does it for me and "way too early." coming up on "morning joe," new polls from battle grounds florida and ohio. good news for john kasich but really bad news for marco rubio. >>> plus, carly fiorina joins joe and mika to explain why she's supporting ted cruz. >>> and back on the debate stage, hillary clinton and bernie sanders clash in florida. the best moments and the question clinton refused to answer. "morning joe" is just moments away. it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. ifor all the wrong reasons.gical you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin®. because it starts working faster on the first day you take it.

jonathan. >> we have to remember that lots of union households particularly in the public sector remember what scottker did to unions. i think they're more likely to go for bernie sanders and his economic message. the fact there's a rigged economy, the trade agreements that have hurt people dramatically in wisconsin around the rust belt, trade agreements that hillary clinton has consistently supported, which have cost people their jobs, i think that's going to play very well for bernie. i think we're doing very well there. the momentum is with us. i'm going out there in a couple of days replacing jeff out on the trail. >> hillary clinton has been attacking bernie sanders every time she can saying his plans don't add up financially. his health care. the case of free public college tuition. i asked bernie sanders point blank about her attacks on this. he didn't dispute it. here's how he answered the question. >> now what secretary clinton is says is that scott walker may not go along with that. but you know what happens to the state of wisconsin? california will, vermont will, states all over this cou

jonathan neunaber for the first time... find out what neunaber now faces after his latest trial ... after the break. scott: " " scott good morning siouxland. let's get a check of conditions neal welding company skycam hd and your storm lake skycam hd in eastern siouxland. we had a coating of snow pull through the region. this activity is pushing away to the east. our road conditions are slick, so be careful! temperatures are in the teens and 20s on stormcast hd where we're going to have a quiet and cold tuesday. tomorrow evening, a system bearing some light rain and snow will venture through with minimal accumulations. overall, this week will be on the warmer side of normal. today's high is 32 with a few early flurries then partly cloudy skies. it'll be cold tonight falling to a low of 16. tomorrow's high is 47 with mostly cloudy skies and a handful of sprinkles/flurries. here's your extended 7 day forecast. lukas scott: lukas: it's been nearly two years since esther and donald neunaber were neal welding company skycam hd and your storm lake siouxland. we had a coating of snow pull this activity is pushin

jonathan: as soon as the voting is done the candidates head to miami for debates tomorrow and thursday. scott thuman is already there. we have a preview one hour from now. michelle: this just in the abc7 newsroom. the national park service is changing the projected peak bloom date for the cherry blossom because of the unseasonably warm temperatures. the dates are now being moved up to march 18 through the 23rd. so 18-23. originally peak bloom was expected to be march 30 through april 3. abc7 is proud to be a sponsor of this year's cherry blossom festival. a top executive at volkswagen says thousands of american jobs could be in jeopardy because of an emission scandal. v.w. labor chief says they may need to fire worker to pay for the government imposed fines. the u.s. regulators would be wise to consider the labor implications of the excessive penalties. v.w. faces investigation and after admitting to manipulating emissions tests. jonathan: right now residents are expecting the damage -- inspecting the damage. >> we didn't have time to grab our stuff. like we just got out. with no shoes. jonat

scott. >> tell me what's going on there? >> right now i'm one block over to the west of jonathan avenue where it's actually occurring. it's between byerly and fine. s.w.a.t. members of trying to gain access to the backyard. it appears they have some type of ram trying to get through the back fence into the backyard of the home on jonathan avenue. >> any idea, chris, what lives there, if they may be home at the time right now or with children? >> i don't know, vicky. earlier i walked the dog by the house and it was quiet. neighbors say they believe it's a custody battle. i guess one of the parents showed up earlier today and there was an arguments. again, that's hearsay but that's all i've heard. >> we're seeing from the pictures that the s.w.a.t. team is on the scene. what are you seeing in terms of how many law enforcement officers are there? >> there's got to be a dozen cars. i'm standing next to a canine car and two s.w.a.t. officers with one of the battering rams and entrance tools exactly behind the house one block to the west. >> chris, stay safe, we'll let you go. chris is himself a journalist, as you can prob

jonathan hunt, fox news. >>> back to your fox 29 weather authority now. no more rain today but those high winds are still out there. >> yup. chief meteorologist scottams has your forecast in 15 seconds. >>> yeah, it is still pretty blustery if you're stepping outdoors right now. winds of change, colder air will be working its way toward our area. also, high pressure still off to the west but it will be directed overhead as we move toward the overnight. the winds will relax, and any heat that we gained today it's just going to head back out into outerspace. so that's why temperatures tonight will dip two or below freezing especially once you move to the outlying suburbs look at the current winds gusting right now out of the north and northwest anywhere from 29 miles per hour in philadelphia, 33 miles an hour gusts in the pocono mountains and 28 miles per hour gusts in wilmington so, yes, it is still pretty blustery. dry, quiet as that high pressure moves toward our area for tomorrow. a lot of sunshine, a cold start and temperatures start to moderate by tomorrow afternoon topping out right around 60 degrees and then as that high continues to move out

scott kelly. texas is accused of starting a fire on a plane. investigators say jonathan montano confessed to it. they say he then pretended to play hero and put out the flames. no one was injured. >>> take a look at this. a couple near seattle feeling very lucky this morning after a tire from a tractor trailer crashed through their windshield. they were not seriously hurt. they had just, though, registered that new honda minutes earlier. >>> and finally, so you see some bubbles in the backyard swimming pool and you go out to investigate and it turns out a nine-foot alligator decided to come over and take a little swim. this is what one florida family found. they had to call in, yeah, a trapper to drag that angry gator out of the pool. it was safely returned to where it belonged. as you can hear the family in the video saying, bye, as the gator was being hauled off. thank you very much. thank you, cecilia. >> it's thursday. let's go to michael. >> yes, it is thursday. all right, here's a look at what's coming up on the "gma morning menu." madonna's major setback, the latest twist in her custody b

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jonathan neunaber could be sentenced to sixty years in prison, fifty for the murder count, and ten years for willful injury. neunaberust seventy percent of his sentence before he is elligible for parol. scott: we hadad a coati of snow pull through the region. this we had a coati of ow pull throug the region. this activity is pushing away to the east. our road conditions are slick, so be careful! temperatures are in the teens and 20s on a cold morning. we're going to have a quiet and cold tuesday. tomorrow evening, a system bearing some light rain and snow will ventnte through withthinimal overall, ts week warmer side of normal. today's high is 32 with a few early cloudy skies. it'll be to a low of 16. tomorrow's hh is 47 with mostly cloudy skies and a handful of >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. super tuesday showdo. millions of americans headed to the polls rigight now on the biggest day of the election so far. 11 states up for be grass. we're live with the latest new developments. >>> health alert. is a new passion pill for women even effective? a fail. about. dr. jen is here live. >>> abc news exclusive interview "mern family" star ariel winter speaking out one-o-on-one for the

scott needs to add his signature to it. time now 9:15. story that made headlines 22 years ago but now there could be new evidence in the o.j simpson case. fox's jonathan hunt has more from los angeles. >> one more twist in the extraordinary saga of o.j simpson possibility a major development possibly a complete irrelevance. the l.a.p.d. confirmed it's in possession of a knife allegedly property where o.j simpson lived at the time of the murders of his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman. >> it has been submitted to our lab. they're going to study it and exam it for all forensics including serology and dna and hair samples. >> reporter: the captain says the l.a.p.d. got the knife within the last month from a retired l.a.p.d. officer. that officer apparently says he was working offduty security near oj's former home around the time the new owners had it demolished in 1998. by a construction worker who said it was found buried on the grounds. but instead of turning it over to the l.a.p.d., the retired officer simply kept it. >> i was really surprised. i would think an l.a.p.d. officer -- if this story is accurate as we're being tol