jennifer: the brain child of sam o'connor o'connor. parklets, small, temporary, interactive spaces, each located in a single parking space outside local businesses. >> it would start from about here. we take into consideration all these signs and water, seoers and that stuff. then probably end about here. >> 42 businesses worked with design teams. they submitted ideas and five winners were chosen. braxton brewery's winning design involves a play off their winning ingredient in beer, hops. their parklet is called hopscotch garden. >> the parklet goes in the parking space. the hopscotch gets painted on reporter: outside stony village toy shop, the parklet will be a exile phone to encourage interaction and manual nation. another will be an obvious piece of art along madison avenue. stationery bicycles will generate power to show films and take riders on world famous bike tours. >> i think it will just be a lot of foot traffic and hopefully spots like this will bring people from across the river down to just kind of see what all's going on

o'connor o'connor very serene house for food trucks to each bring a special kind of chilly it's forty eight dollars for each of the different kinds of chiles and no ticket required just show up bring your appetite expect some great beer is the one i'm looking forward to colorado elk chili gotta be kidding me that it must be really good and very different soda for that let's head down to north arts district read the work release. they're having an opening weekend for this great huge group art exhibition called me that at all twenty locally kind of be smart and the show is all about how they're at their local geography in this area connection in sunny palm very cool. yeah that sounds pretty cool art let's talk we had more to grow this we add to the speakeasy wii yet orleans style of our out of this event so called the bee's knees speakeasy visit tomorrow night at seven p m oats per band muse a music by the child died and and heavy hors d'oeuvres monte carlo games. it's twenty five dollars a ticket plus a cash bar. bee's knees love it right this next one what a prude or anything about what you say that i can show that the comedy show called pennies in its last at an all female sketch comedy show thing kind of like chelsea handler amy schumer iran's economy but it can be super fine that the wealthy enter all weekend long. i went to this one and then have the time and heard another adult and end of the down times and gulping witches ball which is going to be a burlesque show at the o'connor brewing company is about twenty dollars admission for that and what these at the local cabaret it's tomorrow night at nine tomorrow night and i've got every valentine's day kind of more though and when you add the chili cook off on the dhl easy everything everything's fair as they were so glad you're back because i believe with the last few weeks why are we having a baby and i've i'm so in love with and that's what i'll be doing all week and is running all over again it's run it's a much welcome bag will see back here again next week all the information of course to be on our website thirteen years now. dotcom our storm . here comes the area flurries in some areas like flurries another round of winter weather seattle weather authority says parts of our area could see several inches of snow on where to start the second half hour right here in the business by and was glad it is getting incredibly sick but i do is say it again some of your disappointed if you're really a snow lover. how

retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor says he should name scalia's replacement. o'connor, the first female appointed to the court, was the nominee of president ronald reagan. elias: number four... elias: west des moines police have made an arrest in a hit and run case from august of last year... that's when the body of 21-year- old daulton holly from tennessee was discovered on raccoon river drive. 37 year-old ronald hauser from van meter turned himself in to police...and faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and o-w-i. sabrina: and finally... you'll want to know about this story in the big five... sabrina: during the last day of his trip to mexico, pope francis held mass in the border city of juarez. the pointiff began by praying and giving blessing at the american border, where a group of migrants living in the u-s had gathered to pope francis called the forced migration of immigrants a humanitarian crisis. sabrina elias: sam is in with a final look at central iowa's most accurate forecast... sam final weather adlib we've been waiting all

o'connor says he should name scalia's replacement. o'connor, the first female appointed to the court, was the nominee of president ronald reagan. elias: number four... elias: west des moines police have made an arrest in a hit and run case from august of last year... old daulton holly from tennessee was discovered on raccoon river drive. 37 year-old ronald hauser from van meter turned himself in to police...and faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and o-w-i. sabrina: and finally in the top five... sabrina: during the last day of his trip to mexico, pope francis held mass in the border city of juarez. the pointiff began by praying and giving blessing at the american border, where a group of migrants living in the u-s had gathered to be part of the event. pope francis called the forced migration of immigrants a humanitarian crisis. elias: new this morning, some residents in denison are outraged over offensive images allegedly created by the town's top cop. elias: an investigation by the mayor's office found racist and pornographic pictures from police chief john emswiler were transmitted to a shared city computer drive. the denison city attorney confirmed the lewd images private computer, but wasn't aware how they ended up on technology that was seen by co- workers. angry residents took to the streets wednesday to protest the police chief's actions. " --sot--(ray ohl/fmr. denison police officer): "public opinion. what he's got on his computer is not right and i think any reasonable person would agree. basically trying to get it out there saying he this is what's going on here this is the reason the things are they way they are and it needs to change."" elias: the mayor has reportedly taken disciplinary action against the police chief. sabrina: authorities release new details about some new year's day burglaries. sabrina: the hamilton and webster county sheriff's offices have been involved in a joint investigation.,... the case involves the burglary of january first burglary of rungo's bar in stratford... and the burglary stratford... and the burglary of the iron saddle saloon in dayton on that same day. investigators released images from the crime, hoping to identify the suspect... both sheriff's offices received numerous tips in the case, and have now named matthew lee moore of west des moines as the suspect. third degree burglary has been issued for moore, who is believed to be living in the metro area. anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact law enforcement or the hamilton county crime stoppers. elias: we're back with meterologist elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: sam: weather adlib: we've been waiting all week for our big warm up and we've finally made it, get ready for 50s and beyond through the weekend! today we're going to remain fairly overcast, to peak in the mid 50s, which is still great. it wind blowing through at 15 to 25 mph. overnight it will stay incredibly mild with our lows falling into the mid 40s and a stronger westerly wind. friday we're going to see mostly sunny skies and we're headed for an incredible day with highs climbing into the mid 60s accompanied by a strong wind. we look pretty sunny and still very nice on saturday so we should be able to hit 60 again in the afternoon with a lighter wind. sunday a delayed front will put us back in the 50s, and we're going to slip back into the 40s through most of next week. we are looking dry through the weekend and even through most of next week. elias: the battle continues in south carolina.... as several of candidates....too k part in south carolina townhalls last night. sabrina: with the primary just days away...and new polling numbers...the presidential hopefulls keep swinging and punching at one another. abc's ray raimundi....has the latest from the campaign trail "script: the clash of the republican candidates....now going into overdrive. the battle ground: south carolina -- where four of the six republican candidates -- participated in town hall forums across two cable networks sot-trump i do attack people when i'm attacked republican front- runner donald trump....all alone on m-s-n-b-c ... where he attacked his fellow counterparts...and defended his fiery temperment sot-trump "in a year from now, people will respect what i did over on c-n- n...senators ted cruz and marco rubio....along with dr. ben carson....all got their chance to address questions from south carolina voters. cruz...whipping out the hammer on a cease and desist letter. sot-sen cruz cooper: what did you think when you actually got the letter? cruz :i'll confess, i laughed out loud. rubio...with a more personal message... nats: cheering from nikki haley endorsing marco rubio rally ...smiling from ear-to- ear on govenor nikki haley's endorsement sot-sen rubio in my campaign for president i got the endorsement of a candidate of indian descent and tomorrow we'll be campaigning along an african- american member. that says a lot about south carolina on the democratic side? hillary clinton and bernie sanders are battling it out in nevada.. ahead of that state's caucuses this weekend. new polls show the race in nevada at a virtual dead heat. ray tag: and with the race so tight in nevada -- the democratic party is providing an unopened deck of cards at all 250 precinct locations. if there is a tie...a single card...a vegas style game of chance can break the tie. the race -- possibly coming down to a high card draw. ray raimundi, abc elias: at ((time check)) we'll take a short break, but more good sabrina: while we may be cold....those warming temps may mean a bumpy ride to work.. elias: but first...for those traveling into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at the ...49- hundred block of northwest beaver drive and a second at the ...eight- hundred block of northeast 50th avenue. so take care on the roads today... sabrina let's also get a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at valley west... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this! morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." elias: well...when life gives you a winter storm - make an igloo.. some new york winter storm - make an igloo.. some new york students decided to build one...even staying in it overnight. the igloo is an impressive 10- feet high and 12- they made sure to include a hole at the top to vent out excess body heat - and keep the structure from melting too early. sabrina: elias: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. sam: weather adlib: we've been waiting all week for our big warm up and we've finally made it, get ready for 50s and beyond through the weekend! today we're going to remain fairly overcast, so our highs are going to peak in the mid 50s, which is still great. it will be very windy today with a southeast wind blowing through at 15 to 25 mph. overnight it will stay incredibly mild with our lows falling into the mid 40s and a stronger westerly wind. friday we're going to see mostly sunny skies and we're headed for an incredible day with highs climbing into the mid 60s accompanied by a strong wind. we look pretty sunny and still very nice on saturday so we should be able afternoon with a lighter wind. sunday a delayed front will put us back in the 50s, and we're going to slip back into the 40s through most of next week. we are looking dry through the weekend and even through most of next week. sabrina: sabrina: with the snow almost warmer temperatures going into the weekend.. it's quite likely you may see some more potholes popping up around the metro. elias: and a new survey from triple-a shows that potholes caused a whopping fifteen-billion dollars in damage to vehicles ovewr the past five years... another survey from state farm shows that repairs on damaged cars can run from three-to seven hundred dollars on average. sabrina: so what can you do to try and prevent it from happening from your car? well first, take roads you know well...the familiarity will help you avoid potholes also, make sure to travel well- lit roads at night....so you can see the surface. slow down, and give yourself a chance to react. and if you hit one, make sure to inspect your car for damage....ignorin g changes to how the car drives could let it get worse. elias: and if you see commute, be sure to let local five know.. we'll be keeping an eye on the roadways with our pothole patrol...and making sure cities know which streets need some attention. which streets need some attention. sabrina well time for a short break here on good morning iowa... when we come back.....an australian town gets invaded causing a "hairy panic" down under most accurate forecast with weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green we've been waiting all week for our big warm up and we've finally made it, get ready for 50s and beyond through the weekend! today we're going to remain fairly overcast, so our highs are going to peak in the mid 50s, which is still great. it will be very windy today with a southeast wind blowing through at 15 to 25 mph. overnight it will stay incredibly mild with our lows falling into the mid 40s and a stronger westerly wind. friday we're going to see mostly sunny skies and we're headed for an incredible day with highs climbing into the mid 60s accompanied by a strong wind. we look pretty sunny and still very nice on saturday so we should be able to hit 60 again in the afternoon with a lighter wind. sunday a delayed front will put us back in the 50s, and we're going to slip back into the 40s through most of next dry through the weekend and even through most of next week. sam sabrina: in take a look at this today....tumblew eeds take-over a town down under... sabrina: amazing video of an australian town that has been swamped by tumbleweeds... truckloads of the stuff fill streets and yards. it's summertime down under, and dry conditions have led to a bumper crop of tumbleweed. fluffy weeds have piled as high as the roof tops. the strain of tumbleweed that is causing the trouble is named "hairy panic." all: (reax) elias: well time now for another short break... but when we come back... a new branding decision for whole foods could add ink to your next grocery run ...but first here's what happened last night on jimmy kimmel live. jimmy kimmel live. " " morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: on your money now elias: we begin with a recall of nearly three million toyota s-u-vs worldwide...due to problems with seat belts. the company said a flaw could cause some rear seat belts to fail. the affected toyota rav-4, toyota rav-4 e-v, and toyota vanguard. most were built between 2005 and 20-14. toyota dealers will fix the problem at no cost to the consumer. elias: america's national parks very popular vacation destinations. show more people visited national park sites in 2015 than parks across the country hosted a record breaking 3- hundred-7- million visits. the most popular spot was the great smoky mountains, with more than 10-million visits. in august, the national park services will celebrate its centennial anniversary. elias: and finally...whole foods new brand may add tattoo parlors to its newest grocery stores. the company plans to open its first "365" stores later this year. the new brand of grocery stores will focus on millennials -- and include other shops to break up the grocery those stores could include anything from record shops to tattoo parlors. elias: that's a look at your money this morning... coming up after the break... sam's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... but first...a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this. moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " "whistle slap " sabrina: is underway at the well. and a hot topic at the state house is also resonating on the mats during this year's tournament sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, i'm sabrina ahmed. elias: and i'm elias johnson... elias: weather is always first on good morning iowa... in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam weather adlib: we've been waiting all week for our big warm up and we've finally made it, get ready for 50s and beyond through the weekend! today we're going to remain fairly overcast, so our highs are going to peak in the mid 50s, which is still great. it will be very windy today with a southeast wind blowing through at 15 to 25 mph. overnight it will stay incredibly mild with our lows falling into the mid 40s and a stronger westerly wind. friday we're going to see mostly sunny skies and we're headed for an incredible day with mid 60s accompanied by a strong wind. we look pretty sunny and still very nice on saturday so we should be able to hit 60 again in the afternoon with a lighter wind. sunday a delayed front will put us back in the 50s, and we're going to slip back into the 40s through most of next week. we are looking dry through the weekend and even through most of next week. sabrina: the state wrestling tournament has competitors grappling for victory....but a bill at the statehouse is also on the minds of coaches, athletic directors, and parents... elias: if passed, every school district would be required to pay an athletic trainer to be at certain varsity sports events. local 5's claire powell met with school leaders wednesday to see what they "its the biggest week for iowa wrestling but on alot of minds- athletes, athletic directors and parents, is actually safety and what a new iowa bill could mean for their sport and schools" to make it to state wrestlers take a beating. "we do know there are dangers that come with each sport" some have taken so much, they're out. grant boehmer, is one of three lake mills bulldogs, who is benched because of concussions "i got two in football one after in a week, then antoher one two weeks ago in wrestling in an effort to curb these serious injuries, a proposed bill passing through the senate says every home team should require an athletic trainer at every varsity collision sport. football, soccer. and wrestling. but can schools handle that? a lot say no. "you knwo as ad's we love the idea, we'd also love the support to get that done and get invovled in the conversations on how we can provide that" jim boehmer - grant's dad and lake mill's athletic director- says how to provide a trainer for everyone- especially rural schools. why just varsity sports? and on why no funding? "will it cost our school 5,000? thats not something we can eat" others says its a step in the right direction but not the perfect solution. "i know stress on schools is heavy, legisalators have to take into consideration someway to fund it" lake mills says the schools who have trainers already should consider themselves lucky, because the ones that don't could be facing a tough future. "i dotn think we can prevent everything but itlltake funding to supply people, number of doctors and trainers availabe have to haev them, gotta be able to pay them. to put that on the district thats difficult to fund themselves the way it is right now, thats going to be difficult" "the bill passed senate subcommitee monday, moves on to the senate education committee to see if it gets through funnel week. from wells fargo local 5 news we are iowa" elias: and we want to know what you think? if this legislation passes, who should pay for all those trainers? each school or the state? let us know, we may use your let us know, we may use your comments on-air. you can post you thoughts on twitter and facebook.... send us an email or give us a call . we'd love to hear what you think! the contact information is on your screen. sabrina: iowa wrestling takes center stage at the wells fargo arena today, as traditional matches begin in the state tournament. event, which of athletes, parents, and fans to downtown des expect lots more traffic both on the roads and sidewalks....visit ors should also be aware that sections of the skywalk are closed due to construction of the convention center hotel. elias: meanwhile, a man now faces charges in a hit elias: west des moines police have now made an arrest in a hit and run that happened on raccoon river drive last august... last year, the body of 21-year- old daulton holly from tennessee was found along the road. since then, police had been looking for the car involved, even offering a thousand dollar reward. 37 year-old ronald hauser from van meter turned himself in to police he's charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in scene of an accident resulting in death and o-w- i...and is out on bond. sabrina: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: week for our big warm up and we've finally made it, get ready for 50s and beyond through the weekend! today we're going to remain fairly overcast, so our highs are going to peak in the mid 50s, which is still great. it will be very windy today with a southeast wind blowing through at 15 to 25 mph. overnight it will stay incredibly mild with our lows falling into the mid 40s and a stronger westerly wind. friday we're going to see mostly sunny skies and we're headed for an incredible day with highs climbing into the mid 60s accompanied by a strong wind. we look pretty sunny and still very nice on saturday so we should be able to hit 60 again in the afternoon with a lighter wind. sunday a delayed front will put us back in the 50s, and we're going to slip back into the 40s through most of next weekend and even through most of next week. sabrina: a fight seems to be brewing we look at national headlinges this morning. sabrina: software to iphone used by one of the san bernardino attackers. the bureau has get into sayed farook's iphone. after 10 unsuccessful attempts, the phone would automatically erase key data and make the phone permanently inaccessible. but apple says creating the hack, which doesn't exist now, would endanger the data security of all its customers. "josh earnest:they are not asking apple to redesign its product or to create a new backdoor to one of their products. they're simply asking for something that would have an impact on this one device." sabrina: a federal judge has ordered the company to create the hack... apple ceo tim cook says his company will fight the order, overreach. sabrina: day of his trip to francis held mass in the border city of juarez. the pointiff and giving blessing at the american border, where a group of migrants living in the u-s had gathered to be part of the event. called the of immigrants a crisis. elias: new this go unveils a new johnston... elias: store chain will open the doors to its first marketplace store this morning... the newly rebuilt location on northwest 86th street in johnston will feature new offerings including a grwoler station for fresh beer, complimentary wi-fi, and even patio space. kum & go also expanded its food preparation and offering with a "go fresh market". the company plans to offer lots of special today to sabrina at ((time check)) we'll take a short break here on good morning iowa... elias: coming up...a republican voice has joined the call to have president obama name a supreme court nominee... sabrina: but before we go...as you get ready to start your day...be safe out on the roads.... des moines police will have mobile radar set up at three locations... the first at the 12-hundred block of thomas beck facing west bound a second at the three-thousand block of evergreen - east bound and the third at the 35-hundred block of urbandale - west bound. so use caution while driving.. elias: while we're at it... a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at mlk... [current "your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." sam: weather adlib: we've been waiting all week for our big warm up and we've finally made it, get ready for 50s and beyond through the weekend! today we're going to remain fairly overcast, so our highs are going to peak in the mid 50s, which is still great. it will be very windy today with a southeast wind blowing through at 15 to 25 mph. overnight it will stay incredibly mild with our lows falling into the mid 40s and a wind. friday we're going to see mostly sunny skies and we're headed for an incredible day with highs climbing into the mid 60s accompanied by a strong wind. we look pretty sunny and still very nice on saturday so we should be able to hit 60 again in the afternoon with a lighter wind. sunday a delayed front will put us back in the 50s, and we're going to slip back into the 40s through most of next week. we are looking dry through the weekend and even through most of next week. elias: the white house is laying the ground work to fill the supreme court vacancy after the death sabrina: president obama is pushing republicans to move forward with the confirmation process once he names a nominee. but as pamela brown reports - that's unlikely to happen without a very partisan fight. " " --reporter pkg-as follows-- back at the white time since justice antonin scalia's death... president obama is meeting with his legal team to decide who will replace the conservative giant. (josh earnest, white house press secretary) "we've been in touch with -- with both parties on this question. and i would anticipate that there will be more conversations in the on the heels of president obama demanding the senate democrat on the judiciary committee is blasting republicans who are threatening to block any nominee. (sen. chuck schumer, (d) new york) "the level seen since saturday is mind-boggling. the grassroots voices are going to be the key in getting senator mcconnell back off and let the senate do its job." some senate saying it's too soon to make any decisions. senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley suggests he may be open to hearings. senator tom tillis warning fellow republicans not to look like obstructionists (steve vladeck, legal analyst) "the interesting question is whether the american people will react the way president obama is expecting them to. is there a political backlash if the republicans even refuse to even provide ordinary confirmation process to a candidate to who's qualifications are unquestioned?" as the high court prepares to be back on the bench on monday with scalia's chair draped in black, court watchers say any announcement on a replacement will likely wait until after the justice is laid to rest this weekend. (steve vladeck, legal analyst) "as soon as the white house believes that the morning period has ended, that it won't look uncouth to proceed with this process i think they're going to move as quickly as they can." --tag-- elias: president obama will pay his respects at the supreme court friday when justice scalia will lie in repose a republican voice has come out on the side of president obama...in what is shaping to be a tense nomination process.. retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor says he should name scalia's replacement. o'connor, the first female appointed to the court, was the nominee of president ronald reagan. sabrina we have lots more good morning iowa ahead...but first here's abc's reena ninan and kendis gibsoso with america's money. america's money fed interest rates - good news for interest rates - not being raised just ye >>> good morning. topping "america's money" -- the outlook on interest rates. >> it's good news for anyone with a credit card or auto loan. the federal reserve appears unlikely to raise rates at its meeting next month. >> the fed seems concerned about the wild swings in the stock market and china's troubles could mean for the u.s. economy. underseat storage. >> it looks like it could severely cut down on leg room on the passenger behind you. >>> and pay for baby-sitters is going up. >> the national average for watching one child is now $15.71 an hour, that's up 5% from last year. for two, it's $18 an hour. and nearly 20% of sitters g

o'connor was a startling choice. pro-lifer's dug up o'connor's voting record and found a worrisome history of pro-life votes. reagan's shocking decision to nominate o'connor seemed specially insulting news to pro-life activist. at the white house 50 leaders from various religious right organizations complained to martin blackwell of the growing sense of giving the action they didn't thing the president was contributin contributing. for all of the talk on behalf of the conservative issues, the religious right operated largely along denominational lines and dealing with the reagan white house. religious rights coronated with each other but worked alone or in partnership as well. this have been the case in the run up in the 1980 election. the conviction among conservative catholics, mormons and evanvgelicals would represet religious values to make sure the president turned the nation back to god and delivered on their agenda. >> the various components of the network worked in isolation opening up divisions within shared issues and working in direct opposition on other issues they had never really discussed. the religious right founded what could have been it

o'connor is disagreeing with fellow republicans. that story tops this morning's newsreel... o'connor is urging president obama to fill the supreme court's newly vacant seat quickly. the new justice will replace the late antonin scalia - who was found dead saturday at age 79. o'connor called the partisan chatter over the nomination is quote - unnecessary and said the president should "get on" with the job at hand. 3 3 a district of columbia grand jury investigating the city's so-called "mansion murders" last may returned a 20-felony indictment against this man. 35-year-old darron wint is charged in the washington d-c home invasion that left a husband, wife, their young son and a household employee dead. wint was arrested last may and remains in police custody. if convicted he faces a maximum without the possibility of parole. 3 a los angeles hospital pays out 17-thousand dollars in ransom after a malware attack. hackers locked "hollywood presbyterian medical center's computer systems. in order to get it back, the hospital's president said it paid 40 "bitcoins", which comes out to 17-thousand dollars. the f-b-i is now investigating, but is not offering any details about who might be responsible. 3 3 3 we have an early bird gets the win giveaway this morning. as we c

then at 195, senior dakota o'connor makes his opponent a goner. that's a pin for o'connor. the lions will wrestle al burnet in the final. >> when the brackets came out this is what they look forward to. they enjoy a battle like this. we wrestled them twice this year and it was a battle. >> our kids know their team really well. we match up pretty good with them. we gotta be ready to wrestle tonight. like i said, they're going to come after r us. >> new hampton dominated regionals on saturday. they had the highest team score. it's safe to say they have a little momentum going. they were matched up with clarion gold field. completes the take down here. they two points. not enough of that against the cowboys. joseph fortillo was too much at 126. a disappointing end to the season for the new hampton team. they go down 30 to 27. ininaa, dubuque -- here's former washington rocky lombardy. only one bright spot, , the only point for the dual for the mustangs. >> all wrestling all the time. >> yes, tonight is the finals. we'll have that tonighthtat 10:00. >>> terry's >>> here's some

retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor says he should name scalia's replacement. o'connor, the first female appointed to the court, was the nominee of president ronald reagan. lucas: you're watching local 5 news midday. we'll be back with a look at your full forecast after this. "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" weather adlib: we've been waiting all week for our big warm up and we've finally made it, get ready for 50s and beyond through the weekend! today we're going to remain fairly overcast, so our highs are going to peak in the mid 50s, which is still great. it will be very windy today with a southeast wind blowing through at 15 to 25 mph. overnight it will stay incredibly mild with our lows falling into the mid 40s and a stronger westerly wind. friday we're going to see mostly sunny skies and we're headed for an incredible day with highs climbing into the mid 60s accompanied by a strong wind. we look pretty sunny and still very nice on saturday so we should be able to hi

o'connor come together in a salute to justice o'connor. and in the process, justice ginsburg gave a tribute to justice o'connor here she remembered the moment when she had her first assignment on the bench but it was not the greatest case, but she got a note after she wrote her opinion and shepherded this process for the first time. the note came from her colleague who welcomed her as the second female on the bench, but the note was exactly what you described, basically say to justice ginsburg, well done, my friend. it may not in the best case but you did a great job. and justice ginsburg said she has now done the same thing with respect to justice sotomayor and justice kagan. and it is paying it forward. that's one of the things that's always impressed me. i have been involved in so many programs either in government or outside of government that are mentoring programs. where women of great significance and others who may not consider themselves of great significance but are equally giving. had been involved as mentors. at each of them has always said the same thing which is i got far more out of being a mentor and the minty ever got from

. >> meanwhile, retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor siding with president obama. o'connor who was appointed by ronald reagan says the president should get to nominate scalia's replacement. >> police in southern california say a distracted driver was killed after being crushed by a transformer. he was passing by a previous crashed into a power pole. smoking grass fires disrupted the evening commute in wichita last night seriously hampering visibility and causing delays. warm temperatures sparked a red of kansas. >>> windy, warm and dry conditions continue today in the plains. record highs are expected along with an increased fire danger. downpours from san francisco to seattle. heavy snow in the esera nevada and rocky mountains. a warmup in the midwest. >> 40s in minneapolis and chicago, 50s in great falls and portland. 60s in memphis, l.a., as well as 70s in kansas city and dallas. >>> next semester opens at the university of texas in austin. some students will legally be able to carry a concealed handgun into classrooms. that's a result of a new state law. license. guns g

o'connors we're here and those were gilded because of cousin katie. the barrister in the corner belongs to the o'connors, and then down on the other side of this double parlor, we have a few more items that belong to the o'connorsthis chair, settee and lamp were the o'connor's, and this was mary flanery's program. we know this was a gift from cousin katie to the o'connors and unfortunately has suffered from being in storage, but one thing is good about it, is true to cousin katie residents taste and everying everything gilded we have the monogram on the side. and let's go back to the library. which was the o'connors' dining room, of course. and then this room we have four of her first editions, starting off with her first novel, wise blood in 1952. above it we have a '59 edition of i would wise blood "in french, so she was being transplant latest early on. last year, 2010. we received visitors from 20 foreign countries that know about mary flanery and her work and wanted to come over here and visit the house. now, this book case belonged to the o'connors and in it we're very fortunate to have two of mary flanery's childhood books. we don't have the books open but she was allowed to write in her books but she wr

president obama to fill the supreme court's newly o'connor calls the partisan chatter over the said the president should "get on" with the job at hand. o'connor was the first woman to serve on the supreme court, nominated by president ronald reagan in 1981. some legal analysts are calling on president obama to reappoint her. lengrand says: "i spent eight hours yesterday cleaning out the tumbleweed. and this is what i've got today." have you seen this? a giant tumbleweed, is taking over a rural town in australia... residents are calling it "hairy panic." the fast growing tumbleweed, which is caused by strong winds, piles up fast, covering streets, driveways, and even entire houses! residents think it's coming from a nearby field, owned by a farmer, who hasn't kept up his property. it may not feel like spring just yet... but today, a sure sign that winter's nearly over... kara dblbx some of the reds are reporting for spring training. our jordan vilines park with the details. reds pitchers and catchers report to spring training in arizona today --- even if some of their former star players aren't among them. position players report tuesday. the

o'connor disagrees with fellow republicans and urges president obama to fill the newly vacant seat on the supreme court quickly. in an interview, o'connor said the president should name a nominee as soon as possible despite threats from congressional republicans determined to block any nominee the president chooses. the justice to replace antonin scalia will replace him and o'connor called the partisan chatter over the nomination, unnecessary and said the president should get on with a there is an investigation to a car bomb attack in turkey. authorities cleared the scene of remaining vehicles in the explosion and officials said the bomb went off in the turkish capital on wednesday and vehicles were carrying military personnel. 20 people were killed and 61 injured. no immediate claim of responsibility was given. the prime minister of turkey pledged that authorities would find those behind the bombing. authorities imposed a news blackout barring the media showing images of dead or injured or reporting details of the ongoing investigation. >>> we have light delays in san francisco this morning and everyone else seems to be doing okay. local weather could cause we're back after this. >>> good thursday morning. we will send it to the "today show." first, here's a preview of what is coming on morning fox on 11. we will keep you updated on the road conditions. there is

o'connor who joined the court also a reagan appointee five years before him. that turned out to be more significant than his friendship with justice ginsberg because justice o'connor was the swing vote of her day. and scalia early in his career especially wrote things about justice o'connor that her opinions shouldn't be taken seriously, they wore wrong. and he alienated justice o'connor for a long time. it's hard to pinpoint any case or vote that might have gone the other way. but as interesting as his friendship with justice ginsberg was, his absence of a friendship, at least in the early days of his tenure with justice o'connor might have been more significant. >> we've been getting statements in from the white house, sitting senators. i want to read one statement that's stood out to us coming from george h.w. bush. the appointment op antonin scalia to the supreme court was one of ronald reagan's legacy to the united states. both his ad mirers and detractors agreed that he was one of the sharpest constitutional intellect to serve on the bench. i considered him a personal hero and barbara and i were honored to call him a friend. our hearts break today for this country but especially for his wife maureen and his nine children and extended family. his death is a great lo

o'connor siding with president obama. o'connor an inpod by reagan says th president should get t to nominate scalia's replacement. >>> policen corn sa say a distracted driver was killed after being crued by a transforr. he was passing by a previous rain related accident scene and crashed into a power pole. smoking grass fires disrupted ththe evening commute in wichita last night causing delays. strong winds, low humidity and warm temperatures sparked a red flag warning in effect for most of kansas. >>> windy, warm and dry conditions continue today in the recovered highs are expected along with an increased fire danger. downpours from san francisco to seattle. heavy snow in e sierra nevada and rky mountains. a warmup in the midwest. >> 40s in minneapolis and chicago, 50s in great falls and portland. 60s in memphis, l.a., as well as 70s in kansas city and dallas. >>> next semester opens at the university of texas in austin. some students will legally be able to carry a concealed handgun into classrooms. thehose carrying guns must be 21 and have a gun license. the school's president many students and faculty as well as other staff oppose the law. gun rights activists say it's critical for self-defense. >>> the suspect accused of last spring's so-called mansion murders in washington, d.c. will be in court tomorrow to face murder and other charges. executive, his wife and their young son as well as a housekeeper and then set the house on fire before fleeing. he was linked to the crime scene by dna found op a pizza crust and he faces life in prison if convicted. >>> newly released dashcam video shows the terrifying moments when an ordinary traffic stop ended with one person injured and one shot to death. >> what looks routine is about to turn deadly. >> just relax. just relax. >> reporter: a police sergeant in cayce, south carolina questioning demetrius bryant over an expired license. but then bryant pulls a gun, shooting an officer in theeleg. the sergeant fires back. and kills bryant. >> suspect's down. >> the shoot-out captured on police cameras. today 76% of all departments use some time of camera. then there also citizen video. recording moments like last year whether he another southth carolina officer shot andilled walter scott's ran away. that officer now charged with murder. >> cameras cut bh ways. they either can justify meone's behavior or not. we've seen plenty of police shootingsing in recent past where they showed bad police behavior. >> reporter: with the help of this video, this week, both officers were cleared. and are now back to rk. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >>> a mysterious flag that suddenly appeared in lubbock, texas, is sparking controversy. the flag with arabic writing and a h heart popd up on a downtown building this week. the mayor was so alarmed he asked t city manager to contact the fbi and homeland security. but t message on the flag >> when you don't have all the information at the beginning, you should always on the side of caution. because it's better to be safe than sorry. >> officials say the situation has to be taken seriously in light of current national and international events. >> if they thoug it was isis or something, isis usually doesn't put a bright red heart in the middle of their black fig or whatever. >> why not get it translated first. >> maybe they couldn't find the gaggle translate button. >>> star is known for its sweet drinks. you might not realize how sweet so of t them are. british researchers studied more than 130 drinks at several chains and starbucks beverages occupied 7 of the top ten spots. one drink contained 25 teaspoons of sugar. starbuckcks says it offers a wide variety of less sugary drink options or just get a blonde. utensilsls so wha if you could eat them instead of washing them? that's the idea behind the edible spoonmaker, a creation of a designer brooklyn. >> beak you cut doughing into little spoon shapes. you let them cooke for a couple moments and there they are, edible spoons. >> could be great for stirring. or maybe eating jelly or honey straight out of the jar or anything you can imagine in or out of the bedroom. >> this is creative. >> great idea. >> look at that. i doo love a good biscuit. >> that is a great idea. >> good biscuit. >> had let me just eat it. >> get that person a nobel prize. >> cereal bollwls. >> jack likes anything that deals with food. >> just eat it. >>> coming up,today's modern and stepchildren into a bigger, happier group. >>> the postal worker who went postal after a big scare from wild turke. al hear the operator and how the folks responded. >> and a video of a boy's accide going viral. the lessons learned before you go downhill. jack, what do you really think about th? it's a great idea? >> a great idea. 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[ speaking foreign language ] in the violence torn city of juarez, and praying just steps from el paso for the thousands who have died trying to cross into the united states and for the families still separated by this fencnce. >> we are tying unity between the two the countries by going to the river together and praying together. it's isn't that wonderful. >> reporter: the pope again cused on one of the most heated issues this election year. immigration. the vatican dismissing donald trump's claims that the pope is politilly motivated as the pontiff again called for compassion. after his visit with workers in juarez where he spokeut against exploitation and his emotional one-on-one time with prisoners, the pope headed home from what was once the murder capital of mexico -- touched by the growing contrast here of hope. and hope francis had a hopeful message of his own saying there is sll time for changing and to end what he called the suffering of countless men and women. kendis and reena? >> marci, thank you so much. >>> there is a major development in u.s./cubaeleases. president obama is going to cuba cuba next month. sources tell us the trip is planned for march 21st and 22nd about 15 months after the adnistration began reopening diplomatic relations with cuba. he will be the first president in 80 years to visit the island while in office. the official announcement from the white house is expect this had morning. >>> and thehe predent is creating a new commission on cybersecurity. he is tapping former national security advisor tom donnalley to cha the c commissio with rmer ibmceo as vice chair. recommendations on better protecting government, business, and consumers from cyberattacks. the panel is supposed to make its report by the december 1st. >>> apple is refusing to help the fbi hack into a terrorist's iphone despite a court order. but the case has much greater security ramifications than just this particular terrorist or this computer company. brandi hitt has the story. reporter: it's the ultimate showdown over national security and the privacy of your smartphone. all tied to last year's deadly terrorist attack in san bernardino. >> we still have one of those killer's phones we have not been able to open. >> reporter: a u.s. magistrate jujudge can has ordered appal to hack to look for clues about other other terror plots. apple is vowing to appeal, sending this message to examiner customers. we fear this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect. a backdoor, the phone becomes vulnerable. d hackers are so brilliant these days, if they eve got a whiff of how it was done, they'll find out how to do it. >> reporter: 14 people were killed in san bernardino and the victims' families are also weighing in. larry cauffman's partner arn ryanan reyes saying apple kind d of needed to come forward and not continue to fight. that's extremely wrong. yvette's uncle adding i understand they're trying to protect ctomers overall butut this is a criminal case. not all users agree. >> it's going to givehe government the right to go into everybody's phone. >> reporter: this battle will continue 0 play out in the courts moving up to the 9th circuitould you tell of appeals and potentially the u.s. supreme court. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> the u.s. believes air strikes argumenting isis banks have destroyed more than $500 million in cash. finances are severely strainined. some isis fighters report their salaries have ever been cut 50%. the u.s. say isis is reonsibleor a chemical weapons attack on kurdish forces in iraq l last august. >>> the u.s.s.s joining its allies in condemning in strongist possible terms a car bomb attack ta killed at least 28 people in turkey. the explosion went off at the height of the evening rush hour in the capital city of ankara. targeting vehicles, carrying turkish military personnel, the turkish government has already begun its investigates into the bomb about so far no one has claimed upon the. >>> a new poll showing donald trump may be starting to slip a little bit. national poll has ted cruz slightly ahead of trump in a statistical dead at. marco rubio is in third place but hoping for i an surge in saturday's primary after about picking up the coveted endorsement of south carolina governor nikki haley. >> you know, nikki haley give a speech a couple weeks ago and said ha we, we, yeah, it's not good. she's very, very weak on on illegal immigration. >> every day is a great day in south carolina. ladies and gentlemen, if we elect marco rubio, every day will be a great day in america. >> at a cnn town hall in south carolina, rubio and cruz bh disapproved of president obama's trip to cuba. cruz responded to the cease and detis letter from trump over a campaign ad. he said he laughed out loud because the ad uses trump's own words. >> the democrats are also running fleck and neck. hillary clinton has 44% and bernie sanders has 42%. they're each hoping to win more voters when theyppear together tonight at a town hall event in nevada we get more from abc's cecile yeah vega. >> i'm one of those mothers who met with her and was able to >> reporter: hillary clinton mother of sandra bland, the chicago woman who's death in a jail cell sparked outrage. >> we need to face the reality >> reporter: clinton and bernie sanders trying to woo minority voters. from the campaign trail -- >> what we have got to do is bring justice back to the criminal justice system. >> reporter: to the airwaves -- >> bernie sanders. >> hillary clinton. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: clinton's now facing the possibility she could lose nevada, too. we went to her brooklyn headquarters to speak with her campaign manager. >> we always anticipated that this would be a very close contest. >> reporter: what is bernie sanders doing in nevada ththat you are not? >> i don't kw. you'd have to ask him what he's doing. we are executing on our strategy. >> reporter: a strategy that involves thousands of volunteers now focused on getting voters to caucus. clinton herself, now featured in "vogue," revealing this -- "m great at advocating for her ople, but i'm not so good at i just find it hard to do." >> and now word about what happens if there's a tie in these nevada caucuses. in iowa, they coin tosses. in nevada they're handing out decks of cards to every precincts. they he to be shuffled times before they're used. if there's a tie, there's a draw. and the highest card ns. cecilia vega, an abc news, new york. >>> now you another potential rick for women who waited till they're older to have dids kids. women who became pregnant at 40 or older were more likely to have a stroke later in life. for those women, there was a 60% increase in the risk of a i brain bleed. there was also a slight increase in heart disease. experts say more rearch is necessary to confirm a direct lirveg. >> say you like to put grated parmesan chinese on your favorite italian dish to add extra flavor. if you do, you should know you're also getting a small serving of w wood pulp. compans that use cheap fillers in their parmesan like wood pulp. it comes in the form of a legal common food adddditive wch prevents the cheese from sticking together and getting oily. >> i do love my parmesan. you were saying don't get the two for $5 parmesan at the store. get the $18 thing. >>> without much fanfare, facebook launched a crack down to lid sites of marijuana related material. >> what? >> i know. dozens of accounts orated by marijujuana businessesave already been shut down. facebook says those pages were removed "for violating our community standards." many account owners say they've never sold one bit of pot online and say their business is suffering due to less exposure on social need media. >> there are no more colorado facebook users this morning. a couple in pennsylvania wakes unhappy this morning because their golden retriever is safely the dog was stuck in that 15-foot deep hole for two nights. >> poor sky. the fire department's assistant chief climbed into the hole got a makeshift harness around sky and his colleagues. they pulled sky to safety and once he was safe, sky waste nod time trying to run around again. >> the firemen think sky sensed that he was being saved during the operation and that he wa develops cooperative. >> cute. >> very cute. >>> coming up "the mix," one woman marking her territory. what a girlfriend is doing to keep others away from her man. >> als ahead, thenstant multimillionaires in florida claiming their part of a jumbo power jackpot. but wait, wouldn't you quit your job after cashing in? >> yep. >> and the unprecedented move by hospital administrators after a hospital's medical computer was hacked. >> you're watching "world news human coronavirus... hepati- >>c virus. there are a lot of different kinds of yucky germs. but not all disinfecting wipes... are approved to kill the same number of them. lysol wipes are approved to kill more types of germs than clorox. don't pick just any wipe. try that one! this cold and flu season lyl that. pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your ey may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. most allergy pills only control one substance. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide. 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>> reporter: so typically what they're doing in ran some aware is not actually stealing data but doing something we call encrypting the data. >> reporter: and why bitcoins? expert say they're nearly united nations traceable. this type of ran some wear is new. >> they're using more sophisticated tactics but also demanding a much higher level of ran some from their victim. >> reporter: the hospital leaving this message on its voice mail saying its functions are unaffected. >> we want to assure you that patient care has not been compromised as we continue to address this indent. >> reporter: also on the case the fbi releasing this statement "we are investigating the compromise with martins at lapd to determine person or group responsible." mamatt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> so they paid the ran some before alerting authorities. which is what some peoeople are saying why. apparently it was ten days. 5th and it wasn't restored till ten days later. >> that's so odd they waited to alert the authorities. i think it's an awful precedent. i can't believe they paid it. we'll see what ends up happening after this. >>> coming up in our next half hour, a real life catch me if you can case in florida. take a look at had this 18-year-old. he's now facing felony charges for brazenly opening up a medicalractice inside a medical building and passing himself off as a doctor. how did he manage to get away with it? 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>> emotional message. the pe's final hours in mexico spent along the texas border. how he ventured into the middle of a sensitive amerin political issue. >> and new this half hour, it's an airport where weather delays are common during the winter. >> but this time it was a wild scen on the tarmac at this busy airpt. the coyote interfering with air traffic. >>> later, kanye west's backstage tantrum that's going public. where he lost his cool this time and who has leaked the video. it is thursday, february 18th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news s now." >>> good morning on this thursday. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm reena ninan. sorry. >> go ahead. >> you had something? >> no, i was just talking about kanye, crazy kanye. we'll get to that in a little bit. found that more interesting than kanye. >> some wild and crazy swings, of course. >> ted cruz overtaking donald trump in the latest poll, and it's fascinating see exactly what's going to o happen lding up to nevada. >> exactly. nevada is coming up on saturday for the democrats and south carolina on saturday for the republicans. a new national poll though, this is a game-changer apparently. cruz has inched ahead of trump by two points. making it a statistical dead heat and the number three spot goes to marco rubio who is also enjoying a key endorsement. it's your voice, your vote. abc's lana zak is covering the gop candidates. >> reporter: there are just days unl republicans vote in south carolina and governor nikki haley is hoping her endorsement could give a win to marco rubio. >> ladies and gentlemen, if we elect marco rubio, every day will be a grt day in america. >> reporter: south carolina's popular governor has enjoyed rubio pulling at 14% could use the boost. >> if we lose this election, we lose more than an election. i believe we lose the american dream. >> reporter: ted cruz throwing down the gauntlet with donald trump. donald, i would encourage you if you want to file a lawsuit challenging th ad, claiming it is defamation, file the lawsuit. >> reporter: trump has been threatening legal action over this cruz ad released in the wake of justice e scalia'seath. >> i am pro-choice in every respect. >> we cannot trust donald trump with these serious decisions. >> reporter: on the trail trumump >> cruz said he's not pro-life. i said i'm not? you can't lie about people like that. >> reporter: but the ad doesn't seem to be hurting trump's poll numbers. in the first southern primary state. trump holds a 16-point lead over his nearest competitor ted cruz. in fact, even adding together the numbers for for rubio, bush, carson and kasich, the total is less than lead. cruz seems to be challenging trump's lead and in what is now becoming increasingly common, the republican establishment seems to be on a campaign for anyone but trump. senator mike lee is going to be campmpaigning is morning with ted cruz and in the afternoon with marco rubio. reena, kendis? >> thank you. >>> this morning the white house will a announce at president obama is visiting cuba next month. he will be the first president to vis the island while in office since calvin coolidge long before the castro revolution. republican presidential hopeful marco rubio calls the decision a mistake and says he will not go to cuba while the castros are in power. >> a year and two months after the opening to cuba, the cuba government remains as repressive as ever but now they have access to millions if not billions of dollars in resources that they didn't have access to before this opening. >> reporter: he also said it is part of the administration's appeasent to america's >>> apple is in a security showdown with the fbi refusing to help the agency hack the iphone used by one of the san bernardino terrorists. despite a court order. the computer company says doing so would create a backdoor into the confidence infortion in every iphone. presidentialal hopefulonald trump is siding with the government. >> i think it't's disgraful that apple is not helping on that. i think security first and i always felt security first. apple should absolutely we should forcehem to do it. >> marco rubio weighing in on this too calling it a tough issue but he hopes apple will cooperate and be "a good corporate citizen." think it's an unreasonable request. the vatican after a moving mass in mexico across the u.s. border he capped off his visit by appealing to countries to open their hearts to thousands of abc's terrrry moran s there. >> reporter: he stood on the bowed in silent prayer, here at this troubled border. across the river, a few feet away in the united states, americans, including some undocumented immigrants, praying with francis, remembering the thousands who have died in the desert, trying to get to the u.s. spiritually, there was no rder here. joyous crowds on both sides, in juarez and in el paso, a hugely symbolic celebration, a message from the pope. this week, donald trump sent a message back, in an interview with fox business. >> theope is a very political person. i don't think he understands the danger of the open b border th we have with mexico. >> reporter: but mexico has embraced this pope. at one point mobbing him, almt toppling him until he rebuked them. "don't be selfish," he said. and at every step, francis has spoken out, blasting some businesses as slave drivers that exploit employees. and especially taking on the violence of the drug trade here in this city, once racked by but w, juarez with crime down to manageable levels, proudly hosting the pope. for francis, this isn't about politics. it's about taking in the stranger and welcoming the refugee. he would say, that's christianity. terry moran, abc news, with the pope in juarez, mexico. >> terry's been in iraq. so he got lucky. he got boondoggle to hang out with the pope. >>> a los angeles hospital confirmst's been paid $17,000 in ransom to hackers who disabled its computer network. the ceo of the hollywood presbyterian medical center defended t move saying it was the most efficient way to get its system running again. the hackers demanded the ransom be paid in bitcoin because the online currency is difficucult to trace. > two los angeles police officers are under arrest charged with repeatedly raping four women while on duty. prosecutors say the two who worked as patient -- partners if they didn't give in to their demands. they're due in court later today to face more than a dozen felony charges. if they are convicted, they could face life in prison. >>> bill cosby is now suing the woman whose complaint led to his sexual abuse arrest. the lawsuit says she, her attorneys and her mother and othe broke confidentiality agreements. the comedian also claimed that an agreement to settle her civil lawsuit against him more than a decade ago shielded him from criminal prosecution. a judge has denied his request for dismissal. >>> boxer r manny pauiao's views about homosexuality will cost him his endorsrsemenent de wit nike. pacquiao is rununning for office a senate seat in the philippines and during an interview, he said gay people, "are worse than animals." nike called that abhorrent. and immediatelyly ended its relationship with pacquiao. other companies could follow nike's lead. >>> > for ny mlions of americana promise of warmer official opening of baseball's spring training. look at there. >> hey, boys. >> looks good in florida. by the end of the day, pitchers and catchers from 19 of the 30 major leagues will have reported in either florida or arizona. plenty of field players are already working out, as well. spring training games start over the next ten days or so and the league's opening day is sunday, april 3rd. >> yep, and it will end with the nationals winning it all. >> you love your nationals. >>> if a new patent application airplanemaker airbus is to be believed, passengers could be in for more of a pinch than ever before. here's a company's diagram for an underseat storage compartment. to use it, you would obviously have to stand up, turn around and open it. but it would also severely cut down on leg room for the passenger behind you. airbus on behalf of the flying public we say please don't. >> no, no, no. the leg room. wait, we did give up the snacks. >> we lost with that. >>> while we're talking about flying, check out this coyote in the circle there right in the middle of that scene there. it was running around yesterday morning on runways of milwaukee's airport. the unwelcome visitor delayed one flight briefly. the plane eventually made a safe landing. ground crews chased the coyote off sending it back to where it came from. >> okay. glad it got home. >> it's wisconsin. weird stuff happens in wisconsin, as well as florida. >> no matter how productive new technology i you can always play games with it. so ishould be a surprise that you can now play ping-pong on your apple watch. >> yeah, the app is called a tiny game of pong. it is free although for a dollar, you can get an artificial intelligence opponent. pong was a classic game on the early computer systems because it h such a simple display. device like a watch. >> i thought it was ping-pong. i was trying to figure out how you play ping-pong on an apple watch. pong was before my time. was that before atari? 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self-declared florida doctor lacked a medical license. just 18, malachi love robinson, was charged with seven counts including grand theft and fraud for allegedly practicing without a license. our west palm bebeach statn n wpbf was ght there when he was arrested tuesday. >> i'm hurt because of the accusations and the allegations. >> reporter: last month, he proudly offered this tour of his office. >> this is the new birth and life medical center. >> reporter: saying he never claimed to be an md. but wpbf peeled back the tape on this sign, revealing those very letters. >> so many physicians, they speak to me and they are just in awe. it's not because i'm a great person, not because i'm some miracle from heaven sent, it's just because i have a passion for helping people. >> reporter: including an undercover sheriff's deputy. another patient, an 86-year-old, claims he treated her for severe stomach pain, paying him nearly $3500. his website says he treats people with phototherapy, as well as water, food and air. last year, love-robinson roamed the halls of st. mary's doctor and his name was dr. robinson. >> reporter: st. mary's said he never came in n contact th patients a he was never charged. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> how can you do that when you know these people are suffering? 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>> yeah, it finitely has stretch in it and it can be very malleable. >> it's going to fit to each body of the model to fit her personally which will be nice. >> we're combining it with a more old world technology crochet around the edge. >> that old world meets tech world proach makes for unlimited possibilities. in 3-d printing will be more materials. eventually they will be able to use plastics and polymers that are completely soft. >> the only way it will get better and really progress is if people use it. >> reporter: it's fashion 2.0, and this season, it's ready to wear. tina trinh, abc news, new york. >> very interesting. >> do you like it? >> i do. but i'm also wearing a spider web today. >> is it made of plastic and polymers? >> it's not made of plasc. and polymers. but you get too close, you might get stuck in it. >> on the web. >> don't miss our updates on facebook. >>> good morning. i'm >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this apple is refusing to comply with a court order. the fbi wants apple to break the encryption on the iphone of a terrorist. apple says that would violate privacy rights. the disagreement is becoming a major political battle. we've got full details ahead. >>> cruising to the top for the first time, , ted cruzas overtaken donald trump in a national poll but it's still a statistical dead heat. marco rubio came in third as he picked up an endorsement from the south carolina governor nikki haley. >> pope francis is calling on leaders to welcome m migrants th open hearts. the po celebrated his final mass in mexico just across the texas border. thousands watched from a stadium in el paso as he prayed for those who died trying to reach the u.s. >>> and america's newest multimillionaire stepping forward to claim their share of last month's historic powerball jackpot. they won with numbers she has been playing for every week for the past 30 years. february 18th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everyone. we're going to get started thiss half hour with apple's battle with the federal government. it involves the iphone of one of the san bernardino shooters. >> the fbi believes that it contains important information about the terror attack. but thatata is encrypted and apple does not want to break that code. here's more from abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: the fbi and apple in a titanic clash between personal privacy and national security. >> need assist now. i have shots fired. >> reporter: sincehe bloody end of the san bernadino attack, the deadliest since 9/11, the fbi has been helplessly staring at syed farook's cell phone, an iphone 5c like this one. >> we still have one of those killer's phones that we have not been able to open. it's been over t months now. >> reporter: a federal jud now siding with the fbi, ordering apple to find a way to hack into the iphone used by farook. apple is refusing saying if they break into the phone, it will slope. >> if you design a backdoor for one phone, you have to design it for all phones. >> reporter: the fbi suspects the phone may hold critical clues about who farook was communicating with, and where he and his wife, tashfeen malik, may have traveled. the problem? they don't have farook's four-digit password. the fbi believes that farook used apple's security option, bacally a self-destruct mechanism, that renders all data on the phone permanently inaccessible if the proper code isn't entered after ten tries. but with 10,000 unique possibilities, the fbi knows cracking the code is nearly impossible in just ten tries, and so it wants apple engineers to design software to break into the phone. in an impassioned statement, ceo tim cook said, "the government is asking apple to hack" its own users. adding that the software is, quote, something we simply do not have, and something we consider too dangerous to create. the fight exploding on social candidates weighing in. >> who do they think they are? no, we have to open it up. >> apple is standing firm arguing if they found a way to break into that phone they'll be able to break into any phone which could put the private data of millions of users at stake. manhattan's chief prosecutor tells us he alone is trying to open more than 150 encrypted iphones inases ranging from murder to sex crimes. it's an epic legal battle that could go all the way to the u.s. supreme court. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> the trial of a man accused in another tererror incint is under way. abdul melik abdul kareem is accused of being the mastermind of an attempt to disrupt an exhibit of anti-islam cartoons in texas. two islamic militant gunmen we killed. prosecutors say he trained tm and bankrolled the attack. he denies knowing about the plan in after the attack. >>> president obama will not scalia. the white house says the president and first lady will pay their respects tomorrow at the supreme court where scalia will lie in repose. vice presisident bid will attend the funeral mass on saturday. >> meanwhile, retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor siding with president obama. o'connor who was appointed by ronald reagan says the president should get to nominate scalia's replement. >> police in southern california say a distracted driver was killed after being crushed by a transformer. he was passing by a previous rain related accident scene and crashed into a power pole. smoking grass fires disrupted the evening commute in wichita last night seriously hamring visibility and causing delay strong winds, low humidity and warm temperatures sparked a red flag warning in effect for most of kansas. >>> windy, warm and dry conditions continue today in the plains. with an increased fire danger. downpours from san francisco to seattle. heavy snow in the esera nevada and rocky mountains. a warmup in the midwest. >> 4 in minneapolis and chicago, 50s in great falls and portland. 60s inin memphisl.a., as well as 70s in kansas city and dallas. >>> next semester opens at the university of texas in austin. some students will legally be able to c

o'connor however is disagreeing with fellow republicans... and is urging president obama to fill the supreme court's newly vacant seat quickly. sandra day o'connor however is disagreeing with fellow president obama to fill the supreme court's newly vacant seat quickly. in an interview with a phoenix- baset-v station... o'connor says the president should name a nominee as soon as possible. she called the partisan chatter over the nomination is quote - unnecessary and said the president should "get on" with the job at hand. o'connor was the first woman to serve on the supreme court... nominated by president ronald reagan in 1981. she retired from the bench in 2006. " lukas: coming up.... a new york man recently had his wallet returned to him by a good samaritan... a surprising note inside .... stay tuned for all lukas:valuables back... after the robber decided to kind-of .... sort-of do the right thing. most of items were returned, along with a brutally honest letter that's been called "the most new york note imaginable"... reporter jeanne moos has more on the note that has the country laughing. he went to a wilco concert in brooklyn, and when reilly flaherty got home he realized, uh oh, lost my wallet. (reilly flaherty/lost wallet) "i have that classic freakout moment." but the really freaky part happened lat

o'connor, is disagreeing with republicans. she is urging president obama to fill the court vacancy quickly. o'connor says the president should name a nominee as soon as possible despite threats from congressional republicans determined to block any nominee that comes from the white house. antonin scalia died saturday at the age of 79. >>> pope francis is on his way back to the vatican after a whirlwind five day visit to mexico. he finished his visit in the mexican town of juarez, 50 yards from the u.s. porter. the pope also offered prayers specifically for those who cross the border and those who tied -- died while trying to reach the u.s. >>> he is a world champion fighter but no longer represents one of the worlds top sporting goods companies. nike dropped a time champ manny about -- he later issued an apology on facebook but stood by his opposition to same-sex relationships. >>> there is a sense of urgency among state lawmakers this week. >> the issue they attempted to a tackle this 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murdered melissa huggins-jones in her raleigh apartment during a burglary. yesterday, jurors heard from the victims now 10-year-old daughter who found her mother's body. melissa huggins-jones was found beaten and stabbed in her raleigh apartment in may 2013 by her the 8-year-old daughter, hannah jones. >> the child took the stand as a loved ones watched. because of her age, we believe what she said as she described her mother. >> saying, cold, she was very funny. should always make you have a smile on your face. she was very giving and loving to everyone she knew. the same jury that convicted travion smith will decide whether he will get life in

o'connor is disagreeing with fellow republicans... and is urging president obama to fill the supreme court's newly vacant seat quickly. o'connor says the president should name a nominee as soon as possible, despite threats from congressional republicans determined to block any nominee. o'connor was the first woman to serve on the supreme court, nominated by president ronald reagan in 1981. some legal analysts are calling on president obama to reappoint the 85-year-old former justice. south dakota governor dennis daugaard's office says he will meet with members from a sioux falls non profit who want to introduce transgender south dakotans sometime in the next week. on tuesday, the state senate passed a bill that would require south dakota students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that to their sex at birth. if daugaard approves it, south dakota would become the first state in the nation to pass such a law. the governor has not said whether he will sign the measure. a group of protesters walked the streets of denison, iowa wednesday. at the heart of the protest are lewd images allegedly created on a computer by the city's police chief. ktiv's tommie clark has the story. << denison, iowa's chief- of-police is at the center of a controversy in the crawford county town. "our hop

o'connor is disagreeing with fellow republicans... she's urging president obama to fill the supreme court's newly vacant seat quickly. o'connor called the partisan chatter over the nomination quote - unnecessary and said the president should "get on" with the job at hand. o'connor was the first woman to serve on the supreme court, nominated by president ronald reagan in 1981. she retired from the bench in 2006. pope francis sends a special greeting to worshippers across the border during mass in mexico. the pope directly addressed the estimated 30- thousand people gathered in a stadium in el paso, texas, for a simulcast of the last mass of his five-day trip. he told the catholic faithful that "there is always the possibility of change." francis thanked mexicans for their hospitality and tried to reassure them that even if times hope. a consumer alert to pass along morning. toyota is recalling nearly three million s-u-vs worldwide -- with the seat belts. the company says a flaw could cause some rear seat belts to fail. two rav-4 models and the toyota vanguard are affected. we're looking at cars built between toyota dealers will fix the problem at no cost to you. about one in five americans visit the emergency room each year ... a majority say they needed treatme

o'connor is urging president obama to fill the newly vacant seat quickly. o'connor, who was appointed by ronald reagan, rather, broke with republicans who say they plan to block the president's nominee. named next justice. >>> pope francis back hope in rome this morning after a six-day trip to mexico. he spent his last day in the city of see you dad juarez, the closest he came to the u.s. border during this trip. he spoke about migrants trying the find a better life in the u.s. during a trip he also gave nass a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of mexico city. >> nancy: still ahead, 6:10, water woes at local schools. ruined computers, drenched books and even asbestos problems. the clean-up of the big mess. >> sarah: a risky rescue in fairhaven when a driver goes into the frigid waters. >> nancy: and a weed invasion so bad it's covering people's homes and entire neighborhoods. >> chris: good thursday morning. always looking forward to the weekend at this point and the weekend forecast something to look forward. to upper 40s on saturday. close to 50 on sunday. we'll break down any chances of rain and snow in the forecast ahead. >> danielle: good morning, everyone. here's the expressway starting we have an accident in canton and then we have another accident, a three-car accident actually in acton. that's on route 2 eastbound. if you're taking "t" this morning, we have delays on the commuter rail mainly out of south station. many of the trains are delayed and leaving out of back bay station. they're one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown -- goldman sachs. just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million out of work and millions out of their homes. how does wall street get away with it? millions in campaign contributions and speaking fees. our economy works for wall street because it's riggedt by wall street. and that's the problem. as long as washington is bought and paid for, we can't build an economy that works for people. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, >> sarah: 6:14 this morning. tumbleweeds taking over a town in australia. some people trying to get through as the weeds cover homes and yards. dry conditions this summer have led to the abundance of the tumbleweed. and in some places it was piled as high as rooftops. that's crazy, isn't it? see. although, you know, chris, the big concern i think with something like this would be a fire hazard, but fire officials much of an issue on that end at least. >> chris: that's good the know. you'd think a dry, lightweight tumbleweed would easily blow around. that would be more of an issue. we were up to our eyeballs last year with snow. they had snow up to the rooftops in a lot of towns. 96.3 inches of snow through this point of the winter last season. loo at this. 25.3 in the city of boston. so far this season. so we're talking about six feet of snow less or fewer than what we saw through this time last year. quite the difference a year makes. you know, we happen to have that much of a bad winter. we've had some bursts here and there of winter-like weather. it's been a manageable one. 30 in boston. 28 in norwood. the wind is out of the west 8 to 12mph. the breeze today will add a chill. cold front swinging on through. it's not going to provide us much precipitation, but it will provide us with colder air as it continues to ooze in from northern new england throughout the day. temperatures overall holding in but there's no major storm systems. midwest down through the southeast. i don't expect any major storms in here as we work through the next several days. the best opportunity for a bigger storm won't occur until the middle part of next week. take a look at forecast model today, a lot of us seeing a lot of sunshine. right at the coastline, some more clouds, and even a couple cape cod snow showers today into tonight. now, tomorrow starts off with a ton of sunshine, warm front approaches from the west. that will increase the clouds in the afternoon and even give us an opportunity for some scattered rain and snow showers overnight friday. maybe a passing sprinkle or brief passing shower on saturday, but actually, behind the cool front, we'll warm up into the 40s. well, into the 40s on saturday and sunday. it could be a weak system as well as a couple rain and snow showers overnight sunday into early monday morning, but the bigger storm to watch for next week will take place tuesday night into wednesday. the track will determine how much snow and mixed precipitation we would get before it went over to rain. just a little further off shore, better. it cuts up the coastline along the coastline. then over the rain fairly quickly. plenty of time the watch, that six or seven days out at this point. 29 to 35 degrees this afternoon. so a cooler day, but we hold a lot of sunshine away from the coastline. cold tonight, nine in the colder suburbs, 18 to 20 in the city of boston. a couple cape cod snow showers tonight. tomorrow looking pretty good. we have temperatures rebounding into the upper 30s and we'll see those upper 40s to near 50 on saturday and sunday. >> sarah: we have a fast track traffic alert. problems to be commuter rail and a couple crashes on the roads. danielle gersh has more. >> danielle: if you're taking the commuter rail in or out of south station, there is an amtrak signal problem. that's causing delays and it's causing many of the trains to have to depart from back bay station. so in or out of south station this morning, check your train ahead of time. let's go to the maps now. we also have an accident. this is in acton on route 2. and this is eastbound at piper road. this is actually a three-car crash here. the rest of you drive, 93 boston as is route 1 this morning. the expressway from braintree into town, you can see the red there. you're starting to hit the brakes at adams street. that's 25-minute ride. south of town, another accident. this is in canton on 128 northbound. at 95, this is actually a car off the road. not seeing make delays from that incident. the pike from framingham eastbound into boston, some slowing, no major delays to tell you about. let's take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. 10 to 15 minutes on the expressway, into town on the pike, 12 minutes, 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, 12 minutes, as well. into, guys. >> nancy: danielle, thank you. man accused of a hospital hack will be brought back to boston to face charges. 31-year-old martin gottesfeld and his wife were in a sailboat trying to escape the cuba when they hit trouble. they called for help and a disney cruise ship picked them up. gottesfeld is wanted for taking part in a computer hack on boston children's hospital back in 2014. the passenger says at first she >> we were all like, okay, now that is something we weren't alarmed about, and suddenly this was much bigger than we thought it was. >> nancy: the f.b.i. says that cyber attack cost the hospital $300,000 and forced it to shut down its servers and web sites. gottesfeld will be brought back to boston to face a conspiracy charge. >> sarah: a 61-year-old man is in the hospital this morning after several people race to the rescue when his pick-up truck crashed into the water in fairhaven. the accident happened wednesday afternoon. officers found the truck upside down with a driver trapped inside. first responders and a good samaritan jumped into the frigid water and cut the man's seat belt before pulling him back to shore. he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. crews brought a crane in to get the truck out. sky7 h.d. over a bizarre crash in waltham on wednesday. you can see this car ended up wedged between a b.j.'s restaurant and a dumpster. police say the car was airborne with two elderly sisters in the and investigators say their car went flying into the dumpster after hitting the curb while turning into the b.j.'s parking lot. rescue crews were able to pull the women out of the car safely. they were taken to the hospital to be checked out. >> nancy: pretty scary to see, though. still ahead, unhappy with harvard, a graduate says she was forced to live in a dorm with a person who abruised her. why she says harvard turned a deaf ear to her complaint. >> sarah: rob gronkowski keeping busy in the off season. his latest venture he just launched with his family. >> nancy: plus the brady bunch on vacation with another famous couple. details on their ski trip with the afflecks. the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons... ...standing up against the abuse of women... ...protecting social security... ...expanding benefits for the ...and winning health care for 8 million children... the presidency is the toughest job in the world and she's the one who'll make a real difference for you. i feel too young to be this old. i just want to be her mom, not her full-time job. i'm the boss of me, but sometimes i need a little help. if you or a loved one has masshealth, call commonwealth care alliance to find out about senior care options. >> chris: 6:23 on this thursday morning. good morning, everyone. 20s and lower 30s. only holding into the lower to middle 30s this afternoon. so it's a cool and breeze yeah day. as we head into the weekend, 40s to near 50. mainly dre over the weekend. we do track the mid-week storm in here. seven-day forecast ahead. >> nancy: all right, chris. thank you. red sox pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to spring training today. other players are expected to report on tuesday, but hanley ramirez has been out there working out in fort myers. >> sarah: ramirez is preparing to place first base this year after struggling in the outfield last season. he says his top priority is making sure the other infielders are comfortable throwing over to him at first. >> that's the main key right now, not worrying where they have to throw the ball. i said, just throw in this area don't worry. i got you. petey, he don't make bad throws. he told me. i'm always going to hit you in the chest, you know? spring training, sox pitcher joe kelly and his wife ashley welcomed their son into the world. joe kelly posted this picture on twitter yesterday. he says his wife and son are both doing well. >> nancy: hey, if you ever wanted to attend a black tie party hosted by patriots' tight end rob gronkowski, you now have your chance. he and his family and friends will host the inaugural gronk gala at the mergs diaz bends dealership in burlington. it's for a great cause. all proceeds will benefit the gronk nation youth foundation, which supports local sports programs. so gronk is a busy one. his party cruise sets sail tomorrow. 2,500 fans will be taking a three-day cruise from miami to gronk's island, which he claims is apparently -- claim the key word -- his private island in the bahamas. look at them go. all right. and tom brady's family's ski vacation in montana featuring another pair of famous faces. according to the "new york with ben affleck and jennifer garner. affleck and garner have been in an amicable separation. last summer it was reported that brady and affleck flew to vegas together on a private plane. i would love to be a fly on the wall for conversations there. >> >> sarah: must have been fun. still ahead, people camped outside a chick-fil-a restaurant in framingham. why they're braving cold conditions this morning. >> nancy: dedication. also the mbta announcing new actions to keep riders safer after that smoky scene caused panic on the orange line. >> sarah: and a mystery from the sky in michigan, a dark substance falling on to people's homes and cars. where is this gross goo coming we're living in a very competitive global economy, and if we are going to succeed, we need the best-educated workforce in the world. we should be making public colleges and universities tuition-free. we're going to pay for it with a tax on wall street speculation. the taxpayers of this country bailed out wall street. it is time for them to start helping the middle class of this country. i'm bernie sanders >> nancy: water woes at a local school. computers and books drenched. >> it's an awful lot of dang. >> nancy: what's being done to >> sarah: plus a teacher slapped with a criminal charge. how investigators say she assaulted a young student. >> nancy: a harvard graduate suing the university. she claims school officials mishandled her sexual assault case. >> sarah: plus an impromptu campsite pops up at a chick-fil-a in framingham. 100 hopefuls for free food today. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: good thursday morning, everybody. it's 6:30. thanks for staying us with. i'm sarah french. >> nancy: i'm nancy chen. a cooler day today, thursday. we have some sunshine on the way. >> sarah: that's the good news, right, chris? >> chris: it is the good news. no shoveling outside, despite the cold air back in place. it's not nearly as cold as what we had over the weekend. good morning, everyone. 30 in boston. 22 in worcester. a little breeze, about 10 to 15mph an hour, adding to the wind-chill factor as we watch a front drop on through from the north, but we don't have much precipitation with it. so i think we'll hold mostly sunny, at least away from the coastline. you get close to the coastline, a few more clouds, especially down through the cape and the scattered snow showers on the cape and the islands. temperatures overall in the middle 30s this afternoon on average, even some upper 20s in the worcester hills. weekend forecast looking good. a little breezy out there on saturday. but look at the temperatures saturday afternoon upper 40s, close to 50 on sunday. >> sarah:>> nancy: chris, thank you. time now for a fast track traffic alert. a signal problem is causing delays at south station. danielle gersh has the latest. >> danielle: that's right, nancy. if you're travel in or out of south station on the commuter rail, an amtrak signal problem is causing delays. many departing trains from south station are now leaving from that stays. definitely want the check your train ahead of time. let's go to the maps now. i want to show you the expressway. we have a new accident. you can see the back-up northbound there and on the maps you can see, this is northbound at granite avenue and we have a car in the cutout causing some more back-up on the expressway. from that incident. route 3, 24, 95 looking good. our accident in canton has cleared. eastbound into boston, no red, so no major delays. still keeping an eye on this accident, this is in acton on route 2 eastbound just before piper road. this accident is actually involving three cars. 93 southbound, a little bit of slowing from 128 into boston. route 1 not looking too bad. let's take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door this morning. these are not right. it will take you longer than this. back to you, guys. >> thanks, danielle. time now for the day's other top stories. officials are investigating a deadly fire. flames broke out around 9:30 last night. the victim's name has not been released yet. `crews are still trying to determine the cause of the fire. the f.b.i. and i.r.s. are conducting a joint investigation into state senator brian joyce. officials raided joyce's law office in canton. according to political watchdog group common cause, there have been ethics issues surrounding joyce in the past. in january he agreed to pay funds to cover the cost of his son's high school graduation party. with just two days to go until the south carolina primary, a shift in the republican race for the white house. according to a new national nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, ted cruz has passed donald trump for the top spot. it's the first time trump has not led the poll in months. marco rubio, john kasich and ben carson round out the top five. >> sarah: also this morning, a bad break at a haverhill school. computers and books ruined by a water leak. 7's victoria warren joining lives with more on the costly damage. >> victoria: good morning, nancy. leaders at the coon con school school -- consentino school say a burst pipe is to blame. workers are using the february break the clean up before students come back. it sounded like a shower that someone turned on in the middle of haverhill school library. >> the books, the computers, everything just got covered with the materials from the ceiling and the water. >> victoria: all of it ruined. >> victoria: superintendent james scully took us on a tour of the extensive damage at the consentino school, where everything wet had to go. >> there is materials, fire-proofing materials on the beams between the floors. and some of that material has asbestos in it. that's why we take all the precautions. >> victoria: an entire asbestos removal team called in to clean up. haverhill also had a sprinkler head break at another school and the high school. but here the burst pipe did the most damage. hundreds of books, dozens of computers gone. the good news, school is out for winter break, but now the race the get classrooms ready for school to start monday. >> it's an awful lot of damage. everybody is working hard to get it involved. -- solved. >> victoria: those crews will work up until the weekend. they will not even touch the library because they say they can seal that off just so they can start school on monday. live in the newsroom, victoria england." >> nancy: vicki. thank you. a teacher from manchester, new hampshire, is now facing assault charges. police say 52-year-old anita lemay hit a student at southside middle school and left him with a bruise. they say the 14-year-old was causing a disturbance while eating candy in class and refused to listen to the teacher. school leaders say lemay was placed on administrative leave immediately after the incident. >>> crews still searching for a massachusetts man who disappeared in boston over the weekend. they were searching the charles river yesterday looking for any clues as to where this 22-year-old man might be. zachary marr was celebrating his birthday at the bell in hand bar in boston last saturday when he vanished. he was last seen across the street from the bar around 2:00 a.m. anyone with information on marr's whereabouts is asked to call police. >> sarah: a former harvard university student filing a civil rights lawsuit claiming the college mishandled her sexual assault case. alyssa leader and her lawyers filed the title ix lawsuit earlier this week. indifferent to her complaints of sexual assault and harassment following her accused abuser to live in the same dorm room as her or dorm as her for months during the investigation. >> he continued to harass and intimidate me at my workplace and throughout my home. i repeatedly reported these incidents to administrators. i reported that i was living in constant fear. harvard has abinstitutional culture of ignoring and silencing people like me. our reports are not taken seriously. >> sarah: she says she hopes the lawsuit will keep future students safe. harvard has not commented on the case. >> nancy: the new chick-fil-a restaurant in framingham ago. people had been waiting in line for the gone opening since wednesday morning. that's because the first 100 people through the door get a whole year of chick-fil-a meals. full and parts-time positions. >> sarah: there's a new baby goat at the franklin park zoo in boston. the zoo released this video of the goat named chewbacca. she is a nigerian dwarf goat and was born on tuesday. you can see she seems to be adapting to her new surroundings just fine. so tiny and little. >> nancy: cute little kid, right? still ahead, would you like some coffee with your sugar? a new survey revealing the amounts of sweetener in starbucks drinks. >> sarah: a verdict in gwen meth paltrow's stocker trial. the outcome not what the actress expected. and what's in your food? turns out that parmesan cheese at the grocery or the might not the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons... ...standing up against the abuse of women... ...protecting social security... ...expanding benefits for the national guard... ...and winning health care for 8 million children... the presidency is the toughest job in the world and she's the one who'll make a real difference for you. ism welcome back. a jury acquit manning accused of stalking a famous actress. gwyneth paltrow says the man sent her dozens of unsolicited letters and gifts in the past few years. this is the second time gwyneth paltrow accused the 66-year-old of stalking her. he was committed to a mental institute in the early 2000s after he was accused of sending lewd messages and sex toys. reason of insanity. nike has ended its endorsement contractor with boxer manny pacquiao after he made a disrespectful comment about same-sex couples. pacquiao said people in same-sex relationships are "worse than animals." he made a statement earlier this week while campaigning for senate in the philippines. pacquiao later issued an apology. he says he respects nike's decision. >> nancy: a new study showing some starbucks drinks contain too much sugar. researchers say that some of the flavored coffee drinks contain more than three times the amount of sugar found in a can of soda. the drink that had the most sugar, the venti mulled fruit with chi orange and cinnamon. starbucks say they will reduce the add sugar in the drinks by 25% in the next few years. and the food you eat may not be what it seems. in 2012, the f.d.a. targeted castle cheese, which supplies target. it found what the company ladies labeled as 100% parmesan cheese was actually a blend of cheaper cheeses and a filler derived from wood pulp. castle cheese has since filed for bankruptcy, but that's not good news to hear. >> i know, right? cheese on everything. know and go is next with all the day's top stories. the hospital's computer network held hostage by hackers. it's forced to pay the ransom demands. >> nancy: and people in one neighborhood dealing with a nasty mystery. what's that goo falling from the sky? >> sarah: and monopoly keeping up with the times. the new electronic version does >> it's 6:45, time to know and go. >> reporter: investigators trying to figure out what started a deadly fire in plymouth. >> reporter: calls growing this morning for a state senator to step down after the feds raid his law office. >> reporter: and a change at the top of a national poll as the republican candidates fight for votes in south carolina. >> nancy: 6:45 on this thursday morning. time to know and go. we have the day's top stories. ism we have traffic and weather. let's send it over to chris lambert with a check on your forecast. >> chris: good morning, everyone. colder today. degrees. the wind is out of the west at 12mph. occasionally gusting 20 to 25 this afternoon. that's dropping the wind-chill factors down into the teens and lower 20s right now. they'll hold in the low 20s throughout the day. mostly sunny skies prevailing through the day, as well. cold front swinging on through. it will be starved of moisture, so i don't expect much out of it. more clouds down across the cape, and with the northerly wind, we may get an ocean-effect snow shower across the cape later today. temperatures generally ranging from the upper 20s in the worcester hills to the mid-30s in the city of boston. colder overnight tonight. upper single digits. lower teens in many of the suburbs. 20 in the city of boston, and low 20s down across the cape with the potential of a couple scattered snow showers still across the cape and the islands overnight tonight. dry on friday. friday night will bring in some scattered snow showers, transitioning over to a few sleet pellets and maybe even a sprinkle out there the start off saturday morning, but the weekend overall looking good. a bit breezy on saturday. mostly cloudy skies. a few more rays of sun on sunday, but can't complain about the temperatures like we could look at those highs in the upper 40s on saturday. close to 50 on sunday. early snow shower on monday, and partly sunny by the afternoon. perhaps a bigger storm by tuesday night into wednesday. track will determine how much snow, ice and rain we get. >> sarah: now a fast track traffic alert. here's danielle gersh. >> danielle: that's right. if you're headed in or out of south station on the commuter rail, an amtrak signal problem is causing some major delays. now, some lines like the framingham-worcester line, i know a lot of you take that one, are not even coming into south station or leaving from south station. they're leaving and coming into the back bay station. so definitely want the check your trip on the commuter rail beforehand this morning. let's head outside and take a look at 93 southbound. into boston. you can see some back-up here. let's go to the maps. actually. and this is causing some back-up. and this is right at 128 on 93 southbound. 93 southbound is red all the way enter boston from 128. there you can see another accident northbound on the expressway. this is just before granite avenue. so that's causing delays there. south of town, no major issues on route 3 or 24. but on 95, you're slowing as you approach 128. let's go to the pike. we're mostly green and yellow. no major delays there. just some slowing. that's your drive. be careful out there. give yourself some extra time. back to you, guys. >> nancy: danielle, thank you. crews are on the seaboard of a end deadly fire in plymouth. one person was killed when those fierce flames tore through a three-story home in ellisville. >> sarah: 7's nicole oliverio is live with what neighbor is saying this morning. nicole? >> nicole: sarah, that neighbor describing it as a horrible sight. she says the couple that lived here had been here if many, many years. they have grown children and grandchildren, and she says when she looked outside her window last night, all she could see was the orange glow and flames coming from her neighbor's home. now, the state fire marshal confirming late last night that, in this three-story home. the fire happening here on ellisville road in plymouth. now, police and fire remain on the scene as they try and determine a cause of the fire. now, that neighbor we spoke with says it was her daughter-in-law who called 911 and firefighters believe when they arrived they knew someone was trapped inside. >> it was a horrible sight, and, you know, the whole house was engulfed, and you know, it was just awful because the fire kept going and going and going. when we found out there was somebody in it, it was very upsetting and very, you know, we feel very bad for the family. >> nicole: taking a live look here, you can see firefighters remain at the home. the fire is out, but you can see how far back from the vote that this house is set. so firefighterred had to pull a lot of hose in order to get water on that fire. the cause of this fire remains under investigation. that neighbor tells us that she lived here, the wife who is not home at the time when this fire broke out. that's latest live in plymouth, nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> nancy: nicole, thank you. possible ethical violations sending the f.b.i. to the law offices of state senator brian joyce. agents spending a day collecting evidence and 7's john cuoco is live. john, some are calling for the senator's resignation. >> john: the state's republican chair is calling for his resignation. but yesterday federal investigators were here at that state senator's office. they raided it and while some of his constituents were watching. wednesday night the f.b.i. and i.r.s. continued to take boxes out of state senator brian joyce's canton law office. this is all part of a federal investigation into the lawmaker. state watchdog groups have had their eyes on the senator for quite some time. on the state level, it was found he used campaign funds to pay for graduate party at his home and to lease a car for two years. we're told he remedied those issues by making a donation to a charity or reimbursing the his attorney spoke for him, saying senator joyce has been cooperating with each enquiry and believes he's done absolutely nothing wrong. now, as the feds step in, the governor says it's worth a closer look. >> all of us in public life take the fact that we have to play by the rules seriously. i was troubled by some of the issues that were raised previously with respect to the senator's relationship to some of the folks in his district. >> john: the state's republican chair is asking that he resign. >> sarah: lawyers for marathon bomber joe dzhokhar tsarnaev asking to step down from his appeals case. they want to be replaced due in part to the time and money it's taking to travel to and from colorado be tsarnaev is being held in the supermax prison. one layer will stay on to help >>> the mother who had been living inside the house of squalor in blackstone will face murder charges. a judge is refuses to dismiss murray. she's charged in the deaths of two infants whose bodies were found inside the home in september 2014. murray's lawyers had claimed autopsies did not move the babies were alive when they were born. police say the body of a third baby was also in the house. >> nancy: new this morning, police are searching for this man who they say robbed a gas station in framingham. he allegedly took off on a child's bike after threatening the clerk with a knife. he got away with about $130. >> sarah: turning now to a sudden shift in the race for the white house. donald trump falling in the national poll, dropping out of first place for the first time in months. 7's victoria warren is here now with more. >> victoria: sarah, the shift in the republican race comes with two days to go to the south carolina primary. according to a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, ted cruz leaps into first with 28% of the vote. 26%ful rounding out the top five, marco rubio with 17%, john kasich with 11% and ben carson with with with 10%. on the democratic side, a national quinnipiac poll out this morning is good news for bernie sanders. it finds sanders would win the election in november in matchup with any of the g.o.p. candidates. the closest republican contender is ohio governor john kasich, who trails sanders 45% to 41%. it's a different story for hillary clinton. the poll shows she edges donald trump in a november matchup 44% to 43%. however, it found she would lose against any of the other g.o.p. candidates. the poll also took into account if former new york city mayor michael bloomberg enters the race, bernie sanders would sigh the biggest impact, cutting down his lead against the republicans. live in the control room, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> nancy: vicki, thank you. historic trip to cuba next month. the white house is expected to announce the president's trip later on today. it's part of a larger tour of latin america. the last sitting u.s. president to visit cuba was calvin coolidge in 1928. >>> a former supreme court justice is disagreeing with republicans on replacing justice antonin scalia. sandra day o'connor is urging president obama the quickly fill the seat. o'connor, appointed by president ronald reagan, broke with republicans who say they plan to block the president's nominee. >> sarah: the mbta saying they will now more closely inspect the bolts and rivets that hold the pams together on their trains. this comes after a penal fell off an orange line train on tuesday filling the station with smoke. passengers broke through windows to escape. officials say they had already visually inspected the trains but will now physically inspect them regularly. >>> a town in michigan covered in guess goo. nobody knows what it is. they say the black oily substance rained down from the officials collected samples of the stuff to try to figure out exactly what it is. people are worried it could be a health hazard. >> nancy: a hospital in los angeles has paid a ransom to hackers who managed to disable its computer network. officials list hollywood presbyterian medical center, saying they paid the ranso

o'connor, is disagreeing with republicans. she is urging president obama to fill the court vacancy quickly. o'connor says the president should name a nominee as soon as possible despite threats from congressional republicans determined to block any nominee . antonin scalia died saturday at the age of 79. >>> he is a world champion fighter but no longer represents one of the worlds top sporting goods companies. nike dropped a time champ manny -- eight time champion, manny pacheao after he made comments about gays. he later issued an apology on facebook but stood by his relationships. >>> toyota is recalling nearly 3,000,000 suvs worldwide because of a seatbelt problem. the company says a defect in rear seatbelts on some toyota rav4s could cause them to fail. 1.3 million of the affected vehicles are in the u.s. most were built between 2005 and 2014. toyota is not confirming a report that the flop led to a death in canada. >>> pope francis is on his way back to the vatican after a whirlwind five day visit to mexico. >> he finished his visit with a mass in the mexican town of juarez, 50 yards from the u

o'connor. [begin video clip] o'connor: in 2008, we saw how motivated an electorate can be when they think their vote is making history. let's face it: if hillary clinton is the nominee for the democrats, you'll be running against the prospect of the first woman president. how will you change that narrative and motivate the electorate behind your candidacy? [end video clip] mr. trump: well... martha: mr. trump, i'm going to give that question to you. you took it you took it away anyway. mr. trump: yes. ok, good. it looked like he was looking right at me, right there. i think that i look at what's going on, i look at all of the polls, i do very, very well against hillary clinton. i can tell you, i'm the last person that she wants to run against. and i think you can see what we've done in terms of galvanizing. i've been all over the country. we're last night, i was in south carolina, we had 12,000 people. it set up in about four days. we have galvanized and we've created a movement. a lot of it has to do with as an example, josh's question on drugs. i'm the first person that said, "build a wall."

o'connor called the partisan chatter over the nomination is, quote, "unnecessary" and said the president should get on with the job at hand. o'connor was the first woman to serve on the supreme court, nominated by president ronald reagan in 1981. she retired from the bench in 2006. >> you could actually feel the heat from the bus burning. then it just all of a sudden went through the engine, and then the whole bus engulfed in flames. geoff: quick reactions from a bus driver and students help everyone escape a fast moving fire on a school bus. and we'll explain why a california hospital decided to pay the hackers that took over their computer network. dale: a beautiful day today. how long will this last? if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy an

o'connor called partisan chatter over the nomination unnecessary. some legal analysts are calling on obama to reappointment the 85- year-old o'connor. justice scalia was found dead saturday. he was 79. enjoy the sunshine and warming temperatures for the rest of the week with highs mainly in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 30s and 40s. rain returns to the forecast monday through this weekend -- public service agencies in lexington county are shooting for the stars in this year's "battle of the lexington county are shooting for the stars in this year's "battle of the badges" basketball this year's "battle of the badges" basketball tournament. each year deputies go head to head against public safety officials to raise money for a local cause. this year all will go to samaritan's well, a local shelter in lexington county. overall the sheriff's department has the most wins -- but we'll see how it plays out this year. and each department would love to see those in the community come out. the battle will take place this saturday at gilbert high school. dinner is at 6 and the game will start at 7. tickets are 7 dollars in advance or 10 dollars at the door. we've got plenty more of today's top headlines coming up after the break. stay with us on news 10 sunrise. all eyes are on south carolina the primaries. there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but attend one. where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen. where a good job is not a wish, but a reality. where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid to all. an america where after a lifetime of labor, there is time for rest and grandchildren. a nation that defends our people and our values, i know we can create that america if we listen to our conscience and our hearts and not to the pundits and the naysayers. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message, on the democratic side, recent hillary clinton with a significant lead over bernie sanders. but that doesn't mean clinton will stay on top. bernie sanders. but that doesn't mean clinton will stay on top. "we know that senator sanders has been on the front lines with dr. king and when they mention sentencing or the sentencing of staunch on civil rights because quite frankly i think it rings people down the road thinking that at the end of the day that's just not the way it works." sunday morning at 11 -- we discuss what appeals to voters from both the clinton and sanders campaigns. join us for awareness as we preview the democratic primary right here on wis news 10. the secretary of health and human services will visit flint michigan today to get a firsthand look at the federal response to sylvia burwell will talk with local leadership and community members about the next steps to address the city's ongoing health challenges. flint's mayor has recently called for quick action in flint to remove and replace old pipes in the city. but governor rick snyder announced a plan to coat the city's pipes with a protective film and conduct an infrastructure study first. after a weather delay, demolition work on the boone bridge in chesterfield, missouri is scheduled for this morning. demolition is scheduled for 10 a-m on the oldest span of the bridge. the bridge became obsolete last june when a new eastbound bridge opened. this will be the first of two blasts to demolish the old bridge, and a second explosion will take place at a later date that has yet to be determined. enjoy the sunshine and warming temperatures for the rest of the week with highs mainly in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 30s and 40s. rain returns to the forecast wednesday of next week. the time is now 5:--. we are back with another half hour, in just a few minutes. thanks for starting your day with news 10 sunrise. something is just fundamentally broken when african americans are more likely to be arrested by police, and sentenced to longer prison terms, for doing the same thing that whites do. ...when too many encounters with law enforcement end tragically. we need investments in education, health care and jobs, to counter generations of neglect. we have to face up to the hard truth of injustice and systemic racism. i'm hillary clinton, thanks for waking up with sunrise. i'm len kiese. i'm mary king. it's 5:30, on this thursday, february 18th. top stories... we're still working to find out the latest on three lexington county deputies' conditions after a crash involving two patrol vehicles. it happened a little before 9 last night on platt springs road-- just down from old orangeburg road. all three deputies were taken to the hospital with injuries. more on this, coming up. "every day is a great day in south carolina. ladies and gentlemen if we elect marco rubio, every day will be a great day in america." marco rubio picks up one of his biggest endorsements for the republican just days away from the south carolina primary -- rubio now hoping support from governor nikki haley will give him a big boost at the polls. the florida senator sits in 3rd place in the latest nbc news poll. that same poll also shows donald trump trailing nationally for the first time -- neck and neck with ted cruz. trump had a few choice words for governor haley after her announcement -- attacking her stance on immigration. we'll hear from trump just ahead. plus -- weather making headlines with what some may call an early-taste of spring. it will be cool today, but starting tomorrow -- we'll see temperatures warming up. tim miller has your first alert forecast as you wake up this morning. tim -- i doubt no one will be complaining about these warmer temperatures! temperatures for the rest of the week with highs mainly in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 30s and first alert traffic report platt springs road in lexington county is now open to traffic investigation involving two lexington county sheriff's department vehicles that collided. we're told the accident happened just before 9 o'clock last night. 3 deputy were hurt in the crash. our michal higdon is live from the scene this morning with what we know so far in the investigation -- michal this morning i'm told all three deputies involved in this crash are still in the hospital at this point -- but thankfully all are expected to be okay. this morning -- nothing is left of the scene at old orangeburg road and platt springs road, but overnight the scene looked very different. this accident had platt springs road closed for hours overnight as investigators were on scene to try and figure out how the crash happened. the details are limited. but lexington county sheriff's department spokesman adam myrick says two deputies and one reserve deputy were responding to a burglary- in-progress call when those two vehicles right now investigators are going through the process of determining the circumstances surrounding the crash. "we're not sure if they had lights and sirens on -- that's something that highway patrol, no doubt, will be looking into as a part of their investigation and a detail that we'll hopefully be able to determine soon. but, right now, that's a detail that we haven't yet confirmed." at this point -- highway patrol has taken over the investigation, which is standard procedure because a sheriff's department vehicle was involved. tropers were out here until early this morning gathering the evidence they needed to re-create and determine how the crash happened.. i have reached out to the highway patrol. we're hoping to learn more details soon. live in lexington county, michal higdon, wis news 10. breaking overnight in the alert center... google's ceo says the company is backing apple in the fbi fight of the san bernardino shooters. google has directed followers to apple's open letter arguing that helping the fbi gain access to the phone used by syed farook -- would threaten the security of tens of millions of american citizens. fbi investigators said they still haven't been able to get information from the iphone and have ordered apple to disable an encryption feature. google's ceo said on twitter last night -- that creating a backdoor feature would put tech companies in the position of hacking their own customers. three republican candidates will take the stage to appeal to voters at usc tonight. cnn is hosting a town hall meeting tonight from eight to 11 at the school of law on main street. donald trump, john kasich and jeb bush will be in attendance. anderson cooper will moderate the event and it will be broadcast live on cnn. trump isn't taking governor nikki haley's recent endorsement of marco rubio too well. trump spoke at a rally in sumter yesterday-- where audience members booed when they heard governor earlier this week, governor haley said she would support anyone but donald trump for president. that set off a firestorm between the two. trump spoke to voters-- saying governor haley is weak on her immigration policy. "first of all she's very weak on illegal immigration, she's very weak. she's very, very weak on illegal immigration, you can't have that. we need strong, strong immigration policies. we need to be strong, we can't go like we've gone before, very weak." trump-- who has fallen to second place behind ted cruz in a new nbc news/wall street journal poll, will be in gaffney today to talk to voters. he'll be at the broad river electric cooperative at 5:30 p-m. meanwhile, jeb bush is pushing back against new attacks from trump. trump accused bush of quote "wanting to look cool," but being far too late. bush responded to trump's twitter insults during his campaign stop in summerville on wednesday. "donald trump's not a a steady hand for sure and he's not a servant. intimidating. he's a bully. punch him back in the nose." bush will make a stop in rock hill today as he continues his campaign. he'll be at the magnolia room on laurel creek drive to host a town hall meeting. that's at 5:30. meanwhile-- the campaign trail wasn't so friendly for john kasich. kasich was interrupted by a group of planned parenthood protesters in bluffton yesterday. they asked the ohio governor why he hated women's health. kasich brushed off the interruption-- saying he loves when young people show up and protest. he said he supports strengthening women's healthcare and cutting funding for planned parenthood. "we are going to fund women's health very aggressively, including the fight to reduce infant mortality in our state. we are not cutting off women's health and we are not going to fund planned parenthood. because they put themselves in this pickle." kasich will sweep south carolina today-- as he state. first, he'll be in mount pleasant at 9:30 for a door-to-door launch for charleston. next, he'll head to clemson for a town hall that starts at 2:15. before making his way back to while democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders still has to campaign for this weekend's democratic caucus in nevada, he's focusing on winning the votes of south carolinians. sanders says he thinks his campaign will do a lot better here in the palmetto state than people hope. the vermont senator spoke to wis on wednesday, saying while clinton is well known in south carolina-- he is having success getting out his message of free health care, free college tuition and changes in the criminal justice system. sanders has so far been able to capture the minds of young voters. but not everyone is sold just yet. the youth vote and the african-american vote are very important, particularly here in the palmetto state. some students at usc say they've done their research-- and they aren't letting traditional norms skew who they support. to cast your vote in the republican primary on saturday-- there are a few things to keep in mind. polls around the state open up at 7 pm. you must have a form of photo id present. accepted forms of i.d. include a driver license, i.d. card from the dmv, voter registration card with a photo, military i.d. or a passport. once you've been checked in, a polling manager will take you to the voting booth. investigators are looking into an accident on highway 277 last night that sent two people to the hospital. columbia police say it happened on the north bound entry ramp from sunset boulevard. one vehicle was left in pretty bad shape on the side of the road. investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fire that nearly destroyed a columbia home. the home on redwood court was nearly engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. video taken by fire crews show flames shooting up out of the home. fire officials say no one was hurt in the fire--but two people inside were taken to a hospital to be checked out as a precaution. a kershaw county judge will soon decide whether to grant bond to a camden man accused of fatally shooting a teenager. 49-year-old jimmy methe is still in jail after his court appearance wednesday. 17-year-old brandon spencer, after methe claimed he caught him stealing from his truck saturday morning. the prosecution is asking for a high surety bond until proceedings move forward. coming up on news 10 sunrise... a modern twist on one of the world's most popular board games-- fit for those who are tech savvy. the new changes monopoly is enjoy the sunshine and warming temperatures for the rest of the week with highs i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and 70s and lows in the 30s and 40s. rain returns to the forecast monday through today, you can enjoy your glass more than usual after work -- it's national drink wine day! as if you need more convincing -- wine consumption does have some health benefits. moderate drinkers have lower risks for liver disease, type two diabetes, stroke and some cancers. wine can also reduce "bad" cholesterol, or l-d-l, cholesterol. it turns out -- today is also "national crab-stuffed flounder" day, so aficionados can both at the same meal. on a more starving artist note... kanye west fans have started "go fund me" campaigns to help pay for the rappers so-called "debt." west claimed on twitter saturday that he is 53- million dollars in debt. tmz says the 53-million actually represents kanye's investment dollars that are tied up in his music and fashion lines. supporting kanye have raised nada. but as of this morning -- fundaiser and fan jeremy piatt of minneoapolis has collected over three- thousand dollars. speaking of money -- one game is saying goodbye to the banker it's had since the beginning. hasbro has showed off a new version of one of the world's most popular board games called, world's most popular board games called, "monopoly ultimate banking game." it eliminates both the game's signature paper money and the banker position. instead, players will scan special bank cards on a handheld banking unit. for days and weeks after she spent a lifetime making a difference for people. winning healthcare for 8 million children. benefits for families and the national guard. standing strong around the world for human rights and women's rights. hillary clinton. she'll raise the minimum wage. take on the drug companies to lower the cost of prescription drugs. and give everyone the opportunity to go to college without going into debt. she'll get the job done... for us. i'm hillary clinton fourth when her car got caught in raging flood waters and was tossed up a tree. trapped in her car, erika was escape and kicked out her windshield. 05:12:51 that's when i kicked the windshield out but i couldn't get out that way because of the current and because there was so much debris at that time. and i was like i don't want to die in my car, i don't want my mom to find me in my car. our cameras captured erika's car during the flood, but now we're hearing her story of survival. tonight at 11 -- erika walks with us to the very place she clung to life for hours in raging flood waters. in her first visit back since the floods, she shares about her rescue, and her struggle to recover both physically and mentally. enjoy the sunshine and warming temperatures for the rest of the week with highs mainly in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 30s and 40s. rain returns to the forecast monday through wednesday of next week. hundreds of people will come together this saturday to lace up their shoes and show their columbia. the race for the place 5k for st. lawrence place is particularly meaningful to kershaw loynes. kershaw and her four sons are alumni of st. lawrence place-- a 30- home community in columbia that helps homeless families get back on their feet through specialized programs. kershaw and her youngest son cephius will be walking and running in the race saturday as a way to give back and encourage other families who are currently at st. lawrence. kershaw loynes/former slp resident 08:04:47 you can't just kershaw loynes/former slp resident 08:04:47 you can't just wake up one morning and there it is- there is a process, there needs to be accountability. there needs to be a network of people that help you and your family 08:06:44 i'm just a small part of the success that comes out of other families like me- it really makes a difference the race for the place 5k will start this saturday at 8am behind st. joseph's catholic church, with a kids fun run starting at 9am. all of the money raised will we've put a link under the big red 10. happy birthday to everyone celebrating today!! send your birthday club pictures to: birthdayboard@wistv.com and specify the date in subject line. a senior administration official confirms that today, the white house will announce that the president will travel to latin america next month --- including cuba. cuban leader raul castro and president obama announced in 2014 that the two countries would begin to normalize relations after 50 years without diplomatic ties. guns will be allowed in classrooms at the university of texas at austin next school year under new guidelines. the school's president approved guidelines that comply with a state law. the law allows concealed handgun license holders to bring their weapons into classrooms. state law requires public universities to the florida winners of the 1-point-5-billion- . thanks for starting your day with news 10 sunrise. three sheriff's deputies were taken to the hospital after a crash involving two patrol cars. we'll bring you the very latest- live from the scene. plus... bring it -- a challenge from ted cruz to donald trump. why cruz says's he's not concerned as donald trump threatens to sue. and -- game day for the usc women's basketball team. what's on the line tonight -- as the gamecocks renew their border rivalry with the georgia bulldogs. good morning. thanks for waking up with sunrise. i'm len kiese. and i'm mary king. it's 6 o'clock. top stories as you're waking up this morning... we're told three lexington county deputies after expected to be okay after a crash involving two patrol vehicles. it happened a little before 9 last night on platt springs road-- just down from old orangeburg road. all three were taken to the hospital with injuries. our michal higdon will have a live report from the minutes. and -- on the campaign trail the nation has a new republican presidential frontrunner. the latest nbc news/wall street journal poll shows ted cruz leading donald trump by two percentage points. that's after months of polling showing trump with a lead. cruz's take on the bump in the polls...just ahead. plus... the man in third looking for a boost heading into saturday's primary. governor haley announced she's supporting marco rubio. we'll hear what she has to say, coming up-- as she continues to hit the trail with the candidate. but first-- we're looking up at skies full of sunshine here in the midlands today. tim miller has a check of your first alert forecast as you wake up this morning. great stretch of weather over the next few days. mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s today then warmer through the weekend! friday sunday: partly cloudy, highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s by sunday. changes coming as it looks wet and cooler starting monday and much of the next week. back to our top story this morning-- three lexington county deputies injured after two of emergency call. this happened on platt springs road near old orangeburg road. our michal higdon is live where this crash happened with the latest details. the scene at this point in the morning is clear and a very different picture than what we were seeing just hours ago. i talked with adam myrick, the spokesperson for the lexington county sheriff's department. he says all three deputies involved in this crash are in stable condition with non life-threatening injuries and expected to be okay. this is video of what that crash scene looked like last night. right now details are still very limited on how this crash happened -- as we await new information from the highway patrol. what we do know is the crash happened sometime between 8:30 and 9 o'clock last night. two deputies and one reserve deputy were responding to a burglary- in-progress call when their vehicles collided. right now investigators are not how the crash happened. myrick says that will be up to the highway patrol to determine. "anytime one of our vehicles are involved in any kind of traffic collision, south carolina highway patrol is the agency that is responsible for that investigation. so as per the standard policy, they are also looking into this case right now. and we are really in the early phases of what will be a lengthy process. highway patrol's mait team was on the scene overnight collecting evidence needed to reconstruct this crash. we've made calls to the highway patrol and we hope to get an update this morning on where they stand in the investigation. live in lexington county, michal higdon, wis news 10. new national frontruner ted cruz is upping the ante in attacks against donald trump. earlier this week-- the trump cease-and-desist letter, threatening to sue unless cruz got rid of an ad on trump's former pro-choice views on abortion, that trump says were false. cruz's response to trump? bring on the lawsuits. "i'll confess, i laughed out loud. this has not been a typical race by any sense. and i don't think anyone is surprised that donald is threatening to sue people. he's done that most of his adult life. but this letter really was -- look, i've practiced law 20 years, and this letter really pressed the bounds of the most frivolous and ridiculous letters i've ever seen." cruz made the comments while at a cnn town hall in greenville last night. cruz continues his south carolina tour ahead of the saturday primary today in easley. he'll be campaigning with senator mike lee. the event will be on powdersville road. meanwhile-- florida senator marco rubio is getting personal. rubio took the stage before cruz at that cnn town hall -- recalling his experience with racism growing up. he says he was too young to but that americans should confront racism in a responsible way-- in order to continue being a great nation. "i do recall growing up in las vegas, and some of the neighborhood kids were taunting my family, saying why don't you go back on your boat, why don't you go back to your country. i didn't know what they were talking about. i was so young. i said, 'i don't swim.'" governor nikki haley shared a similar story about growing up in america when she announced her endorsement of rubio -- part of the reason she says she's now backing him governor haley told a crowd on wednesday in columbia that she wanted somebody quote "humble enough" to work for all americans. she said she wanted to endorse a candidate that would show her immigrant parents that coming to america was the best decision they ever made. "my job was to find the person i thought could do it the best. so i wanted somebody with fight. i wanted somebody with passion. i wanted somebody that had conviction to do the right thing but i wanted somebody humble enough all the people." haley joins a couple of other big names in south carolina politics to endorse rubio...including senator tim scott and representative trey gowdy. governor haley will be with rubio today during a town hall event in greenville. that's at 9 this morning -- and is not open to the public. at 12:30, he'll be in anderson at the hilton garden inn. retired neurosurgeon ben carson, who has struggled to gain numbers in the polls, is stating his views on prominent issues. carson was the first to speak at the greenville town hall last night. he touched on privacy versus national security in light of an fbi order to apple to help them hack the phone of one of the san bernardino shooters. carson said apple needs to sit down with government members and work out their relationship. he also addressed the supreme court justice debate-- saying he would nominate a successor to justice antonin scalia if he was in president obama's shoes. today -- carson will be talking to student voters at he'll take part in the "bridging the gap" town hall to talk about education, poverty and economic opportunity in south carolina. that's at noon. tonight -- cnn will host another town hall here in columbia featuring the other three republicans still in the race. donald trump, john kasich and jeb bush will be there to take questions. that's happening from 8 to 11 at the usc school of law on main street. anderson cooper will moderate. for more decision 2016 coverage as we inch closer to the first in the south primary-- visit wis tv dot com. breaking overnight in the wis alert center... a major recall this morning involving toyota. the japanese automaker is recalling nearly three million suv's worldwide -- because of possible problems with the seat belts. in a statement released early this morning -- the company said a flaw could cause some rear seat belts to fail in a crash, leaving passengers unprotected. the flaw is suspected in the seperation of seatbelts in two crashes, one of which killed a passenger. most of the vehicles affected were built between 2005 and 20-14. one-point-three million of them america. toyota dealers say they will fix the problem at no cost to the consumer. the south carolina senate's debate on how to get more money for the state's roads has started with a filibuster -- the same way it ended last year. senator tom davis took the floor wednesday, saying he isn't ready to give hundreds of millions of dollars in new money to the department of transportation unless the agency is changed. governor haley has also called for reforms to the dot. the dot commission is meeting today, and they'll take a look at plans for a statewide transportation improvement program a big game tonight for the gamecock women's basketball team -- with the sec regular season championship on the line. usc clinched a share of their second straight title monday night by beating tennesse. tonight -- border rival georgia will cross state lines, and a win for the gamecocks would mean they clinch that title outright opening tip is at 7 o'clock at colonial life arena. if you can't make it to the game -- you watch on the sec network plus. alert forecast today. here's tim miller. great stretch of weather over the next few days. mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s today then warmer through the weekend! friday sunday: partly cloudy, highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s by sunday. changes coming as it looks wet and cooler starting monday and of the next week. pope francis has left mexico after a 5 day visit around the country. what he called on from world in his final message in front of a huge crowd. it's been another record year dunkin' donuts' unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day -- and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for $4. that's breakfast whenevs. and a caramel-flavored swirl uplift your mood. indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. america runs on dunkin'. carolina. state officials announced wednesday the state exported nearly 31 billion dollars worth of goods in 2015. that's an increase of more than 4 percent over 2014. it was the sixth straight year that exports from south carolina set a record. the director of south carolina's department of public safety is heading for the helm. yesterday, the senate unanimously approved leroy smith for a second term at the dps. the agency overseas the highway patrol, transport police, and bureau of protective services. smith took over the agency in 2011. he says he hopes to address concerns over low pay to help retain troopers. after the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia-- retired justice sandra day o'connor is speaking out against fellow republicans on who should replace him. o'connor is urging president obama to fill the supreme court's newly vacant seat quickly -- while republicans say it should be the next president who makes that nomination. some legal analysts are calling on obama to reappointment the 85- year-old o'connor. justice scalia died saturday. pope francis used a mass at the u.s.-mexico border to call on governments worldwide to open their hearts to the "human tragedy that is forced migration" -- a reference to drug-cartel violence that has plagued mexico. a huge crowd gathered in juarez, just across the border from el paso, texas. thousands more watched a livestream video at a college stadium in el paso. the event capped the pope's great stretch of weather over the next few days. mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s today then warmer through the weekend! friday sunday: partly cloudy, highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s by sunday. changes coming as it looks wet and co

o'connor and ginsburg, i looked hard at justice powell who sat with o'connor for so long. how was sick and was away for several weeks. what the court did without saying a word about what they were actually up to was the took thek the faith -- cases were they knew or suspected that powell would be the deciding fifth vote and they put those off, waiting for him to come back. that therence is now justices have no idea when there might ever be a night justice. so if mitch mcconnell is true to his word, then it will be january of 2017 before there's any possibility of a night justice. that is 11 months away. so it is hard for me to imagine that would be putting cases off for 11 months. amy: this is key, ian millhiser, this issue of putting this off. you have justice scalia who was a strict constitutionalist. i mean, it is very clear that the president chooses the next supreme court justice, and of course, has to be approved by the senate. wouldn't be a dereliction of duty -- i mean, president obama is in for almost another year, for him to not just name someone? >> he was suddenly be a dereliction of duty for the president not to nominate someone. amy: right. then send it to the senate. >> but what this potential crisis highlights is just how political the court has become. i mean, you are going to have the spectacle of potentially having a seat open for at least a year, and probably for more than a year -- possibly for more than a year because if a year from now we have president clinton or president sanders, but we still have a republican senate, there's no reason to think that republican senate is going to want clinton or sanders to fill that seat. we have a case where the republican party has decided to play constitutional hardball and fight as hard as they can to keep that seat open. and there's one other thing to bear in mind, there are three other justices on the court right now who are very elderly. so in a few years, we could have four open seats. you potentially still have a democratic president and republican senate, and no possibility of filling those four seats. when you go to the supreme court, it is not clear as a matter of law that there are able to hold hearings of daily have five justices, but even assuming they are, there will be four vacant seats. juan: scott horton, what about the issue of what happens from here on in and also the choices that president obama had? does he name of more moderate justice and then really make it difficult for republicans to continue to block a nomination, or does he attempt to go to a more liberal justice and really sharp and the upcoming election, the choices that voters have when they are electing a president? >> to me, the political elements here have never been sharper for the supreme court. i think we are going to see the full issue of the supreme court front and center in the election campaign for the new president. it is always there in the final rounds of the election, we usually have candidate saying, who is selected now, the president will determine the makeup of the supreme court. and now we're in a position where that literally is going to be true. so it will be central. as for obama's options, it seems to me he is going to be -- he is one of play a tactical game at knowing the republican majority and their leader. and it seems to me the republican's have put themselves in the position in which there are going to be subject to ridicule based on their own conduct. it is likely that he will put forward a nomination of a moderate with outstanding credentials and probably someone who has recently been approved by the same republican senate by a strong vote. and watch them cope with that. because i think if their tactic is simply to block, that is not going to help them in the presidential election. juan: what would be -- who would be some of those potential folks? cited most commonly figure right now, but i think we have a group -- principally, court of appeals judges who were approved over his two terms as president who have gotten substantial support, including support from republicans. there are a half-dozen of them in the holding pen right now, and any of them may be put forward. but i doubt it is going to be the less equivalent -- left equivalent of a scalia. it'll be more of a moderate, more disinterest, someone who in normal times would be able to count on republican support. amy: ian millhiser, can you talk about sri and who he is and his significance? >> sri, i seem to argue cases before. he is one of the most brilliant litigators. he also clerked for two republican judges, for republican court of appeals judge in the first sandra day o'connor on the supreme court. he spent many years of his career at a major corporate law firm, so he is very much perceived as a sort of middle-of-the-road moderate. the sort of candidate a democrat would put up if they wanted to extend an olive branch and say, look, i'm going to meet you halfway hereby picking someone who would not necessarily be a democrat first choice, but someone who everyone agrees is an extraordinary intellect, someone who was confirmed 97 to zero when he was confirmed to his current job on the second-highest court of the land. so i think sri will be attractive to the white house. there are some other candidates, paul watford -- amy: sri srinivasan would be the first indian american. he is young, 48 years old. labor unions were not thrilled when he went up to this court, not feeling that his history representing corporate class would bode well for them. >> yeah, that's right. what you're looking at with sri, again, the fact that he has certain kinds of clients as a lawy

o'connor was last seen friday on judah beach. she was wearing a black black yoga pants. o'connor is 5'4", she has brown hair and blue eyes. disorder. she likes to spend time in parks. anyone who sees her is asked to call police. >>> because super bowl 50 is right here in the bay area, the nfl experience wanted to app up the tech factor for fans. we'll give you an experience coming up next about the blend of digital and reality. >>> and san francisco is rocking tonight, part of super bowl be festivities. man >>> we had a chance to hear from headliners at this year's super bowl halftime show. the british band coldplay, lead singer chris martin said there's always pressure to top the halftime shows from past super bowls. >> i think we're going to try and celebrate those other years, and hopefully make the show as memorable as some of our favorites. >> coldplay will be sharing the stage with beyonce. the band gave no hint of what songs they will perform although prions a does perform a song with coldplay on their new album. -- beyonce does perform. >>> a sold-out concert featuring dave matthews band, it is the biggest in a se

o'connor. greg: she was definitely pro-choice. rosanna: she was pro-choice. cardinal o'connor came out and said i do not see how a catholic in good conscience can vote for an individual expressing themselves as favoring abortion. may have won the battle, but lost the war. greg: the late great. rosanna: bringing up something earlier. he would not allow his religious views to change away he governed. you have to take a man from the pope. >> go to our fox5 facebook page. we will read some of your comments later. greg: scalia, the funeral will be tomorrow. president obama is expected to his body, as you said will lie at the supreme court all day. the president is not planning on attending the funeral on saturday. the white house says, vice president joe biden will attend the funeral. presidential candidate and senator ted cruz plans to attend the funeral. >> i guess if that is the term over there. the latest on eliot spitzer. was he being extorted by that woman who he have a moment with at the plaza hotel. a former prostitute. trying to extort money from spitzer. police found dele

o'connor was last seen friday on judah street a few blocks from ocean beach. she was wearing a black sweatshirt, red t-shirt, and black yoga pants. o'connor is 5'4", she has brown hair and blue eyes. friends say she takes medication for bipolar disorder. she likes to spend time in parks. anyone who sees her is asked to call police. >>> because super bowl 50 is right here in the bay area, the nfl experience wanted to app up the tech factor for fans. we'll give you an experience coming up next about the blend of digital and reality. >>> and san francisco is rocking tonight, part of super bowl be festivities. we caught up with one bay area man who had 90 reasons to make it to tonight's concert. increase speed, full throttle! (over intercom) ann, are you coming in? negative! stay on target. what are you guys doing? r2, thrusters! they're closing in! i'll guard the base. for every family that lives star wars, this is the place where star wars lives. where a galaxy far, far away... ...is closer than ever before. move along. come join us...as star wars awakens. and right now you can save on premium rooms at the disneyland resort. >>> we had a ch

o'connor weighing in on the fierce fight who should name antonin scalia's successor. >> sandra day o'connor who was nominated by ronald reagan is ek breaking with republican whose want to block any nominee barack obama puts forward and leave the pick up to his successor. here is what she had to say about it. >> i don't agree. i think we need somebody there now to do the job and let's get on with it. >> sitting supreme court justice spoke yesterday at yale but made no mention of the replacement. o'connor the choice should be made by the next president. republicans are already pointing to new polling that shows the public is split on whether the senate should hold a confirmation vote this year or wait for a new president and all of this political jockeying comes even before scalia's funeral in washington on saturday. president obama and the first lady are expected to pay their respects on friday. and some other white house news a senior official tells us later today the white house will announce the president will visit cuba next month. after spending a little time in cuba i can tell you that will likely be a huge event for that island nation, chris. >> as chris frates goes to cuba, no cigars for his buddy chris. that's all i heard there, frates. >> next time. >> in other news t justice department is ready to take on apple in this battle of privacy versus national security. even the tech rival google is now coming to apple's defense. we have cnn justice reporter evan perez with the lat

around, she gets to the opera, and sandra day o'connor always had their yoga and training classes at the court. they had an instructor come in. sandra day o'connorly vigorous over the years. and of course, the first woman whom i covered on the court when she came for confirmation. and she was quoted, interestingly, in the last couple of days saying "get on with it." get on with nominating and confirming someone. >> i noted that. she is there today at this gathering. we have seen several of the justices, either inside or arriving. let's go back to tom goldstein. tom, the 8-8 court. a lot of people have said, well, how is this going to work? people who don't have the memory of it ever before. and isn't the short answer that cases that come before the court where it is a lower court decision getting decided upon, if it's a tie, indeed, 4-4, that case stands. >> that's right. the rule at the supreme court, if there is just an intractable tie, so that we've got four on each side, so we don't have a majority, then the lower court decision stands. but there is a special tradition at the court for a situation like this one, where you have the possibilit

o'connor struggled with lupus before her death. she was i awarded the book award in 1972 for her collection, the complete stores flannery o'connor. the 1978 pulitzer prize winner for fiction, james allen mcpherson, was born in savannah in 1943. he earned degrees from morris brown college, harvard law school and the university of ohio. his pulitzer prize was awarded for a collection of short stories help has also written essays and nonfiction books about his life and cultural identity such as 1998's crab cakes. he is a prefer emeritus at the university of iowa's college of liberal arts and sciences. bruce filer ills the author of six consecutive "new york times" best sellers, including "walking the bible" and "abraham." he also writes a weekly column about families for the sunday edition of "the new york times." that wraps up at our look at some of savannah's native authors. >> here's a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. on march 12th and 13th, booktv will be live at the university of arizona for the eighth annual tucson festival of books. the following week is the virginia festival of the book

sandra day o'connor is an admission that the patron state of the modern day republican party made a mistake. i think republicans would be in a very difficult position justifying keeping justice o'connors where her age comes into play as a potential asset. because nominating a nearly 86-year-old is certainly unorthodox. and so senate republicans would not be able to go to their base and say, we are fighting over the future of the court for the next 25 years. instead they would really be piting over what happens in the next year or so. >> william blake, a fascinating read in the bamt more sun. thank you very much. we appreciate it. erin back to you. >> all right poppy, as republicans get ready to face voters during our cnn town hall here where i am in south carolina tonight it has arguably been the nastiest day on the campaign trail. incredibly nasty. fights erupting. ted cruz calling donald trump's bluff over a lawsuit threat. just moments ago a major endorsement. someone backed peru marco rubio who could move the leader. and in nevada, hillary clinton's lead, it was a stunning lead gone, evaporated into thin air. what bernie sanders is doing in the 11th hour to pull off a major momen

meanwhile retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor weighing in on the fierce fight who should name antonin scalia's successor. >> sandra day o'connor who was nominated by ronald reagan is ek breaking with republican whose want to block any nominee barack