Killed in the helicopter crash. Baseball agent scott boras says he will create that internship for altobellis daughter. Longtime ceo bob iger is stepping down as disney chairman, capping an extraordinary run navigating disney through some of its most transformative years. Here is ska inkayna whitworth. Reporter passing the torch at walt disney company. Bob iger stepping down as ceo effective immediately. Iger saying its an optimal time to transition after 15 years leading the company to focus on creative endeavors at disney. I needed to spend more time on the creative side of our businesses because theres really nothing more important, particularly with the new strategy we have in place. In order for me to do that, i had to pass the reins on to someone else, this gentleman as it turns out. Reporter as disneys sixth ceo, iger oversaw tremendous growth, acquiring pixar, marvel, and its avengers franchise, including revolutionary blockbuster black panther. Iger says attending its premiere was a day he wont forget. And lucasfilm, expanding the disney universe to include star wars. The force will be with you. Into the unknown reporter also building on disneys franchises adding 21st century fox, launching the disney plus and espn plus streaming services. His successor bob chapek says he has big shoes to fill. Ive had the opportunity to watch bob work his magic at disney now 15 years. I have plenty of awe in terms of recognizing what hes done, what hes accomplished. Reporter after 45 years at the company, iger still looking ahead. No, i dont think im going to look back at all. My new role will be a fulltime job, and i have a lot to do. It must feel pretty powerful to have someone like that in your corner. Its nice to have bob iger in your corner. Reporter disney is the Parent Company of abc news. Bob iger will remain executive chairman of the board until 2021 to oversee this process. He said hell still be waking up at 4 15 every morning to get his job done. Kayna whitworth, abc news, burbank, california. Which is likely why mr. Igers a fan of world news now. We know he enjoys this show. So good morning, mr. Iger. Hes pushed back his retirement several times over the years. And so were thankful for that. Congratulations to our Parent Company. Coming up, an inside look at some of americas most elite winter warriors. You are watching world news now. W. Test test as President Trump vows to as President Trump vows to pull u. S. Troops back from the deserts of the middle east, the pentagon is shifting its training focus to colder and more rugged environments. Now the president and congress are making a major investment in elite Training School to prepare our troops for the wars of the future. Abcs devin dwyer takes us to vermont. Reporter nearly 50 years after the end of jungle combat in vietnam and decades of hot, sandy battles in the middle east, the pentagon says frozen mountainous terrain is the next big test for americas military. As russia and china drive deeper into the arctic, Officials Say defending the homeland will be critically dependant on operations in snow and ice. To see how the militarys preparing we took a trip to the armys Mountain Warfare School in northern vermont where every year hundreds of soldiers, officers, and enlisted learn to become winter warriors in the most extreme conditions. Just to see them train, we needed to borrow a range of equipment to stay safe in boots wi crampons, i axes, mittens with a trigger finger in order to fire a weapon. For sergeant max rooney, who outfits the soldiers, says the most important lesson is how to survive the cold. This lives in a rucksack. This is the essential outdoor weather gear . Thats the closest thing to a hug an airman can give you. Reporter we met commander Steven Gagner who runs the school to join a squad preparing for its final test in the basic mountain course. Why is this winter training so important right now . Just surviving the environment is often the hardest part. Reporter we arrive to find five dozen soldiers from all over the country breaking down their camp after a night sleeping on ice under a plastic tent. Where are you guys from . Washington state. Washington state . Maine. Maine. Rhode island. Anybody from a warmweather state . Florida. We got the florida guys over here. Reporter along the ridge, soldiers wearing 40pound packs clip their safety harnesses onto a fixed rope to make the traverse. Right now the students are moving on a complex fixed rope. One soldier will move up at a time. Reporter a path traveled by Army Soldiers who have trained here for almost 40 years, along with members of every military branch, including the elite navy s. E. A. L. S. Russian, chinese, and north korean militaries regularly conduct winter training in harsh conditions. As abc news saw firsthand a few years ago, russia is flaunting its military expansion into the arctic, staking claim on tundra thats become strategically important due to climate change. Congress and President Trump are making a major investment in those skills, approving 30 million late last year climbing the ice, meeting with the instructors, and touting the importance of the lessons taught here. I noticed this letter from mark esper shortly after his visit. This is march 25th, 2019. This line stood out to me. He says, your mission is a unique one that will prove critical in the future, we must be prepared to win the first battles of the next wars no matter what the environment. That is what you guys are doing here. Absolutely. We train soldiers to fight, be more mobile, lethal, survive any environment that they come into contact with. Reporter in short, a boot camp for problem solving and resilience, for winter warfare and beyond. Our thanks to devin there in vermont for that eyeopening report. That is some training right there. You see the guy from florida . He lifted his trigger finger mittens, im from florida, i want to go home. The risk of avalanche meant all reporters and soldiers had to wear detection systems on their chest. It just shows again how serious theyre taking that training right there. Coming up, stacks of memories waiting to be claimed by their rightful owners. Stop struggling to clean tough messes with sprays. Try clean freak it has three times the cleaning power to dissolve kitchen grease on contact. It works great on bathtubs. And even stainless steel. Try clean freak from mr. Clean. Aint no Mountain High enough aint no valley low enough aint no river wide enough to keep me from you sometimes hope and faith can surpass what seems like even the most insurmountable obstacles. This is just an incredible story because that is precisely what was happening to the family of a missing boy in baltimore. Little ethan disappearing february 5th triggering a tireless overnight search. Then the next morning what the family is now calling divine intervention. A u. S. Postal worker spotted the 2yearold curled up in a ball on the side of the highway. God just put me in the right place at the right time. Wasnt even paying attention, wasnt even thinking about it. Just happened to look over that way and saw him. And now an emotional visit with Police Officers. You see it right there. A hug for his rescuer. Incredible. Turning now to a different kind of reunion in kansas city, missouri. Stacks of family photos apparently forgotten and left behind and the man whos looking to reunite those memories one family at a time. Here is abcs david muir. Reporter brian benoni and his family on a mission. So many memories. Reporter to get these newly discovered photos, these memories, back home where they belong. Brian, an architect from kansas city, missouri was at a job measuring this building, a photo studio that abruptly closed. He found stacks of images still in the store. Cant believe the photos are going to get thrown away. Reporter brian got an idea, to reunite the photos with their rightful families. He started organizing them. Last name, first name, different lists. His daughter helping too. From family portraits to newborn babies, graduation photos. Wanted my kids to be a part of this. Reporter the benonis have reunited dozens of families with their photos. Brian is asking for little help. Can you imagine coordinating outfits and family schedules for this one . Can you imagine getting this large of a family together, then never getting the canvas from this photo shoot . Reporter if you know them in kansas city, call brian. We would love to get you guys your photos back. Reporter in the meantime, photos already going home. Look at the jergens, holding their family portrait thanks to brian. I love a good family portrait. Right, call brian if thats you. You look back 20 years from now, see the odd sweaters, crazy family photos, your little sister, brother, doing something weird. You got to love those 80s photos, remember those . Thank you, david. I do love those. Yeah. Thats the news for this half hour. This morning on this morning on world news now, the last debate before 15 states go to vote. It was a fiery one in South Carolina with senator Bernie Sanders and former mayor Mike Bloomberg taking much of the heat. Plus did former Vice President joe biden do enough to keep him in contention . Also this morning the cdc issues its sharpest warning yet saying theres no doubt the coronavirus will spread in this country. The urgent scramble to protect americans as cases continue to rise worldwide. Plus the winter blast millions are facing. A messy morning commute in the midwest, whiteout conditions and icy roads are making travel treacherous. Close encounters of the humpback kind for a group of kayakers off the coast of hawaii. A group of whales getting a little too close for comfort. Maybe the kayakeng weha this alof a te for you his dnesy, february 26th. You know i had it ready for you. Good morning, everyone. How you doing, Mona Kosar Abdi . Im doing well, thanks for having me back. Did you see that fiery debate . Oh, yes, i did. They threw some bows. They did. Saw that . I definitely saw that. Thats where we begin this half hour, with that democratic infighting on full display with the barrage of attacks aimed at Bernie Sanders. Sanders was front and center as the seven leading candidates took the stage in charleston, South Carolina last night for debate number ten. They questioned everything from his electability to his favorable comments about dictators. Michael bloomberg also came under heavy fire in a night marked by raised voices and repeated interruptions. Abcs trevor ault has more. Reporter with his newfound status at the top of the democratic field, senator Bernie Sanders walked into a hornets nest at tuesdays cbs news debate. Vladimir putin thinks that donald trump should be president of the United States, and thats why russia is helping you get elected oh, loser. He and i both want to see universal health care. But bernies plan doesnt explain how to get there, doesnt show how were going to get enough allies into it, and doesnt show enough about how were going to pay for it. If you think the last four years has been chaotic, divisive, toxic, exhausting, imagine spending the better part of 2020 with Bernie Sanders versus donald trump. Im hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight. I will tell you, pete, what the American People want, joe, what the American People want. They dont want candidates to be running to billionaires for huge amounts of funding. Reporter sanders wasnt the only candidate targeted. Former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg again in the crosshairs of senator Elizabeth Warren. At least i didnt have a boss who said to me, kill it the way mayor bloomberg i never said that. Is alleged to have said oh come on. To one of his pregnant employees. Reporter the candidates often fighting to speak over one another. If we spend the next four months tearing our party apart, were going to watch donald trump spend the next four years tearing our country apart. Reporter ahead of South Carolinas primary, former Vice President joe biden holding on to the top spot in state polls and promising if you dont win South Carolina, will you continue i will win South Carolina. Reporter this debate was particularly important not only because it was the final one before South Carolinas primary on saturday, its also the last debate before super tuesday where more than 30 of the delegates are up for grabs. Kenneth, mona . All right, trevor. Speaking of super tuesday, the candidates know this thing is about to go National Just like that. The final debate before this thing goes national. Steyer has put a lot of money in South Carolina. My cousins are like, all they do is see tom steyer ads on the tv. He spent like 20 million in political ads. Flyers in the mailboxes. Yeah. Of course South Carolina, a mustwin state for former Vice President joe biden. Bernie sanders there saying that his ideas are not radical. This is what the American People want. But a lot of the candidates on that stage were expressing concern that if he is the democratic nominee, that he could affect downballot democrats. The Trump Campaign called this one a hot mess, this debate. Why was it so fiery . Why were they all talking over each other . Why were they all going after each other, going after Bernie Sanders and bloomberg . Its because super tuesday. Yes, weve got the primary in South Carolina on saturday, but we also have super tuesday where 14 states will vote. Bloomberg has put his whole jackpot, the whole all the money on the super tuesday states. And so with ads and visiting them, these candidates know it, and so i think wednesday after super tuesday, the way this race will shake out, it will be interesting to see. Fast approaching, definitely. Stay with abc news for the outcome of the South Carolina primary this saturday, and we will have live coverage of the super tuesday results. Thats next tuesday, march 3rd, beginning at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Now to the spreading coronavirus outbreak. For the first time a member of the u. S. Military in south korea has tested positive. The pentagon says the 23yearold male is now restricted to his home while medical teams are trying to determine who he may have been in contact with. Meanwhile one of the Largest Hotels in Spains Canary islands is locked down right now because at least two guests have the virus. All that as u. S. Health authorities are warning americans to be ready because they say an outbreak is unavoidable. Abcs Steve Osunsami has more. Reporter u. S. Health Authorities Say theres no doubt well see more of this, americans sick with the coronavirus who need to be kept in isolation. We are asking the American Public to work with us to prepare in the expectation that this could be bad. Reporter in their most clear warning yet, the cdc all but promises that the coronavirus will spread here and that americans need to prepare. We expect we will see Community Spread in this country. Its not so much a question of if this will happen anymore, but rather more a question of exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will have severe illness. We really want to prepare the American Public for the possibility that their lives will be disrupted because of this pandemic. Reporter at a 3m factory in south dakota where they make masks and respirators that help protect from the disease theyre working 24 7. Were told by experts at cdc there is a very strong chance of a very serious outbreak of coronavirus in the United States. Reporter the government sharing it could need 300 million respirators to be used by Health Care Workers but only has 30 million on hand. What has authorities alarmed is clusters of outbreaks happening outside of asia not directly connected to asia. On the Canary Islands off the eastern coast of africa, more than 1,000 tourists are trapped in a hotel because an italian guest came down with the virus. In italy, more than 322 confirmed cases with ten people dead. They havent even found the source of the outbreak. In iran, at least 15 people were killed by the virus and nearly 100 are sick, including this Health Minister who yesterday was on camera downplaying the danger as hes seen coughing and wiping his brow. Today he learned he too has the coronavirus. A vaccine is still at least several months away, and in response to the outbreak in italy, Syracuse University in new york is suspending its study abroad program. That affects some 342 students who now have to be brought back home. There is currently no travel restriction from the United States on travel to italy because of the coronavirus. Steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. All right, thank you, steve. Fears about the virus effect on the Global Economy have stocks plunging around the world. Overnight asian markets lost ground again following a second devastating day in a row on wall street. The dow lost nearly 880 points yesterday. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has the details. Reporter in the last two days the dow has lost 1,910 points. U. S. Stocks have wiped out 1. 7 trillion in value. And some of the hardesthit companies are those airline stocks, most susceptible as travel demand slows as a result of coronavirus. Airline stocks as a whole down 12 in the last two days. United, delta, and american alone have wiped out about 6 billion of their market value. And apple, a company that most americans who have a 401 k or Retirement Savings account own, is down 12 from its alltime high hit earlier this month. While economists are predicting that the Economic Impact of this outbreak could be shortlived, they say theres still potential for a lot of uncertainty and volatility in the markets. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. All right, rebecca with the market watch, thank you. Turning to the weather and the snowstorm that stretches from oklahoma to the great lakes. The light snow in chicago will continue all night and throughout the day. Good morning, chicago. Earlier the storm produced low visibility and treacherous driving in Central Kansas and even led to a deadly crash. Accuweathers adam del rosso is tracking the storm for us. A messy start to our wednesday as were tracking snow from Central Illinois into southern michigan, even into parts of new england as we head more into tonight and tomorrow. Otherwise ahead of this system it is mild and were tracking gusty thunderstorms into the midatlantic as we head into the afternoon where weve got the snow. Northern new england and downwind to the great lakes, up to a foot of snowfall expected. Into the southeast we have colder air working in. Ahead of that, another line of showers and storms. Mona, kenneth . Thank you, adam. We talked a lot about super tuesday and the wednesday after. It was fat tuesday, and today is Ash Wednesday this week, which means a lot of people in new orleans are preparing to recover from that fat tuesday headache hangover. Yes, mardi gras is winding down. We think . That is bourbon street at this hour. We see some foot traffic there. Time to clean up the beads, the glitter. That womans not ready to go home. The sequins, the feathers, the confetti. So many leaving new orleans with maybe a little regret as well and a hangover. As usual the drinks and beads flowed all day and night in the french quarter. You see the floats right there. Honestly when it comes to mardi gras, this year was touched by a little bit of tragedy. Two people lost their lives, killed by floats. The city likely really thinking hard and taking a look at float safety and parade safety. More residents in new orleans want like barricades, more barricades up around that parade route. 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Were back with a deacon being attacked during a Catholic Church service in pompano beach, florida. Parishioners came to the rescue, subduing the man until Police Arrived and arrested him. The deacon wasnt hurt and was able to continue with the mass. The indiana man accused of accidentally dropping his granddaughter off a cruise ship has decided to plead guilty. The toddler fell from an 11thfloor window to her death while the ship was docked in puerto rico. A hearing is expected in april. The grandfather said he didnt know the window was open when he lifted up the girl. A family Attorney Says the plea agreement includes no jail time and no admission of facts. The family is also suing the cruise line. A Police Officer in orlando, florida has been fired after arresting a 6yearold girl. That officer led the girl out of her school, her hands cuffed in zip ties. The school says she assaulted three staffers as we hear from abcs victor oquendo. Reporter the gutwrenching body cam video that is hard to watch. No, please, give me a Second Chance reporter an orlando Police Officer taking a 6yearold girl from her school, her hands zip tied behind her back. Please reporter heartbreaking cries as shes lifted into a patrol car. Please let me go reporter the video of this september arrest just released by the family. According to the police report, officers were called after the school complained the girl kicked and punched three staffmembers. No reporter the girl sobbing when restraints were put on. Dont dont put handcuffs on reporter after she was taken away, officer Dennis Turner returned. 6,000 people ive arrested over 28 years. Shes the youngest, 6 . Shes broken the record. Reporter charges have been dropped but the family is preparing to take legal action. She says shes now afraid of the police and has nightmares from the incident. I was crying for someone to call my grandma. Reporter the school is saying they never asked for the girl to be arrested. Dennis turner was a retired officer working extra duty, an our thanks to victor there. Coming up next half hour, where entire neighborhoods are under siege by tumbleweeds. Yikes. First getting a little too close for comfort. A group of humpback whales getting close to that kayaker next on world news now. G close to that kayaker next on world news now. Ional disinfectants protected my family against bacteria. But they dont last after people touch the surface again. New microban 24 finally a household cleaner that keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours. Watch as both brands kill 99. 9 of bacteria and viruses. The difference . Even after multiple touches, microban 24 keeps killing 99. 9 of bacteria for 24hours. New microban 24. Available in multipurpose cleaner, sanitizing spray, and bathroom cleaner. Babies arent fully developed until at least 39 weeks. A healthy baby is worth the wait. Rock the boat dont rock the boat baby rock the boat dont lift the rock the boat dont rock the boat baby rock the boat dont tip the boat over rock the boat dont rock the boat baby there was quite a bit of rocking the boat off the coast of hawaii. Were not talking about that aaliyah song. This encounter involved two kayakers, a dog, and giant humpbacked whales. Will ganss joins us with this whale of a tale. Good morning to both of you guys, good morning to all of you. Christina jennings was on a kayak when humpback whales got a little too close for comfort. She describes her feelings as terrifying but epic. Dave, dave . Dave, get me out of here, get me out of here reporter kayakers off the coast of maui getting a little overwhelmed thanks to a group of humpbacks. Oh god, oh god what, what . Epter the voice in the video belongs to christina jennings, who says she and her kayaking pals, a guy named dave and a chihuahua mix named harley, stopped about 100 yards away from the group of whales. A baby whale playing and splashing around in the distance. I can feel harley shaking. Adult whales traveling with the pod abruptly changed direction, heading towards christinas group. Theyre kind of coming right at us. Reporter why the sudden change in direction . Maybe he only speaks whale. Dory . What are you doing . We need to find his son. What are you doing . Reporter cute, but not quite. Christina and dave, who have both worked with whales professionally, think the male whales were trying to assert dominance in order to become the escort of the female whale in the pod. So that breaching and signs of aggression had nothing to do with the kayakers and were directed at the other whales instead. But no one told harley, the chihuahua. [ dog whining ] reporter the pup unable to fetch courage in the shadow of close calls. A killer whale nibbling on this paddle board. Or this spinner shark who christina says after she and harley stopped shaking dave, dave, get me out of here, get me out of here. Reporter the encounter was totally amazing and worth it. Terrifying at the time, sure. But funny and epic now. So apparently thousands of humpback whales make maui a seasonal home this time of year. Even so, despite working with whales and sightseeing tours for years, christina and dave say this is by far the closest theyve ever come to the animals. Theyve never been to seaworld. Thats very true. Front and center. You know what grandma told me . Never get in between whale courting. Grandma told t bweenma. Where in South Carolina were you all hanging out with whales that close . Thats what i want to know. Little South Carolina sayings. The mix is next. E South Carolina sayin sayings. The mix is next. 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It has become a hit with locals. Theyre taking selfies in front of it, like now i dont have to go to italy to see the Leaning Tower of pisa. A company has even decided they are going to advertise on it, take advantage of the moment. They have a sign that says, have better luck with us. Use it as a marketing opportunity, look at that. That is smart, right . Yeah. Everybodys looking at it. Right, youre taking selfies in front of it, free advertising on social media. Thats pretty cool. The wrecking ball. Youve got to get a bigger one. Apparently they cant have one over a certain size or something. Yeah, its regulations. They need a bigger one. Hey, how about this one. 82yearold message in a bottle has been discovered. Okay. Look at that one. That one made its way over through the english channel. A resident of jersey, an island off the english channel, the author of the 82yearold message in a bottle has been identified and the note will be passed on to the mans daughter. You can kind of see it says, will the finder of this bottle, something, something, communicate with someone. Interesting. I always like these stories because i feel like it shows how bored people were a long, long time ago. Look, ill just write this thing, put it in a bottle, throw it across, see if it gets across the ocean. A guy named nigel hill found the bottle in february, started searching for the authors family. The author was john stapleford, who dated the note september 1938. It even included the england address with the current residence. They dont live here no more, long gone. Send that bill to someone else. No, it was just a message, wasnt a bill. This next story, you dont even have to be a star wars fan to appreciate this, also to appreciate etsy where this is being sold. A star wars fan decided that he or she wanted to make a grill with none other than dark vader. Thats right, you can see the flames in the eyes. Why . My question is why hasnt anyone thought of this before. This is like genius. This is why i also love etsy. I dont know much about star wars, i call this man dark vader, but that i can appreciate. Also brilliant, 14monthold august seeing snow for the first time in the deep south, north carolina, winstonsalem. While i was on a combat patrol my c in baqubah, iraq,nned out. A rocketpropelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. When i came home, i felt alone. My family was around me, but i couldnt talk to them about what id seen and what id done. I remember just thinking, man, the way i am right now, i dont want to live. I was discharged from the army, and ive been working with the Wounded Warrior project since 2007. Warriors dont have to be severely wounded to be with the Wounded Warrior project. We do have a lot of guys that have posttraumatic stress disorder. Being able to share your story, i guess it kind of helps you wrap your mind around what did happen over there. Just because youve left the military doesnt mean youheuys are coming home, im kind of leading and training them, instead of for combat, im leading and training them to heal. And if i come away with anything from the Wounded Warrior project, its them giving my life back. My name is norbie, and yes, i do suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder, but im okay. Im not out of time, hes going over time and im going to talk, heres the deal. Fireworks. This morning on world news now, the Democratic Candidates unleash on each other in South Carolina. Most of the attacks were directed at senator Bernie Sanders. Plus each candidate reveals the biggest misconception about them. Also this morning, battling the coronavirus. U. S. Health authorities issuing a stark warning telling americans to be ready because the outbreak is inevitable. So what can you do to stay healthy . New this half hour the new development in the case of the missing kids from idaho. Their mothers new husband speaking out this morning. And later, when tumbleweeds attack. The pesky plants that have totally taken over neighborhoods in Washington State. And its official, bachelor nation is about to boom. Why abc is now looking for the grumpiest old men and the goldenest girls. Its in the skinny on this wednesday, february 26th. Being politically correct there . Im like, wait, goldenest girls . Golden girls. Yeah, but we can call them that, right . Im not going to get in trouble, right . Right . Okay, boomer. Im not on record in this conversation. All right. Good morning, everyone. We start with the battle for the palmetto state this half hour, the democratic freeforall, the candidates battling it out in a raucous debate with senator Bernie Sanders in the direct line of fire. Attacks came fast and furious from all sides hitting the frontrunner on alls like medicare for all, gun control and his chances of defeating President Trump. Former mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to redeem himself as senator Elizabeth Warren piled on. The final debate before super tuesday began with an allout assault on frontrunner senator Bernie Sanders. If you think the last four years has been chaotic, divisive, toxic, exhausting, imagine spending the better part of 2020 with Bernie Sanders versus donald trump. Vladimir putin thinks donald trump should be president of the United States, and thats why russia is helping you get elected bernie voted five times against the brady bill. Im hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight. I wonder why. And maybe, you know, pete mentions what the American People want. I will tell you, pete, what the American People want, joe, what the American People want. They dont want candidates to be running to billionaires for huge amounts of funding. Reporter the selfdescribed democratic socialist was attacked for his proposals. Nearly 60 trillion, do you know how much that is for all of his programs . That is three times the american economy. Not the federal government, the entire american economy. Reporter former Vice President joe biden appeared more forceful than in past debates. South carolina may be his last chance. I will win South Carolina. Reporter former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg also faced sustained attacks on stop and frisk and women in his workplace but seemed better prepared for this debate. I dont care how much money mayor bloomberg has. The core of the Democratic Party will never trust him. Reporter topics ranged from gun control to coronavirus and the raucous debate called a hot mess by the Trump Campaign that had many candidates going over their allotted time. Universal health care bernie launching missiles to take them down, and if we dont why am i stopping . No one else stops. Reporter the night ended with each sharing a misconception about themselves. The biggest misconception about me is that somehow im defined by Business Success and money. Reporter misconception, and youre hearing it here tonight, is that the ideas im talking about are radical. The biggest misconception is that im boring, because im not. Well, i suppose one misconception is that i dont eat very much, in fact, i eat all the time. The biggest misconception is that im not passionate. Misconception that im 6 feet tall. I have more hair than i think i do. The night ending on a lighter note. South carolina will have their say. Blook black voters make up more than two thirds of the Democratic Party in South Carolina. Stay with abc news for the final results on saturday. And our other major story this morning is the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Overnight a 15th patient who was evacuated from the diamond princess cruise ship arrived in nebraska for treatment. The new patient is the spouse of another person already being monitored there. Guests at a hotel in Spains Canary islands are quarantined because at least two people have come down with the virus. A Health Minister in iran who was seen coughing and wiping his brow while talking about the virus on tv now has it. The virus has claimed at least 15 lives in iran and American Health experts now say the virus spread in the u. S. Is all but inevitable. Overnight a stern warning from the cdc. This could be bad. Reporter experts urging americans to prepare themselves as the new coronavirus creeps closer to home. We really want to prepare the American Public for the possibility that their lives will be disrupted because of the pandemic. We still dont know the exact numbers worldwide. Of the cases we do know, it appears 3 cause critical disease. 15 cause severe symptoms. About 82 cause mild infection. Reporter health Officials Say communities should be ready to take drastic measures to control the outbreak, including closing down schools and stores, adding people should make sure they keep essentials like medications on hand. Some commonsense precautions do apply. Go down a mental checklist to make sure youre ready. Reach out to School Contacts if you have children in school. Stock up on a few home supplies. Reporter for now the cdc says the best way to stay healthy is simple interventions. First, covid19 is more contagious than the average flu and has a much higher mortality rate, so be extra vigilant with typical measures like washing your hands. Second, if you cant stay home, stay at least six feet away from anyone who may be sick. Lastly, some strains of coronavirus can stay alive up to nine days on surfaces, so clean anything you touch regularly like car keys and cellphones. Fears over the coronavirus are causing the stock market it is to go lower. Here in the u. S. The dow has lost more than 1,900 points over the last two days. The judge in the roger stone case says shes taking his retrial request under advisement. Stone is the trump insider sentenced to prison last week. During a hearing yesterday a key juror was asked about allegations she prejudiced the jury, a claim stone says justifies a new trial. Judge Amy Berman Jackson expressed fears that tweets from the president about that juror raised the risk of further jury harassment and intimidation. Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein remains in a new york City Hospital because of concerns about his Blood Pressure and heart. His attorneys say hes in good spirits and energized by plans to appeal his conviction. When hes released from the hospital hes expected to go to the citys jail infirmary. It is snowing across a large part of the middle of the country. Right now you can see it stretching from oklahoma to western pennsylvania. The storm system is grazing chicago, but its snowing in detroit right now. As you take a look at that live picture. And to the west the storm is leaving as much as 1 foot of snow and misery in its wake. Abcs alex perez reports. Reporter that major winter storm making for treacherous travel in the midwest. You cant see anything. Reporter in kansas, vehicle after vehicle going off the road. Im at the mcpherson Saline County line on i135 where we are working a significant amount of wrecks right now. Reporter one driver killed and two children seriously injured in a wreck north of wichita. In colorado, up to 60mileperhour wind gusts creating blinding snow and singledigit windchills. Definitely cold and bitterness, its terrible. Reporter high winds delaying more than 200 flights at denvers airport. This time lapse showing a wall of snow racing through aspen monday. That system now barreling east. And this storm is just getting started. Detroit is bracing for snow all day wednesday. Up to half a foot of snow is expected. Alex perez, abc news, detroit. Thank you, alex, for that report. Jif the food, the Peanut Butter company, is weighing in on the pronunciation of jif versus gif. Okay, finally, finally. You were waiting. This debate has been going on for so long. James smucker, which makes jif Peanut Butter, has joined with jiffy to try to solve the debate producing a special jar with the label gif, an effort to show the two words are different and gif should be said with a hard g. Wait, so agreeing with me that its gif . I said what i said. Listen thats what i said. So wake up not on my watch. Were confusing everybody, ii ator theyre saying hard g. Says jif. I say jiffy but i call it a gif, im sending you a gif. No, im sending you a jif. Oh my god. I just contradicted myself. You did. Youre right. Im sending you a gif. Throw me away. Youre a gif. You know what . Actually i texted gifs too. If you send to people, you know you got the nene leaks . Theres beyonce, mariah carey the best gifs, she is the queen. I dont know her Michael Jordan crying. Aww. Theres so many of them. Theres so many. How do you guys say it . The debate really will go its not even a debate. It is. Its a gif. 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Anything at all you want to say to them . Grateful for any support. We just have to wait for the Legal Process to work through. Can you tell me, mr. Daybell, are the kids okay . Lori vallow has an extradition hearing next monday. After that she could be sent to idaho to face justice. The heir to the hot pockets fortune is the latest parent to be sentenced in the College Admissions bribery scandal. Michelle janavs pleaded guilty to paying 300,000 to have her daughters exams corrected and have one of them labeled as a Beach Volleyball athlete. She was sentenced to five months. Prince harry is back in the uk set to wrap up his royal duties. The duke of sussex arrived in scotland yesterday. Thats right, its his first time in Great Britain since heading to canada a few weeks ago. They will given up their royal responsibilities that will begin at the end of next month. When we come back, the kpop carpool karaoke. Bachelor senior edition. Its happening now. The skinny is next. At the end of next month. When we come back, the kpop carpool karaoke. Bachelor senior edition. Its happening now. The skinny is next. Skinny just gimme the skinny time for the skinny starting with a kpop carpool karaoke. Bts took over James Cordens luxurious suv as corden joked about being the eighth member of the boy band. Hang on, i think i hear what youre saying. Is this your way of asking me to join the band . Is that what youre doing . It feels like thats whats happening. Is that whats happening . Because i will quit this job in a heartbeat to join bts. I dont know if hes seen them dance before, because he might want to reconsider after he sees some of their moves, they be breaking it down. That suv right there, that holds a lot of people. What suv is that . Is that like a oh, a suburban. Oh, okay. They got that backback row there filled. The karaoke appearance comes after bts took over new york citys Grand Central terminal on the tonight show with jimmy fallon to perform a perfectly choreographed performance of their single on. Definitely on their game, on point as always. The bts army said, yall on it. Next to a very different kind of performance by the late Whitney Houston. Or rather her holographic image. Eight years after her death, the Whitney Houston hologram tour premiered last night in sheffield, england, featuring a digital reincarnation along with live musicians and dancers. Okay, and fans were stunned by the digital whitney, but many are critical of her estates decision to move forward with the tour. One fan tweeted that, it makes me really sad and feels like shes being exploited all over again. What do you think about that . If i could see her perform its not right but its okay give me some milliondollar bills, go ahead. I will see it. Got me spinning round and round oh oh i mean, i want to see the real whitney. So yeah it seems a little every time you hear about the holograms of tupac and it seems a little i dont know. Youre on the side of, ill pass . You know us southerners, we dont mess with the dead like that. Next to the headline out of bachelor nation. Its now official, abcs putting out the casting call for seniors looking for love for a senior version of the bachelor. An abc exec tweeted, quote, give us your grumpiest old men, give us your goldenest girls. A bachelor producer offered more details writing more looking for active and outgoing senior men and women in their olden years, ages 65 years and up, looking for a committed relationship. No word yet on a premiere date but lots of words from voice of jack on this one. Jack . Hello . Youre excited . Can you tell im excited . They said theyre looking for grumpiest old men. Thats certainly not me. Ill let all the folks who go on the show be grumpy and golden and whatever hopefully they make better decisions than the current bachelor does. What do you think their date nights are going to look like . I dont know, maybe some metamucil or whatever, who knows. Oh, jack. Metamucil. I will say i will be skipping the episode about the fantasy suite. Yeah. We dont need that. No. Solid. How about a happy birthday to chelsea handler, celebrating her 45th birthday with a big old blast there, whoo, skiing. She shared a video on instagram skiing in her panties with a caption, skiing into 45 with my margarita, my marijuana, and my mountain. Whoneedspants. Want to freshen your home without using heavy, overwhelming scents . Try fe it eliminates odors with no heavy perfumes, so you can feel good about using it in your home. For a light, naturalsmelling freshness, try febreze one. Skip to the good part with alkaseltzer plus. Now with 25 more concentrated power. 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This has been a real problem for folks in the tricities for several weeks. When you see the photos and video for yourselves, it looks like something out of a hollywood horror movie. Homeowners in Washington State cant leave their own front doors. Its indestructible, indescribable, nothing can stop it reporter not the blob but Something Else has neighbors feeling hopeless. I dont control the wind, i also dont control the tumbleweeds. Reporter a couple hundred tumbleweeds blown in by 40mileperhour winds making a big mess. Its a lot. Reporter so many blowing in, people coming to take photos. Jordan bradfield saying this has been happening over and over again the past several weeks. Tumbleweeds jumping fences and blocking doors and driveways. Enjoyable. Good way to spend some time, burn calories. Reporter burn calories then burn the tumbleweeds. If youre the average person, you throw them into the street and hope they go away. If youre me, you throw them into your irrigation ditch then burn them. Reporter fire crews say you can burn them, but there are regulations, adding theyll burn hot and fast. Lucky for jordan, hope is tumbling his way. As we head the next few weeks into march, the jet stream farther off to the north, that means the active storm track is going to be north as well, meaning less of a tumbleweed issue as we head through the next few weeks. Reporter a much happier ending than, well so homeowners should definitely not try to clear them with the lawnmower, that would spread the seeds then wed really have a blob situation on our hands growing and growing. From Washington State to washington, d. C. Where i live, we have tumbleweeds, just balls of hair. Tumbleweeds, everybody. Did you know this . Tumbleweeds apparently came from russia. Russia, russia, russia. Were blaming you for that too. Imported in 1873 by russian immigrants in south dakota. Making news in america this morning, down to the wire. I never said that. Have said to one of his pregnant employees. Oh, come on. The gloves come off during the final debate before super tuesday. Bernie sanders and Michael Bloomberg coming under attack. The chaos on stage, and this morning, will it be bidens last stand . Just three days before the South Carolina primary, the state of the race this morning. A stern warning. This could be bad. The cdc saying theres a strong chance of a serious outbreak of coronavirus in the u. S. What Health Experts say you should do to prepare. Plus, the concerns on both sides of the political aisle. Is the government ready . Breaking his silence. Are the kids okay . We catch up with the