Were going to get analysis in a moment but begin with abcs Stephanie Ramos who is live for us in washington. Stephanie, good morning. Kendis, good morning to you and, reena, good morning to you, as well. This was one of the most feistiest gop presidenal debates. Most of the squabbles taking place between donald trump and ted cruz. Seven president ial candidates and no lack of attacks. First up, president obama, fresh off tuesdays state of the union address. President obama didnt t so much as mention the ten sailors thatat had beecaptured by iran. On tuesday night i watched story time with barack obama. Reporter this debate had the fewest number fof candidates on the main stage, a highprofile efrt to pepersuade vers before the february 1st iowa caucasuses, the glovoves cominoff between donald trump and ted cruz, this bromance apparently over. A Testy Exchange between the two candidates about accusations cruz might not be president because of his canadian roots. You have great constitutional lawyers that say you cant run. Im not going to be taking legal advice from donald trump. You dont have to. Reporter cruz also forced to defend a new report that says he didnt tell the federal Election Commission about a Million Dollar loan from wall street banks for his senate campaign. I made a paperwork error disclosing it on one piece of paper instead of the other. Reporter cruz then throwing more jabs at trump attacking his credentials by saying he represents new york values. Not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. Reporter trump called the jab insulting and praised new yorks response to 9 11. When the World Trade Center ca down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than new york. Reporter democrats have their next debate set for sunday, also in south carolina, kendis and reena back to you. Yeah, and speaking of south carolinana, of crse, we know the been in a bit of a back and forth with the candidates. Night . Reporter she was definitely there, kendis. And she has had a couple of back more recently with donald trump. Trump has come out swinging against haley, especially aftfter she gave the gop response after earlier in the week. Trump saying that haley actually paid him a compliment earlier r in the week during her response. Quote, follow the siren call of the angriest voices referring to donald trump and his remarks. Now, trump said last night that he is angry because ththe countr is being run horriblbly. So a lot of back and forth and trump definitely not holding back even on her home turf. Show up, as well. Stephanie ramos live in washington for us this morning, thank you. Well, ted cruz and donald trump appear to be the main combatants on stage. Yeah, analysts say the debate was indicative of a republican primary fast approaching. Theres just 17 days until the Iowa Caucuses but the big the needle for any of the candidates . With his performance tonight. And looking forward to new hampshire, i think christie and rubio are very happy with their performances tonight. And overnight the Washington Post asked voters online, who won the debate . Donald trump winning overwhelmingly with 82 . And voters also taking to social media during the debate. The gopdebate was popular, it was the top trending topic on twitter all night long. If youre wondering, here are the top talked about issues during the debate, iran, also on facebook, donald trump topping the list of most ted cruz and marco rubio. And stay with abc news for the latest on the debate. Good morning america. Mocratic psidential nomination no longer a cakewalk k fofor hillarclinn. The former secretary of state has lost the huge lead in the National Polls and right now hampshe. On the tonight show with jimmy fallon last night, she agreed its a tight race between them but she denied that she was ever really that far ahead. Thats really artificial. All of those early soundings and polls. Once you get into it, this is a democratic election for our nominee, and it gets really close, exciting, and it really depends upon isnt a job thats given away. She also says that donald trump but she admits a clinton trump matchup would, quoting here, would be quite the showdown. Learn who the three winning Powerball Jackpot tickets, those well, what we do know about the Winning Tickets is where they were sold, at a 7eleven in suburban los angeles, on tennessee. The stores that sold the tickets get bonuses, 1 million in california and just 25,000 in there were also eight 2 million winners and more than 70 who won 1 million. Lelets get to the developments in that terror attack at a starbucks in indonesia. Police arrested three suspects in connection with the aack that left seven dead. Now, two of the dead, a canadian and indonesian, they were the victims. The rest of the dead were terrorists. Police say they found black isis flag with one of the attackers. And defense secretary Ash Carter Says ththis weektiff with iran was our mistake. He tells our Sister Network fusion the sailors on two Navy Patrol Boat ss made a navigational error. That brought them into iranian waters where they were taken prisoner. The american sailors were released the next day for which carter says he is grateful. Well, more wet weather is on tap today for the west coast stretching from the San Francisco bay area north to washington state. That means soaking rain anand coastal areas and several inches of snow in the sierra, the time for the weekend, the other side of the country is bracing for a noreaster. Its carrying heavy wind, rain and snow from florida to maine and theres also this about a hurricane in january . Abcs rob marciano explains. This system, this noreaster starts in the gulf of mexico. Plenty of moisture to work with. Watch as we time it out here. Well stop the clock here midafternoon across the carolinas, heavier rai developing here. This should be a fastmoving system. Thats the good news. By the tiemme saturday rolls around its already off the coastst of cape to. The playoff game in foxborou should be okay. About that hurricane, there it is. Alex, a january storm 300 miles south of thehe azores. It will still be a hurricane when it crosses those islands. Potentially doing some damage. This is the first hurricane to form since 1938 in january. January with hurricane season. N not at all. Incredible there. Okay, our thanks to rob for that. Still ahead, a nationwide shutdown for just one day. Doors. Anhealth alert, the cdc prepeparing tossue a travel alert for pregnant women. Linked to mosquitoes. This is just one of two fatal accidents involving amtrak trains. A truck driver was killed in this collision. This is near dallas. His truck burst into flames after being hit by the chicagopound train. Then theres this one in jacksonville, florida. The driver of a chevy tahoe died after he was struck by an amtrak train. Michigans governor is asking president obama to declare a disaster declaration for flint. Michigan State Capitol saying rick snyder has not done enough. Toxic levels of lead after the city started drawing water from a river about two years ago. Goldman sachs has agreed to pay more than 5 billion to settle charges it peddl toxic mortgages leading, of course, to the financial crisis in 2008. The penalty is the largest in the companys history but far less than what other big banks paid for their roles in the meltdown. Just announced overnitrogen electric is selling its Appliance Division to a chinesese appliancemaker called the haier group. Itll be chains biggest acquisition of an overseas electronic company. Haier has come a long way from making inexpensive refrigerators for college dorms. Chipotle takaking a drastic the restaurant chain will close all of its stores on february 8th to talk to employees about food safety. Several hours. 30 after the outbreaks which included salmonella, norovirus and e. Coli. When we come back, stepping down, the pageant winner resigningmid a scandal. And the luckiest winner, a man taking home 2 million after powerball numbers. Al infections are common, and if you have had tb, hepatitis b or c, or are prone to infections. Xeljanz can reduce the symptoms of ra, even without methotrexate. Ask your rheumatologist about xeljanz. Whats going on here . Im val, the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. Were putting away acorns. 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Our young pple will be on the street and we want justice. Of a carjacking. Officers say they thought he was pulling a gun on them. But theres no weapon found. No charges have e been filed against the officers. A health alert. The cdc will soon warn pregna women about to travel to certain caribbean and latinamerican countries because the zika virus has been linked to brain damage in mothers who got sick. Its carried by mosquitoes andnd though theres no vaccine the National Institutes of health is workrking onone. There is now a new miss washington, usa. Pageant winner stormy keffeler has resigd because she did not disclose a dui conviction before the contest. Police say she was drunk and driving on two flat tires when she was stopped. She reportedly served her term two days in jail after she was crowned. Keffeler is also involved in another Police Investigation into the stabbing of a soccer star. A light rail driver in some explaining when he gets to work. He was caught on camera seemingly asleep at the controls of his train for at least ten minutes. That is until someone knocked on his window. The train was stopped a at a station so passengers werent in danger. His bosses say theyre investigating the incident. The spurs consider last nights big win, one of the biggest for the season. For jimmy butler it was the biggest night of his career. Details om our friends at he pen. Good morning, its sportscenter in los angeles. Kenny mayne along with stan verrett. A couple of great nba games. Its a good league. Basketball right at you. Cavs and Kawhi Leonard against the spurs in san anton. Lamarcus aldridge, spurs up eight, danny green and a launch of three, n good. But leonard is right in there. Throwing it down. Great anticipation, people. A minute left, tim duncan, and thats good withbank. Spurs win 9995. Bulls and sixers, jimmy butler doing over this game. See what i mean. Butler says, give me that and you te this. Reverse layup. 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Though its likely to weaken as it moves toward cooler waters. Looking at todays weather, stormy in the west, colder in the midwest, neaster bringnging rain and snow from frida to maine. Sunny in much of the south. Always a good time right now. The late night comics take on the news of the week. Here now are your friday funnies. Earlier tonight there was another Republican Debate and this morning, the Oscar Nominations were announced. Here are the nominees. The big short, bridge of spies, the revenant, the martian and mad max fury road. If you ask me, the best picture of the year hands down was this, this is the best one of the actors nominated was Leonardo Dicaprio for his movie the revenant. Apparently dicapo prepared by wrapping up a victorias secret model in a bear rug and having a ckle fight with her. Each of the best picture nominees. I will be playing all the parts because every nominee this year is white. Here we go. Ready, ready. The revenant,. Aaagh. The Academy Award are so white this year theyre being held in the organic fruitisle in traders joe. As chris rock, the host said, this is going to be fun. Not one black actor. Ou know its bad when there are more black people in the running for the republican nomination for president , than for the Academy Awards. For best supporting actor. Stallone said today it was an honor to be nominated. Or he said its an awkward denominator. Impossible to know. Hey, i will be nominated. [ mumbleing ] seths still going by the way during that imession. Thats whats making news in america this morning. Stay with us forgood morning america, everyone. Have a fantastic weekend and a great friday. Youre watching good moring iowa in hd. We are iowas most accurate weather team. Good morning iowa starts now elias good morning iowa im elias johnson. Sabrina and im sabrina ahmed. Its x 00 am on friday january 15th elias good to have