Already. At least four tornadoes touched down last night in the gulf coast states. Destroying homes and businesses. The full extent of the damage still unknown. Thousands of people are spending the night without power. Hundreds of flights have been canceled today because of the storm system. As you can see here, it spreads from tennessee to maine. Bringing rain, snow, and ice to 17 states. And the snow coming in within the last few hours. Theres a threehour delay opening federal government offices in washington, d. C. , this morning. The weather is about to make a dramatic turnaround. We get more from abcs megan hughes. I was cleaning up the area in city hall so nobody slips and falls. Reporter up and down the east coast, slippery side walks made for wobbly walking. On the roads, the coating of ice left drivers scrambling. To get traction. Driving down route 29 in valley forge when he went off the road, just missing this tree. Im trying not to hit the guy in front of me. I just kind of tried to turn. I just came off the road. Reporter north carolinas wintry mix caused more than 1500 Car Accidents in less than 24 hours. The 1200milelong winter storm is also creating trouble at airports. Red dominated the departures board at charlottedouglas international. Close to 1600 Flights Canceled monday. Im done. Im done. Im done. Im ready for summer. Reporter the snow, ice, and rain are madging north up the east coast. 17 states seeing Winter Weather alerts, with a big warmup in many places by later tonight. The wild weather stretching into the south with reports of several tornado touchdowns. In mississippi, this house destroyed. This High School Campus damaged. In louisiana, winds ripping apart this car wash and pizza hut, sending debris flying. I seen it, like, coming at me. Whoo. It was scary. News, washington. This mornings other big story. A new wave of bitter attacks from donald trump heating up the campaign trail in South Carolina. Hes firing off at former president bush as he stumps for his brother. Hes calling ted cruz unstable and dishonest and hinting at a possible third party run. Its your voice, your vote. We get the latest from lana zak. Reporter the man known as bush 43 was on the campaign trail trying to make younger brother jeb bush 45. We need someone to fix the problems that cause the anger and frustration. And thats jeb bush. Reporter and jeb needs the help. The South Carolina republican primary on saturday could be his last stand against frontrunner donald trump, who owns a doubledigit lead. In polls there. Trump has been on the warpath against the bushes. The World Trade Center came down during your brothers reign. Ive heard for years, he kept the country safe after 9 11. What does that mean after . What about during . I lost friends in that building. Reporter trump attacking ted cruz. I think ted is a very unstable guy. I have never seen anybody that lied as much as ted cruz. And he goes around saying hes a christian. Reporter cruz fired back. Its not a response simply to start yelling louder and louder liar, liar, liar, when somebody points to the candidates own reporter in michigan, a surging Bernie Sanders was met with huge lines and nearly 10,000 supporters. Together, were going to create an economy that works for the working class and the middle class, not just the 1 . [ cheers and applause ] reporter lana zak, abc news, washington. As for the democrats, theyre locked in a tight race in nevada days before voters there head to the polls. Take her place at a Campaign Rally in florida. Clinton, in the meantime, remained in nevada, hoping to drum up lastminute support. She barked like a dog while mimicking an old campaign ad accusing the republicans of twisting the truth. The Great Recession was caused by too much regulation. [ making barking noise ] you know . Hi the candidates are making another push for the africanamerican vote today. Clinton is speaking in harlem today and meeting with leaders from several black groups. Sanders visits Morehouse College in atlanta. And there is this. An embarrassing error for marco rubios campaign. This new ad stating its morning again in america. The Stock Footage is of vancouver in british columbia, canada, as in not at all part of the United States of america. Rubios campaign learned of the mistake apparently when buzzfeed pointed it out. President obama could name a scalias seat by next week. The white house says the president s obligation to do so is quote ironclad. And that hes already deep into making a choice. The republicans control congress. So the nominee has little chance of being confirmed. The position could remain vacant for more than a year. The eight remaining justices could tie on key decisions, making gridlock a real possibility. Making news overseas in syria, hopes for a ceasefire set for next week have dimmed after a series of air strikes on hospitals and a school. At least 50 people died in the attacks. That included a Pediatric Hospital and a maternity ward. Doctors without borders blamed syria and russia, saying 40,000 people are now without medical care. Last week, the u. S. , russia, and other world powers had agreed to a pause in the fighting. Pope francis with another busy day ahead in mexico. The 79yearold looking tired last night, even limping a bit when he returned to mexico city. He still took time to bless the crowd. State, he spoke out against exclusion. Of the countrys native population. Hell visit the u. S. Border region tomorrow. Lets move on to a completely different topic. It was a powerful night of music in los angeles. The grammys were handed out. The big winners, Kendrick Lamar, taylor swift, ed sheeran. Swift won album of the year for the second time. Kendrick picked up five awards. For his breakthrough album, to pimp a butterfly. Meghan trainor was named best new artist while mark ronson and bruno mars had the top record with uptown funk. There were tributes to artists who passed away in the last year. Lady gaga perhaps the best for david bowie. Her outfit seemed to channel the Ziggy Stardust Era and she ran through nine of bowies most well have more on the grammys coming up in the pulse. Also, coming up, an alarming new study with a potential link between heartburn medications and an increased risk of dementia. What happened as this waste truck flipped completely upside down . I know how it is. Youre all set to book a flight using your Airline Credit card miles. And surprise those seats sometimes cost a ridiculous number of miles, making it really hard to book the flight you want. Luckily, theres a better way. With the capital one venture card. With venture, youll earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, every day. 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The colorado planned people were killed last year has reopened. Only part of the building is being used because repairs are still being done. Robert deer has been charged with murder and other accounts in connection with the attack. He calls himself a warrior for babies. He says he targeted the clinic because of the abortions performed there. And over in ohio, a restaurant reopened following a machete attack last week. Four people were hurt in the attack. The Restaurant Owner celebrating the reopening there. You see him there. He believes he was targeted because of his ethnicity. Hes an arab from israel. The fbi in columbus has not spoken publicly about a motive. The suspect was killed by police. Washington has given the green light to the first u. S. Factory in cuba in more than half a century. An Alabama Company hopes to build about 1,000 tractors a year in cuba. By this time next year. The tractors will be built for individual farmers. Also the morning, an agreement regularly scheduled Airline Service between cuba and the u. S. All right. Let book. Heres a diamond hard to believe. Take a look. There it is. All 440 carats of it. It was found in a mine in the african country of angola. The biggest ever found there. The diamond is worth as much as 14 million. It almost doesnt look real, does it . It doesnt. It came one day late, two days late for valentines. When we come back, the air scare forcing a plane to turn around after smoke streamed into the cockpit. Talk about a quick delivery. The pregnant mom giving birth with very little warning. The pregnant mom giving birth with very little warning. Lifes short, talk is cheap. Ill be working while you sleep. Still dont think ive got a brain . You think a resumes enough . Wholl step up when things get tough . Dont you want that kind of brain . A degree is a degree. But only if you have a brain. 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Go antiviral with tamiflu. Well, it sure doesnt look like winter in Northern California. Temperatures are 10 to 20 degrees warmer than usual. Skies are clear. Not everyone is happy with the great weather. Trees are blossoming. Thats starting allergy season early. And Northern California could really use some rain right now to replenish their reservoirs. Hey, but theyre dealing with a wind chill of 80. Drivers will see rain in Washington State and the northeast. Roads may be slippery in the northern rockies. Airport delays in washington, d. C. , philadelphia, new york, and boston. Well, smoke in the cockpit caused a scare on an Alaska Airlines flight out of Reagan International airport. 167 people were on board going to seattle. 16 minutes after takeoff, it was back on the ground at nearby dulles airport. After the pilots reported smoke. Put on oxygen masks. By the time the jet was landing, it seemed as if they had an idea what happened. We dont have any fluid or anything dripping. It seemed to be kind of an oily smoke. So, it was, i think, one of the motors. No word yet about the exact cause of the smoke. All six crew members on board the plane were treated at a hospital and have been released. No passengers were injured in that. A truck driver is in serious condition at a Miami Hospital after his garbage truck fell down an elevated highway exit ramp. That fall more than 100 feet from the roadway into the ground. It fell into the parking lot of a park. No one on the ground was hurt. More trouble for university of missouri professor who was suspended last fall after a confrontation with a student journalist. Melissa click was suspended with pay and performed Community Service after that incident that took place during a protest following racially charged incidents on campus. From a month early. In which click is seen cursing at an officer during a protest that interrupted a parade. Click say plying for tenure at the school. The Administration Says the incidents are under investigation. A new study links popular heartburn medications, brands like prevacid, finding people 75 and older who regularly took those medications had a 44 increased risk of dementia. Researchers caution there is just a link. Theres no proof one causes the other. A rhode island mom delivered her third son at home. Not by choice. Baby cameron arrived in the middle of the night ten days early. As his monument tried to get comfortable on the recliner in her living room. Mom says she had one feeling that kind of felt like a normal contraction contraction. On the second push, cameron arrived. The ambulance. A little overachiever. Time for sports. This morning, college basketball. Were about a month away from the start of this years march madness. As for last nights action, we get highlights from espn. Good morning, its sportscenter from los angeles. Im stan verrett. College basketball had the spot light on a big monday. A couple of big conference games. Oklahoma state and kansas. Cowboys. Beat the jayhawks earlier this season. Kansas wouldnt forget. Diallo with a block of chris olivier. They wag the finger Dikembe Mutombo style. Graham, the crossover and pullup. Wayne selden jr. Put them on the line as well. Jayhawks roll. 9467 to get the win over oklahoma. Then beat Oklahoma State on monday. N. C. State and virginia. Virginia not over the loss to duke. One fan says n. C. State grayson did on the gamewinner. Malcolm and london opened the game in the second half. Brogdon with the jumper. He had 22 points in this game. Ferrantes with great job. Barber averages 24. He had just 14 in this game as virginia wins it, 7353. Thats it from here. Back to you. Coming up, adeles lackluster performance due to technical difficulties. And taylor swift strikes back to kanye west. The pulse next. Swift strikes back to kanye west. You next in the pulse. Doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. 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Reporter but there were headscratching moments. Audio issues during singer adeles performance. The singer hit rare sour notes. Before you know reporter and did we mention the tributes . There were more than every ever this year. So many big names dying recently. Lady gagas musical ode to david bowie perhaps the most memorable. This is Ground Control to major tom Jackson Browne got together to take it easy you will find peace of mind reporter and Stevie Wonder and pentatonix honored earth, wind, fires maurice white. Other awards on the country side, best album to Chris Stapleton and traveller who said taylor swift gave him a present before going on stage. I would like to thank taylor swift for glitterbombing me before. Reporter backstage at the grammys, jason nathanson, abc news, los angeles. Now to the new shot fired in the testy relationship between kanye and taylor. Last week, kanye dropped a new album including a song called famous, where he takes credit for making taylor swift famous. In the lyrics, he called her the b word. She gave a subtle shot back during an empowering pep talk to other women. There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success. Accomplishments or your fame. But if you just focus on the work, and you dont let those people sidetrack you, some day when you get where youre going, youll look around and you will know that it was you. Notice she didnt mention kanyes name . Sometimes you dont have to namedrop. I guess so. Kanye has tweeted since. But he didnt address it. Lets talk about fashion. The tributes to david bowie started on the red carpet. Lady gaga channeled ziggy stardust. In this bright blue coat dress. 70s do and blue eye shadow. Zendaya went genderbender, too. Chrissy teigen, no confusing her for anything but a woman. Her baby bump shown off in this formfitting gown. 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Looking at todays weather, heavy rain tapering off around seattle. Dry and mild in the center of the country. Heavy rain and some snow in the northeast. High temperatures later today. Finally at the Westminster Dog Show here in new york, several pampered pooches have been named best breed. Tonight, the ultimate prize. Best in show. And this year, seven new breeds are in the running. Jesse palmer is there with a behindthescenes look. Reporter over 3,000 dogs competing at the 140th Westminster Dog Show. This is like the super bowl. Like the world series. Varieties. Including seven new breeds, more than ever before. Like jango. He may look like a mop, but hes a spanish water dog. Another new dog on the block, the berger picard. Its our first time. So were about to jump out of our skins just being here. Reporter getting the dogs ready for the spotlight is no walk in the park. He sits in shampoo for an hour. And then it takes five hours to forcedry every cord to get it dry. He goes in the house, lays in front of fan for a day and half. Reporter thats a tough life. He has a very tough life. Reporter as for jango, hes already a champion. Winning best in his breed. Giving him a shot at another first, best in show. Jesse palmer, abc news, new york. All right, thank you to jesse there. Hes going to be at the show again today for good morning america. But, thats always a wonderful its a big thing in new york. German shepherds and shihtzus are sort of breast of breed. Yeah. So this German Shepherd, i believe, that were looking at, called rumor, was arguably the biggest fan favorite of the night, apparently. Drawing loud ovations during his turn in the ring. The last German Shepherd who won best in show was 1987. Im still a big fan of the golden retriever. Which apparently is not there you have the shihtzu. Off the shampoo. Thats whats making news in america this morning. As i mentioned, stick around for good morning america. Have a great day. Have a great day. 3temperatures hovering near freezing and a wintry mix that will transition to heavy rain for the morning commute. Ill have your tuesday forecast up 3pattie vdot is urging drivers to be safe this morning. A live look at the roads just ahead. Whit but, if you do find yourself driving today. We have some advice to help keep you safe behind the wheel. Pattie plus, a look at the fight to take down the Ten Commandments in oklahoma. The battle unfolding on capitol grounds. 3 3 3 3 3pattie good morning virginia. It is tuesday, february 16th, 2016. Im pattie martin. Whit and, im whitney delbridge. This morning we have Team Coverage to get you up to speed on the weather conditions. Our Mona Kosar Abdi in live in lynchburg with the latest on the roads. But first lets check in with melissa and will over in the weather center. 3 3 3 a winter storm warning remains active until noon