I thinking i would ask god to help me and pray. Reporter in new york heavy winds overturned this truck on the George Washington bridge. This time lapse showing it moving into charlotte, north carolina. Strong winds toppling trees, hopes and power lines there. More than 160,000 people without power across 7 state, its the same system that spawned terrifying twisters in virginia, a state of emergency in effect. A deadly tornado shredding homes, among the victims, a young child. Only thing we heard was woods. Reporter that baby and two others pronounced dead. This is devastating. Reporter across the region more than 30 tornadoes in the last day alone, first tearing across louisiana destroying this rv park. God let us be okay. Reporter and on the back side of this massive storm, midwest. Dont make the trip today. Reporter in parts of illinois and indiana, nearly whiteout conditions making travel extra difficult. And that area, by the way is in for more snow today. Take a look but its not expected to be quite as heavy. With the snow showers continuing around the great lakes and temperatures will move back up into the 30s. In the midatlantic in northeast plan on mostly dry conditions although temperatures will be a bit cooler. Well, to politics now, the republicans preparing to face off in houston tonight. Their final debate before super tuesday. After his landslide victory in nevada donald trump is now tangling with mitt romney over his tax returns but hes also trading jabs with the other gop candidates who are struggling to catch up. Its your voice, your vote. We get the latest from abcs Kenneth Moton. Good morning, kenneth. Reporter good morning, reena and kendis. It is a case of irony. Millionaire mitt romney was criticized about his own tax returns but now hes making billionaire donald trump. Hours before Severe Weather ripped through virginia overnight, donald trump was on the ground rallying supportersrs talking running mates. I do want somebody thats political because i want to get lots of great legislation that we all want passed. Reporter trump was a noshow for a republican town hall on fox news hosted by megyn kelly who had a very public feud with the gop frontrunner. The candidates lined up as they worked to take down trump. We are not going to allow the conservative movement to be defined by a nominee who is not a conservative. Reporter all four promise to release tax returns this week after mitt romney called on them to do so. The 2012 gop nominee even said he believes theres a quote bombshell in trumps taxes. When people decide they dont want to give you your taxes its usually because theres something they dont want you to see. Reporter trump went on the attack and tweeted mitt romney who totally blew an election that should have been won and look like a fool fewer fireworks from the democratic side. Hillary clinton made her case ahead of saturdays South Carolina primary. Bernie sanders who is struggling with black voters there moved on to super tuesday states drawing 9,000 people to his rally in tulsa, oklahoma. As for trumps taxes he says there is no bombshell other than he pays a lot. The republicans will debate tonight on cnn in the super tuesday state of texas where the governor just endorsed his senator, ted cruz. Reena and kendis. Coming down to the wire, definitely for them, Kenneth Moton live in washington for us this morning, thank you. New developments this morning now in the standoff over president obamas pick for the supreme court. Sources tell abc news the president is considering a republican, Brian Sandoval as the nominee. He is a former federal judge who supports abortion rights, his overture to republican lawmakers who vowed to block the president s choice. Top Senate Republicans will meet with the president next week. And access to abortion clinics may soon be limited in louisiana. A federal Appeals Court has refused to block a new law which advocates, say, will force clinics in the state to close. That law requires doctors who provide abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles. A Group Supporting abortion rights says it will take the case to the supreme court. Moving overseas to syria where a ceasefire in the civil war is set to take effect saturday morning. It allows aid to reach remote areas. Here at home growing calls to establish a socalled safe zone if the ceasefire fails. John kerry told lawmakers it would require up to 30,000 u. S. Ground troops to maintain. A new isis video in the facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and jack dorsey, the head of twitter. 25minute video is too disturb disturbing to show including pictures of the two men covered in bullet holes. Isis says it is responding to efforts by facebook and twitter to suspend accounts and remove posts that promote terrorism. Well, still ahead our exclusive with apple ceo tim cook speaking for the first time about apples legal showdown with the fbi. But first tearful testimony as erin andrews father says shes a shell of her former self after photos were leaked online. Those charging elephants in africa were chasing arizona senator and some others during their trip to africa. During a boat ride a hippo showed off teeth. His purpose was to learn more about poaching. Keshas legal battle. Abc news obtained video denying she had sexual relations with music producer dr. Luke. Kesha is suing claiming he sexually abused her and she contract. The video was taken during a deposition five years ago. A judge ruled friday kesha must follow through but doesnt have to work with dr. Luke. Kesha has garnered support from others including taylor swift, adele. Well, emotional testimony from the father of sportscaster erin andrews. Andrews choked up as her dad told the court her daughter was all she did was cry after discovering a stalker had posted videos of her. Shes suing barrett and the marriott for 75 million. A veteran Law Enforcement officer died while carrying out a highrisk eviction. Two others were hurt which killed the homeowner. It was considered high risk after that homeowner posted online rants against the police. Austin, texas, a Police Sniper who shot and killed an armed suspect will not be charged. Newly released video from a year ago shows 27yearold sauer flash repeatedly flying at a Police Helicopter as it hovered over his house. Thats when the officer moved in and shot him in the head. His two young daughters were sleeps inside. Well, the u. S. Is no longer the word. That distinction goes to china now. According to a newly released billionaires moved to china moved china into first place by a margin of 33 billionaires. Beijing is the city with the most with 100. Thats five more than new york. See, donald trump is going to say, i was right. All along. Its china. China. When we come back the exclusive interview with apples ceo tim cook arguing that their battle with the fbi isnt just over privacy, but security, as well. And promising new information regarding this seasons flu vaccine. What you need to know. So my kids dont have to forage, got two jobs to pay a mortgage, and ive also got a brain. 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. Youre gonna want someone like me. vo if you have type 2 diabetes, you may know what its like to deal with high. And low blood sugar. Januvia sitagliptin is a oncedaily pill that, along with diet and exercise, helps lower blood sugar. 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Watch out for icy or wet roads from the great lakes stretching south to northern tennessee. And if youre flying, likely to find airport delays today in detroit and boston. Well, now to that abc news exclusive. Apples ceo tim cooks first interview. Cook tells david muir that doing so would make hundreds of millions of customers vulnerable to hackers. Yes. The only way we know would be to write a piece of software that we view as sort of the software equivalent of cancer. We would never write it. We have never written it, and that is what is at stake here. The fbi though says it believes that syed farook used that phone to communicate with his wife his accomplice and im curious, do you struggle at all with the possibility there could be information on that phone that could reveal other plot, other people who were involved in planning the San Bernardino attack . David, if we knew a way to get the information on the phone that we havent already given, if we knew a way to do in that would not expose hundreds of millions of other people to issues, we would obviously do it. I want to get to what the fbi director james comey said. He said its not about a slippery quote but 14 were slaughtered and many more had their lives ruined. Many the phone holds the clue but we cant look the survivorses in the eye or ourselves if we dont follow any possible lead out there. I do and this is an incredibly complex issue to place a back door in the iphone. We believe it does put hundreds of millions of customers at risk. Theres probably more information about you on your phone than there is in your house. Our smartphones are loaded with our intimate conversations, ow financial data, our health records, theyre also loaded with the location of our kids in many cases and so its not just about privacy, but its also about public safety. But this your quiet moments do you have any concern that you might be able to prevent a terrorist attack by breaking into that phone . David, some things are hard and some things are right and some things are both. This is one of those things. And in this case you believe there are some things that just should never be created. Correct. Apple has until tomorrow to file its legal response to the case. In response to cooks comments the senior Government Official develop a way into the phone that will only be known to the company itself and no one else. As for cooks suggestion congress resolve the dispute the official claims that would take too long. Now to some encouraging news about this years flu vaccine. Its doing better than last years vaccine. Preliminary information from the centers for Disease Control finds it is 59 effective. A big improvement over last years results showing only 20 effectiveness. Health Officials Say that weve had a milder flu season this year, but they warn it has not peaked as yet. To a frightening scene caught on camera at a gas station in kentucky. An ecigarette battery exploded in a mans pocket. Josh hamilton was shocked when his pants burst into flames as he ran from the store in panic. A clerk followed him with a fire extinguisher and put out the flames. Hamilton suffered serious burns on his leg, but he is expected to be okay. Good to know hell be all right. Lookout for a man theyve dubbed the rogaine robber. The bald bandit is accused of stealing the hair growth drug from store shelves across the buckeye state. Cops say its likely hes trying to resell the stolen rogaine either online or at flea markets. They dont believe hes using any of the products on himself despite his bald head. Okay, well, coming up, coming back down to earth astronaut scott kelly ready to come home but not without helping us take a giant leap towards mars. 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Looking at todays weather, dry and warming up in the west. Snow showers around the great lakes. Mostly dry in the east and deep down in the south it looks like its going to be kind of nice. Not bad at awe. Finally this morning as we count down to sunday nights oscars we take a glimpse behind the scenes. And when it all comes down to it it revolves around whats in the envelope. Brandi hitt. Reporter they are the best secret keepers in hollywood. Martha ruiz and brian cohen set to carry those famous briefcases. Reporter holding the names. Has there ever been a mistake. No. Reporter Price Waterhouse coopers has counted the oscar ballots. 6,261 sent out on paper and online. We control everything from the time they go out indicated with security codes and those come back to us. We then have those in an un undisclosed location. Reporter inside that secret un undisclosed Location Security is tight. 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Reporter brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. Very intriguing. Abc is the place to be on oscar night, sunday at 7 00 eastern thats i do her toward registering for the four six the order. And this morning picking up those pieces from a deadly tornado. We live in waverly with more on the aftermath and then closer to home cleanup begins after strong winds and rains pummeled the peninsula. Good thursday morning everyone this is thirteen years now at daybreak Alyssa Bustamante by marjorie senior is four thirty right now very windy out there this morning but that sort system that slammed the south has moved out after causing major problems to meteorologist greg muller is here tracking what is ahead in our forecasts oak redwood could still feel lotto winner dr today. Well we are going to find very windy conditions across syria wind still gusting up around forty mph for much of the day the winds will relax a little bit later tonight i was talking with our executive producer on the way he says how long are the ones going to be with us and certainly this morning and the afternoon maybe ease up a bit right now getting our recent gust to thirty six mph at norfolk and thirty two well cus just reported a thirty acre attack thirty seven a dark thirty to go she n at the langley as well so what we have for you. Very breezy start today but the storms are gone and that is good news and thats Important News to share with you and the skies are going to clear as we go later today as well become partly sunny still mild that the coast temperatures mid to upper fifties or accuracy with a west wind screens in cooler conditions temperatures are going to hold pretty steady theyll dip a little bit and then come back up. Generally in the mid to upper fifties to the afternoon so the skies are clearing again we will see some more sunshine today you dont have to worry about the storms and we will enjoy what should be a pretty good day apart from those gusty winds but still winds up around thirty five to maybe forty mph from time to time when easing the sting more to like the twenty five to thirty mph range overnight and then tomorrow with more sunshine it will be cooler but the winds will ease up a bit. Im back full forecast