The air. Plumes stretching nine miles high, and towns destroyed below. Now the governments new warning. Royal crisis summit. Were live at the queens home sandringham as prince charles, william and harry arrive for that emergency meeting with the queen. Meghan expected to join by phone as they try to determine the future of the royal family after harry and meghans bombshell announcement. Flu alert. The 4yearold struck by the b strain of the virus losing her sight. Her mother with a warning this morning. Battle for the super bowl. Overnight, the packers send the seahawks packing and the Kansas City Chiefs with a comeback that made nfl history. Rocketman and ready for liftoff. The countdown to the Oscar Nominations is on. Are you an actor . No, im a stuntman. Is this the year of brad and leo . Will joker walk away for most nominations. We have all the reactions to the nominations right here on gma. We do say good morning, america. Hollywoods big morning, rocket man, and elton john expected to get love with the Oscar Nominations. Not the only ones. Brad pitt is on a roll. He won at the Golden Globes. He won last night at the critics Choice Awards for once upon a time in hollywood. The same for renee zelensky welling. She picked up a golden globe and is on a winning streak for judy. All of that, always a big morning, always fun to see the nominations. I know, and the nominations are ahead. First, we begin with the turmoil in iran. Violent protests are erupting as people take to the streets there protesting the regime after iran admitted it accidentally shot down a passenger plane. Chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz is back from iranracking the very latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. A week ago this was a country with masses of people shouting down the United States, but this morning in iran, the anger is aimed at their own leaders. [ chanting ] protests in the streets of iran over the shootdown of that passenger jet. Overnight, thousands of iranians flooding the streets for a second day. The Associated Press showing tear gas hurled at crowds with video and witness accounts of protesters beaten and live ammunition fired. Iran denying the use of live ammunition. The denial coming after the iranian government finally admitted that its military forces accidently shot down a ukrainian commercial aircraft, killing all 176 passengers on board. This after three days of claiming mechanical errors brought down the plane. The iranian government now saying they mistook the passenger jet for an incoming missile just hours after iran targeted americanbacked bases in iraq in retaliation for the u. S. Killing qassem soleimani, a top iranian general. Iranian president Hassan Rouhani tweeting, armed forces internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the plane. In a televised speech even hardliners apologizing. [speaking foreign language] the commander in charge saying he wished he had been on that plane himself so he wouldnt feel so ashamed in front of his nation adding, quote, we never thought we would harm our own people. In the aftermath of soleimanis death, iranians were united, angrily protesting against the United States drone strike on soleimani. Now irans unity shattered. Iranian protesters ripping down posters of soleimani, the slain military leader, and some protesters refusing to trample the image of an american flag. Overnight, President Donald Trump supporting the new protests tweeting a warning in english and farsi to the leaders of iran, do not kill your protesters. And this morning, hardliners have started threatening people from holding large scale funerals where slogans against the Iranian Regime might be shouted. George . Okay, martha. Welcome back from iran. We go to the white house now where the president and his team are facing new questions about the intelligence behind his strike on irans top commander. And our latest abc news ipsos poll shows more than half the country disapproves of how the president is handling iran. We want to bring in our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega. Cecel cecelia, we now have seen the president s own defense secretary saying he hasnt seen the evidence behind trumps claim that soleimani was targeting four u. S. Embassies. Reporter exactly, george. This started on friday when President Trump told fox news that he believed the iranians were going to target those four american embassies and then his own defense secretary mark esper went on tv and basically said he never saw such a threat. It was a head scratcher because the secretary then attempted to not outright contradict the president saying that basically the president s interpretation of the intelligence that led to this attack was correct. It is just the latest example you know this of all the mixed messaging over the origins on this strike of soleimani, and george, certainly its going to play into democrats and even some republicans criticism of the origins of this. They say they want to see evidence this strike was imminent as the administration has suggested. And cecelia, this is happening as the impeachment trial is set to begin this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying shes going to send the articles of impeachment over. The president has been all over the map on what he wants on witnesses and a trial, and he seems to be calling for a dismissal which is not Mitch Mcconnells plan. Reporter yeah, george. President trump very frustrated headed into this. He sent a number of tweets on impeachment over the weekend. One on hand saying he would like to see more witnesses called when the senate trial starts including suting that one of the witnesses might be nancy pelosi herself. Then he suggested that the Republicancontrolled Senate should out right dismiss this case. It doesnt appear though, george, that the republicans have the support to do that. Thanks very much. T. J. . We turn to the powerful storms that are reminiscent of something were used to seeing in the springtime. They slammed the south with tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding. Power has been knocked out to thousands of people, and at least 12 people have been killed. Our Kaylee Hartung is in louisiana for us where there was an ef2 tornado that cut a 40mile path of destruction. Hello, kaylee. Reporter good morning, t. J. Thats right. This is what it looks like when an ef2 tornado rips through your home. Jerry and mary sue franks were killed here when their home was torn from its foundation more than 200 feet from where im standing. Take a look at this wide angle. 135mileperhour winds shredding this home to pieces, you see it around me. A lifetime of memories scattered across this vast area. This morning, residents waking up to more destruction after two tornadoes touched down in the middle of the night. Residents reeling from the devastating tornadoes across the u. S. At least 12 people were killed during the severe Weekend Storms spanning from texas to ohio. This is a fence on top of a home. Reporter in ohio, two tornadoes, forceful winds uprooting this tree and ripping out the sidewalk underneath it. The strong winds sending this buildings rooftop to the ground, the crushed debris blocking the entrance way as firefighters work to clear the streets below. And in alabama, a tornado tormenting Pickens County leaving three dead. In louisiana, tornado damage toppling trees, uprooting hundreds. The destruction stretching for miles. The ef2 tornado eradicating homes, tossing this mobile home from its foundation, killing an elderly couple inside. To wake up and see the news this morning it was really sad. Reporter in south carolina, tornado damage ripping this schools roof right off. Brick and cement debris litter the lawn. The wind smashing these buses into each other. The top of these bleachers torn away. The franks family spent the weekend digging through mud and debris trying to salvage what they could. A few precious family photos were found. Now as the sun comes up, that community continues to clean up the mess and heal. Robin . Think of everybody impacted. All right, kaylee, thank you. Quite a contrast on the east coast and northeast experiencing record warm temperature. Ginger is here with the latest on that. Good morning, ginger. Good morning to you. It felt like march and it looked like march with those severe storms. Record warmth. Dozens of daily records that were broken, and an alltime january heat from boston to naples. We have never seen that type of heat in recorded history in a couple of these cities. So just noting that, you know this is more reminiscent of late february, early march. We have never had 466 severe storm reports in january on a day like we did yesterday at least going back to 2000 or probably ever. Well verify that. But look at that. That was over the weekend, more than 700 damaging wind, hail and tornado reports. Guys . That is some map. Ginger, thanks very much. We turn now to the race for the white house. Just three weeks from the caucuses in iowa and a new poll puts Bernie Sanders in the lead for the first time. A tight fourway race and anyone can still win. Linsey davis is here. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning to you, george. Four years ago, Bernie Sanders narrowly lost the Iowa Caucuses to hillary clinton. And now in 2020, the vermont senator is leading the iowa poll which suggests more than 20 of likely caucusgoers say sanders is their top pick for president. This morning, Bernie Sanders is on top in iowa leading the pack poll. In a new Des Moines Register poll. Im absolutely confident if there is a large voter turnout that we are going to win. Reporter with three weeks to go before the caucuses, this tight race is still up for grabs. Pete buttigieg topped the same iowa poll just a few months ago, but is now jockeying for position in a crowded field choosing not to go after sanders overnight. Iowa, i believe you are going to make me the nominee, and the next president of the United States. Reporter but Elizabeth Warren second in that poll, pulling no punches against the vermont senator, responding to a report saying his Campaign Volunteers are trying to persuade voters that she is a candidate of the elite. I was disappointed to hear that bernie is sending his volunteers out to trash me. Reporter sanders denies any knowledge of the move by his campaign. Have i ever said one negative word about Elizabeth Warren . Reporter but instead of touting his standing as the frontrunner in the new poll, sanders is making the pitch hes best suited to take down the candidate democrats want to beat in november. We are the strongest campaign to defeat donald trump. Reporter sanders has caught the attention of President Trump. Over the weekend trump tweeted, wow, crazy Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls looking very good against his opponents in the do nothing party. What does that mean . Stay tuned. Sanders quickly fired back saying, this means youre going to lose. As you say its a jump ball. Pete buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, joe biden neck and neck. Theyre all debating tomorrow night. Linsey, thanks very much. T. J. . We need to turn to that volcano eruption near the capital of the philippines that has forced tens of thousands of people to flee. Our senior Foreign Correspondent ian pannell with the latest. Good morning to you, ian. Reporter hey, t. J. This morning, the taal volcano just over 40 miles south of manila, spewing red hot lava and ash across a wide area. Incredible images coming in of plumes of ash and steam as high as nine miles above the crater. The intense eruptions even causing volcanic lightning. People have been forced from their homes and that could grow to 300,000 or more in the coming days with the local authorities declaring a state of calamity. So far, no reports of injuries or deaths, but people are being told to stay indoors, and the major worry this morning. The government has raised the alert status to level 4 which means a hazardous explosive eruption within hours or days with more than 140 earthquakes now recorded. Robin . Ian, thank you. Now back here at home, the quest for the super bowl. The final four now set after the chiefs made that historic comeback, and the packers pulled off a big win last night joining the titans and the 49ers. Paula faris is here with that. Good morning, paula. Reporter good morning to you, robin. Can we talk about the Kansas City Chiefs for a second . They were down 240 early in this game. It looked like it was going to be an absolute route. Now if you stopped watching the game, like many fans did, some even left the game, well, you missed one of the greatest comebacks in playoff history. Reporter the Kansas City Chiefs pulling off one of the greatest comebacks ever. Clawing back from a 24point deficit. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes making history becoming the first player with 300 passing yards, 50 rushing yards and 5 touchdown passes in a playoff game. Mahomes to kelce, and another touchdown for kansas city reporter but at first, it didnt look so good. The chiefs started off so badly that one fan went viral for leaving the game believing he was the jinx. Lets get the second half comeback going. Its our only hope. Reporter sure enough, once he left, kansas city began to rally scoring so much that Arrowhead Stadium ran out of touchdown fireworks, beating the texans 5131. He dropped bombs out of nowhere. It happened in the blink of an eye. Never seen anything like it. Reporter now kansas city will face the afc underdogs, the tennessee titans, a team no one thought would be here. But after knocking out tom brady and the patriots last week, the titans crushed baltimore on saturday, a team many expected to win it all. Big picture, you dream of playing in the super bowl. Its one week at a time to do what i can each and every week to come away with a win. I like our team and i like our chances. Reporter also green bay, they edged the seahawks, and theyll meet the 49ers. Can we talk about the titans and the chiefs . Lets talk about what the titans have done. They go into foxborough beat new england on their turf and take out baltimore as well. Thats right. The Oscar Nominations are in. So many tight contests. Ahead. Dris connelly is here. Good morning, george. It is a good morning. Th film with the most Oscar Nominations is joker with 11 nominations including best picture people are starting to notice. Best actor for Joaquin Phoenix. Can you introduce me as joker . And best director for todd phillips. Hot on its heels, man, along with nods for al pacino and joe pesci. Theyll be squaring off against brad pitt. Are you an actor . No a stuntman. And tom hanks and anthony hopkins. Scarlet johanson is nominated twice. Best actress for Marriage Story. I dont want to be aggress e aggressive. Best supporting actress for jojo rabbit where shes up against laura dern. The waiting is the hardest part. The biggest shocks of the morning, no jennifer lopez. I guess im just a people person. The star expected to be nominated for hustlers. She and the film coming up empty. Not a woman to be found in the best director category, not even greta gerwin. Gerwin. Gerwin. G. Florence pew was nominated for supporting actress who i spoke with. How are you going to celebrate . I think im going to have some champagne. Ten nominations for 1917 including best picture and best director for sam mendes. Sam mendes is now a sir. That honor announced from Queen Elizabeth. I bet she misses those days. Were covering Queen Elizabeth this morning. Were live outside the queens home. We have so many other stories well talk about as well. How this man survived three weeks alone in the freezing alaskan wilderness, but first, lets go back to ginger. Robin, this morning schools are closed or delayed around seattle. Thousands are without power because they got some snow. A couple of inches of snow. You can see the pictures here out of everett, washington where the roads are a wreck, and they had significant winds. Thats with the storm there now, and theres a new one coming in wednesday night, and then by thursday, even los angeles in the mountains surrounding will be impacted by this. I think it will be the heavy rain. If you have any flights or travel plans through the state of california or up through the Pacific Northwest this week, youll want to watch this. Your local weather in 30 seconds. First though, the select cities sponsored by audible. Were going to be right back with more on that royal crisis summit thats taking place at one of the queens palaces, sandringham. Everybody will be there. A tense few minutes ahead. Wherever we want to go, autosave your way there with chase. Chase. Make more of whats yours. I just feel stuck, doc. And im hearing voices. You feel stuck. Because you are stuck. In a giant chocolate bar. Huh. But what about the voices . Thats me there it is again. Girls on the floor gotta thirty point lead and a minute left queens on the team in real life not just on the internet all strength, we aint stoppin believe me go straight till the morning look like we wont wait, were taking everything we wanted we can do it all strength, no