the spotlight was on the surprise winner for best picture. chris martinez has our report. >> reporter: the film that shined a spotlight on the victims of the catholic priest sex abuse scandal won for best picture at the 88th annual academy awards. >> francis, it's time to protect the children and restore the faith. "the revenant" won for best directing and its star leonardo dicaprio won for best actor. it was his fifth nomination but his first win. for granted. thank you very much. >> brie larson won for "room." and mad max was most honored and walking away with six production awards. his opening monologue all of the white nominees. >> otherwise known as the white people choice awards. >> reporter: the comedian beat he got and the president of the academy echoed his sentiment. >> our audiences are global and rich in diversity and every facet of our industry should be as well. >> reporter: even here on the red carpet where oscar fashion is usually the biggest topic of discussion, diversity was front and center. >> i'm here, because to disappear and truly make it oscar so white is stupid to me >> reporter: the night included visits from r2d2 and lady gaga with a special presentation aimed at sexual violence. chris martinez, cbs news, hollywood. now to presidential politics. tomorrow is super tuesday with 11 states holding primaries or caucuses for the delegates. for the democrats 865 are up for grabs. it takes 2,383 to clench the nomination. there are 595 republican delegates at stake. that is nearly half of those and this morning, donald trump is taking a lot of heat for refusing to condemn the kkk. don champion has more. >> reporter: republican front-runner donald trump campaigned in alabama sunday afternoon. earlier he appeared on cnn and refused to give an endorsement for david duck and the kkk. >> i'm talking about david duke and the ku klux klan here. >> honestly, i don't know david duke. i don't believe i've ever met him. i'm pretty sure i've never met him and i don't know anything about him. >> reporter: other candidates slammed trump for condemning the support. >> there is no place in the conservative movement for david duke, the ku klux klan. >> we don't have anyplace for white supremacist in the united states of america. >> reporter: with more than 1,500 delegates up for grabs on hitting key states in the south. and hillary clinton also attacked trump. >> i said last night, america has never stopped beating great. our task is to make america whole. >> reporter: a new cbs battleground tracker poll shows clinton is ahead of bernie sanders in virginia, georgia, and texas. sanders admits he has work to do after losing south carolina's democratic primary. >> we did really, really badly with older african-american voters. i mean, we got decimated. >> reporter: trump is ahead in virginia and georgia, but trails 155 delegates are at stake there. trump's remarks yesterday about not knowing david duke don't jibe with what he said friday, when asked about duke's endorsement. >> i didn't even know he endorsed me. david duke endorsed me? okay, all right. i disavow, all right. >> reporter: hillary clinton called trump's remarks pathetic. york, thank you, don. florida senator marco rubio in virginia yesterday. >> he is always calling me little marco. i admit he is taller than me by 6'2" which i don't know why his hands are the size of someone who is 5'2". have you seen his hands? you know what they say about men with small hands. you can't trust them. >> coming up on "cbs this morning," we will discuss the coming up tomorrow with cbs news political director and "face the nation" moderator john dickerson. an army sergeant charged in the murder of a virginia police officer is expected to be arraigned today. ronald hamilton is being held without bail. prosecutors say they will likely seek the death penalty. the officer he is charged with killing was on her first day on the job. brian webb reports. >> reporter: bagpipes and a memorial for officer ashley guindon, killed on her first day on patrol with the prince william county police department in virginia. >> we will continue one step at a time in honor of ashley. it would discredit her memory and her self of service if we did anything but. >> officer down too. i don't know where the suspect is. >> reporter: guindon and two other officers were responding to a domestic dispute saturday night about 30 miles outside of washington, d.c. police arrested 32-year-old ronald hamilton, an active duty army staff sergeant assigned to the pentagon. they say he shot and killed his wife and then opened fire on the officers. >> it was very scary. i heard the shots, like four to five shots back-to-back. >> reporter: guindon, a six-year marine corps reservist, was sworn in on friday. this was a twitter page with her her with the words, be safe. brian webb for cbs news. this morning, an american student held by north korea apologized for attempting to steal a political banner. otto warmbier said he stole a banner because a church member back home wanted it as a trophy and offered him money. warmbier, a university of virginia undergrad, was arrested in january while on tour. it's unclear what kind of charges he faces. an update on a teenager who survived a shooting last week in kalamazoo, michigan. her fame says abigail kopf has been taken off a ventilator and breathing on her own. at one point, it was believed she was dead but her mother said she squeezed her hand. she was wounded when an uber driver went on a shooting spree, killing six people. coming up on the "morning news." red carpet mix-up. social media blows up over a tweet that confused whoopi goldberg with oprah winfrey. team six receives a rare honor today. this is the "cbs morning news."atchers. our most advanced plan ever. join for free. hurry, join by march 3rd and get 1 month free. i've been claritin clear for 14 days. when your allergy symptoms start... ...doctors recommend taking one claritin every day of your allergy season... ...for continuous relief. with powerful, 24 hour... ...non-drowsy claritin, every day. i think when people hear about memory care they're scared, they think that it's sad. i think it's important for everyone to know that there is so much more to memory support than the stigmas you hearabout. that these residents still have lives and their lives still matter and that they are still living their lives. that they're not locked away and that they still have a lot to live for, you know, that they have people that care about them and they have people that love them and i love them, so their lives still matter. that is what i do this for. 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1:20 in the morning and the parties are still going on here in hollywood and there is a lot to celebrate, of course. spotlight won for best picture. as chris mentioned, six oscars for mad max and revenant won for best director and best actor. leonardo dicaprio last night who took home the best oscar role in "the revenant." >> reporter: brie larson picked up a golden statue for her performance in "room." >> i feel really strong and excited to be holding this gold guy. >> reporter: when the curtain fell on the big show, the stars made their way to the governor's ball to toast to the night. >> we worked so hard on this film and to have it rewarded like this is, like, really overwhelming. >> is hollywood racist? you're damn right hollywood is racist. >> reporter: many praised host and comedian chris rock, who pushed the envelope in addressing the oscars so white controversy. >> he is an amazing performer and person and it was -- it needed to happen. >> reporter: superstar elton john used his annual after-party to raise awareness for hiv and aids. >> we made a lot of progress in the last 30 years. but we haven't made enough progress yet. >> reporter: the parties also give celebrities the chance to yes, they get star-struck. >> oh, i do. if i walked into leonardo dicaprio right now, i wouldn't know what to do. >> i'm gene simmons from kiss. >> reporter: he is right behind you. >> my god. i was just talking about you. >> i heard. >> you're one of my faves! >> can i touch you? 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"50 shades" tied with sci-fi epic "fantastic four" for worst film. today is a special day. february 29th only comes around once every four years. and that means leap year babies can actually celebrate a birthday today! onito oh reports on a man who is >> surprise! >> reporter: fo mo% t, phapbirtpen hdayeversy year. >> cheers. >> reporter: but not for 84-year-old paul neble. like a break in the stripes there is a break in the calendar for paul who only gets to celebrate his real birthday every four years. you see, paul is a leap year baby. he was born on february 29th, 1932 so it's a big day for paul who is technically turning 21 years old. >> only a milestone those guys can celebrate and this is one. it's all in good fun, you know? it's a pretty special day. >> reporter: so family and friends organized a surprise party for paul at this pub in warminister. >> i'm shocked! >> ten years, we have been counting down his 21st birthday when he is finally legal! >> reporter: as he leaps into another year, he fondly looks back on some of the milestones before this one. >> my son and i were both -- had our eighth birthdays in the same year. can you imagine that. >> reporter: on the year february 29th doesn't make it on >> i celebrate on the 20th and the 21st, so i probably do get to be better. >> reporter: but he says getting so celebrate this birthday is a winning moment. >> happy birthday. have a drink! coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," a drink! more on leap day. jamie wax introduces us to america's oldest leap baby who turned a hundred today. also, hackers targeting the irs. how thousands of taxpayer information may be at risk. ta the rising political influence of unmarried women. we will hear their concerns. that is the "cbs morning news" politic for this monday.married wome thanks for watching.s. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. have a great day. >> you are watching kcci 8 news. elizabeth: right now on kcci, new numbers on prescription drug use in iowa. gateway drugs on the rise. the strong message from a johnston mother who lost her daughter to heroin. eric: plus, a new zika virus travel warning has athletes second-guessing their trips to rio. plus the outbreaks' impact right here in iowa. elizabeth: and super tuesday push. the latest endorsement stirring the pot on the campaign trail. good morning. thanks for waking up bright and early with us. eric: it is 4:30 on leap day, metinka: the wind is going to be just fine. starting out at 33. it is a southwest wind at 12. we will likely hit our high temperature close to noon. in the mid-50's. clouds will be on the increase. when will be shifting back to the north. the north wind is good to bring in a little bit of rain and snow. eric: first on kcci, an annual report shows iowans are buying hundreds of millions of addictive prescription pills. elizabeth: the report comes from the iowa prescription monitoring program. it tracks people to prevent them from doctor-shopping when they pick up more prescription drugs to feed a possible addiction. it shows iowans bought 300 million pills last year. 20% were the pain-killer hydrocodone known as vicodin. while iowa's amount of painkiller prescriptions is below the national average some , still find the numbers concerning. kcci spoke with a mother who lost her daughter to substance abuse. her daughter first began abusing switching to heroin. >> not be afraid to talk to your a street drug anymore. it's all of our problem. everyone. elizabeth: since this database started, doctor-shopping has the program is working on expanding its database by sharing databases with more states to better track patients. eric: right now, officials are searching for 2 escaped inmates from the newton correctional center. michael amodeo and jessy foley were discovered missing around 10:00 saturday night. amodeo is serving a 10 year sentence on drug related charges. foley is serving a 27 year sentence also for drug related charges. about their whereabouts call 911. a knoxville township man recovering after receiving third degree burns on his leg. officials say the man was working on his car this afternoon when gas leaked out and he caught fire.