Late details coming in now. And the reporter on the field, the dancing with the stars favorite, tonight, suing a major hotel. Did they allow an alleged stalker to get the room next door to spy on her . Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we begin with the massive and deadly storm system slamming the south, and about to move right up the east coast. Several tornadoes striking already. And a state of emergency declared in multiple states, mississippi, alabama. And from louisiana tonight, these images coming in. A triple water spout there, forming in lake pontchartrain. One of those reported tornadoes in prairieville, louisiana, tearing up this shopping district. That storm then on the move, heading up the coast. Heavy rain, wind and right behind it, sleet and snow. Several major cities in the path. A dangerous night ahead. And a travel nightmare tomorrow. We are on it all tonight, and abcs linzie janis leads us off from louisiana tonight. Linzie . Reporter david, were here reported tornado rippled apart this golds gym. It took off the roof, then knocked out this entire side wall. You can see the metal beam still hanging. This damage from one of multiple reported tornadoes across the gulf coast. Oh look, its going down reporter funnel clouds trying to touch down near new new orleans. A Tornado Warning in this area. Take shelter now. Extreme threat. Reporter Severe Weather spawning this massive water spout on lake pontchartrain. Coming off to the side. Reporter watch as two more form on the sides. The threat growing throughout the day. Now, a particularly dangerous situation. Officials in four states telling residents to be on extreme alert for large, longtracking tornadoes. Major damage to downtown businesses in prairieville. Incredibly, dozens of people inside this golds gym, unharmed, as a reported tornado i started screaming, everybody get down, everybody get down, take cover. Reporter the entire side of the building sheared off. The storms started in the middle of the night near san antonio, with golf ballsized hail. This car getting pummeled. Heavy rain bringing accidents. One Person Injured when this tractor trailer overturned and three cars slammed into it. In houston, this school bus caked with mud. It flipped onto its side, injuring the driver. No kids on board. David, these storms are on the move, headed east, and nighttime is the most dangerous time for tornadoes, so, authorities are asking everyone in the region to be on alert. David . Linzie, thank you. Of course, because people then go to bed and you say this is not going to weaken throughout the night. Reporter no, the winds top to bottom are such that things if anything may strengthen. Thats going to be extremely dangerous. Tornadoes warnings just east of slidell, louisiana, now just east of hatties berg, s sburghattiesburg, stretching into alabama for the first time. Again, a particularly dangerous situation, with large tornadoes possible. This extst, as we go through the overnight. Look at the low as it tracks up to the north and east. Heavy snows on the back side of this from st. Louis to chicago to detroit. A mess right through rob, thank you. In the meantime, tonight, we move onto another developing headline. Of the alleged uber gunman, in the hours before the rampage. At a gun shop, earlier in the day. The owner says he bought a tactical vest and appeared upbeat. Just hours later, police say he targeted victims at random. Three different sites, within 12 miles. Actually picking up passengers in between the shootings. Abcs alex perez with the surveillance. Reporter tonight, those new images believed to show uber driver jason dalton inside a gun shop. The store owner says nothing seemed out of the ordinary, and dalton bought a tactical jacket like this one. The person that was in here was friendly, talked to us, was smiling, joking around. Reporter less than three investigators say dalton picked up uber fares in between the attacks. Ive described this as intentional, as deliberate, as cold. Reporter uber confirms the 45yearold father of two had passed a background check and tonight, new details about this car dealership, where Richard Smith and his 17yearold son, tyler, were gunned down. Authorities revealing tylers girlfriend survived by hiding in the backseat of the family car and called 911. And 14yearold abigail kopf, she was among the victims shot at this Cracker Barrel restaurant parking lot. Four others, including her grandma barb, killed. Doctors say the teenagers heart at one point stopped. Her family describing that moment they learned shes alive and still fighting. Actually, she squeezed my hand. It was a miracle on its own. You dont expect it, and all of a sudden, its there. My daughter is not dead. She is alive and she is fighting for her life. Reporter and david, the uber public defender. Meanwhile, investigators tonight say they are hunting for answers and a motive. David . Alex perez with us tonight. Alex, thank you. Next here, to the race for the white house tonight, and the republican showdown in nevada. Tonight, voters will have their frontrunner donald trump, trying to seal the deal, doubling down in his attacks on senator ted cruz today. But one of his closest challengers, senator marco rubio, wracking up endorsements. Trump explaining today why he isnt going after marco rubio, at least not yet. And one more development. One republic candidate saying today, i dont know if my purpose is to be president. Abcs tom llamas in las vegas. Reporter donald trump, tonight, saying nevada is no onenight stand. Promising a longterm relationship, if caucusgoers pick him over his opponents. Youll never see them again, believe me, so thats it. But trump im going to be with you here all night. All night. Reporter trump hoping a win here will choke any hope from this guy, ted cruz, is the single biggest liar i have ever dealt with in my life. Reporter the gop frontrunner, relishing his fight with cruz. He is like a little baby. Soft, weak, little baby by comparison. But for lying, hes the best ive ever seen. Hes the best. Reporter but today, cruz fighting back. It sounds like donald is really getting worried and getting scared. You know, you always have a barometer to how concerned donald is, by how much hes insulting and just how rattled he is. Reporter but as he battles cruz, trump refusing to lay a finger on senator marco rubio, who continues to win endorsements from establishment leaders. Marco rubio is a nice young man. He has not hit me, im treating him nicely. When he hits me oh, is he going to be hit. And at some point, he may get nasty, which in which case, you know, fine. I hope he does because its more fun, right . Reporter rubio has momentum, but he has yet to win a single state. If you dont win tonight in nevada, what proof do you have, to your supporters that youll win any state at all . You have a hardcore majority of republicans that do not want donald trump as the nominee, and as long as they are being divided up three or four people, its good for donald. But thats not going to continue. Reporter do they need to drop out then . I think voters are going to take care of that, you already saw that. Reporter and tonight, one of rubios rivals, governor john kasich, sounding like a man whose time is running out. I dont know if my purpose is to be president. My purpose is to be out here doing what i think i need to be doing, and well see where it ends up. Reporter kasichs upbeat style, a stark contrast to trump, who recently lit into a protester interrupting his speech. Hes walking out like big high fives, smiling, laughing, like to punch him in the face, ill tell you. And tom llamas with us live tonight. A big night ahead in nevada, but some candidates, tom, you were telling us, have already left, headed to super tuesday states . Reporter thats right, david. Senator marco rubio and governor john kasich, both in other states campaigning, focused on next week and super tuesday. David . Overnight and first thing in the morning on gma. Tom, thank you. Now, to major developments on the democratic side. Just four days until the South Carolina primary, and tonight, Hillary Clinton drawn back into her email controversy. The new question, will top aides now have to testify . The clinton teams response, coming in right now. And the question for senator Bernie Sanders tonight, is there still a path . Hillary clinton with a nearly 30point lead in South Carolina, and Abcs Cecilia Vega is there. Reporter tonight, as Hillary Clinton hopes for a big win in South Carolina, a federal judge delivering a stark reminder to voters about that controversy still hanging over her campaign. The judge ruling clintons top aides and state Department Officials should testify under oath about their role in setting up the private email server she used as secretary of state. Bernie sanders on the trail today, too, trying for the win he needs to keep his campaign afloat. But when the crowd began to boo at the mention of clintons name clinton and i have a strong disagreement [ booing ] no. No, no, no. Reporter sanders wouldnt have it. No. I respect secretary clinton, we can have differences. Reporter sanders now setting his sights beyond South Carolina, to super tuesday, hoping for wins in colorado, minnesota, massachusetts and his home state, vermont. Clinton trying to cash in on her support among minority voters across the south. Counting on victories in arkansas, texas, georgia and alabama. All right, well see. And cecilia live tonight. The clinton Team Responding to word that clinton aides may now have to testify . Reporter david, Clintons Campaign manager said right wing attacks are behind this court case. For her part, she is here in this church tonight, making her lastminute pitch to South Carolina voters. David . Cecilia vega with us live again tonight. Cecilia, thank you. Next, to a major new voice in the battle between apple and the fbi tonight. Of course, at issue, whether the iphone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers. Tonight, that tech giant, weighing in, saying this isnt about finding a back door into that phone. Again tonight, abcs pierre thomas. Reporter tonight, apple supporters rallied outside the fbi and at apple Stores Across the country. Hands off our phones reporter microsoft founder bill gates was weighing in on apples fight against the court order to open a San Bernardino killers iphone. Nobodys talking about a back door, so, thats not the right question. This is a specific case, where the governments asking for access to information. Theyre not asking for some general thing. Theyre asking for a particular case. Reporter in his interview with the financial times, gates did not give an opinion on what apple should do, but said this is a debate that needs to be had and resolved. The courts will tell them its no different than, you know should anybody have ever been able to tell the phone company to get information . Reporter he seems to be at odds with other giants of the tech industry, who have rushed to back apple. A new pugh poll finding 51 of americans believing that apple should unclock that phone. And 38 that say the company should not. Reporter but david, apple has its supporters. A rally here at fbi headquarters is just wrapping up, and they were quite vocal. David . Pierre thomas live at the fbi tonight. Pierre, thank you. And to the white house tonight. President obama today vowing to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, once and for all, revealing his new plan. But tonight here, we ask, where would those prisoners go . Some of them to unspecified locations here in the u. S. Heres abcs chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Reporter it holds some of the worlds most notorious terrorists, including 9 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh mohammed, and abu zubaydah, once al qaedas chief of operations. In releasing his plan to close guantanamo contrary to our values. It undermines our standing in the world. Reporter the president is trying to keep one of his first promises as a president ial candidate. We will close guantanamo. Reporter the white house plan is short on specifics. Of the 91 detainees, about 30 would be transferred to other countries. The rest, brought to unspecified locations in the u. S. The yays are 91. Reporter congress has already voted to forbid bringing detainees to the u. S. But the white house today didnt rule out the president acting on his own. Its a really simple question. If those barriers remain in place, can you still close that facility, yes or no . We are now asking for congress to give it fair consideration. And im not going to speculate at this point, if congress refuses to do that. Reporter and david, if the president tries to defy congress and close guantanamo on his own, Congressional Republicans say they are prepared to fight him in court. In fact, they have already hired lawyers to make the case. Jon karl live at the white house. Jon, thank you. And jon, as you know, there was another major washington. Antonin scalia at the supreme court. Tonight, Senate Republicans ruling out taking action on anyone president obama might nominate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell say, quote, president s have a right to nominate, just as the senate has its constitutional right to provide or with hold consent. In this case, the senate will withhold it. Mcconnell adding later, he isnt inclined to hold the courtesy meeting with the president s nominee. Jon karl reporting that the president still plans to pick a nominee in the next two to three weeks. To a troubling new headline tonight involving the zika virus. New cases here in the u. S. The cdc is now investigating 14 cases that they say may have been spread through sexual contact involving men who had visited areas with zika outbreaks, infecting their female partners. Two of those women are pregnant. Investigators are still working to confirm the links between the virus and birth defects in babies. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. The high profile lawsuit. Favorite on dancing with the stars now taking on a hotel an a stalker over invasion of privacy. Erin andrews in court today, her lawyer making her case. Did the hotel make it easier for a stalker to get a room right next door to her to spy on her . 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Reporter her lawyering telling a nashville jury, Michael David barrett called the marriott of Vanderbilt University with a strange request. I, michael barrett, want a room next to erin andrews. Thats my request. Reporter and the hotel did nothing to prevent him from finding her room number and subsequently booked him in a room next door, where, according to the lawsuit, he removed an altered the peephole of her room. He stands there for 4 1 2 minutes and videos her. Reporter barrett later posting the video online. In 2010, he pled guilty to stalking and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. But according to andrews, the incident caused her severe and permanent emotional distress. Criminal behavior was his responsibility, not theirs. He deceived, he connived, he stalked. Reporter according to the hotels lawyers, barrett is trial. And the trial is expected to last nearly two weeks. David . Ryan smith with