caucus time in america. >> we're going to make america great again and we're going to keep win, winning. >> reporter: overnight donald trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in las vegas. the billionaire's banking on a hot streak that will carry him into the gop nomination as he continued attacking his rivals. >> this guy cruz lies more than any other living being i have dealt with. >> reporter: ted cruz fired his communications director for spreading a false rumor that marco rubio had disparaged the bible. >> we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity. >> reporter: but rubio is focused on trump leading in nevada by 26 points. his apparent unstoppable rise has the republican establishment rallying around rubio. >> donald has a base of support and the majority of our party doesn't want him as our nominee. >> reporter: in front of more than 8,000 people at the university of massachusetts amherst, bernie sanders again street connection. >> we don't represent corporate america. we don't want their money. >> reporter: the primary this weekend, i can report that sanders is -- excuse me is falling behind hillary clinton. she is leading him by a lot as the two work to court the black vote, i can also report that in that state actor morgan freeman's voice is being used in a clinton tv ad and also i can also tell you that sanders answered with and an dorisment from spike lee in spots airing today. >> kenneth moton, thank you very much. clinton's also picking up celebrity support as she got a financial boost in southern california. clinton stopped by the set of abc's hit "scandal" and hung out with the cast. kerry washington posting a picture with the #i'mwithher and hosted several fund-raisers in l.a. and told supporters that donald trump and the white house would be a risk to the nation's security. vice president biden is nearly 25 years ago about supreme court vacancies. he recently criticized a plan by senate republicans to block any nominee president obama picks to replace supreme court justice antonin scalia. but as a senator back in 1992 biden said if a seat on the high court becomes vacant, president bush should not fill it until after the election. well, the vice president now says the excerpt is not an accurate description of his views. well, police say they still don't know why a man shot eight people in kalamazoo this weekend killing six. investigators say jason dalton admits he took people's lives but during his arraignment yesterday the uber driver said he would prefer to remain silent. police say the uber driver apparently chose his victims at random, none had any known connection to him. one of the two people wounded was a 14-year-old girl who is clinging to life support. >> my daughter is not dead. she is alive and these fighting for her life. i want everybody to understand abigail is strong and she was a vibrant beautiful young lady that did not deserve this. >> the girl's father said he feels for jason dalton's family and holds no grudge against them. the family of the 45-year-old married father of two has issued a statement saying this type of violence has no place in our society. well, uber admits they got complaints saturday night about dalton while the attacks were taking place but those were the first complaints about him. uber says no background check would have flagged dalton because he had no criminal history and some say uber should have a panic button in its u.s. apps as it does in india. 911 is the panic button and it doesn't want to interfere. americans are choosing sides in the apple fbi security showdown. there will be rallies today in support of tech giant at its stores in more than 40 cities and at fbi headquarters in washington, d.c. apple says helping the fbi would open the door to abuses by other law enforcement agencies. with apple's refusal to hack into the iphone used by one of the san bernardino shooters. a pew research survey says 51% agree with the fbi, and also in different age groups and education levels. only 38% think apple is in the right. a new development in the civil war in syria. the u.s. and russia have agreed to a cease-fire set to begin saturday. the agreement does not cover terror groups like isis which claimed responsibility for two deadly attacks over the weekend. 250,000 have died in the civil war. 9 white house is downplaying expectations saying there are bound to be obstacles and setbacks. a major effort under way in brazil in the battle against the zika virus. joint teams of u.s. and brazilian health workers are fanning out in search of mothers and infants. they're trying to confirm that zika causes babies to be born with small heads and in this congress for nearly $2 billion to stop the spread of that virus. switching gears into the weather, it looks pretty good for most of the u.s. but not the south. a storm system is bringing the threat of tornadoes and severe storms back to the region. by this afternoon the greatest 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potential health risks. lumber liquidators' stock dropped nearly 20% yesterday. sea levels are rising faster than they have in nearly 3,000 years and scientists say man-made global warming is to blame before the world's industrialized nations sea levels rose no more than an inch and a half a century but in just the past two decades that rate has soared to a foot percentry. the study found oceans will jump more than four feet over the next 100 years. that number could be drastically reduced if countries limit greenhouse gas pollution. coming up, veterans fight continuing here at home. the effort to get them proper health care and showing their frustrating experiences. an airplane crash landing in how everyone miraculously walked away.ative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go... and how to deal with my uc. to me, that was normal. until i talked to my doctor. she told me that humira helps people like me get uc under 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airports likely in houston, new orleans, atlanta, charlotte, new york, boston and denver. this morning there is a viral effort aimed at getting veterans the health care that they need. >> it all started with this video seen herhere, an afghanistan veteran battling a voice mail loop. he works in the office of congressman seth moulton who served with the marines in iraq. to try to fix the program moulton wrote a bill >> that's what we should get after putting our lives on the line for the country. >> one -- >> the v.a. says the problem has been corrected congressman moult ton's bill would require them to run a pilot program letting veterans use an app on their appointments themselves. there is a dramatic increase in the number of women opting for mastectomies although breast cancer rates remain the same. the rate of women getting mastectomies increased 36% from 2005 to 2013 and that rate double ed doubled -- more than tripled. one health official said the numbers show a new willingness to treat them as preventive to decrease chances of cancer later on. support is pouring in this morning after senator claire mccaskill revealed she is battling breast cancer. the democrat says the tumor was found through a routine mammogram. her prognosis is good, she says, and is expects to make a full recover. coaches are expected to address allegations in a new federal lawsuit today that suit includes a mention of peyton manning and claims the school has created a hostile environment for women. a 20-year-old sexual assault accusation against manning is espn reports manning's accuser called a sexual assault crisis center and the incident was cataloged as sexual assault or abuse. manning was never the subject of a criminal vision in that case and he's denied assaulting the former school trainer who made the allegation. two people have been seriously hurt in a tour bus crash east of kansas city. investigators say the bus had pulled to the side of interstate 70 with a flat tire when it was sideswiped by a tractor trailer. the driver of that truck claimed he was choking on a piece of gum whwh he swerved out of his lane and into the bus. amazingly no one was hurt when this small plane crash landed at an intersection they are a small airport in los angeles. the engine failed just before it came down. five cars damaged. the pile who was the only person on board is being given credit for dodging homes and train tracks. investigators are looking into there were no injuries in a construction accident in australia this morning. a fire at the base of a crane collapsed -- caused it to collapse more than 12 stories below. they think it started in electric wiring that they cleared out. as soon as it broke out and the road you see below was also closed. timing is everything in the rescue of a northern california girl. 10-year-old samantha white suddenly fell into a ten-foot hole you see right here while snowshoeing with her family in the sierra. in marin county a search and rescue team happened to be hiking down the s se trail after spending a day training. the team used ropes to hoist the wet, freezing and terrified girl out before hypothermia could set in. thankfully she'll be fine. come on back inside to the safety and warmth of the sports highlight. >> from our guys at espn. good morning. it's our "sportscenter" studio. i'm stan verrett and he's nealil everett everett. l.a. saturday and on to atlanta. >> where they won. now we have video to prove it. steph curry, this is right before half. kicks it then just throws it up. oh. dude had 19 in the first half. team was up 19. had a horrible third quarter like they had in portland. atlanta was actually down one after three. took a lead early in the fourth quarter. 28-6 run, but then the fellows got it together. by the fellows, i mean steph curry and the fellows. shoulder shake right there. you see that. when you do what he does, you can do that. he had 36. warriors win again. lebron james and the cavaliers 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