Abcs Pierre Thomas has all the latest from washington. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, george. Its a showdown between the fbi and apple. The fbi trying to force apple to open that iphone as it hunts for clues in the San Bernardino massacre. Apple saying no way and this morning a federal court is weighing in. A federal judge in california ordering apple to help the fbi unlock an iphone used by syed farook who went on a murderous rampage with his wife leaving 14 dead in San Bernardino. We still have one of those killers phones we have not been able to open and its been over two months still working on it. Reporter the ruling could be a key victory in their longrunning battle with apple and other Tech Companies about the governments ability to encrist data. Apple vowing to appeal and saying it would put the privacy of hundreds of millions at risk and telling us overnight the government is asking apple to demand would undermine the very freedoms our government protects. It did not have farooks numerical code to open the device. Ten unsuccessful attempts would cause it to erase key data and make the phone permanently inaccessible. The battle is the traditional one between the security of society and the cost of individual privacy. Reporter but that security feature a critical roadblock. The fbi has been unable to get inside to look at texts or emails which might help them determine who farook and his wife might have been communicating with and where they might have traveled before investigators are desperate to find out what happened in an 18minute gap between the attack and the companys deadly encounter with law enforcement. The couple allegedly swore allegiance to the leader of isis and the fbi wants to know the any. That phone may hold the critical answers but the security on that customers want if their phone is stolen or lost so privacy versus security in a legal fight that could go all the way to the Supreme Court. Lets talk to our chief legal analyst dan abrams about this. Such a momentous case, dan and apple is likely to be under tremendous pressure. What does the law require . Up to this point the Legal Standard has been reasonable technical assistance, right. Helping with a password is no big deal but now these new phones have become so technologically advanced that at this point, to offer the assistance that the government needs, they have to literally create a whole new system to back door these phones and apple is basically saying, look, once we create this, its going to get out and as a result, everything weve built in terms of protecting security and privacy is going to be out the door so this is one of those ultimate battles between the governments right to get versus typically its the media fights very often for the right to know, here you have apple saying its the privacy our users. Adding the argument it could endanger people with iphones, as well. The minute they create this, they say, its going to get out and as a result, no one is going to be safe is what apple is saying. Really interesting situation. Fascinating. Thank you. Now to the race for the white house. It is your voice, your vote, just three days until the critical South Carolina primary. The latest poll there has donald trump with a 16point lead and abcs tom llamas has the very latest from charleston, South Carolina. Good morning, tom. Reporter amy, good morning to you. Its a commanding lead and the other candidates are running out of time to catch trump. Now, Donald Trumps been in a war of words with all of his gop rivals, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, but now the president is personally getting involved. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. And the reason is because i have a lot of faith in the american reporter president barack obama doubling down on his prediction that the world will never see a president trump. Come on. Get in here saying trumps white house. Its not hosting a talk show or a reality show. Its not promotion. Its not marketing. Its hard. And a lot of people count on us getting it right. Direct message. Youre lucky i didnt run last time when romney ran because you would have been a oneterm president. Reporter but the president s criticisms sound a lot like what the other gop candidates are saying. When radical islamic terrorists wage jihad on the United States of america, the answer is not to tweet insults at them. Reporter do you think donald trump is somebody you would feel country. Well, i dont think donald has shown yet an understanding situation. He hasnt really exhibited any the issues confronting the country. Reporter and jeb bush saying trumps shots at his brothers nonsense. Though one envisioned 9 11. Says. The guy is a complete loser with his statements about this. Reporter and the Jeb Bush Campaign making a different type of statement on twitter tweeting the word america with this image of a new gun, bushs name etched on the barrel. But the campaign may have fired too fast. Jeb apparently unaware of the tweet explaining the gun was a gift. The purpose was we went to a gun manufacturing facility where lots of jobs are created, high wage jobs and i received a gun and i was honored to have it. Reporter now trumps criticisms of president obama on 9 11 may actually cost him some votes here in South Carolina because the governor here nikki haley who is very popular with republicans is expected to endorse someone but she says shes definitely not going to endorse trump. Why . Someone would attack president bush on one of the worst days in american history. A lot of eyes on her with three days to go. The democrats now, nevada caucus and the race is a dead heat. Clinton, 48 , sanders, 47 and cecilia vega is here with the latest. Good morning. Reporter george, good morning to you. Those numbers show exactly what the Clinton Campaign is worried about, the race in nevada is neck and neck but so is that battle for black and latino voters as Bernie Sanders tries to gain ground, clinton is fighting back hard. Let the courting begin. Thank uyou, morehouse. Reporter overnight Bernie Sanders at a historically black college trying to make the case. Together we are going to end the horrors of unarmed africanamericans being shot and killed by police officers. Reporter and in south when we talk about inequality, it goes without saying that the Africanamerican Community is suffering even more. Reporter with the palmetto states democratic primary on the horizon this morning theyre waging a heated battle for the vote. Clinton on tuesday meeting with civil rights leaders including al sharpton. Conversation. Reporter then heading to harlem talking Race Relations and launching an allout assault on republicans. Clinton implying racism is behind the threat to block president Obamas Supreme Court nomination. Many republicans talk in coded racial language about takers and losers. They demonize president obama and encourage the uglyiest impulses of the paranoid fringe. This kind of hatred and bigotry reporter a sweeping speech that was nearly unraveled by a coughing fit lasting more than four minutes. Too much to say. Reporter she did manage to get through that speech. The audience members cheering her on but heres whats at stake. The black vote is expected to make up more than half of the electorate in South Carolina, george. That is why they are fighting so hard. Cecilia, thanks very much. Lets talk about it with matthew dowd and Fox News ContributorMary Katharine ham. Welcome to you both. Matt, the democrats, nevada a dead heat. A few months ago Hillary Clinton had a 20point lead and shows Bernie Sanders is starting to cut into her advantage on minority voters. She is keeping on moving the fire wall down the calendar. Her argument has been iowa, New Hampshire, predominantly white rural states. Well, youre going to nevada which is a predominantly i think if she loses nevada, South Carolina closes probably still difficult for Bernie Sanders but the dynamics of the race will keep adjusting as Bernie Sanders wins. It will go on for a long time. On the republican side mary kathryn, you have him holding on to that big lead. What would it mean if after basically declaring war on the leaders donald trump wins in South Carolina which traditionally goes with the winner of the nomination. I think it doesnt mean the end of the race certainly. He as you see with all of his polling he remains strong and support remains strong even when he makes in u. S. Takes but if cruz and rubio as we see in polling can finish a strong second and make an argument we will have the threeman race many thought we would have coming out of New Hampshire and refocus people. Matthew dowd, at the same time you have all these Republican Leaders even after he attacks president obama saying they will support trump if he is the nominee. I think theyll be in a i think if he wins South Carolina and it becomes a threeman race thats good for donald trump because i think donald trump right now, his bottom is 35 . He wins nevada next, he goes into march 1st and probably wins most of the states on march 1st. How do you stop donald trump once he wins South Carolina . That will be the question. Thank you both. Now to the battle everyone the Supreme Court, the late Justice Antonin Scalias seat draped in black as republicans plan to block president obamas plans to fill that spot. The president pushing back hard saying he will nominate someone and mary bruce has the latest. I intend to do my job between now and january 20th of 2017 and expect them to do their job, as well. Reporter president obama is doubling down saying the Supreme Court is no place for political days and dispelling rumors about who hell pick. You shouldnt assume anything about the qualifications of the nominee other than theyre going to be well qualified. Reporter but republicans nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia no matter what. It is not fair to appoint for a president in their last year in office to appoint someone to a lifetime position. Reporter in a sign at whats at stake the powerful chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee hasnt ruled it out. I would wait until the nominee is made before i would make any decisions, in other words, take it a step at a time. Reporter both sides digging in their heels as the nation mourns the loss of a conservative legal giant. On friday, scalias body will lie in repose, a public viewing court. Not far from where he sat during his 30 years on the bench. That chair now cloaked in black. Now, as for the funeral friends and family will gather saturday at the washington basilica. The burial, however, will be private. George. Okay, mary, thanks very much. We move on to that extreme weather all over the country. Record heat in the west is heading east where the big thaw and heavy rain is melting snow south. Hey, george, good morning. What a widereaching dynamic storm had was as it wrestled with record cold. Almost 200 storm reports and yesterday from new york all the way down to naples with florida bearing the brunt. Wicked winds, torrential rains, and tornadoes ripping through the south. Three tornadoes touching down in south florida. This twister tossing debris as drivers try to navigate the flying projectiles. Some flooring it just to get out of the way. You can hear this car take a direct hit. Oh, [ bleep ]. Reporter winds reaching up to 100 Miles Per Hour. Surveillance cameras capturing trees being tossed as the storm moves through. Winds ripping the roof right off this tractor trailer then tossing it on its side in the middle of interstate 95. Movie. Reporter it ignited a fire in this neighborhood. Storms from southern florida all the way up the east coast. In pennsylvania, winds over 50 Miles Per Hour knocking this semi to its side and nearly off this heavily traveled bridge. And the back side of this system across western new york, 18 inches of snow in rochester, a record. The next storm coming into the northwest, this will hit the entire west coast with rain, wind and mountain snow. They could use the rain in southern california. Theyre not going to get a whole lot. More on this later. Michael, back over to you. When you talk mr. Snow i dont think this is what any of us had in mind. Canada. The young boy, he was reaching for his pole when he fell. Lift. Now, the operator of the chair lift is very smart, quickly tarp. Got some volunteers and watch what happens. Hang in there, young man. Let everybody get ready for you and on the count of three, go. They caught him. Very quick thinking. Yes. He wasnt injured. Walked away unscathed. He wasnt moving at all until they got him thats what we see from our vantage point. We dont have the audio. Fear. Dont want to look down. Me. A lot more volunteers. Yes. A lot more volunteers. From skiing to dogs, i dont know about the transition but work with me here. Best in show, c. J. , the german shorthaired pointer beat out all of the competition for the prize show. He is with us live just ahead. First though jesse palmer with a look at the highlights and a few rough spots. I dont know how these judges do it. There are so many beautiful dog, it is so hard to choose the top dog but in the end there can only be one best in show. May we have the Sporting Group in the ring, please . Reporter the dog eat dog c. J. The german shorthaired pointer from the Sporting Group fetching the coveted title. 2016 is the german shorthaired pointer. The german shorthaired pointer, c. J. Reporter over 3,000 pups from seven groups across the nation chasing the dream but only one could become best in show. He knows what hes supposed to do. This is the show to win and ive dreamt about it since i was 10 years old. Reporter c. J. Is the third german shorthaired pointer to become best in show at westminster. But it wasnt a walk in the park. This years fierce competitors proving to be a ruff crowd. Among the seven finalist, rumor the german shepherd, a samoyed, skye terrier, panda the shih tzu and annabel but c. J. Took the title of top dog. This german shepherd, a crowd win, rumor certainly has it. A great attitude. Thats kind of like the icing on the cake. Shes a showing machine. She loves it. Reporter other favorites like khloe may not have taken home the gold but they just took it off. After all, many dogs dream and drool at the idea of becoming best in show. But only one can snatch the title. He has major it factor. And the last german shorthaired pointer to win best in show at westminster was actually c. J. s grandmother carly back in 2005 so great gene, of course, and c. J. Will join us later in the show. Exciting. Reunions in the family. Almost looking into the soul of the dog. He looks in the dog and sees what the dog was originally bred for. Its just a feeling. C. J. s got it. Looking forward to that. C. J. Has a superstition before he runs around he bows and sneezes. Well, it worked for him. I do that too. Rob, i know you dont do that before your weathercast. I70 is closed and detour around this in colorado. 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