Firefighters getting the upper hand. They say this is 30 contained. Trumps landslide victory, mitt romney calling to release his tax returns. Will you do so . The nice thing is i havent made enough money that my tax returns are not that interesting. Super tuesday now less than a week away. Clinton is focusing on South Carolina while sanders has been holding rallies in a bunch of states. Apple ceo speaking out. The place a back door in the iphone we believe it does put hundreds of millions of customers at risk. President obama considering a republican nominee, brian sand do value, the governor of nevada to fill the vacant seat. An e cigarette exploded inside a mans pocket in kentucky. All that. Adele has stolen the show at this years brit awards jt for you to be so kind to me and so nice. Is that a thing that happens every year . Yeah, you dont follow it . Molecule of the year is fantastic. All that matters. Do you plan to campaign for her . I dont think they need me, quite frankly. He might need me, but shes fine. On cbs this morning. A third consecutive win in the nevada caucuses keeps donald trump wellpositioned to steamroll his way to victory a super tuesday. Like many other las vegas visitors, the gop woke up this morning with a raging hangover wondering what the hell happened last night . This mornings ie opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. We begin with a dramatic rescue off the coast of new york to bring the crew of a stranded fishing boat to safety. Sen members off of a boat. A first rescue attempt failed overnight. All the coast guard members swam to the shore. No one was seriously hurt. Violent storms across the east coast. Winds flipped over a semi truck on new yorks George Washington bridge. The storm brought down a home in the bronx but no one hurt. Power lines sparked one car fire. The powerful band of storms is responsible for at least eight deaths in the south. Several tornadoes ripped through virginia killing four. Chip reid is in waverly, south of richmond, where a state of emergency is in place. Reporter good morning. I am standing in the middle of what used to be a small Mobile Home Park here in waverly, virginia. As you can see, this was the laundromat. It was made of brick and cinder block. But it has been completely destroyed. Walk down here. Take a look at this. Bushes that is largely destroyed, we talked to a man who lived there. He can hardly believe he is alive and that is partly because on the other side of that trailer is where another trailer used to be and that is where three people, including a 2yearold child, died. A deadly storm system lashed the east coast wednesday, pummeling it with violent winds and torrential rain. Multiple tornadoes were reported in virginia where at least four people have died and dozens more have been injured. A tornado just came through right on 460 right now. Just tore this place to pieces. Reporter three died here in waverly, a 2yearold child and two men who were found 300 yards from their own home. 70yearold Vincent Mcdonald lived next door. Spinning and lift the roof. I survived. Reporter in pennsylvania more than 30,000 people lost power. Several homes were torn apart. You hear stuff tossing and turning. We heard debris and this is just, like, not even real. Reporter a steady downpour led to flash flooding in and around washington, d. C. Where drivers slogged through the evening commute. Tree just fell down. Reporter at least three tornadoes were reported in north carolina. Straight line winds and pounding rains toppled trees and cut one home nearly in half. Time lapse video shows the storm as it rolled through downtown charlotte. That is one wild storm. Reporter the system made its way to the northeast where strong gusts flipped over this truck in new york. And in new jersey, Manhole Covers were sent flying into the air. The wet weather caused underground electric explosions in elizabeth. First responders spent the night going through this area, going through this incredible debris field, trying to make sure there is nobody unaccounted for. There is still, apparently, some question whether this was just look. Its hard to believe it could have been anything other than that. Ill say. The pictures really tell the story there. Were following a fast moving situation in california. A wildfire is forcing people out of their homes near los angeles. Two childrens camps with more than 180 are also starting to evacuate. Helicopters are dropping water on the fire. So far no injuries are reported. Donald trump is facing questions about his taxes this morning from the last republican president ial nominee. Mitt romney claims the republican frontrunner has not released his tax returns because they may contain a bombshell. Trump tweeted in response that taxes made romney, quote, look like a fool in 2012. And he sarcastically called romney a tough guy. Major garrett in washington looked at the issue that may affect tonights republican major, good morning. Reporter good morning. On the Republican Debate stage tonight in houston, mitt romney no, no, not in person, of course. But through this issue of tax returns that he lobbed at donald trump yesterday. Now trump has dismissed romney through this campaign as a weak nominee who should have won in 2012. But trumps republican rivals at another texas forum last night, they sided with romney. They are not very exotic but we will release them. Very glad to release tax returns. Nothing to hide. Not a problem. The nice thing is i havent made enough money that my tax returns are not that interesting. Reporter Donald Trumps closest rivals had no problem respond from a challenge to 2012 minee mitt romney who had this say about trumps tax turns. Frankly, i think we have good reason to believe that there is a bombshell in Donald Trumps taxes. Every time he is asked about his taxes, he dodges and delays and says, well, we are working on it. Reporter the tax issue tripped up romneys white house bid but trump said he feels no pressure to release his returns my returns are extremely complex and ill make a determination at the right time. Im in no rush to do it. Nobody has been bringing it up except for mitt romney. Reporter a gop field advantages trump as the rest of the candidates are scrambling to dull that edge, but no one appears to be willing to give up their smaller share of support. Once this race begins to narrow a little bit youll see more of that support consolidating. Reporter but the three candidates yet to win arent dropping out. Marco rubio finished second in South Carolina and nevada. We are not going to allow the conservative movement to be defined by a nominee who isnt a conservative. Reporter john kasich has backtoback fifth place finishes. We are not stopping and im not giving up. Reporter ben carson hasnt finished higher than fourth. Its like a baseball game. Everybody wants to call the game after the first inning. Reporter for ted cruz, this tuesdays contest in texas should prove decisive. Cripple cruzs campaign of the 624 delegates up for grabs on tuesday, texas has the most with 155. He even called it himself the big prize. Thank you. Hillary clinton is focusing on South Carolina this morning but Bernie Sanders is hundreds of miles away campaigning in ohio, michigan, and illinois. Clinton is making four stops in the state where democrats vote on saturday. Nancy cordes is in columbia, South Carolina where clinton is also thinking about the gop frontrunner. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. Thats right. Republicans are not the only ones who are starting to come to grips with the notion that trump could be the gop nominee. Yesterday, the Clinton Campaign sent out this fundraising appeal saying, everything is coming up trump. A message meant to scare their supporters into opening their wallets. When with you talk about the trumps of the world to divide us up reporter trump that united the democratic candidates, at least temporarily. I listen to the rhetoric on i dont recognize my country. You know . Senator sanders and i have been trying to run a Campaign Based on issues. They run a Campaign Based on insults. Reporter clinton is camped out in South Carolina, protecting her large lead in the polls here. Hi. How are you . Reporter sanders headed west in search of Greener Pastures and he found them. Here in missouri reporter 7,000 people came to here him speak in kansas city. Almost 10,000 in tulsa. I look out at this crowd, i dont think there is any way we are going to lose on tuesday. Reporter the only other candidate drawing crowds this large is trump. But so far the enthusiasm has not translated into turnout, which is down on the democratic side since 2008 in the three contests held so far. And thats a problem for sanders who says this all the time. Voter turnout is everything. Our job is to create a high voter turnout. If there is a large turnout, i think we will do very well. Reporter translation . Sanders needs his young record numbers and offset clintons advantage with older, more reliable voters. In nevada she won by a full 50 points and won the caucus. You say you want to create the revolution that clinton couldnt. Is the fact that turnout is lower a seen that that revolution isnt happening . Its a sign that barack obama ran a Brilliant Campaign in 2008. Unprecedented. Reporter and even with that unprecedented campaign, though, obama just barely edged out hillary clinton. This time, sanders says he is going to win several super tuesday states and keep pace with clinton in the delegate count. Thank you, nancy. See you on tuesday. Thanks a lot. President obama may reach across the aisle to get the senate to vote on his next Supreme Court nominee. Reports say the white house is considering nevadas republican Antonin Scalia. Jan crawford on capitol hill and watching the Supreme Court debate. Jan, good morning. Reporter good morning. Senator republicans say they will block anyone the president nominates, even if its someone from their own party. Yesterday, the president predicted they will cave. I recognize the politics are hard for them. Reporter from the oval office, president obama suggested that eventually republicans will back down and give his Supreme Court nominee a shot. There is not a lot of vigor when they defend the position that they are taking that they wouldnt even meet, for example, with a Supreme Court nominee. They are pretty sheepish about it when they make those comments. Reporter across town, the senates top democrat, harry reid, offered a surprise pick, a republican. Nevada governor brian sandoval. If he were picked, i would support the man. Hes a good person. He has a great record. And he has been a tremendously good governor. Reporter sandoval may be seen as a moderate conservative but he is no fan of the president s signature achievement the affordable he has called many aspects of the law unconstitutional and threatened to fight to have them overturned. In a statement, sandovals office said neither the governor nor his staff has been contacted by or talked to the Obama Administration regarding any potential vetting. That did not surprise utah senator mike lee. I dont think that is a legitimate rumor. I dont think it reflects any truth. I dont think that is who president obama is going to nominate. But even if it is, our position remains unchanged. Reporter lee says regardless of the nominee, most Senate Republicans are holding firm until the country elects a new president. Its not up to the president. We are a coordinate branch of government. This is our discussion, not his. Reporter now republicans say that the sandoval buzz is reid and the white house playing games and they flatly reject the idea that a president would tap a republican to the Supreme Court which would make a conservative majority on that charlie . Thanks, jan. Apple ceo tim cook defended the company in his first interview about the standoff over the San Bernardino gunmans iphone. He calls the governments request to unlock it bad for america. Jeff pegues is in washington to show us apples case. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning. Apple executives and the tech giants attorneys say this is a slippery slope. Tomorrow the company will put its arguments in writing when its expected to file its legal challenge to the government. Some things are hard and some things are right. And some things are both. This is one of those things. Reporter speaking publicly about the controversy, apples ceo tim cook laid out his reasons for refusing a court order to unlock the iphone of terrorists behind the deadly attack in San Bernardino, three months ago. To oppose your government on something doesnt feel good. And to oppose it on something civil liberties, which they are supposed to protect, it is incredibly ironic. Reporter cook says the decision would compel the company to write new software creating a key that he says, in the wrong hands, could make all iphones vulnerable to hackers. Our smartphones are loaded with our intimate conversations, our financial data, our health records. They are also loaded with the location of our kids in many cases. Reporter cook says apple has cooperated with Law Enforcement, but contends investigators made a crucial error by telling farooks employer, San Bernardino county, to reset his icloud password. Apple says that limited the information that could be retrieved. But even with the password change, the fbi says there may still be information on the phone that would not be accessible without apples assistance. Write this piece of software, think about what else they can ask us to write. Maybe an operating system for surveillance, maybe its the ability for the Law Enforcement to turn on the camera. This is not what should be happening in america. I think this is going to be a question for the American People and their congress to decide if we want to make these Communications Devices immune to warrants when we know that they are used in crimes all the time. Reporter cook and other tech giants like bill gates agree that this issue will ultimately have to be decided by congress. Eventually, as it has been with the patriotic act, this will all be subject to democratic discussion. Reporter today, fbi director james comey will be on capitol hill where he is expected to discuss the governments case against apple. Norah . Jeff, thank you. The debate continues. Isis this morning is threatening two Silicon Valley a new video purportedly made by supporters of the Group TargetsMark Zuckerberg and zach dorsey. The propaganda video is in response to facebook and twitter suspending accounts and removing posts that promote terrorism. President obama is tamping down expectations about the partial truce in syria that takes effect at midnight on friday. Syrian Government Troops are fighting in a suburb outside damascus. The assad regime says the area is excluded from the ceasefire because an Al Qaedalinked group is there. Our Elizabeth Palmer got a firsthand look on the front lines both above and on the ground. Reporter how confident is the syrian army right now . Well, enough to have a group of local journalists tour their latest victory. Its half of a square mile of total destruction just five miles from the center of damascus. The general leads the way through what used to be family homes that is a wreck now. A sniper was right here only we are in the suburb of daria. The army says 24 hours ago, it pushed the opposition fighters half a mile back to the next cluster of buildings. And now they are pounding them with machine guns and from the air. Overhead, the sound of the helicopters scouting its target. Then a strike. They are using barrel bombs, cheap and deadly. Are there any civilians left over there . No, he says. There arent. In fact, by now, almost everyone has fled. Bombs smashed this area to bits. The opposition fighters only survived by going underground into a network of tunnels. This is the road. The soldiers showing us around explains this tunnel was under the main road. You can see the black strike that gave extra protection. Were with Al Qaedalinked al nusra a group not included in this weekends ceasefire so no let up on this world of the suburbs of damascus. Elizabeth palmer, damascus. Great reporting there. Coming up, are eits been a really warm february. 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