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announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. hi, everyone. good morning on this wednesday. i m kendis gibson. and i m reena ninan. we begin with the latest appeal on the campaign trail. candidates scrambling for support before voters in two states ahe of the polls. first up, hillary clinton is holding a commanding over bernie sanders in south carolina, but the race is much closer in nevada and donald trump is at the top of the republican field, take a look at the latest numbers. ted cruz a distant second followed by marco rubio and jeb bush. abc s lana zak is covering the candidates on both sides. we have come a long way here in south carolina. i think we re going to surprise are people here. reporter: for republicans and democrats, it was back to their bases on the campaign trail. you can t just show up at election time and say the right things. and think that s enough. reporter: democrats bernie sanders and hillary clinton while the republicans ....
go downhill, the wind increases and once it picks up, temperatures falling and that will lead to blowing snow concerns, especially in open areas and the countryside and will lead to slick roadways. the weekend, arctic air saturday followed by more snow saturday night into sunday. great news, check out the 8 day forecast, temperatures next week , 30 s, 40 s, maybe close to 50. eric: this morning, there is still a bit of snow. across most of the state, a hold of green but a lot of partially covered roads. in the northwest, blue, be careful, especially in the metro, a little bit slippery for your morning commute. give yourself extra minutes. elizabeth: in commitment 2016 news now rematch. hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off last night for the first time since sanders defeated clinton by a landslide this week in new hampshire. with a recap. nikole: today, hillary clinton campaigns in south carolina. while bernie sanders stumps in minnesota after going toe-to-toe ....
primary this saturday in nev. clinton has has field offices on the ground there longer. shshs gotten more volunteers than bernie sanders but her campaign is at thing me they are bracing for a very tight race and say it all comes down to turnout. cecilia vega, abc news, new york. apple has been ordereded to help the fbi hack into the phone left by one of the san bernardino shooters. prosecutors say they ve been unable to be access sayid farouk s device because they don t knowwts pass code. a federal judge says apple must supply highly specialized software to get around a self-destruct feature. 14 people died in the isis inspired terror attack. an emotional return last night in the paris. the american band eagles of death metal finished its conrt cut short by the terror attack in november. abc s alex marquardt was there. reporter: it was an emotional return to paris for eagles of death metal. three months after some 90 at the bataclan theater, the band played to a s ....
light. but the pope s plane landed without incident. nearly every major u.s. airline plans to apply for flights to cuba now that the two countries have signed an travel. it allows 110 daily flights. travelers will have to have a reen other than tourism. here s serena marshall. reporter: flying to cuba just 90 miles south of the florida again. the u.s. and cuba for the first time in 50 years signing the deal to allow commercial flights between the two countries. it represents a critically important milestone in the united states it s continued normalize our relations. reporter: no longer requiring costly inconvenient charter flights. ralphers can visit the once forbidden island just likeny other international destination. daily flights from the u.s. cos take off as early as this fall. we are committed to be able to trade with the two countries on a win-win situation. reporter: it s getting easier to do business. the treasury department allowing a u.s. owned t ....
more opportunities. the destination once closed for business opening a little more every day. serena marshall, abc news, washington. thank you so much, serena. i would love to go to cuba. it s such a beautiful country. i ve been once. i can manuel a lot of people will be getting on planes down there in the fall and winter. we mentioned cj was best in show at the dog show at the westminster dog show earlier in our headlines. here s a show distinctly different sort. yeah, as opposed to the 140th westminster show, this is the west hamster show. it s a lot more fun, wouldn t you agree. it is fun. hamisters are given the chance to show off agility and coordination. some have more than others obviously. the hamster show was put together by our friends over at mashable. this is clever, come on. very creative. second annual west hamster show? pretty low. jesse palmer will have full coverage of that. coming up, the toys of tomorrow unveiled today. our toy insid ....