>>> just 24 hours after our exclusive with apple's ceo, tim cook, the fierily re ery moments on capitol hill today. and just tonight, apple answers the judge. a passenger jet slams into a runway. the emergency evacuation. >>> and sylvester stallone, coming back into focus. will he deliver a knockout punch we have stallone, right here tonight. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we have several developing stories as we come on the air. and we begin with the deadly tornadoes. homes wiped out from texas all the way up to pennsylvania. more than 30 confirmed tornadoes now. this one in north carolina. another twister captured on camera right there, and word tonight that among the dead, three people in waverly, virginia, including a 2-year-old boy. this home in virginia torn in half by a powerful storm. the fierce winds, all the way up to new england. a dramatic rescue in the waters off new york city today. this boat overturning. you can see the coast guard lowering in from above, and then water overturning, as well. abc's gio benitez, leading us

apple's move comes just 24 hours after our exclusive with apple ceo tim cook. we asked him, does he worry there could be information on that phone that could save his answer here in a moment. and fiery moments on capitol hill today. the fbi director with his own words for apple. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas on the heated debate. should apple break into that phone? >> reporter: tonight, apple defiant, arguing a judge's order that apple help the fbi break into the san bernadino terrorists iphone violates the constitution. saying the fbi is seeking a, quote, dangerous power. the move comes less than 24 hours after apple ceo tim cook sat down for an exclusive interview with our david muir revealing why they won't do it. >> this case is not about one phone. this case is about the future. what is at stake here is, can the government compel apple to write software that we believe would make hundreds of millions of customers vulnerable around the world, including the u.s. >> and you'd have to write that system in order to unlock that phone. >> yes.

tim cook: "this would be bad for america. it would also set a precedent that i believe many people in america would be offended by." but in the name of public safety.. attorney general loretta lynch... is urging apple to comply. loretta lynch: "judges all over the country and on the supreme court have said that those parties must assist if it is reasonably a judge in california ordered apple to unlock san bernardino i-phone and apple has happening insisting -- at stake is the data security of millions of law abiding people.. "hands off our phones!" tim cook: "some things are hard and some things are right. and this is one of those things." apple has until friday to file a response to the judge's order and some legal experts say this is a landmark case that could reach the law abiding people.. "hands off our phones!" tim cook: "some things are hard and some stake is the data security of millions of law abiding people.. "hands off our phones!" tim cook: "some things are hard and some things are right. and some things are both.

and we are here for our ceo tim cook. for the first time, answering questions why apple will not help the fbi break into the iphone used by the gunman in san bernardino. but first tonight, the horrific scene playing out across several states. deadly tornadoes and dangerous weather ahead this evening. from the carolinas, all the way up to the northeast, stretching across 1,000 miles already. an ef-3 ripping through this apartment complex in pensacola, florida. in north carolina, sending school children into the hallways. and in virginia, at least three people have been killed, just this afternoon, because of the weather. and behind all of this, blizzard conditions moving in, blowing indiana. more than 2,000 flights abc's linzie janis leads us off from the tornado zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight, those deadly storms barrelling up the east coast. >> tornado just came through, right on 460. >> reporter: a suspected tornado striking waverly, virginia, shredding homes and leaving at least three dead. many striking at night,

my one-on-one interview with apple's ceo, tim cook. for the first time, cook on why apple is refusing to help the fbi break into the iphone used by the san bernardino killer. >>> new details tonight on the pilot in that deadly chopper crash. >>> and the famous sports reporter, the "dancing with the stars" host, erin andrews, suing her stalker and a major hotel tonight. did they put the stalker right next door? her father tonight, breaking down. >>> good evening tonight from san francisco. and we are here for our exclusive interview with apple ceo tim cook. for the first time, answering questions why apple will not help the fbi break into the iphone used by the gunman in san bernardino. but first tonight, the horrific scene playing out across several states. deadly tornadoes and dangerous weather ahead this evening. from the carolinas, all the way up to the northeast, stretching across 1,000 miles already. an ef-3 ripping through this apartment complex in pensacola, florida. in north carolina, sending school children into the hallways.

we're going to begin with apple's ceo tim cooke and his reaction to his exclusive interview with abc news. >> cooke says helping the fbi to unlock an iphone used by one of the san bernardino attackers would be like creating a master key that could impact hundreds of millions of users, but a senior government official says the fbi wants apple to develop a way into that phone which will be known only inside apple. >> abc's elizabeth hur has more. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: kendis and reena, good morning to you. right off the bat, tim cooke addressed the victims' families of the san bernardino attacks saying that they have his deepest sympathy and no one should go through what they have been through. that said, cooke says this case is more than about just one phone. >> safety of our kids, safety of our families is very important. is incredibly important. >> reporter: apple's ceo tim cooke explaining his decision exclusive to "world news now" tonight with david muir senator apple has cooperated with the fbi fully in this case this they came to us and asked us for all the infor

the term i find most offensiveent and what tim cook writes, is asking for a back door. the government is not asking for a back door. they have come in with a federal states magistrate, that is how we do it in a democracy. they are asking for a front door. there is no bank. there is no safe comp vault. there is no apartment. there is no door that can't be penetrated with a lawful order from a u.s. court. protect our people. >> why do you think apple is doing this, john? >> well, i think they are doing this just to take down a level, i think for them, this is a business model, which is about privacy and security in an age, least of all, the government, are trying to get into people's stuff and exploit it. so i think there is a right think there is a commercial appeal for it. the point is that they have put those interests ahead of alls. tim cook says i'm doing this for the safety of my customers, meaning, so that we have an able phone. floor in san bernardino or in paris had iphones in their pockets as they were being killed by the are tim cook's customers too. those are

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tim cook says he's fighting the order to devise a way past the iphone's encryption system to keep his consumers safe. >> but the reality is if you put >> reporter: john miller is deputy commissioner of the n.y.p.d. he says apple could develop a vote codeto break into the phone, get the information it needs, then destroy it. >> tim cook says, "i'm doing this for the safety of my customers," meaning so that we have an impregnable phone. i have to ask-- how many people who died on the floor in san bernardino or in paris had iphones in their pockets as they were being killed by the terrorists? they are tim cook's customers, too. >> reporter: today, a senior apple executive told cbs news, if we break this phone at 8:00 a.m., destroy the code, then at 10 a.m., we get another subpoena." but why is apple's cooperation necessary at all? mike morrell is the former number two at the c.i.a. isn't there somebody who currently works for the c.i.a. or the n.s.a. who could do what the government wants apple to do? in the last year, 18 months in the ability to protect information in these kind of devi

they are tim cook's customers too. those are the people who buy all of the apple products and you have to balance these two threats against each other. >> what is the worst case scenario, john? >> i'll tell you the worst case scenario right now. when i go to bed at night, i think all day what did i do and what little thing did i miss? do you want to know what i think about today? i think about in that phone in san bernardino of those two killers who murdered more than a dozen people and wounded more, who were they in touch with? did someone tell them to do it? and if that piece of information is in there and that can be exploited, who did that someone talk to here in new york city and what could happen next? >> quickly to that point too. apple has been cooperative with the government in the past. all of the information on that phone that was backed up in the cloud, my understanding has been but he stopped backing up his phone about a month and a half before the attacks. so the concern of law enforcement, what did he do

apple ceo tim cook says he will fight a court order requiring his company to help the fbi recover data from an iphone used by one of the san bernardino terrorists. >> that really makes no sense whatsoever. >> reporter: the ruling requires apple to help the fbi disable the security feature which erases data from the iphone after too many attempts to unlock it. with the feature disabled, the feds can try as many times as they need to unlock the phone but cook says he is fighting the order over privacy concerns. arguing it has implications far beyond the legal case at hand. >> volunteer if apple wants to, yes. having the guesstimate, having big brother tell you -- having big brother, having the government tell you you have to is another story. >> reporter: someone enforcement officials are hoping this ruling will make it easier to get court orders to bypass those locks. >> i have numerous homicide investigations i get into the physical phone. >> reporter: but it can be a tough sell with some saying nobody should be able to override the privacy features they pay for. >> i don't even let my

tim cook says apple will fight the order saying the f.b.i. wants us to make a new version of the operating system. in the wrong hands this software which does not exist today would have the potential to unlock any iphone in a person's possession. there is no way to guarantee such control. liz mcdonald joins me now. so tell me about this fight, and i have to warn you, i'm on the side of tim cook here. reporter: what he's saying is the software in the hands of the government means they could hijack the phone, micro phone, any contents of what you have in your iphone. the government continues to say -- the department of justice and the white house, no we only want this one specific iphone and it is owned by syed farook's former employers. that apple was breaking into iphones prior to 2014 before it did this encrypted ios operating system. kennedy: encryption is one of their biggest selling points it's not the terrorists who want encryption. i trust tim cook with apple technology much more so than the federal government. we know the federal gover

jack dorsey tweeted we stand with tim cook and apple and thank him for his leadership and google and facebook expressed support. some say the company should help fight terrorists like the san bernardino killers and others argue our civil liberties are at risk here. john miller is back at the table. he is, as you know, our former senior correspondent and we like him very much! john miller, welcome back. >> tim cook says further the government suggests this tool could be used once and only once on one phone and not true. once created the technique could be recreated over and over on a number of devices. >> you have to ask tim cook does he protect his own people. for them to develop a technique to get past the pass code lock which is the thing that makes it erase the whole phone after ten false tries, they said you can go in there and do it in your own lab. if you figure out the formula and crack open this phone to the point we can then try codes against it, tear the formula up and toss it in the fireplace and so unless he thinks one of his trusted engineers is going to run out and tell

that is what apple's tim cook is saying. the government is saying no, no, we want access to this one iphone. deirdre: ben, you're in agreement obviously? >> i am. it is obviously a legal issue, but in my mind this isn't trying to overstep due process, right, like pre-crimes, trying to figure out -- deirdre: murder already happened. >> they're terrorists. >> we'll leave it there. ben collins, elizabeth mcdonald and phillip siegel. thank you very much. >>> some pension funds, 401(k) plans, trading accounts, billionaire investor carl icahn cutting its stake in apple last year. the stock declined. this according to new egg regulatory filing. his new stake, $1.5 billion. some still exposure there. tiger global picked up one million dollars of the stock recently. jared levy ask with me. apple down 20% in the past 12 months. more than the s&p's drop in that time. is apple a buy or a sell here? >> there is a lot to consider, the point is carl icahn has skin in the game at 1.5 billion. that is something to consider. apple's problem i

tim cook is looking to do a big number, probably to show how liberal he is. boycott apple until such time as they give that information. i think that's a great idea. [applause] lou: and a senior apple executive firing right back, saying donald trump's call for a boycott simply puts the company in standing with other good people trump has criticized. and the justice department? well, trump and the justice department are on the same side in this one, extending the timetable for apple's compliance with a court order until friday of next week, and the justice department made it clear at the same time that the patience of the attorney general with apple is wearing thin. our top story tonight is the fight for south carolina. trump right now poised for a huge win after leading polls there since last november. so the principal question is who has the most to lose with a disappointing finish? cruz, rubio or bush? fox news chief political correspondent carl cameron is in columbia, south carolina, with our report. >> reporter: on the eve of the 2016 south carolina presi

apple ceo tim cook speaking out of the debate between privacy and national security. and it ended with abc, coke said it would be bad for america if the company complied with the request to unlock the iphone used by the san bernardino terrorist. >> could the fbi fully in this case. they came and asked us throughout this information we had on the phone and we gave everything we had. this case is not about one phone. this case is about the future. maria: run session overnight china to the shanghai composite better than her son. 6.8% concerns about liquidity ahead of the start of the g20

apple ceo tim cook says the u.s. government should withdraw its demand that apple help the fbi hack a locked iphone used by a shooter in the san bernardino attack. in an early morning email to employees and an online post government' s claims that the company is acting out of business interests. right now, protestors are planning to rally in more than 30 cities to back apple tomorrow. fiji has increased to 18. winds from cyclone winston, which tore through fiji over the weekend, reached 177 miles per hour, making it the strongest storm in the southern hemisphere. right now, more than 6,000 residents are staying in emergency shelters. devastating with the weather has done out there. kevin: those types of storms in the pacific eventually have ramifications for our upper-level patterns going over, but they take about a week to 10 days to kick in around here. we will talk about the pattern come after it. erin: a lot going on in the it all coming up. idea? how you can make this tasty dish using local ingredients. and our

tim cook is his buddy. he was at the state of the union. >> what happened to the silicon family firms when it was found out some of them were working for the government? there is huge backlash. privacy is the third rail for the tech industry in the silicon valley. this is an effort for everyone in the silicon valley to stand up. tim cook is trying to be the white knight. those companies that did cooperate with the government, it was found out the snowden leak had a lot of backlash. charles: real quick before we get out of this. will apple comply? i say they will comply. every one agrees? >> yes. charles: you are out there so you know. >> i think you are right. charles: you don't want to miss our primary coverage. we are going to cover south carolina. that's your gop primary. donald trump doing an about face, sort of contradicting himself on the iraq war. this is a radio show. he wasn't always a dove or a hawk. we'll tell you all about it when we come back. we're the hottest young company around but if we wa

tim cook just e-mailed the entire staff explaining why the company won't braic the encryption. but the fbi director is appealing to the public to force the ceo's hand. >> reporter: it's been a week of back and forth. and now it does not look like it's slowing any time soon. the fbi director posted a letter to a law enforcement blog. and he said that the iphone in question may hold the clue to finding more terrorists. the director said we owe the 14 americans killed a thorough investigation. the fbi is trying to unlock the iphone of the gunman, syed farook. the fbi letter comes five days after tim cook posted his own letter to customers, saying the fbi is asking the company to create a back door to the iphone. we're learning that apple september engineers down to san bernardino to try a work around using icloud. when that didn't answer, the fbi asked for a way to enter millions of pass codes at once. >> apple is makes the case we gave you the information you needed. but in reality, it's asking for more. >> reporter: very early this morning, tim cook sent an e- mail out to employ

in an online letter, ceo tim cook writes -- the u.s. government has asked us for something we simply do not have. and something we consider too dangerous to create. they have asked us to build a back door to the iphone. in the wrong hands, the software, which does not exist today, would have the potential to unlok any iphone in someone's physical possession. cook previously defended apple's encryption techniques with charlie rose. >> when we design a new service, we try not to collect data so we are not reading your e mail, we are not reading your imessage. subpoena on us to get your imessages we can't provided it. it's encrypted and under key. >> reporter: the access to the iphone could create key information where they were before and after the shooting and who they were correspondenting with. it's encryption and how information is obtained. jim comey has been asking the tech industry with help with encryption issues and say it isn't just affecting national security investigations, but local police are running into encryption roadbloc

tim cook is doing a number to show how liberal he is. apple should give up, boycott apple until such time they give that information. i think that's a great idea. deirdre: first the pope, now apple. gop candidate donald trump taking on the company just a few moments ago, suggesting a boycott. this is "risk & reward." i'm deirdre bolton. we're in the last 24 hours before the republican south carolina primary and the nevada caucuses. from the silver state to the palmetto state, new york and d.c. we have issues covered for you with our political a-team. we will take you first to charleston, south carolina. connell mcshane is there. connell, are donald trump's controversial comments catching up with him? looks like much tighter race between him and senator cruz, right? >> really depends on what poll you look at, deirdre, to be honest with you. you're right, w -- "wall street journal/nbc" poll. is it really that close? we won't know until tomorrow. all the other polls have larger lead. not only cruz chasing him. marco rubio here at an event.