super tuesday primary election have a good night. '6 a good night. '6 the ballots are still rolling in, but the rematch is all but official president biden and donald trump dominating the primaries, but it wasn't a clean sweep for either candidate. we'll tell you where they lost and the spreesinurprising winnen

race shrink nation gets complaints another humanitarian aid drop over gaza, but aid groups warn it's not enough to prevent famine we have a live report for the latest a radioactive scare near st. louis. the corps of engineers sampling the soil for possible contamination in one suburban neighborhood and a meta meltdown. an outage kicking hundreds of thousands off facebook and instagram. it's march 6, "early today" starts right now good morning, glad you're with me i'm frances rivera super tuesday results are still rolling in and a historic rematch of the 2020 election is coming into sharper focus. former president trump winning most of the delegates up for grabs overnight. now much closer to locking up the nomination and president biden easily cruised to victory in most of

the democratic races but there was one exception. nbc news projects jason palmer has won the american samoa democratic caucus. the venture capitalist won 51 votes to president biden's 40 votes. palmer is also on ballots in 16 states he says his goal is to make education a top priority in texas nbc news projects colin allred has won the democratic primary. he will take on senator ted cruz in november. >> the fund alamental reason th democracy works is that they fix things for others. >> adam schiff and republican steve garvey will face off in november in the race to fill the california senate seat once held by the late senator dianne feinstein. for more, here's nbc's alice

barr >> reporter: as the votes are tallied this super tuesday, president biden and former president trump are barrelling toward what's expected to be a historic rematch the former president celebrating his latest primary wins from virginia to texas. >> they call it super tuesday for a reason [cheers and applause >> this is a big one >> reporter: president biden in a statement calling on americans to not go backward to what he called the chaos, division and darkness of a trump presidency biden racking up wins in democratic primaries, but losing the american samoa caucus to a little-known candidate >> we got to stick with joe and his team, and they're doing the right thing. >> reporter: but voters who cast their ballots in more than a dozen states across the country voiced deep concerns about both the leading acccandidates >> the,tivose are our two best

candidates >> reporter: is age a factor for you? >> it definitely is. i work in health care, and knowing that when you get older your memory starts to get a little weary >> reporter: nikki haley has tried to frame herself as a common sense alternative, notching her second primary win in vermont >> she's qualified, a decent person and competent >> reporter: but former president trump's sole republican rival falling still farther behind, as the two frontrunners move closer to locking in their party's nomination in washington, alice barr, nbc news arizona senator kyrsten ss sinema will not run for reelection >> compromise is a dirty word. we've arrived at that crossroad. and we chose anger and division. i believe in my approach

but it's not what america wants right now. >> the leading republican for sinema's seat is kari lake who won a failed campaign for governor and the leading democrat is ruben gallego. this likely will be the toughest race in the nation for those hoping for a certain flotus on the ballot in 2024, it ain't happening. michelle obama's office said as she expressed several times over the years, she will the no be running for president. mrs. obama supports president biden and vice president kamala harris campaign. she does intend to help as she did in 2020. authorities are questioning the owners of a vaping business after an explosion in clinton township, michigan

>> reporter: the continual explosion sounded like the fourth of july finale, but thei wasthis was the real thing >> when you first get to the scene, you realize the enormity of it and your vehicle a mile or two away shaking as you approach the scene. you're like, what we getting ourselves into >> reporter: but they had no idea until they got there, the flying shrapnel was beyond anything they could handle >> we made the decision early on, we have to back out. there is no way we can put somebody this close to the scene, even when we're at a distance, these things are flying over a quarter mile away. debris field probably over a half-mile in every direction >> reporter: the problem for everyone was the hundreds of flammable containers inside, recently delivered and clearly not legal to go into the retail store front the city approved and inspected back in 2022

so many stood with their cell phone cameras recording this incredible scene, not knowing the danger a 19-year-old lost hessis life, just wondering what was going on >> if it hits you in the face, hits you in the chest, it's going to kill you. unfortunately, this 19-year-old who was a quarter mile away from the actual building, one of the projectiles did hit him in the head, and he did make it to the hospital alive, but he succumbed to his injuries. >> our thanks to rod maloney for that report. the u.s. has conducted another airdrop of aid into the gaza strip the mission delivered 36,000 meals in the north it is the second such airdrop in less than a week but it's still far below the amount of aid needed for the hundreds of thousands of palestinians who remain in the northern strip after the israeli ground invasion. for the latest, let's go to chapman bell what more do we know about this aid? >> reporter: good morning,

frances. well, it's much-needed aid for civilians, particularly in northern gaza, who are in urgent need of basic supplies, like food and water, and this, in addition to medical supplies that have been exhausted in hospitals and for some time now as well as fuel for generators and power. while these ready meals dropped by the u.s. and jordan will provide food for some of those in need, it's only enough for really a relatively small fraction of the people, particularly the population of northern gaza. the director general of the world health organization, dr. tedros ghebreyesus saying that grim findings during a w.h.o. visit at a hospital in northern gaza this week, severe levels of malnutrition, children dying of starvation serious shortages of fuel, food

and medical supplies hospitals destroyed. adding that in the only pediatrics hospital the lack of food resulted in the death of ten children now the world food program saying that airdrops are a last resort and will not avert famine and this as more calls are growing for more trucks to be able to cross over land, into gaza, to bring even more equipment, and people saying this is the way to actually bring in the aid that's needed, frances? >> hopefully, it will make the slightest bit of difference there. chapman, thank you congress is taking another shot at cracking down on tiktok this morning a bipartisan team of lawmakers introduced a bill that would require the chinese-owned company to divest from tiktok in order to avoid a full ban. the app is owned by a foreign adversary, they say and threatens national security. the tiktok spokesperson called the bill an outright ban, quote, no matter how much the authors

try to disguise it after a windy storm, tumbleweeds rolled in, in south jordan crews were brought in to help remove the russian thistle plants crews had almost cleaned it up by yesterday afternoon after 13 dumpster loads were taken to a l landfill no damage has been reported. nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking how long you'll you'll have to hang onto the umbrella >> boy di, did we need the umbra yesterday. don't worry, the sunshine will return we've just got to get through another couple days of this rain it's quite busy across the east. one system out west that we're going to watch to bring additional rain and snow as well plenty of heavy rain has prompted flood watches in effect

for 30 million people. the t boston, new york and hartford, this is going to last today and potentially into tomorrow. here's why we've got in system that's going to lift and bring all of this moisture through the day today into parts of the northeast, mid atlantic included in this as well we're talking basically virginia to maine where we could see the heaviest of the rain the system will exit by tomorrow but not before we see some kind of lingering showers into the day as well as wintry mix that we'll have to watch for across parts of new england anywhere from two to three inches expected across parts of the southeast, and we could see impressive hourly rainfall rates, upwards of three, maybeps in jackson

rain in the forecast from atlanta to charlotte and into raleigh today. and that's a look at your forecast, frances. >> thank you, angie. "early today" is back in a minute with a neighborhood battling fears of radioactive contamination. and no matter what, fill that br blank space on the ballot. taylor swift's message to her fans taylor swift's message to h fans. just like i was. dryness and frizz could be damaged hair that can't retain moisture. new pantene miracle rescue deep conditioner, with first-of-its-kind melting pro-v pearls... locks in moisture to repair 6 months of damage in one wash, without weigh down. guaranteed or your money back! for resilient, healthy-looking hair... if you know, you know it's pantene. did you know most dish soaps don't remove all the grease, even with scrubbing? whaaat? i just cleaned those! try dawn platinum. it removes 99% of grease and food residue. that's why dawn is trusted to save wildlife affected by oil.

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breaking right now at 5:00, dropping out of the race. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley bows out in a bid for presidency, after winning just one state on super tuesday. the announcement setting up the stage for another contentious battle between president joe biden and former president trump. ballots being counted with