good morning. coming up on early today. a report from the justice department will show a gross patd earn of violent policing in ferguson, missouri. open b arguments begibb in the boston marathon trial. plus a plae deal for general david and broad reaction to israeli prime minister and the speech before congress. that and much. good morning. later today attorney general eric holder will deliver a report charging the ferguson police department with a broad

pat erp -- violating the constitutional right. a law enforcement official says that a report will show that african americans made up 88 percent of cases where police used force. all 14 cases were the department's k 9s bit a suspect and was african american. the they accounted for 85% and 90 percent of the people issued tickets and 93 percent of the people arrested. authorities collected more fines for a suspect's failure to appear than any other charge and they were mostly from the city's poorest and vulnerable residence. the findings come six months after launching an investigation. it was prompted by michael brown's shooting by darren

wilson who since left the force. holder is going to release the staff recovered e-mails. one of them was sent after president bam was e elected in 2008 and suggested that mr. obama could not be president for long because what black man holds a steady job for four years. they're talking about a settlement with the police department to change the practices or face a lawsuit. the mayor says that he is aware of the report and will issue a statement today once made public. before he leaves the justice department the attorney is expected to file a separate report clearing wilson of the charges. let's go to obama care at stake. at a have i is live for us in washington and tracey what is

the new legal challenge. >> this time the money that millions of americans get to help pay for the premiums. the case is key verses burr well. it's not a constitutional question but a interpretation of five words in a thousand page document known as obama care. >> those words an exchanged established by the state. >> the law grands sub staty in exchange and established by a state. not by the federal health and not health care.org. millions of people that did not set up the own exchanges are getting things to help pay for the insurances. >> i don't want to seem them disappear pause we can not afford health care again. >> 8.2 million americans would be left uninsured if they decide that people that used the exchange are not eligible for

the tax credit. without all of the healthy people in the system premiums are expected to skyrocket. >> that would force the president to go back. >> supporters argue that it's not about the law but an attempt to destroy obama care. >> let's not have a switch but a conserve ich conserveative assault on a modern effort. >> they're asking the court to think of the impact. >> do it for us. don't do it by what you think that the letter of the law is supposed to say. do it for us. we're americans. >> now, in our new nbc wall street journal poll more of those or 54 percent said that if the supreme court says if they go against the government and gets rid of it they think that the congress needs to come back with a fix and get the sub saty.

>> thanks so much. it's been almost two years since a pair of homemade bombs exploded near the finish line and killing three people and causing 16 to lose limbs. today the trial will start for one of the two men. nbc gray is live with us and good morning. what can we expect to see in court today? >> reporter: good morning to you. he faces 30 charges and 17 of those punishable by the death penalty. some say that maybe a focus than guilt or innocence of the trial. >> many analysts think that the early strategy is overwhelm the jury with the magnitude of the attack. >> the first part is all the who risk stuff, and i don't think that we have heard how horrific

it's going to be. >> for the defense it's about avoiding the death penalty and today's will focus on the older brother that they described as the master mind. >> i think that you're going to see them play the older brother card from the get go. that it was all him. this guy was just following his direction. >> his brother was shot and killed after a shooting with police. >> the argument is the guy who really started the whole thing has already been killed and dead, but this guy is still alive. >> ten woman and 18 men and six of whom will be alternates during the high profile trial expected to last three or four months here. >> yeah and you know that's a time line that all that

guarantees this will be going on monday april 20th. that's this day of this year's boston marathon. >> thank you so much nbc jay gray. congress is now involved and it wants to know if she broke any federal rules. the new york times reported the story and saying that she used a personal e-mail account instead of a government account. yesterday she was honored at the emily's list conference and made no mention of the scandal but did say this. >> don't you some day want to be a woman president of the united states of america. >> as for the e-mail the state department reinrated that in using the personal e-mail address, clinton was following what was the practice of previous secretaries. collin powell used one.

reaction is pouring in from people that saw decided not to see. >> to defeat isis and let iran get the weapons is winning the battle but losing the war. >> he spoke to congress on what he said is a bad deal over nuclear -- among the people -- the speech had some support but was largely cheered from republicans like jeb bush that tweeted powerful message and grad that he addressed. the nuclear program must be stopped. they said that the address was a privilege and that he shared the prime ministers concerns, but

more than 50 skipped it all together. others said this it was an effort to undermine the on going things with iran. >> this speech was straight out of the playbook. this was adding it at it's ultimate. >> they criminalist sized for not offering an alternative and they said that they were trying to stir conflict. nancy pelosi said that she was near tears because of the insult. did you see nancy on the floor. complete disgust. he later apologized and calling this a poor attempt at humor. well a huge weather day ahead and bill is joing me now. good morning to you. >> dallas to the jersey shore.

>> i am speechless and that's rare. >> yeah. yeah. i agree with that one. i am trying to think bachblthk. let's talk about the huge winter storm. first is the flooding conditions. we're expecting two to three inches of rain that have areas of snow on the ground. that's kentucky and indiana and southern ohio. then it goes as we get colder air moving in that changes to heavy snow. areas are going to go to heavy know on o stop to have that. we can get it as far south of oklahoma or texas. lexington and louisville have a chance of up to eight inches. the most ever in march is like 12. this is very historic stuff for areas of tennessee and kentucky and eventually through the areas of mid-atlantic and the nations capital could get five inches of snow too. the cold air is moving in and the best weather by far

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$100 bills hidden away in shoes, soap boxes and lug gauge. he was attempting to fly to the middle east. mount everest has the best views in the world, but also human waste. 700 700 climbers are the culprits of that. the country of nepal is none too pleased about that. tired of pests? there's a high-tech gad get to zap them. hope that it's ready for summer. if you think that a dog can sit is smart, you have not meet a dog out of kentucky. she can read commands and watch.

she reponds. >> what does this say? >> good. >> what do this say? >> the trainer says that any dog can be taught to read and adds the bold letters in the mix and the dogs recognize the commands by seeing the letters. >> sounds like she is studying this trainer. she dpidid not move or anything. she just used her voice. >> yeah they recognize things and places. >> i am going research this. >> okay. we will talk about it tomorrow. new this morning the fbi has arrested a suspect and this includes last night's shooting near the headquarters. the nsa reports that one of the buildings was you aredamaged. happy birthday to chaz bona and now keep it here for news

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a suspicious fire at a famed restaurant in san francisco. what we just learned from investigators at the scene. plus a young father gunned down in the oakland hills, what his family is telling us this morning. and the flaw in your smart phone that's putting your personal data at risk. what apple and google say they're doing about it. a live look outside right now, san francisco, the bay bridge stretched out there over the horizon. this is march 4th, a wednesday. you're watching "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> it is midweek. good wednesday morning. 4:30. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we a