"early today." nuclear politics. congressional republicans thumb their nose at the white house. and racist students disgraceful. tragedy in the skies. paragraph tragedy in the skies filming a reality television show. a murder plot thickens at the world's largest dog show. out of control truck takes out toll plaza. a two-year-old's abduction caught on tape. it is march 10th. "early today" starts now. good morning i'm milissa rehberger. there's major divide in

washington. congressional lawmakers -- republicans trying to stick it to president obama again. 47 senators fired off a letter to iran casting doubt whether any nuclear deal between iran and the government could last. vice president biden said to circumvent the president and constitutional system ochds me as a matter of principle. senate democratic harry reid reacted with great disdain. >> this letter is a hard slap not only in our face by our allies. this is not a time. >> tracie potts live in washington. tracie can we expect more reaction today? >> reporter: we certainly may see more reaction from the white house and republicans, dozens of them who signed onto this letter.

we are just five days away from the next round of negotiations. the letter signed by 47 republican senators warned any nuclear deal with president obama can be changed by congress or undone with the next president by the stroke of a pen. >> ironic. >> some members of congress wanting to make common cause with iran. >> top democrat called it juvenile. >> now they are sending a letter to the same people they were showing against a week ago. >> senator tom cotton of arkansas is the freshman republican behind it. >> this letter is about nothing more than stopping iran from getting a nuclear bomb. >> reporter: the white house fears it could affect the negotiations. >> it interferes in that effort. >> secretary of state john kerry meets with iran foreign minister

sunday. as those negotiations continue they are concerned with how they will go. united states is trying to get iran to enrich less uranium and also let an international monitor so they can see what's going on. milissa. >> tracie thank you. now to the outrage at the university of oklahoma. there's more fallout from cell phone video capturing a so-called racist chant. tri-deltas well. they are cooperating fully as they investigate the matter. they are investigating whether students in this video may have violated the civil rights act. nbc's gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: the video first posted sunday has sparked national outrage. now a second recording from a

different angle shows members of the fraternity sigma alpha epsilon or sae at the university of oklahoma chanting racial slurs. ou's president joins hundreds of students at a predawn rally. many with tape across their mouth. >> when we hear stuff like that it needs to stop. >> my jaw definitely stopped. >> naomi is with the african-american student group that first received the video through an anonymous message on twitter. >> a lot of people like to say this is post racial america. we're not in post racial america. this is just a huge example. >> reporter: sae suspended the local chapter immediately. >> we were absolutely appalled and shocked at this video. more so we were outraged that any member would think this is somehow acceptable. >> reporter: graffiti written "tear it down" is on the house and the letters were moved.

all members moving out into campus, waiting for punishment. the university's president did not mince words. >> take them out of here. i don't want them here. i hope they do. i encourage them. i might even pay personal bus fares for them if they would go somewhere else. just go. >> students are banding together under the #notonourcampus. >> that was nbc's gabe gutierrez reporting. a disaster in the skies over argentina, two choppers collided killing 12 people including two olympians. eight were french passengers filming a reality show. two pilots died as well. olympians killed a swimmer who won three medals and a boxer who won a bronze meteorologist at the 2008 games in beijing. the accident is under investigation. with pressure mounting there are new reports that hillary clinton will hold a press

conference this week concerning her e-mail scandal. despite the controversy, though clinton holds an extraordinary 86% support among democratic primary voters according to nbc "wall street journal" poll. on the other hand, according to buzzfeed, a facebook conversation about hillary clinton is getting more and more negative. the article reads, "since news broke that clinton used a personal e-mail account while at state on the night of march 2nd interactions on facebook have spiked and stayed that way in a mostly negative fashion." now to some unbelievable video a cell phone capturing an am track train collideing with a truck. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. >> this happened in north carolina, the train slicing the truck in half. 213 passengers on board. dozens were sent to the hospital, the train was heading to new york. here is how people described that moment of impact.

>> it was like a bomb exploded. it hit so hard that it shook the whole car. >> i got thrown from my seat and just scared, really, really scared. and in dallas this the cab of a tractor-trailer dangling over an interstate. it happened after the driver lost control. he and his passenger climbed their way out but it took almost four hours to pull that cab back onto solid ground. it sounds like the plot of an international mystery novel. who poisoned a three-year-old irish setter at one of the world's most famous dog shows. he went by the name jagger and finished second in his category. he died just days after returning to belgium after competing competing. they don't believe it was the act of another competitor.

they are calling on breeders to find who was responsible. >> we can't and we won't think this was the act of another exhibiter. if we thought this, we couldn't go on. i ask you to all unite finding the perpetrator who did this. >> another owner speculated the person had a grudge against dogs or that particular show. bill karins with tuesday forecast. good morning to you. looking better overall. >> so many areas warmed up significantly. the west at that. we added up the stats. let me show you how we ranked this winter in the west. this tied for the warmest winter recorded. the record back to 1895 120 years, california nevada arizona, utah washington all saw the warmest winter ever recorded. and if you're wondering where oregon and idaho were 119 out of 120, the second warmest they have ever recorded. it's all because of the weather pattern that's been what us for much of the past two or three

years. we continue with these drought conditions. this is the latest drought monitor. this is still exceptional for almost all of the state of california. that continues to be the worst of it. also some areas in oklahoma and texas are unusually dry. we're setting up for a very warm stretch here even as we go throughout the next week. the ridge of high pressure is building won again here. down into southern california we're going from 78 on thursday in san diego to mid-80s friday and saturday. same for l.a. friday and saturday look very warm as we continue this brutally warm winter throughout all of the west. washington reno. 71 degrees. you know it's already hard. i feel bad for all my

meteorologist friends. how do you talk about this every single day? it's not improving, not changing. >> i know. >> what do you do about it? you can't do anything. >> exactly bill thank you. new dramatic video released in the boston marathon bombing trial. plus details surrounding this tractor-trailer accident. you're watching "early today." our great country... dreams are born. hopes fly high... we love this country with a passion. you can see the pride in our eyes. read the joy on our faces. hear the love on our lips. we create products that deliver an effortless beauty look. genuine and glowing with confidence. almay. simply american. you forgot the milk! that's lactaid®. right. 100% real milk just without the lactose. so, no discomfort? exactly. try some... mmm, it is real milk. lactaid®. 100% real milk. no discomfort.

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leaving just before the blast. among those killed 23-year-old lu, a student from china. her close friend had to talk her into watching the marathon. severely wounded herself, she tearfully recalled waking in the hospital tell the nurses and doctors and everyone to look for her. the cancer nurse said marathon day was the last time she did anything on two legs. both she and her newlywed husband lost their left legs in the bombing. last month jessica gave them permission to remove her other leg, badly injured. i just felt like i was on a rocket when the blast went on she said. when she saw her husband on the ground, i thought he was going to bleed to death on the sidewalk. tsarnaev, hours after the bombing, was in a grocery store calmly buying milk. pete williams nbc boston. in madison, more protests tied to the shooting death of tony robinson. he is the young unarmed man shot by police.

hundreds packed into the capital building yesterday. robinson was shot during a disturbance call during which he allegedly attacked an officer. missouri supreme court takes over cases after judge resigns. that judge is ronald brock meyer. he was named in that scathing doj report that found patterns of racial bias by police and the court. it also claims african-americans were targeted for tickets and fines. in new hampshire a tractor-trailer hit a car then wiped out a toll booth. fortunately the trucker and the driver of the car were injured but expected to be okay. in washington state, a two-year-old was almost abducted and a camera caught the whole thing. the suspect snatched the boy from a park while his babysitter wasn't looking. not far behind were his two siblings. after a brief chase he dropped the boy. just ahead a baby trapped in a submerged car, her mother dead. now the race to find the

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friend betty nguyen. good morning. >> good morning. the hawks, first with 50 wins this season. after crushing defeat 130-105 atlanta leads western conference. video has surfaced of the huge brawl that ended saturday's women's basketball game between southern louisiana and texas southern and a double forfeit. ends its season southern number two seed will play in southwestern athletic conference with seven players sfnduspended. taking one to the team a soccer ball to the face. appears to be momentarily knocked out cold. he definitely saw stars before getting back up to complete the 90-minute game. it was a valiant effort but his team would go on to lose 3-0. alaska's famed iditarod race is under way. for the first time since 2003ish the race was moved hundreds of miles north due to lack of snow on the traditional trail. the nearly 1,000 mile trek

usually takes nine days to complete. the nfl is looking into whether teams entered agreements with free agents before they were allowed to do so. the league sent a memo to 32 club saying the league office is beginning investigations into a number of reported agreements with clubs and that violation will be dealt with accordingly. the free agency period officially begins today at 4:00 p.m. eastern. and one clothing company is going above and beyond. seriously. wildcat warehouse celebrated kentucky's undefeated season by printing first undefeated shirt into space using a go pro. eventually it made it down to earth after two and a half hours flight time traveling a distance of 270 miles. guess you can say that's an out of this world celebration. i don't know. all right, milissa. sending it back to you. >> betty, thanks.

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forward keynote in san francisco. >> i'm not going to stop the wheel. i'm going to break the wheel. >> are you in? >> absolutely. >> i've read them all and everything. you bet. apple and hbo announced new streaming partnership with that event. that will be cool. on a sad note though simpson co-creator sam simon passed away from colon cancer. he was only 59 years old. the creative generous helped shepherd the show through the early days. he bequeathed his $100 million fortune to charities. on twitter, paying homage larry king you won't be forgotten. regal and affirm mc theaters teaming up to host a 29 hour

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leading the news nbc "wall street journal" poll finds nearly 60% are looking for change in 2016 but will they get it? it could be a potential roadblock for 2016 front-runner hillary clinton and jeb bush. 59% want someone who will bring greater change to current policy while 38% want a more experienced and tested person. that could be due to the current political climate. a whopping 89% and president obama and congress are partisan and compromising on major issue. who is to blame? 26 blame republicans, 15% blame president obama and democrats and 47% point the finger at both sides. meanwhile 59% favor same-sex

marriages. that's the highest level of support ever recorded in that poll and a big change from a decade ago when only 30% supported that. some other stories we're following. ambassador mark lippert left a south korean hospital left the hospital, he was treated after a knife attack. in a news conference he praised the hospital and world-class treatment. sources tell nbc news fbi interviewed harry reid about a meeting with bob menendez and health and human secretary kathleen sebelius discussed medicare for the doctor. he's under investigation for using political office to help his business interest and accepting gifts and donations. responding to a car accident in utah firefighter claim a voice saying "help me" led them to an 18-month-old baby. the child was just inches above a freezing river. her mother was killed in that

crash. polly wants a tiara? it's first of a kind bird beauty pageant held in basra, iraq 100 birds from arab gulf states shaking their tail feathers competed in this nine-hour event. they selected three winners, based on criteria such as color, age, gender and appearance of course. but no swim suits, talent competition. >> no singing? >> that one is really pretty there. now a look ahead, new york city says good-bye to cardinal edward egan. a mass held at st. patrick's cathedral where remains will be buried beneath high altar. the former archbishop died of a heart attack at age 82. celebrating birthdays today, country music star carrie underwood turns 32. basic instinct actress sharon stone is 57 today. action star chuck norris is 75. i'm milissa rehberger. thanks for watching "early today." have a great tuesday.

the 49ers in turmoil. details coming up. >> investigators release new details about the suspected child molester that escaped in the south bay. should soda come with the same warnings as tobacco? here is a live look at the south bay, it is march 10th. this is "today in the bay." >> this is "today in the bay." >> another good morning to you, it is 4:30 on your tuesday. lots to get to this