city show down. >> he referred to my hands as small, i guarantee you there's no problem. >> he referred to my hands and basketball. something else might be small. i guarantee you, there's no problem. >> if, in fact, you went to manhattan and said, i'm lying to the american people, that the voters have a right to know >> oh, no. you're the liar. you're the lying guy. you're the one. you're the one. >> this little guy has lied so much. >> here we go. here we go. >> and people say everywhere i go, you seem to be the adult on the stage. >> new information about the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails and the corporaler-aid granted immunity. closing arguments in the civil suit over erin andrews'

naked video. a violent road rage in california. and a dance of a lifetime for a springsteen fan. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm danielle se represerino. it started with mitt romney slamming donald trump. >> he's not of the temperament we need as a stable leader. think of donald trump's personal qualities. the bullying. the greed. the showing off. the misogyny. the abosurd third great theatrics. >> donald trump is a fraud. as agreed from those from the trump university. then john mccain jumped in, i would also echo the emany

concerns about donald trump. issues raised by 65 republican defense and former policy leaders. >> at last night's 11th gop debate, teeing up the first question for the donald to hit back. >> he was a failed candidate. he should have beaten president obama very easy. he failed miserably and it was an embarrassment to everybody, including the republican party. it looked like he went away on a vacation the last month. so i don't take that and i guess obviously he wants to be relevant and back in the game. >> later trump defended his manhood after senator rubio's small hands insult. >> he hit my hands. nobody has ever hit my hands. i've never heard of this one. look at those hands. are they small hands? and he referred to my hands, if they're small, something else must be small, i guarantee you, there's no problem. i guarantee it. >> later, nbc's jacob rascon

found trump comparing hand sizes with an entertainment reporter. and megyn kelly cordial, on stage, not so much. especially after going after trump's university. >> when they finally realized what a scamp it was they asked for their money back and you refused to give them their money back. >> i did give their money back, let me just -- >> if we nominate donald we're going to spend the spring and the summer with the republican nominee facing a fraud trial. meanwhile, john kasich took the high road focusing on his accomplishments in ohio. >> so when we talk about all this, there's one person on this stage and one person who's been a candidate for president in either party that restored economic growth, a balanced budget, cut taxes, the things that people in this country want. reality. >> thank you, governor. >> online, trump beat everyone. midway through the debate 70% of

twitter was about him and going the severance, beat one time by cruz and once each from kasich and rubio. this is not over. an exclusive interview only on "today." and holding contests. bring you all the results on msnbc and your local msnbc station. meanwhile, hillary clinton, who should be enjoying the republican circus is enjoying problems of her own. namely, the e-mail controversy that don't go away. >> thank you all so much. >> reporter: hillary clinton at a star-studded fund-raiser. >> go out and vote! >> reporter: the same time a new sdroesher as her e-mails confirming the former-aid who set up her personal server has been granted immunity by her justice department. bryan pagliano had taken the

fifth but now granted immunity. >> assuming she's not arrested for the e-mail situation. >> reporter: and classified "mishandled." what was the damage. what was her role. >> the overriding legal issue is, what was done at her direction and what was done with her knowledge. >> reporter: the fbi director has taken charge. >> i am very close personally to that investigation. >> reporter: a clinton spokesman said she is eager to be interviewed by the fbi. >> calling secretary clinton in to answer questions 345i s may of the final steps. >> there is no classified materials. >> reporter: a controversial that's shad ode clintowed clint full year. >> judgment questions. >> i don't think so. >> reporter: bernie sanders gave her a pass last fall. >> maybe more people are interested now, but we're not going to make an issue out of it. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. the clinton team says it's

actually glad her former-aid is now cooperating. to north korea now where state media is reporting the leader kim jong-un ordered the country's nuclear weapons to be ready as a moment's notice. the central news agency also says the military is prepared to carry out pre-emptive ebb attacks because of tensions with south korea and the united states. they say nounsed all this after the united nations added new sanctions to north korea over their recent nuclear test and one day after south korea claimed the north fired multiple long-range projectiles in the sea off the south korean coast. we should point out that north korea has made similar threats before. closing arguments today in sportscaster erin andrews' $75 million civil trial. she suing both the convicted stalker and the hotel where he admits to secretly videotaping her. a former espn reporter was called to testify about whether

he thought this affected her career. >> did you ever have a problem with ms. andrews performance? >> i did at the beginning of the year. a wait and see approach to see how she would perform given the circumstances but i remember thinking, with amazement, really, at the performance she was giving. >> after both sides made their final case, the jury will decide if the hotel shares the blame with andrews' stalker, whether she suffered because of the video and if so, how much in damages she should receive. there was a scary road rage fight caught on camera in california, shot by someone driving by in fontana, california. it started at a stop light between two men and then a woman got involved when she started kicking one of the men into his back side. the whole thing spilled into the middle of the road until other people broke it up and just like it never happened, everyone got back into their cars. drove off. no one seriously injured. at this point we don't know what

started the fight. all right. take a look at this live picture of new york city, the top of the rock, where snowy friday morning. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with our friday forecast. good morning. >> flip this in about 48 hours. the snow cams from the high elevations in the mountains in the west and sierra. in a pattern change and ready for it in the west. a really nice february. whatever happens over the next two weeks here in the west, remember how nice february you had. moisture plume coming into california and it will be with us throughout the weekend. looks like a little light rain going throughout saturday in many areas but really as we go into the weekend. especially saturday night into sunday morning. because when the heaviest rain will fall. locally over the next five days, over ten inches will fall. concerned about flooding, mud and debris flow from the fire season in the summer and fall. snow in the highest of elevations. could pick up two to four feet

of snow adding incredible moisture and water content to snow packs. fantastic. today's forecast, snow in the mid-atlantic, cold in the great lakes and all of the warm air in the west heads east. not cold with the storm in the west, but temperatures most likely in the 50s and 60 and say night central california. overall in some sun and cloud mix. >> i feel rain coming. >> yeah. hoping for the west for that. going to get not damage, just water. >> right. but that's what they need. >> yes. >> thank you so much. coming up, we'll tell you the one thing that will drive the stock market today. plus, the obamas make a major announcement on their post-presidential plans. you're watching "early today."

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welcome back. a big announcement from soccer legend brandy ch i chastain. she's donating her brain to research. most studied focused on football, girls' soccer has the second most number of cop cushions among athletes. >> when you hear things like cte, traumatic brain injury, these are real. these are long-lasting. >> out of the 307 brains donated to boston university's cte center so far, only seven belonged to women. that's according to a report from "usa today." they include two from other well-known athletes, olympic singer jenny thompson and former soccer star cindy lupone. and president obama revealed the first family will stay in washington after his second term is over so his younger daughter

sasha doesn't have to switch high school. and getting bird poop wasn't enough. that was an the nuclear reactor in new york. apparently it was bird poop hitting the wires that caused the reactor to shut down for three days. while the fbi and apple duke it over in court over whether the tech giant can be forced to hack into iphone, the families of the 14 families in san bernardino killed by farouk and his wife have asked apple to open the phones. and during a shooting rampage in february, initially pronounced dead in the hospital is reportedly improving. her condition upgraded from serious to fair. all right. time to get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning, landon. >> hi, danielle. good friday morning to you. the markets are awaiting big economic news of the week. the jobs report out at 8:30 a.m.

eastern. expecting another solid month of hiring in february, 200,000 jobs and unemployment at an eight-year low of 4.9% but closely watched by the fed and presidential candidates to gaze whether the economy continues to improve. meanwhile, a movie merger this morning. amc theaters buying carmichael's cinema for about a billion dollars. the latest acquisition of a u.s. company by a chinese firm. and consumers may be getting a taste for chipotle again. a survey by an analyst firm showing negative sentiment from the e. coli scare is fading. willingness to eat at chipotle picking up last month after they gave out digital coupons for a free entree. >> dare we say, free is good. and capsizing a crew and ship in the america's cup. sports is next.

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now the latest sports headlines. >> good morning, danielle. for the craziest game 67 the year, minnesota and two high school teams vying for a chance to head to the national championship. down with 3. buzzer, and the game goes to overtime. to a third overtime we go. now down 3 with one second to play. [ buzzer ] >> oh! oh! oh! >> unbelievable. and that sent the game to a fourth overtime, and in the fourth extra period, the high school now inbounding the ball. the game -- how else do you think this one would end? there it is. heading to the minnesota state tourney with a wild win over marshall high school 103-100. to the nba. steph curry deering up in front of prince for a rematch with the

oklahoma thunder. put on quite show. tying the all-time nba record for consecutive home wins at 44. to dallas, where the kings ended a 22-game regular season losing streak against the mavs. rondo led the way for sacramento with 104-101 win. first since february of 2003. and finally, during a practice run for the americas cup sailing champions for the usa, six sailors did all they could to keep their high-tech catamaran above water when things went awry. there 45-foot vessel flip and its side, the crew unharmed and the high-speed catamaran suffered only minor damage. back to you. >> thanks, dara. a netflix favorite back for weekend binge watching, plus, bruce springsteen sure knew to do make this woman's day.

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now to entertainment news -- talk about glory days from this 91-year-old. she got to dance with bruce springsteen monday during a concert in st. paul, minnesota, but jean and the boss have history. also danced at another one of the 100 concerts she's attended for springsteen. let the binge watching begin. "house of cards" begins today.

asking what did the underwoods have in store now? and opening in theaters this weekend in the animal world of zootopia. >> going to be huge. i think it will do really well. >> for people with children. they know that. officer hops realizes being the first bunny on a police force of tough animals isn't that easy. in "london has fallen," gerard butler, discovering an assassination plot to kill all world leaders attending. tina fey plays a reporter 0en assignment in "whiskey tango hot shot" and things got hot between bianca chopra. >> yeah. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> ready? on your mark, get set -- go! ♪

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leading the news today, in "the washington post," blistering attacks -- after donald trump's big wins on super tuesday, some were wondering if, maybe, just maybe, he could act like a presumed republican nominee instead of just a candidate. alas, no, from the beginning to the end of the debate, trump dodged, batted and bellowed against his rivals' attacks. in nbcnews.com, sensation bernie baby dies from sids. >> known as the bernie baby, was a big hit with his smile and his sanders mini me outfits. the 4-month-old died from sudden infant death syndrome. his family is holding funeral services in california, which is

where they're from. now, wait until you see this. hundreds of spinner sharks swimming off the coast near palm beach, florida. stay out of the water. >> look at that guy. he jumped. >> yeah. hello. every winter those sharks migrate to nearby singer island from north carolina. check out this. someone being rescued in peru after his truck was flipped over during massive flooding. luckily for the driver, witnesses were able to throw him some rope, which he tied to the truck, as he pulled himself to safety. in spokane, washington, one homeowner was tired of thieves stealing packages from his doorstep. and the one caught on surveillance video. what did corey havenaugh do? >> i rigged it so inside the package was soupy, messy, dog poop. >> ooh. yeah, i'm thinking the thief -- >> wouldn't he come back and throw it at your house or something? worried about the retaliation.

>> maybe worried he's going to go to police. ah! now he knows he's caught. if you're a cigar lover, this competition might be for you. hundreds gathered in savannah, cuba, thursday, for the 18th annual cigar festival. quite the unusual competition. who could create the longest unbroken ash. clouds of smoke were everywhere as contestants held their seven-inch cuban cigars ash as long as they could to dprekeep falling. headed to flint, michigan, the first look at the water crisis. house leader nancy pelosi is leading 25 delegates on a fact-finding mission. tour the city and meet with residents affected by the crisis. all right. that did although it for "early today." i'm danielle serino. remember, you can get all your news, weather and sports right here. have a great weekend. thanks for watching. dramatic details coming in of

water scue in aioch--- aftera a woman launches her r intthe r. traumatic details of a water rescue in antioch after a woman launches her car into a river. who pulled her on to dry land. a melee at the santa clara county jail and the newly installed cameras there capture the brawl between dozens of inmates. inmates considered some of the most dangerous at that facility. as the republican party tears into its own, how the latest debate sets the tone for the contested race for months. "today in the bay" starts right now. and a good friday morning, thank you for joining us, i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia canon. we'll get to the weather because of the series of storms headed