always a bull market somewhere. i promise to to try to find it just for you right here on "mad money." i'm jim cramer, and i'll see you next time. it's tuesday, february 16th. coming up on "early today." as the the nasty n ne calling g and perernal attacks get even more bare knuckles. >> ted cruz is the most dishonest guy i think i've met in politics. i've never heard another -- >> when both marco rubio and donald trump scream liar, liar, liar. then thehe music'siggest night. what happened to adel's return performance? and the multiple tributes that brought down the house.

havoc around the u.s. and a creature from the depths o o the polar vortete "early today" starts right nowow good morning, i'm dara brow the battle lines have been drawn between democrats and republicans over who should fill the supreme court justice position after antonin scu nrksantonins skalia's call. >> the republicans should not allow it to happen. >> on the other side of the aisle, democratics are holding true that it's president obama's responsibility. >> for the president this boils down to something simple, doing his job and we expect the senate to do the same.

president will not announce a nominee until congress returns from break next week and does not plan to make a recess appointment, at least for the time being. tracie potts joinin us om washington. >> reporter: we have to find out who the president is considering. but the top democrat says that he does have a list and names to talk about with president obama. but whoever the nominee is, republicans have firmly ststed that they don't even wantnt to gigi the nominee a vote the president's final year and now we're getting a lot of push back from democrats on capital hill and on the campaign trail. lehigh calls it irresponsible. unprecedented. on the campaign trail, both

sanders are crying against this. sanders says that they are cowards for at at least voting on who thehe president nominates. and you have republicans saying that it should not happen in the president's final year. actually, justice kennedy was confirmed by a democratic senate in president's reggen's final year, even though he was nominated a couple months before that. so, we're getting lot of back and forth on the campaign trail on whether orot this is even going happen. marco rubio says even if one is confirmed, it probably won't be in time to have an impact on this firm. so, the fight is on. we'll see how it proceeds. >> so many if's. it's pretty amazing. turning now to the race for white house. former president george w. bush

with his little bruthhotherrbrother, , b bush. both bush 41 and 43 won south carolina's primary. but jeb's strategy may be too little too late. donald trump remains to lead the field. and meanwhile, trump being booed recent debates. trump claims the republican national committee is can d faulting on its pledge to treat him with respect. >> t t rnc better get itss a a together becausese i signed a pledge but it isn't being honored by them. the pledge isn't being honored by the rnc. they do a terrible job and remember what i said. remember in this room, i signed

ananas far as i'm conturnedcerned, they're in default. >> and nbc's dan scheneman has the latest. >> reporter: jeb bush got help on the campaign trail from his brother, with choice words for gop frontrunner, donald trump. >> in my experience, the strongest person isn't usually the loudest one in the room. >> reporter: he dismissed billionaire jeb bush's campaigngn earlier in theday at a news conference, trump saying another rival, ted cruz. >> high does >> he doesn't even have the right to run or serve as president. so i will bring that lawsuit if he doesn't apologize.e. >> this is the mo rattled i've ever seen donald. >> reporter: on the democratic sooit

hillary clinton hopes to rebound after her loss to bernie sanders. >> i'm not a single-issue candidate. >> reporter: he took his campaign to michigan and said he met with families affected boo ithei by the water cries in flint. >> i just kamamdcame from on of the most difficult meetings i've ever attended. >> reporter: dan schenamen nbc news. last night the best of the best of the music world got together for the grammy awards. iteatured epic performances from people including kendrick lamar and taylor swift.

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whose return was upstaged by a sound problem. after the show she tweeted that the mike fell on the piano strings, adding that she was going to treatat herself to inand out burger so, maybe it was worth it. rihanna had to bow out at the it last moment due to braun kites. suspected tornados destroying more than a dozen homes in the pan handle and mississippi. and is captured the moment the a woman was pulled from the debris. rescuers formed a human chain. mississippi say homes destroyed, trees downed and power outages. it brought nearly four inches of fresh snow to the nation's capital. with fears of dangerous driving

and meteorologist here with news of a major thaw. >> it't' coming but that wild weather is still out there. we're tracking the same storm as yesterday. it's advanced slowly east. so, that snow in d.c., probably a lot of melting with temperatures back to the 50s. and the severe weather threat this morning acrossflflida. so, tch out for significant impacts there. and a tornado watch that includes fort meyers. it's another difficult travel day for the east coast. new york, city, boston and d.c. all into the 50s, so no more snow and ice. that's limed to extreme inland sections here. near 90 in los angeles, lots of sunshine, same in phoenix. couple showers in seattle. and finally drying out in the niche, temperatures back to the 40s. we're finally changing up in the

rain and wind in the northwest as well. temperatures in the 50s in seattle. that's a look at your national weather, now here's a closer look at your day ahead. another soggy day across the northeast, wind and rain, temperatures in the 50s to near 60 in philadelphia. temperatures in the 30s in chicago. near 60 with sunshine in denver. so, one more rough day to get through and then things quiet down a bit in the east. >> i like ttt, 50s and sunshi. thanks so much. we'll be right back. what if one piece of kale could protect you from diabetes? what if one sit-up could prevent heart disease? one. wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease. pneumococccc pneumonia. if yououre 50 or older, one dose of the prevnar 13 vaccine can help protect you from pneumococcal pneumonia, an illness that can cause coughing, chest pain, difficulty breathing, and may even put you in the hospital. even if you have already been vaccinated

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good morning, everyone, well, instead of that snow in the northeast, we're tracking rain and milder temperatures. it will be heavier, especially later on this afternoon through d.c., new york and boston. temperatures in the 50s,, still hotn the southwest, near 90 for one more day in los angeles. and we're dropping those temperatures, turning rainy out west. lots of sunshine, temperatures in the 40s, 29 in chicago and a pattern, quiet, takes over. >> raphael, thanks for that. last night's grammy's wasn't all about the music, the red carpet was looking fierce, including lady gaga who returned

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frigid vortex that i i winter, octavious. it took the bartz brothers 500 hours to carve the sculptor out of 150 tons of snow. >> when we're not ice fishing, we're workingen the ulptor. the brothers have been buildishbuild ish ing them for the past four years and this year they're taking donations for clean drinking water in haiti. so far, over $8,000 has been raised. that is truly amazing and i hope it stays cold in minnesota so it doesn't melt. >> nothing major. >> at least we have the great pictures. celebrating birthdays, you may remember 10tennis legenen 57,

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