it's tuesday, february 16th. coming up on "early today." as the the nasty name calling and personal 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 the music's biggest night. what happened to adel's return performance?

brought down the house. plus wicked weather causes havoc around the u.s. and a creature from the depths of the polar vortex. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm dara brown. 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

his job and we expect the senate to do the same. >> the white house ads that the 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 joins us from 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 stated that they don't even want to give the nominee a vote in the president's final year and now we're getting a lot of push back from democrats on capital hill

lehigh calls it irresponsible. unprecedented. on the campaign trail, both hillary clinton and bernie sanders are crying against this. sanders says that they are cowards for at at least voting on who the 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 or not 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.

it's pretty amazing. turning now to the race for white house. former president george w. bush is standing shoulder to shoulder with his little bruth otherbrother, jeb 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 in recent debates. trump claims the republican national committee is can d faulting on its pledge to treat him with respect. >> the rnc better get its act together because 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 in this room, i signed a pledge but it's a double-edge pledge. and as far as i'm conturned cerned, 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 campaign. earlier in the day 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

>> this is the most rattled i've ever seen donald. >> reporter: on the democratic sooit side, former secretary of state, hillary clinton hopes to rebound sanders. candidate. >> reporter: he took his campaign to michigan and said he met with families affected boo ithe i by the water cries in flint. >> i just kamntd came from one 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. it featured epic performances from people including kendrick

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>> and the night wasn't without its mishaps, just ask adel, 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 treat 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 this 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.

capital. with fears of dangerous driving conditions. and meteorologist here with news of a major thaw. >> it's 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 across florida. so, watch 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 limited to extreme inland sections here. near 90 in los angeles, lots of sunshine, same in phoenix.

and finally drying out an the niche, temperatures back to the 40s. we're finally changing up in the west coast, down to the 70s, 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 that, 50s and sunshine. 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. pneumococcal pneumonia. if you are 50 or older, one dose of the prevnar 13 vaccine

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