a huge victory for donald trump in nevada, winning big with male and female voters from almost every group imaginable. >> so, we won the evangelicals. we won with young. we won with old. we won with highly educated. we won with poorly educated. i love the poorly educated. >> today, 35 million americans in the path of severe weather that's already left at least three dead with more tornadoes expected today. the cdc has identified 14 new cases of the zika in the

through sexual relations. plus, sports caster erin andrews prepares to take the stand in her civil suit over secretly recorded naked video that's been viewed over 300 million times. it's wednesday, february 24th, early "today" starts right now. good to be you with i'm frances rivera. the results are in from last night's nevada caucus. donald trump took the silver state by a land slide winning every major voting bloc. we'll tell you how he did it and how the gop is reacting. but first, after a tense night in the deep south, 35 million americans are in the path of severe weather, with parts of the country bracing for more twisters today. dangerous storm systems pushed and at least three people are dead and dozens more injured. as at least five confirmed tornadoes touches down in louisiana, mississippi and florida. and tens of thousands are still without power. this video captured the moment power was knocked out in one alabama town. and in louisiana, duelling

lake causing huge water spouts. elsewhere the state debris from homes scattered in streets and yards. the louisiana state police posted these photos of one area looking more like a demolition site than a neighborhood. and over in pensacola, florida, a cacophony of lightning brought on by the storm was captured on video. the damage in the area is severe. this home, completely destroyed. the only thing left water shooting up marking the spot where the house used to stand. and the remnants of this home can now be found floating in runoff from the storm. that threat continues today. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with the extreme weather forecast. bill, what area are we talking about? mostly in the east? >> now we push into southern alabama, north florida. and that's where the concern is. here's the storm report so far and the majority of the tornadoes were right where we thought they were going to be from the i-10 corner from louisiana into areas of western florida. and that continues to be the greatest area of concern. as far as overnight the ones we're still trying to get

dark are the tornadoes that have been recently formed in areas near dothan and north of apalachicola and another one between mobile and right near the pennsylvania klee area. we just showed you the picture of the one home there. these red clockses are our tornado watches. we still have a couple of them and a new one that has just been issued for a good portion of northern portions of florida. and so this will continue for the next couple hours as this line of storms marches towards the east here. the strongest of the storms right now are in areas of southern georgia. looks like in augusta just some heavy rain from you. we'll watch these storms as they approach i-95. we're at the peak of rush hour this morning from charleston to savannah to jacksonville and frances, later today, we'll continue this threat up into the mid-atlantic region with more tornadoes. i'll pinpoint who is at risk. >> a whole lot to watch. bill, thank you very much. back now to nevada, and donald trump's commanding win of the nevada caucus picking up 12 more delegates.

far ahead of ted cruz and marco rubio with 17 and 16 respectively. trump spoke with enthusiastic supporters. >> trump, trump, trump! >> now we're winning, winning, winning! and soon the country is going to start winning, winning, winning! >> he highlighted the across-the-board demographics of the voters. >> we won the evangelicals. we won with young. we won with old. we won with highly educated. we won with poorly educated. i love the poorly educated. we're the smartest people with the most loyal people. 46% with the hispanics. 46%. number one with hispanics. >> and he breaks down how the next few weeks may play out. >> if donald trump wants to end this quickly obviously the easiest thing to do is keep winning. but there are three really specific things he can do in the

of force the issue with his three remaining opponents and that is win in their home states. look at this. this is a poll that's just out in the last day, ted cruz ahead by only eight points in his home state over donald trump. it was not long ago that the ted cruz campaign was looking at texas, and they were looking at the magic number of 50% there, because if you can win more than 50% in texas, you win every single one of the statewide delegates in that state. this is a winner take all primary in ohio. the buckeye state, john kasich's state, two-term governor, re-elected overwhelmingly in 2014, look at this brand-new poll out there, donald trump leading john kasich in his home state of ohio by five points. in florida, 99 delegates. marco rubio the home state candidate, not only in the latest poll, this is a few weeks ago, not only is marco rubio losing to donald trump, a few weeks ago when this poll was taken, he was running third in his home state, behind even ted cruz. now, rubio got a decent performance in a couple of contests in at least in south

bumps him up. but again, donald trump has done nothing but win since this poll was conducted. and so from that standpoint, maybe donald trump is moving up, as well. >> meanwhile the democrats held a town hall in south carolina. hillary clinton took questions on foreign policy, and women's issues. while bernie sanders touched on the hot button topic of the transcript from secretary clinton's private wall street speeches. >> secretary clinton said i will do it if other people do it. well i am very happy to release all of my paid speeches to wall street. here it is, chris. there ain't none. >> sure, if everybody does it, and that includes the republicans, because we know they have made a lot of speeches, but look what is this about? this is about whether i have the best plan to go after wall street. >> you know everybody's not going to bring up their transcripts. there -- >> why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else, chris? i mean -- everybody should be on

happy if that were the case. >> the candidates also tackled issues of race and gun violence. both are hoping for a boost in saturday's south carolina primary where clinton is favored before the whirlwind super tuesday when nearly more than 1,000 delegates are up for grabs. and that massive number of delegates up for grabs brings us tracie potts with a look at those 11 states that could all but lock up for the race for the number two front-runners. >> it's going to be very interesting to see what happens after super tuesday. because this could be a key month for democrats and republicans in this race. take a look at that map of the states that are going to be voting. it's the largest contest that we've seen so far. it's the first time we'll see people in the midwest voting. the largest state so far, texas, we'll have those delegates up for grabs, and donald trump is hoping to clinch it on super tuesday. more than half the delegates needed for the nomination. he goes in to this with three of the four contests so far under

ted cruz is also hoping that super tuesday could be a huge win for him. his home state of texas is voting. they've got 155 delegates up for grabs. marco rubio, who left nevada and went to the midwest, is also hoping to solidify things on super tuesday. now taking a look at the democrats for clinton and for bernie sanders, this could also be key. in fact, sanders' home state of vermont is voting on super tuesday. >> what a watch between now and that tuesday. tracie potts, thank you very much. president obama, formally announced his plan to close down a controversial detention facility at guantanamo bay, cuba. >> for many years it's been clear that the detention facility at guantanamo bay does not advance our national security. it undermines it. this is not just my opinion. this is the opinion of experts. this is the opinion of many in our military. >> that opinion isn't shared by everyone. especially across the aisle.

under current law, to transfer foreign terrorists at guantanamo into the united states. >> not only are we not going to close guantanamo, when i'm president if we capture a terrorist alive, they're not getting a court hearing in manhattan, they're not going to be sent to nevada, they're going to guantanamo and we're going to find out everything they know. >> donald trump also addressed the president's decision in his victory speech late last night. >> we're going to keep, as you know, gitmo, we're keeping that open, and we're going to load it up with bad dudes. we're going to load it up with a lot of bad dudes out there. >> the plan rests on the transfer of between 30 to 60 of the detainees to u.s. soil while the rest of the 91 detainees could be sent to other countries. the house armed services committee plans to hold a hearing on a closure plan. turn back now to nbc meteorologist bill karins who has more on today's severe weather, especially those pockets there where these twisters may be stirring up again later today. >> yeah, let's break down the timing of it and who is at risk. 35 million people from washington, d.c. down to tampa,

so there's a large coverage on the east coast. and it's worse late this afternoon near the raleigh area, south of richmond. that's where we have a moderate risk of severe storms. eastern north carolina and southeastern virginia. and here's the timing on this. at noon, storms are exiting the charlotte area, exiting columbia. they'll probably peak in intensity near raleigh right around 4:00 p.m. and richmond will be looking at the strongest of storms right around 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. that's going to be the danger time when we have the chance of any strong tornadoes. that's your national weather. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. besides the severe weather threat some very strong gusty winds behind our storm system so be prepared for that today as you're driving around. as far as the snow goes with this storm system, look out chicago and detroit, enough to shovel. when we get back a little later i'll break down the snow forecast for the storm, too. some areas are looking at a snow day tomorrow. >> the "s" word once again. all right, bill.

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for apple yesterday. the company is trying to fight a court order demanding that it help the fbi hack into the iphone of san bernardino shooter sayed farook. the fbi claims they want a one-time hack but apple says the u.s. government has asked to unlock 14 other devices. >> and in california surveillance video caught a single engine plane crash landing right in the middle of the street on monday hitting several cars. the pilot was trying to return to the airport in a plane owned by his son joshua. he's currently in jail for allegedly stalking actress sandra bullock. no injuries were reported. jurors heard opening statements in the $75 million lawsuit brought by sportscaster erin andrews. she is suing a man convicted of stalking her and secretly filming her while naked along with a hotel that andrews claims allowed that man to have a room right next to hers nbc's morgan radford brings us the details. >> sports reporter erin andrews head nothing a nashville courtroom.

secretly recorded her naked in her room of this marriott hotel, and then posted it online, a video viewed more than 300 million times. >> she's so afraid now. she is so afraid. >> reporter: andrews' attorney said her stalker, michael barrett, asked for a room next to hers and got it. he served 30 months and is now free. in the civil case andrews wants $75 million from the marriott hotel in nashville, it's management company at the time, and michael barrett. the hotel denies it's responsible. >> what he did to her was terrible. but counsel is trying to tie my clients, who were simply trying to provide a hotel room, to the guest, to a criminal stalker. >> reporter: andrews was stoic in court but previously shared her embarrassment. >> i won't get this down in 30 months. i won't get it down in 30 years. my kids, my future husband, will have to deal with this. >> reporter: andrews alleges her stalker was able to find out

a former central reservations agent testified by videotape. >> during your training you were told that it was perfectly acceptable to provide the information that somebody was staying at a specific hotel, correct? >> yes. >> reporter: michael barrett will also be testifying by videotape in a trial expected to take two weeks. and andrews is expected to take the stand. morgan radford, nbc news. time now to get down to business. according to consumer reports the best, most reliable cars, all hail from outside the united states. the top five are audi, subaru, lexus, porsche and bmw, all auto brands from europe and asia. buick was the only american brand in the top ten, at number seven. good news especially if you're having bacon for breakfast. the federal government announced tuesday that bacon supplies spiked last month. nearly 62 million pounds of pork belly were held in cold storage in january, so that could mean a decrease in bacon prices. more bacon for you.

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tapped to conduct "a wrinkle in time." the script is written by the director of frozen. in lieu of attending the oscars sunday night several actors will be attending a fund-raiser for flint michigan. director ryan googler is among those scheduled to attend. and hillary clinton took a detour on the campaign trail yesterday to visit with kerry washington and the cast of scandal. clinton was in town for a fund raiding event in los angeles. actress kendrick lamar will be inducted to the nwa this morning. dr. dre, ice cube are among the inductees. the event will air april 30th on hbo. and vh1 announced yesterday it will be reviving the long running reality competition america's next top model. the show has been renewed for 14 new episodes and tyra banks will serve as executive producer. i'm frances rivera. thanks so much for being with us.

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right now the south is dealing with a line of strong storms. louisiana was hit hard yesterday... we know the storms killed at least 3 people ... and left behind a huge mess. we'll bring you more on the system and recovery efforts throughout the morning. good morning. i'm corey rose here with gary shapiro. marty is also joining us... he's in the weather