gaining momentum, arousing win for mitt romney and a stinging loss for newt gingrich in last night's florida primary. moments to spare, dramatic police dash cam video captures a daring fire rescue in new jersey. and gorillas in the mist. an eco tourist has a nerve racking encounter in the jungle. i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnbc. we begin this morning with a

romney rout. mitt romney sailed to victory in florida besting newt gingrich by 14 percentage points, in the winner take allstate. romney's camp confirms he will begin receiving secret service protection starting tomorrow. tracie potts joins us with more. >> reporter: newt gingrich was unable to come back here in florida but insists he will be back to tampa for the convention making this a two-man race to the very end. >> thank you tonight for the great victory. >> mitt romney now has three times as many delegates as newt gingrich and starting tomorrow, secret service protection, too, after a decisive win in florida. he won women, seniors and hispanics, 46% of the vote after bombarding ads. >> a competitive primary does not divide it it prepares us.

>> it will be a united party. >> gingrich did not call to congratulate romney. he insists he'll compete in upcoming caucus states. >> we will contest every place and we will win and be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> reporter: overnight, federal reports revealed whose funding these campaigns. wall street is backing romney, his pac earned $30 million last year. gingrich's pac got a $10 million donation from wonone casino own will fuel more ads. the negative public doesn't want to see two or three candidates get in a mud wrestling match where everybody walks away dirty. >> reporter: on to nevada where ron paul says he has the best chance of winning. >> if enthusiasm wins elections, we would win hands down. >> reporter: rick santorum came

in third is hoping to do better in the caucuses. he's got an ad ready for nevada and colorado. lynn? now the democratic party reaction to the florida primary voting. debbie wasserman-schultz appeared on our prime time coverage of the florida rupts and talked about who voted and what they cared about. >> the republican electorate in particular that turned out more than two thirds identify with the tea party, supportive of the tea party, this was a conservative extreme republican electorate, not reflective of the moderate purple state florida is, president obama won florida in 2008, he will win florida again, because when it comes to housing, when it comes to medicare, when it comes to jobs and the economy, when it comes to tax policies, president obama has been fighting to make sure that people can stay in their homes, that seniors will

not have benefits cut, that we will make sure when it comes to immigration, we can fight for comprehensive immigration reform and republicans led by mitt romney are dramatically out of step with the priorities that floridians care about. i think that is why florida will remain blue and contribute reelecting president obama in november. the latest numbers are out from the federal election commission on campaign fundraising, among the republicans, mitt romney raised $24 million in the fourth quarter. ron paul was second, newt gingrich third, rick santorum. harold simmons, a texas corporate raider, pumped $8.5 million in three super pacs last fall. $7 million to former bush white house political aide karl rove and his super pac. on the democratic side, president obama raised $68 million in the fourth quarter. democratic party super pacs raised comparatively paltry

total $13 million for all of 2011. in a special congressional election in oregon last night the democrats held on to a house seat. a former state senator won the vote in portland and some of the suburbs, she will replace david hoo after a woman accused him of making an unwanted sexual advance. here is other news going around america. dramatic video out of new jersey showing police officers saving a man trapped in a burning car monday night. that is not the video. officers were shocked to find anyone inside the car when they spotted a 57-year-old man passed out in the driver's seat. his door was stuck, but one of the officers -- there it is, was able to brave the flames and free the man. he is now at home recuperatinre a car crashed in an apartment while a man was sleeping inside. the victim was pinned for more

than an hour before crews were able to free him. police say the driver led them on a lengthy chase. in new york, a five-story building gave new meaning to the term "high rise" police were raided a massive marijuana growing operation there with hundreds of plants and elaborate growing system. sources say each floor of the building was used for a different stage of the growing process. finally, not a bird, not a plane and contrary to what you are seeing, those are not people flying around manhattan. those are radio controlled planes shaped to look like humans soaring across the new york city skyline. they were flown as a publicity stunt for a new movie and video has gotten more than a million hits on youtube. you can imagine why. it looks real. now a look at the national weather we turn to bill, who is grinning. >> took me three minutes to get the high rise joke from the previous story. >> you of all people?

that may have come from the brain trust. >> probably did, little slow on that one. >> good morning, everyone lynn and everyone included yesterday was a beautiful day, people were out in the park, the grass was green, it was absolutely incredible in so many areas of the country, 57 in chicago. new york city almost hit 60, d.c. 66 degrees, spring fever around the country. even areas like minneapolis, 45 was great, billings at 51. wasn't many areas of the country where it didn't feel like the first real spring day. it will slowly go back to winter but will be slow. not going to see anything dramatic the first week of february. we have a little bit of light rain today, not going to be the beautiful blue skies and sunshine like we had yesterday in the eastern half of the country. but it's light rain will be scattered as we go throughout the morning commute. light rain along the new york state thruway.

p pittsburgh, ground is wet. not a lot of wet weather, you need the windshield wipers and don't want any rain drops on you bring the umbrella from new york to philadelphia, baltimore, d.c. and hartford around boston. rain in west virginia and kentucky pushes to the east. louisville and lexington most of the day should be dry. same for you in nashville. one area of the country seeing the worst area weather is louisiana, strong thunderstorms on interstate 55 south of jackson, good storms with lightning strikes. that is where the heaviest rain is, that will push through mississippi and eventually alabama. as far as the forecast goes, we have the rain in the deep south along the gulf coast, eventually atlanta will get light rain. the big cities in the east, light showers this morning will give way to very warm conditions this afternoon. maybe some breaks of sunshine, too, we could once again be seeing temperatures like march, all the way up to boston, middle of the country, a little cool near minneapolis, this is very warm for this time of year.

we're enjoying things right now in kansas city, denver and omaha, but lynn, changes coming, mini kn snow storm in colorado. >> bill, thanks so much. coming up, facebook is going public. not to worry not all the information, the stock is going public. business headlights is straight ahead. carmelo anthony returns and spectacle of super bowl media day. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. you know when i grow up,

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welcome back to "first look" i'm lynn berry. here are top stories making news. the director of the national intelligence told congress tuesday that iran is prepared to launch terrorist attacks in the united states. he warns that iran's leaders are reacting to u.s. pressure to stop the nuclear program. the taliban in afghanistan is getting direct assistance

from pakistani security services according to a secret report on detainee interviews seen by the b.b.c. they called the accusations "frivolous." for safety reasons the search has been called off for 16 people inside, still missing in that submerged part of the cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of italy. surviving passengers filed a $460 million class action lawsuit. the world's largest breast cancer organization, susan g. komen for the cure, is cutting off financing for planned parenthood. new rules prevent it from funding any group under investigation, a republican-led probe in the house disqualifies planned parenthood. they claims the organization is caving in to pressure from anti-abortion groups. england's times reports prince william is deploying to the falkland islands for

training. in response the foreign ministry of argentina, which fought a brief war said he was disis a pointed the prince will arrive on our soil in the uniform of the conquistador. amazing video of an american tourist encountered by a group of mountain gorillas. they like him. the animals gathered around for a very close look at him. and then they went on their way. lucky for the tourist. here is the first look how wall street will kick off the day. dow opens at 12,632. the s&p down a fraction, nasdaq alleg added a point. nikkei up 7 points, hang seng lost 57. that long awaited ipo filing from facebook is sure to have investors buzzing. cnbc facebook will file initial

paperwork this morning for $5 billion initial public offering. the company is looking at a valuation between $75 and $100 billion make it one of the largest public companies in the world. markets were mixed tuesday due to unexpected drop in home prices and consumer confidence, but the dow and s&p still notched their best gains in 15 years. disappointing after the bell revenue from amazon will be a factor today. earlier exxon mobil dipped 2% after the profit narrowly beat expectations. the same day pfizer beat estimates, it recalled birth control pills that may not contain enough contraceptive. transportation stocks slipped, disgraced former royal bank of scotland ceo fred goodwin stripped of the knighthood after leading the bank to near

crisis. >> it appears siri, the virtual voice of the iphone 4 s doesn't understand scottish brogue. when asked how is the weather, they hear how is the weather on labor day. i guess the folks in scotland will hope iphone 5 will speak scottish. >> another upset in college basketball. the overkill, craziness and cliche, media day. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. plip pl bl bl

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let nothing stand in your way. learn more at keller.edu. welcome back to "first look" i'm lynn berry. this is supposed to be the year the knicks put all the pieces together. up until last night they were falling in pieces. here is fred rogan. >> reporter: the knicks need something to turn their season around maybe they got it last night. carmelo anthony returned and was just what the doctor ordered. game high 25, knicks won 113-86. nuggets and grizzlies, game tied with 30 seconds to play. in the ot, a three for the lead, grizz end four game skid, 100-97 win.

>> michigan state lost their leading scorer and then lost to illinois. >> caps and lightning needed overtime, a step on the defenseman, he was there to pop in the rebound, tampa won 4-3 in ot. the penguins rally from the mapleleaves. a wild bounce and luck. james neil's shot off the arm and in. not exactly how you drew it up but they will take it. mulkin scored the winner in the shoot out they beat the leaves 5-4. when i get when you combine 100 players, the media, it's super bowl media day. reporters con vernverged in indianapolis. there was more style than substance, as always, plenty of cliches. >> a team that will win, sunday is the team that plays the best.

>> this is a dream come true. >> what happened in the last game of the season doesn't matter it's about what we do on sunday, what we do in this game. >> this what is you work all year for. >> that is how the ball bounces. that is the first look at sports. i'm fred rogan. now here is bill karins who reminds me there is no i in team. >> but there is an m and e. >> of course you would go with that. >> storing that up for a while. >> back pocket. it's february, everyone wants to know when will winter show up will we have a brutal february, pay for the nice weather? here is the first seven days of february, this deep purple is where the cold arctic air, well up in canada. blue is coolish-type air this is normally over the united states. no signs of it, that is why we have been warm. as we go through thursday, friday, saturday, a little chunk of cool air heads to nebraska,

we'll get a mini snow storm of southern wyoming, colorado, nebraska, that is it. the chunk of cold air remains up in canada. by the time we get to about the middle of next week we are looking at a big chunk of cold air, very cold once you get to the white colors around hudson bay. there are signs the second week of february some of this will try to sneak down in the eastern u.s. first week looks like getting away with spring-like weather. middle of february more of a return to winter. as far as that snow goes, looks like a little bit starting here in colorado as we go through thursday afternoon, thursday evening. then by thursday night into friday, anyone traveling from pueblo, colorado springs, in to kansas will deal with the mini snow storm. so lynn, another day, 60s all the way up to new york city today. one more week of above average temps. >> bill, thanks so much. coming up adele prepares to

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did you ever think at this point in your lives together he would become a singing sensation? did you ever think that would happen? >> who -- no, not at all. not at all. >> did you know -- i had he say to you, honey, i'm going to sing, was that spontaneous? >> completely spontaneous, i didn't even hear about it until it got on youtube.

but he does have a beautiful voice. and he sings to me all the time. >> really? >> yes, he does. he sings that song. that is when people said -- i bet he sang al green that i -- >> he has a better singing voice than you? >> he absolutely does. >> did you hear mitt romney sing, what did you think? >> i saw it in the green room. beautiful. >> tonight jay welcomes daniel radcliff, vanessa hudgens, that is tonight on your local nbc station. time for the first look at entertainment news. when it comes to a ban on performing for the sake of her voice, adele is making an exception for the grammys. nominated for six grammys, had

surgery last year but adele will sing on february 12th's show for the first time in five months. great news. as showbiz mixes with politics, the president of haiti named sean penn ambassador at large for his humanitarian work since the 2010 earthquake. and finally, among the other super pacs revealing funding yesterday, stephen colbert disclosed his americans for better tomorrow raised just over a staggering $1 million. colbert, who has used his pac mainly to highlight campaign finance absurdity has yet to say what he will do with the money. in a letter to the federal election commission he said "how do you like me now". >> you mention possibly charity, that is too borinboring, people him to do something outlandish. >> why give to it charity. >> they want to see him --.

>> doritos and dr. pepper. stay tuned, way too early starts right now. when we gather back here in tampa seven months from now for our convention, ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. >> it is now clear that this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader, newt gingrich, and the massachusetts moderate. >> good morning i'm willie geist, this is "way too early," i'm glad you're up with us watching