that does it for us tonight. if you want to get me in trouble over this, you can reach me at rachel @@msnbc. it's friday, march 4th. right now on "first look," it was loud and raucous motor city showdown. >> he referred to my hands as they're small, something else must be small. i guarantee you there's no problem. >> in fact if you went to manhattan you said i'm lying to the american people, the people have a right to know. >> no you're the one. >> this little guy has lied so much about my record. >> here we with go. the personal attacks. >> people say everywhere i go, you seem to be the adult on the stage. new disclosures about the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails and the former aide granted immunity. preparing for closing arguments in the erin andrews naked video civil suit.

a violent california road rage incident caught on camera. and the dance of a lifetime for one very special springsteen fan. "first look" starts right now. good morning. i'm dara brown. it was a tumultuous thursday beginning with mitt romney slamming the man poised to be the 2016 pick. >> he's not of thor the perment of the stable, thoughtful person we need to be the leader. think of his bullying, the greed. the showing off. the misogyny. the absurd third grade theatrics. donald trump is a phony. a fraud. his promises are as worthless as the degree from trump university. >> and from 2008 nominee john mccain backing his friend romney, i would also echo the many concerns about mr. trump's

uninformed and dangerous statements on national security issues that have been raised by 65 defense and foreign policy leaders. romney's rebuke teed 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. an it was an embarrassment to everybody including the republican party. he went -- it looked like he went away on the vacation the last month. so i don't take that and i guess obviously he wants to be relevant, he wants to be back in the game. >> trump even hit back defending his manhood against senator rubio's small hands insult. >> he hit my hands, nobody has ever hit my hands. i 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 garn tee you. >> later, jacob rascon found the donald comparing hand sizes with

an entertainment reporter that much anticipated reunion between donald trump and megyn kelly was cordial and rubio and ted cruz battled up for an attack on the trump university. >> when they realized what a scam it was, they asked for the money back and you refused to give the money pack. >> let me just -- >> give the money back. >> if we nominate donald we'll spend the spring and the fall with the nominee facing a fraud trial. >> and john kasich highlighted his accomplishments in ohio. >> when we talk about this there's one person on this stage and one person who's been a candidate for president in either party that restored economic strength, growth, a balanced budget, paid down debt, cut taxes the things that people in this country want. no theories. reality. >> thank you. >> trump edged out his opponents

online. we'll hear more from mitt romney in an exclusive interview only on "today." this weekend, republican voters in four states and puerto rico hold their primaries and the democrats hold four results. full results on msnbc. and meanwhile, hillary clinton who should be enjoying the republican circus has potential trouble of her open, namely the e-mail controversy that repeatedly surfaces. andrea mitchell has details. >> thank you! >> reporter: hillary clinton at a star studded fund-raiser as a new disclosure about the investigation into her e-mails. her former aide has been granted immunity by the justice department. bryan pagliano had taken the

fifth, but now he's talking to the fbi. spotlighting an issue that donald trump brought up -- -- >> assuming she's not arrested. >> reporter: it was classified -- was classified information mishandled, 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: clinton's spokesman said she's eager to be interviewed by the fbi. >> calling secretary clinton in to answer some questions may be the final steps to help them wrap up the investigation. >> there's no classified materials. >> reporter: it's a controversy that's now shadowed clinton for a full year. >> did you wipe the servers? >> with a cloth? >> does it rise judgment issues? >> i don't think so. >> maybe more people are interested now. but we're not going make an issue out of it. >> andrea mitchell reporting. secretary clinton's team say

they're glad to hear that the former aide is now cooperating with the state. now north korea's leader kim jong-un has ordered that the missiles be ready to go. there are tensions with south korea and the united states. the news comes shortly after the united nations added new sanctions to north korea over their recent nuclear tests. one day after south korea claimed the north fired projectiles into the sea off the south korean coast. north korea has made threats in the past. today a nashville jury will hear closing arguments in erin andrews's $75 million civil trial. she is suing both her convicted stalker and the hotel where he admits to secretly videotaping her naked in 2008. on thursday, the defense called her former colleague jesse palmer to testify about whether the video affected her career.

>> did you have any concerns about andrews' performance in 2009? >> i did at the start of the year. it was the wait and see approach to see how she'd perform given the circumstances. but i remember thinking and with amazement really at the performance she was giving. >> after both sides make their final case the jury must decide if the hotel shares the blame with andrews' stalker, whether she suffered because of the video and how much in damages she should receive. canadian prime minister justin trudeau is not shy about giving the american people a little advice. he tosses his two cents to the foreign policy debate, saying it might be nice if they paid a little more attention to the world. referring to americans' interest in world events. he adds that canadians have to be aware of the united states because of its importance and he hopes canada yaps want the same in return. trudeau who was elected in october is said to visit the

white house next thursday for a state dinner with the obamas. a scary road rage fight caught on camera. check it out. the passing motorist in fontana, california, captured the fight which started at stop light between two men. a woman got involved, kicking one man in the behind and then they spilled into the middle of the road before others broke up the brawl. then everyone got back into their cars and drove off. no one was seriously injured and it's unclear what prompted the fight. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning, landon. >> hi, there. good friday morning to you. the markets are awaiting the big economic news of the week -- the jobs report out at 8:30 eastern and we're expecting solid hiring in february. up employment is at an eight year low of 4.9%. the data will be closely watched by the fed and presidential candidates as a gauge of whether the economy continues to improve. meanwhile, movie merger this morning. amc is buying carmike cinemas t

latest acquisition of of the u.s. company by the chinese firm. and consumers may may be getting a taste for chipotle again. negative sentiment from the chain e. coli's chain is fading. chipotle gave a digital coupon for a free entree last month. back over to you. thanks so much. and now to sports and for the craziest game of the year we head to minnesota and two high school teams fighting. marshall ties it with a three at the buzzer, just rattling home there and the game goes to overtime. to the third overtime we go. wasega down three with one second to play. [ buzzer ] >> unbelievable. that sent the game to a fourth overtime.

and in the fourth extra period, wasega inbounded the ball. tie game. how else do you think this would end? and they head to the tourney with a wild win over marshall high school 103-100. and to the nba, gearing up in front of prince and curry put on a show, as curry tied the most wins at home. and for the oracle team usa, six sailors did all they could to keep their high-tech catamaran above water when things went awry. it flipped on the side, but the crew was unharmed. the high speed catamaran only suffered minor damage.

well, just ahead, find out how bruce springsteen melted one woman's heart. a major announcement about the obamas' post presidential plans. you're watching "first look."

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so the cold winter-like air remains in the northeast and great lakes but watch the warm air this weekend. i want goes really -- we're at 64 in montana today which is warm up to 70 on saturday. and then finally on sunday, minneapolis, chicago and the great lakes you'll begin your big warm-up with highs jumping up into the 50s. but for new england and the mid-atlantic, you have to wait, monday gets warmer and then tuesday and wednesday are much warmer. we'll talk about the fun stuff, like the flowers coming up. eventually the cherry blossoms. >> putting away the winter coats for good. >> for good could be pushing it. >> oh, no. >> keeping it in storage till april. >> thanks so much. well, brandi chastain has pledged she's donating her brain to research to study concussions. girl's soccer has the second highest number of concussions among the athlete. >> when you hear things like

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time for your friday dish of "scrambled politics." at a rally before last night's debate, donald trump got on the same page with president obama. >> you go to china, they have trains that go 300 miles an hour. we trains that go chug chug chug. >> if that sounds familiar -- >> there is no reason europe or china should have the fastest trains or the most modern airports. >> yes, that's president obama calling for infrastructure investment since years ago. two measures addressing the issue have been blocked in congress. maybe the donald thinks he will have better luck. chuck grassley has become a bigger target for democrats in the fight to fill the supreme court vacancy. former iowa lieutenant governor patty judge told "the des moines register" knee is now considering running against grassley this fall. during an interview with the advocate, caitlyn jenner said she likes ted cruz as a

conservative and constitutionalist, but not on transgender issues offering her services as ambassador. jenner said let's say he goes on to become president and i have all my girls on a transissues board to advise him on making decisions when it comes to transissues. isn't that a good idea? no word on the offer from the cruz campaign. and dr. ben carson's campaign winds down, jimmy kimmel read a story to help ease it to rest. >> in ben carson's bedroom, there is a phone and a red balloon. and ben and jesus jumping over the moon. good night, lion, good night crab, good night friend he tried to stab. good night tree, good night stump. good night america because here comes trump. >> that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." in washington i'm joined now by politico reporter kevin robillard. good morning to you.

>> good morning. great to be on. >> it was a real busy nice last night and i was watching the debate, saying the candidates would back trump, but not so in the campaign. what does this say about the state of the gop? >> well, you have to remember, you have to go back to last fall. the candidates signed a pledge to back whoever the gop nominee is which was intended to keep trump from running as a third party. but now it's sort of backfiring on the republicans because they have to say whether -- if they'll support him in the fall. clearly there's still huge divides over what factcally -- exactly to do with donald trump. they have two options. they can embrace him or run away from him, try to stop him at a convention. something like that. but clearly, this is challenging the republican party over its own identity. and over what it means to be a conservative. and those are two very, very big questions at the republican -- that the republican party has to wrestle with.

>> and donald trump may not win all the delegates he needs to get the nomination and that could be a contested convention. what are the odds? >> that's something that political reporters we like to bring up every four years and it never happens. this year it appears to be more plausible than others. really, that's what mitt romney was calling for yesterday in the speech if you look at what he suggests to block trump. he basically says if you live in a state where rubio is leading in the polls like florida, you need to vote for rubio. if you live in state say louisiana where cruz is doing better in the polls, vote for cruz. the idea being just to deny trump delegates as much as you can so then we get to the convention and try to fix this. and really that seems to be the republican establishment's plan at the moment. is to just -- you know, don't let trump get a majority and we'll figure it out at the convention. >> how is this all this gop bickering working for or against hillary clinton now? is this turning off voters or do you think maybe they'll flock to the polls? >> it will be interesting.

the actual gop bickering, the party will probably unite in the end. but trump obviously helps hillary clinton or at least people think he does in terms of, you know, basically giving democrats something to hate because they don't particularly like her all that much. >> kevin, we may see sooner rather than later. kevin robillard, thank you for your time. >> good to be on. well, just ahead, some sad news about bernie sanders' minime. plus, how one homeowner got his revenge on a package stealing thief. the best investm. by looking at global and local insights to benefit from different points of view. and by consistently breaking apart risk to focus on long-term value. we actively manage with expertise and conviction. so you can invest with more certainty. mfs. that's the power of active management. make you feel like an svp doeinstead of a vp? a new desk

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attacks upends trump's mode. following the big super tuesday wins there was some speculation that maybe -- just maybe he could act like a presumed republican nominee instead of just a candidate. on nbcnews.com, social media sensation bernie baby dies from sids. he was known as the bernie baby, he won hearts all over and his smile and his sanders mini me outfit. the 4-month-old died last week from sudden infant death syndrome. funeral services will be held next week in the family's home state of california. and it was an amazing sight off the south florida coast where hundreds of spinner sharks were spotted near palm beach. they my grate -- they my grate all the way from south carolina. one homeowner was tired of thieves stealing his packages, so the homeowner took matters into his own hands. >> i rigged it so inside the package was soupy, messy dog

poo. >> i'm not sure if the thief got the message there. i hope so. i'm dara brown. this is "first look." don't forget to like us on facebook. stay tuned. "way too early" starts right now. >> i have to say this, he hit my hands. nobody hit my hands. look at those hands. are they small hands? [ laughter ] and he referred to my hands if they're small something else must be small. i guarantee you there's no problem. i guarantee you. >> let me see your hands. see? see, this is the problem with politicians. they're all talk. they give you stuff and people -- i have good sized hands. >> what about the schoolyard taunts in the debate? >> i don't -- no. >> the hands and -- >> see how beautiful my hands are. it was a powerful hand hitting a

golf ball 285 yards. i was proud to hold my hands up. these are politicians. they say things and they make things up and, you know, you have to clear up the record. >> march madness comes to motor city where the final four republicans do battle in their first presidential debate since super tuesday. donald trump taking fire from all directions. >> the future of the united states and the most important election in the generation and he's trying to con people into giving them their vote. >> this little guy has lied so much. >> here we go. >> about my record. >> he's playing the members of the american public for suckers. he gets a free ride to the white house and all we get is a lousy hand. and north korea steps up the rhetoric after getting slapped with tough new sanctions over its recent missile test. the country's leader now ordering its military to have nukes ready to fire at a moment's notice. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west.