it's monday, march 14th. right now on "first look," vitriol and violence filled many donald trump rallies over the weekend, but will tuesday's big vote dent the front-runner? an amtrak train with 142 passengers and crew derails early this morning. dangerous tornadoes in multiple states and deadly flooding inundates thousands caught as waters continue to rise. a police cruiser is stolen leading cops on a high-speed chase in one of their own, heavily armed cars. >> plus let the bracketology begin as the ncaa tournament is set. where in the world has richard simmons been? and "snl" lights up the weekend with the return of larry david. "first look" starts right now.

good morning, i'm dara brown. breaking overnight an amtrak passenger train has derailed in western kansas. it happened about 20 miles west of dodge city, just after midnight. here's what we know. the train was traveling from l.a. to chicago. 42 passengers and crew members were on board. around two dozen people have been hospitalized. none of the injuries are life threatening. rail officials are on the scene investigating the cause. we are only one day out from tuesday's all-important primaries in five states, including winner take all ohio and florida. the front-runners donald trump and hillary clinton look to put the election away. trump is ahead in marco rubio's florida, but slightly behind john kasich in ohio. who received a big endorsement over the weekend from fellow ohioan former house speaker john boehner. mitt romney as part of his anti-trump crusade is campaigning today in ohio with kasich although he is not expected to make an endorsement at this time. the rubio campaign has even started encouraging supporters to vote kasich in ohio in an effort to defeat trump.

but this has been overshadowed by increased violence at trump's campaign events. nbc's gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: the atmosphere, toxic and grotesque say his opponents. lots of interruptions but no arrests at donald trump's rallies. >> get him out of here. get him out. get him out! >> reporter: this after secret service surrounded trump saturday when one protester rushed the stage. hours after a chicago rally was canceled amid violent clashes. on wednesday, a trump supporter punched a man. >> i don't accept responsibility. >> reporter: trump came to his defense. >> i don't condone the violence. i don't condone what he did. but you know what? not nice on the other side either. >> it's possible you could have help him with legal fees if this man needs it? >> i've actually instructed my people to look into it, yes. >> reporter: in illinois, 70-year-old veteran was among those kicked out. telling nbc's hallie jackson he thinks trump is inciting the violence. >> i get very passionate about

mainly about the whole racism and hate that is being shown at these rallies. >> reporter: marco rubio saying he's very concerned someone could lose their life at a trump event. he's in florida, his make or break home state, grasping for votes as our new nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll has him behind trump almost two to one. >> he has turned the most important election in a generation into a circus, into a complete fiasco, and a carnival. >> reporter: john kasich faring better in ohio. but even if he wins his home state, he can't secure the nomination without a contested convention. >> i think when people around the world see images of americans clocking each other at a campaign rally, they're like, you know, we're in disarray. that's what they're going to try to say. it will be used as a propaganda tool. >> reporter: ted cruz is focusing on snagging delegates in north carolina and missouri. for a prolonged fight against trump. >> responsibility starts at the top. and it is not beneficial when

you have a presidential candidate like donald trump telling his supporters, punch that guy in the face. >> reporter: the gop front-runner remains defiant. refusing to pull any punches. on his way to the nomination. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez reporting. well, trump is now blaming the democrats, and specifically bernie sanders, for the violence at his events. accusations which have led sanders to flat-out call trump a liar. well, hillary clinton is doubling down saying foreign leaders have reached out to see if they can endorse her to stop trump. this as her latest attack on sanders misfired badly. although it doesn't seem to be affecting the polls. nbc's kristen kwerl has more. >> reporter: donald trump calling for the arrest of violent protesters at his rallies, now saying democrats are orchestrating them, laying blame directly at senator bernie sanders. >> they had bernie sanders signs all over the place, and they were made by bernie sanders' people. >> reporter: sanders dismissing trump's claims. >> we have never, never once

told anybody to do anything like that. the truth is, this guy really is a pathological liar. >> reporter: trump threatening retaliation, tweeting bernie sanders is lying when he says his disruptors aren't told to go to my events. be careful, bernie, or my supporters will go to yours. and while some sanders supporters acknowledge protesting at trump's rallies, they deny getting violent. insisting it's the other way around. >> i've been getting death threats since trumt rally. and it's something that came with the territory. these are the type of people that are supporting donald trump. they've been calling me "n" words. >> reporter: this comes as the democrats are locked in a tight race, after sanders' surprise win in michigan. our laters poll shows clinton with commanding double digit leads in florida, and ohio. but in her home state of illinois, topping sanders by only six points. clinton caused a minor dustup saturday, accusing sanders of being absent during the 1990s health care debate. >> i don't know where he was when i was trying to get health care in '93 and '94.

>> reporter: prompting a sanders aide to post this video from 1993 showing sanders standing behind the then-first lady during one of her health care speeches. >> i'm grateful that congressman sanders would join us today. >> reporter: the clinton team insisting the video proves their point, that clinton was actually leading the fight. but sanders isn't backing down. >> to criticize me on health care is not quite fair, because i have been a leader in congress from day one. in the fight for universal health care. >> nbc's kristen welker reporting. six people are dead with thousands displaced as heavy storms move through the south. more flooding is expected today, with 2 million people in four states under a flash flood watch. rain across the region set march records with as much as two feet over the past five days. in some parts of louisiana and mississippi, spawning twisters in arkansas. in texas, the sabine river could hit 35 feet by tomorrow breaking a record set in 1884.

the louisiana national guard said over 2400 people and nearly 200 pets were rescued by sunday night. they distributed almost 1 million sandbags across 13 parishes hit by the storms. bill karins will have more on this intense weather coming up. now to turkey where dozens of people have been killed in a deadly car bombing in the capital of ankara. it happened last night at a busy bus transportation hub. the death toll now stands at 37 with 125 wounded. turkish officials say two of the dead are believed to be the assailant. so far there's no claim of responsibility. just two days ago the u.s. embassy, which is based in ankara, had warned american citizens that there could be a possible terrorist attack. this is the third deadly explosion in that city in just the past five months. an unusual police chase in los angeles when a police cruiser reportedly carrying weapons was stolen. topping speeds of 100 miles per hour at times it, knbc's chopper followed the nearly hour-long pursuit.

>> a sharp turn there, red light. high rates of speed here on the freeway. left turn, eastbound through an alley. and he's kind of stuck. he's got nowhere to go, so this might be coming to an end. >> police pinned the driver who tried to escape before being stopped. smoke apparently coming from spinning tires. shots were fired, and the suspect was pronounced dead on the scene. it was not immediately clear whether the suspect pointed weapons at officers. authorities are running parallel criminal and administrative investigations. richard simmons is responding to a new york daily news report that alleges he's being held against his will in his hollywood hills home. the 67-year-old fitness guru tells "entertainment tonight" that he's, quote, not kidnapped and that the people that surround him take great care of him. the sweatin' to the oldies star said he had a knee replacement and he's been taking it easy. simmons hasn't been seen in public since 2014. on saturday, the daily news published an expose citing friends and other sources that suggested his housekeeper, his

brother, and his manager are keeping him isolated. a rep for simmons later dismissed the claims as untrue and preposterous. let's get down to business and cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning, landon. >> hi, dara. good monday morning to you. happy national pi day. not the food but the mathematical constant 3.14159 and so on and so on. to celebrate pizza hut is rolling out a contest at 8:00 a.m. eastern on its blog and you'll have until midnight to answer the questions. winners will get free food for a little over three years or roughly 3.14 years to be exact. and wall street will try to extend its weekly winning streak to five this week. the markets were boosted partly by higher oil prices last week and the fed is in focus with a two-day meeting that starts tomorrow. and the fed isn't expected to raise interest rates, but could hint when the next hike is coming. you may be among millions of people who may be a bit distracted by college hoops this

week. a report estimates workers preoccupied with filling out brackets and watching games will cost employers nearly $4 billion in lost productivity. roughly 51 million workers may took part in office pools as well. dara, back over to you. >> thanks, landon. speaking of march madness, selection sunday is complete. as brackets around the globe are being filled out as we speak. the number one north carolina, virginia, oregon, and overall number one seed kansas. but some are calling foul over michigan state not getting a top seed after winning the big ten championship. the first four square off tuesday night with florida gulf coast against fairly dickinson and then vanderbilt takes on wichita state all on trutv. there's also controversy over a leaked copy of this year's tournament bracket. the copy hit twitter about 20 minutes into the cbs two-hour show. the ncaa is looking into the matter. for those snubbed by the ncaa there's the national invitational tournament, with monmouth, st. bonaventure, south carolina and valparaiso each getting a number one seed. now to the hard courts where the

man known as the greek freak took brooklyn by storm. he lit up the barclays center with a triple-double including 28 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists to lead milwaukee over the nets 109-100. knicks/lakers, kobe and mellow, a final good-bye and in the final seconds game tied as calderon nails the three for the win. final score, 90-87. and finally, something you don't see every day in australia over the weekend, a bull somehow got loose and ran roughshod over the pitch of a youth soccer game. luckily there were no red uniforms and no one was injured. crazy times there. ahead new details on the maryland police officer shot and killed in an unprovoked attack and how pope francis is marking his third anniversary as pontiff. >> our latest super tuesday forecast has 21 million people at risk of severe weather including the voting states of ohio and illinois.

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welcome back to "first look." severe storms overnight in arkansas. we have some flash flooding concerns in greenville and memphis. thankfully all of the rain is over with. as we showed you earlier in the show, the rivers down towards the gulf. as we go throughout the morning hours, maybe some showers and storms around nashville. we get a break during the daylight hours. later on this afternoon towards this evening, severe storms, isolated will pop up, watch out around charlotte, updated south carolina, greenville. greensboro late tonight towards raleigh. about almost 6 million people at a slight risk today. but it's tomorrow that we have a greater chance of severe storms. of course we have the voting states of ohio and illinois voting tomorrow. indiana is also in that slight risk so about 21.5 million people, mostly because we're including some big cities here, chicago included in that and indianapolis and the greater cincinnati area. the timing of these storms is good, though. here is how we look as we go throughout the early afternoon. 5:00, 6:00 p.m. on tuesday just some showers and storms beginning to pop up.

it looks like a late -- excuse me late afternoon, early evening is when the storms will intensi intensify. chicago around 8:00 p.m. as the polls are closing, that's when we should be watching these storms coming through areas of illinois. so dara, we're actually looking pretty good in most of our super tuesday states. florida, ohio, looking great. so, we should be all right. no problems getting to the polls. >> bill, thank you so much for that. well, a prince georges county officer who was shot outside a maryland police station sunday has died. authorities say a gunman fired at the first officer that he saw and prompted a gun battle that left an undercover narcotics officer dead and the suspect wounded. both the assailant and a second suspect were arrested. the fallen officer was identified as j.c. coulson a four-year veteran of the force. also final report on the 2015 german wings crash. investigators found the co-pilot was referred to a psychiatric hospital two weeks before the crash, but the information was never revealed to his employer. their report recommends

requiring doctors to speak out if a pilot's mental health threatens public safety, and more mental health checks for pilots. wild scene in australia as gangs brawled in the business district saturday night. four people were arrested. police used batons and pepper spray to break up the fight. and pope francis celebrated his third anniversary as pontiff sunday, greeting visitors in saint peters square to wild applause. the holy father surprised the crowd by distributing pocket gospels during his weekly prayer. the defending champion of alaska's iditarod dog race is moving closer to his fourth title in the nearly 1,000 mile competition. a mere 171 miles from the finish line mid sunday. meanwhile, a 26-year-old man appeared in court on allegations he intentionally drove a snow mobile into two teams killing one dog and injuring two others on saturday. what happens when hillary clinton morphs into bernie sanders? it's the "snl" bit you've got to see. up next.

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each got one delegate. the rest of the state's 29 delegates will be awarded along with naming eventual winner at april's state convention. cruz also on the caucus in guam, picking up another delegate. and hillary clinton won the first-ever northern mariana islands caucus picking up four delegates. bernie sanders secured two. and larry david sanders made a return to "saturday night live" this weekend addressing exactly who is feeling the bern. >> senator, many think you need these superdelegates to win the nomination. >> not true. no. not true. i have the voters. my message is resonating with a very diverse group of white people. and i've got supporters of all ages, 18-year-olds, 19-year-olds. that's it. >> clinton surely wants to attract the support sanders gets from younger voters and has been

drawing some ire for appearing to move her message closer to the vermont senator. opinions not lost to "snl" writers. >> so, thank you, millennials, for lending your support to the biggest outsider jew in the race. hillary rodham clinton. there's a lot of work to be done, and that is why i am sick and tired of hearing about my -- >> this message was paid for by hillary clinton. feel the bern, for her. >> i'm whoever you want me to be and i approve this message. i'm trying here, guys. >> and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." i laugh every time i see that. just funny. let's bring in msnbc political reporter jane timm. thanks so much for being here. >> good morning. >> we're talking about politics. of course all eyes are on tuesday. but there's going to be a little upset because we're expecting john kasich to actually win ohio. what is this going to do to trump? >> you know, it won't do as much

as people who oppose donald trump would like, unless marco rubio can also win florida. if trump loses both florida and ohio, then we actually have maybe a race. but if trump wins florida he gets to walk out a champion and kasich win in ohio. you know. they say no republican has ever won the white house without winning ohio. but no republican like donald trump has ever run before so i think we can safely say all bets are off. >> he's definitely a game changer. right now he's under fire because of all the violence going on in the rallies. politico did this essay because they're looking at the untruths. they did this week long study of what he's saying and is it really true and they're fact checking him. turns out, and to quote equates to roughly one misstatement every five minutes on average. does this matter? >> as a reporter it can be maddening sometimes to see these things. but you know what? for his supporters they believe his message. they believe his overall message. it does not matter to them if he gets a couple things wrong.

they say he's got the big stuff right. but let's remember that those supporters are 30%, 40% of republican primary voters. when you're in a general election you need a lot more than one-third of your party. >> okay. let's talk about this. if he does become the next nominee, right, they're saying that he's changed everything. and is the gop going to be able to back him? has he changed the gop? is it going to split? and what has he actually done to the politics of this nation? >> for a party that's been working so hard to widen out their support outside of just white voters, appeal to minorities, convince black voters that they are not -- that they're on their side that they're someone that they can choose in a general election, they cut themselves back a decade if they put trump on the front of the ticket because his rhetoric is very divisive and i think we can expect to continue seeing that divisive rhetoric. we can see democrats pull out minority votes like they've never done before. i think that there's a lot of -- >> like it's never done before this whole year, all like it's never done before. jane timm thank you so much for being here. i appreciate it. >> thanks. >> good to see you. just ahead, which

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now to entertainment news. the stars of broad city appeared at south by southwest this weekend and gave details about hillary clinton's upcoming appearance on their show. the duo said the fact that producer amy poehler used to portray clinton on "saturday night live" helped them get in touch with the campaign. the episode will air this wednesday on comedy central. and the cast of game of thrones got together to help the international rescue committee for a video that was released yesterday. they're asking viewers to donate to help refugees escaping the war in the middle east. i'm dara brown and this is

"first look" on msnbc. "way too early" starts right now. a crazy weekend on the campaign trail ahead of tomorrow's make or break contests in florida and ohio. with donald trump now threatening to send his supporters to bernie sanders' rallies. plus, hillary clinton makes a few stumbles on her march to the democratic nomination. we'll play the moment that resulted in an instant and embarrassing fact check. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west, and this is "way too early." good morning it's monday

march 14th, i'm jonathan capehart. the state of the republican race hangs in the balance tomorrow with just one day until the first winner take all contests are decided. huge blocs of delegates are up for grabs that could potentially decide if the contest goes to the convention. the biggest delegate prize is in florida where donald trump has a 21 point lead according to the new nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll. he's polling at 43% to marco rubio's 22%. ted cruz is just a point back with 21% and john kasich is at 9%. in illinois, trump is up by nine points at 34% to cruz's 25%, kasich at 21%, and rubio at 16%. and in ohio, the nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll puts governor kasich in the lead with 39% to trump's 33%, cruz is back at 19%, and rubio has fallen to just 6 points in the buckeye state. even rubio and his campaign said that john kasich has a better shot of winning ohio t