where you are right now thanks to the governor. good luck you guys. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tonight. we have that big show that's going to last longer than an hour, but now it's time for the. see you tomorrow. we have that big show that will last longer than an hour. "first look" is up next. it's wednesday, march 30th. right now on "first look," turning up the heat on donald trump's campaign manager who is facing a criminal charge for battery. but the donald is not backing down. >> she was running up and grabbing and asking questions and she wasn't supposed to be doing that. i think he -- i told him, you should never settle this case, go all the way. i think they have really hurt a very good person. the clock is tickingen the remaining gop candidates as the wisconsin vote looms large and where trump could close the deal. could apple now force the government to show them how they may have cracked the san bernardino iphone? plus, the top ten new cars.

the passing of an acting legend. a one of a kind shot for golfer bubba watson. "first look" starts right now. good morning. thanks for joining us today, i'm betty nguyen. stand by your man. that's the tone from donald trump after his campaign manager corey lewandowski was arrested yesterday. he's charged with one count of misdemeanor battery. police say in video released shows lewandowski grabbing now ex-breitbart reporter michelle fields' arm. he turned himself in to police yesterday and he was issued a notice to appearncourt. his attorney says he's innocent. nbc's edward lawrence joins us live from washington. what's the latest in all of this? >> reporter: well, betty, all the reactions played out in a town hall in wisconsin yesterday. there were accusations and explanations. as the republican candidates tried to convince wisconsin voters to choose them.

senator ted cruz, donald trump, then governor john kasich tried to sway wisconsin voters during a town hall ahead of next week's important primary in the state. a defiant trump defended his campaign manager corey lewandowski in the wake of a battery charge against him. >> i'm a loyal person. i'm going to be loyal to the country. i'm going to be loyal to wisconsin. we have to tell it like it is. it would be so easy for me to terminate in man, ruin his life. >> reporter: trump said he won't fire lewandowski even though the video shows him grabbing a reporter in southern florida. ted cruz fresh off an endorsement by wisconsin governor scott walker -- >> i have chosen to endorse ted cruz. >> reporter: says it shows a greater problem. >> now physical violence. that has no place in a political campaign and it has no place in our democracy. >> reporter: kasich agrees. >> if it was me, if i was in this circumstance, i would take -- i would take some sort of action. either suspension or firing.

>> reporter: hillary clinton applauded the reporter for following through on the incident. >> it certainly suggests that the authorities thought that her story was credible. >> reporter: in a surprise move, donald trump during that town hall said that he could not support a gop nominee that was not him if that's what the process proved. betty? >> thank you for that. you have to watch this, because last night, lewandowski's attorney bradford cohen he appeared on "all in" with chris hays. >> you're totally delusional, i never touched you. i never met you. you have to concede that's not true. >> what i concede when i look at the videotape is that it occurred over half a second. if you're at a baseball game and you brush against someone, and someone the next day says i was thrown to the ground or i was almost thrown to the ground, you're going to say that person is delusional because certainly

it is delusional. >> i never touched you is not true, we're looking at the tape of him touching her. >> it certainly looks he brushes by her. like i said before, he doesn't know who he was. >> do you know it makes you seem delusional if you concede the thing we're looking at. we're all looking at the video. well on the democratic side, bernie sanders is campaigning hard in wisconsin trying to build on momentum from his weekend wins ahead of next week's big primary. sanders went after wisconsin governor scott walker. >> in other words, you can get a pretty good understanding of what i'll do as president by looking at scott walker and seeing -- and saying i will do exactly the opposite. i am sure there are areas we agree on but i haven't seen them yet. >> the sanders campaign is also declaring victory after hillary clinton says she welcomes adding a democratic debate in new york ahead of the april 19th primary.

the clinton campaign originally says sanders' call for another debate was a stunt. be sure to watch msnbc tonight for exclusive candidate town halls. john kasich sits down with chuck todd at 7:00 and followed by trump joining chris matthews at 8:00. then at 9:00, hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be one-on-one in a special edition of "the rachel maddow show." as many break on the opposition to meet with merrick garland, the high court is seeing the reverberation of of antonin scalia's death. the court split its decision on public unions 4-4. this is the second one since scalia's death. it leaves a lower court's ruling in place. state worker unions can continue to collect fees from those who choose not to join since they enjoy the benefits of contract negotiations. but based on the past comments, justice scalia was expected to rule against allowing unions to charge nonmembers. the man accused of hijacking

an egyptair passenger jet is due in court this morning. he's identified as seif eldin mustafa. he passed through the airport in alexandria with personal items that he used to imply he was wearing an explosive belt. he demanded that the plane be diverted to cyprus where his ex-wife lives. then he finally surrendered to authorities but not before posing for this selfie with a passenger? really? fortunately, none of the passengers or the crew was injured. all right. so we are getting new details on how the fbi was able to hack the iphone of san bernardino shooter sayed farooq without apple's help. they turned overseas for assistance.

miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: four months after the san bernardinoer the roar attack, investigators finally -- terror attack, investigators finally have access to the cell phone of farook. they have been getting help from sell abite to encode the data. the justice department now dropping its court case against apple. >> it's not just about this one phone. it's about everyone's phones. >> reporter: daniel gilmore a tech expert with the aclu says many knowledgeable hackers could have gained access. >> they have an unlimited time and money, then they will get to the day that's on that device. >> reporter: gilmore says the fbi was trying to set precedent by going public. taking apple to court. across the country, law enforcement has hundreds of cases from crimes where investigators desperately want access inside locked smartphones. apple says the company will

continue to work with investigators. but people around the world deserve privacy and security. the fbi assistant director in charge, david bowdich says i'm satisfied that we have access to more answers than we did before. >> the fbi has now shown that there's a way of getting in, and that will make people feel insecure. >> reporter: it's unclear what information if any will come from farook's iphone and whether the fbi will tell apple how it hacked it so the tech giant can make the rest of their devices more secure. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning, landon. >> hey, there. good morning to you. there's no shortage of new cars on the market but which are the worst of the lot? consumer reports tackled the challenge looking for the lowest rated based on safety. the mitsubishi mirage, fiat 500

l, chrysler 200, lincoln mks and dodge journey. meanwhile, boeing plans to cut about 4,500 jobs from the commercial plane division and the unit that conducts flight tests. the cuts will come through a combination of voluntary layoffs and by not filling open positions. burger king is seeing red with the latest burger. the fast food giant creating a sequel to the angry whopper. and it's got a red bun. the angriest burger is topped with bacon, american cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and spicy angry sauce. the bun has hot sauce baked in, just for a little extra kick. it is available for a limited time only. betty, back over to you. >> angry sauce, just keep that in mind. that's what it's called, folks. so a bizarre 911 call from someone who got the wrong toppings on a pizza? plus, is the world ready for these delivery botts that brings food right to your door.

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the next storm should arrive monday into tuesday. this is not a forecast, but our long range computer models are showing the potential for a snowstorm monday night into tuesday in areas of the northeast. so we'll wait and see what happens. it may -- >> i thought last time that was -- that was the end of it. no more snow. >> it's always the end of it. after the last -- >> until the next one. >> always one more. >> thank you, bill. authorities in belgium, they continue to search for anyone involved in last week's terror attack. at a news conference officials lowered the death toll to 32 from earlier reports of 35. the public health ministry said 90 remain hospitalized. 30 in specialized burn units. and vermont fernando estrella was detained when a drug dog reacted to him. no drugs were found in his car but later during a cavity search, the equivalent of over 1400 bags of heroin were found inside his body.

north carolina governor pat mccrory signed a law preventing lgbt discriminations and now attorney general roy cooper is calling the law a national embarrassment. he says his office will not defend it in court. and now to connecticut, a woman upset with her pizza order actually called 911. >> 'cuz well i a ordered a maul pizza half cheese, and half bacon and they bring me half hamburger. so i called them back and they don't want to give my money pack. >> the dispatcher said that the call wasn't a police matter but sent an officer to the restaurant to prevent a confrontation. forgot drones, seen this little guy can be delivering packages in the nation's

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has based a beer series on the trump. friends don't let friends drive drumpf. it's described as hairy head topped on a body. harper lee reveals her thoughts about a trump hotel. the worst punishment that god can devise is to make the spirit reside at the trump taj mahal in atlantic city. they're written and signed by lee. the current bid for the trump themed letter is over $1,600. and from msnbc.com, rubio makes unprecedented bid to keep delegates for a contested convention. the unusual move comes as rubio may be preparing for a contested convention this summer. however, rubio has asked for his name to be removed from the

california primary ballot. the only former candidate to do so. the move is expected to help ted cruz and john kasich compete against donald trump. and this is, my friends, your morning dish of "scrambled politics." all right. let's get down to it. i want to bring in political analyst and best selling author ellis henican. good morning to you. we have to talk about this donald trump video. >> okay. >> and his reaction to it especially. so donald trump as we know rarely backs down, but here's the video right there that's surfaced. his campaign manager faces a misdemeanor battery charge for grabbing the reporter there. does trump's denial that anything happened make him seem unfit to make clear decision about this country? >> wait a second, are you expecting donald trump to back down and apologize? >> here's what's so interesting to me. this happened at one of his buildings. right? >> right. his camera. >> they vetted the video. they released the video.

>> turned it over. >> then they're saying what happened in the video didn't really happen? >> that lying video, right? >> i'm a little confused. help me understand this. >> you know, i understand why you might be a little confused but first of all, do not expect donald trump to back down. he will say that the video is lying before he will be willing to accept somehow or other his guy corey had done anything wrong. so this is just -- this is just trump standard operating procedure. >> but for voters listening to this and watching this play out, doesn't this throw up a big red flag? >> well, it depends where you start. if you like donald trump, oh, no, it's wonderful. he's standing by the his guy. not letting the media beat up on him. if you're skeptical about trump, you're saying he's refusing to face facts around to be such a stubborn, head strong person. >> he even -- he fired right back, tweeting out this.

with the picture, asking whether he should press charges against the former breitbart reporter. so could that hurt his momentum? because it's always a tit for tat. >> maybe it's michelle fields' fault for asking a question. listen, you're engaging in something very dangerous this year. >> what's that? >> logic. not a good idea. you know? you can't shake the supporters. they love their donald. they want more donald. >> well, it's definitely something to talk about. >> what were you thinking? >> i don't know. i don't know. logically, i guess. all right. ellis, thank you so much. >> good to see you. just ahead, a look at the life and the career of the late patty duke. xerox personalized employee portals help companies make benefits simple and accessible... from anywhere. hula dancing? cliff jumping! human resources can work better. with xerox. which allergy? eees. bees?

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tributes are pouring in after the sad news of the death of patty duke. she's the beloved child star who went on the legendary career on stage and screen. nbc's cynthia mcfadden looks back. ♪ >> reporter: if you were a television fan in the 1960s the theme of the patty duke show is sure to bring a smile. ♪ she said not long ago people still approach her in airports and sing the whole thing. ♪ her first starring role had come at the age of 12. dazzling broadway as helen keller in "the miracle worker." she won the academy award for her film portrayal of the blind girl.

at the time, the youngest person to ever win. it is the story that defined her career. in her 30s she took on the role of keller's teacher on television. this time, winning an emmy. she married four times. most famously to john astin who played gomez on "the addams family." they raised two sons who became actors. she said the love of her life was the husband of the last 30 years, michael pierce, with whom she adopted a son. she wrote an autobiography of her life, about her battle with bipolar disease. she became an advocate for the disease. >> i can look back from the grandma chair. and i can say, it's a good life. >> reporter: playing many starring roles in one lifetime. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york.

>> she'll be missed. i'm betty nguyen. be sure to like us on facebook. "way too early" starts right now. campaign managers aren't supposed to forcefully throw reporters to the ground. except she never went to the ground. she never even came -- she never even flinched. she didn't -- you know, if somebody grabs you, even one of the guys, even the bikers, if somebody grabs even a biker and punches you a little bit, whoa. right? i mean, the toughest guy. the toughest woman. look at her face. it's zero. they're going to destroy a man's life? >> donald trump's standing by his campaign manager who has now

been charged with battery after this incident with a reporter earlier this month. the republican front-runner now saying that he may press charges against that reporter. and a pledge, well, what pledge? the remaining republican candidates now trying to back away from their promise to support the eventual republican nominee. did he say it? the senate's top democrat harry reid accused of telling a candidate not to run for the house because, quote, a muslim cannot win this race. it's 5:30 in the morning on the east coast, it's 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." and a good morning to you. it's wednesday, march 30th, 2016. i'm steve kornacki here in new york. new reactions this morning to the arrest