of your friends destroyed this economy -- >> you know -- >> excuse me. i'm talking. >> we'll tell you how the candidates faired after weekend voting ahead of tuesday's big day. and check out the world's largest aircraft. nfl legend peyton manning plans to call it a career later today. and much more on a big monday. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm dara brown. world wide reaction continues to pour in over the death of nancy reagan. the words used to describe her. loyal, devoted, shrewd, and protective. former president jimmy carter said she'll also be admired for her strength of conviction and livelong devotion to her husband. nancy reagan was totally devoted to president ragger. her strength of character and legendary particularly when tested by the attempted

battles with alzheimer's. police reagan was fearly loyal to her beloved husband and that devotion was matched only by her devotion and from the president and first lady, in her long good-bye with president reagan she became a voice on behalf of millions of families going through the depleting aching rereality of alzheimer's. we look back at how nancy reagan's public journey began on the public screen. >> nancy davis was an actress herself when she met ronald reagan on the mgm lot in 1949. he was already a star. but although she had he own hollywood dreams she later said she found her a greatest role as his wife. >> i think i was born to be married. i was the happiest girl in the world when "i" became "we." >> they married in 1952, a simple ceremony and even appeared together in "hell cats of the navy". >> i began to think you were

>> you could have known better. >> how could i. >> from then on her own description her life was dough voted to her husband, as merry to her two children patty and ron and stepmother to his two children by former wife jane wyman. then came politics and her long career in politics. first as first lady to governor ronald reagan in 1986. >> what would you say to the voters? >> my. just say ronnie, i guess. >> and then to president reagan, i guess, in 1980. after the president was shot by a would-be assassin two months into his first term, his wife was forever shaken. >> every time he went out and talked to thousands of people, my heart stopped. >> but she carried on. steadfast in her chosen roles as the president's protector, best

efforts like the anti-drug campaign campaign for which she was forever linked. >> when it comes to drugs and alcohol, just say no. >> reporter: she was criticized for consulting an astrologer over the president's schedule. dubbed queen nancy for her expensive taste in fashion and whout decourse and managing her husband. but the thing is she never wavered as a loving ways in all the ways she knew. when in the mid-'90s. the president revealed he had been dying nosed with alzheimer's disease, the partner who would never leave his side visited the white house line brair to share. >> we learn of the terrible pain and loneliness must be endured as each day brings another reminder of this very long good-bye. >> so, nancy, let me say thank you for all you do.

thank you for just being you. >> reporter: she stayed close to her ronnie even in her last years. she made it a point to be there when the reagan library hosted election year debates and to visit her husband's resting end. >> the reagan family says mrs. reagan died peacefully in her sleep sunday. she was 94 years old. in her honor, flags have been ordered to fly at half-staff at the u.s. capitol and in california flowers are being left outside the reagan library where she'll be laid to rest alongside her husband. funeral plans have not yet been released. and now to the 2016 election. both candidates were quick to hit the ongoing water crisis in the city and didn't hold back on michigan governor rick snyder's role or his future. >> so i swrould a full investigation, determine who

should be fired. >> president sanders would fire anybody who knew about what happened. i believe the governor of this state should understand that his dereliction of duty was irresponse, he should resign. >> i agree. the governor should resign or be recalled, and we should support the efforts of citizens attempting to achieve that. >> governor snyder has responded saying in part, in the coming days, political candidates will be leaving flint and michigan, and they will not be staying to help solve the crisis, but i am committed to the people of flint. i will fix this crisis and help move flint forward. later on things got testy over the bailouts in the economy. >> some of your friends destroyed this economy. >> you know.

i'm talking. >> if you're going to talk, tell the whole story, senator sanders. >> let me tell my story. you tell yours. >> i will. >> i said let the billionaires bail themselves out of wall street. it shouldn't be the middle class of this country. >> okay, so -- >> wait a minute. can i finish. you'll have your turn. >> that is like the nra's position, no. >> can i finish, please? all right. >> bernie sanders helped his case this weekend with wins in maine, nebraska, and kansas. hillary clinton won. both candidates now look ahead to primaries in michigan and mississippi. the republicans also face off tomorrow as well as the idaho primary and hawaii caucus. this as ted cruz had a big weekend. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more.

grand entrance at the world golf championship keeg up a fierce fight on marco rubio's home turf. >> marco rubio had a very, very bad night and personally i'd call for him to drop out of the race. >> the billionaire front-runner trouncing his rivals on super saturday in louisiana and kentucky, but ted cruz is surging after decisive wins in kansas and maine, now only 87 delegates behind trum snoop there's only one campaign that's beat him once, not twice, but five times. >> this is shaping up to be a two-person race because only donald trump and ted cruz have shown the ability to win repeatedly. >> reporter: the so-called establishment may not like cruz. >> but if ted's the alternative to trump, he's at least a republican conservative. >> reporter: he finished fourth in maine, third everywhere else. >> reporter: last night he won puerto rico's delegate.

on tuesday, michigan votes and the nbc news wall street maris poll shows it. he campaigned in his crucial home state of ohio with arnold swartz anythinger. we need to connect with one another because that's the spirit of america. that's where america lives. >> gabe gutierrez reporting. 30-year-old kyle odom is wanted for critically wounding pastor tim redman in a parking lot of a church. on saturday he delivered invocation for rally statement for ted cruz. our prayers are with pastor tim, his family, and the doctors supervising his care.

players has told the patef them the is retiring. he's calling it quits after 18 nfl seasons most of them with the indianapolis colts. last month he led the broncos to victory in super bowl 50. he's expected to make an official announcement later today. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with your monday forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning. we're forgetting about winter. springlike see nair yoechl temperatures are warming up, spring weather, flooding. we're going to have a mix of it all. they're going to be widely scattered severe storms. there are 15 million people at risk for the severe storms including wichita, dallas-ft. worth, san antonio, waco to san angelo. again, isolated tornados. the beggar threat today will be large hail and damaging winds. but tomorrow looks like greater threat of severe weather. we veefb an enhanced risk already issued from waco to san antonio to houston. 15 million people are at risk, a slight risk.

10 million people and this will include a greater chance of tornadoes later in the day. once we get past the severe weather threat, we're going to see a continuing weather. very high moisture content over louisiana, east texas, and arkansas. we have a really good chance of a significant flood event in this area. over the next five days, predictions have anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain, little rock to houston to lake charles. significant rainfall. wheel watch the flooding threat today and severe weather over the next two days and finally the warmth final making it to new york city. file tomorrow we'll bring it here. that's a look at your national weather. here's a closer look at your day ahead. well, the severe weather threat will be later today. temperatures will be warm and you'll notice the humidity increasing right along the gulf coast. it will make it up to cleveland, grand rapids, and detroit.

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the screen actors guild ronald reagan. when they sat down to dinner each claimed to have an early call the next day, an old actor's excuse in case things didn't go well. no such insurance was needed. march 4th marked their 64th anniversary. when you look at their days in california to their time in the white house, they so often looked like lovestruck kids, soulmates, the loves of each other's life. this is a letter from the president to mrs. reagan pulled from an nc special. mrs. reagan reads, dear first lady, as president of the united states, it's my honor and privilege to cytoyou the service above and beyond the call of duty and that you have made one man, me, the most happy man in the world for 29 years. >> they were inseparable, steadfast, especially in times of trial. through the assassination attempt, her breast cancer. >> i'll say welcome home.

through sickness and health till death do us part. that was ronnie and nancy. some years after the president's death, police reagan told "vanity fair," i miss ronnie a lot, an awful lot. people say it gets better. no, it does not. their love explained best by the president himself who wrote to mrs. reagan, i'm not whole without you. you are life itself to me. that is a love story. harry smith, nbc news, new york. and their letters back and forth to each other are really such an amazing show of commitment and love they have together. >> hopefully we'll get to look atmore of those. to me it's the first first lady i remember and the "just say no" campaign is like the biggest thing. >> and those pictures seem like yesterday but ronald reagan has been gone for a while too, '94. now it's time to look ahead.

with children showing high levels of lead will file a lawsuit. and happy birthday to actress and comedian yacht wanda sykes who turns 52. breaking bad star bryan cranston turns 60 and football hall of famer lynn swann turns 64 today. i'm dara brown along with bill karins.

hope you have a great monday. breaking news overnight, police chased a suspect through two local cities. 10 on your side's rico bush is live at police headquarters pushing for answers. police in hampton roads investigate eight separate shootings from over the weekend. one person died and several teens were injured. brian sloggie / woken by gunshots c0025 7:30 " well its

virginia beach, suffolk, chesapeake, portsmouth whatever. it's scary man." 7:40 we'll explain what happened city by city. and remembering nancy regan. this morning many people look back at their fond memories with the former first lady following her death. we have a lot more news to cover before you head out the door. jen lewis is keeping an eye out on any traffic problems on the road. and many of us woke up to some ice on the car this morning. yet meteorologist jeremy wheeler is here to talk about a warm-up. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: mostly sunny. highs will be in the low 60s. winds sw 5-15mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the upper 40s. winds sw 10mph. tuesday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the low 70s. winds sw 5-10mph. in the low 60s. high pressure will be in control of the weather for the next few days. we'll see fair skies with warmer temperatures. highs will be mainly in the 70s. it will feel like spring basically all week. the