american soil. he landed in houston at 2:30 this morning and greeted by his family, including his twin brother, former astronaut mark kelly. >> it was a very long trip. when i left here in february, i don't even know what day it was. i was 50 and now i'm 52. so -- but it feels great.. it's great to be back in texas, in u.s. -- on u.s. soil. it's an unbelievable feeling to be back here on planet earth, back in our great country and back with my family and friends. and this was not my flight. they talked about my year in space. it's not my achievement, it's nasa's achievement and our country's achievement. >> he spent 340 days aboard the international space station. a record for an american astronaut.

in height. a blistering super tuesday has republicans regrouping. and ben carson stopped short of officially ending his campaign. that leaves just four republicans on tonight's stage. donald trump will face off with fox news's megyn kelly for the first time since the august debate debate, which donald trump boycotted the second fox hosted debate. and many are wondering if there's any way to stop a juggernaut. and mitt romney will hold a press conference. presses say he'll speak on the state of the republican race, leading to speculation that he plans to slam the run away candidate, which garnered a

failed candidate. jimmy felon pulled levity from trump's super tuesday's speech with a littleal help from a two-dimensional chris christie.ie >> this has been an amazing night. we've already won five states and it looks like we could win six, or seven, or eight or nine. maybe a mailillion. i want to thank governor christie for his unblinking support. he's like my mini me except bigger. he's like my mega me. you can go home. good boy. meanwhile hillary clinton greeted a crowd at amareradio city misic hall. >> people in every corner of the country came out to support the future we're building together. >> and new york governor andrew

shot at the gop frontrunner. >> we build a wall, the big wall, a thousand mile wall, like the china wall. ium -- i'm going to build a wall. >> and that may not long. reports signal the e mail controversy might spring back to life. both papers report that the fbi investigation is now trying to determine if a crime was committed, with one official saying there was wrong doing. nbc news has reached out to the justice department for confirm it -- conformation, but have yet to respond. and bernie sanders promising to fight on.

over $10 million in february, he has a war chest to take the battle many more months. and part owner of the oklahoma city thunder died yesterday in a fiery car crash this is one day after being indicted for conspiring to suppress oil and natural gas prices. he faced up to 10 years in prison and a fine. they said he was traveling at a high rate of speed well over the speed limit and that he drove through a field before crashing in an over pasand had plenltyty of time to get back on the road. it wasad so badly burned, it was unclear if he was wearing a seatbelt. watch as a video shows a group of about 10 disguised

pull the security bars right off the building and in total the thieves made off with more than 50 weapons and caused extensive damage to the store. they have made arrests but multiple suspects are still at large. they're offering a $5,000 reward leading to more arrests. president obama is betvetting iowa james kelly as a potential nominee. the fbi has started conducting background checks on kelly. this could pose a difficult decision for iowa senator and head of the senate judic yareiary committee, who have vowed not to take up any of president obama's nominees. but he long timed praised the public defender and she was confirmed unanimously to her position. and now to a new twist in

by sports caster, erin andrews after a stocker secretly taped her naked in a hotel room. there are new information that an executive was seen in public tuesday watching the stocker video with friends while they commented on it. here with more details. >> reporter: erin andrews arriving the in the court house for day six of testimony. but there would be a delay and a bomb shell. >> do you have any comment? >> reporter: neal, an executive with west end hotel partner, which owned the hotel where erin andrews was secretly filmed by a stocker. he testified on monday. he and two friends were at a nashville restaurant where andrews' naked viral video was

a waitress said they were making fun of her body. in a statement he says his friends started view thaging the video. i asked them to stop but it wasn't as quickly as i hoped. i sincerely apologize for my participation in what happened. exposure like this is what andrews has emphasized all week. >> this will always be on the internet. there will always be a reminder. >> reporter: her worst nightmare playing back to life. and we're ready to celebrate for -- pump the brakes, but, but, but. >> slam on the brakes. >> we could be close to winter's last hurrah. >> i like to say this will be

i certainly hope so. it's negative wind chill in caribou caribou. and even the big cities on i 95 are in the 20s. a very cold morning. and the great lakes are in the 20s and as far south as lexington, kentucky, it feels like the 20s.he this storm is going to move briefly just close enough to some of the cold air for snow. we have a little this morning, chicago, south, we're not getting a lot of snow but a little coating out there. fort wayne will get a little bit of snow. so, as far as snow totals go, this, area of northern indiana couldna pick up one to two inches of snow. just a coating in areas of northwestern ohio. and we could get a little bit of

enough to plow around areas like richmond richmond. that's your national weather, now a closer look at your day ahead. we've had thunderstorms over night in arkansas, those will push through mississippi and alabama. there's that cold air in northern new england. so, virginia, not often they get snow in march but that will be the case tonight. >> they'll be ready for it. thank you very muff. just ahead, on the loose in a busy time's square. and a traffic stopic stop what brand of makeup is better for your skin than wearing no makeup at all? neutrogena cosmetics. powders, concealers and foundations in new shades for more skin tones. with vitamins and antioxidants. your skin will look beautiful

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this is "early tnow at 4:30 -- parents on edge this morning have to check with my mom but i'm pretty sure i'm not because i'm too scared. >> now at 4:30, parents on edge this morning after a school threat, what charges the accused student may face. plus a triage update to the story of -- tragic update to the story of a south carolina boy hit by a car. and the race for the white house trudges on. who won't be showing up at tonight's gop debate. good morning, thanks for being here with us, i'm brooke katz with larry sprinkle, but first we want to talk about the forecast. it's chilly out there. >> definitely a big change with yesterday and today. clear skies and well, traffic looking okay as well. we're looking at the streets of the city this morning, that's i- 77 at woodlawn. northbound. brooke will be here throughout the morning to let you know about that. now the temperatures, yes, definitely a chilly start to the morning. regardless of where you are up

29 at lincoln and that's matching wadesboro and albemarle at the freezing mark 32 and in the queen city as well. 33 rock hill and chestering south carolina at -- chester, south carolina at 34 degrees. at this time yesterday morning most of the area was in the mid- and upper 40s. radar showing us a little band of light snow showers tracking towards asheville. the bulk of the precipitation is back across missouri and all the way down the arkansas tennessee and louisiana. that system is tracking in our direction. that's why later today, especially this evening, we could see some showers. now in the mountains, they can see late afternoon rain and snow. this is going to be cold up there with temperatures in the 30s. foothills mainly cloudy and late evening rain. or late afternoon rain showers there. and for the piedmont, clouds will increase and we'll see our rain chances over the evening with temperatures today once again in the 50s. we'll check that official seven day forecast coming up in a minute. brooke? right now students afraid to go to class after police say