it's thursday, february 4th, coming up on "early today," hillary clinton and bernie sanders trade jabs. ahead of their first one on one debate tonight. meanwhile. >> it is no surprise that donald is throwing yet another temper tantrum or a trumpertantrum. >> cruz hits back after trump accuses him of voter fraud in iowa. and the judge decides the sexual assault case against bill cosby will move forward. and what caused a mashive hole in an airliner in somalia. and a giant panda makes his

you don't want to miss it. "early today" starlths ts right now. tonight democratic candidate said hillary clinton and bernie sanders will face off in their first ever one on one debate with things getting heated as the race kindles closer. sanders is doubling down on calling clinton a moderate and not a progressive. an attack she says she's disappointed in. >> it was kind of a low blow when senator sanders said in response to a question, well, you know maybe she's a progressive on some days. >> you can be a moderate and a progressive. across the aisle it's becoming more brutal. trump says he will probably file a formal complanlt and int and may even challenge the iowa caucus results.

carson was dropping out. and cruz has responded. >> it is no surprise that donald is throwing yet another temper tantrum or if you like, yet another trumper tantrum and i understand he finds it very hard to lose. that he finds it very difficult for him but at the end of the day, the iowa people spoke. >> i don't think that new word is going to take off. i'm joined by tracie potts live in washington. >> reporter: we're on the way to new hampshire and one thing we're learning new hampshire is not iowa. the numbers totally different there. donald trump with a double digit lead and on the other side, bernie sanders saying he's the underdog but that's not what the numbers show. tonight's msnbc debate is hillary clinlt ton's last chance to

>> if this is about our record, hey, i'm going to win by a land slide tuesday. >> reporter: he's hammering clinton on her six figure speeches. >> i do not know any progressive who has a super pack and takes $15 million from wall street. >> reporter: her response. >> i don't know. that's what they offered. >> reporter: the leading republican, donald trump, is claiming he could have won iowa if cruz hadn't sent out false information that said carson was dropping out. >> you know these pall tishz oliticians are brutal. they are a bunch of dishonest cookies. >> i wake up and laugh at the latest thing donald has tweeted because he's losing it. >> reporter: rubio is a close number three here. >> ultimately i think it goes

that's the willingness to say or do anything. >> reporter: santorum dropped out and indorsed rubio. but rand paul dropped out and indorsed no one. mike huckabee also out now, so the field is definitely getting smaller. >> now as tracie mentioned, hillary clinton and bernie sanders debate live in durham. it all starts tonight at 9:00 eastern on msnbc. and in pennsylvania, a judge ruled wednesday prosecutors can move forward with their sexual assault case against bill cosby. this after his defense team argued the 78-year-old couldn't be charged over an agreement with the local attorney. >> reporter: the sexual assault

a pennsylvania judge ruled there was no agreement between cosby and proskurtd ecutor prosecutors. this cosby's attorneys contend he had been promised a decade ago that charges would never be filed. this comes a second straight day after arguments and testimony. and he said he believes the 2005 decision not to prosecute cosby was irrevocable. and pointed to caster's news release announcing the decision as proof charges would never be filed. tuesday caster himself testified that when he decided cosby wouldn't be charged, he meant none of his successors would prosecute him either. and schmidt says if the threat

cosby never would have testified in a civil suit against him. this is him admitting to giving her pills and wine, which gave them enough evidence to file charges against cosby late last year. he couldn't find any case law that matches the scenario in the cosby case and instead forging out on his own and the prosecution of the comedy icon can continue. nbc news norris town, pennsylvania. cosby has said sex was consensual and denied all allegations of sexual misconduct. florida governor rick scott. at least nine cases of zika have been in florida. in an effort to contain the outbreak, the red cross is

before donating blood back here in the u.s. and it's mated an appearance in georgia and texas with another 11 cases reported there. meanwhile in brazil tourists carnival. and they're rushing to spray pesticides in front of a crowd that could attract up to 1 million people. officials continue to examine the events that tore a hole in the side of a somali plane midflight tuesday. they see no evidence of terror group, al-shabaab's involvement but can't rule it out. >> reporter: the moments after an explosion ripped a hole in airliner. flapping as it desends from 12,000 feet. they claim a burning man was sucked out.

sengers stunningly calm, walked away. >> we couldn't see anything for a few seconds. >> reporter: experts are studying the images for clues. >> it's evident it happened from inside out. that means it looks like it originated inside the cabin and blew the structure outwards. >> reporter: could it have been a bomb or failure to the plane. a plane in honolulu, passengers torn from the seats. while in 2011, a plane lost part of its roof. metal fatigue was blamed and then attempted terrorism. richard reed tried to detonate explosives in his shoes. and in 2009 on a detroit bound plain had explosives in his underwear, the device failed.

news no shrapnel has been found and the cause is unclear but the country is home to al qaeda-lirnged qaeda- qaeda-linked extremists. experts say had this plane been flying at a higher altitude, it might have suffered the same catastrophic fate. nbc news, london. wow. punxsutawney phil may have predicted an early spring but on medicine lake it was a brisk degrees. pretty radical, dude. could you do that? >> no, but i'd love to. >> never seen that before. let's talk about the southeast where we have all the

still bad rain along the south carolina coast. florida, especially north florida as we go through the day today. heaviest rains right now, south carolina from charlson to myrtle beach and during the day, the front is going to try to inch off the coast. there's the storm as we go throughout the afternoon. and melbourne area possibly going to get storms. and note this is front snakes. this is where it gets more interesting later on tonight as an area of low pressure tries to form and sneak up the coast. a winter watch has been issued for almost over to boston, the providence area included. it looks like just enough moisture that we're going to get plowable snow. forecast on cape cod 4 to 6 inches. back towards boston and providence. but if it inches closer, we could push totals even further. as of now, it doesn't look like

you. so, the forecast for today. nice weather oklahoma to dallas. very typical southeast to the 50s. and there will be a lot more talk about cold next week. that's your national weather, now a closer look at the day ahead. florida has one more warm day in the 80s and then the thunderstorms and cold front will cool you off. not too cold in the great lakes but there are snow showers in areas of michigan. so, for our friday morning, looks like there will be school delays and maybe even cancellations in new england tomorrow. >> thanks. just ahead, a california lotto winner has just hours to claim a $63 million jackpot. plus, a horrific highway crash caught on camera. you're watching "early today." stay with us. eck this out, bro. what's that, broheim? i switched to geico and got more. more savings on car insurance? yeah bro-fessor, and more.

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bad news if you're planning to file your fed red light tax returns online. the irs has been experiencing computer system failure and cannot accept electronically filed tax returns right now. they hope the problems will be resolved today. in a statement they said we continue to expect that nine out of 10 taxpayers will receive their refunds within 21 days. president obama made a historic stop to a mosque in maryland yesterday where he warned about the growing presence of mosques abroad, this was the first to one in the u.s. if you're the lucky person

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>> this is 7news now. >> christa: good morning on this mild thursday morning. we're getting things started with "today in new england." >> sarah: here are some of the stories we're working on for you. with only five days to go until the new hampshire primary, all of the major candidates are in the granite state today. the republicans have more than 20 events planned. meanwhile, bernie sanders and hillary clinton will take part in their final debate before the primary. >> christa: and firefighters battedling flames and don't forget the strong winds this morning in lawrence. a huge fire destroying a multifamily home. downed power lines are also being blamed right now for sparking that fire. >> sarah: take a look at this video from swampscott last night. lines. you can see the bark on the ground there. there were no injuries reported.

as for this morning, it seems a awfully mild. just feels kind of nice out there, chris. >> chris: absolutely. temperatures into the mid-50s. that mild air, we had gusty winds last night and overnight into early this morning. rockport, 65mph wind gusts. south boston at 51. cambridge at 43. we picked up a decent amount of rain, about a half an inch to an inch across the area. 56 in plymouth. 58 in fitchburg. very warm start to the day. you don't see this often in february, although we've been saying that a lot the last four days. take a look at the wind direction out of the southwest. that southwesterly wind has been active this morning, but it's also dragging in that mild air. now, we have dried out in a lot of place, however, a few spotty showers developing down through connecticut and into rhode island and also a couple spotty showers back through upstate new york. so i can't rule out passing shower or two this morning, but i do expect partial sunshine as we get into the afternoon. you got to love new england

we're going from the mid-50s today to a winter storm watch in effect for tonight into early friday afternoon for rain changing over to snow down through southeastern mass. it looks like we could get a good slug of some wet snow for tomorrow morning just in time for the morning commute. timing the storm out, as we go through this afternoon, yes, we catch some dry times through the evening hours, and then as we go through the overnight hours, the rain moves back in. temperatures start off at 40 degrees, but as colder air works in, that rain going over to snow. it will be snowing for a lot of us during the morning commute tomorrow. the heaviest of the snow the further south and east you go, down through southeastern mass where we had that winter storm watch posted. how much snow to expect? more on that as "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: good morning. lawrence families forced from their home by fire. a wild night made it tougher on firefighters. >> sarah: a small state with a big impact in the race for the white house.