coming up on "early today," the tense gop debate proved to be a texas sized slug fest. >> you'll have competition. you'll have so many different plains. >> now he's repeating himself. >> i watched himepeat himself five times four weeks ago. >> i saw you repeat yourself five times four seconds ago. he says everything we're going to win, win, win. >> you're all talk and no action. first of all this guy's a choke artist and this guy's a liar. >> and those were just the slower moments. developing overnight, new details on the kansas shooting. and aaron andrews leaves the courtroom as the jury is showing the naked video taken by her convicted stocker.

odds on who will take home the oscar. "early today" starts right now. i'm dara brown. it was a true tex tksas slug fest. both former president bush and barbara bush were in attendance. the donald wasn't one to sit back and take it, take a look at the top tweeted moment of the it night on the subject of replacing obama care. >> so, that's the only part of the plan, just the interstate competition? >> you'll have many different plans. yowlu'll have competition. you'll have so many different plans. >> so, now he's repeating himself. >> i watched him repeat himself five teams four weeks ago.

yourself five times five seksds ago -- seconds ago. he says five things, everyone's dumb, he's going to make america great again. we're going win, win, win and the lines around the state. every night. >> the second most tweetable exchange. >> donald, relax. >> go ahead. i'm relaxed. go ahead. don't get nervous. >> and cruz brings us full circle slamming trump on past health care positions. >> have you said you're a liberal on health care? >> let me talk. >> explain your plan, please. >> my plan is simple. we're going to have privatete health care but i will not allow people to die on the sidewalks and the streets of our country if i'm president. you may threat and you may be fine with it but i'm not fine with it.

>> answer the question. >> excuse . >> on wednesday, trump was the most googled candidate in the state of texas and during the debate the numbers were similar with ben carson and john kasich getting a boost. later cruz talked to nbc's hallie jackson about trump's tax returns. >> it was rather astonishing that he still refuses to hand over his tax returns. there's a real question of what's in there and if his oddaudit reveal he's committed tax fraud, voters deserve to know that now and not until is this general election. nobody can defraud the irs. >> governor kasich remained a positive tone after the debate. >> as the field gets narrower, it allows me to be in my comfort

i was able to get the time by being constructive and not in a war. >> and he's right. he edged out marco rubio in speaking time by just under a minute. dr. carson ended the night by talking about his news on medicine and the future of his campaign. >> people ask me all the time do you miss medicine? and i always say i miss the way it used to be. this would be one of my goals to make it fun again, to make it efishficient again. >> will you be in this race all the way to cleveland? >> it will depend how many delegates and how much enthusiasm we have. and hillary clinton is speaking out about her relationship with donald trump. >> how surprised are you that we woke up after nevada and everybody in washington said oh, my god, this guy is most likely going to be the nominee? >> i didn't know him that well

most surprising to me to see someone who was good company and affable and had a reputation of being bigger than life really traffic in a lot of the prejudice and paranoya doesn't quite fit what i thought i knew about him. so, it's going to be interesting to see what he decides to do with it and how he presents himself. but he has really been offensive and in many respects surprising to those of us who did bowknow him. >> meanwhile the new york times secall is calling for her to release her transcripts. >> i have talked about the fact that hillary clinton has received many millions off dollars from wall street for her

sheez arer er's received very large speaker fees from goldman sacks and by the way, i agree with the new york times editorial. where they urged secretary clinton to release the transcripts of the speeches she gave behind closed doors. >> clinton has responded. >> the real question underneath this is okay, if you take money from wall street, can you regulate wall street? well, barack obama took more money from wall street than any other to run for president, and i think you should be judged on what you've done. if you look at what caused the great recession, a bill he voted for in 2000 had a greater impact than most of the talk that we're now doing. so, let's get everybody out on

ieel like i don't mind being responsive. i don't mind answering questions. but at some point i want everybody to have to answer. >> i respect that call. can you assure the american people that you didn't say anything that would undermine your promise to be tough on big business and banks? >> absolutely. three people dead and 14 others injured after a gunman opened fire in multiple locations in rural kansas late yesterday afternoon. the shooter, armed withh a long gun and pistol, was killed by police while exchanging gun fire. nbc's dan schenamen reports. >> everybody says there was gun shots and a shooter and we kept hearing pop pop. >> reporter: it was towards the owned of the work day when athortsz ina authorities were called to a shooting and then word of an

industries. >> it didn't matter who it was. he's just shooting anyone that got in his way. >> reporter: he first shot someone in the plant's parking lot. >> he yelled and went do, do, do and went into the building. >> inside the building he shot a total of 15 people, four were killed including himself, the shooter. >> reporter: the sheriff says the loan gunman was killed after going on a shooting spree. the suspect was employed at the plant. dan schenamen. >> kansas governor will have flags lowered today in honor of the victims. the company argus the court order would violate its first

well as do significant damage to the security of their products. james comey said the code would only work on fuaroooos phone. and google, facebook, and microsoft all plan to write briefs in support of apple in the next week. and here's meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> we have to get through winter weather today and then it will warm up in areas of the great lakes. so, just be careful driving in some of those spots, otherwise, the weekend forecast is shaping up to be nice. we're dealing with record highs in the northern plains. montana goes to 60 today. 40s and 50s on the east coast. by saturday, there's your record high, minneapolis, 58 degrees, 71 in denver. we're talking sun tan weather

and then it starts to spread to the east. we jump to 67 on sunday in atlanta, should be 58 as far north as new york city. it's a fantastic looking spring weekend. now a closer look at your day ahead. so, again, the only troublesome weather is the cold temperatures and snow showers this morning. so could be slick roads through pennsylvania and new york. we'll warm up this afternoon. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. we'll also have to watch. super tuesday's going to be interesting next week. there's going to be a big storm, maybe even severe weather and snow. >> right now we'll take the jump on spring weather. thank you very much, bill. and an emotional aaron andrews leaves the courtroom as

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chilly and uncomfortable moments in court that caused aaron andrews to leave the courtroom. jurors saw for the firstime e tape at the center of her lawsuit that caught her naked in her hotel room captured by a stocker. here with more. >> reporter: the video that she says changed her life was shown to a room full of strangers. aaron andrews stepped out as the jury sat in the dark watching those stolen images viewed almost 17 million times. >> so, this is the first one, correct? >> yes, this is one of the ones. once it's on the internet, it's on the internet. >> reporter: michael david barrett altered the peep hole of

he a admitted to following her to three different hotels across the country. he offered a tearful apology, begging her forgiveness. >> his apology isn't good enough. it doesn't take the video off the internet. i've cried enough and it's not taking the video down. >> reporter: earlier andrew' therapist described the panic andrews felt when her stocker got out of jail and she wasn't told. andrews is expected to take the stand next week. hearing new testimony from the man she says left her hurt and humiliated. morgan radford, nbc news. some dramatic moments as a police officer in corps christi texas rescued a driver from the remains of a fiery crash and it

>> get outf the car. your truck's on fire. get out. come on. crawl out the passenger side door. your car is on fire. dude, you're on fire. >> the officer broke the window with his baton and then he and several onlookers pulled him to safety just before the fire engulfed his suv. the driver was treated at a hospital for nonlife threatening injuries. and surgeons in cleveland say they have performed the first uteerous transplant that used a uterus from a organ donor. just ahead, oprah winfrey loses $24 million as weight watchers is losing more than just a few pounds.ew pounds. the decision to ride on and save money. he decided to save money by switching

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now for some entertainment news. the oscars are sunday night and the las vegas odds makers have spoken. right now the odds on favorite is "spotlight" with 4 to 5 odds. and leonardo is the lead for best actor in his roll in "the revenant" with 1 to 5 odds. and brie larsson is the favorite to win with 1 to 3 odds.

director for "the revenant." the academy awards will air this sunday night on nbc. >> how can leonardo dw capicaprio -- he almost deserves it for his previous rolls. >> it was one of those crazy years where somebody was a hollywood favorite. well, big hollywood names are fighting against discrimination in the industry by joining a nonprofit production company. and woody allen got a big pay day for his next movie. amazon paid him $15 million for the streaming rights. that's more than sony pictures paid for his previous film. and a mary poppins sequel is in the works.

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we're following overnight breaking news out of berkeley county this morning, where we're told a deputy was shot while on duty just a few hours ago. this happened in goose creek. investigators tell us someone fired on the femaile deputy when she got out of her vehicle while on patrol just after midnight. she was rushed to a hospital and is reported in stable condition. right now we're told officers are still looking for a suspect, but a name or description has not been released. state police are also assisting in the investigation. we'll have more on this breaking story throughout the morning right here on sunrise. let's get your early morning started with a look at your forecast. tim miller is in the first alert storm center with your wake up weather. looks like march will come in like a lamb next week as we'll see mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies through tuesday as high pressure builds in through the first of next week. today, mostly sunny, a bit