it's monday, march 14th. coming up on "early today," vitriol and violence filled many donald trump rallies over the weekend but will tuesday's big vote accident the front-runner? dangerous tornado in multiple states and deadly floods inundate thousands caught as waters continue to rise. a police cruiser is stolen leading cops in a high-speed chase of one of their own heavily armed cars. plus let the bracketology begin at the ncaa tournament is set. where in the world has richard simmons been. and "saturday night live" lights up the weekend with the return of larry david. "early today" starts right now.

i'm dara brown. we're only one day out from tuesday's all important primaries in five states including winner-take-all ohio and florida and hillary clinton looks to put it away, donald trump is ahead. john kay success was ahead in ohio. mitt romney as part of his anti-trump crusade is campaign campaigning today in ohio with kasich, although, he's not expected to make an endorsement at this time. the rubio campaign has started encouraging supporters to vote kasich in ohio in an effort to defeat trump, but this has been overshadowed by increased violence of trump's campaign convenience. nbc's gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: the atmosphere talks of grotesque interruptions of opponents. >> get them out of here. get them out. get them out now. >> reporter: this after secret

saturday when one protester rushed the stage hours after a chicago rally because canceled amid violent clashes. on wednesday a trump supporter punched a man. >> i don't accept responsibility. >> reporter: trump came to his defense. >> i don't condone violence. i don't condone what he did. but you know what? not nice on the other side either. >> it's possible you could help him with legal fees if this man needs it. >> i actually instructed my men to look into it, yes. >> reporter: in illinois, this man was among those kicked out telling halle jackson he thinks trump is inciting the violence. >> i get impassioned about the hate that's being shown. >> reporter: marco rubio is very considered that someone could lose their life at a trump event. he's in florida, his make-or-break home state grasping for votes as our new

him behind, 2-1. >> he's turned into a circus, a complete fiasco, a carnival. >> reporter: john kasich securing a win in ohio. >> i think when people around the world see americans clocking each other at a campaign rally it's like we're in disarray. that's what they're going to try to say. it will be used as a propaganda tool. >> reporter: a prolonged fight against trump. >> responsibility starts at the top, and it is not beneficial when you have a presidential candidate like donald trump telling his supporters punch that guy in the face. >> reporter: the gop front-runner remains defienlts, rye fusing to pull any punches on his way to the nomination. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez reporting. well, trump is now blaming the democrats and specifically bernie sanders for the violence at his events, accusations which

out call donald trump a liar. hillary clinton is doubling down saying foreign leaders have reached out to say they want to know if they can endorse her to stop donald trump. nbc's kristen welker has more. >> reporter: donald trump calling for the arrests of violent proeffort at his ralgys now saying democrats are orchestrating them, laying blame directly at bernie sanders. >> they had bernie sanders signs all over the place and they were made by bernie sanders people. >> reporter: sanders dismissing trump's claim. >> we have never, ever once called anybody to do anything like that. the truth is this guy really is a pathological liar. >> reporter: trump threatening retaliation tweeting bernie sanders is lying when he says disrupters aren't told to go to my events bchl careful, bernie, or my supporters will go to yours. they denied getting violent

around. >> i've been getting death threats since the trump rally and it's something that came with the territory. these are the types of people that are supporting donald trump. they've been calling me "n" words. >> reporter: this comes as the democrats are in a tight race after sanders with a tight win in michigan. in her home state of illinois topping sanders by only six points. clinton caused amoo nor dust-up saturday accusing sanders being an certificate during the 1990s health care debate. >> i don't know where he was. >> reporter: prompting sanders to post this video showing him standing behind her. >> i'm gratefuls would join us today. >> reporter: clinton was leading the fight but sanders isn't

>> to criticize me ons not quite fair because i have been a leader in congress from day one in the fight for universal health care. >> nbc's kristen reporting. >> six people are dead with thousands displaced as heavy flooding moved through the south with many more people in aood watch. they set march records with as much as two 2 feet over the past five days. spawning twisters in arkansas. texas the sabean river reached 29 feet yesterday morning and could hit 35 feet by tomorrow breaking the record set in 1884. the louisiana national said over 2,400 people and 200 pets were rescued by sunday night. they distributed almost 100 sandbags across 13 the storms. bill karins will have a look at the intense weather coming up. a car bombing h night at a busy bus

the death toll now stands at 37 with 125 wounded. say two of the dead are believed to beant assailants. two weeks ago they hadamerican citizens that will there could be a possible terrorist attack. this is the third deadly explosion in that city in just the past five n unusual police chase in los angeles when a police cruiser reportedly carrying weapons was stolen. topping speeds of 100 milesur at times, knbc's chopper followed the nearly hour-long sharp turn, red-light, high speeds. left turn through the alley and he's kind of stuck. he's got nowhere to >> police pinned the drive. shots were fired and the suspect was pronounced dead on the scene. it was not immediately clear

authorities are running parallel criminal and administrative investigations. richard simmons is a "new york daily news" report that alleges he's being held against his will inod hills home. he's said, he's not kidnapped and the people that surround him is taking care of he's had a knee replacement hand & has been taking it easy. he hasn't been seen in public since 2014. on saturday they posted an say citing that his housekeeper, brother, and his manager are keeping him isolated. nbc meteorologist bill h more on that severe weather we've been talking about. bill, good morning. >> a little rough last night in numerous reports of tornados. nothing that was too damaging or included deaths. rolling across southern portions of illinois, western portions of

and narc ville. these storms have weakened antly. just a rumble or two waking you up in tupelo. today and tomorrow we have two small risks of light weather. hail out of this today. from greensboro to charlotte to rocking ham. north carolina is tarted before l head up in the mountains near roanoke and bluefield and areas of west virginia and charleston area ofa late tomorrow night. and then tuesday, tomorrow, of course, we've got a lot of states voting tomorrow. ohio and illinois. we're going to see storms, butl be late. that's going to be tuesday, a severe weather threat including indianapolis, chicago, and springfield. the other story today, the heat in texas.elcome to summer. 90. that's your national weather. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. well, big changes in thend mid-atlantic states too. chilly weather and rainy weather. philadelphia and new york city up into boston.

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we've got showers going through early this morning. maybe a wintry mix. isolated storms this areas of north carolina and maybe areas of virginia too. of course, you should see some scattered travel delays. i know we have a lot of fog in ouis and up to chicago. air travel could be difficult with rain in areas of new england. tomorrow, as far as the voting looks great. not many problems during the daylight hours but during the night we could see some storms but nothing that should stop anyone polls. >> that should be good news. thank you so much. now it's time for they gave details about hillary clinton's upcoming appearance on their show. the duo said the fact that the producer amy poehler used toy clinton on "saturday night live" helped them get in touch with the campaign. it will air this sunday on comedy central. maybe

a chance to run away >> that was actress kristen bell singing at a mini "frozen" reion yn. bell, idena menzel and josh got together for an organization called >> olaf, by the way. there's good news. larry stiles has been offered a role. he's known for "the dark and "inception." well, the cast of "game of thrones" got together to help the international rescue committee for a video that wassterday. they're asking viewers to donate to help refugees escaping the war in the middle east. and everyone's bernie sanders impersonator made his way back to "saturday night live" over the weekend. senator, many thick you need these super delegates to win the >> not true, no.

i have the voters. my message is resonating with a very diverse group of, and i've about got supporters of all ages, 18-year-old, 19-year-olds. that's it. the young people love me. >> i tell you. what politic has done for late night television and "snl" has y -- >> klkts you take everything and times it by ten. yeah, bernie sanders has some of the younger votes. just the comments like that. >> bringing back larry david and back bill clinton and using hillary clinton, it's really remarkable. tomorrow is a huge day, you know, for people like "game of thrones" comes out tonight. these when we lock ourselves away and binge watche. >> we're back on "saturday night live." i'm dara brown and this is "early today." this is "early today." round)

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