it's friday, march 25th. coming up on "early today," the manhe hunt continues uncon in connection to the brussels terror attack. p. the mudslinging gets personal. march madness is in full swing. and pope francis performs the preeaster washing of the feet. and a big weekend ahead. "early today" starts right now.

good hifriday. thank you for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. seven people have been arrested in belgium in raids related to tuesday's terror attacks s attack. their now their identities and rolls are unclear. however, the third suspect on the right wearing a light colored hote and color colorered coat and hat is still on the run. and we are learning more about the brothers involved in tuesday 's attack and just what u.s. counterterrorism authorities knew about them. nbc claudia is live in brussels. what's the latest there? >> reporter: as you can see the manhunt on the terrorists continues here in brussels. we don't know whether the man wearing a hat pictured next to

airport was among the two arrested. and we don't know if he's the only terrorist unacount u accounted for. and thai revealed there may have been a second attacker at the metro station here. we don't know if he died or got away too. and we just learned secretary john kerry landed in brussels. he's here to express sympathy of united states in the attack in belgium. and we don't know if he's going to talk about how the authorities have dealt with the threat. because we've learned that the two brothers have been lirng nked with terrorism all along. and one was arrested in 2015 and they warned him that he may be a

khaled, he was issued an international arrest warrant in relation to the perishes air ris attacks. and they acknowledged there were mistakes made. and the prime minister said you don't leave the field when the country is at war and this is exactly what it feels like. >> well, the state department says there is no credible evidence thatdi suggests americans were s targeted in the attacks. so foor there are no reports of americans among the casualties. and one american couple is still missing. justin and stephanie schultz, who live in brussels.us they were dropping off stephanie's mother uth other at the airport, she is safe but they have not heard from justin or stephanie since the attack. and terrorists with family ties.

suicide bombers this week at brussels airport and subway station are sickeningly nothing new. the attack on the french mag gene, charlie hebdo last year involved two brothers. the boston bombings included two sibling siblings. on e said families were recruited on the mullen beck street corners. yes, they will kill you if you leave, he says. salah abdeslam allegedly joined isis with his brother. abraham abdeslam died in paris a suicide bomber. u.s. intelligence agencies are

fearing another attack. >> back here at home. the race for president is getting even more personal. on the republican side, the war of words has turned into a war of wives. this as a new poll shows donald trump having trouble with female voters. hally jackson reports. >> reporter:re a single retweet frontrunners. donald trump showing this photo to his 7,000,000 followers. his wife side by side with ted cruz's, with the phrase "the images are worth a thousand words." >> your 're a snivling coward. >> you just looked in the camera and said he is a coward. will you support him? >> he will not be the nominee. >> reporter: cruz and wife heidi in wisconsin taking his toughest tow yet.

>> reporter: trump campaign manager saying this is his effort to gain attention and try to stay relevant and insists trump has great relationships with trump and megyn kelly simply "seriously?" nearly half said they couldn't imagine picking trump and among women 7 in 10 have a negative view of trump. >> nobody respects women more than i do. sfwlrks >> reporter: he's repeatedly defended himself and his wife has too. >> he treats women the same as men. >> reporter: nbc news. wisconsin.si >> meanwhile, hillary clinton out of the line of political fire, appeared on jimmy kimmel last night. they poked fun at criticism kimmal slinging advice the presidential candidate. >> thank you, it's wonderful to be here with all of you. >> wait a second.

>> you're shouting. you're too loud. it hurts my ears. it comes off as a little shrill for men. >> shrill for men? we don't need to be made great -- >>ea oh, my god with the sour puss. this is your dream. pretend you're enjoying yourself. >> it's. like nothing i do is right. >> exactly. you're not doing it right. i can't quite put my finger on it but you're not -- >> a man? >> yes. that is it. you're not a man.it but that was really cute the way you did it though. >> well, thanks. that was what i was going for.fo >> hillary clinton, everybody. [ applause ] >> cute. we all love that, don't we. well, democrats now look towards tomorrow's caucuses in

and 100 billion of the world's catholics are observing good friday today. the pope is calling for peace. pope francis washed and kiz ssed the feet of 12 refugees in rome. originally it's only involved catholic men and priest but since pope francis, women and noncatholics have been called to participate. let's look at the weather on this good friday. and a lot of people wanting to get those easter egg hunts in this weekends. so, hopefully you have good news. >> a few exceptions out there though here for the weekend. i am tracking a few showers to the northeast this morning. showers moving through areas of upstate new york through central pennsylvania. bring your umnt brel brella for the morning commute. showers and storms across the state of florida right now.

and showers and storms, meanwhile, heat in the southwest. a beautiful easter weekend for many parts of the country. that's a look at your national forecast, now here's your local forecast. we're looking at showers and storms across the east here. have the umbrella through the midafternoon hours, d.c. through new york and heat and thunderstorms with temperatures in the 80s in the southeast. overall, it looks like many parts of the country outside. >> i like that. are you ready for the next super sonic passenger aircraft? it is not cheap, my friends. and the death of comic gary soup and sandwich and cannonballs and clean and real and looking good and sandwich and soup and a new personal best.

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and "i saw the light." well, jimmy fallon and ben afflec gottal cuddly with costume puppies on the tonight show. >> i saw donald trump and ted cruz feuded this week. that's something new, yeah. they were feuding this week after an attack ad featured a nude picture of trump's wife, milania. and trump tlelt hreatened to retaliate against cruz's wife, heidi and while they were fighting, heidi and mulannia quietly escaped. >> that about sums it up. it's bazar there's war over the rides. >> and you add puppies into the mixture. only jimmy could get away with that. >> that's true. i'm betty nguyen.

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and this morning word of another attack prevented, this time in paris. a hunt for two men in this car passing themselves off as police. what they're accused of doing to a 67-year-old woman. and we have big news about the future of the commute for a lot of people. "today in new york" starts now. good morning. 4:30 a.m. on this friday, good friday, march 25th. i'm michael gargiulo. i'm kerry barrett in for darlene today. chris is here with the forecast. i saw a lot of people on the roads even in in early hour. it's a get away for a lot of people. >> a lot of folks will hit the roads. probably damp through the morning hours and damp this afternoon. 50 in the park. same thing at jfk. 60 in lakehurst. a warm front sitting to the south. that's going to push north and send our temperatures into the 60s. meantime, also a cold front to the west pushing towards us. watch out for showers north and