see you next time, folks. coming upa on "early today" ." >> they collude. they colluded and actually i was happy because it shows how weak we are. it shows how pathetic they are. >> ted cruz and john kasich, the target of donald trump's venomous response to their teaming up against him as voters in fiv

but on the democratic side, bernie sanders knows it takes a miserable to move him forward against hillary clinton. over 36 million americans are at risk for life-threatening and dangerous storms. the dramatic rescue after a small plane crashes into a house. the amazing 9-year-old funding his own adoption with a lemonade stand stand. and "star wars" daisy ridley shows off her moves. thank you for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. today is another big tuesday in politics voters in connecticut, delaware, maryland, pennsylvania, and rhode island all head to the voting booths. democrats will distribute 464 total delegates, nearly half of which come are from pennsylvania. fowar the republicans, 172 legates are at stake. delaware is the only winner take all contest. and if the latest polling is any indication, expecting donald trump to have another hugns

trump spent monday railing agdainst the ted cruz/john kasich pact. s.>> did you see the news today? did you see where they band together, where they collude? you know? it's collusion. you know, if you collude in business, if you collude in business or if you collude in the stock market, they put you in jail. but in politics, because it's a rigged system, because it's a corrupt enterprise, in politics, you're allowed to collude, so they colluded and actually, i was happy, because it shows how weak they are, it shows how pathetic they are. >> the two fired back and explained their alliance. >> we had conversations and both campaigns agreed to focus our energies, where? i think that is a decision, an alnilocation of resources that makes a lot of sense and it's devoted to the principle of

turning this country around. >> my team met with the cruz people and they made a recommendation to me and i said i think it's fthr th because in some places, we haven't spent a lot of resources. i don't see this as any big deal, other than the fact i'm not spending resources in inyiana and he's not spending them in other places. so what? what is the big deal? >> there appears to be cracks form in the info nirmal alliance already. kasich had to this say. >> i've never told them not to vote for me. they ought to vote for me. i'm over their campaign and sending resources. we have limited resources. >> trump did not limit his attack to kasich on politics. the donald also went after his eating habits. >> did you see him? he has a news conference every time when he is eating. i have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion.

barron and with all of my kids, all of them, children, small, little bites. small. this guy takes a pancake and shoving it in his mouth! it's disgusting! do you want that for your president? i don't think so. >> well, the kasich campaign fired back tweeting, we were looking for some trump steaks for the governor, but no one seems to sell them any more. meanwhile, the cruz campaign says former can date carly fiorina is on his short list for vp. another win tonight for clinton could firmly put the race in her corner. they both appeared on nbc town harells last night. >> we are the stronger campaign in taking on donald trump or any her republican candidate and i think that most democrats out there, more than anything, correctly so, want to make sure that some right wing republican doesn't become president of the united states.

to win this thing. my job s get as many delegates as possible and try to win the nokamination for president. >> i'm winning because of what i stand for and what i run and what my idea are. i am ahead in the votes. i am way ahead in the votes. i have the greatest respect for senator sanders but, really, what he and his supporters f are now saying just doesn't add up. i have 2.7 million more votes than he has. i have more than 250 more pledged delegates. i'm very proud of the campaign that we have runyand the support we have gotten. >> well, things got heated on the subject of whether sander and his supporters would back clinton if she get the nomination. >> if we end up losing, and i hope we do not, and if secretary >> inton wins, it is incumbent on secretary clinton to reach ou not only to my supporters, but to all of the american people with an agenda.

i didn't say, ou know wha if senator obama does x, y, and z,ls maybe i'll support him. i said i am supporting senator obama. from the time i withdrew and until the time i nominated him, i nominated him at the convention in denver. i spent and enormous aunt of time convincing my supporters to support kahim. that is what i think one does. that is certainly -- >> msnbc will have complete election coverage and analysis of today's vote starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern. johnny football to be indicted. former heisman trophy winner johnny manziel is expected to be formally indicted by a gj rand jury today on a misdemeanor assault charge against his ex-girlfriend. he is accused of hitting crowley multiple times during an argument she says included manziel dragging her into his car. manziel was cut by the cleveland

tumultuous seasons and fired by his second agent in three months last week. a.p. reported manziel's attorney saying prosecutors told him a charge was coming. in a statement, bob hinton says, we are going to treat,his like any other case. in my judgment, we would have to to deal with this. manziel released a statement to the media last week saying, qu.ote, i'm hoping to take care of the issues in front of me right now so i can focus what i have to do if i want to play in 2016. i also continue to be thankful to those who really know me and support me. a grand jury heard arguments in manziel's case on thursday. a formal announcement on the finalized indictment is expected later today. severe storms they moved through michigan on monday, producing strong winds, hail, heavy rain and lightning. d, today, parts of the midwest are on high alert for a potentially dangerous outbreak of tornadoes. it's getting serious out there. let's turn to nbc meteorologist

>> you know it's severe when the schools are cancelingclasses. nebraska to texas. itw 's providing nas went-like weather in areas of the four rner region. this area is our moderate to strong risk of storms from about lincoln, nebraska, southward. go from san antonio to omaha and through missouri tonight with sere weather likely. thu e area of greatest concern, of course, is the area that has the most risk of tornadoes and that will be is me go through the afe ternoon hours from southern nebraska, a good chunk of central kansas and then a good chunk of central oklahoma. tornado alley, heads-up from tulsa to wichita. thwie area in the red is 3.6 million people. the thing that is different we have a chance even some ststrong tornadoes today. we are not sure if we are getting the long-track tornadoes see a few that are strong and those are the most deadly. 3:00 p.m., everything looks fairly innocent still.

5:00 p.m. and we will see some of the storms moving through the heart of areas at risk, central kansas and central oklahoma. that is your national weather. here is a closer look at your day ahead. as far as dallas and san antonio goes, it l coks like we are going to see the strong storms for you throughout the early evening hours nd hail and wind damage your biggest threat anatd areas in the votes voting today won't have great weather with a lot of rain and storms from connecticut to delaware. active weather all around. dangerous afternoon. >> stay a alert. thank you for that. hundreds gathered in 54 in north carolina's legislature yesterday. deitmonstrators staged a sit-in commonly referred to as the bathroom bill passed last month for prohibiting transgender people to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity and does away with many lgbt protections in the state.

state legislature and prayed and sang civil rights strong. th gaese two are the latest to cancel performances in north. to the latest on the gruesome killing rampage in ohio. intriguing new information as authorities remain on the hunt for the person or persons responsible for killing eight members of a single family. a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation now tells nbc the marijuana found in the homes o the victims were not for personal ve e. the prosecutor tells msnbc one of the grow operations was inside and included more than a hundred plants. the other two operations were found outside. the state's attorney general say she still don't have a motive for the slaying. thl hunt for those responsible continues. >>ur> a tvagic death in singer kid rock's inner circle.

overnight in memphis. rock began looking for 30-year-old michael sash sha a monday morning. they have determined the death was accidental. kid said, myself, the band, our family and friends and coworkers are devastatri over this loss. new developments in the stalking case of former espn reporter erin andrews. according to her attorney, andrews has settled her lawsuit against the nashville hotel where she was secretly videotaped naked by a peephole by a stalker. the conditions of the settlement is confidential. her stalker pleaded guilty to secretly filming her and served more than two yea in prnlon. last month, a jury awarded andrews $28 million in damages from her stalker and more than $26 million from the hotel's local franchise owner and operator. andrews' attorneys filed papers

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hunter gandy carried his brother for all of it but the last half mile. he did to bring attention to cerebral palsy. in 2014, hunter carried braden for 40 miles and last year they journeyed 57 miles. a boy in missouri has raised over $11,000 af word of his lemon stand. he is funding his own adoption. 9-year-old has been living with his foster momhe ast four years but the family hopes to make it official. funds raised will go toward legal fees. coming up, kevin durant speaks his mind about mark cuban and it gets ugly lp and a bad break for chris paul. details next. s paul. details next. and a bad breakanfor chris paul. details next. and a a d break for chris paul. details next. r chris paul. details next.

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in sports, it was a rough night for chris paul and his clippers. paul broke a bone in his right hand on this play. heok injured the hand while defending portland's henderson on a layup. angry paul left the game and no telling when he'll be back. teammate blake griffin believed he tweaked his quad and 50/50 to play in wednesday's game five. the clippers won to even the series at two apiece. next up, mavs and thunder game five. russell westbrook 36 points and 12 rebounds and 9 assists and

kevin durant added 33. 118-104, oklahoma city elndiminlled. after the game, a press conference -- >> were you aware of mark cuban's comments before the game when he said kevin was the only superstar on this team and how do you react to that? >> hold on. he's an idiot. don't listen to him. he's an idiot. that's all we have to say about at. he's an idiot. next question. >> no response yet from mark cuban but youncan be sure he will have one. >>ur> tom brady has to sit out the first four games of the season ter a federal appeals court rein ated his suspension. reversedia judge's decision that criticized the nfl's decision to claim that the patriots purposely deflated footballs. brady maintains he did nothing wrong and disappointed in the ruling.

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dealing with some really cold, kind of dreary weather in connecticut. hartford, rain for you as we go throughout the today and thunderstorms sweep through new york. a lot of voting states will have less than ideal weather. >> get out and vote. to entertainment news. "star wars" actor dai!y ridley instagramed showing off her new laser light saber skills and warned here from one of the stormtrooper stunt man. the rock johnson proves he is a really-life hero. while filming baywatch he heard a fan wanted to meet him. until letting the fan wait 12 hours. he asked t m to hold roducyion and meat his teary mom. stay strong, ryan and thanks for teaching me how to sign language. so wonderful. thousands gathered in new orleans as a purple-draped

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p right now another big tuesday on the campaign trail as democrats and republicans fight to take it all. and grab the umbrellas, we're timing out how long the rain showers will stick around. "today in new york" starts now. >> good morning, everyone, tuesday morning, it is april 26. i'm darlene rodriguez. >> i'm michael gargiulo. chris cimino is here with the forecast. we are all back together for the first time since 1986. >> it's amazing. >> it's been a while! >> a nice reunion. to celebrate? thunderstorms. i do my part. the storm tracker on live radar shows the heaviest rain pushing to the east of the city out alon long island and connecticut. you can see the lightning strikes, these are recent lightning strikes across the northern h f of suffolk county. rumbles of thunder here, fairfield county, watch for heavy downpours. the rain has gotten lighter in and around the city.