it's thursday, march 3rd. coming up on "early today," breaking overnight, astronaut scott kelly back on u.s. soil after a year in outer space. and the republicans prepare to square off in the fox hole. court room bomb shell. a key witness caught in public watching a naked video of erin andrews. plus a brazen snatch and grab. and a wanton felon takes off a police officer at the door. and 17 labrador puppies. "early t"

good to be with you. breaking news. astronaut scott kelly is back on american soil. he landed in houston at 2:30 this morning and greeted by his family, including his twin brother, former astronaut mark kelly. >> it was a very long trip. when i left here in february, i don't even know what day it was. i was 50 and now i'm 52. so -- but it feels great.. it's great to be back in texas, in u.s. -- on u.s. soil. it's an unbelievable feeling to be back here on planet earth, back in our great country and back with my family and friends. and this was not my flight. they talked about my year in space. it's not my achievement, it's nasa's achievement and our country's achievement. >> he spent 340 days aboard the international space station. a record for an

and he actually grew two inches in height. a blistering super tuesday has republicans regrouping. and ben carson stopped short of officially ending his campaign. that leaves just four republicans on tonight's stage. donald trump will face off with fox news's megyn kelly for the first time since the august deba debate, which donald trump boycotted the second fox hosted debate. and many are wondering if there's any way to stop a juggernaut. and mitt romney will hold a press conference. presses say he'll speak on the state of the republican race, leading to speculation that he plans to slam the run away candidate, which garnered a

series of tweets calling him a failed candidate. jimmy felon pulled levity from trump's super tuesday's speech with a littleal help from a two-dimensional chris christie.e >> this has been an amazing night. we've already won five states and it looks like we could win six, or seven, or eight or nine. maybe a maillion. i want to thank governor christie for his unblinking support. he's like my mini me except bigger. he's like my mega me. you can go home. good boy. meanwhile hillary clinton greeted a crowd at amaradio cit misic hall. >> people in every corner of the country came out to support the future we're

>> and new york governor andrew cuomo couldn't help but take a shot at the gop frontrunner. >> we build a wall, the big wall, a thousand mile wall, like the china wall. ium -- i'm going to build a wall. >> and that may not long. reports signal the e mail controversy might spring back to life. both papers report that the fbi investigation is now trying to determine if a crime was committed, with one official saying there was wrong doing. nbc news has reached out to the justice department for confirm -- conformation, but have yet to respond.

fight on. and after out raising clinton by over $10 million in february, he has a war chest to take the battle many more months. and part owner of the oklahoma city thunder died yesterday in a fiery car crash this is one day after being indicted for conspiring to suppress oil and natural gas prices. he faced up to 10 years in prison and a fine. they said he was traveling at a high rate of speed well over the speed limit and that he drove through a field before crashing in an over pasand had plenlty o time to get back on the road. it wasad so badly burned, it wa unclear if he was wearing a seatbelt. watch as a video shows a

burglars using the chains to pull the security bars right off the building and in total the thieves made off with more than 50 weapons and caused extensive damage to the store. they have made arrests but multiple suspects are still at large. they're offering a $5,000 reward leading to more arrests. president obama is bvetting iowa james kelly as a potential nominee. the fbi has started conducting background checks on kelly. this could pose a difficult decision for iowa senator and head of the senate judic yaiary committee, who have vowed not to take up any of president obama's nominees. but he long timed praised the public defender and she was confirmed unanimously to

position. and now to a new twist in the $75 million lawsuit brought by sports caster, erin andrews after a stocker secretly taped her naked in a hotel room. there are new information that an executive was seen in public tuesday watching the stocker video with friends while they commented on it. here with more details. >> reporter: erin andrews arriving the in the court house for day six of testimony. but there would be a delay and a bomb shell. >> do you have any comment? >> reporter: neal, an executive with west end hotel partner, which owned the hotel where erin andrews was secretly filmed by a stocker. he testified on monday. he and two friends were at a nashville restaurant where andrews' naked

played from a cell phone. a waitress said they were making fun of her body. in a statement he says his friends started view thing the video. i asked them to stop but it wasn't as quickly as i hoped. i sincerely apologize for my participation in what happened. exposure like this is what andrews has emphasized all week. >> this will always be on the internet. there will always be a reminder. >> reporter: her worst nightmare playing back to life. and we're ready to celebrate for -- pump the brakes, but, but, but. >> slam on the brakes. >> we could be close to winter's last hurrah. >> i like to say this will

i certainly hope so. it's negative wind chill in carib caribou. and even the big cities on i 95 are in the 20s. a very cold morning. and the great lakes are in the 20s and as far south as lexington, kentucky, it feels like the 20s.he this storm is going to move briefly just close enough to some of the cold air for snow. we have a little this morning, chicago, south, we're not getting a lot of snow but a little coating out there. fort wayne will get a little bit of snow. so, as far as snow totals go, this, area of northern indiana couldna pick up one to two inch of snow. just a coating in areas of northwestern ohio. and weld

enough to plow around areas like richmo richmond. that's your national weather, now a closer look at your day ahead. we've had thunderstorms over night in arkansas, those will push through mississippi and alabama. there's that cold air in northern new england. so, virginia, not often they get snow in march but that will be the case tonight. >> they'll be ready for it. thank you very muff. just ahead, on the loose in a busy time's square. and a traffic stop ic stop what brand of makeup ic stop is better for your skin than wearing no makeup at all? neutrogena® cosmetics. powders, concealers and foundations in new shades fomore skin tones.

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it's clear for the moment, but that is about it change. the winter weather advisory just issued for parts of or area. flori . new developments for a family, what they're expected to do after learning a loved one's body went missing. florida and the battle for two republicans heats up, but one isn't running for president. how mitt romney is riling things up. good morning. let's get a check of the weather with chuck bell. chuck, it's winter again. >> it sure is. good morning to both of you and

comeback around here. current temperatures are well down in to the 20s in most of the suburbs, 31 downtown and southern maryland. but 21 chilly agredegrees in culpeper. a winter weather advisory has been issued. snow likely to start early this evening, accumulating slushy wet snow mid right to sunrise and i do think some amount of school cl delays, potential cancellations may be an issue for friday. not today. this morning nice and cold. clouds increasing this afternoon. southbound bw parkway at 175, we do have you staying left to get by a crash there. this is involving a tractor trailer and we are a bit red in that area. sounds like you cannot get on to 175 right now. so we'll get more information on tht

beltway, overall looking okay, but of course top of the beltway has our standard road work inner loop after colesville two right lanes getting by the work son and outer loop at university, two right lanes getting by that work zone. they were on their way to a cool play in bethesda when a vehicle slammed into the family car saturday night. a whitman high school student and his parents were killed on river road. his sister left critically injured. and now family and friends will say good-bye to the three killed in that crash. funeral services for michael, allesandra and thomas bawill be held today. a scholarship fund has been set up in the family's memory. homeowners hid in their becames when their fairfax county neighborhood became ground zero for a police standoff. syed javid was tak

custody after police say he fired shots at officers. this happened on larkspur drive. police fired bean bag projectiles at javid who was taken down by a police dog. he was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. no one else was hurt. today prince george's county schools fulfilling its promise to protect students from predators. the student safety task force will meet today to continue discussing school safety and security policies and procedures. the task force was set up after former school aide scare deonte carraway was charged with sexually abusing students and making child pornography. the task force will begin proposing policy changes in may. also today prince george's county's state's attorney will take her support of mandatory reporting to the statehouse. she testify in support of house bill 825. the bill requires anyone who works with children in a professional capacity for the state to report abuse or neglect

verbal threats of bodily harm or death to a child by the parent or guardian. the death of two prince george's county children at the hands of their mother inspired the law. 4:30 now. to decision 2016 where we will see only four candidates on the stage at tonight's gop debate in detroit. dr. ben carsonment onn opted ou debate. he told reporters that he doesn't see a political path forward. ted cruz may try to go one-on-one with donald trump tonight. cruz is behind trump in the delegate count. the fox news debate starts at 9:00. and a republican not running for the nomination could drop a bomb in the race this morning. mitt romney will speak on the gop race so far in a speech at the university of utah in salt lake city. he is not expected to join in or endorse a candidate. romney has been critical of na