see store for coupon. hello everybody. this is "early today." we want to begin with breaking news at this hour. several people dead and more wounded following an explosion at brussels airport at belgium and reports of multiple casualties casualties. the number of dead and wounded is unknown at this hour. it's too early to tell if it was terrorism or an accident. but we understand that the brussels airport did tweet out that the building is being evacuated and flights have been canceled. confirming that two explosions did occur and they're asking people to not to come to the airport. we're hearing word of

belgium airport there in brussels and we are following this story and will continue to bring more information as it becomes available to us. and want to tell you about a big announcement on the hotly contested iphone case. apple 's help may not be needed afterall. they said an outside party demonstrated a possible method for opening the phone that belonged to syed farook. the fbi can determine if the work around might damage the phone's data. this comes as a surprise. investigator's originally insisted only apple could help unlock the phone. if the case dropped, apple might not learn what vulnerability was used. and president obama is scheduled to attend a baes ball team, the first major league

since 1999. they practiced at latin america stadium. last night president obama attended a state dinner in his honor, hosted by cuban president raul castro. and first lady and nancy pelosi were also in attendance. and the sobering reality that erasing a half century of mistrust won't be easy.ea >> reporter: it was a day of historic firsts. the handshake on cuban soil. ♪ the cuban military band playing the "star spangled banner." >> this is a new day. between our two countries. >> reporter: but castro's blistering criticism of trade embargo does not feel

>> translator: we find it inconceainco inceivable that they don't have equal pay, health care. >> reporter: and castro did take questions for umtrom the press,e occurrence. but when asked about the political prisoners. >> translator: give me a name or names. >> reporter: it is an issue over shadowing the visit. >> there were dramatic arrests of peaceful protests, the ladies in white. what signal does that send? >>nd if i engage frankly, clear, stating what our believes are and also being clear that we can't force change on any particular country. ultimately it has to come from within. >> and president castro, what is the future of our two countries given the different interpretations of profound issues? >> translator: it's

to ask me about political precedence in general. please give me a name of a political prisoner. and i think this is enough. >> reporter: the exchange fuelling criticism by some who say president obama is normalizing relations too quickly. now to the race for the white house. republicans face off in the winner take all arizona primary, as well as the american samoa and utah caucuses. democrats compete in arizona, utah along with idaho.ah the democrats announce the results of the americans primary yesterday and bernie sanders won hand udly. picking up nine delegates, clinton picked up four. and clinton also took a quick jab at trump's us

>> we need steady hands, not a president who says he's neutra on monday, proisrael on tuesday and who knows what on wednesday because everything's negotiable. >> ted cruz also took on trump in his remarks.s. >> my leading republican opponent has promised that he as president would be neutral between israel and the palestinians. as president, i will not be neutral. >> trump tried to put to rest any doubts about his commitments to israel using a teleprompter. >> ite speak to you today as a life long supporter and true friend of israel. [ applause ] we will move the american embassy to the eternal capital of the jewish peo

and we will send a clear signal that there is no day litght between america and our most reliable ally, the state of israel. >> another leading democratic senator, elizabeth warren calling him a loser with petty bullying, attacks on women and racism. and trump met with influential gop law makers. >> reporter: mr. trump goes to washington. spending the day in the nation's capital, today spending ang off the record meeting with quote influential republican senators. >> he's getting most of the votes and for me, that's very, very important. i want to see the people heard and i want to see donald trump president. >> reporter: the gathering was hoped to mend fences with the establishment b

ryan say they were not invited. >> they said they weren't invited. was that on purpose? >> no, not at all. they just invited a small group. you have a lot of people that you think are against me and it's just politicians. they want to make a deal. >> reporter: and at the under construction hotel, trump, who's been criticized for being out of his depth nationally, was trying to clarify his position. out lying a noninterventionist platform and questioning the long standing involvement innato. >> i think we need to keep nato, but pay a lot less for nato itself. >> we want friends, allies who are legally committed to come to each other's self defense. >> and be sure to tune in tonight i starting

and caucus results. police are searching for women who they say left behind a -- a woman that is, left behind a bag of coke an. that person possibly a jet blue flight attendant took off running after she was selected ford a random security screenin. >> reporter: in police custody, neatly wrapped and stacked bricks of cocaine, 60 pounds of it, after a flight attendant tried to get through a terminal check point in terminal four. she flashed a jet blue id but was randomly selected for a screening and she quickly dropped the bags, kicked off her gucci shoes and ran up an escalator. last seen running towards terminal five. they say the fact that she got away and t

through are big red flags. >> today it's employee smuggling drugs, tomorrow it would be guns, and the day after, a bomb. >> the estimated treat value is approximately $2 million. a man hunt is on for a newly named suspect allegedly named to the paris terror attacks. he has been identified as a possible accomplice of paris terror suspt who was abtured in brussels next week. dna was found in a home police raided. and the dramatic new moments leading to the capture of abdul asalam. and his safe house surrounded as he bursts out, and officers open fire. he take as bullet to the leg. is and he remains in custody in

extradition. and the red bull jump and freeze competition certainly lived up to its name. skiers and snow boarders dressed in costumes and showed off their down hill skills before jumping into an icy pool of water. they were judged on skill and createativity. and some placess it almost feel like you're jumping in a cold pool of water. that was a good lead in. down south very cold for this time of year. a frost down to gainesville, florida. and 34 around raleigh. so, that's this morning. it will warm up nicely this afternoon. and today, bringing snow to the intermountain west and this is i large area of winter storm watches just beginning to be issued. we're going to see a significant snow

tomorrow night. this area into the central michigan, this is a posblsibili of six to twelve inches. and green bay in for a big snow storm. so, brush fire risk high, with windy conditions and we warm up nicely in the southeast. the troublesome weather today is in the rockies and tomorrow in the northern plains with winter and severe storms in arkansas, louisiana and texas. now a closer look at your day ahead. so, for today, we'll watch the storm in the intermountain west and tomorrow heading into the central plains. it is a warm and windy day. low hiem umidity. another big spring snow storm. >> and you were right. things are heating up, finally. bring on the spring.

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is being evacuated. and urging passengers not to come to the airport. again, there's been an explosion at the brussels' airport in belgium. one dead, and several wounded so far. we'll bring you the latest information as it becomes available to us here at nbc. and the pentagon announced it has a small base in northern ir iraq. this comes days after isis launched rockets at that base. one american killed and three wounded. those troops are there to help u.s. military advisoradvisors a florida jury awarded hulk hogan $25 million in punitive damages, on top of the $15 million won over gawker. and 46 point blowout in the

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good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm angie goff. we begin with breaking news out of belgium. >> two explosions have rocked the brussels airport. kristen wright is gathering the latest from the live disk. >> breaking news just into our newsroom. we found out one person has died in these explosions. it's not clear who was behind them or how many other people were hurt. take a look inside the brussels airport, all kinds of damage from the explosions. in the video here, you see outside the entrance of the airport, you can see windows that are shattered and blown

the last hour, flights are being diverted and roads are closed. belgium is raising its terror alert level to the highest it can be. more details now in this nbc news special report. >> reporter: casualties, although only one confirmation that one person has been closed. the airport has been closed. planes have beeni diverted. there have been chance la cancellations, people being old do not come to the airport. you can see the pictures, people september out into the tarmac as security forces and emergency crews try to figure exactly what is going on. kel kelly cobiella is on the phone for us. >> reporter: we're hearing new reports out of belgian medium. is this not confirmed bynb

news, but there were reports of shots fired in the airport shortly before the explosion. this coming from belgian media. again, nbc news has not independently confirmed that. these two blasts happened about an hour and a half ago now, very close to the departure area. there are multiple pictures on social media showing people wounded in the departure area, glass blown, windows blown into the airport, smoke rising, passengers running. some people said that they heard two very loud explosions, people were dazed, shocked. it's not yet clear how many people are injured. we do have confirmation as you mentioned take at least one person has been killed and the thinking is that this is some kind of terrorist attack, although several pole

belgium have not confirmed it yet, they say it's too early. there are emergency crews on the creep, they're trying to get to the wounded, take care of the wounded. the airport has been evacuated. and we should mention of course this comes four days after the arrest of salah abdeslam, the one surviving suspect from the november paris attacks. and there have been concerns there that there would be some sort of revenge attack and perhaps another cell activated in brussels following his arrest. again, this has not been confirmed to be a terrorist attack, but that is the thinking, that is the assumption here. as late as yesterday, the belgian interior minister say g saying -- >> kelly cobiella,transit, so i

and we can go to alice ter jamison. we've heard unconfirmed reports, french media saying that there are possibly these subway station explosions. do you have any information on that? >> reporter: yes, we are seeing pictures from central brussels showing what appears to be smoke coming from buildings close to subway stations in central brussels. but at the moment, we simply don't know what is causing those or indeed what is going on there. authorities themselves unable to confirm that. but that is what french media reporting, several explosions this central brussels close to subway stations. and as kelly was mentioning, the belgian foreign minister did say after the arrest of salah abdeslam the other day that there was evidence from the cell in which he was believed to be hiding with was