women vote! is responsible for the content of this advertising. ♪ it's wednesday, march 30th. coming up on "early today." turning the heat up on donald trump's campaign manager but the donald is not backing down. >> she was running up and grak and asking questions and she wasn't supposed to be doing that and i told him you should never settle this case. i think they've really hurt a very good person. the clock is click is ticking on the remaining gop candidates. and could apple force them -- the fbi to show

broke into the iphone. "early today" starts right now. thankss for joining us today. stand by your man. that is the tone from donald trump after his campaign manager was arrested yesterday. charged with one count of misdemeaner battery. this appears to show him grabbing now exreporter michelle field's arm as she tried to ask trump a question during a rally. he turned himself into police and was issued a notice to appear in court. his attorney says he's innocent. >> reporter: police say the crime was caught on tape. this closed circuit video shows donald trump's campaign manager grabbing former reporter after a news conference this month. he's facing a criminal charge for unwanted battery. "i

that" fields said "that was so hard. was that cory?" me was released his lawyers insist he's absolutely innocent. >> she was running up and grabbing and asking questions and wasn't supposed to be doing that. i said you should go all the way. i think they've really hurt a very good person. >> reporter: fields tweeted i guess these magically appeared on me. so weird. he called her totally delusional. adding, i never tufrpouched you. and trump asking why aren't people looking at this reporter's earlier statement? and aboard his jet, trump mocked fields and stood by his manager. >> i'm not going to let a person's life be

>> reporter: they had a series of run ins with protesters. threatening to confuskate a media members credentials. and multiple female media members describe him as suggestive and belittling. the campaign calling it baseless. in 1999 he was arrested after entering a congressional office building with a loaded weapon. and the supreme court denied his efforts to get the gun back b. and there is a different tone from the other republican candidates. >> it is not complicated that assaulting a reporter is an offense in any campaign maintaining a standard

integrity. >> it would depend what it is and what the evidence was. but when we see things that we think all are inappropriate, we take action. >> and last night trump back tracked his original pledge saying i've been treated very unfairly, we'll see who it is. on the democratic side, bernie sanders is working hard in wisconsin ahead of next weekend's big primary. he went after wisconsin governor scott walker. >> and in other words, you can get a pretty good understanding of what i'll do as president by looking at scott walker and seeing i'll do exactly the opposite. [ applause ] i am sure there are areas we agree on, i just haven't seen them yet. >> the sanders campaign is declaring victory after hillary clinton says she welcomes adding a debate ahead

be sure to watch msnbc tonight for exclusive candidate town halls. kasich with todd at 7:00. followed by trump at 8:00. and at 9:00 clinton and sanders one on one. and as more republican senators break with party leadership in meeting with supreme court nomination, merrick garland. they're seeing the reverberations of antonin scalia's death. the court split its decision, 4-4. this is the second tie since scalia's death. it leaves the lower court's ruling in place. they can continue to collect fees from those who choose not to join since they enjoy the benefits of contract negotiations. and justice scalia was expected to rule against allowing unions to charge

and the man has been identified as 58-year-old mustafa, an egyptian national with a criminal record. he passed through airport security in alexandria with personal items he used to imply he was wearing a an explosive belt and demanded the plane be diverted to cyprus, where it's believed his ex-wife lives and after passengers were released, he surrendered to authorities, but not before posing for this selfie. we're also getting new details on how the fbi was able to hack the iphone of syed farook without apple's help. it now appears investigators turned overseas for assistance. here with more. >> reporter: four months after

attack, they finally have access to the cell phone of gunman, syed farook. they've been getting help from this israel company, experts in mobile forenzices. the justice department now dropping its court case against apple. sglir >> it's about everyone's phones. >> reporter: daniel gill more, a text expert says many knowledgeable hackers could have gained access. >> if someone has physical access and an unlimited amount of time and money, they will get to the data on the device. >> reporter: he says fbi was trying to set precedent by going public. across the country, law enforcement has hundreds of cases where investigators desperately want access inside locked smart phones. apple says the company will continue

investigators but people around the world deserve data protection, security and privacy. david bowdich says i am satisfied that we have access to more answers than we had before. it's unclear what information, if any, will come from syed farook's iphone and whether the fbi will now tell apple how it hacked it, so the tech giant can make the rest of their devices more secure. miguel, nbc news, los angeles. >> well, this may not feel very secure for some 18 million people at risk for severe weather today. looks like a stormy one. and possible tornados too. and here's the area at risk. it goes all the way from iowa back to areas of louisiana and texas. and now you noticed we've

wait and see if they update this to a moderate but this is a large area of the country. multiple rounds of storms but from shreveport to dallas, north of houston, all those areas included. the greatest threat of tornados is from tyler, texas and southern arkansas and that will be later on this evening. they will begin over the top of the dallas area down to waco. this will be at 11:00 a.m. through the afternoon, the storms intensify as they move through northeast texas at 9:00. and the tornado threat is greatest this evening. and tomorrow a lot of bands of heavy rain in the south. that's where the possibility of flooding. and now a closer look at your day ahead. so the showers and storms will be starting from oklahoma city to dallas to waco down to

heading east and northeast as we go throughout the day. as far east as southern minnesota as we go throughout the day. and my friends in casper, wyoming who are going to be shoveling 16 inches of snow by the end of the day. a bazar 911 call from someone who got the wrong toppings on a pizza? plus a pilotless robot bringing food right to your door. door. i think we should've taken a left at the river. tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of jungle. why don't you want to just ask somebody? if you're a couple, you fight over directions. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico.

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confrontation. this little guy right there could be delivering packages to folks in the nation's capital. a new company called starship technology is working with washington d.c.'s city counsel to get approval for delivery robots. they could cost between 1 and $3 per trip and controlled by a smart phone app. let's get down to business. consumer reports is out with its list of the 10 lowest rated cars on the market. the mitsubishi lowest rated subcompact. and the muraidies cla 250 is noisy and cramped. poor gas mileage for the chrysler town and country. and for the worst suvs. the dodge journey and cadillac

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welcome back. severe weather later today. from iowa down to the gulf coast. severe weather, chance of flooding and then we have to watch an arctic blast. the polar vortex didn't split earlier this month and a big release of air is heading down to the south. by monday morning, areas 70 degrees will be down to 9 degrees with wind chills in the negative numbers great lakes and new england. maind morni tributes are pouring in after the news of the death of patty duke. she's the child star who went on to a legendary career on stage and screen and went public with a very personal battle helping so many others. here looking back.

♪ meet catpatty ♪ ♪ identitial cousins >> reporter: she said not long ago that people still approach her in airports and sing the whole thing. her first starring role came at the age of 12, dazzling broadway as helen keller in the "miracle worker" and four years later won an academy award for her portrayal of the blind girl. at the time the youngest person to ever win. it is the story that defined her career. in her 30s she took on the role of keller's teacher, any sullivan, for television, this time winning an emmy. she married four times, most famously to john asten who played gomez on "the adams

both actors. and she said the love of her life was michael pierce, they adopted a son. she wrote an autobiography about her battles of bipolar disease. >> i can now look back from the grandma chair and say it's a good life. >> reporter: playing many starring roles in one lifetime. nbc news new york. >> she will be missed. i'm betty nguyen and this is "early today." then we wad it up to make it nice and soft. but grandma, we use charmin ultra soft so we don't have to wad to get clean.

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>> i breaking news at 4:26. two destructive fires overnight. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and now to angie goff. >> right now, we're dealing with that fire in gaithersburg. we got the word overnight. that it turned deadly. take a look at the scene. we know that crews are still there. got word that a man's body was foun

townhome. two men were arrested overnight. no word on their condition. many people who cannot go back home, we're still working on getting information on how this fire started. we'll keep you updated throughout the show. eun. >> angie, thank you. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> it's hump day finally here, midway through the work week. and at least for some for the school week, temperatures have really fallen. a lot more. it's going to stay on the chilly side on the shadyside of the road. rain chance looking for late in the day tomorrow. 30s in the suburbs to around 40 downtown. temperature, later this afternoon, closer to 60 degrees. again, we'll be dry today. rain chances sneaking in tomorrow. we'll get timing on that and start talk about t

trouble for melissa mollet. >> northbound, bw parkway near the beltway. sounds like police are on the scene. we don't have too many details. 7 east, you have an accident blocking one lane there. taking a look at 66 and 95, southbound, you can be a little slow here, late clearing work on woodridge. otherwise looking good at duke street just fine. big look at the beltway coming up. the other breaking news this morning, a person is dead after a fire on sedgwick street northwest in the district. we just learned an adult female died in that fire. you can see the fire extended on to the second floor and on to the roof. we're working to figure out how the fire started and whether anyone else was hurt. right now in

virginia power has reported a power outage. 23,000 customers did not have power. we're still working to figure out what caused this outage. today, patients are hope to see their doctors. several treatments were cancelled because the hospital is still recovering from a computer problem that was discovered on monday. medstar says it doesn't appear any personal information was stolen. private ambulance news that hit the streets were supposed to speed up and we're learning they may actually be slowing them down. news4 mark segraves shows one of the biggest issues of computers used by d.c. firefighters are not talking to computers used by amr. firefighters have to record a patient's vital signs on

amr is not used for life-threatening calls. they had to wait 28 minutes even though a nearby ambulance was nearby. an elevator got stuck about 280 feet, roughly 28 stories up yesterday afternoon. 19 people were in the elevator at the time but they were able to get out. 23 people were on the observation deck and had walked down nearly the 900 steps. this is the ninth time in less than a year that elevator issue caused the monument to close. in the day ahead there will be a vigil for the 15-year-old boy killed at the metro station. that vigil for devonte washington continues at that station. deenwood appeared in court accused of killing him. court documents