s responsible for the content of this advertising. it is friday, april 8. coming up on "early today," emrsing themselves in new york culture. while the donald seemingly lays low. and bill clinton gets in a heated exchange. >> okay i heard it. can i answer? re's the thing. i like protesters but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth. a frightening encounter when a woman with a battle ax. and why are airlines trying to shrink seats even more? and one critter rescued from the smoke. and the end of an era.

friday. i'm betty nguyen. donald trump continues his new york brawl with ted cruz hoping to put a little distance between them. he leads ted cruz by just nine points there. all three republican candidates are looking to take a bite out of the 95 delegates up for grabs. nbc's peter alexander reports. >> reporter: donald trump showed up in his manhattan high rise. he will soon announce new hires. >> we need new brain and new muscle. shifting strategy after a weak show in wisconsin. skipping colorado, to focus on fortifying his lead in his home state.

and neighboring states all with upcoming primaries. his challengers zeroing in on individual congressional delega delegates. ted cruz with orthodox joouz in brookl brooklyn. and trump again attacked cruz. >> when he started lecturing me on new york values like we're no good. like we're no good. >> reporter: cruz casting trump, like hillary clinton, as a liberal. >> they really want to see a general election between two new york liberals who agree on washington being the center of the universe. >> reporter: a new poll sho

frontrunner. >> to be honest i used to be a democrat and now i'm a republican just so i can vote for trump. as they head into the weekend, the democratic candidates are hoping to clean up their race without losing their edge. hillary clinton had a little trouble with her metro card. happens to all of us. and when asked about bernie sanders's unqualified remarks. >> i don't know why he's saying that but i will take bernie sanders over donald trump or ted cruz anytime. so, let's keep our eye on what's really at stake in this election. >> sanders' wife jane, sad down with nbc's rachel maddow trying to make a shift in tone. >> bernie has moved on. he's said let's not use the word "unqualified", let's use the word contrast. why do

her? >> and when sanders talked to late night seth meyers, he left the door open to more fired up rhetoric. >> the issue is after we won in wisconsin and that was our sixth victory in seven caucuses and primaries, i think the clint cannen campaign have been getting more nervous and more negative and i hope we can have an issue oriented campaign. >> both will continue to campaign throughout the state today. former president bill clinton went on the defensive in philadelphia. the former president was repeatedly interrupted by black lives matter protesters. halfway through, one of them started shouting about several issues, including his crime bill that led to several

incarcerations. >> okay. i heard it. can i answer? here's the thing. i like protesters. but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth. that's a simple. be very, very afraid. >> clinton went on to defend the bill saying it led to a 25 year low in crime and a 30 year low in the murder rate. belgian authorities have released new video of the suspect wanted in connection with the brussels terror attack. new video shows the suspect walking past the nearby hotel just minutes after the airport bombings. he is still clad in his coat and hat. he proceeds to jog away. a little while later he has ditched his jacket and is seen on the cell phone. video tracks him for six miles before losing the trail. by then he

of the metro bombing, although it's still unclear why. 32 victims were killed in the march 22nd attacks. oklahoma firefighters continue to work to contain several wild fires. they're being fed by strong winds and drought conditions. the largest called a 350 complex fired has burned more than 57,000 acre s and no reported fatalities, although several firefighters have been hospitalized with heati exostio. and authorities in texas continue to search for the suspect wanted after the shooting at the university of austin. and he's seen eventually pushing a bicycle. the graphics and anitations were added by the police. he's described as a black male with an athleti

officials say bystanders may have seen the suspect without knowing it. a reward is being offered. and a vigil was held for haruka wiser. she's known as a member of the dance community who was liked and admired by class mates. th authorities say wednesday after a sheriff's deputy was stabbed while serving an eviction notice and 30-year-old sweat went after another officer with a medieval style ax. the following video may be disturbing to viewers. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. get on the ground now. drop it, drop it, drop it. drop it. >> authorities say officers performed cpr on sweat

was pronounced dead at the scene. the officer has been placed on leave pending the outcome of an investigation. and to a wild police chase with wall to wall coverage. tv viewers were captivated by a pair of high speed chasers. >> reporter: we watched a dangerous police chase turn into an all out joy ride. it was raining but they dropped the top on this mustang convertible. and started doing doughnuts on hollywood boulevard. and on the freeway a tmz tour because tries to box them in but they slip away. and the chase finally slowing down in the south los angeles neighborhood and coming to a stop. the suspects appearing to wait for police while shaking hantds and high

gathered on the street, snapping selfies before they are arrested. an pareapparent end to a very o pursuit on the streets of los angeles. >> that is so bazar. let's take you to florida now. at least three tornados were confirmed early thursday. officials say at least 50 homes are damaged, mostly from uprooted trees and loose branchs. no injuries are reported. and bill karins is here to spread a little sunshine. >> in some areas. and a little bit of snow in others. we're watching the snow coming in. from deluth to marquette it's a cold morning and chilly around detroit and chicago. snow north of pittsburgh. an area of light snow down to eery area and central wisconsin near madison, you have snow headed your way too. there will beer

days, the highest totals in west virginia in the mountains. and harrisburg, scranton and around this time of year is pretty warm. so, in most cases it will melt. so, the forecast for today, chicago's an ugly forecast, texas and oklahoma the next couple of days. the warm air from the south as the cold air on saturday peeks in areas from the northeast to the great lakes and on sunday we begin to send some of that cold air out of here. notice 87 in oklahoma city. now a closer look at your day ahead ahead. so you can see the contrast. how often do you see missoula at 78 degrees p. and areas of wisconsin and michigan, that weather heads to pennsylvania tomorrow.

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states that will be passing judgment in the weeks ahead. i think it's a silly statement but he's free to say whatever he chooses. i believe that voters will be looking at both of us but i will take bernie sanders over donald trump or ted cruz anytime. >> more of matt's interview, plus a live town hall on rockefeller plaza on "today." and for sports, we with gin with the masters and the most talked about club of the day. south africa's ell's had a meltdown. he later described saying quote it wouldn't matter if i putted with a stick. he took a nine on the hole yet finished at one hoover. and jordan spieth finished t

day with six under with a two shot lead over danny lee and shane lowry. the nba now and golden state's quest for most wins in the regular season. steph curry's 27 points led the warriors to their 70th win of the season. they must win their final three games to set the new record. then across town to this zing r. >> high drive left field. it is out of here. >> the giants hunter pence hit that grand slam in the 8th to finish off the dodgers 12-6 in their home opener. and princeton university has fired its men's lacrosse coach after it shoved a player on saturday. he's coached the team the last seven seiasons and led them to three ivy league championships. and a late

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trent harmon was crowned the winner of the season. so "star wars" fans are buzzing about the new "rogue one" teaser trailer. the movie hits theaters this december. and melissa mccarthy is finally confirmed for an appearance as suky st. james in the upcoming "gilmore girls" reboots. that is one of bill's favorites, by the way. and congratulations to anne hathway and her husband to a new baby boy. melissa mccarthy stars in "the boss". and "demolition." jake gyllenhaal struggles to cope with his grief after the death of

and "mr. right" the story of a hitman who turns the tables on his client. and in classic bernie fashion, he finds the opportunity to roast the 1%. >> bernie, whaut do you think about the 1%? >> hey, 1%. what do you need all that money for? if i didn't know any better, i'd think you're trying to compensate for something. how is it possible that some of you are paying a lower tax rate than your secretaries? that makes less a sense that the plot of batman versus superman. 1%. you're bernt. >> all right, i'm betty nguyen. and this is "early today." oh, look... ...another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen.

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. that breaking news, a deadly accident in downtown d.c. likely going to create a mess for anyone on has mass avenue this morning. >> megan mcgrath arrived on the scene. you can tell us what is going on? >> reporter: accident reconstruction teams are still on the screen. you can see the police behind me here. and we still have the closure in place. massachusetts avenue closed in both directions here. this will have an impact on at least the early start of rush hour this morning. this is a fatal pedestrian accident, it happened around 2:00 this morning. we're told that aca

traveling on that access road just after thomas circle. they were headed east and that's when the car hit the pedestrian. we don't know the circumstances exactly what the pedestrian was doing, if they were trying to cross the street. that is all still part of the investigation. but the presented presentedestr and the driver remained on the scene. now, in terms of how long massachusetts avenue will be closed, speaking to an officer here on the scene, he said that certainly they have work to do, but their hope is that they will reopen things before the real brunt of rush hour begins this morning. for the time being however, massachusetts avenue in the area between the circle and 13th street closed as well as the tunnel. so the access roads and the tunnel. with more, we'll send it over to melissa mollett. >> so megan and i have been talking about this breaking news for the past 20 minutes or so here this morning since she got on the scene. so again, worth repeating, you might

k-street. massachusetts avenue shut down at thomas circle. it's at 13th street right there on the access road, both directions also under the tunnel is shut down. thomas circle itself right now is open. we'll update you on this problem here throughout the morning. and 4:28. want to get you caught up with the weather headlines. >> which you can bell telling us what we can expect. is the rain out of here? >> mostly.you can bell telling what we can expect. is the rain out of here? >> mostly. can't rule out an occasional drop or snowflake this morning. a coating to 2 or 3 inches in far western maryland out in x r garrett county. and one or two random snowflakes account be ruled out in the panhandle of west virginia, down through page and shenandoah county. nothing major, just an amazing shot of cold air coming our way as temperatures are back down into the upper 30s and low 40

get ready, marchlike weather is expected to continue. more snow chances tomorrow. and in addition to that tomorrow, we could have winds over 50 miles an hour at times leading us to record cold on sunday. a lot to talk about us. we'll deal tail your whole weekend coming up. buses thousands rely on every day may not be safe. wtop looked into a recent audit and found 95% of d.c. sirg late tore buses had at least one safety problem so significant, they were pulled from service. that includes issues with safety equipment, driver controls, steering and brakes. the audit also found d did the a do the and metro have failed to oversee the contractor that operates the circulator. the d.c. council is having a hearing on the safety issues this morning. we have a link to the full report on our nbc washington

high school student will be laid to rest. davonte washington was shot and killed on the deanwood metro station platform easter weekend. he was with his mother and two youngsters when another teen asked him a question and then shot him. a funeral is being held at the first baptist church in glenarden this morning at 11:00. students from largo will present his family with a memory wall signed by his classmates. it is 4:30. dna tied him to the crime and today he could get up to 16 years in prison. jeremiah julie pled guilty to sexually assaulting a woman in northwest washington after leaving a night club in 2002. the case was cold until anticipate of 2014 when julie was identified from a national dna database. the dna was in the sam because he was convicted in a separate carjacking case in 2011. good morning. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. one of the two men who