>> he referred to my hands as small, i guarantee you there's no problem. >> you went to manhattan and sds i'm lying to the american people. >> no, you're the lying guy up here. this little guy has lied so much about my record. >> here we go. >> he has lied -- >> and - people say everywhere i go, you seem to be the adult on the stage. new disclosures into the investigation o hillary clinton's emails and the former aid granted immunity.ty a violent california road rage incident caught on camera. and the dance of a lifetime for one very special spring sdzsteen fan. "early today" starts right now. it was a tumultuous thursday

romney slamming the man poised to be the 2016 pick. >> he's not of the tempepement of the kind of stable, thoughtful person weeed as a leader. think of his personal qualalies. the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third grade theatrics. donald trump i ia phoney a fraud, his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> and from 2008 nominee, john mcmcin backing his friend romney. at last night's 11th gop debate, romney's rebuke teed up the first question for the donald to hit back. >> he was a failed candidate.%

obama very easily. failed miserably and it was an embarrassment to erybody. it looked like he went away on a vacation. so he wants to be relevant, back in the game. >> he even defended his manhood hands insult. >> nobody has ever hit my hands. are they small hands? and he referred to my hands, if it they're small, something else must be small. i guarantee you there's no problem. >> later, nbc's jacob found the donald comparing hand sizes with an entertainment reporter. the much anticipated reunion

>> they asked for their money back and you refused to give their money back. >> if we nominate donald, we're going to spend the spring and summer with the republican nominee facing the fraud trial. meanwhile, john kasich highlighted his accomplishments in ohio. >> there's one person on this stage and one person who's been a candidate for either party that restored economic strength, growth, the things that people in this country want. reality. >> trump edged out his opponents online, commanding nearly 27% of the twitter traffic and rating steadily in google searches and he was dethroned twice by cruz. we'll hear from mitt romney in

and the dememrats hold four contests on your nbc station. meanwhile, hillary clinton, who should be enjoying the republican circus has potential trouble of her own, namely the email controversy. >> thank you all so much. >> reporter: hillary clinton at a star studded fund raiser. sisclosure about the investigation into her emails. nbc news confirming the former aid who set up her personal server has been granted immunity by the justice department. bryan pagliano had pleaded the fifth but now is talking to the fbi. assuming she's not arrested for the email situation. >> reporter: key legal issues with classified information mishandled. >> the overriding legal issue is what was done at her direction and waut was done with her knowledge? >> reporter: the fbi director

>> i am very close personally to that investigation. >> reporter: clinton spokesman says she's e eer to be interviewed by the fbi. >> calling secretary clinton in cod be the final steps. >> reporter: it's a controversy that has now shadowed clinton for nearly a year. >> does itaise judgment questions? >> i don't think so. >> bernie sanders gave her a pass on the issue last fall. >> maybe more people are interested now but we're not going to mak an issue out of it. >> andrea mitchell reporting. secretary clinton's team says it's glad that the former aid is now cooperating. and kim jong-un has ordered the nuclear weapons to be ready on a moment's notice. they're ready to carried out pre-emptive attacks due to the tensions with south korea and

the news comes shortly after the united nations added new sanctions to north korea one day after south korea claimed the north fired short-range projectiles off the korean coas well, today a national jury will hear closing arguments in sports caster erin andrews' $ 5 million civil trial. she's suing bh the convicted stocker and the hotel. on thursday, the defense called andrews former espn colleague to testify about whether the video effected her career. >> did you have any concern with ms. andrews' performance in 2009? >> it was a wait and see approach. wait and see how she would perform. but i rememberr thinking, i was amazed at the performance she

>> after both sides make their case, the jury must decide whether the hotel shares blame with the stocker and how much in damages she should receive. canadian prime minister is not shy about giving the american people a little advice. he says quote it might be nice if they paid a little more attention to the world, referring to american's interest in world events. he adds that canadians have to be aware of the united states because of importance and they want the same in return. he's set to visit the white house next thursday for a state din wrner with the obamas. and check it out a passing motorist in fontana, california captured this at a stop light. and one getting kicked in the behind and they spilled into the

broke up the braup a everyone got back in their cars and drove off. . it's unclear what prompted the fight. this is what it looks like in time'ssquare right now where snow is falling. it's just s4arted a little while ago and the winter storm is headed east and with that nbc meteorologist, bill karins is here. >> hopefully the last snow of the winter. >> all it's hope so. >> we'll have school delays and cancellations, especially outside of the big cities. the untreated roads will boo ethe issues. there's been more moderate to heavy snow where we thought it woulul be. through southern portions of maryland maryland. two to four inches att most. by 10:00 a.m., it's along the jersey shore. it's already over with in much of virginia and by the time we get to 12:00 noon, it will be a

any problems through the afternoon hours. maybe school delays more than cancellations in that area. all eyes on the west coast this weekend. the weather pattern completely changes. a big storm in california with a lot of rain and mountain snows. and the warm up heads east. it is starting to get warmer in the southeast on sunday. in the northeast hints of it, but again, next week looks very warm for the eastern half of the country. now a closer look at the day ahead. well, the early morning snows will be exiting and then we'll be left wit a blustery day from the great lakes through new england. temperatures for highs in the 60s. so, we can deal with one last snow. >> especially since 60s are right around the corner. we'll take it. bill, thank you so much.

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and former ccer star, wendy. and president obama revealed that first family will stay in washington d.c. after the second term is over so their youngest daughter sasha won't have to switch high schools. they say getting hit by bird poop is good luck but it was discovoved that the bird pop hitting the wires caused the reactor to shut down for three days. while the fbi and apple duke it out in court over whether the tech gia can be forced to hack into their phones, the san bernardino families of those killed have asked apple to unlock the iphone. 14-year-old abigail kopf who was originally pronounced dead in the hospital is reportedly improving. she's been upgraded from serious to fair. let's get down to business.

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we head to minnesota and two high school teams. marsral high school ties it with three at the buzzer. and the game goes to over time. now to the third over time we go and nowow one second to play. unbelievable shot there. that sent the game into a fourth over time and in the fourth extra riod, wazika high school, now inbounding the ball. how else do you think it would end? and they head to the minnesota state tourney for a wild win over marshal high school 103-100. and thwarrior steph curry

and golden state tieing the all time nba record for consecutive home wins at 44. and rajon rondo led the way to their first win since february of 2003. and oracl team u.s.a., well, six sailers did all they cod to keep their high tech boat above water. their 45 foot vessel flipped on its sid but the crew was unharmed and the cat ran only suffered minor damage. a netflix favorite is back for you to binge on all weekend. plus, bruce springsteen sure knew how to make this woman's day. you're watching "early today." you're watchin this is tecfidera.

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that's strange seeing someone smoke a cigar upside down. >> that's strange to see a room full of people smoking period. a congressional delegation is head to flint, michigan. nancy pelosi will lead the delegation on a fact finding mission. and it's happypy birthday to josh bowman, he turns 28, nba all star, turned mayor, kevin johnson is 50, and patricia heaten turns 58 today. now keep it right here for more news, weather and sports. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early

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think was an elaborate scheme to steal gasoline. >> two men arrested after offering to help a woman fix a flat tire, but police say it's what they were plotting that got them in trouble. >> and three young men behind bars for a crime they didn't commit. how they finally proved their innocence. good friday morning. i'm dan kuse in for eric today. >> and i'm sheli muniz. >> it's great to be here. eric is in for ryan. hey, era. >> happy friday to you at home. temperatures are on the mild side near coastal areas. dealing with 67 degrees in miami. 70 in the opalaca area. dealing with temperatures in the upper 60s.