good morning, i'm dara brown. today is the dayor what is shaping up to be another super tuesday, bullet the story that continues to dominate the political landscape is the violence and p ptests at trump events. and one of his supporters sucker punched a protester at a rally last week. adding, we will not be seeking a warrant or indictment against mr. trump or his campaign. at aally in florida, trump surroge, sarah palin didn't mince words. >> what we don't have time for is all that petty punk -- little thuggery stuff that's been going on with these quote on quote protesters. >> all this serveve as bag drop

ohio, illinois, missouri and north carolina. john aasich is looking for his first win this election cycle in his home state of ohio. the democrats are locked in a battle of their own but most of their focus is on trump. >> reporter: it's march madness for republicans. >> the people that are supporters of donald trump want to see america be greatagain. >> reporter: on team trump, chris christie and sarah palin, who's heading back to alaska, her husband, todd seriously injured in a snow accident. and governor kasich. >> unlike the other people running, he has a real track record. >> reporter: in the buckeye state, kasich has never lost an

why is it still neck and neck with donalaltrump? >> i think we're ahead and we're going to win tomorrow. >> a lot of voter don't want to waist their vote. they don't want to cast their vote for somebody they think can't win. >> if we he were t t go on fifth avenue and shoot somebody, i would not be willing to support donald trump. >> reporter: and an ad about it discouraging remarks on women. and if he sweeps florida and ohio, he'll expand his sweeping lead lead. peter alexander, wester vill, ohio. >> we have protesters --

msnb clrks brks msnbc town hall. >> people remember mob violence that led to lynching. >> this guy is a pathological liar. it's hard to fact check because he nev has any facts. >> reporter: after the republican frontrunner started name checking sanders at rallies. >> he's the strongest candidate in the general elekszction. i think hillary clinton has a number of flaws that trump will beble to exploit. >> winning ohio would be huge for the sanders campaign, just like michigan was. provides enthuseiasm and money for r s campaign to continue. >> reporter: and a test to see if clilion can make inroads with young people. snl mocking her attempts to appeal to them by sounding like sanders.

controls 90% of the wealth in this country. >> reporter: but clinton might havethe last laugh if she holds on to her commanding delegate lead. charlotte, north carolina. >> 793 delegates are up for grabs tonight for the democrats.s. for the republicans, 358 delegates are at stake and while much of the focus is onhe winner take all in ohio and florida. don't over look ilnois, missouri, and north carolina, with more delegates. and the river basin in texas is matching the 1988 record and still expengtcting to risese continues to push through dewy vill. and louisiana saw possible tornados, fortunately no death or injuries reported. president obama signed a major

help aid in the area's recovery. in a surprise move, russian president, vladimir putin is ordering removal of troops now that peace talks are underway. he says his forces have helped syrian president assad's military turn thehe tide of war. the announcement seemed to take the white house by surprise. later the white house released a statement sayin president obama spoke with putin by phone and that mr. obama welcomed the news. syria syria's bloody civil war has created millions of refugees and killed thousands. the man drytrying to flee isis whwh he surrendered. the kurds say they found this driver's license.

on vacation in europe. and they have confirmed the death of of is man killed in an air strike earlier this month. leaders with the national transportation safety board will continue to look into the derailment in kansas monday morning. they expect to be on scene in at least a week, injurying 130 passengers and 14 crew members. they discussed the actions ahead of the derailment. >> there's some indication there was misalignnt. noticed something wrong the tracks and put it into the emergency brakishbraking. the nirkstsb will hope to have a better assessment later this week. one of the hottest shows to

the white house yesterday. the cast of "hamilton" performed at the white house and that led to the show's creator to do free-styling in the rose garden. >> this is some serious business right here. >> are we in the rose garden right now? >> we are. this is the rose garden right here. it must be a little nerve racking. i hope i don't drop these cards drop the beat. you flowing up some words i'm going to say some free styling that you've never heard, constitution, poets, i'm free styling and you know this. president obamahe hostest with the most est, he's holding up signs, i'm not done. i'm at the whihi house i can't believe i'm not there it's more intimidating than if it was square i'm h@re with the president and my pops and the

>> how good is that? that's -- you think that's going viral? that's going viral. >> iid not see those words prior. >> he made that look so easy. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with your primary dayforecasting. can you do some free styling? >> no, usually the press conferences or a couple heads of state state. thatas very good. we're watching inclement weather and still gloomy around boston. snow in maine, showers exiting virginia. the worst weather is along the border of iowa and missouri. in des moines in the next half hour to hour, you have rain. and now as far as today is going to go, we're going to get a break in the middle of the day and later severe storms.

on some storms, a little section of missouri and then late late tonit in areas of ohio, we could get isolated tornados out of this. here's how the timing is going to play out. this is the thunderstorms we were watching. these dissipate as we go throughout the day. so, people voting in missouri may have to bring umbrellas. illinois, it looks like maybe 10:00 p.m., chicago i think you're safe for all your activities today. your storms will roll through probably in the overnight hours. florida looks great for voting and no problems in north4 carolina. now a closer look at your day ahead. temperatures will be very warm st. louis southward. that's why our focus of s sere weather into areas around missouri and look how warm texas is. some areas into the low 90s. so, looks pretty nice for lot of people today.

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today." it is primary day in five states today. all eyes are focused on, for the most part, two of those states. good morning even one. i'm eric harryman. >> i'm sheli muniz. it's tuesday, march 15th. >> it could mean big things moving forward over the course of the next couple weeks. who is in, who is out. julia bagg is putting together information for us ahead of the day's primary. we're going to talk with her live in just a minne. first, let's get you started very quickly with meteorologist ryan phillips. ryan, what's it going to be like today? >> no weather concerns.

warm pattern. here is a live look macarthur towards port miami. patchy fogg developing, mainly outest over the grassy surfaces. not looking for a big push to develop in the next few hours that may impede the morning drive. we've had rain in the last 24 to 48 hours, a little fog developing. visibility is down under three hours in opa-locka and hialeah. one-mile visibility in homestead and florida city. temperatures back into the mid 60s in southwest miami-dade, but pretty commonplace. temperatures into the low 70s. that's where we kick things off on our tuesday morning. still a very warm and bright day. first alert forecast high for 86 under mostly sunny skies. here is kelly blanco. >> good morning, south florida.