candidates scrambling for what may be a make or break day. nigh details on the monster storm. president obama gets serious about fighting the zika virus. plus peyton hits disney after 112 million americans watched super bowl 50. drones over take piloted aircraft. and it's fat tuesday. "early today" starts right now. good morning. l eyes on new hampshire today as voters head to the polls for the first in the nation primary and for the 100th time voters in the tiny town voted at midnight, all nine of them. john kasich personally called all nine. he was the only candidate to hold an event in the town. kasich actually won while sanders swept it with four,

and overall, sanders has the early upper hand over clinton, 17-9, while kasich, trump and cruz are in a three-way tie. donald trump is in more hot water, this time over his repetition of a use of a cruz. we shouldd warn you, viewers may find this offensive. >> she just said a terrible thing. you know what she said? shout it out because i don't want to -- okay. you're not allowed to say and i never expect to hear that from you again, she said i never expect to hear that from you again. she said he's a puszosse, that's terrible. >> i'm blushing. how are we allowed to say that? and he's been touting building a

former mexican president has harsh words for that plan. >> mexican people, we are not going to pay any single cent for such a stupid wall and they need to know that. >> trump is the clear frontrunner in new hampshire but the fight for seksdcond place is now a toss up between cruz, kasich, bush, rubio and christie. andri chris christie is continuingin his assault on marco rubio. >> his campaignn . >> rubio flying high after iowa is in damage control mode for the criticism he received over his repeated talking points during saturday's debate. our own lester holt asked him about.

over again, it played to the issue that you're a bit contrived, rehearsed. >> and understand people when they're running for office are say. choked. >> but that's just part of the process. >> on the other side of the aisle, the race is getting more personal with clinton attacking the sanders campaign saying they're being sexist. and hillary stating a recent report shake up is looming. something she addressed last night. >> i have no idea what they're talking about or who they're talking to. we're going to take stock but it's going to be the campaign i've got. i'm very committed to them, they're committed to doing the best we can. we're going to take stock, what works, what doesn't work.

it would be malpractice to say what worked? what do we need to do new and different that we have to pull out? >> and currently 538 has sanders odds of winning at greater that 99%. and even though it shows sanders with a large lead, let's not forget she did pull off a stunning upset last time. tracie, good morning. what kind of reshuffling are we looking at? >> reporter: let's start with the democrats. this is where hillary clinton, in 2008, became the comeback kid. she was not forecasted to win that primary and she did over president obama. this time she's double digits behind bernie sanders as she's able to get out of new hampshire, not winning but losing by single digits.

success and move on to what she just said like more diverse areas like south carolina and she has huge leads down there. and on the other side, it's a fight. cruz and rubio at the top of that list and then we have john kasich doing so much better here than iowa and in one poll already in second place. he's a possibility to come in second here. along with jeb bush and maybe even chris christie and that's why you're seeing him really go after rubio so far. so it's a four and maybe five way tie for the second. and they're expecting a big turn out. >> tracie potts, thanks. flint, michigan is seeing its first led contamination lawsuit. daughter sophia showed high levels of led at her one year

they were threatened with child protective surfaces if the levels didn't decrease. the test was done after they switched the water to the river later to have found caused pipe cu curosion. locol local officials have declined to comment. thousands of passengers aboard one of the world 's biggest cruise ships are expected to arrive back at shore. more than 6,000 were ordered to take cover. they tweeted images including overturned furniture and shattered glass. none seriously injured. and royal caribbean is promising full refunds.

congress for nearly $2 billion to fight the zika virus, much of it going to the cdc for mosquito control, vaccine research. it's spread to 26 countries in the america. it's thought to cause severe birth defects. as new hampshire voters head to their polling places a winter storm is moving up the coast. blizzard conditions were confirmed on nantucket with flooding along the coast and folks heading to primaries could see up to eight inches of the white stuff. and great to see you, rafael but are we going to make it to the polling places? >> they will make it. it's moving away now. we have another storm but it's much weaker. light snow breaking out from the northwest to the great lakes. that's the trend later on today. mainly light snow and 32 in

22 in chicago. chilly but dry for mardi gras and hot out west, near 90 in los angeles. here's a look at your primary forecast. no major weather in new hampshire, port smith 40 degrees. and a look at tomorrow, frigid. 11 in minneapolis and a light snow lingers across the northeast. still hot out west. that's the place to be. that's a look at your national forecast, now here's a look at your weather. and chilly with more light snow across the northeast. we could have impacted travel from philadelphia, slushy roads towards new york city, chilly in the southeast, temperatures in the 30s in atlanta. and that's your primary forecast.

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bowl an hour after the game ended in san francisco. today is the last day of the mardi gras season. in new orleans, hoards of revlers are getting ready for one last day of partying p. good morning, sarah. >> reporter: good morning. you know, the celebration and security both unprecedented. the party down in the street right now, some people starting, some haven't stopped and more than a million people expected here in the big izegize izeeasy. the costumes. the parades and of course the beads. all part of an iconic mardi gras experience.

>> definitely beyond our expectations. >> reporter: bringing locales and visitors a lot. >> you get to know where they coming from. >> reporter: security is tighter than ever before with so much surveillance, fbi says visitors should always assume they're being filmed. and many officers undercover. >> we want you to have a good time but we will not tolerate violent behavior. >> reporter: it's been cool and rainy but not enough to cancel any of the scheduled event. celebration. and all of this that you're seeing right now live on bourbon street ads up to big bucks for the local economy. an estimated $840 million in economic impact.

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room. he abruptly walked away from reporters and comments by bronco's player separated by just a black curtain may have triggered the early exit. >> they just played better than us. i don't know what you want me to say. they made more plays than us. and that's what it comes down to. now it all makes sense. lesean mccoy, according to a police report, the officers were hospitalized after a brawl. he was not arrested and an investigation is ongoing. the new york knicks fired head

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>> i have a good luck charm, would you like to pose for it? this is the chris christie. it's like with confidence. this is the rick perry, governor of texas. he held it up like it was a dead fish. >> reporter: and cruz's cradle and kaks mistook it for a campaign contribution. hillary clinton was cautious. >> she put her arm around me and insisted i was in the picture with her. >> reporter: trump played along. in 2008, a guy in iowa passed around a mr. potato head. >> i'd love to be in a world where dino flynn stone influences politics. >> reporter: this is proving real politics isn't extinct.

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