dale, we are looking for a repeat of yesterday. dale: we have another day very similar to it today. just a little more breeze. one or two sprinkles in the mountains of north carolina this morning. that will be over by 9:00 and push through. partly cloudy for the mountains with low 60's today. the upstate logo from low 50's this morning. we will see the temperatures climb into the upper 60's for afternoon highs. wonderful weather to look forward to today. we will talk about our next chance of rain coming in tonight in the next few minutes. allyson: thank you. new information this morning. fire officials tell us a child was taken to a burn center after a house fire in honea path. geoff: investigators say crews responded last night to green street. they say four adults and two children were inside the home. we do have a live look here for you from the home this morning. officials say one child was pulled out in cardiac arrest, taken to a hospital to be

investigators say no other injuries were reported and the house is likely a total loss. allyson: also, new information this morning. greenville county deputies say they're investigating a home invasion in fountain inn. they say it happened about 10:30 last night on nash mill road. investigators say a man and woman held homeowners at gun point, rummaged through the home, and left in a car. no one was hurt, and no arrests have been made. in greenville county, a boy scout's back home safe after spending nearly a day alone in frigid temperatures covered up in leaves to stay warm. geoff: what a story. wyff news 4's aly myles joins us from jones gap state park with more. aly: lovely a positive outcome in this story. we're here at jones gap state park where we barely have any cell signal. imagine getting separated and dealing with rough terrain. that's what happened to 12-year-old john quay here saturday afternoon.

he was found sunday on old camp creek road hungry, cold, and in wet clothes. we're told john crossed creeks and went through some rough terrain in below freezing temperatures. >> the crew that found him said he just come up and gave them a big hug like thank you. it was pretty overwhelming. aly: john is part of boy scout troop 210 out of powdersville. troop leaders say they teach the boys survival skills at a young age, including using the buddy system. they say they aren't sure how he got separated. officials say john is now home resting with his parents. aly myles, wyff news 4, live at jones gap state park. allyson: greenville county deputies say they need your help finding a double murder suspect who cut off his ankle monitoring device. investigators say bradford williams killed two people at a nightclub in 2014. he was released from jail in january with an ankle monitoring device as part of the home incarceration program. records show he cut off that device thursday morning. deputies say williams has friends and family living in the taylors area and in oconee and

if you see him, you're asked to call 911. geoff: asheville police say they need your help finding a driver who fired shots during a road rage incident. it happened early friday morning along tunnell road. a woman told police she was almost in a collision with a man, who then fired a handgun in her direction. police say they tried to stop the driver, but he took off. the woman was not hurt. if you have any information about what happened, call the asheville police department. allyson: taking in the roads the roseville, 85 near highway 290. earlier, construction and northbound lanes but it has cleared up. fairly quiet on the road so far. one accident involving a deer. other than that, take a look at our travel times. all of this green means you are going to have smooth commutes so

let's take a look at how 385 is looking from haywood road. commitment 2016 now as we count down to super tuesday. crisscrossing the nation hoping to gain support. geoff: several candidates are taking aim at the gop front-runner. nikole killion has more from our exclusive washington newsroom. nikole: donald trump's refusal to reject an endorsement from a former klan leader has drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle. >> i don't know anything about david duke. i don't know anything about what you are talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. nikole: appareny the backing of david duke has landed the gop front-runner in another firestorm after other candidates voiced their concern for not announcing that klan chief.

trump support pathetic. hillary clinton and donald trump hold their advantage. allyson: as the candidates look ahead to tomorrow, we're asking for your input. who do you think will be the next presidential candidate to drop out of the race? you can vote in our now poll on the wyff4.com or our facebook and twitter pages. here are the results so far. out of the five republican and two democratic candidates left amusing ben carson will drop out next and then john kasich. geoff: great weather for clemson starting spring ball today. that will start in a couple weeks. spring games coming up in early april. then they play the national championship yesterday? seven weeks later and it is spring football.

it will be more breezy today. 385 and woodruff road. it is clear. for the mountains, a few clouds and maybe isolated google could occur with a fast-moving front that has been affecting parts of tennessee and kentucky and virginia overnight. it may just brush the mountains of north carolina with an isolated spiegel this morning, and that will be get. mostly sunny for the upstate. greenville currently at 51. let's see what the expected high will be today. 68 for the afternoon. asheville at 48 will climb to 61 or 62. really nice weather to start the week. again, breezes at 10-15 in the upstate. tomorrow we will see a 30% to

that will increase to 60% or 70% of the area tuesday night into wednesday. high temperatures will cool down into the upper 40's, upper 50's for wednesday and the next couple days. friday chance of showers and saturday looks to be sunny. 56 in the afternoon. sunday will get up to 63. will see a little drop in the temperatures this week and rebounding by the end of the week. geoff: thank you. space-x continues to try to help millions get internet and phone

no announcer: you're watching live, local, breaking news with geoff hart, allyson powell, and weather with meteorologist dale gilbert. this is wyff news 4 today in high definition. geoff: we are bringing you a live look right now from carolina. county. a husband and wife were killed in a house explosion last night. you can see the destruction there. officials say a truck crashed into april painting. we-- a propane tank. we will bring you more as we get it. allyson: expected in court in virginia today, a man accused of

weekend the day after a vigil for the officer. hundreds gathered sunday to remember north virginia officer ashley guindon. officials say she was on her first field shift and responded to a domestic dispute call saturday. investigators say ronald hamilton, an active duty army staff sergeant assigned to the pentagon, killed his wife and then officer guindon. two other officers were injured. in ohio, police are investigating after a pastor was shot dead inside his church during a sunday morning service. william schooler had just walked back to the pulpit inside zion baptist church when the shooter got out of a pew and followed him. more than 20 people were inside the church at the time. the shooter is believed to be schooler's brother, but police do not yet have a motive. geoff: happening today, a member of the famed seal team six set to receive the medal of honor. senior chief edward byers, jr., was part of a hostage rescue mission operation on december 8, 2012, in afghanistan.

ohio, and has already earned two purple hearts for being wounded in combat as well as five bronze stars for heroism. defense department officials said byers is the first living seal to receive the medal of honor since the vietnam war. meanwhile, private space company space-x has not said why it scrubbed a launch of its falcon-9 rocket last night. it was the third time the launch has been canceled in recent days. space-x says on its website the rocket and its payload are fine. the rocket carries a satellite that would bring internet and phone access to millions of people in asia. allyson: a child sitting on an nba bench during the game. that special moment trending this morning.

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upper 60's in the upstate and mountains may see an isolated sprinkle. we have seen a little action in tennessee and virginia and kentucky overnight with a little front pushing through. my 8:00 or 9:00, that will be over. partly cloudy for the mountains and temperatures will reach into the low 60's. this is pretty good weather for this time in february. we have the coolest place in andrews at 45. boone at 50. 48 in asheville. let's check on a few communities in pickens county and oconee county. seneca at 52. upper 60's expected again by the end of the day. 10-15 mile-per-hour winds of the southwest. breezy at times in the mountains also. what is normal? average this time of year would be 38 in the morning and 68 for a high. we will be above that with 47 this morning and 68 for the

the mountains normally start out around freezing and get to 54. today, 61 the expected high. a good seven degrees above the norm. this is event number one. it will be very short-lived. another cold front comes through tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night especially. that will bring us our best chance of rain into half of wednesday. after that, we will have cooler 50's for highs the rest of the week. we will enjoy the warm weather with 68 with 68 or 69 in a few spots in the m upstate and low 60's in the mountains. four-day plus forecast. rain tuesday and tuesday night especially. wednesday, half the day until noon we will have showers in area. that it clears. -- then it clears.

roads this morning, 85 and highway 290. things already busy of interstate but no accidents so far. monday morning commute. we have an accident off the follow road. this is blocking the intersection. the accident. be careful in that area. walhalla. around the curve. 385 and 85, they a smooth speed limit drive. let's take a look outside at 35 and woodruffoad. that should beat the traffic. back to you. geoff: thank you. you are taking a look at the detroit pistons game. one of the players moved down a seat. why?

o andre drummond was on the bench anandecided to bring the fan. why not? they were blowing out the opponent. i guess left with a couple of hand. hardwood, this time in new york. 17-year-old samantha miller asking knicks rookie kristaps porzingis to her prom. he replied to miller in a video and kindly turned her down due to scheduling issues, but she didn't want him to think she had any bad feeling about it. she showed back up sunday night with a sign saying she's still his number one fan. that is a pretty good exchange, isn't it? also trending, hello? don't pga golfers usually roll up their legs? not pga golfer gary woodland .

his shot out of the water goes into the bunker. he would par. people are not talking about his golf game this morning. allyson: with a great weather this weekend, some of you got

-- on this monday. hope you had a great weekend and yesterday. we loved it. let's take a look at some of the pictures you sent to u local. allyson: yesterday, your morning commute looks like this. looks like early morning commute. geoff: good shot. sarah elizabeth long sent this in. bill clinton was at usc upstate campaigning for hillary and she was able to get a selfie. allyson: look at that selfie. they both looked surprised. geoff: who would imagine taking shots like that with a former president if you years ago? allyson: bob burton sent this in on sunrise on glassy mountain.

geoff: puddin the pug was out voting for both sides of the primary. as you mentioned, he snuck through people's life. -- legs. allyson: our last picture. michael cinammon sent this picture in of the rainbow we had last week after all of our severe weather. i silent pictures of the rainbow but i missed it. geoff: moore please. more please. dale: very much like it today. just more of a breeze this afternoon. 48 degrees this morning as we look at from our various skycams. as we take a look at the south east with live super doppler 4 hd, one or two light showers may occur at the front is pushing through the mountains this morning. after that, it will not last long. this afternoon, partly cloudy in the mountains and across the

47 will climb to 68 for the ride home. maybe a light check in and a teacher for the afternoon. the outlook for the mountains the same. cooler early, but by the afternoon, 61 in western north carolina. time for our deal school salute. today, we have this wonderful picture that came from buena vista elementary school. it is missed why -- ms. wyatt's wild things wearing blue to support rare disease awareness month. geoff: it's time now for your wyff news 4 timeline on this february 29. take a look at video from the oscars last night, but it was on this date in 1940 that "gone with the wind" won eight oscars by the american academy of sciences. civil war swept many prestigious categories. that included hattie mcdaniel winning best supporting actress she was the first african

ever win an oscar. allyson: in this morning's headlines, new information this morning. officials say a housusis likely a total loss after a fire in

geoff: they say four adults and two children were inside the on green street in honea path. officials say one child was pulled out in cardiac arrest, taken to a hospital to be stabilized, and then taken to the burn center in augusta. investigators say no other injuries were reported. allyson: also, new informamaon this morning. greenville county deputies say no arrests have been made yet after a home invasion in fountain inn on nash mill road. investigators say a man and woman held homeowners at gun point, rummaged through the home, and left in a car. no one was hurt, and no arrests have been made. geoff: a beautiful shot with the sun peeking in ready to rise. clemson football goes back to work with spring practice here. what are we expecting today? a carbon copy of yesterday? dale: it will be a great day. upper 60's today. a nice breeze out of the west-southwest. a breeze at 10 miles per hour

51 will climb to the upper 60's. sunrise happens at 659 this morning -- 6:59 this morning. there may be a struggle or two this morning as a friend has been moving -- front has been moving through quickly. it will be partly cloudy and mountains with low 60's expected this afternoon. a little on the cool side in western north carolina. upper 40's and 50's in the upstate this morning. upper 60's this afternoon. a couple of days this week we could see rain. we will show you that in a few moments. this morning in greenville county. a boy scout's back home safe after spending nearly a day alone in frigid temperatures covered up in leaves to stay warm. geoff: what really here -- relief here. wyff news 4's aly myles joins us from jones gap state park with more. aly: luckily a positive outcome in this story.

we barely have any cell signal, making it tough to call for help if necessary. so imagine getting separated from a group and dealing with rough terrain. that's what happened to 12-year-old john quay here saturday afternoon. officials say he was alone for roughly 18 hours. he was found sunday on old camp creek road hungry, cold, and in wet clothes. we're told john crossed creeks and went through some rough terrain in below freezing temperatures. >> the crew that found him said he just come up and gave them a big hug like thank you. it was pretty overwhelming. aly: john is part of boy scout troop 210 out of powdersville. troop leaders say they teach the boys survival skills at a young age, including using the buddy system. they say they aren't sure how he got separated. officials say john is now home resting with his parents. aly myles, wyff news 4, live at at jones gap state park. allyson: greenville county deputies say they need your help finding a double murder suspect who cut off his ankle monitoring device. investigators say bradford williams killed two people at a nightclub in 2014. he was released from jail in january with an ankle monitoring

incarceration program. records show he cut off that device thursday morning. deputies say williams has friends and family living in the taylors area and in oconee and anderson counties. if you see him, you're asked to call 911. geoff: asheville police say they need your help finding a driver who fired shots during a road rage incident. it happened early friday morning along tunnell road. a woman told police she was almost in a collision with a man, who then fired a handgun in her direction. police say they tried to stop the driver, but he took off. the woman was not hurt. if you have any information about what happened, call the asheville police department. allyson: turning to commitment 2016, less than a day away from super tuesday and candidates are hoping to persuade voters with their last minute messages. geoff: now, several candidates are taking aim at gop front-runner donald trump involving the ku klux klan. nikole killion has more from our exclusive washington newsroom.

reject an endorsement from a former klan leader is ryan criticism from both sides of the aisle. > there is no place for david duke, the ku klux klan or any sort of hatred or bigotry america. >> we are have any place for white the premises in the united states of america. it does not make any sense to me. nikole: they are that's the apparent backing of the former kkk leader. they all voice their outrage for donald trump refusal to denounce it. hillary clinton calling donald trump's support pathetic. knowledge of both the advantage over his gop competitors. in washington, nikole killion, the we wiped the news four. geoff: as the candidates look ahead to tomorrow, we're asking for your input. who do you think will be the next presidential candidate to

you can vote in our now poll on the wyff4.com or our facebook and twitter pages. here are the results so far. 43% of you saying ben carson will be the next to drop out followed by john kasich at 35%. we will keep that running for the next couple of days. allyson: pretty quiet on the roads this morning. a pretty day. dale: we are getting some beautiful views from our skycams.

doppler 4 hd weather forecast. dale: good morning. we look at from our various skycams. got some beautiful views of mostly clear skies. 48 degrees in spartanburg from gives field. greenville looking good. so is laurens. temperatures will go to the upper 60's before the day is out. a southwesterly breeze will usher in milder temperatures. this one is a fast-moving system that may bring a sprinkle to some of the mountains of north

another system coming in tomorrow afternoon tomorrow evening will bring us a better chance of rain and cooler temperatures. asheville and 48. greenville and 51. low 60's in the mountains and upper 60's and the upstate. just count on it being a little more breezy. 10-15 plus mile-per-hour wind. tomorrow afternoon, 40% in the mountains. by tomorrow night, 60% to 70% of the area seeing showers to happen wednesday. thursday, you should be dry. another 30% chance of rain friday with saturday and sunday dry. looks like a nice weekend. just a little cooler after today and then rebounding to the low 60's on sunday. allyson: taking a look at the roads now, 85 around pleasant break drive, nice to see the sun coming up on another day. nice to see smooth moving traffic.

as you wake up this monday morning. one not so happy note in greenville at pelham road and the parkway. no accident but this is blocking an intersection. you can see it moving slowly at about 50 miles per hour in the area. if you are heading into the area, no accidents but we are looking at a little bit of slow-moving traffic. see this portion of church street around east st. john? 14 miles per hour. yellow indicating a little slower than speed limit traffic so you might want to keep that in mind as you head out the door this morning. 26 and 40 will give you a smooth drive. let's take a look outside at 385 from haywood road. that should beat the traffic. ricardo: good morning. i'm ricardo lecompte. the clemson and south carolina baseball teams wake up this morning with series sweeps in hand. the tigers able to knock off james madison at doug kingsmore stadium with a three-game sweep. here are the highlights.

freshman seth beer lifts this second. one into the chapman grandstands. clemson leads 2-1. beer 3-3, a homer, and three rbi. clemson bangs out 15 hits in an 11-2 win, completing the sweep over james madison. the gamecocks busted out the brooms against penn state. they swept their three-game series. we moved to the third inning. 1-1. john jones, what a weekend for series. he went 8-10, two home runs, adds two rbi on this play to give him 10 rbi in the series. usc sweeps penn state 4-2. gamecocks 8-0 on the year. geoff: baseball season's just getting started, but basketball season winding down. the south carolina women have closed out the regular season as just the second team in sec history to go through league that is saying something. senior day in columbia. the winningest class in school

celebrated over the weekend. the gamecocks with no trouble taking out lsu 75-39. meanwhile, clemson wrapped up the regular season with a 71-57 loss to nc state. the lady tigers will face wake forest in the acc tournament at 2:30 wednesday in greensboro. in high school basketball, three upstate teams will play for state titles this upcoming weekend in columbia. on the boys side, the byrnes rebels will battle irmo for the 4a state title. abbeville will take on timberland at 4:00 p.m. saturday. on the girls side, christ church takes on timmonsville at 11:00 saturday morning. allyson: a live look now from honea path were officials say

the condition ofnew information this morning... fire officials tell us a child allyson: in our news to go new , information this morning. fire officials tell us a child was taken to a burn center after a house fire in honea path. geoff: investigators say crews responded last night to green street. they say four adults and two children were inside the home. we have a live look i believe this morning. officials say one child was pulled out in cardiac arrest, taken to a hospital to be stabilized, and then taken to the burn center. investigators say no other injuries were reported and the house looks like it is a total loss.

greenville county deputies say they're investigating a home invasion in fountain inn. they say it happened about 10:30 last night on nash mill road. investigators say a man and woman held homeowners at gun point, rummaged through the home and left in a car. , no one was hurt, and no arrests have been made. taking a live look outside now from our paris mountain skycam. beautiful. look at that. geoff: fantastic shot. like to yesterday and more of it coming today you say. dale: got into the upper 60's. 67 at gsp. 51 today in downtown greenville. a little breeze early and i will pick up to 10-15 plus at times. still lots of sunshine. the only place that might see isolated showers is the mountains of north carolina and virginia and the partly cloudy for the mountains for the afternoon. 48 currently in asheville. that will climb to 61 while greenville and spartanburg will

southwest breeze is at 10-15 plus. a gorgeous day and a better chance of showers by tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. allyson: thank you. taking a look at the rose, interstates will be clear. so far looking smooth. this accident could give you problems in greenville envelope road -- on halloweenpelham road. other than that, looking pretty good on the roads. let's take a look outside at 385 or woodruff road. there. in greenville county, a boy scout's back home safe after frigid temperatures. he covered up in leaves to stay warm. geoff: wyff news 4's aly myles park with more. aly: we're here at jones gap state park and we have very

that's what happened to 12-year-old john quay here saturday afternoon. imagine getting separated from your group not able to call for help and on top of that dealing with some rough terrain . officials say he was alone for roughly 18 hours. he was found sunday on old camp creek road hungry, cold and in wet clothes. we're told john crossed creeks and went through some rough terrain in below freezing temperatures. he is part of boy scout troop 210 out of powdersville. troop leaders say they teach the boys survival skills at a young age, including using the buddy system. they say they aren't sure how he got separated. now home resting with his parents. aly myles, wyff news 4, here at jones gap state park. allyson: greenville county finding a double murder suspect device. investigators say bradford williams killed two people at a nightclub in 2014. he was released from jail in january with an ankle monitoring device as part of the home incarceration program. records show he cut off that device thursday morning.

friends and family living in the taylors area and in oconee and anderson counties. if you see him, you're asked to call 911. geoff: asheville police say they need your help finding a driver who fired shots during a road rage incident. it happened early friday morning a woman told police she was almost in a collision with a man, who then fired a handgun in her direction. police say they tried to stop the driver, but he took off. the woman was not hurt. if you have any information about what happened, call the asheville police department. allyson: also in north carolina, state troopers say they've charged a woman who hit four bicyclists with her car in johnston county. the crash happened the weekend of february 20. investigators say 50-year-old donnie marie williams drove her car behind the cyclists and hit them throwing them from their bikes. williams did stop at the scene after the catch but a cyclist , hurt in the accident believes the charges are minimal. expected in court in virginia today, a man accused of shooting and killing his wife and a police officer this weekeknd.

vigil for the officer. hundreds gathered sunday to remember north virginia officer ashley guindon. officials say she was on her first field shift and responded to a domestic dispute call on saturday. investigators say ronald hamilton an active-duty army staff sergeant assigned to the pentagon killed his wife and then officer guindon. two other officers were injured. allyson: in ohio, police are investigating after a pastor was shot dead inside his church during a sunday morning service. william schooler had just walked back to the pulpit inside zion baptist church when the shooter got out of a pew and followed him. more than 20 people were inside the church at the time. the shooter is believed to be schooler's brother but police do not yet have a motive. geoff: happening today, a member of the famed seal team six set to receive the medal of honor. senior chief edward byers junior was part of a hostage rescue mission operation on december 8, 2012, in afghanistan.

, ohio, and has already earned two purple hearts for being wounded in combat as well as five bronze stars for heroism. defense department officials said byers is the first living seal to receive the medal of honor since the vietnam war. allyson: private space company space-x has not said why it scrubbed a launch of its falcon-9 rocket last night. it was the third time the launch has been canceled in recent days. space-x says on its website the rocket and its payload are fine. the rocket carries a satellite that would bring internet and phone access to millions of people in asia. geoff: a bit of a different topic this morning that is trending. if you travel on a plane often you probably know legroom isn't , what it used to be. new york senator chuck schumer is now saying enough is enough. he thinks the faa should require airlines to abide by a seat-size guideline. he says legroom on planes has shrunk an average of four inches while seats have gotten about two inches thinner.

seat-size guideline amendment to the faa reauthorization act pending in congress right now. allyson: good to know. i was just getting bigger. that's i thought i was just getting bigger. we're now less than 24 hours away from super tuesday, 12 states whose votes could alter campaign. gop frontrunner donald trump heads into super tuesday leading every state except texas. slamming trump for not , condemning support from the former head of the ku klux klan. meanwhile super tuesday's looking good for hillary clinton leading nearly 2-to-1 in key , states over bernie sanders. geoff: i'm still trying to get over the last one. some sports news here. defensive backs will round out the nfl combine workout today. georgia bulldogs were invited to participate this year. trying to bolster their stock. the second-best vertical jump at

also an impressive board jump and the fifth best 40 for linebackers. he got his workout short with an apparent leg injury. allyson: meanwhile, jimmie johnson cap to the checkers in atlanta and timely intimidator for career victories on the nascar circuit. the race went into overtime with new rules in place on a restart. he. kyle busch at the finish line is held off. he ties dale earnhardt senior for seven on the all-time list. geoff: that puts his career in perspective. allyson: big deal. geoff: trending this morning, a mix of expected and unexpected winners at the 80th academy awards. spotlight the surprise oscar winner for best picture. best actor winter leonardo dicaprio. first career actor for him. chris rock jumped about the controversy leading up to the awards and the lack of diversity.

and supported victims of campus sexual assaults. we will have much more obvious today show coming up in a few minutes. you said earlier it was looking good on the interstate. that is great to hear. allyson: it was looking good but i would have an accident that has come in recently in pickens county. this one has injuries on highway 23 southbound from road 27. it will slow you down. watch out for that. we are looking good on the interstates. 85 and 385, but this will slow you down quite a bit. still in the roadway, still blocking the road on alhambra road -- pelham road. interstates are not bad so we can look at one little silver lining. geoff: considering what we had in the morning with temperatures, it is balmy compared what we had last week. dale: still typically have: mornings if ever, but it was

and mostly clear skies. 81,000 mountains. -- a few more clouds in the mountains. by the afternoon, partly and low 60's in the mountains today. the upstate will go from 51 this morning to an afternoon high of 68 for today. lots of sunshine today. of showers. be likely. already seeing the breeze is pick up 10-18 across the upstate. 25 mile-per-hour gusts in the mountains. tomorrow night into early wednesday and friday afternoon, a chance of showers. those will be the two times this week we may get a little rain. over the weekend, it looks pretty good. geoff: thank you. coming up on the today show hollywood's biggest night. , al roker has your behind the scenes look at the oscars. al: coming up this morning on "the today show," i'm al roker on the red carpet.

we've got the hits, the winners, the losers. we've got the parties. we've got it all, everything you need. what did chris rock say? it's all this morning on "today." geoff: al got his caffeine, didn't he? from the red carpet to the campaign trail, "today" also has the latest on the race for the white house as we near super tuesday. hallie: good morning. we are just 24 hours away from the start of super tuesday, and it has been a wild few days in the republican race. we're going to see how tomorrow shapes up. donald trump right now in some hot water over his comments about david duke and the kkk. he is also picking up the endorsement of senator jeff sessions from alabama, trump's very first senate endorsement. the southern states ahead of super tuesday kind of like a political playground, and they're starting to sound like one, too. marco rubio insulting donald trump over the weekend, taking this new aggressive tone against him. the question is, for rubio, is it enough to slow down his front-running rival? we'll have a look at all of this on "the today show."

hillary clinton's win over bernie sanders in south carolina. that is straight ahead on "today." we were disappointed sylvester supporting actor. dale: i know. better watch out. he might punch you.

good morning. king of the world. leonardo dicaprio finally wins an oscar 22 years after his first nomination. >> i do not take tonight for granted. thank you so very much. >> brie larson nabbing best actress. "spotlight," the surprise winner for best picture. host chris rock takes on the oscars so white controversy. >> i'm here at the academy awards, otherwise known as the white people's choice awards. >> this morning, al and natalie are live in hollywood with all the highlights from the show, the red carpet and, of course, the after parties. klan controversy.

disavow support from the kkk and its former leader david duke in an interview? >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> david duke and the klu klux klan here. >> honestly, i don't know david duke. >> the odd exchange that left the billionaire scrambling to explain while his rivals pounced. we'll talk to trump in a live interview. erin andrews and her convicted stalker expected to testify at her $75 million civil trial today. we're live at the courthouse. cursed cruise ship? another ill-fated voyage for royal caribbean's anthem of the seas, just weeks after passengers were battered by a powerful storm. this time, bad weather and a norovirus outbreak forcing it to return to port today, monday, february 29th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer