It was a cruise from hell. The Royal Caribbean ship that cruised through a dangerous storm returns to the relief of thousands of passengers. As cruise line officials admit they need to do better. And the return of the polar votext. A huge portion of the country is about to get really, really, really cold. Today thursday, february 11, 2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. 23 degrees out there. That will be known as a heat wave this weekend. By sunday it could be 1 degree or 0 here in new york city. Bundldl up. Lets start with breaking news after a dramatic night of still occupypyg a Federal Building in oreren now appear to be on the verge of ending that siege. This 41day occupation could come to an end this morningith occupants saying they plan to turn themselves in peacefully following dramatic developments as fbi put barricades ahead of and behind where those are camping. Come out with your hands. No were not. Reporter tense moments as the fbi moves in on the four remaining occupiers at a wildlife refuge. Well, no, im done talking. Im done praying. Thats it. Reporter Assembly Woman just landed in portlanan and drove through the night hoping to we need to get calm here. Nobodys listening to us. Reporter the group agreed to turn in this morning. News service that bundy was arrested at the airport chtis refusal to pay federal grazing fees led to armed standoff. His sons were leaders of the latest occupation. Two weeks ago the bundy brothers and other occupation leaders were arrested during a violent confrontation with Law Enforcement. So far 16 people including four remaining occupiers have been indicted. At this point it is unclear what chchges cliven bundy will face. It is going to get very, very cold. Polar vortex. Its always there but it is going to make itself felt in a big way. Now. This isnt the coldest air. It feels like 7 below in chicago, 2 below in cleveland. Air temperature in wilmington 26 feels like 18. Orlando 38 degrees. We always have the polar vortex up at the poles. It weakens and allows the jet stream to drop down. That jet stream cuts down into the east coast. Highs in Single Digits and teens in the midwest and northeast. It will get cold down into florida. By saturday morning feels like 13 below in cleveland, 1 belolo by sunday morning record lows boston, new york city, washington, raleigh all with temperatures that will be anywhere from 10 to 20 to 40 degrees below average all the way down to raleigh and parts of northern florida. This is going to be a tough one and rebounds beginning of next week. Dogs and cats cuddling to stay warm. Its a three dog night. I love it. Al, thank you. To the big battle coming next in the president ial race as the republican field gets smaller and Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are getting set to debate tonight. We have it all covered again this morning. Peter alexander is in myrtle beach, South Carolina. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you from here along the beautiful myrtle beach boardwalk. Donald trump celebrating a victory lap. He leads the polls in the state but faces a challenge from his state where twothirds identify as born agaga or evangelical christian. Donald trump is eyeing another big victory. If we win here we will run the table. Reporter despite a fierce battle brewing here trump largely held back on attacking republican rivals with one exception. The last thing we need is another bush. Reporter nine d ds before first in the south primary the field is shrinking, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina leaving the race. And just months after a racially motivated shooting trump drew criticism on social media for retweet ag message said by a reported white supremacist. Ted cruz who handily defeated trump in iowa is focussed on doing it again. Theh only w to beat donald trump is to highlight the simple it is not conservative. Reporter jeb bush is leading on voter loyalty. Sou carolina has been good to the bushes in the past and im hoping and praying will be good ten days from now. We dont need a president that thinks it is a victory to go bankrupt and think about the millions of 3 3e78 that w wld suffer because of that. Reporter john kasich is banking on strong New Hampshire showing. The negative attacks are coming. Just love the beatings and straighten it out. Tell people what you are for. Reporter marco rio is vowing he wont make the same mistake twice acknowledging lessons learned. I dont need to start the fights but if someone starts one we will have to win over in the district. Reporter you have donald trump and ted cruz and everybody else. Described as a personal email referencing trumps vulgar profanities as he calls them and writing i can beat Hillary Clinton and donald cant. Peter alexander on the trail in South Carolina. Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton come facetoface in milwaukee tonight at their first debate since sanders landslide win in New Hampshire. Reporter good morning to you. The stakes couldnt be higher here in milwaukee. Secretary clinton hoping to deliver a solid performance. Senator sanders hoping to build on his momentum and prove he is the top contender. Its fight night in milwaukee. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders taking the stage in what could b b the most contentious debate yet coming on the heels of sanders convincing win in New Hampshire. Now on to nevada, south reporter a wounded clinton huddled with advisers in new york while sanders took a victory lap with a series of aparances showing off his skilil on the view. How do you keep this going . With a lot of effort. Reporter and meeting with activists and msnbc anchor reverend al sharpton in harlem. It is important that he sets the signal that on t`e morning after a historic v vtory he would havav breakfast with me. Reporter sanders is working to broaden his appeal critical to winning diverse states like nevada and South Carolina telling nbcs kasie hunt if you look at my record i have one of the strongest civil rights records in congress. Holdouts, South Carolina congressman im not rulg out a a endorsement before the electiti. Im ruling one out for this week. Reporter as sanders braces for new attacks from clinton tonight Late Wednesday he appeared on the late show having a few laughs. Im sitting down with president ial candidate senator Bernie Sanders. How did you get him . He is elececifying . Reporter defending his call for revolution. What the goal of the campaign is about is toook at the civil rights movegent, the Womens Movement and gay movemt and understand when people come together we can accomplish enormous things. Reporter aides say secretary clinton is looking to draw sharp contrast with sanders over guns, health care and criminal Justice Reform and wont hesitate to pounce. Sanders winning today. More than 7 million since New Hampshire. Clinton Officials Say they are happy with their fundraising figures, as well but wouldnt releas an exact dollar amount. Thanknkso much. Turn now to mark halpern. What is in her mind right now in. We have seen the clintons and campaigns over decades and an old political expression things are bad for her now. Big loss in n n hampshire. There is questioio within the campaign about whether she has confidence in her team. Some people on her team are worried she is not performing well enough as a candidate. The fundraising figures are horrible for Hillary Clinton. She cant raise money like Bernie Sanders. She has to start turning things around and winning the news cycle. The debate is important. First in nevada in caucuses and here in South Carolina she has to give herself confidence and her team confidence. From the very beginning it was thought that she would do well with women of all ages. Looking at New Hampshire she lost that demographic by about ten percentage points. The common belief is she wil do well with minorities. Can she count on that now in. I dont think she can take anything for granted. Her campaign is making inevitability argument. Bernie sanders again making an aggressive push. He is on offense. She needs to do more than just defend her support of minority voters. He in South Carolina africanamerican voters matter. Female africanamerican voters matter a lot. Bernie sanders has a message that will try to appeal to a broader electorate. Right now she has more challenges. And, mark, on the republican side of things, its very seeing the dynamic play out where you have cruz and trump. Why are they continuing with this circular firing squad strategy . Why dont they take on the front runners . Its a great question. Jeb bush has been taking on donald trump and he is hoping that makes him stand out. I think you are going to see three other candidates because we are basically down to five. Trump and cruz. John kasich, jeb bush and marco rubio all w wt to be the one who is in a three person fight. They feel they need to win that division, the establishment vision before they can turn full throttle. A lot of people are saying in this state they may not get in the game. This may be a trump cruz battle. Godzilla and king cong are fighting. Can play at that level, as well. A tgic story. Mamalands governor ordered flagged to fly at half staff to honor two deputies shot and killed by a gunman. One deputy was shot in the head restaurant. A second deputy found him nearby and that deputy was also fatally shot. The 67yearold gunman was killed in an exchange of gun fire with other deputies. More problems for the city of ferguson, missouri. The Justice Department is suing the city for notot making good on proposed reforms. The doj is seeking to force the city to make the changes. Attorney general says the residedes of ferguson cannot wait longer. The Royal Caribbean ship battered after steering into a dangerous storm arrived in new the passengers had plenty too say about brutal conditions they faced at sea. Janet shamlian spoke to some of them. Reporter passengers started streaming off the ship about 9 30 last night describing what they call a forturous trip. They say at the height of the storm a period of about four hours they thought thehe were going down. One of the Worlds Largest and newest cruise ships the anthem of the sea is finally back in port. Ship and Royal Caribbeans reputation bruised and battered after sailing directly into a powerful atlantic storm. Three days before their scheduled arrival passengers couldnt wait to getet off thehe anthem of the sea when it stopped late last night vacationers describe it as terrifying. Probably the scariest thing in my life. It was a cruise from hell. Winds of more than 150 Miles Per Hour and right in the middle of it. I feared for my life. Old people laying in bed saying good bye for the last time that is what it felt like. Reporter shattered glass and overturned furniture. Passengers told to shelter in their room. At the height of the storm the massive vessel lifted as much as 45 degrees. You dont come back from that. Reportete the remainder of the cruise was cancelled and on monday the ship turned around. We were supposed to be on an island today. I would say it ruined my vacation a little bit. Reporter Royal Caribbean is vowing to improve how it monitors storms saying what happened this week shows we need to do better. The vessel wont be allowed to sail again until deemed safe. Royal caribbean is promising a future cruise. Some o othe passengers say they wont be using. Not enough to get me back on a cruise ship. Reporter a number of passengers are still on board. Anyone who needed asestance with luggage was required to stay until this morning until they could disembark. Investigators will be boarding the vessel check frg structural or electric damage anything to prevent the ship from leaving on saturday. Mr. Roker is back. We are looking at lake effect snow and talking about that. As you can see we have heavy rain into the pacific northwest. We are looking at a a beaeaiful dada into thehe southwest. Another warm day in los angeles. 87 degrees and sunshine. We will sfx cell phone vibrates. Yeah . sigh youre e ay. Hes okay, he made it jason. What do you mean . 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The polar vortex and al says as far south as florida. Breaking out the parkas in florida. Here is a look at todadas headlines. The Royal Caribbean s