Why did hotel staff agree to let a man who turned out to be her stalker book the room next to hers . This is dangerous. Its a red flag. You dont go, fine. Why the hotel claims it did nothing wronon today, wednesday, february 24th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welclme to today on a wednesday morning. Its willie again for matt. Day three of th flu for mr. Lawyer lauer. We hope hes feeling okay. Feel betttr, matt. Donald trump with a massive win in nevada. Commanding winn it was a landslide for trump. He dominated every key voting block, giving him more momentum heading into super tuesday nex week. Another nail biter. Marco rubio edging out cruz, with a few more votes yet to be counted. Well talk to donald trump and senator rubio a moment from now. Lets start with the weather. A powerful storm system spawning tornadoes from louisiana to florida overnight. More is expected today. Lets go to nbcs jacob rascon. Hes in convent, louisiana, 50 west of new orlns. Whats the situation . Behind me is what used to be a mobile home park. Now, just a pile of rubble. Two People Killed here alone, more than 30 hospitalized, 7 critically. Now, the search is on for those who may be trapped in the rubble. Reporter a desperate search for survivors. Hope nrly lost. 150 mobile homes ripped to shreds. Trucks twisted like toys. A neighborhood wiped off the stunned. This was probably the worst area that that tornado could have hit. Its just the destructive power of this tornado is awful. Have you ever seen anything like it . . I have not. Reporter dozens were injured, many pulled from the rubble barely alive. Were askin for calm in this area, for prayers. We need that. The Community Needs that. Reporter 19 Million People were at risk during round one of the massive winter storm. From golfball sized hail in texas to blinding rain and more than a dozen twisters in several states. All the way to pensacola, florida, where this neighborhood took a direct hit. We just held on to each other and said, maybe we make it. Maybe we wont. I mean, it was very, very scary. Very. Reporter there were gym an howard, who saw it go right past him. Nobody is givingp yet in convert, louisiana. In the air and on the ground, wondering if this is surviveablesurvivable. Some of the mobile homes were thrown blocks from where they originally stood. Incredible stories of survival. The seven people critically injured remain hospitalized. The search will continue for the twoo to three people later this morning. Savannah . Jacob rascon, thank you. Now al is here with what you can expect today. The storms have covered a wide swath of territory. This is what we were worried about. You cant see it to verify them. Instead, you have to go by radar and thats what we were concerned about. This is the certain time this season we have seen this. A winter storm and Severe Weather. It is all fueled by el nino. The subtropical, s songer subtropical t, makejet, making for a stormy coast. You can see from georgia and in effect. For today, we are under the gun for central north carolina. Tornadoes very likely here. Possible wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. This is going to be pushing to the ea. This morning, the southeast is under it. Theyre going to see the heavy thunderstorm. Later this morning,g, the midatlantic gets into the act. Were going to see the winds increasing. The rain, as well. Highest threat for the costal areas, the midatlantic and the northeast. Rainfall amounts, 1 to 3 inches of rain. Weve got flood watches for 12 Million People at risk from georgia alalthe way to new england. In a bit, well talk about the winter side of this. We have blizzard wardennings in effect now. Thank you. Now to the other big story of the morning. Donald trump storming to victory in the nevada caucuses on the heels of his wins in sosoh carolina and new hampshire. Momentum is clearly on his side. Super tuesday, all important, just six days away now. Were going to talk to mr. Trump live in a moment. Coverage with nbcs National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Nald trump delivering another decisive victory here, fueledy another record turnout. Trump dominating among voters looking for a political outsider who tells it like it is. Just as striking as what happened overnight, after the results ce in. The cruz, rubio and kasich campaigns sent out emails blasting each other, not a single one targetingngtrump. We love nevada. We love nevada. Thank you. Reporter here in vegas, donald trump hit another jackpot. The billionaire cashing in his Third Straight win. If you win to the pundits, we werent expected to win too much and now were winning, winning, winning the country. Reporter focusing on victories in kedemy demographics. Wee won with young, with old, highly educated, poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. Trump alternative,ruz trails rubio in the battle for second. The only campaign that has beaten donald trump and the only campaign that can beat donald trump is this campaign. Reporter across nevada, the wild west lived up to its name. The chaotic caucuses coming under criticism before the voting was complete, with complaints on social media. One man saying it was a disaster. Another reporting yelling and screaming. Caucus workers wearing pro trump swag thaha Party Officials say is allowed. Meanwhile, with super tuesday approaching, the trumpcruz feud is intensifying. The front runner pouncing on cruz for his decision to fire a top aide. He is like a little baby. Soft, wewe, little baby. Reporter cruz sarcastically praiseing trump for showing grace. Is not just angry but someone who will make a differeree and someone who will win. Reporter for the establishment, time is running out. March 15th, contests are winner take off. A strong second isnt worth a thing. Itll be an amazing two months. We might not even nd the two months, folks, to be honest, all right . Now, the republican race for the nomination excel rateaccelerates. 11 states voting next week, including cruzs home state of texas. The senator simply tryingo stay alive, telling supporters itll be the most important night of his campaign. Savannah and willie . Peter alexander, thank you so much. Marco rubio is with us from michigan where he held a rally last night. Good morning, sir. Good morning. There have been these four republican contests. Donald trump hason three of them. Candidates narrow. Yet, this dynamic seems to be the same. Youve got you and ted cruru and some of the other candidates fighting each other, and trump sailing to victory. Lot of republicans asking this morning, why not take on trump directly . Whats your answer to that . Yeah, first of all, you need to take everything weve applied, the lessons of every othe campaign before and throw them out the window. This is an unusual year and a unusual process. The nevada caucuses, by the way, are atypical. I respect nevada very much. Last night, that was different than the rest of the country. Heres the bottom line fact, the vast and overwhelming majority of republicans dont want donald trump to be our nominee. Its evidenced by the fact your poll last week showed if it came down to donald trump and me, id beat him by 16 points. We have a dynamic where as long as there are four people running, dividing up the nontrump vote, youll get results like last night. The sooner we can narrow the to stop donald trump. Sorry to interrupt. Some candidatess dropped out and weve seen donald trump grow his numbers. You say nevada is an outliarer but he got 46 of the vote last night. Mitt romney got over 50 in the last caucus in nevada, with the same number of candidates in the race. As i said, its a stata thats always delivered Something Like that, or along those lines. I love nevada. We did well and picked up delegates there last night and moved on. One candidate dropped out between saturday and today and thats governor bush. I think youll seeore of that happening over the next few days and weeks. As that happens, i think were onlylyoing to get stronger. Youve seen a growing number of people joining our effort. Were the only ones in the race that can unite the republican pay and grow it. Its how well win in november. Im channelling republicans and conservatives who like you and support you but are frustrated youre not specifically going after donald trump, and you seem more focused on ted cruz. Time you get rid of ted cruz, if that is the strategy, itll be too late. Donald trump will have too many states and too many delegates. Why not go at donald trump right now . First of all,l, i havent heard that. I talk to people all day. I go to rallies all the time and dont have voters begging me to attack anyone. Second, i think its a media narrative. A lot of people want to see republicans attacking each other because it makes for good television. Im not in the race to attack anyone. Forgigi the interruption, but youve been going after cruz. Im responding to ted cruz. If im attacked, im going to respwnd and set the record straight. In the case of ted cruz, hes repeatedly made things up about me and weve had to clear the air and point to the fact hes making things up. If you recall in the last debate, donald trump said george w. Bush is responsible for 9 11. I corrected him in a firm way in front of the entire nation. When instances liegs ss like that arise, i wont hesitate to point out our differences or things i disagree with. Up other republicans. Im going to tell people who i am and whym running. Ill give them a choice. If they elect me, theyll have someone who unifies the party, grows this party, governs this country responsibly, deals with our challenges, and i will be a president for all americans. Even the people that dont agree with us. Ill try to bring the country together as best i can. Senator marco rubi always good to get your time. Thank you. Thanks, senatot. Thank you. Now we have donald trump on the phone. He, of course, won the nevada caucuses last night. Congratulations on your win, sir. Thank you very much. You came kind of close to declaring victory of the whole nomination last night. You said, itll be an amazing two months and might not even take two months. Clearly, youre feeling good. Is this nomination yours to lose at this point . I dont know. I cant answer that question. I can only say were doing really well. We have tremendous numbers out of the differere states were going to this coming week. If you look at georgia and texas, where we have a real good shot. The line, i think we have amazing numbers. I think well do very well in ohio, tennessee, arkansas. Were looking at really great numbers. I hope we doo well. Mr. Trump, we just talked to senator rubio. Hes criticized for not going after you more directly. It strikes me hes the one guy you havent really gone after. Yove gone after many of the others in the field and many arent in the race anymore. When its time to go after senator rubio, what will be your line of criticism with him . Wouldnt want to tell you. So far, hes been very nice and ive been nice to him. We havent been in that mode yet,ut probably itll happen. If it doesnt happen, that would be a wonderful thing. It would be very nice. There is a possibility that will happen. As you lookk at his record and the things hes done as a United States senator, what are your impressions . Hes somewhat inexperienced, young, nice guy. Well be talki about it at the right time if it comes up. Ive been accusing senator cruz of doing pretty bad things, namely, lying. Ive never seen anybody like this. Ive dealt with much, much tougher people over my lifetime, but i have never dealt with anybody that will lie like he lies. Why go after cruz if rubio is the one who seems to be doing better in the polls and getting closer to you . Granted, not close if you look at nevadas results last night. That only happened last night. Really, cruz was second it looks like rubio is now looking like hes going to be second, based on last night. Why do you think senator rubio hasnt gone after you . Many republicans think somebody s to take you on. This has to become a one on one race. We talked to him about it. He hasnt done that. Why do you think . Do you think hes he fears takes you on . Maybe because 14 people went after me and 14 people now officially are gone. I dont know. I mean, i seem to have a good track record when they do go hes been very nice, and i think ive been respectful to him. Well see what happens. It could always change. Its changed on a number of occasions. Other people have been that way and we go at it. So far, i have an unblemished track record. Maybe he looks at that. Im not sure. Youll have to ask him that question. We heard you in a piece a few minutes ago calling ted cruz a little baby. You talked about wanting to punch a protester who was misbehaving at one of your events. You said when you become president , youll change your tone and temperament. Im watching how well youre doing. How your life has gone with the tone and temperament. Why would you change that if its working so well for you . I have to tell you, maybe i shouldnt be changing it too much. The protester was out of line. He was hitting people, screaming during the speech, and everybody wanted to hear what i was saying. He was screaming horribly. The cops were so gentle, how they took him out. He had a big smile on his face, they were booing him. He should have been out on a stretcher but they couldnt touch him. Its disgraceful. Nevertheless. That style has worked well for you in youou life. Why change it when you become president . I think i might tone it dn a little bit. I was against we had a total of 17 people and now were down to 6. I may very well change it. Right now, it seems to be working pretty well. Onald trump, thank you for your time. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. While Republican Voters caucused across nevada, hillary clinion and Bernie Sanders were taking part in a town hall in South Carolina. Ahead of saturdays democratic primary there. Nbcs Kristen Welker is in columbia for us. Good morning. Good morningngo you. Senator sanders is trying to blunt secretary clintons momentum. On tuesday, they traded sharp jabs at the town hall here. One of the most heated moments came when clinton was asked speeches she gave to wall street. Why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else . Reporter tough questions tuesday night. Hillary clinton, again, pressed about releasing transcripts of her paid Goldman Sachs speeches. i i people are going to ask for things, everybody should be on a level playing field. Reporter clinton vowing to release her transjipts scripts when others follow suit. Giving sanders an opening. I am happy to r rease my paid speeches to wall street. Here, chris. There aint none. Reporter tuesdays ruling by a federal judge, her top aides should be questioned about the email server. Its not going to have any lasting effect. I am not at all worried about it. Reporter for his part, sanders challenged about controversl comments he made in 1974, saying he wanted to abolish the cia. The cia plays an important role. Have they done things which they should not have done on behalf absolutely. Reporter both candidates used the night to court critical africanamerican voters. Clinton askeded about beyonces super bowl halftime show, which angered some Police Departments, by paying tribute to theh black lives matter movement. We have to figure out how were going to lift up the good practices, reform policing, provide more support. Reporter sanders slammed the movement against the prprident, including donald trump. My dad came from poland. Im running for president and no one asked for my birth certificate certificate. Maybe its the color of my skin. Reporter clinton brushing off her fumbled response to a question about l lng to the american public. I dont believe i ever have. I dont believe i ever will. Say no just say no is that a question that you would like another shot at answering . Ill jus say no. Both candidates also president obamas plan to c cse guantanamo. Today, clinton will campaign in South Carolina, while sanders will hold a News Conference here and then go to super tuesdays stage, where he may have a bigger shot at winning. Thanks so much. Now to washington. New developments in the ongoing battle over the u. S. Supreme court. Senate majority leader mitch mccomemc mcconnell said his party wont meet with the nominees presented by president obama. He said the president has a right to nominate, but the senate has rights, as well. Al has the rest of the forecast. Fruit. Nuts. Silky smooth dark chocolate. Revel in the pleasure of new dove fruit and nut. Good wednesday morning. Watching a line of storms in the gulf coast water, pressing nasty weather into the tampa bay area. This is a line well watch brining in chances of showers and thunderstorms. Overcast skies in miamidade county, gloomy start. 75 miami, 76 o well look athe winter side of the storm in the next 15 minutes. Thank y y very much. 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