A string of twisters across the south, entire neighborhoods wiped out. The damage stretching from louisiana to florida. At least three People Killed, more than 30 others injured. Theres more dangerous weather today. New cases, new fear. 14 more women potentially infected with zika by their male partners here in the United States. The growing outbreak to the address at a hearing on capitol hill this morning. Too accommodating . The opening day at the trial of erin andrews. 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 wrong. Today, wednesday, february 24th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Its willie again for matt. Day three of the flu for mr. Lawyer lauer. We hope hes feeling okay. Feel better, matt. Donald trump with a massive win in nevada. Commanding win. It was a landslide for trump. He dominated every key voting block, giving him more momentum heading into super tuesday next week. The race for second place, 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. West of new orleans. 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 nearly lost. 150 mobile homes ripped to shreds. Trucks twisted like toys. A neighborhood wiped off the map. Louisiana governor edwards, 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 asking for calm in this area, for prayers. We need that. The Community Needs that. 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 well make it. Maybe we wont. Very. Reporter there were overturned semi trucks, a gutted gym and howard, who saw it go right past him. Nobody is giving up yet in convert, louisiana. In the air and on the ground, wondering if this is survive able survivable. 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 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, stronger subtropical yet, make jet, making for a stormy coast. You can see from georgia and South Carolina, all the way to florida, we have tornado watches 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 east. This morning, the southeast is under it. Theyre going to see the heavy thunderstorm. Later this morning, the midatlantic gets into the act. Were going to see the winds increasing. 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 all the way to new england. In a bit, well talk about the winter side of this. Nings in 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 South 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. Lets begin this mornings coverage with nbcs National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Donald trump delivering another decisive victory here, fueled by 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 the cruz, rubio and kasich campaigns sent out emails blasting each other, not a single one targeting trump. 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 kedem y demographics. We won with young, with old, highly educated, poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. Reporter dueling to be the trump alternative, cruz 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 one man saying it was a disaster. Another reporting yelling and screaming. Caucus workers wearing pro trump swag that 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, weak, little baby. Reporter cruz sarcastically praise ing trump for showing grace. We have to elect someone who is not just angry but someone who will make a difference 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 need the two now, the republican race for the nomination excel rate accelerates. 11 states voting next week, including cruzs home state of texas. The senator simply trying to 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 has won three of them. Weve seen the field of candidates narrow. Yet, this dynamic seems to be the same. Youve got you and ted cruz 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 other campaign before and throw this is an unusual year and an 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 race down, the easier itll be to stop donald trump. Sorry to interrupt. Some candidates dropped out and weve seen donald trump grow his numbers. You say nevada is an outliar er but he got 46 of the vote last night. Mitt romney got over 50 in the last caucus in nevada, with the race. Always delivered Something Like 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 see more of that happening over the next few days and weeks. As that happens, i think were only going 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 Party 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. Their concern seems to be by the 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, 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 im not in the race to attack anyone. Forgive the interruption, but youve been going after cruz. Im responding to ted cruz. If im attacked, im going to respond 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 s s like that arise, i wont hesitate to point out our differences or things i disagree with. I didnt run for office to tear up other republicans. Im going to tell people who i am and why im 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 rubio, always good to get your time. 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 different states were going to this coming week. If you look at georgia and texas, where we have a real good shot. You look at some of them down 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 do 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. Youve gone after many of the others in the field and many when its time to go after senator rubio, what will be your line of criticism with him . I wouldnt want to tell you. So far, hes been very nice and ive been nice to him. We havent been in that mode yet, but 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 look 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 talking about it at the right time if it comes up. So far, really, it hasnt come 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 . 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 has 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 after me. 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. 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, waving to the people. 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 your life. Why change it when you become president . I think i might tone it down a little bit. I was against we had a total of 17 people and now were down to 6. Right now, it seems to be working pretty well. Donald trump, thank you for your time. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. While Republican Voters caucused across nevada, Hillary Clinton 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 morning to 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 about transcripts on the 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. If people are going to ask for things, everybody should be on a level playing field. Reporter clinton vowing to release her transjipts s giving sanders an opening. I am happy to release 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 controversial 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 of the United States government . Absolutely. Reporter both candidates used the night to court critical africanamerican voters. Clinton asked about beyonces super bowl halftime show, which angered some Police Departments, by paying tribute to the black lives matter movement. We have to figure out how were going to lift up the good practices, reform policing, provide more support. Movement against the president , 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 lying 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 just say no. Both candidates also expressed their support for president obamas plan to close 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. Mc 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. Well fruit. Nuts. Silky smooth dark chocolate. Revel in the pleasure of new dove fruit and nut. Amy good morning Central Florida. 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This cold front is going to roll all of these storms through our area throughout the day today. That is going to lead to storms, and even an isolated tornado. By late morning through lunchtime, they continue to push to the south as we had through temperatures will be warm before those storms arrive. Once 7 30. Its wednesday morning, february 24th, 2016. Kind of that day here in new york city, actually all across the country. High winds, heavy rains, al is saying he has winter to talk about. Doesnt sound good. No, its not. Well hear more about the storms coming up. Lets look at the headlines. Three in a row for donald trump. Cruising to victory in nevada last night. The votes cast. Of course, if you listen to the pundits, we arent expected to win too much and now were winning, winning, winning the country. [ applause ] soon, the country is going to start winning, winning, winning. Senator marco rubio edging out ted cruz for second place. Another day of Severe Weather across the south. Overnight, at least three people were killed. More than 30 others injuries when tornadoes touched down in louisiana and mississippi. More were reported in florida. A small passenger plane that went down in bad weather in nepal has been found. It was still burning when located. All 23 people on board were killed. Sports reporter erin andrews is back in court today after an emotional opening to her 75 million lawsuit against a hotel and the man secretly filming her in her room. Reporter you can see it on court, reliving the experience, when she got the call her lawyer said shell never forget. Erin, youre on the internet. Without any clothes on. Do you know that . She just totally comes apart. Reporter now, eight years later, shes suing michael barrett, the man who stalked her and took the video, along to the National Marriott and local management at the time. For 75 million. Claiming the hotel was nej gligent and could have present vented it from happening. Barrett called the hotel and asked if shed be staying there. First red flag. Reporter then the lawyer says, barrett called the reservation center, which abbreviates a note. Guest request next to erin andrews. Why is a person making a request like that . Its dangerous. Its a red flag. You dont go, fine. Reporter but he got the room next door. Barrett removed and altered the peephole of Andrews Hotel room door and reported video of her changing and or getting dressed without her consent or knowledge. Counsel is trying to try my clients, who were trying to provide a hotel room to their guest, to a criminal stalker. And theyre not. Reporter the lawyer for the Hotel Company told injury yours s injury jurors what happened to andrews was terrible but not the hotels fault. Barrett is responsible. These people did not take a phone call from some stranger wanting to be in a room next to erin andrews and put him there. He deceived. He connived. He stalked. Thats what mr. Barrett did. Reporter barrett pleaded guilty to stalking and shooting the nude videos and served 30 months in prison. Now free, he will testify in this civil case by video. Stand to tell her side of the story. For today, morgan rad ford ford, nbc news. Al is busy tracking strong storms this morning. Well talk about the winter side of this thing. I mean, weve got winter storm warnings, advisories, blizzard warnings, stretching from Northern Arkansas all the way up into michigan. 20 Million People at risk. Wind gusts, 50 Miles Per Hour. Snowfall amounts, 1 to 2 inches per hour. Let me tell you, the distance of this track, 50 miles either way is going to affect the snowfall. Weather is getting into chicago now, st. Louis, all the way back to almost arkansas. What we look for as far as snowfall amounts. Upwards of a foot or more north of detroit, saginaw. South bend, illinois. Also, parts of illinois are going to be looking at this, as well. St. Louis, 2 to 4. Chicago, 2 to 6. Flint, 8 to 14. South bend, 10 to 16 inches of thats whats going on aroundn amy good morning Central Florida. We are tracking approaching showers and thunderstorms across Central Florida. They will push through from northwest to southeast iraq the day today. Once we get into the latenight hours, the rain will thats your latest weather. Willie . Al, thanks a lot. The cdc is investigating 14 United States. Thats leading to a new warning for anyone who has traveled to s tom costello has more. So far, only two definitive cases have been confirmed but the cdc says 14 suspected cases involve men who had traveled to through sexual contact once they came home. Reporter the cdcs announcement raising the level of concern, whether the zika virus might find new victims here in the United States. Nationwide so far, Health Authorities report 82 cases in 21 states, plus d. C. Now, 14 new reports of a zika virus possibly transmitted through sexual contact. In each of the episodes, a man was traveling to a zikaaffected area, developed symptoms that were consistent with zika, and within two weeks of the mans symptoms, the female partner developed symptoms consistent with zika virus. Reporter the cdc reports its working to determine exactly how long the virus can remain active in a persons system and still be transmitted to a Sexual Partner. Worldwide, more than 30 countries are on the cdcs list women who are pregnant or might become pregnant should avoid the areas. The cdc is urging all men who have been to zika areas to abstain from sex when they return to the u. S. Or use condoms, especially if their partner might be pregnant. Take the appropriate precautions so that they dont zika infection and they might be pregnant at the same time. That would be tragic. Reporter as nbc saw firsthand in brazil, families are coping with caring for their children diagnosed with microaccept micro microcephaly microcephaly, the birth defect associated with small heads and brains, thought to be linked to the virus. Its causing anxiety for the athletes preparing for rio this summer. Some athletes said they might avoid the games altogether. Latin america and the caribbean in a race to stop the spread, while no vaccine leaves more people potentially at risk. Again, the big warning this to a country on the zika warning list or your Sexual Partner has, the stakes here could be very high. You may want to talk to your doe doctor or health care provider. The 14 reported cases are the ones we know about. Is the cdc worried this may be the tip of the iceberg . Absolutely. Thats certainly the case. Thousands of people travel to and from the caribbean and latin america every day. 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Reporter also caught on camera, Police Outside a staged crime scene at the couples home. Di be, dippolitos reaction to her husbands staged murder seen here, as shes led away for her eventual arrest. We received a call related to a woman who wanted to hire a hit man to kill her husband. Reporter she stands by her story. You made that up . Yeah. It was part of the script . Yeah. Reporter in her 2011 trial, dippolito was found guilty and has been under house arrest ever since. Now shes gearing up for another trial, as it was determined the jurors had been tainted. I dont care what you saw in the video between dalia and the undercover informant. Criminal investigation requires integrity. This was not a criminal investigation. Dalia dippolito was set up, trapped. Reporter in response, the Police Department says, we stand behind the principled work our detectives did on this investigation. We trust in our state attorney to successfully prosecute this case. 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Guys, come on in. For months, weve been hearing rumors that a big change is coming to facebooks like button. Ladies and gentlemen, that day is finally here. This morning, we are proud to announce exclusively the reaction buttons are available right now worldwide. Over the next few days, theyll roll out to all facebook users. Ill show you what this means here. You can like a post. Well, now you can love, ha ha, wow, sad or angry. Thats right. Make sure your app is up to date. Heres a video that shows you how easy it is. Gently touch the like button and the other reaction buttons pop up. Select the one you want. By the way, this reminds me, al, i was on your page and loved these photos of you at the san diego zoo. Ill show you how it works. Ill go to like, over here to ha ha, boom. Boom ought to do your page here, what did you like . You have a little crockpot action. Chili. Im going to go with wow. Well, thank you. Chili was hot. I love it. How they dance and move around. I like that, yeah. Its animated. Head to today. Com to find out how they landed on the six reactions. In honor of wrangler wednesday, which ive got here somewhere, here it is, were going to go ahead if you go to the today show page and like that, because it is wrangler wednesday, youll see wrangler live streaming. Thats the action this morning. Itll be more action packed than that. Come on, wrangler, do something weve got new reaction buttons. You have to get excited. Come on, wrangler. Wrangler has one reaction button. Show us your wow, wrangler. Glad to give it to you we offered women a mystery beauty treatment. Right now . Yeah that sounds great could they guess what it was . Very rich and smooth. Really creamy. I keep touching my face. So what had we used . What . wait just water was added to this . My skin definitely feels much more radiant. 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All of it is out ahead of a cold front that is making its way through Central Florida in the next several hours. Once we get evening commute times, this will be through the area and the threat will be gone and we will get cooler and drier. Now until 10 00 a. M. , we will be watching the development of storms by late late morning moved to the i4 quarter. He met your area and put to the south erie in the southern brevard Osceola County s once we head into the afternoon and evening we will have lots of sunshine and drier air. Ted we have that congestion on the 528 westbound or it it starts write a run goldenrod it doesn t wrap up until just past the airport toll plaza. Westbound a little bit dicey as well. For the, toll plaza july 4. In osceola, a crash blocking elaine and causing a big back up on poinciana boulevard. The new caramel macchiato from Dunkin Donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. 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Im ready. Youre ready . Lets do it. Inside carsons internship at going to the lounge and maybe have a cocktail . No, youre not. Will his new career get off the ground . Kevin spacey in the house. We had a future until you started destroying it. Back at it as the commander in chief that Everybody Loves to hate in the highly anticipated new season of house of cards. Today, wednesday, february 24th, 2016. Hey, yall hey first time in new york city. From ft. Worth, texas. With our friends from 35 years. Waking up to the today show. Weve been fans for 50 years. Good morning, everybody. A little bit of a drizzling morning out here on our plaza. A rainy one all across the northeast today. Willie is here for matt. He has the flu pretty darn bad. Has he ever called in sick in 20 years . Not like this. I had this flu a couple weeks ago. I was in bed for four days. I hope he gets better. Sending him a hug and hopefully he can come back tomorrow. Dont come back until youre ready, pal. Exactly. Take a hot, hot shower before you do. Coming up in honor of this gentleman, wrangler, well help you pick the right pet for your family. First, a check of the top stories with natalie. Good morning. The battle for second place providing the only drama overnight after tuesdays Nevada Republican caucuses. Donald trump easily claims victory. Hallie jackson is in las vegas for us. Good morning. Good morning, natalie. Right now, its marco rubio leading ted cruz for second in a turnout, giving donald trump the momentum. Reporter its yet another trump triumph. Were winning, winning, winning. Reporter and a sweeping one. Donald trump taking the top spot with men and women, with every age group, with evangelicals. We won the evangelicals. We won with young. We won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. Reporter a threepeat for trump. Time running out for his rivals to stop him. You look at some of them down the line, and they have amazing numbers. Reporter at ted cruzs campaign, the alarm going off. Literally. Not lost on them, hes under pressure to perform on super tuesday when 11 states cast ballots. Cruz doing nothing to down play the day. One week from today will be the most important night of this campaign. Tuesday. Reporter thats when cruz needs a victory in texas to add to his firstplace finish in iowa. His argument . Hes the only one who has beaten donald trump, as his Campaign Hits marco rubio hard for not doing the same. Rubio speaking out this morning on today on the state of the race and how to beat the front runner. This is an unusual year and a very unusual process. The sooner we can get the race narrowed down, the easier itll be to stop donald trump. Reporter the florida senator hoping his home state gives him the win he needs but hasnt had on the campaign trail. Often looking past his republican rivals to hit democrats locked in their own fight, sparring over Hillary Clintons speeches. Why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else . Reporter clinton promising to release transcripts of her past remarks to big banks when others do, too. Sanders taking her up on it. I am happy to release all of my paid speeches to wall street. There aint none. I dont do that. And the republicans could get heated tomorrow night, too, at their debate in texas. With donald trump previewing one potential line of attack against marco rubio, calling him this morning, very nice, natalie, but young and inexperienced. Hallie jackson in las vegas for us, thank you. This morning, in an exclusive interview on msnbc, Melania Trump, wife of the republican front runner, defended her husbands controversial statements about immigration. What about people who feel he is, lets go down the list because the campaign started and many felt he insulted mexicans. No, i dont feel he insulted the mexicans. He said illegal immigrants. He didnt talk about everybody. Immigrants. And after few weeks, like after and bashing him in the media, they turn around and said, you know what . Hes right. Hes right, what hes talking about. And he opened conversation that nobody did. But youre an immigrant. Yes. Do you ever think hes gone too far . I follow the law. I follow a law the way its supposed to be. I never thought to stay here without papers. And you can watch that full exclusive interview with Melania Trump on msnbcs morning joe. No secret that Airline Passengers have gotten larger over the years. While the seats on the planes seem to be shrinking. Air bus might have a solution. Bench seating. The manufacturer filed a patent for a an Adjustable Bench seat. It can accommodate obese passengers as well as small children. No word on if or when we might back over to willie now. Thanks a lot. If youre pouring yourself another cup of coffee to wake up, it could be your thermostat thats costing you precious hours of sleep. It caught our attention, as well journal. More. Good to see you. Good morning, willie. Cooler is better . Yeah. Dont throw out everything you ever learned about rhythms and light, because thats important, too. Research has been indicating that the temperature youre sleeping in at night is very, very important. Naturally, what happens to us during the 24hour period is our core body temperature does drop a couple degrees at night and it helps to initiate sleep. Whats the magic number . Around 65 degrees. Whoa. Thats cold. Normally, people keep their ambient temperature in the home higher during the day. Its recommended to keep it lower in the nighttime. We talked on this show a lot about the battle of the thermostat. Yes. Whats the middle ground . Probably to keep it cooler and layer up with blankets. Well talk about socks. Want to hear about socks . Yeah. Apparently a lot of people want to hear about socks. My mom said to let me feet breathe at night. I dont know what that means. In any event, if your feet are cold, its good to put socks on. It causes the blood vessels in the feet to open up and let the core body temperature drop. The warm blood circulation is going to the feet. That, in turn, initiates sleep. Wearing socks at night if your feet are cold are okay. Lets go through dos and donts. Do keep your sleep schedule consistent. Try seven days a week, wake up at the same time, go to bed at the same time. Its mainly for the sunday night syndrome. Youve been sleeping in all weekend and try to go to sleep on sunday night and you cant. You wake up monday morning feeling hungover. Dont toss and turn. If youre not asleep after 20 to 30 minutes, dont lie in bed and stare at the clock. Get up, read, do something soothing, listen to music. When you feel tired again, go back into bed. This one, were all guilty of, dont check your phone right before you go to sleep. Hugely important. This primarily has to do with blue light. It basically goes into your rhett ka, retina, the back of your brain and impedes the secretion of mel toen ne melatonin. According to the National Sleep foundation, you need 7 to 9 hours. Too little or too much can have Adverse Health effects. At 65 degrees. Sounds like a recipe for something. Ill try it tonight. First, a stroll through the snow. Next, global domination. The groundbreaking robot thats remarkable and, lets be honest, a little frightening. Plus, on pop start, ellen times two. Will have you seeing double. If your bag does not arrive, blame carson. Carson interning at jfk airport in new york, discovering what it hi dad. Uh huh. Yeah. Sorry about that. Think about it there must be higher love down in the heart what do you think . And in the stars above hi ted, glad you could join us, we think you re going to like these numbers. 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Breakfast favorite. An article in the New York Times says eating cereal is nostalgic but sales have plummeted 30 . Heres the line getting all the attention. Quote, almost 40 ostomy lennials s millenials surveyed said it was an convenient breakfast choice because they had to clean up after eating it. Come on. Washing the bowl takes time. Apparently, theyd rather have a yogurt or sandwich, energy bar breakfast. Its not to go, necessarily. Lets judge. Doesnt seem that hard. They wake up, sit down, read the paper, pour themselves wheaties and take the time. The world moves fast now so you have to get something on the go and make it more convenient. Im generally against being the old people bashing the millenials. We love a lotostomy of the lot of the millenials. Theres our resident millennial, cleaning out her bowl. How was the cereal . They make those cereal to go things in a plastic bowl. Toss it away. Back when i was in my 20s or whatever, im often eat cereal for dinner because i was too lazy to make actual dinner. Somebody was probably saying that about my generation. Fullblown breakfast now. We just did cereal. Cereal you stole out of the dining hall . A lot of the millenials are cooking at night. In the morning they dont want to. If we had the Convenient Options like they did, the burritos, we would have done it, too. Let go my ego. Froot loops. Captain crunch. We know robots can do incredible things. What happens when a robot is bullied by a human . Look at this video released by boston dynamics. An engineer takes a long pole. More than bullying. Beating him up with a pole. Uses it to shove this humanoid robot to the ground, atlas. How does he respond in hes back for more. He uses the sensors in his wait till he learns to punch back. Wait till see he sees iron man. Rise of the machines. Matrix. We have kate doing ellens impression to her face. Well start with celine dion returning to her stage for the First Time Since the death of her husband. The crowd giving her a standing ovation when she appeared on stage. She said she still feels his presence. He is the only man that i have known all my life. He always made me feel that we were on our first date. We were one. And nothing has changed. We will always be one. Celine joked that hed tell her to zip it and start singing. Thats what she did. She belted out her hit where Elizabeth Taylor and never before seen photos. Her hidden life, based on a new book called my elizabeth written by photographer and her close friend. He said taylor loved to cook and hitchhike. She once again unnoticed after leaving andy warhols house. That hits s s news stands this friday. Kate mckinnon is known for her impressions of Hillary Clinton and justin bieber. Dont forget about her take on ellen. On ellens show this week, they come facetoface. She exaggerates, saying, im ellen. Im ellen. I dont know what that is. I dont say, im ellen. [ applause ] feels nice. Im ellen. Thats how you say it. Im ellen. No, im ellen. So good. No impression would be complete without the dancing. Wow. You can see more of kates impression on todays episode of ellen. Im sure itll be awesome. Shes so good. Shes a chameleon. Huge talent. Carson, thanks a lot. Al, check of the weather . First of all, we still have this Severe Weather going on. We have a tornado watch for a good portion of florida. Also on into southern georgia as the thunderstorms race across. Weve also got the risk of Severe Weather today, especially in raleigh. A few tornadoes possible. Well be watching that. Other side is, we have wet weather pushing to the east with some icy conditions up in the Northern New York and parts of northern new jersey. Mixed precipitation in new england. Expect delays from boston to washington. Rain and thunder. Wind gusts of 45 to 55 Miles Per Hour as it pushes on today and into tonight. Of rain. 26 Million People under some sort of flood watch, stretching from georgia on into ohio and delaware. Thats whats going on around amy good morning Central Florida. We are tracking approaching showers and thunderstorms across Central Florida. They will push through from northwest to southeast iraq the day today. Once we get into the latenight hours, the rain will thats your latest weather. Savannah . Al, thanks. We have more of our special series, up for the job. We all started our careers with internships and decided, lets do it again. Carson, you chose a good one. It was a lot of fun. We all fly a lot. The process is and what it takes to get the planes off the ground and into the air. Not from the bar in the airport. I became an intern at jfk airport here in new york. Reporter every time you fly, there are hundreds of men and women working hard on the ground. These below the wing employee rs s are the backbone of the business. For the day. Top priority is safety at knee pads. Im wearing a cup already. Safety is important to me, as well. Safety is important. Ready to go . Im ready. Were going to load this plane right here. This is going to vegas. You like vegas . Love vegas. Can you load me . Well take the customers bags, put them on a conveyer belt. Nice and gentle. What if that was my bag . That one is heavy. Might be a body in there. Stacking the bags in the aircraft holder . Im ready. Lets do it. What are people packing . Theyre going to vegas, for the love of god. Carson, how does it feel . Its a lot of work. A lot of work . It is. It reminds me of packing my car with my family in the trunk. Its small in here. You have to pack it artfully. What are you doing . What . You cant use a cell phone out here. Im on a break. You called a five. No, i did not. You always have to be aware of everything. All right. Im sorry. No photos, okay . Its for my mom. Well take the baggage over. Where is the radio . Listen to some music. Theres no radios out here. Get a little drake, j. Cole, little hip hop, little something. Ready . Youll have enrique teach you the loading stuff. First, the platform is controlled by this joystick. Like a video game. Just like a video game. Fit it perfectly to the aircraft. Bring it right . There a little more, right in there. The first was 3500 pounds. This is 3,000. Almost 7,000 pounds in cargo alone . Yeah. Whats next . Going to the lounge to maybe have a cocktail . No, youre not. No drinking. Youll be moving an airport. Really . Yes. Like the tow . Youll tow an airplane, the super tug. All right. Ready . Lets do it. Youll drive. Greatest day of my life. Ready for pushback. I towed that dont tell chris. I wont say nothing. I promise. Stop talking to chris. We have a plane to move, man. Ready to roll . Okay. 1605 pad 88 requesting pushback. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your intern speaking, carson daly, hope you enjoyed your brief move to pad 88. Chris, i took 243 selfies and you cant do anything about it. Finally, the moment i had been preparing for all day long. Luke, i am your father. I had to do it. We have to park an airplane. Okay. Nice job. Perfect. Thank you so much. Nicely done. We had a lot of fun in the piece. Really, you dont realize or i didnt realize and feel guilty for it, hundreds of men and women, not just delta, everywhere, who work hard to get our stuff in the planes. Its more than just the pilots. It was a great experience and eye opening. When its cold and rainy. The weather, freezing there, it was like 40 in the spring and we had a nice day. Huge thanks to Delta Airlines and the below the wing employees, especially chris nunez, my supervisor that day. And henry, he was awesome, made the internship possible. Delta hires student interns and there are opportunities to work seasonally part time and in the winter and summer as ready reserves in the gate or the ramp area. Go to delta. Com to apply. I would. I premd you towed the plane out. It was amaze ing. The plane i brought in was coming in from montego bay, it was amazing. This is your captain speaking routine. You were there all day. It was sunset. I would have stayed longer. I dont know how i can beat this. I go tomorrow, but i have to say, that was awesome. Great. Tomorrow, i see your ramp i got to be on her announcer local, live, late breaking. This is a wesh 2 news update. Jazmin good wednesday morning, i m jazmin walker. Brett i m brett connolly. Parts of Central Florida under a tornado watch right now. Let s check in with amy sweezey. Amy this is until 10 00 a. M. As the thunder thumbs up and rolling in. He watches up and down the gulf coast includes the cap area now. Poor counties could be added as we had the morning. Meanwhile, rain in much of Marion County we ve had the thunder and lighting back to the area. A few thunderstorms are firing up. A huge cluster a big storms that is going be pushed eases the cold front that puts to the area. That is why more counties of it is ahead of this cold front that will move through today. Severe storms in jacksonville, mainly to s reign. Strongest from camp as well. Be strong storm will roll through our area to the day into the afternoon evening. Ted we still have been recovered on the 408 westbound. Be with every public your minutes. Also if you re taking a drive this morning on i4 westbound your u. S. 192, a crashes happened. No major delays. A crash still lingering poinciana boulevard. 8 30 now. It is wednesday morning, february 24th, 2016. Starting to come down. Drizzling here on our plaza. Its a sign of things to come, right, al . Yeah, when were going to even see messier weather, wetter weather, stormier up and down oh, man. We have to thank all the good people for coming out and hanging out with us on the plaza. Thank you it is not pretty out here. Coming up this half hour, the president is here. President underwood. Kevin spacey. Well see what secrets we can get him to spill about the highly anticipated new season of house of cards. First, dont forget about your chance at a great trip over the long leap day weekend. Be here on our plaza on friday. Have your bags packed before. Already. And a poster of how youd like to spend the extra 24 hours. Well send you and a friend to l. A. Stay at the line hotel, take a bike tour, have dinner and more. All courtesy of our friends at discover los angeles. Rsvp at today. Com visit for that. L. A. Sounds good now. Al, whats shaking in the weather . We have the risk of strong storms along the southeastern and midatlantic coast. Windy weather. Air travel is going to be a nightmare. Eastern third of the country, wet weather in the pacific northwest. Sunshine sunshine, texas and southern california. 69 in san francisco. Tomorrow, warming up to 81 in l. A. Nice and warm up and down the west coast. Windy, snowy through the great lakes into the ohio river valley. Wet and windy in the northeast. Sunshine returns to the gulf coast with a little calm. Thats whats go w amy good morning Central Florida. We are tracking approaching showers and thunderstorms across Central Florida. They will push through from northwest to southeast iraq the day today. Hours, the rain will thats your latest weather. Got some nice friends here from savannah. What are you guys doing here . Were here visiting. We went to tour the memorial, the new museum for 9 11. Terrific. You want savannah to visit savannah. Good idea. Savannah, what do you think . Love the idea. Im kicking kevin spacey with my good foot. Al, thanks. The president ial race is in full swing in real life and the brandnew season of house of cards. Kevin spacey, his president underwood character, locks horns with his greatest opponent yet, his wife, the first lady. Take a look. You wouldnt have listened otherwise. Im listening now. What is it you so desperately needed to say . Dun, dun, dun. Mr. President , good morning. Good morning, sir. Nice to see you both. It was supposed to be with matt but it takes two of you to replace one. He insists on two people replacing him. Really half a person because i have this boot on my leg. Youre at odds with the first lady. This cant last in season four, can it . They have to be a force together. You know, its so exciting to be able to not talk about this show. Come on i love being able to come on. I cant be the spoiler in chief. I can say this, that when we left them in season three, they were in the middle of an argument. That argument picks up when we come back with season four. Literally, an accessory to the crimes of the president and his allies. Lovely accessory, by the way. No question about that. How do they work as adversaries . You know, i think the thing we explored in season three, and i think to some degree, continues in season four, is these two figures, who have had such success in working in the shadows, in the dark alleys, to suddenly find themselves in the hot, white spotlight of the oval office. And how does that change them . How does it change the way they try to achieve what theyre setting out to achieve politically, as well as personally . Those are things well explore. But wont talk about now. Ive gotten good at dodging questions. I was going to say. You should run. You have a natch knack for this. I was looking at the first interview we did with you, season one. Right over there. This thing called Binge Watching, that you could watch all the episodes at once. The ancient years of 2013. So long ago. You brought Binge Watching to the culture. Look, i think we might have made it a little more prevalent. The truth is, people were Binge Watching before that. Box sets proved to us, one of the reasons why the ultimate decision to release the entire series at once was made, is we could see the evidence that people were staying home on the weekends and watching five or three seasons of a show. It seems the public was saying they want to be in control. They want to be able to watch it when they want to watch it. You spent the first part of the show this morning talking about another donald trump victory. He won nevada by more than 20 points. Is he the kind of guy that president underwood would endorse . To shove him. He would not endorse donald trump . I dont think so, no. You think Frank Underwood could take him . As weve gone along, and were in the middle of a president ial election in our show and, obviously, were in the middle of a real president ial election, im going to try not to blend fact and fiction. Ill avoid that question. You really are getting good at being a politician, my friend. Rubbed off on you. Have to ask about the smithsonian. They unveiled a portrait of president underwood the other day. This is the first fictional president featured in a portrait. So no west wing, no martin sheen, Harrison Ford in air force one. What does it say, that theyve represented president underwood . It was an incredible night. We did it as if it was a real, genuine president ial unveiling i was in. I came and showed up as president underwood and gave a speech. Everybody thought, who is the actress playing the executive director, but it was actually this wonderful portrait who had done me before when i played richard iii did a remarkable job. Theres a shot of it. It will hang in the smithsonian, in the entryway as people walk in. It will be there for six or seven months. Then they hope to get someone to buy the painting and then donate it to the smithsonian so it can stay there in the collection. Really cool. Smithsonian is like and all, but youre nobody until you have a good luck hoodie. The florida panthers, the nhl, this is their good luck charm. Its the spacey in space. First place in their division and owe it all to you. They give this out at every game, to the most valuable player. Its spacey in space. One of the players there. Yes, ive become their good luck charm. Im very pleased theyve been doing incredibly well. Disembodied. Its just your floating head. Im very excited for them. Im glad theyre doing really well and hope we can help them keep winning. The full season of house of cards will be available march 4th and he will not speak of it until then. Get your hoodie now. Up next, how to choose the pet for your family. Announcer wrangler wednesday is brought to you by petsmart. Everybody, its wrangler wednesday around here, and in honor of our pup with a purpose, who brings us so much joy, were doing something different. If youre looking for a pet companion, well help you choose the right one for your family. We have animal planets pet expert, andrea. Great to see you. Good morning. I drew, i think, the good straw and got the puppies here. A lot of people want a dog. Kids ask their parents for a dog. Whats the first thing to think about when you go in to buy one . I think the most important adopt a dog is consider that you really want to look for personality, not so much looks. Like choosing a mate. Right. Its the most important thing. Unfortunately, people see a cute puppy and go, its adorable. Ill take it home. They dont think about the future and what the dogs personality might be like, whether or not itll fit with their family. Also how big the dog will get depends on the home you live in, right . Its not always true a large dog cant fit into a smaller home or a smaller apartment. Sometimes, the small or medium sized dogs have the highest energy. Its about taking the time to essentially test drive a dog, get to know if it fits your family. Do research. Ill hand you off to natalie. Over to the cats now and kittens. One of the biggest misconceptions i have a cat, lexi, and one of the biggest misconceptions and people think you dont have to give them a lot of attention. Not true, right . Not true. You dont need to walk your cat like you do your dog. For some people, it makes them a more appropriate pet. They thrive on social interaction. People need to understand, you cant get a cat or kitten from a shelter and bring it home and leave it. You need to spend time getting them adjusted to your family. One of the most important things with cats in order to avoid behavioral problems is thoroughly clean their litter box multiple times a week. If not, it can result in marking in the house. They like it clean in there. Yeah. Over to the parrots now. We dont have pets at home, but sophie will turn her head and is eyeing me. I think shes about to attack my throat. Dangerous at all . They can bite, like all animals. Certainly, make sure youre careful with any animal and respectful of their space. I respect you for respecting sophie. Understand a bird like sophie stink eye. Sophie, what did i do . She does talk. Im not sure shes in the mood to talk now. Ill speak to her. Hello. Shes not feeling it. Whats going on in your neck of the woods . With parrots, there are different species and they all have different needs and nutritional requirements. One of the important things to remember is often times theyre willing pets. They live such a long time, that you need to make plans for them when they pass, potentially. No kidding. Sophie is nine years old but will probably live to 70 or 80. Whatd she say . Yeah. You need to make sure you understand, this is an animal that requires a long commitment. Right. I used to have guinea pigs easy to take care of. One of the easiest to take care of. They do best when bonded with another guinea pig. The one thing about guinea pigs is you do want to be careful with them with children. Theyre not as fragile as hamsters and gerbils but theyre small. Kids need to handle them carefully. And they can bite. Last but not least, fish. I had many fish growing up. Many, many, many. What does that mean . Many goldfish. By the way, theyre not that easy to take care of, fish. They can be. I dont think theyre quite as easy as people think. Unfortunately, people sometimes think they can go to a store and get a goldfish or some other fish and put it in a bowl and just itll thrive. Its not the case. You need to give them an appropriate environment. Make sure you test the water to make sure that it has the right levels of salt in it. Not too much ammonia. If you have a saltwater tank, obviously. Id say some of the easiest fish for beginnings are swordtails and gum by ies. Even those, talk to somebody to get more details. Figure out how much to feed them. Its more complicated as you go up from goldfish. Yeah. Thanks so much. Thanks for bringing our friends over. We appreciate it. You dont like the guinea pigs. Im a little scared. Im embarrassed to say that. Coming up, junk food to joy food, joy bauer gives you comfort foods. Back at 8 47. Imagine eating enchiladas, pizza, brownies and more, but they help you lose weight. It cant be true. But joy bauer says it is possible. In her new cook book, from junk food to joy food, she transforms hundreds of dishes. Todays menu, buffalo wings and mack mac and cheese. Mac and cheese is the ult mall ultimate comfort food. One bowl can be 1,000 calories. We can do better than that. Check it out. Mac and cheese. Skim milk, soy sauce, onion and hot sauce. Mix skim milk with cornstarch. Bring to a boil. Add reduced fat cheddar with butter. Remove bay leaf. Stir in macaroni. Cover for ten minutes to let it firm. The junk food version, 1,310 calories is out. The joy food version at 419 calories is in. Thats a savings of 891 calories. Next up, fiery buffalo wings. A typical order with the blue cheese dip costs you 1,200 calories and more fat than you want to know about. Instead, enjoy the same, yummy flavor for less. Dip. Chicken tenders, hot sauce, paprika paprika. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Blue cheese dip. Cheese crumbles, onion powder and garlic powder. Mix. Junk food version at 1,190 calories is out. The joy food version at just 170 calories is most definitely in. Thats a savings of more than 1,000 calories. Joy, you are a miracle worker. You like everything . Delicious. I love the buffalo chicken. It is amazing. Did you see how simple it was to make . Tastes like wings. I have to say this, this is our book because all of the recipes within the book have pretty much come from our viewers. They challenged me to make things over. Barbecue ribs, pizza, cheese burgers, chocolate milk shakes. I have a chocolate Peanut Butter cup in there. Whats on the cauliflower . This is a bonus recipe. Its on the website, if people all i do is take cauliflower and dip it in flour. I roast it, douse it in hot sauce and roast it a couple more minutes. So good. Mac and cheese, tell me about that. Really good. Isnt it . You dont notice a difference. I didnt want to mess with mac and cheese but throwing vegetables in. I kept it straight forward. I had a lot of out of the box, flavorful ingredients. Like the soy sauce, onion powder powder. It augments the flavor. Even the bay leaf brings it to life. My ultimate compliment was my daughter, who is a mac and cheese addict, and she gave it a two thumbs up. Thats when i knew it was okay to bring it on the show. All these things in their junk form, brought it to the healthy form. The idea is people can indulge in their favorite goodies any night of the week and still lose weight, lower blood pressure, up their energy. We love you the truth. When we dont like it, you hear it. This is delicious. Oh, yeah. So happy for you. Congrats on the book. From junk food to joy food. Get these recipes at the web exclusive for cauliflower and buffalo wings on the website. First, this is today on nbc. Were back at 8 53. Still freaking out about how good this is. We have birthdays. Many reasons to celebrate. Well celebrate all the folks across the country. Starting off, 100th birthday to jean from new york. I love that shes known to family and friends as toots. Her secret to long jetty evity longevity, eating junk food and dancing. 102 years old, served as an auto mechanic during world war ii. Thank you for your service, mcwaters. 100th birthday to miller from florida. She loves collecting porcelain birds. Marry from minnesota. 105 years old. She says the secret to living longer, just dont think about it. Well said. Happy 100th birthday to fred randall from new york. Years. Want to be in a band with him. Mary hastings from south bend, indiana, loves notre dame football. Happy anniversary to the schultze. The secret to a long marriage, discuss any problems and work it out. 75 years later, it is working for them. Congratulations. If you want to honor someone on their milestone birthday or anniversary, 75 years or more, head to today. Com celebrate. Send a photo, as well. Coming up, whats next hour . Viola day vis is in the house. Big deal for us. Also, Live Performance from locash. Love it. After your local news. Announcer local, live, late breaking. Brett good morning, i m brett connolly. Jazmin i m jazmin walker. We have a severe thunderstorm walking warning. Let s get to amy. Amy this is posted for Marion County. They are now moving over into ocala. And this thunderstorm warning is in effect until 9 30. Wins at 58 Miles Per Hour and higher. Salt springs by 9 22 into frequent by 9 32 and into Crescent City living through Putnam County by 9 45. For that is the only severe one and we have an effect right now. We ve the tre neal watch in effect and there is more storms down the coast of tampa that will monitor as well. Those may be rolling over into polk and osceola counties. A cold front will start to push through into the south area all across Central Florida today we will be monitoring for Severe Weather. 20 watch remains in effect for s and points southward. For one more hour and you can see how this pushes along the i4 corridor through lunchtime. The fact that we have so many clouds is helping to kind of limit the severe coverage, but we do have that one in effect for Marion County and we see if warnings will be issued. Here s futurecast at noon. Showers and storms continue, showers and storms rolled to the metro area and off the coast of rivard and osceola counties through the evening commute. Once we giving people options based on their budget is pretty edgy. Kind of like this look. Im calling it the name your price tool phase. Its live with kelly michael. Today, from the hit series, empire, taraji p. Henson. And Jaime Lannister from game of thrones, nikolaj costerwaldau. 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