Did you know a plane could come with a parachute . If you have the option of getting in a plane with a parachute, you take that option. Absolutely. Well have more on that in a bit. We want to get to the breaking news out of california overnight. A commuter train derailed. The lead car filled with passengers ending up on its side in a creek. Lets go to Steve Patterson with the story. What can you tell us . Good morning. Passengers say the rain was coming down hard right before the trail derailed. 214 people boarded. Thankfully, only nine were injured and just four seriously. Everyone is expected to live, but it was a harrowing ride. Reporter the commuter train sits partially submerged in the muddy waters of a creek. Do you know if this is a passenger train or a freight train. A passenger train. Reporter Authorities Say the ace train was traveling from san jose to stockton when the first plunging it into the water. I was in the first car that went into the river. Reporter passengers describing a harrowing scene. It feels unreal. Shifted the gravity and we were all panicking. Reporter with one woman lying in the mud just under another derailed car hanging off the tracks. It was under the mudslide, so we were trying to dig her out while the train was hanging. Crews had to fight the creeks fastmoving currents and smash windows to pull riders from the partially submerged rail car. This is an area that is difficult to get to, to get across the creeks, to get everybody off and into a safe area. Reporter passengers who werent hurt huddled for hours in the dark, in cold, waiting for busses to get them home. We knew we were in a remote area, so we knew we had some hiking to do. Along the train track. I am grateful it wasnt worse. This morning, the train car is still partially submerged in as crews work to make sure the track is safe. Matt and savannah . Steve, thanks very much. Now to the president ial race. Four states all up for grabs today, including the battlegrounds of michigan and mississippi, on both the republican and democratic sides. Donald trump finds himself facing yet another controversy. Well talk to him live in a moment. First, nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is in detroit for us. Michigan, mississippi, idaho and hawaii get their turn today. No prize bigger than here in michigan. Its the start of an eightday stretch that could decide the next Republican Party nominee. Reporter marching into mississippi, donald trump again calling on his supporters to pledge their allegiance to trump. Raise your right hand, everybody. Do you swear that youre going to vote for donald trump tomorrow . Raise that hand. Reporter a request hes made twice before. Should we do the pledge . Reporter one prominent jewish leader comparing the loyalty gesture from the trump audience to a nazi salute. The a holocaust survivor blasting it as offensive, obnoxious and disgusting. Meanwhile, former new york mayor blook bloomberg is saying no to a 2016 run, saying he couldnt win. I believe i could write a number of diverse states, he writes, but not enough to win the Electoral College votes necessary to win the presidency. Adding, there is a good chance my candidacy could lead to the election of donald trump or ted cruz. That is not a risk i can take in good conscious. Still, his deliberations were so serious, the New York Times reports this ad was already in production. No nonidealogical, finally, a new mike bloomberg, president. Reporter trump and his opponents trying to get the others to clear the field. Marco rubio or john kasich is a vote for donald trump. Vote for kasich or cruz in florida is a vote for donald trump. Im the only one that has any chance of beating trump in florida. Reporter also new, this recorded phone message from mitt romney on behalf of rubio. If we were to choose donald trump as our nominee, i believe the prospects for a safe and diminished. Reporter rubio is narrowing the gap with trump in his home state of florida according to a poll. Here in michigan, john kasich is gaining ground over the weekend after last thursdays Demolition Derby debate. Im going to be the trump. Mitt romneys aides say hed be glad to help rubio, cruz or donald trump is still dominating, up 19 points over ted cruz, 20 over rubio. John kasich in fourth right now. Up from 50 in december, now 75 of republicans and republicanleaning voters, tell us they believe that trump will be the republican nominee. All right. Peter alexander, thank you. Donald trump joins us on the phone right now. Mr. Trump, good morning to you. Good morning. I love that number. I had a feeling. I will not disappoint them. Believe me. I had a feeling youd like that introduction. Negativity is something people hate in a political campaign, but it works. When we look at polling in michigan and in florida that does seem to be tightening, do you think its a direct result of that scathing takedown by mitt romney and speeches by Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan and the attacks youre facing from cruz, rubio and superpacs out there . Hillary clinton and ill bring jobs back to the country. Mitt romney is a failed candidate. He ran one of the worst president ial campaigns in the history of our country and now he wants to be relevant again. Its disgraceful. Because of the short time you faced the full wrath of all these entities, do you worry that it will stop your momentum at the most crucial time of this campaign . I dont know, matt. I mean, i saw some polls yesterday in michigan where im 19 and 20 points up. I saw some very, very good polls. Im still leading in florida against a failed senator. You know, rubio is a failed senator. He doesnt vote. Hes got the worst voting record, one of the worst in the history of the United States senate. He does a terrible job and has problems, to put it mildly. And he cant win anywhere. I agree with ted cruz on that. He says this guy just doesnt win anywhere. At what point do you go with somebody else . But hes doing poorly in florida and if he ran for office in get elected dogcatcher. Hes done such a poor job. Id like to ask you about something youve been doing recently at your rallies, which is having your supporters raise their right hand and say, i pledge to vote for donald trump. As you know, a still image of that at your rallies have gone around the internet and people have been disturbed by the image. In fact, a holocaust survivor says it reminds him of the nazi salute. I wonder how you feel about that comparison and whether it would make you want to perhaps not do it anymore, if people feel that way. I think its ridiculous. Were having such a great time. Yesterday, i had 20,000 people in mississippi. I had tremendous crowds in michigan. Sometimes, well do it for fun. Theyll scream at me, do the swear in. Do the swear in. Theyre having such a great time. Massive crowds. I get by far the biggest crowds and were having a good time. Until this phone call, i didnt know it was a problem. We were all you know. Make you almost everybody in the room raises their hand. Were having a good time. I never knew it was a problem. I think its in combination, mr. Trump, with the rhetoric youve used on the campaign trail over the last several months, targeting groups like muslims and mexicans, that that evokes images of nazi germany and the scapegoating of jews there back in the 1930s and 40s. Well, i think thats a big, big stretch. I mean, honestly, matt, weve been having such an amazing weve been having rallies that are massive. Yesterday in mississippi, two days ago in orlando, we had 25,000 people fill up the stadium. It was incredible. Were having these incredible rallies. Considering the subject matter is not so good, because our country is in trouble, big trouble, we are having a great time. Part of this is that. You know, this would be brought up this morning, im surprised to hear it. Does it bother you . Do anything wrong with it. But theyre screaming at me to do it, we want to do it. Were all having fun. Offensive. So because you now know that it is offensive to some people, will you say, okay, lets not do this in the future . Certainly, ill look into it. Id like to find out if thats true. I dont want to offend anybody, but i can tell you that its been amazingly received. Well received. I will look into that, matt. I think thats a fair answer. Mr. Trump, thank you for your time this morning. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you. Lets bring in chuck todd, nbcs political director, moderator of meet the press. Tell us what were expecting today. First, lets set the scene with the delegates. Heres the count now, and its gotten narrow. The weekend victories by ted cruz, he narrowed the gap. Puerto rico on sunday gave rubio a good chunk of delegates. Michigan today and also mississippi. Whats interesting about both of both by double digits. Michigan president ial primary in the past, his antitrade message, it should play well there. The reagan democrats working. Mississippi, alabama and tennessee he won, bordering states. If these are single digit contests, cruz up, maybe kasich, maybe its a sign what we saw over the weekend that it wasnt a speed bump and antitrump forces are coalescing. These states set the table for a week from today. They do. This is what happens if trump wins florida and ohio a week from today. He builds a huge delegate lead, 300 delegates, not enough time for cruz to catch him and he can probably get this thing. If, of course, trukp doesnt win, only wins florida or, in this case, as you can see, its a 200 delegate gap if he wins florida and loses ohio. But if he loses them both. This is why, by the way, all this talk about rubio dropping out, its insane because of the early vote. Hands it to donald trump because theres all this vote thats already taken place thats gone to rubio. No way ted cruz could win it. Bottom line, if trump wants to get the magic 1,237 delegates before the convention, he has to win florida and ohio . Both. If he wins both, he needs 50 of all remaining delegates. Thats easy because rubio and kasich get out. If he loses, 67 . Not going to happen. Thank you very much. Thank you, chuck. Lets turn to other news. Funeral plans have been announced for former first lady nancy reagan. Shell be laid to rest on friday at her husbands president ial underway. Morning. Good morning. Good morning to you, matt. While fridays funeral will be invite only, members of the public who want to pay their respects to nancy reagan will have that opportunity tomorrow and thursday, as she will lie here in repose. Reporter first Lady Michelle 1,000 vip guests in attendance. Staff members at the Reagan Library said mrs. Reagan personally approved all the details. The events that are going to unfold in the course of the next three or four days were all approved by mrs. Reagan, including who was invited to where she would be laid to rest. Reporter longtime employees and friends say while they mourn mrs. Reagans passing, theyre comforted by the thought of her being reunited with her ronnie. They had such Great Respect for one another and were fun with each other, laughed and giggled and held hands. They each had a look that they gave one another. Break a leg. No, good luck. Reporter flags at many government buildings around the nation remain at halfstaff this morning. President obama praised Nancy Reagans personal charm and significance to the nation. Ms. Reagan once. Obviously, she was already advanced in age, but could not have been more gracious and more charming to myself and michelle when we first came into office. The white house has not yet said whether president obama will be here in attendance joining the first lady at fridays funeral. In terms of security, this is a government facility so it is already staffed 24 7 with guards. But the Reagan Library is also working with local law enforcement, along with, of course, the secret service. Natalie, thank you very much. New report is prompting concern about Pedestrian Safety after a big strike in deaths last year. Pedestrian deaths surged by an estimated 10 in 2015. This is according to a report by the governors Highway Safety association. Researchers say several factors may be to blame, including more drivers on the roadways and the use of cell phones while driving. Warmer weather and short erwintererwin ter winters may encourage people a plane with an unusual landing. Surveillance cameras captured the moment a single engine plane fell from the sky over the weekend on long island here in new york. A father and daughter were on board the plane was the engine lost power. They deployed the planes parachute and managed to land it safety next to an industrial building. The pair walked away with only scratches. Wow. Emotional goodbye for Peyton Manning on lyly announced his retirement from the nfl. He fought back tears in a room full of family, friends and teammates. He said after 18 years, its the right time to call it a career. When i look back at my nfl career, ill know without a doubt i gave everything i had to help my teams walk away with a win. There were other players who were more talented, but there was no one who could outprepare me. Because of that, i have no regrets. Five times. Alltime leader in passing yards and touchdowns. Also the winningest starting quarterback in nfl history. Matt, ill hand you a history. Buckets. I watched yesterday. I was crying. All those moments get me. They do. I know. Ripken running around the stadium at the end of his wow, its just unbelievable. And congratulations to him. So well deserved. Weve got a lot of Severe Weather to talk about. Some amazing video. This fort collins, the hail coming down. There is a near miss between a couple of tractor trailers coming up. Watch this. Loses control and boom, that could have been a real mess. The good news is, the hail is done there. Then we move to texas. Heres where well be seeing the activity today. Heavy lightning. Tornadic activity developing. A lot of hail, wind and rain and more going on this morning. Wichita falls, st. Anglo, we have thunderstorm watches this afternoon. We have an enhanced risk of Severe Weather today from houston, Corpus Christi, san antonio. Even if we dont get the tornadoes, we may see a Straight Line of thunderstorms look at this. By 11 00 tonight, little rock to Corpus Christi could be very, very dangerous. Heavy rain, damaging winds and hail, which continues on into tomorrow. Look at the rainfall amounts. Were talking upwards of 7 to 10 inches of rain. Rain could be falling at the rates of 3 inches or more per hour. Threeday totals of 15 inches possible. Of course, that will cause massive flooding. Were going to be watching this very, very closely. 30 seconds. Larry has the first warn forecast. Today. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Wednesday. Mos tly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Y sunny. Highs in. Friday. Mostly the mid 70s. Saturday. Cloud y with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Sunday. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Monday. Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance highs in the lower 70s. Matt . Al, thank you so much. Coming up, erin andrews awarded 55 million in that hotel video. How much of the money will she actually see . 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