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Transcripts For WNBC Today 20160326

Has multiple affairs. It is a tabloid smear. Cruz blames donald trump for getting it published. Emergency landing scare. A frightening experience for passengers on the jetblue flight bound for the bahamas when something went wrong with the landing gear. I got really scared. Many on board praised the pilot and Flight Attendant for keeping calm. And its only rock n roll and they like it. But i like it yes, i do an unbelievable night in havana as the Rolling Stones perform their biggest hits. The bands music once banned in the country and now hit center stage. The band may still be rocking, saturday, march 26th, 2016. This is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Im Sheinelle Jones. Im craig melvin. Erica is on the way back from belgium. Hundreds of thousands of folks lined the streets for the show and mick jagger said quote, times are changing. Thats a good concert anywhere. Just history making. And those guys still have it. I think some people were waiting for hours. 13 hours one person did. Stick around. Yes. Just like the building here. Lets get to the top story. That is the scene in brussels this morning as many fear another attack could be looming. Police working around the clock we have nbcs keir simmons with the latest. Reporter good morning, sheinelle. You hear Police Sirens as the search for suspects continues. You are about to see stunning pictures of the Police Taking down one suspect. Authorities hoped to open the airport, but now the airport will not reopen for flights until tuesday. Today, heavily armed police on the streets of brussels with continuing fears of another attack. Here in belgium, another day of drama. Nine arrests in 24 hours. French president hollande saying we are in the presence of annihilating the cell. Many far from reassured. It is still nervous actually. All the police force and military being on the streets is not that reassure ing reassuring. Images, armed police help a girl escape a suspected terrorist who witnesses say took a woman hostage when police approached him on the street. A bomb disposal robot gets a look before the suspect is dragged away. He took a hostage and laid on top of her. She was with a little girl, this woman says. Nerves in a city on edge. Singer mariah carey cancelling a concert. Saying i love my fans in brussels, but i must cancel for the safety of my band and crew and family and everyone. Officials now confirming a link between a concert hall in paris where eagles of death metal were playing and the attacks in brussels. The airport suicide bomber, najim laachraoui, found with a paris attacks. A Terror Network stretching across europe. There are increasing questions about the investigation. Officials admit Salah Abdeslam is no longer cooperating with police. Get this, guys, after the attacks, the Police Communications systems failed. They had to use wasap to talk to each other. Keir simmons, thank you. We are learning more about the victims of the attacks. This morning, two americans are still missing. Meanwhile, the family of two new yorkers is grieving. Nbcs Morgan Radford is here with that story. Good morning, craig. Good morning, sheinelle. A brother and sister hoping to make their dreams come true in new york city were killed while on the phone with their mom. While their family grieves, others are waiting for answers. Reporter scattered debris. Piercing screams and panic survivors. Reporter 19yearold mason wells was standing in the back of the delta checkin line feet from the bomb. I could feel the blast. I was covered in a fair amount of blood. Not necessarily mine. Reporter now covered in third degree burns, mason is lucky. Siblings alex and sascha pinczowski were headed to new york. Sascha recently graduated from college. Alex soon to be married. While talking on the phone with their mom telling her they arrived at the airport safely, the line went dead. Relatives traveled to belgium, but friday, authorities positively identified their remains. We are grateful to have closure, the family said in a statement. Thankful for the loving support. Support that has erupted on social media. New york senator Chuck Schumer we mourn their senseless deaths. Her friend posting on instagram. You are the shining star of my day and the angel that will be with me forever. Kentucky couple justin and Stephanie Shults dropped their mom off at the airport and have not been heard from since. And all these three hospitalized leaving a fear in belgium. Now it feels like were living in a war zone at times or living in a society under threat. Reporter under threat, united by grief. Families of both the missing and deceased are currently in belgium this morning. The pinczowskis are making funeral arrangements and shults are looking for clues. Thank you, morgan. The pentagon says it is eliminating the leaders of isis two in command. Special forces surrounded a car carrying haji imam this week. A gun battle broke out and imam was killed. The u. S. Successfully targeted other isis leaders, including a soc led minister of war killed by a air strike earlier this month. Don barelli is a former joint force member and now a National Security analyst. Don, good morning to you. Good morning. Lets start with the bombings in brussels and attacks in paris. Obviously people in europe are jittering and on edge. How dangerous is the situation there right now . Its dangerous. You have hundreds and hundreds of these young men and women and in some cases gone to syria. They have the training, indoctrination and returned home and recruited more people. We have seen the cells in paris and brussels. How many more cells are out how many more bombmakers are out there . What plots are in the works right now . Arrests in germany. It is a network. Don, you have belgium, roughly the size of the state of maryland. We know about the porous borders. How else is it this country has become such a hotbed of violent radical jihadi terrorists . I think there are a couple of things. Number one, the Large Population that has not been well integrated into mainstream society. They live in insular communities. They identify with isis and not belgium. They have the services that was not acknowledging there was a problem in its too late. Now it is playing catch up with how many of these people are out there plotting to do bad things. Lets talk about the situation in the united states. Here in new york city, i was with my 6yearold. At times square, you have men out with rifles. Be concerned, but not overly concerned. We have to live our lives. The situation in the u. S. Is different than europe. We have less of these people who traveled. We have been at this for a while. Its not perfect. Obviously we make mistakes. We saw what happened in San Bernardino as an example of someone becoming self radicalized and get weapons and go on a rampage. That shouldnt not stop us. Before you go, with regards to isis in the middle east. Pentagon reporting that the socalled second in command is now dead. Is isis on the ropes in the middle east . I dont know if they on the ropes. It takes so much good timely targeted intelligence to do an operation like that. Being able to be successful shows me were making ground there. Particularly developing intelligence in that inner circle. Don, thank you. Thank you. On to politics now. Could not get more heated or personal, they have. Ted cruz is now defending himself against allegations that he had several affairs. Charges he categorically denies. He insists donald trump is behind the Smear Campaign. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is covering it all from milwaukee this morning. Hallie, good morning. Good morning, craig. This is cruzs toughest tone yet on donald trump with regard for sleaze and slime. Cruz distancing himself now. Donald has a real problem. Reporter arg ng the tabloid trash. Ted cruz is firing back denying the story he had extramarital affairs. Let me be clear, this National Enquirer story is garbage. It is complete and utter lies. Smear that has come from donald trump. Reporter trump endorsed by the enquirer and wrote an oped saying quote i had nothing to do with the story. He also has nothing to do with the paper. Calling cruz, again, lying ted. Cruz creating his nickname for the rival. With this pattern, he should not be surprised to see people calling him sleazy donald. Reporter all spilling over in front of live tv. Where we should move to is the National Inquire enquirer story that reports that ted cruz allegedly had affairs with five mistresses, including you, amanda. What is out there is tabloid trash. If you want to comment on it, talk to my lawyer. It is categorically false. Reporter another woman at the center of speculation, tweeting, of course the National Inquire the latest development, part of the republican race that is getting personal after trump this week retweeted this photo of heidi cruz next to melania trump. The caption, the images are worth a thousand words. I dont make a habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my family. And donald trump is not going to be the republican nominee. Reporter all of this happening against the back drop of the primary here in wisconsin over a week away. This state shaping up to be a major battle ground. Polling shows cruz within striking distance of trump. Hallie jackson on the road in milwaukee. Thank you. To the democrats now. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders square off in caucuses today in alaska, hawaii and washington state. Meantime, Bernie Sanders speech in portland, oregon friday, was the tiny bird landed on his lecturn. The crowd erupted. And an Emergency Landing for the jetblue airplane in the bahamas. The plane was forced to touchdown without nose gear on friday. Pilots had to circle the runway to use fuel before bringing down that aircraft on its back wheels. Nearly 100 people on board. Passengers said they were scared, but no one reported injuries. The Flight Attendant accused of smuggling drugs will be sent back to los angeles. Marsha gay reynolds surrendered in new york. She is charged with attempting to smuggle 3 million of cocaine through Los Angeles International airport. Rather than face a Security Check last week, the off duty Flight Attendant kicked off her gucci shoes and ran for it. Busted today on the way to the final four as some top teams faceoff in the ncaa tournament. Kansas taking on number two villanova and oklahoma playing number two, oregon today. Top teams in action last night. The field narrows to the elite eight. North carolina knocked off indiana. Virginia sent iowa state packing. Syracuse still alive after squeaking out over gonzaga. And notre dame came from behind in the last 30 seconds to steal one from wisconsin. Oh, the crying badgers this morning. We will check on our bracket challenge. Your bracket . I picked well go through it later. Sara pointed out that the right side of my bracket is atrocious. Thats why im in last place. The left side. You are much better at forecasting. I can predict the future sometimes. More spring snow. Denver not going to see as much as we saw the last storm. We are looking at the chance of accumulating snow through other parts of colorado. Especially through higher elevations. That will move through the midwest but not amount to all that much. So were watching this area of low pressure. Heavier mountain snow will come to an end tonight. And then as this low moves eastward, were going to see more rain than snow with it. Again, not a lot of rain but a little unsettled into Easter Sunday. Scattered showers and storms into the panhandle of florida. And the chance of perhaps 4 inches of rain. As for snow, about 6 to 8 inches of snow in southeastern colorado. Some areas 2 to 4 inches. Not all that much but where we could see 3 to 4 inches of rain, we could see brief flash flooding across northern florida. Thats a look at the weather across the country, now heres a peek out your window. Thank you, dylan. Its a chilly start especially its only 37 in farmingdale. 30 in sussex. Weve slipped below freezing north and west of town. And your day planner, cloud cover will move in later in the day. Going to be a breezy 48 degrees at noon. And tonight well dip down to 40 degrees. Your sevenday has rain returning and a high of 60 on monday. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Havana was certainly rocking last night as the Rolling Stones took to the stage for a free concert. This show was a huge deal because for a long time, cubans had to listen to the stones in secret when the government banned their music. As nbcs sarah dallof said thousands were rocking out to the stones. The Rolling Stones reporter decades waiting over in a flash. Reporter the Rolling Stones opening with a classic and taking place in cuban history and the biggest act to perform since the countr s 1959 revolution. Wonderful. Incredible. I personally cried. The best concert ever . Yes. Splendid. Marvelous. Reporter the stadium represented a shift in cuban culture which labeled music from the stones subversive and banned it from the radio. This woman, a rock n roller in her youth, says she has been waiting for this forever. Now the music celebrated in an openair arena and hyped on social media. Dedicated fans standing on rooftops to catch a glimpse of the show. The Younger Generation is hoping the group is paving the way for more international acts. Like this in cuba. I know its only rock n roll reporter a concert more than rock n roll. Amazing experience. Reporter and the fans, they liked it. Very good now. Im very happy now. Thank you very much for coming to cuba. Thank you very much, Rolling Stones. Reporter for today, sarah dallof, nbc news. We have an incredibly heart warming reunion with an Army Specialist and his beloved dog rocky. They were wounded in afghanistan. You may remember the photo that went viral after they were hurt. They were reunited on friday and they could not be happier. Nbcs Kerry Sanders has more from washington, d. C. For us. This is a great story, kerry. Rocky is appropriately named. Rocky is a come from behind hero just like the movie. This morning, it may put a smile on your face and maybe a tear in your eye. Rocky. U. S. Army combat veteran. To see him today, you would be hard pressed to know a roadside bomb left him lame. You may remember this viral photo. Rocky sitting on the bed with his partner, Army Specialist andrew brown. The two initially recovering together at the u. S. Military hospital in germany. Yes, thats a purple heart on rockys collar. Like any other member of the u. S. Military, rehabilitating rockys back left leg. His femur shattered in pieces. Became a mission. Painful injury. Had a lot of skin missing. Burn injury from the blast itself. Reporter seven weeks into hes a great temperament. That is easy with the exercises and having him here. Reporter three and a half months from the bomb exploded, rocky is quick, alert, strong. Finally a day of celebration. Leaving behind those who had taken rocky so far. A veteran now homeward bound. Back on u. S. Soil at walter reed hospital, a reunion. That moment when a long deployed soldier finally sees family again. He saw me. He was like, oh, theres my dad. Reporter specialist andrew brown. Himself still going through physical therapy. And whether rocky returns to work or not, one thing is for certain, he will return to specialist browns care. The two bonded in service, bonded for life. Much back to normal for the most part. Reporter rocky is still active duty. So later this weekend, he will report for duty in ft. Hood in texas. The brass there will decide if he will be returned to active duty or if rocky retires. Specialist brown says if rocky retires, he is family and will always have a home. Craig. I can believe it. Kerry, thank you. That bond is so special. I think rocky should just retire. Amen. Honorable discharge. Did you hear the little guys laugh . It helps both of them heal as well. Good point. Still to come on a saturday morning, our look back at the week stories, including hulk hogan speaking out on today after being awarded 140 million against gawker. Fans could be waiting for new movie footage . But first this is today on fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, still to come on today, one familys desperate plea to get their daughter back in their home after they were sent to live with their biological family this week. Who is more addicted to their cell phones . The answer may the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3. 500 hospitals. T fewer than 6 received 5 stars. R among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. Good morning. A live look at the brooklyn bridge. It is 7 26 and 38 degrees on this saturday, march 26th. Im kerry barrett. 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