He retweeted and it comes after a very bad week for him and the potential of a big loss in wiorsconsin. Were live on the campaign trail. Philly fans flying a frightening scene when an unescalator went out of control, fans toppling on top of each other, amazingly, no serious juries. At the final two, the ncaa Basketball Championship now set. Villanova crushing oklahoma by number one seed North Carolina letting number ten syracuse know whos boss. The dribble. Maybe they should do more of that. Oh from 64 teams down to just two and the excitement at a cofevered pitch today, sunday, april 3rd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Glad to have you with us. Jones, dylan dreyer here, lots of you probably sleepy because the games were fantastic. Second game was fantastic. The first game not so much. A blowout. Half my neighborhood went to villanova, they were very happy. You knew what happened with that without turning on the tv. You could hear it down the rstreet. The North Carolina game were showing you there. North caroarna heading t the big dance, beating syracuse. That oklahoma and villanova game, i think chuck todd put it best it was as if oklahoma just stopped playing, worst blowout since they started the final four. A roughcway to go out. Well get to more of that in a bit. To our top story, trugh, thats that bitter blast of cold expected today in the northeast. Part of that same storm th caused some significant damage in the midwest on saturday. This morning there are more than from new york all the way back through indiana. Dylan is following it all and has a closer look of what we can expect today. Talk about a rude awakening. Especially in april. Go figure. There were those Power Outages, traffic accidents, downed trees everywhere. It was not a pretty scene in the midwest. We already have seen some of that in the northeast this morning. And it is likely to continue. Cold air, snow and winds up to 60 Miles Per Hour battered the midwest saturday. Ripping the roof off a house on chicagos south side. Gust of wind came through and it slung it up in the air like a tarp before it landed here. Reporter Tropical Storm force winds Strong Enough to uproot a 50 foot tree. I started screaming and yelling, oh, my god. Reporter the Power Company tweeted it had hundreds of da,maged poles and wires, 6,000 customers lost power there. ,000 more without power in indiana. 53,000 are in the dark in ohio. Spring storms brought surprisingly heavy snow. Wisconsin drivers in spring mode were caught by a wintry surprise, authorities reported almost a dozen accidents within i43 in milwaukee was shut down for time. He parts of michigan and rare thundersnow outside our nbc affi high Wind Warnings overnight for new york city. Any loose items really need to be tide down or brought inside. Reporter whiteout conditions near niagara falls, new york, as the storm moves east and temperatures pinmmet. With more extreme weather expected today, our eyes are seeing winter, but our hearts are saying spring. It is tough, especially considering friday it was nearly 80 degrees in new york city. Iner theslower 80s in washington, d. C. And now the winds are kicking in, but they will ease over the next several hours. Here is that first storm system. This is the one that produced that quick burst of ow. And the very gusty winds that were dealing with right now. This will pull away. Then w ture going to see the next here. Magipa winds, still a possibility this morning and youre seeing a lot of the snow fall in southern new england. But it will wind down t feels more like february out there, though. Thats why it is a bit of a shock to the system. As we go through the next several hours, we have high wind fewarnings in effect for new york city until 2 00 in boston in effect until 7 00 p. M. We have the potential of gusts near 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour, causing some delays this morning and some of the big airports in the northeast. Across eastern long island. All across rhode island, in the boston were seeing some heavier snow as well. But as this pulls away, we will notice those wind gusts instead of 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour, well drop down to 30 to 40 ioMiles Per Hour. Y,ill very windy. And we are looking at additional snowfall off of lake erie where we could end up with another 6 to 8 inches of snow. This one will continue to pull away. The next one will continue to move in here. Thats the one that is also going to produce another burst of snow. But this time for the monday morning commutsi especially up into boston. It is not going to be a lot of snow, but it reduces Visibility Like we saw in this area this all right, dylan, thank you. To toolitics now and just two days to go until the crucial republican and democratic president ial primaries in wisconsin and both frontrunners are in trouble there. This morning, donald trump apologizing for retweeting that unflattering photo of ted cruzs wie fe a couple of weeks ago. Were covering both sides. Lets start with nbcs Kerry Sanders in milwaukee, wisconsin, covering the republicans. Good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. Dota a truup, the candidate, is known for making bold heatements and trying to steer the conversation and e doesnt disappoint this morning. Firing back at president obama saying that he knows more about clear weapons than the president does, that nato is obsolete andncs morning, telling the Washington Post he sees our country heading toward a recession, and that he could solve eliminating the National Debt in eight years. But there is one issue that continues to dog his campaign, one that is deeply personal to abortion. I think were going to have a very good day on tuesday. Reporter across wisconsin nobody has greater respect for women than donald trump. Reporter in city after city. Thank you. Reporter donald trump trying to regain momentum, briefly addressing his rapidly evolving position on abortion. You could debate that subject for years to come. Reporter first he said a woman getting an illegal abortion should be punished. There has to be some form of punishment. Reporter then that abortion rshould remain legal. Then that abortion is murder. Some donald trump voters not fazed. I think he said the right thing. I dont think this is going to hurt his campaign at all. Reporter in wisconsin, recent polls show trump trailing ted cruz by double digits. In this mornings new york times, a rare trump admission of a mistake. Regarding that much talked about retweeted heidi cruz picture, telling columnist maureen dowd if i had to do it again, i asked about the apology you know, its gotten to the point where i could not care less about donald trump. Se reporter women are likthy pivotal here as voters can Cross Party Lines be tuegdays primary. And if trump slips with women voters in wisconsin, it could ove to be a weakness, that the gop establishment can use against him. If you live here in wiscepsin, youre as likely to bump into a candidate a few miles from your house the next couple of days. In fact, as likely as an april snowstorm. We did see that here yesterday. We may see it again today. Kerry sanders in milwaukee this morning. Kerry, thank you. We felt for you in those pictures yesterday. Now to the democrats where Bernie Sanders is hoping to pull off another victory over Hillary Clinton. It would keep his winning streak alive as he tries to cut into clintons delegate lead. Both appeared at the same dinner last night. Be lly ododaell has more on that kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Safely inside with the coffee brewing, we can tell you that tensions here in wisconsin between the campaigns are definitely rising. They are debating over the debates and the rival h teams e battling over when and what time and should they have more debates for the next ffered is just playing games with the schedule, while the other side says what clinton offered is ludicrous. Crisscrossing wisconsin, hillary inton is pointing out to voters she has been a long time democrat, battling for the issues important to the party. While sanders who has been an independent is suggesting she is suggesting hes a newcomer. Bernie sanders, who has been touting his supporters big energy and pointing out a record 6 million individual donations. In milwaukee for a democratic dinner last night. As Kelly Odonnell for us this morning. Kelly, thank you. Chuck todd is nbcs political direct and moderator of meet the press. Chuck, good morning to you, sir. Good morn g, craig. I feel like every week we ask you variations of the same question. Is this the week that the rhetoric catches up to donald trump . It was, of course, a no good, very bad week for him. But was this week any different than weeks past . Well, well find out tuesday. Thats always been the the pattern has been this, right, he has one of these weeks, says a lot of controversial things, people that are trying to stop him inside the Republican Party get excited, think theyre going ballot box and then voting happens and his voters show up and he wins. Wthats what could be different n this timdmis on tuesday, in wisconsin, instead of the voters iling him out of a bad week, and winning and him being able to say, see, none of this affects me, he could lose by ten points or more and then all of a sudden you got to wonder is this a hosnowball effec ft because then u have cause and effect. Bad week, bad results. So if he does, in fact, lose wi itconsin on tuesday, chuck, is a contested convention at that point inevitable . I think it becomes more likely. I dont want to say inevitable, but it becomes more likely. A few other things happen this weekend that indicate donald trump is getting outorganized and is not prepared for contested convention. There were some battles for delegates in north dakota, batt s fo hdelegate slates in tennessee. The tennessee thing was very instructive. Donald trump won the most delegates, most votes in that primary, he has the most delegates, but he didnt get to pick the people that will those tennessee delegates only have to support him for two rounds of balloting. You look at the list of names, these arent people that are going to stick with him through thick and thin. Democrats for a second here. On tuesday in wisconsin, it appears as if right now Bernie Sanders has a decent lead there. If Hillary Clinton loses in wisconsin on tuesday, what then what then does that mean for her in new york . Well, it just puts pressure on her to win in new york. You know, it is an adopted home state for her. Obviously it is the state shes represented while serving in the u. S. Senate. And so there would be a symbolic problem for her if she somehow lost it. I think just sanders winning i think margin of victory matters on tuesday. A narrow win for him and i dont know if really a lot of things change. But a big win, you know, something high single digits, double digits, something that looks more like the New Hampshire victory, than michigan, then i think that so thats what the Clinton Campaign is so worried about, that wisconsin, if they do too badly there, that it gives sanders an opening in new york. Chuck, thank you. And we will look for your exclusive interview with Hillary Clinton later this morning on meet the press. Get you caught up on some of the other headlines on this sunday morning. S the Brussels Airport reopened today nearly two weeks after it was shut down because of the terror attacks. First of three flights taking off just about an hour ago. No planes will land at the airport today. The departing passengers were shuttled through a tempora terminal. Full airport is t expected to be operational for several nths. Meanwhile, a terror scare here in new york city last ni lght. Police cleared out a section of times square to inspect a suspicious vehicle. The bomb squad was called in when patrol atficers saw a truck with wires out of the dashboard and gas canisters behind the seat. That vehicle was deemed safe. Police found the driver and took him in for questioning. So far they have not filed any charges. In philadelphia, a scary isene on an escalator after a the down escalator malfunctioned, catching people off guard, throwing them on top of one another as you see in the video. Escalator was immediately shut down and amazingly no serious injuries reported. It was much happier scene in boston last night. For first time in ten years, an American Woman finally won a medal at an International Figure skating am sonship. Ashley wagner pulled off an incredible perfo he nce at the figure skating worlds, winning the silver medal and ending a long drought. No american had won a medal at the world figure skating championships or the olympics since 2006. Russian skater Evgenia Medvedeva won it all. American competitor gracie gold nailed the pronunciation. That was good. Tough to do on the fly. Sounded natural. Well done. Thank you very much. We have got some very unseasonablelike temperatures northeast. Again, about 10 ng 20 degrees below average,nfeeling more like february than april. It was so warm, not that long ago. As we go through this afternoon, buffalo will only hit a high of 33 degrees today. Thbeats 16 degrees below average. Boston dropped into the mid30s where snow is falling right now. It is accumulating to about 2 to 4 inches possible in the boston area across southeastern massachusetts as well. Washington, d. C. , 54 degrees, thats not even taking into account the windchill, which makes it feel like 10 degrees colder. Look how warm it is in kansas city. 18 deg es above average. Chicago will make it into the mid60s today. So you can see where that dividing line is between the warmer air and the colder air. We also have that lakeeffect snow that has kicked in back towards erie, pennsylvania, through we ern new yot a most of michigan dealing with some ow. This area of low press ndhere, thats going to be the second clipper system. Thats going to race through, bring more snow to the same areas that saw snow overnight stis n ght. And were also looking at atat to ffect the monday morning commute. That will make things tricky, temperatures wont really rebound. By the time we get to tuesday, thats when well bottom out with highs in the northeast stuck in the 30s. Now heres a peek out your window. Good morning everyone. High wind warning in effect. Were seeing winds gusting between 50 nd 670 Miles Per Hour along the coast. Dangerous winds have the potential to cause, downed tree limbs and Power Outages throughout the day. Its very cold out there. 39 the high temperature. Winds chills in the teens and 20s throughout the day. Diminishing throughout the afternoon. Stay inside if you can. Sevenday forecast shows a mix of rain and snow into tomorrow morn4 g. Tomorrow is milder with a high of 47 degrees and thats your latest forecast. Dylan, anks. It may not feel like baseball weather now, especially after dylans forecast, but today is opening day for the 2016 season. Tens of thousands of fans expected to pour into he ciuntry this week for first e ste of baseball. The game goes front and center. The hot dog, of course. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles has more. Er reporter opening day is here. The crack of the bat is in the air. We love hot dogs. Reporter and so is the scent summer. And what better place to celebrate this all american staple than chicagos vienna beef, where the dog is king. Here at vienna beef we relish our customers buns. Mark reitman instructs stu rnts on how to open their own stand. Helping customers unleash their taste buds. When i hear the crack of the bat, i want to have a hot dog in my hand and a cold beer in my other hand. Reporter and chicago dog is, well, a masterpiece. Mustard, neon green relish, onions, tomatoes, peppers, a pickle and a dash of celery ketchup, folks, is a nono. I got to have ketchup on my polish. If you have to have ketchup on your polish, you put it on. Most people talk with their mouth full. Reporter students are gobbling up the course. When you take the hot dog, there is just a snap to it, there is a flavor to it unlike any other hot dog you can get. Reporter do you think youre going to eat your profits away . I hope not. If i do, my wife might leave me. Reporter you can get romantic about a hot dog . Oh, yes siree bob. Reporter before graduating, students have to learn what he calls the art of the cart. Running your own Small Business and dressing those dog in a steaming hot bun. That is a thing of beauty. When you see that guy walking down there, yelling red hots, red hots, what else can you do but grab a hot dog . Red hots. Reporter Graduation Day arrives not a moment too soon. Could someoae please pass the pepto . For today, Kevin Tibbles, nbc ne bws at hot Dog University in chicago. Bwe didnt get the side of pepto. These are chicago style hot dogs. Yesterday, i said, we should have hot dogs, kind of regretting that decision now. You are . Im not. This is covered in onions and pi i dont know. Chicago style, the key is the tomatoes. Tomatoas, pickle. That makes it healthy. Got your vegetables. Brillia a point, erica hill. Salad and a hot dog. I love a hot dog from time to tigemeaw i never had a chicagostyle hot dog. The only bad thing, if it is baseball, you need beer. Got to have a beer. It is early. Thank you Kevin Tibbles for doing that story on hot dogs for us. Still to come saturday night live takes on donald trump again and it is getting physical this time. First these messages. Seriously . Well give it a 6 for composition. Scary. Wow, what about just putting a fair, no haggle pr e on the window . 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