Is the disease even more dangerous than Health Officials feared . And reallife drama. I didnt kill her. The highly anticipated series the people versus o. J. Simpson premieres to rave reviews, but not from the family of ron goldman. Im forced now to have to endure this week after week. What kim goldman says the First Episode is mimiing. Today, wednesday, february 3rd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Lets put the satellite image back up. You can think, there is nothing good about that system moving across. A lot of the country has been dealing with it, and i think theyll see it on the east coast today, too. Grab your umbrella. The weather is our top story. Impacting tens of millions. Blinding snow and winds across the midwest to damaging rnadoes. Jacob rascon is in collinsville, mississippi. This s s the First Baptist church in collinsville, mississippi. The roof was torn off. The pastor a a his family were still inside. Reporte facetoface with a monster tornado. Storm chasers running for their lives. This is going to be crazy. Go, go, go reporter the twister hopscotching through a neighborhood and College Campus in rural alabama. While in collinsville, mississippi, a direct hit. Two dozen homes damaged or destroyed. The First BaptistChurch Next Door ripped in half. You can see the complete devastation of our church. Its unbelievable. Reporter while pastor ricks and his family were still inside. My wife and i, my son came over to the church because we have cinder block walls, and found a room and got under the desk. Within seconds, stuff started falling everywhere. Reporter more than a dozen tornadoes reported in the south. Part of a massive winter storm that pummelled the midwest and plains with heavy sno and high winds. Millions of americans in the storms path. Some losing everything but the clothes on their backs. Others nearly losing it all. National Weather Service forecasters will be out later today to survey the damage and determine just how difficult, just how bad this tornado was. The pastor will also be back out here, and i took a tour of the damage in the neighborhood behind the church. Some of the homes, there is nothing left. People will be back out later this morning to pick uphe matt and savannah . Jacob rascon, thank you very much. Well talk t al about the storms in a couple minutes. Lets turn to the president ial race. The candidates are setting their sights on the next prize in the campgn, New Hampshire. In a moment, well talk to donald trump and Bernie Sanders, the front runners in the granite state. Lets get the latest on both races. First, kristen welker, covering the race between sanders and clinton. Good morning to you. Matt, good morning. Bernie sanders has a double digit lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, but she won this state in 2008. Shes tryingo convince voters, including at this Campaign Event here in deary later today, not to count her out. Reporter the fight for New Hampshire now in high gear. Both demratic candidates campaigning late into the night. In iowa, we took on the most powerful Political Organization in the country. I hope you will choose with both your heart and your mind. R porter it comes on the heels of a hardfought battle in iowa. Clinton edging sanders by a hair. On tuesday, she claimed victory. And i am so thrilled that im coming to New Hampshire after winning iowa. Reporter clinton increasingly trying to tap into thth ideals propelling sanders surge. I am a progressive who likik to get things done. Im actually a progressive who likes tooake progress. Funny thing. Reporter but sanders is resonating with young vots in a way clinton isnt. He beat her 84 14 with that group in iowa. Does it concern you when you realize shes not connecting with Younger Voters . I think itll come around. The more that the young vote listens to Hillary Clinton, i think theyll start to realize that she is going to be the candidate to get things done for them. Reporter in sanders, some democrats are seeing flashbacks of Barack Obamas appeal in 2008. Former president bill clinton didiissed the idea in an interview with andrea mitchell. Baracac obama is not Bernie Sanders. Reporter sanders strong showing in iowa has energized supporters. Here in New Hampshire, his backyard, hes up by double digits. His promise of taking on the establishment striking a cord with independents. Arguing hes the only progressive in the race. We began the political revolution, not just in iowa, not just in New Hampshire, but all over this country. Sanders Campaign Officials tell me this morning they raised 3 million in the 24 hours after iowa. The most single haul in one day for that campaign. Secretary clinton campaigns here in New Hampshire today, but her husband, former president bill clinton, will be campaigning in South Carolina, the state that votes after New Hampshire. Thats where she has a sizable lead. Matt and savannah . Kristen welker, thank you very much. Senator Bernie Sanders is with us now from his home state of vermon good to see you. Ood morning. The results in iowa were as close as they could, but iowa Officials SayHillary Clinton is the winner. Do you accept that . Well, sure. She ends up getting about 22 delegates. We got about 20 delegates. We started that campapan 40 or 50 p pnts down. We ended up losing it by 0. 2. The iowa caucus is complyicated and its not 100 sure we didnt win it. We feel fantastic. We came a long way in iowa and now were in n hampshire. We have a lot going on would you contest the results . Were looking at it right now. But the important point is, at the end of the day, we came from where to really startle the entire world. We took on the most powerful Political Organization in the United States of america and, you know, nearly won that race. Lets pick up on that, senator sanders. You raised 20 million in january. Your Campaign Says you raised 3 million in the last 36 hours. So you move into New Hampshire with a big lead in the polls, as thee candidate from the neighboring state, and with more money in the bank than the head of what you call the biggest Political Organization in this country. No, no, no, matt. Thats not accurate. Hillary clinton has a super pac. I dont have a super pac. I understand that. In termsms of the campaigns direct financing. Well, that doesnt matter. You have a super pac, which has 25 million from secretary clinton. 15 million coming from wall street. Our Campaign Contribution are 27 a piece coming from 3. 5 llion individual contributions. Also, when we go into New Hampshire, lets not forget, Hillary Clinton won New Hampshire in 2008. She has a strong organization. Her husband ran two campaigns. I understand that, senator. Given what the circumstances are right now, would anything less than a resounding victory in New Hampshire be disappointing for you . U . Know. Every state you go to, thats what the media says. Whats in iowa . Whats iNew Hampshire. Its important to us. We want to win it. Then were going to nevada and we have a shot to go there. Then were going to South Carolina andndwisconsin. Every state is important. Were in this race to represent working people whose standard of living has gone down, in a nation which has massive income and wealth inequality and a corrupt campaign finanan system. Were going all the way to the convention. We have the momentum. I think people are tired of establishment politics and establishment economics. Senator, lets talk about the issue of electability. Its something Hillary Clinton raises a lot on the ail. Ill put it to you a different way, in terms of per electability. Said youre sick of hearing about them. You said its a serious issue but youve set it aside. Ould voters factor that in . Should they consider the fact that this s an issue that clinton faces, for better or worse, over which she has no control . Does it affect herelectability . Savannah, i think all issues affect eltability. What i will tell you is two things. Number one, i you look at the match up polls recently, Bernie Sanders against republican candidates, we are doing very, very well. We beat mr. Trump by a whole lot, more t tn Hillary Clinton. Second of all, democratsin when voter turnout is high. Republicans win when voter turn outis low is low. I think our campaign has the people, lower income people, all voters to come out. We appreciate your time, senator sanders. Thank you very much. Thank you. We moveeo the republicans. Donald trump lookiki to rebound in New Hampshire after its second place finish in iowa. Laying some of the blame on his decision to skip last weeks debate. Well talk to mr. Trump live, straight ahead. First, lets go to Peter Alexander for more on the republican race. Peter, good morning. Savannah, good morning to you. The man who is all about winning, donald trump, is now trying toet back to it here this morning. Down playing his defeat in wa. Here in New Hampshire, hes going to rely on a much more heavily libertarian minded, less evangelical group of voters, to reset the race. As one trumpmp supporter told him, we will fix iowas mistake. Reporter here in the live free or die state, a he crowd reaffirming Donald Trumps campaign is very much still alive. There were 17 people when we started. Now you he 11. Im not humiliated. Reporter trump mocking reports that iowa made him a loser and marco rubio, who finished third, a winner. Winner of the night, marco rubio. Trump, humiliated. Reporter also acknowledging his absence at the fox news debate last week mayave affected the outcome. I think it could have been the debate. I think people were disappointed i didnt go in the debate. Reporter trump returved to his familiar form and a familiar target, ted cruz. What kind of people do we have running for office . No, honestly, really, really dishonest,t,nd i think i know why. You know why . Because he was born in canada. He gets the nomination, theyre going to sue his [ bleep ]. Reporter fresh off his win, cruz is eyeing both New Hampshire and more conservative South Carolina. Its primary is two weeks away. Last night, weeard a howl coming from the potomac. Reporter a trio of governors staking their claims here, setting their sights on each other and marco rubio. Chris christie with kelly odonnell. Hes the boy in the bubble. Never answers questions, very controlled. The boy in the bubble has to get out of the bubble if he wants to be president of the united ates. Reporter rubios rebuttal with gabe gutierrez. Its been a tough couple of days. Some people react badly to adversity. Reporter the states wild card, john say kich, risekasich, rising to second in many polls, vying for a breakout moment. My tone is different. Its a tone of inclusiveness, helping people to get up. Youre not going negative against your opponents now because you think its not the right tone for the party . Well, its not just not the right tone for the party, its not the tone for me. This morning, donald trump is boasting the endorsement of a former massachusetts senator, scott brown. Out one of his top surrogates. Former first lady, barbara bush, 90 years old, will join him on the trail tomorrow. Peter, thank you so muchch donald trump is on the phone with us. Mr. Trump, good morning. Good morning. I have to say, savannah and i were talking, we had the chance to interview you when we were in iowa on monday morning. We were both a little surprised at how understated and subdued you sounded on the air that morning. Had members of your team given you a hint of what might be to no. Im just trying to be a little bit more understated and statesmanlike. Some people like that and some pepele dont, actually. No, i dont think so. Not at all. I me, i think, you know, when it comom to iowa, i was not supposed toven go there. A lot of people thought i wouldnt do well in iowa. Iade a decision to go because i know some of the people and theyre great people. I came in second. You know, which is a good finish. You have 11 people, and you started off with 17. I came in second. What do you think happened . Well, i dont know. I mean, i didnt lose by much, and i got m me votes other than ted, i got more votes than anyone in the history of the republican caus. I got a lot of votes and came in a solid second. The person that came in third, marco, a good guy, but he came in third and they made i i sound like he had one of the best victories of all time. I came in second and nobody said it was a victory. It was sort of strange. And you do bristle att the fact that people are saying this was devastating for you. I would agree. I was reading online, mr. Trumu, yesterday, and the gist seemed to be, now were going to find out what donald tmp is made of. Does he have the gut . Does he have the heart to fight this long fight . How would you answer that question . Well, ive been winning all my life, matt, and its what ive done. Well see what happens. Im doing very well in New Hampshire. Was supposed to be my first stop, really. I think im very happy i did the whole thing in iowa because i came in second. Governors. They do it professionally. Ive never done this before. Im not a professional politician. I come in second and they dont. It was a big story, that i came in second. I dont know why. But i was actually semisatisfied with it. I guess one poll came out, or a poll came out saying i might win it by four or five points. You know, that didnt happen. I think caucuses are hard to po, by the way. I was going to bring that up. You love the polls. its a big feature of your speech. A lot of the polls, not just the des moines register, had you winning. Did you lose faith in the polls . When you poll a caucus, its tough. Its a much more complex process. Its probably harder to poll a caucus. No, im a believer in polls, but i think when it comes to a complex caucus like that, i think its probably hard t poll. Donald trump, well be speaking to you again. Thank you. The more understated, subdued mr. Trump. Thank you for your time. Thank you, matt. There are new fears over zika this morning. Health officials in dallas reporting a person there has become infected with the virus through sexual contact. This is a first here in the u. S. Amid the outbreak that is being called a Global Health emergency. Dr. Natalie azar is an nbc news medical contributor. Good morning. When i read this headline, it jumped off the page. The notion that it could be sexually transmitted. First of all, is that certain or is it a suspicion that it might be . Whatatoes it mean for the spread of the virus . They are fairly certain that thats the case. They havent told us the facts yet. They havent fully confirmed that there wasnt another mosquito. Listen, the contact of a person who had traveled from venezuela who contracted the zika virus. Without any evidence of a mosquito bite. What worries me about that is youve told us in the past that many o othe people who have the virus are asymptatic. Yeah. During sexual contact obviously, condoms are one idea but if you dont know the person has the virus. Thats whe we are now. The cdc made it very, v vy clear that their charge in the upcoming days is to give the guidance now to the American People about what they should be doing. In particular, sexually active partners of women who may be pregnant or trying to become pregnant. Its important to note this is not surprising. Its certainly unwelcomed news, but this is not the first documented case of sexual transmission. We had a case in 2008. We also have evidence virus can be in semen and urine. Importantly, to reiterate, the main mode of transmission is still thought to be mosquito bites. But this does raise a new concern for people. I will also point out that in england, they have a protocol in place. If you have a documented infection, the man is to wear a if there is exposure w whout documented infection, its a differen timeline. The cdc wants to get informbtion on how long the virus can be seen in sexual secretions and inform their guidance based on that knowledge. Dr. Azar, thank you. Swinging this direction now. Mr. Roek serker is here to talk about the storms. We saw what the southern part did with the tornadoes. Northern part, a lot of snow from minnesota to michigan. We had anywhere from 4 to 8 unchs ofun inches of snow. Theres some left over as the system pulls up to canada. Were watching this now. Look at the showers and thunderstorms. Heavier thunderstorms down to the south. Its already going to be making its way to the new york city area in the next several hours. Look for maj flight delays because of the rain and the wind. Midmorning in d. C. , boston, mid afternoon. As we move to the south, youll atlanta making their way to jacksonville, charleston. The heavy rain and storm