i had to turn on the heat in my car. let s s start with erica delgado. i had it on for the last six weeks. happy saturday to you. 6:01 right now. it is a school tart to our morning. 51 in the miami area, 50 degrees in ft. lauderdale. some areas already seeing temperatures in the upper 40s. a dry and cool start to our day but we are expecting a pretty nice one. live first alert radar looking good, rain free as we start our weekend. let s look at what we re dealng with as far as cloud cover is concerned. there is a deck of cumulous clouds over the atlantic waters. the air temperature is cooler than the temperature of the ocean. apart from that, a few clouds streaming from west to east. things are looking pretty good for us. taking a look at your first alert forecast on this saturday, but mainly in the lower 50s. as the day goes on, it will remain unseasonably cool with temperatures barely reaching the 70-degree mark. breaking news out of ft. lauderdale. a man and woman are
this morning. still in upper 60s near broward coastal areas including f. lauderdale. first alert cam looking lovely. we re waking up to blue skies, winds on the breezy side and they will turn even more breezy later this afternoon. just keep that in mind. first alert forecast for the next few hours calling for plenty of sunshine and temperatures will finally be in the mid 70s come noontime. thank you. we begin with the latest in decision 2016. while we re at it, let me say god bless kansas. and god bless maine. a game changer in the race for the white house. ted cruz wins two super saturday number of delegates. unexpected. ted cruz and bernie sanders wracking upinds in kansas there. cruz took maine as well despite the governor there endorsing donald trump. and it wasn t all bad for the kentucky. he clinched that state just by a fewundred votes. a tough night for marco rubio who came in third or fourth place in all four states. on the democratic side, a super saturday
2020. announcer: from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on this sunday morning, i m erica hill. i m craig melvin alongside sheinelle jones. dylan dreyer in chicago for the annual polar plunge for special olympics we re going do that live on television this morning. should be interesting. that it will and a little chilly. our top story this morning, though, is the presidential race and those super saturday results. donald trump notching two more big wins in the south, kentucky and louisiana. ted cruz, strong showing as well taking kansas and maine. here is where the gop delegate count stands. donald trump 392. 305 for cruz. 130 for marco rubio. and 35 for ohio governor john kasich. as for the democrats, bernie hillary clinton, he took kansas and nebraska. clinton meantime took louisiana . despit her two second place finishes, c inton extended her substantial lead. she s almost halfway to that total number needed
over president obama s nominees for supreme court. judge merrick garland to meet with lawmakers. when judge garland goes to capitol hill he will meet with democrats and so far no republicans. political lines drawn by the president and the republican senate and a critical seat on the supreme court for mow held hostage to presidential campaign politics. i simply ask republicans in the senate to give him a fair hearing and then an up or down vote. reporter: president obama challenging senate republicans to give his supreme court nominene a hearing. if you don t it will not only be an advocation of theuty but will indicate a process for nominatingngnd confirming judges that is beyond repair. reportete republican leaders are not budging. act as a check on a president and with hold consent. reporter: majorityeading mitch mcconnell doubling down. what we are talking about is a principle and not a person. reporter: insisting the vacancy should be filled by the next pr
bo from sharon osbourne. today, thursday, january 7th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to today on a thursday morning. if you call it powerball fever, when the jackpot is $450 million, what are w w going to do saturday? going to explode. spontaneous human combustion. after taxes, it s pretty good. getting interesting. we ll that have in a minute. breaking news. the race to free a group of miners who have been trapped for hours more than 70 stories below ground in upstate new york. tom costello is following the latest on this rescue operation. the fire department calling this a major rescue operation that s playing out as we speak. to help free 17 miners who have been trapped all night underneath the cayuga salt mine. they re planning to lower a basket down to lift out the miners two or three at a time. the 17 miners became trapped