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lawyer is testifying in a matter of hush payments in a federal court in west texas behind closed doors, no cameras, no audio recordings. we start there because what happens in this courtroom and this judge decides could ultimately have consequences for every single woman and every single family in america oral arguments took place in a case brought by anti-abortion groups challenges the completely legal, completely safe long-ago approved routine and decades old use of medication for ab...

Investigate this russia leaks stuff" and the emphasis is on the intelligence and leaks. thats different from investigating the president and michael flynns relationship to russia. >> its very much missing the point. he has gone out of his way, the president, to demoralize and demean the intelligence community. having visited with so many of them, they dont care at all about politics. they follow the evidence. so the leaking that were seeing right now i believe is likely coming because he doesnt ...

Acting attorney general has made democrats here on capitol hill a little feisty. >> what are democrats saying about these delay tactics? we just heard from sean spicer. he said senate democrats are trying to stall core functions of our government. what are the dems saying? >> reporter: democrats are essentially recognizing they dont appear to have the votes to defeat any of these cabinet nominees so their strategy appears to be to delay. a top senate democrat essentially said theyre using the ru...

Our own mike tobin braving the elements on the banks of lake michigan. mike? >> jenna, hard to see it through driving snow but lake michigan is back there. someone has to work out there. you depend on them. their story is coming up. ♪ [ chicken caws ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. eartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female a...

Businesses repeal obamacare. those things will get the economy back on track. jenna: and one wondering if thats the legacy of the stimulus, a move towards other policies or not and thats the big question that perhaps we dont know at this time. >> i hope so. if anything good comes out of this, its that we never do this again. the economic formula that you spend government money to revive the economy, that has now been totally discredited. jenna: great to see you as always. thanks >> thanks, jenna...

They have refused to open up one moment of discussion legitimately about the transition government. jon: lets bring in mike chaemi. mike em, we mentioned that russia is cosponsor of these talks. russia is a huge player, has a lot of influence over president asad. why are these talks going nowhere? >> well, jon, it shouldnt be surprising these talks havent gone anywhere. what the u.s. is calling for is for president asad to step down and allow a transitional government to take his place. the pres...

Positions on policies like health care, the keystone pipeline and trade. lets talk about it now with the chief at roll call and michael warren, writer at the weekly standard. mike em, some of this bubbled up in some surprising places. harry reid, for instance, the leader of the democrats in the senate, is opposing the president over the presidents trade policy that he wrote last week. >> harry reid loves stories like these shows democrats in congress with distance from president obama because th...

Gesture. >> they said trying to show solidarity with the people of ferguson. >> protesters believe that mike em -- michael brown. >> its not just ferguson. its important this conversation take place in communities all across the country. >> can good policy make for better policing? just hours ago president obama requested funding for 50,000 police body cameras, a move intended to make law enforcement officials more accountable to the communities they patrol. the white house also plans to make ch...