Executive actions are only one of the many topics. The others are police relations, the war on drugs and trying terror suspects and something her district has done more than any others. We start with pete williams. What are americans learning about Loretta Lynch today. Well the guitar track was not part of her testimony. As entertaining as it was. Youre right, i think that was the thing that republicans asked most about today, they kept coming around over and over again to the executives use of authority to delay deportation or removal for a number of people here in the country illegally and her answer was very nuanced. She didnt say what she thought of the policy she said what she thought of the departments legal analysis which supported the analysis and thought it was reasonable and some cases where the Justice Department told the president it couldnt do things which the Administration Made clear at the same. So she basically brushed aside questions about whether she agreed with the policy and said she thought the justification for it the governments justification for it was a reasonable one. And do you think that as shes looking good here as they go into a second day of hearings tomorrow . Yes. And to be clear, her testimony is over now. Day two will be people pro and con about the nomination. A lot of discussion about the Justice Department so far under the leadership of eric holder. And that was another team today. The republicans said weve had it up to here with eric holder and we hope you will be different. And she was asked about a republican and she said are you different from eric holder and she said yes, i am. And the Justice Departments overall policy here is to do whatever it can to support her nomination and there is not a lot of correcting the record or defense of some of the more controversy things up to this point. Peter williams from washington. Good to have you. Now to matt miller a former aide to former attorney general eric holder. Thank you for having me. And throughout this days proceeding, this looked more like an exit interview for eric holder than a Job Interview for Loretta Lynch and why is that and what does it mean . In a lot of ways republicans just cant quit eric holder. Theyve been obsessed with him for a long time and even with a nod in the room they continue to bang the drum. They have for a while. But when you look at how Loretta Lynch has answered the question today, she is a different person than eric holder. They have different backgrounds and different experiences and i think she answered a clearly cleared the bar in showing her qualifications and she has the poise and especially with some of the more difficult questions, really kind of knocked it out of the park. Well on one of those more difficult questions, pete was just laying out that it was kind of tricky for her to deal with questions about the president s actions on immigration. How did you think she did, matthew, in terms of balancing support for the president s policies while making clear that she was going to uphold the law . I think she walked the exact right line. It is not her job to have reviewed the policies in depth when she was a u. S. Attorney is she read the memos and they seemed reasonable. That is not the kind of answer that will satisfy a david vitter or ted cruz or someone on the far right but they will vote against her any way no matter what she says. So she showed a clear command of the law and support for what the administration has done legally while noting there are things as pete said that the Justice Department told the white house they cant do. Matthew, weve seen eric holder make a signature issue in the last couple of years between police and africanamerican communities and stepping up in instances where the president have felt the need to hang back. Is that a role you think Loretta Lynch will take after being confirmed as a attorney gem. I think it is. And i think you know she prosecuted the abner louisa case in brooklyn. And it is something she cares about and something any attorney general will focus on and our country needs to deal with and someone like her that has personal experience in prosecuting the cases and working with law enforcement, she brings the kind of experience to the table that is really ripe for this moment in time. And as krystal and josh pointed out, shes dealt with difficult topics immigration and ferguson. But despite that what is unusual in todays environment, there is a bipartisan craze for Loretta Lynch. Listen to both democrats and republicans speaking about her this morning. Shes smart, shes talented. Shes a prosecutors prosecutor. I sat through six Opening Statements by potential attorneys general and i want to tell you yours was the best. It is great to have you here. I appreciate an opportunity to have a good discussion i think in our office. One of the keenest legal minds our country has to offer, im impressed with your qualifications and i hope i can support your nomination. Like i said matthew, it is highly unusual to have to have folks from both sides of the aisle speaking like that about a nomination. Why is Loretta Lynch more popular with both parties than eric holder . Well part of it is coming into office with not as much as a record. When you go to eric holders confirmation Lindsey Graham said im ready to vote for you now. And he did get a lot of votes from republicans. But when you deal with the prosecuting terrorism and all of the things that doj has to deal with so you dont think it will last long. When you look at the last attorney generals every one since janet reno has been controversial. So i think shell start off with the honeymoon period but as attorney general you dont know what things will be controversial but it will matter no matter what. And from the respect of the Justice Department, some of the bad news from the perspective of the American Public and i would like your thoughts there wasnt debate over the legal National Security issues that are important. There was some talk about surveillance, but it was fleeting. Very little talk of what will be a big issue this year how the administration wants to get Legal Authority to prosecute a war against isis and whether that should include experience for a ground war in syria which is a legal and security question but one that neither the Party Senators want to get into with the attorney general. I would think today would be the time to do it. What do you make of that . I agree. It was surprising. You never quite know where senators are going to come from in the hearings. A number of the National Security issues if you look at the amount of time this committee has spent debating prosecuting in u. S. Courts of terrorists, it is the freedom fant issue before this committee in the last six years and the thing holder has gotten the most questions on barely came up at all. So immigration is such a divisive issue in the last few months clearly something the Republican Party is still angry about. They trained a lot trained a lot of their fire in that direction and a lot of other issues fell off the table. Matt miller thank you very much for your time today. And next talk about a big dig. The cleanup effort under way from the blizzard of 2015. Have you heard about it . There was some scene on the coast. We are live where there are hard hit areas. And there is more snow on the way if you believe us. All that you need to know as the cycle rolls on. Were at the table. It is january 28th. 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Many streets have gotten at least one pass with a plow but they are not very passable so crews are going through and trying to clear up streets as best they k. There are 400 trucks out on the roads but that is not enough to do this in just a single day. So the school board here has already canceled school again for tomorrow. That will be the Third Straight day that school has been canceled here and then they will make a decision tomorrow about friday. But the big concern is safety of children driving safety for parents but when you look around and see the high snowdrifts pushed up by the plows and the wind here even if the sidewalk is shovelled, there might not be a path to get on to the street so pedestrians are walking in the street special a dangerous situation and they dont want children to be doing that. So school will not be open until it is safe to do so krystal. And chris, i know you are not too far from boston and besides all of that snow one of the most captivating images is this mysterious man shoveling the Boston Marathon finish line and i understand that has been solved. Was that you, chris . No it was not me. I cannot take responsibility though i have from boston and i probably would have done it myself if i were there. There were a lot of mysteries. The other day we had a guy in a yeti costume, but a guy was seen shoveling off the Boston Marathon finish line on boylston street. Since the Boston Marathon finish line has been a sign of boston strength and now that man has been discovered his name is chris lodani and he is a bartender close to the finish line and the magazine boston caught up with him and he said he thinks the finish line is a symbol of strength and he doesnt feel it should have been covered in snow. That is too cool. Chris pallone, thank you very much. And now to portland maine, where they picked up nearly two feet. And john yang is there. I understand the snow is still falling but the temperatures have not. It is still cold. It is a big difference from yesterday it. Was in the teens yesterday and the wind brought the windchill down to minus two. But if you look behind me life has returned pretty much to normal here in portland. Cars and traffic busy here in downtown portland. Things are normal since this morning. You look down the street and the canyon of plowed snow up on the sides. This street just 24 hours ago, you couldnt see half a block. The snow coming down at the rate of 24 inches an hour. But you can see the roads are clear. The crews were working on the streets all during the snowfall staying ahead of the falling snow. They were helped by the fact that people stayed off the roads. Even though there was no mandatory traffic ban in maine, as there was in the other states hit by this storm. When the official at the department of Public Safety was asked why that was, why there was no ban, he simply said were maine. Just a few minutes ago just a few minutes ago, a Portland Department of public works truck pulled up here at the stoplight and the driver leaned out and looked at our camera and the satellite truck and said you know, weve seen snow before. [ laughter ] so the residents there in portland, maine, not that impressed. John yang thank you for that report. And now to the airports where some 8,000 flights have been canceled during the duration of this blizzard. Adam reiss is at la guardia in new york for us. And adam are you getting the sense theyve maybe turned the corner there . Reporter weve definitely turned the corner here at la guardia. Operations at about 80 . Still more time. It is a process. It takes time. Maybe another day or two before we are up to 100 at full speed. Now flights to boston have been canceled but flights to dallas atlanta have gone off on time. But days like today are slow. Im joined by val and keith are from boston and they took of this day. So what did you do . We got some clothing and we took advantage and there was no people on the streets. And the airport was not a problem. They gave us a next day out. No. It was fun. The best advice is to call the airline before you leave home and come to the airport. Adam riess, thank you so much. So the question is are you ready for the next storm. Apparently it is coming. Dominica davis, tell us it is not so. No. Im sorry. It is not just one, it is two. The clipper system will arrive tomorrow through the great lakes but for new england it is thursday into from into friday. It is drying out but we just saw the live shot from maine and the clearing in bangor. And here is a live shot. And this is a look. This is a 48hour of snowfall and this is a clipper system. And here is wednesday morning and here is the output. So snow spreads across the great lakes and into new england and by friday it could be 12 in parts of new england. That is not a major snowfall but it will cause some problems and temperatures below freezing through the weekend. So that is going to mean a lot of ice. Now, for the weekend, this is what were looking at. A brand new storm that will be coming in and it will come on sunday into monday. So here is a look at this system that moves in and this could definite by be your Superbowl Party pooper for the people having company over. This could cause problems because sunday night into monday it looks like it will be that system. Right now it could be an icemaker or a snowmaker well have to wait to find out. But either way it is a problem for a lot of people up and down the east coast, especially in the new england area. All right. Well we are arent you glad i worked in party pooper into my forecast. Yes. We were definitely hoping no Super Bowl Party poopers. But thanks for working that in as always. And up next, a new fed outlook that is moving markets. And president obama is about to say goodbye to outgoing sect chuck hagel. There is a lot more news to get to here in the cycle. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, weve always been at the forefront of advanced electronics. Providing technology to get more detail. Detect hidden threats. See the whole picture. Process critical information and put it in the hands of our defenders. Reaching constantly evolving threats before they reach us. Thats the value of performance. Northrop grumman. In the new the cycle today. The historic friendship nine have been vindicated from the Civil Rights Movement in 1961. The convictions were overturned by a South Carolina judge today. They pioneered the jail no bail of the time. And at the the cycle well focus on the good. The fed issued the first note of the year saying Interest Rates will hold steady for now. And there is blockbuster earnings news from apple, 18 billion last quarter. That is not only a record. But they are rich enough to pay every american 556. And super bowl super security. Jeh johnson arrived to tour the site of the big game. Helicopters and xray machines deployed along the u. S. Mexico border have been brought in to assist with the effort. And you can watch the commercials and the blacklist this sunday on your local nbc station. Super bowl security a big job and it is one of the issues facing the white house this week. At the top of the hour, the president offers a formal goodbye to chuck hagel. You can watch his comments live here on msnbc. And now the administration decided to back off the socalled college accounts that came from heavy moving from democrats and republicans. And good news this week obama care enrollment numbers have now topped 9. 5 million, achieving the administrations goals that were set earlier and the cbo is now saying that signing up through insurance through the exchanges is about 20 less expensive than first projected. For more on that and all of todays politics, we have david straus from talking points memo. How are you . Good. How are you doing, ari . Good. I want to start with the president obama news if you have watched the news you have heard about the website but not have heard this. 9. 5 million enrolled now. And as obama care is out of the headlines, broke care as a Health Care Policy proceeds numerically and going into a Supreme Court where there is a statutory standing of the law, how do you think these numbers will catch up with the politics . I think it has in a way, actually. There are a number of republican governors who are accepting the obama care money or the money through the Affordable Care act and using that to re