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Marshfield inspecting damage after the storm surge punched out a 50foot hole in the sea wall of several towns at the mercy of the tides. Trashed. Demolished. What happened . The ocean just tore down my roof caved in. The roof collapsed the side wall. This is the worst storm ive seen. This place is like a war zone right now. Just north of marshfield Governor Charlie Baker assesses damage in the town of scituate where a sea wall there was breached as well flooding local homes and streets. And after spending the past couple of days stranded at the airport, flights are slowly getting back to normal in the northeast. Our Blizzard Team is in place. Meteorologist bill karins has the latest forecast. Tom costello at Laguardia Airport, and bill start with you and the aftermath. The storm is finally ending. Overnight picked up really strong winds blowing and drifting of snow. People out there doing it now. We now officially know this is the blizzard of 2015. National Weather Service in boston compiled a list of the actual cities and locations that did meet requirements of quarter mile visibility three straight hours and wind gusts over 35 Miles Per Hour and we saw one location. Marshfield, mass a lot of damage done. Marshfield, mass 14 hours of consecutive blizzard conditions. That was the most. The storm on the satellite on weather 1. The storm itself heading into areas of canada newfoundland, last snow bands in down east maine. Showers on cape cod, not directly associated with the storm. It is brutally cold for that cleanup. Matching cleaning up snow with windchills of zero or negative numbers. How i did this my only if call forecast monday morning. The numbers in red are actually what fell. The forecast was excellent for the eastern half of the storm all through portions of i should say eastern new england, through areas of rhode island massachusetts, New Hampshire. The bad part was the left side of that yellow line. Where the 120 mile shift out into the ocean of the storm more than we thought cost us the forecast. A grade of d from philly to new york albany. An a a split personality forecast, and the storm totals three separate locations in massachusetts hit three feet of snow and look at this jose. Three different states over 30 inches. New york New Hampshire, connecticut and massachusetts and i still think by the time we add it up in maine someones coming close to that. By the way, boston had its 26 inches of snow. The most snow theyve ever had in any january snowstorm, but it did not make their top five. And, bill what is this im seeing from your Weather Channel compadre jim cantore . Talk about that man . Yeah. We are heading straight into a very cold very snowy weather pattern, especially for new england. As i mentioned what we did last winter. West warm, drought out there. Cant buy snow and all of a sudden, end of our winter in the east brutal. Let me take you through the immediate impacts. A little tiny storm well deal with come thursday night into friday nap is going to come down from the great lakes. Its mostly a great lakes and Northern New England event. Up there in maine, they could add another 6 to 12 inches on ton of the two to feet they already have. From boston to albany a nuisancetype thing. Only adding a couple inches there. The storm after that saturday sunday, into monday. This looks like a stronger winter storm. Notice that pink shading . Thats 6 to 12 inches all the way from omaha, nebraska possibly all the way up through new england. So the areas that just are suffering now you have about three or four days to dig out before we have a potential of adding another 6 to 12 inches on top of that. That high dangerous . Driving is dangerous. Snow banks blocking your visibility going around turns. Theyre used to it up there i guess by out in, but its not fun. Bill thank you so very much. Good to see you. The latest from Laguardia Airport in new york. Tom, good morning. Reporter hey, jose. Good morning to you. Yeah. We are right now looking at 650 flights cancelled nationwide, but dmar to more than 7,500 cancelled on monday and tuesday. Laguardia is getting back up to speed slowly. People in the terminals. Yesterday you could roll a bowling ball down the middle of this concourse, this terminal and wouldnt hit a soul. Weve seen that those cancellations so far we do have at laguardia are mostly on the departure side right now because we dont have the planes in yet to take people out. So thats a slow process. It is evolving and will take several hours and the airlines telling us probably take 24 48 hours or so to get all the planes back into boston philly new york all the airports in new york hartford and then begin getting people on those planes and begin getting the routes filled out again. This is a process. Its not going to be happening instantaneously as the united operations chief said to us you dont just flip a light switch after a blizzard like this and expect an immediate recovery. It will take a few days at least. I hope were not looking at round two of this when we have yoet another storm coming in later. Back to you, jose . Tom costello thank you. I want to bring up this aerial footage again. And we can show it right now. Its i think just amazing the south shore, and in massachusetts. Take a look at this. I mean the shore is come i mean the water is coming right up 0 these houses. What a pounding this place has taken and well have much more on this blizzard aftermath in todays broadcast. Now to new developments about a potential swap between the jordanian government and islamic terrorists. This morning jordan the information mince sister his government is willing to hand over this woman a wouldbe suicide bomber. Her made a sajida al rishawi. In exchange jordan wants the release of a pilot. Also another hostage, a japanese pilot, he and the pilot had less than 24 hours to live. Nbcs Foreign Correspondent is with us in washington today and miya bloom, professor with center of terrorism and Security Studies at umass, lowell. Explain the latest developments . Well pretty Significant Developments. Whats happened over the course of the past 24 hours isis put out a video online showing one of those japanese hostages kenji goto in that video posted online demands the jordanian officials release a female prisoner thats been held by the jordanian government since 2005 in exchange for his life. What has happened today is the jordanian government addressed that coming out and saying they are prepared to release this woman, is a jeetsajida al reshawy, in exchange for an isis pilot since december. Its not clear if theyre agree to those new terms but jordanian officials believe they can try to secure the release of not only the japanese hostage as well at the jordanian pilot isis is currently holding. What is clear though is that the video that was posteded online showed the japanese hostage saying isis is willing to release him in exchange for the jordanian pilot. Seems there are indirect negotiations taking place behind the scenes but not yet clear worth its going to be a clear release for these two individuals in exchange for the female prisoner who in 2005 was part of a larger cell trying to blow up several hotel chains inside of the jordanian capital. Several other members of that cell did carry out those attacks. Her bomb did not go off and jordanian officials were able to arrest her and then charge her with involvement of killing those, at least 60 people at the time. Jose . And youve written about her, miya. Why is isis so keen on having her released . This isnt the first time theyve tried to get a release. Another member of isis ordani in may of 2014 tried to get her released as well and it didnt work. So they have been interested in her for a while. Part of it might have to do with her connection to al qaeda in iraq. Abu zarqawi, one of the three brothers killed by american troops one of the reasons that motivated her, was his lieutenant. She has close ties to the original leadership of al qaeda in iraq, which then gives birth to isis and probably close her brother because he was another one of the lieutenants in aqi. And eamon, we want to talk about this attack on a libyan hotel. Ten People Killed including an american. How worried are we should we be, about whats going on there . Well we should be extremely worried on two fronts. One is the rise of this group now that is claiming allegiance to is or Islamic State in syria and iraq is a Significant Development. Theyve demonstrate add capability to carry out sophisticated attacks targeting a hotel. That was pretty secure. Certainly had a lot of layers of security to it but in addition to that libya is descending into a full blown civil war if it hasnt already. The implications for the United States and for the region is tremendous. Libya has a tremendous amount of stockpiles of weapons holed over from the gadhafi regime. Theyre flooding the black market. A lot of people with a lot of battlefield experience, if you will, from fighting in the libyan war and from elsewhere have joined that fight and that could pose a security problem for neighboring countries like egypt and other countries on the border of southern europe. So its a Significant Development that libya continues to descend into this lawlessness without much of the International Worlds attention to try to resolve it. Eamon and miya thank you so much for your insight and being with me. Appreciate your time. And you know were just Getting Started on this wednesday edition of the rundown. Still ahead, the president s pick to be the next attorney general of the United States goes before the Judiciary Committee in the next hour and could face questioning on policing race and immigration. Well have a live report from capitol hill. Also on the rundown, an exclusive, my interview with the assistant secretary of state report ta jabs obcobsen. I spoke about the administrations expect acesations wemplgts. E have no illusions. A great deal of confidence in their people and the American People and thats what this policy is designed to empower. [ narrator ] mama sherman and the legion of super fans. Wow [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbells chunky soup. Its new chunky beerncheese with beef and bacon soup. I love it. And mama loves you. Alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours, but aleve can last 12 hours. And aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. So why am i still thinking about this . How are you . Aleve, proven better on pain. So it seemed like a good time to sell my car. Well, we make it pretty easy. In fact, your appraisal should be ready, lets pull it up. Now, how long do i have to decide on this offer . Seven days, and well buy your car even if you dont buy ours. But if i decide to buy a convertible . The offer is exactly the same either way. Nice aaanndd. Here it is well take it terrific. Sell your car the fast and easy way, with no strings attached, at carmax. Start here. Developing news. Hillary clinton has told the House Select Committee on benghazi she would be willing to testify before a public hearing of the committee according to a democratic aide nap aide says she would have been willing to testify late last year but an actual date for her testimony has not been set. Of course, 2016 watchers have have an eye on all things Hillary Clinton. Now to whats driving d. C. , in just about 40 minutes, two days of confirmation hearings will begin for Loretta Lynch, president obamas choice for attorney general. The first nomination confrontation with a new republicancontrolled senate. Gop senators signaled theyre zero in on the president S Immigration policy and his executive action. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is on capitol hill. Kelly, good morning bp we know lynch has been meeting privately with senators leading up to today. Hows she doing . Reporter one of the things so important to watch is the relationship that evolves between Loretta Lynch and this particular committee. That is so critical because there has been a lot of tension between the committee, congress and current attorney general eric holder. So there will be an important signal to see right off the bat in her opening remarks, she will say she will try to forge a new positive relationship with this congress. That will be something that members on the committee will want to hear. At the same time jose i can tell you that republicans who are in control of this particular committee and the senate now do appreciate and respect her credentials, her personal accomplishments, but a Committee Hearing like this for confirmation is also a tool to try to set policy and an agenda. Through Loretta Lynch they will look to try to litigate issues whether it comes to policing in america, to immigration and the president s use of executive authority and hot topics that come through an Attorney Generals Office and determine how the laws of the nation will be implemented and how the policies of the department of justice will go forward. That is critical territory. Eric holder was the first attorney general held in contempt of congress on the house side and so here theyre trying to set a new tone. Will she agree with some of the same policies . Attempt to distance herself in any way . How will she set herself apart . The first black woman to be attorney general if confirmed, and people expect she will be confirmed, but the process to get there includes two days of what will certainly be grilling. I expect it will be respectful grilling, but grilling nonetheless. Jose . Nbcs Kelly Odonnell. Thank you. Good to see you. Someone else watching happenings, the white house. Kristen welker is on the north lawn this morning. Kristen, good morning. Reporter good morning, jose. Hows the administration feeling about her . Reporter i think the administration feels confident, as kelly said she will ultimately be confirmed. They know shale face tough questions but this is someone who has gotten high praise from not only lawmakers, but from within the Law Enforcement community. New York Police Commissioner bill bratton giving her high accolades as well as former fbi director louis freeh. A little about her biography. Shes 55 years old, the current u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of new york. She began her career as a prosecutor in 1990. A graduate of harvard law school. President obama chose her for a number of reasons. Shes a twice confirmed u. S. Attorney, in 2000 and in 2010 pap strong record when it comes to confirmation. Shes also an outsider. She is someone who doesnt have ties to some of president obamas more controversial policies. She doesnt have the same baggage as labor secretary tom perez or solicitor don verrilli argued for the president S Health Care law. Someone way strong record known for work for organized crime, tear original and also terrorism and public corruption. The administration feels her chances are strong but shell face the tough questions kelly was talking about. Particularly when it comes to immigration. Shes likely going to argue, look, she wasnt tied to this white house, when president obama decided to move forward with that executive action on immigration, however, shes going to likely stand by it. Going to argue that it is based on sound legal ground. So there will be some tense moments, but ultimately i think the white house feels confident about its chances. Deputy press secretary eric schultz will be briefing here today at the white house and undoubtedly get questions about this as well. Jose . The president and first lady arrived back to the states from an overseas trip including saudi arabia. The first ladys visit got some buzz. Tell us about that. Reporter it is getting some buzz, jose. Mostly online. The first lady criticized by some in arabic for not wearing a headscarf. Of course that is a part of the culture there in saudi arabia. Typical of women to wear headscarfs. Something thats trending online in arabic michelle obama, immodest. The white house hasnt responded yet but ill point out a couple things. First of all, typically western women arent required to wear headscarfs when they travel back to saudi arabia. Look at past first ladies past dignitaries that visited, she havent worn headscarfs. German chancellor Angela Merkel visited in february of 2007 wasnt wearing a headscarf. Former First Lady Laura Bush in 2008 and Hillary Clinton finally when she visited as secretary of state in march of 2012. Jose this is going to be another big topic at the briefing today for sure. Kristen welker at the white house. Thank you so very much. And after the break, well zoom through some of todays other top stories with a 2016 edge today. Plus, new information about the man who crashed a drone on to the white house grounds, and new problems drones are creating for the secret service. But kind of a cool aspect of drones check out this video shot over central park. During sunset after yesterdays snowstorm. Coming up also talking with massachusetts Emergency Management about the cleanup there, plus a live report from nantucket island. Thankfully today pow sirer is restored. Ring ring progresso i cant believe im eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sisters wedding well its only 100 calories, so youll be ready for that dress uhhuh. You dont love the dress . I love my sister. 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. Is it our insightful strategies that make edward jones one of the countrys biggest Governor Charlie Baker<\/a> assesses damage in the town of scituate where a sea wall there was breached as well flooding local homes and streets. And after spending the past couple of days stranded at the airport, flights are slowly getting back to normal in the northeast. Our Blizzard Team<\/a> is in place. Meteorologist bill karins has the latest forecast. Tom costello at Laguardia Airport<\/a>, and bill start with you and the aftermath. The storm is finally ending. Overnight picked up really strong winds blowing and drifting of snow. People out there doing it now. We now officially know this is the blizzard of 2015. National Weather Service<\/a> in boston compiled a list of the actual cities and locations that did meet requirements of quarter mile visibility three straight hours and wind gusts over 35 Miles Per Hour<\/a> and we saw one location. Marshfield, mass a lot of damage done. Marshfield, mass 14 hours of consecutive blizzard conditions. That was the most. The storm on the satellite on weather 1. The storm itself heading into areas of canada newfoundland, last snow bands in down east maine. Showers on cape cod, not directly associated with the storm. It is brutally cold for that cleanup. Matching cleaning up snow with windchills of zero or negative numbers. How i did this my only if call forecast monday morning. The numbers in red are actually what fell. The forecast was excellent for the eastern half of the storm all through portions of i should say eastern new england, through areas of rhode island massachusetts, New Hampshire<\/a>. The bad part was the left side of that yellow line. Where the 120 mile shift out into the ocean of the storm more than we thought cost us the forecast. A grade of d from philly to new york albany. An a a split personality forecast, and the storm totals three separate locations in massachusetts hit three feet of snow and look at this jose. Three different states over 30 inches. New york New Hampshire<\/a>, connecticut and massachusetts and i still think by the time we add it up in maine someones coming close to that. By the way, boston had its 26 inches of snow. The most snow theyve ever had in any january snowstorm, but it did not make their top five. And, bill what is this im seeing from your Weather Channel<\/a> compadre jim cantore . Talk about that man . Yeah. We are heading straight into a very cold very snowy weather pattern, especially for new england. As i mentioned what we did last winter. West warm, drought out there. Cant buy snow and all of a sudden, end of our winter in the east brutal. Let me take you through the immediate impacts. A little tiny storm well deal with come thursday night into friday nap is going to come down from the great lakes. Its mostly a great lakes and Northern New England<\/a> event. Up there in maine, they could add another 6 to 12 inches on ton of the two to feet they already have. From boston to albany a nuisancetype thing. Only adding a couple inches there. The storm after that saturday sunday, into monday. This looks like a stronger winter storm. Notice that pink shading . Thats 6 to 12 inches all the way from omaha, nebraska possibly all the way up through new england. So the areas that just are suffering now you have about three or four days to dig out before we have a potential of adding another 6 to 12 inches on top of that. That high dangerous . Driving is dangerous. Snow banks blocking your visibility going around turns. Theyre used to it up there i guess by out in, but its not fun. Bill thank you so very much. Good to see you. The latest from Laguardia Airport<\/a> in new york. Tom, good morning. Reporter hey, jose. Good morning to you. Yeah. We are right now looking at 650 flights cancelled nationwide, but dmar to more than 7,500 cancelled on monday and tuesday. Laguardia is getting back up to speed slowly. People in the terminals. Yesterday you could roll a bowling ball down the middle of this concourse, this terminal and wouldnt hit a soul. Weve seen that those cancellations so far we do have at laguardia are mostly on the departure side right now because we dont have the planes in yet to take people out. So thats a slow process. It is evolving and will take several hours and the airlines telling us probably take 24 48 hours or so to get all the planes back into boston philly new york all the airports in new york hartford and then begin getting people on those planes and begin getting the routes filled out again. This is a process. Its not going to be happening instantaneously as the united operations chief said to us you dont just flip a light switch after a blizzard like this and expect an immediate recovery. It will take a few days at least. I hope were not looking at round two of this when we have yoet another storm coming in later. Back to you, jose . Tom costello thank you. I want to bring up this aerial footage again. And we can show it right now. Its i think just amazing the south shore, and in massachusetts. Take a look at this. I mean the shore is come i mean the water is coming right up 0 these houses. What a pounding this place has taken and well have much more on this blizzard aftermath in todays broadcast. Now to new developments about a potential swap between the jordanian government and islamic terrorists. This morning jordan the information mince sister his government is willing to hand over this woman a wouldbe suicide bomber. Her made a sajida al rishawi. In exchange jordan wants the release of a pilot. Also another hostage, a japanese pilot, he and the pilot had less than 24 hours to live. Nbcs Foreign Correspondent<\/a> is with us in washington today and miya bloom, professor with center of terrorism and Security Studies<\/a> at umass, lowell. Explain the latest developments . Well pretty Significant Development<\/a>s. Whats happened over the course of the past 24 hours isis put out a video online showing one of those japanese hostages kenji goto in that video posted online demands the jordanian officials release a female prisoner thats been held by the jordanian government since 2005 in exchange for his life. What has happened today is the jordanian government addressed that coming out and saying they are prepared to release this woman, is a jeetsajida al reshawy, in exchange for an isis pilot since december. Its not clear if theyre agree to those new terms but jordanian officials believe they can try to secure the release of not only the japanese hostage as well at the jordanian pilot isis is currently holding. What is clear though is that the video that was posteded online showed the japanese hostage saying isis is willing to release him in exchange for the jordanian pilot. Seems there are indirect negotiations taking place behind the scenes but not yet clear worth its going to be a clear release for these two individuals in exchange for the female prisoner who in 2005 was part of a larger cell trying to blow up several hotel chains inside of the jordanian capital. Several other members of that cell did carry out those attacks. Her bomb did not go off and jordanian officials were able to arrest her and then charge her with involvement of killing those, at least 60 people at the time. Jose . And youve written about her, miya. Why is isis so keen on having her released . This isnt the first time theyve tried to get a release. Another member of isis ordani in may of 2014 tried to get her released as well and it didnt work. So they have been interested in her for a while. Part of it might have to do with her connection to al qaeda in iraq. Abu zarqawi, one of the three brothers killed by american troops one of the reasons that motivated her, was his lieutenant. She has close ties to the original leadership of al qaeda in iraq, which then gives birth to isis and probably close her brother because he was another one of the lieutenants in aqi. And eamon, we want to talk about this attack on a libyan hotel. Ten People Killed<\/a> including an american. How worried are we should we be, about whats going on there . Well we should be extremely worried on two fronts. One is the rise of this group now that is claiming allegiance to is or Islamic State<\/a> in syria and iraq is a Significant Development<\/a>. Theyve demonstrate add capability to carry out sophisticated attacks targeting a hotel. That was pretty secure. Certainly had a lot of layers of security to it but in addition to that libya is descending into a full blown civil war if it hasnt already. The implications for the United States<\/a> and for the region is tremendous. Libya has a tremendous amount of stockpiles of weapons holed over from the gadhafi regime. Theyre flooding the black market. A lot of people with a lot of battlefield experience, if you will, from fighting in the libyan war and from elsewhere have joined that fight and that could pose a security problem for neighboring countries like egypt and other countries on the border of southern europe. So its a Significant Development<\/a> that libya continues to descend into this lawlessness without much of the International Worlds<\/a> attention to try to resolve it. Eamon and miya thank you so much for your insight and being with me. Appreciate your time. And you know were just Getting Started<\/a> on this wednesday edition of the rundown. Still ahead, the president s pick to be the next attorney general of the United States<\/a> goes before the Judiciary Committee<\/a> in the next hour and could face questioning on policing race and immigration. Well have a live report from capitol hill. Also on the rundown, an exclusive, my interview with the assistant secretary of state report ta jabs obcobsen. I spoke about the administrations expect acesations wemplgts. E have no illusions. A great deal of confidence in their people and the American People<\/a> and thats what this policy is designed to empower. [ narrator ] mama sherman and the legion of super fans. Wow [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbells chunky soup. Its new chunky beerncheese with beef and bacon soup. I love it. And mama loves you. Alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours, but aleve can last 12 hours. And aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. So why am i still thinking about this . How are you . Aleve, proven better on pain. So it seemed like a good time to sell my car. Well, we make it pretty easy. In fact, your appraisal should be ready, lets pull it up. Now, how long do i have to decide on this offer . Seven days, and well buy your car even if you dont buy ours. But if i decide to buy a convertible . The offer is exactly the same either way. Nice aaanndd. Here it is well take it terrific. Sell your car the fast and easy way, with no strings attached, at carmax. Start here. Developing news. Hillary clinton has told the House Select Committee<\/a> on benghazi she would be willing to testify before a public hearing of the committee according to a democratic aide nap aide says she would have been willing to testify late last year but an actual date for her testimony has not been set. Of course, 2016 watchers have have an eye on all things Hillary Clinton<\/a>. Now to whats driving d. C. , in just about 40 minutes, two days of confirmation hearings will begin for Loretta Lynch<\/a>, president obamas choice for attorney general. The first nomination confrontation with a new republicancontrolled senate. Gop senators signaled theyre zero in on the president S Immigration<\/a> policy and his executive action. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell<\/a> is on capitol hill. Kelly, good morning bp we know lynch has been meeting privately with senators leading up to today. Hows she doing . Reporter one of the things so important to watch is the relationship that evolves between Loretta Lynch<\/a> and this particular committee. That is so critical because there has been a lot of tension between the committee, congress and current attorney general eric holder. So there will be an important signal to see right off the bat in her opening remarks, she will say she will try to forge a new positive relationship with this congress. That will be something that members on the committee will want to hear. At the same time jose i can tell you that republicans who are in control of this particular committee and the senate now do appreciate and respect her credentials, her personal accomplishments, but a Committee Hearing<\/a> like this for confirmation is also a tool to try to set policy and an agenda. Through Loretta Lynch<\/a> they will look to try to litigate issues whether it comes to policing in america, to immigration and the president s use of executive authority and hot topics that come through an Attorney Generals Office<\/a> and determine how the laws of the nation will be implemented and how the policies of the department of justice will go forward. That is critical territory. Eric holder was the first attorney general held in contempt of congress on the house side and so here theyre trying to set a new tone. Will she agree with some of the same policies . Attempt to distance herself in any way . How will she set herself apart . The first black woman to be attorney general if confirmed, and people expect she will be confirmed, but the process to get there includes two days of what will certainly be grilling. I expect it will be respectful grilling, but grilling nonetheless. Jose . Nbcs Kelly Odonnell<\/a>. Thank you. Good to see you. Someone else watching happenings, the white house. Kristen welker is on the north lawn this morning. Kristen, good morning. Reporter good morning, jose. Hows the administration feeling about her . Reporter i think the administration feels confident, as kelly said she will ultimately be confirmed. They know shale face tough questions but this is someone who has gotten high praise from not only lawmakers, but from within the Law Enforcement<\/a> community. New York Police Commissioner<\/a> bill bratton giving her high accolades as well as former fbi director louis freeh. A little about her biography. Shes 55 years old, the current u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District<\/a> of new york. She began her career as a prosecutor in 1990. A graduate of harvard law school. President obama chose her for a number of reasons. Shes a twice confirmed u. S. Attorney, in 2000 and in 2010 pap strong record when it comes to confirmation. Shes also an outsider. She is someone who doesnt have ties to some of president obamas more controversial policies. She doesnt have the same baggage as labor secretary tom perez or solicitor don verrilli argued for the president S Health Care<\/a> law. Someone way strong record known for work for organized crime, tear original and also terrorism and public corruption. The administration feels her chances are strong but shell face the tough questions kelly was talking about. Particularly when it comes to immigration. Shes likely going to argue, look, she wasnt tied to this white house, when president obama decided to move forward with that executive action on immigration, however, shes going to likely stand by it. Going to argue that it is based on sound legal ground. So there will be some tense moments, but ultimately i think the white house feels confident about its chances. Deputy press secretary eric schultz will be briefing here today at the white house and undoubtedly get questions about this as well. Jose . The president and first lady arrived back to the states from an overseas trip including saudi arabia. The first ladys visit got some buzz. Tell us about that. Reporter it is getting some buzz, jose. Mostly online. The first lady criticized by some in arabic for not wearing a headscarf. Of course that is a part of the culture there in saudi arabia. Typical of women to wear headscarfs. Something thats trending online in arabic michelle obama, immodest. The white house hasnt responded yet but ill point out a couple things. First of all, typically western women arent required to wear headscarfs when they travel back to saudi arabia. Look at past first ladies past dignitaries that visited, she havent worn headscarfs. German chancellor Angela Merkel<\/a> visited in february of 2007 wasnt wearing a headscarf. Former First Lady Laura Bush<\/a> in 2008 and Hillary Clinton<\/a> finally when she visited as secretary of state in march of 2012. Jose this is going to be another big topic at the briefing today for sure. Kristen welker at the white house. Thank you so very much. And after the break, well zoom through some of todays other top stories with a 2016 edge today. 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Clinton has even reportedly made decisions on some top campaign posts and approved a budget. Stay tuned. This afternoon, president obama will speak at a farewell ceremony for defense secretary chuck hagel who served in this post the past two years but announced his resignation in november. The president nominated asche carter to replace hagel. New information about the man who crashed a drone on the white house grounds pap source tells nbc news the man is a government intelligence worker who says he was Drinking Coffee<\/a> before testing out a device near the white house. The man reportedly lost control of the drone and went to bed worrying it might have crashed at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. Secret service says the drone didnt pose a threat, wasnt equipped with a camera but Security Experts<\/a> say it supposes a new vulnerability for the secret service. No charges filed against the man, whos back at work. And stocks try to recover after a very big selloff day yesterday. Cnbcs Courtney Reagan<\/a> joins us. Good morning. Reporter tuesday a stormy day for markets. Had nothing to do with the blizzard. At one point dow down 400 points closed off session lows shedding about 300 points. We had disappointing data. Less than stellar earnings reports from big dow components all of that drags us lower. Minutes before the markets open today, futures indicating we could mix that up open up around 80 points if we hold where we are today. No economic datetota derail or prop us up but the fed wraps up a two day meeting and issues a statement around 2 00 p. M. Knop swun expecting big policy or photographs changes looking for clues about what the fed may begin to raise those interest rates. Some think the economy is Strong Enough<\/a> for that others disagree. Apple a big mover today too. Record profits an the bell yesterday. Jose, back to you. Courtney reagan thank you so very much. Good to see you. You, too. Of course keeping a very chloe eyes on the opening bell. After the break returning to the aftermath of the northeast blizzard. Some meteorologists describing it as a hurricane with snow completely high winds and flooding. Waves crashing over homes. Talk with massachusetts Emergency Management<\/a> next. Plus a break in the case of the 43 missing mexican students. A major declaration from government officials, but families, theyre not buying it. The details, on the rundown. Ew york state. Already 55 companies are investing over 98 Million Dollars<\/a> and creating over 2100 jobs. From long isnd to all across upstate new york, more businesses are coming to new york. They are paying no property taxes no corporate taxes no sales taxes. And with over 300 locations, and 3. 7 million square feet available, theres a place thats right for your business. See if startupny can work for you. Go to startup. Ny. Gov. Were in seattle to see which 100 calorie black cherry greek yogurt tastes best. Definitely that one. That ones delicious. Its yoplait what . 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Jose right now we finally have the sun up and the ability to actually gets boots on the ground there. Thats whats happening today. You mentioned the governoren down there, also were working with lollcal officials to s tos to assess the damage and in some cases have to wait for the water to recede to see whats underneath. If its impacted foundations or the roads themselves. In that regard the process is just beginning. And tell me about the water not having receded yet . Is that something you guys are worried jab the more it stays there the more damage it could have . Thats happened a couple of times in recent years. In those areas. Where sometimes the water gets literally splashes over the seawall and not able to recede when the tide goes out and ultimately it will seep into the ground, so to speak. This time of year obviously the grounds frozen. Its a little slower process and sometimes turns into an ice skating rink for a few days. Talk about the rest of the state . Parts buried under three feet of snow . Right. But it was light and fluffy, and the fact that the governor had a driving ban allowed the plows to get out there and really get ahead of this. So in that regard, we are in pretty good shape snowwise. Obviously, side streets and residential areas, and sidewalk those thing will be taken care of hopefully today or in the next couple of days. Schools are starting to come back as far as you know getting kids back to school. Some communities probably might be even for the week before they actually can get their kids back into school. Thank you for being with me. Appreciate it. Okay. Be safe jose. You, too, pete judge. And hit hard by the blizzard nantucket. A vine video showing the pound are storm surge. At one point the entire island without power. Thankfully lights are back on at this hour. Joining me on the phone, Jason Grazia Dey<\/a> and Public Information<\/a> officer for nantucket cottage hospital. Thanks for being with me. Talk about the pictures posteded on twitter. A rough go for a while . It was. A big noreaster for us winds, we had 70 to 80 mileperhour winds. The downtown area was flooded. A lot of those streets closed off. As you mentioned earlier, the entire island without power for some time. Its just starting to come back on last night, but were still about 4,600 customers, National Guard<\/a> customer guard grid customers without power. What about a special delivery at your hospital . A blizzard baby born about 3 00 a. M. Just before 4 00 a. M. Yesterday. Yesterday morning. This was shortly after the entire island lost power. So thankfully at the hospital the generator kicked in. Everything went as it should have and kayden keith moore was born just before 4 00 a. M. So hes doing great. Danielle smith, his mother and father cory are with them doing great as well. So it was a special time and the hospital staff really did an admirable job under the conditions getting in and everything went well. Thanks for being with me. Appreciate it. No problem. Now to a followup on a story out of mexico weve been covering on the broadcast for months. For the first time the Mexican Government<\/a> is officially declaring dead all of the 43 students who disappeared from the Southern State<\/a> on the 26th of september. Mex cope attorney general made the announcement during a News Conference<\/a> tuesday saying the students remains were incinerated. He cited forensic evidence and confessions from 99 people who have been detained including the former mayor where these kids disappeared from and felipe sal gaudo, a member of the criminal gang aemged to have taken part in the students disappearance, but families have cast doubt on his testimony, pointing to incentives to lie for plea deals and a culture of corruption within mexican officials. They also accused the government of trying to wrap up the investigation. Dna tests were only able to positively identify the remains of one of the students. The case sparked widespread protests in mexico. Well, of course keep an eye on that for you. Coming up justice delayed, and a judge set to overturn the convictions of nine africanamerican men dating back to 1961. Get a live report on the friendship nine from South Carolina<\/a>. Plus, does the road to 2016 go through the Koch Brothers<\/a> . The billionaires are prepared to spend almost 900 million on the upcoming campaign. More on the koch cash coming up in the next hour of the rundown. Its time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. Stephanie tulaney saw a gaping goal in the health care industry. Once you leave your Doctors Office<\/a> whos there to help you stay healthy day to day so she launched an app, connecting people by their side 24 7. For more watch your business sunday mornings at 7 30 on msnbc. 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The top of the hour a judge there is expected to overturn the convictions that sent nine young africanamerican men to a chain gang in 1961. They became known at the friendship nine. Their crime, sitting at a whites only lunch counter. Nbcs mark pot sir live in rockville, South Carolina<\/a>. Good morning. The hearing taking place in minutes. What are we expecting . Reporter well were expecting that charges, you said, stood for 54 years will be thrown out. This is a story about correcting an injustice for a group of men known as the friendship nine who took a courageous stand for civil rights but were punished years ago. But today theyre coming back here to court, this time, though, jose to be celebrated. The story of the friendship nine begins in the turbulent early 1960s when young africanamericans risked beatings and arrests to join sitins at whitesonly lunch koirnlts in the jim crow south. The south is again faced way crisis in race relations. In a period of two moss the movement spread to 65 cities. Reporter among them rock hill South Carolina<\/a> where in 1961 a group of students from Friendship College<\/a> join in. They come here to the then mccrorys five and dime to sit in these chairs at this counter to challenge the segregation rules. Here we are, teenagers. We did a crime. Reporter 54 years later, all bun one of the friendship nine are still alive and six met with us remembering all too well facing an angry crowd that danchts i danchts. I was afraid. I admit that. Reporter when they walked inside they were arrest brd they could even sit down. Grabbed up by my belt and thrown to the floor and dragged out of the store. By whom . Police officers. Reporter the men were then dragged to jail. When they put me in the cell and closed that door and that clang, closed that jail you know you was in there, then. Reporter but instead of paying bail to get out, the friendship nine close to serve their 30day sentence of hard labor. S that chilling, to see that. Sent to chain gangs. Reporter their jail no bail strategy, soon caught on and reenergized the Civil Rights Movement<\/a> running out of bail money. It embarrassed the nation why you putting nine kids in jail for trying to buy a sandwich . At the right place at the right time to do the right job. Why they call it friendship nine . Reporter the effort to have their sentences overturned was inspired by author Kimberly Johnson<\/a> who wrote a Childrens Book<\/a> about the men from Friendship College<\/a>. And i have this overwhelming degree of respect and love because i know that they cared about the community. Reporter prosecutor kevin brackets is honored to help overturn the mens convictions today. We need to take the time to tell them thank you and to tell them that they were right. Reporter justice being made right for courageous men who made history. Now looking back on it it made a big difference in the Civil Rights Movement<\/a>. Im very proud of it. Reporter now, an interesting detail from this hearing today, the judge, expected to overturn those convictions today is the nephew of the judge who back in 1961 sent the friendship nine to jail. So, jose over the years, times have really changed here. Yeah. Amazing. It took 54 years. Mark potter, thank you for being with us. Appreciate it. Reporter thank you. After the break, my oaks collusive interview with assistant secretary of state reporta jacobson just back from cuba. What she happen to say about a big issue, human rights. And pause to recognize the birthday of a poet fighter for cubas independence. Jose marte, born on this day in 1853. His stachtue in central park in manhattan. You can maybe see his statues clout the world including miamis little havana. Jose marti. Well be right back. son oh no. 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And gaining more traction for the historic visit by the United States<\/a> which insistence is looking for changes in the human rights abuses of the castro regime and that is part of my conversation with jacobson. We dont necessarily believe that those changes come only from governments. And thats one of the things you have to recognize about the new policy. The new policy is not just about having that conversation with the government and expecting that to bring the change. Ive seen a lot of commentary on the fact that governments dont change their stripes. Thats why this policy is designed to ensure also that we can empower the cuban people because the change is probably going to come from the cuban people. Critics say that cuban regime asks for and got the freeing of three cuban spies including one connected to the killing of american citizens lifting the embargo. The president called for that in congress this past week. Facilitating credit mastercard says in march, theyll deal with credit and removing the cuban government from the state sponsors of terrorism. Thats also in place. Meanwhile, the u. S. Got the freedom of 53 cuban political prisoners, some of whom have allegedly been rearrested the others talented with rearrest if they continues to speak out. Is that a care characterization of these negotiations . Unfortunately i wouldnt say so, jose. In fact, the cuban government didnt get those things. For one thing, what the president announced were things that were in our interest. Diplomatic relations are never a gift. Theyre a relationship. But in particular the president has talked about the fact that he believes we should look at and review the issue of the embargo and that it should be lifted. But he has not, obviously that hasnt been done. Thats an act of congress and that will have to be reviewed by the congress if it chooses to do so. But the fact of the matter is on the issues that you raise, whether its engagement through telecommunications which is what the president announced specifically, thats designed to bring information to the cuban people. So that they can have connectivity with the world, make their own decisions more effectively effectively. They cant do that right now. On the state sponsor of terrorism that decision has not been made that is a view undertaken asked the secretary to do that were undertaking that and will not prejudge the outcome of that but, in fact the people who got something out of this we really hope are the American People<\/a> and our National Interests<\/a> and the cuban people. We want to want to have a more productive relationship with the cuban government for the benefit of the people. I dont think there were gifts here to the cuban government. There are some fugitives from american law that are living in cuba just recently the sun sentinel had an expose of up to 2 billion stolen from cubans using the cuban investment act, came to the United States<\/a> stole that money, and returned back to the island. Are these people and this theft going to be part of any negotiation . I think thats a great point. The issue of Law Enforcement<\/a> and fugitives from u. S. Justice is a really critical part of this conversation. We have actually had conversations on fugitives and Law Enforcement<\/a> since the beginning of the migration talks back in 1995 and theres been some cooperation on a case by case basis. Needs to be broadened and deep end. It is one of the issues in the bilateral relationship along with things like environmental cooperation, counter narcotics cooperation. Return of fugitives is the kind of thing in our National Interest<\/a> we hope to be able to cooperate more. The cuban government chosen to be your counterpart is married to someone expelled from the United States<\/a> for spying. Has he been part of the negotiation . Is he part of these discussions . No, no. You know i worked with her for awhile. I have not met him. So i dont expect that that will be an issue. More about changes to the cuba policy and historic cuba talks, bring in former u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations<\/a> and former new mexico governor Bill Richardson<\/a>. Governor, good to see you. Thank you, jose nice to be with you. You signed a letter in support of the new policy last week before the talks. Given what you heard from assistant secretary jacobson do you think the United States<\/a> is doing the right thing on this . I believe we are doing the right thing. Assistant secretary jacobson is very competent, knows the region. I recently worked with her on marine Andrew Tahmooressi<\/a> getting out of jail in mexico. I think shes being realistic. What shes saying is this is a step by step process, and the toughest arena, jose is human rights treatment of dissidents in cuba opening the internet. I negotiated with the cubans theyre tough on this issue. Used to get upset when i negotiate release of prisoners with fidel castro. I would meet dissidents they would get terribly upset, they would cancel meetings they would whine as they have done this time. So it is a step by step process. But i think the biggest advantage to this policy is it helps in our relationship with all of the countries in latin america. Removes a burden we are accused of not having sensible policy toward cuba. Governor you in a very unique way have extraordinary experience negotiating with regimes that are difficult and that dont respect human rights. North korea, for example. How do you balance getting things from a dictatorial regime that doesnt respect human rights and at the same time having a substantial conversation that can lead to something positive . Well i think what needs to happen here is for a lot of the human rights situations to be improved dissidents to being freed, 53 freed, but more that need to be freed. Prodemocracy forces there, cuban rights with cuban americans, easier travel you need the government. With a dictatorship you need the government to move forward. You want to have ordinary people be supportive of this. This is where it is critical that we have diplomatic relations. Our ambassadors, our embassies can talk to each other about these issues. There has to be cooperation on Homeland Security<\/a>, on Environmental Issues<\/a> on Law Enforcement<\/a>. I had a new mexico cop killed by an american that fled to cuba. Hijacked a plane. I tried to get him out. They said the cubans said forget it. There are tough areas, Law Enforcement<\/a> and human rights. But the way i think you achieve progress is engagement is talking to the regime talking to the government. Talking to the officials. Josephine a is tough, so is bruno, the foreign minister theyre hard line. But at the same time i think theyve invested in a new relationship with the u. S. Which they know is in their interest. Do you think, governor that this relationship can in any way help the cuban people in their future aspirations to live in democracy and to have measures of freedom . In other words, is it about International Associations<\/a> between the United States<\/a> and other countries in cuba or is it something that has to be solved within the cuban people . Well a lot of it has to be the cuban people. Yes, it has Foreign Policy<\/a> benefits in the region for us but with the cuban people what we want is easier visits for cuban people to see relatives in the United States<\/a> human rights improvements, treatment of dissidents, that they be allowed to congregate freedom of the press. Democracy movements. I think thats what we want. And i think, jose what needs to happen which i havent seen is cuban americans in the United States<\/a> need to play a role in making things better for the cuban people. They are invested emotionally, many economically, have property there, so i think it is important that we get cuban americans engaged more than we have. Governor Bill Richardson<\/a> always a pleasure to see you. Thanks for being with me. Coming up as we take the turn on the rundown, Loretta Lynch<\/a>, the pick for attorney general is going before a committee for confirmation. And days away from the super bowl. Next hour, we get a live report on security preparations as jay johnson heads to phoenix today. And one more look at the aerials over the south shore of massachusetts, a storm just hammered the coastline. More on that in the next hour. Rundown. How much money do you have in your pocket right now . I have 40 21. Could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement . I dont think so. 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One, shes going to set a tone to say i want to cooperate with you, whatever differences you may have with the administration and eric holder i want to get started on a separate footing. Secondly the committee is going to want to try to lay down markers on what they expect her to do in the Justice Department<\/a>. Then the third is the actual thing theyre supposed to do the confirmation hearing. It seems likely she will be confirmed. From North Carolina<\/a> daughter of a baptist minister and school librarian, harvard educated and long time prosecutor in new york in brooklyn. Separate the politics as you said very well if this is clearly a lot of that in play. As far aS Immigration<\/a>, she wasnt in the administration when this was announced and instituted. What is she expected to say, that she disagrees with it . No. Shes the president s nominee. I think fully understands as the administrations attorney general, she will have to support the president. But, you know perhaps there will be little areas around the edges and i should have said one other thing about whats going to happen at this hearing, you have at least one potential president ial candidate on the committee, ted cruz perhaps another in lindsey graham. There will be some theater involved as well. Thank you so much. Good to see you. Want to bring in ari melber. Good to see you. Lets talk about the immigration issue and other issues that dont pertain to her directly yet theyre going to be part of the questioning for two days. Yeah on immigration what youre going to see that doesnt happen as much with other officials is two lines of questioning, not only is this good, is this good policy which i think yes, shes likely to support the president who has nominated her, but is this legal and legal in all ways. She may find some mechanism by which to discuss the fact that there are concerns about executive overreach or there are real limits on president ial powers and she will do that theoretically rather than disagreeing with past executive actions taken by the president. And which senators can we expect the most fireworks from . As pete said ted cruz on this committee and known to be aggressive in the caucus certainly as well on any issue that is seen as challenging president obama. Immigration powers being one of them. Lindsey graham as well. Senator grassley who chairs the committee is known for being a tough questioner. He is obviously going to be in charge of the hearing, we will hear from Opening Statements<\/a> and he will lead some of the questioning. Orrin hatch, former judiciary chair who is very strong on the legal issues may also come in here. Weve seen i should mention in many of the meetings that have already taken place, a lot of positive comments from republican senators and conservatives about miss lynch, about her record as prosecutor. So this will be in the model of tough inquisitions but not automatically necessarily anything that would be too sort of unfair or rough, given what we have seen telegraphed thus far. Ari melber from the cycle and Pete Williams<\/a>, thank you both for being here. The hearings are just getting under way. Senators are expected to start the opening there. Theyre expecting to announce ground rules. Were going to keep a close watch on this for you and come back to this throughout the remainder of this hour. Want to go now to the issue of this storm. Many schools in massachusetts are closed for a second day as the state digs out from this historic blizzard. Suburb of worcester got buried with a record 34. 5 inches of snow, 34. 5 inches topping the record from the april fools day blizzard in 1977 on the south shore, Governor Charlie Baker<\/a> will visit towns hit hard by the storm as it surged breached sea walls, causing massive flooding. Lets go to Chris Pallone<\/a> in massachusetts with the latest. Chris, tell me how the dig out is going this morning. Reporter slow but steady jose. Good morning. Here in worcester it looks like a Winter Wonderland<\/a> but it is a nightmare for people trying to get to work and trying to get to places of business, trying to get them open. School is out today for another day of cleanup. The city of worcester has about 400 pieces of snow removal equipment and theyre going around the city. It is kind of like triage. First thing you try to do is get the streets clean, get sidewalks clean, then tidy up after that and make it nice. Look what theyre doing. As you can see here this is probably 10, 15 feet tall. This is a big snow pile. As theyre clearing the snow off the sidewalks and off the streets here theyre putting it wherever they can to get it out of the way, theyll come back the next few days start taking this down bringing it off site. Look at downtown worcester. Places are opening as soon as they can. Some businesses are open some arent. You see here Dunkin Donuts<\/a> is not open then ironically honey do donuts the sign says open. Some businesses here are open some arent. People are Walking Around<\/a> it is very difficult for pedestrians here because a lot of the sidewalks are not yet shovelled, and if they are shovelled, theyre often not places where you can cross the street. If they want to cross the street or get on a bus or something, they have to negotiate a snow drift about waist high. Not fun for people who have places to go today. The roads are down to one to two passes of the plow. Theyre still snow covered in the city of worcester itself. It is a little treacherous. A lot of cars when the light turns green, smaller cars you see front wheels spin as they try to get traction. Suvs and trucks having a better time of it. As the day goes along, they come back make another pass drop salt and sand try to get this down to bare pavement. I drove here from boston this morning and i90 mass turnpike was in good shape. It was down to bare ground. So were exit ramps. As the cities around massachusetts try to dig out, theyll make that effort over the next couple hours and over the next couple days. Chris, when we first started this conversation there was a sliver of sky there. Looks like theres sun out this morning . Reporter it is starting to peek through, yeah. Looking east now, the sun over the building is starting to peek through. Still cloud covered, as the day goes along, oh, we will give you a shot. Look above the satellite truck. That thing emanating some light here thats the sun. Havent seen that in a few days. Chris pallone, thank you so much. Coming up later on the rundown, we will check the travel situation. Up next the battle over Border Security<\/a> takes a turn for the worse within the Republican Party<\/a>. Those details. I will talk with Linda Sanchez<\/a> about whats next for both parties. And one of the few people held hostage by isis that lived to tell the tale. Also keeping an eye on Loretta Lynch<\/a> confirmation hearings on capitol hill. Senator Chuck Grassley<\/a> making his Opening Statement<\/a> right now. The rundown start this year. As a result taking bills that have passed in the past put other bills together in spite of the fact that the committees in many cases have not had their organizational meetings so yeah there have been a couple of stumbles. All in our effort to show the American People<\/a> we are here to listen to their priorities. Speaker boehner called it a couple of stumbles. Truth is when it comes to immigration, something republicans wanted to focus on this year the party is not sure what to do next. They wanted to have a house vote today on a Border Security<\/a> bill but it was pulled from the floor schedule after conservative push back made it clear it would not pass. Meantime, the speaker wants to sue the president over the executive action he took on immigration last year. Joining me to discuss this senior democratic whip Linda Sanchez<\/a>. Pleasure to see you. Hi great to be here with you. Thanks. Is there a way do you think to bring Border Security<\/a> and Immigration Reform<\/a> together in one piece of legislation . Well thats an interesting question because in the last congress there certainly looked like there could have been a way to do that by bringing a comprehensive immigration bill to the floor. The republicans made clear they want to do this in a piecemeal approach. The Border Security<\/a> bill by mccall which was extreme to begin with apparently doesnt appease the far right wing of the party, and as a result the speaker had to pull the bill from the floor. Doesnt seem like a plan piecemeal or not to deal with it in the near future as far as the republicans are concerned . I dont think they have any ideas on comprehensive Immigration Reform<\/a>. The sole talking point is Border Security<\/a> Border Security<\/a> despite the fact that we now spend over 12 billion a year on Border Security<\/a> which is more than double since 2003. The number of attempted crossings is at historic low. The lowest number recorded since we started keeping records. And yet their answer to immigration is throw more money at the border. They really dont have any ideas how to grapple with the immigration problem and theyre not willing to reach across the aisle to work with democrats on ideas that we do have. It is not likely anything is going to happen any time soon. Congresswoman, i want to turn to isis. Getting word this morning about a potential swap with jordan in which isis would release a pilot in exchange for a would be suicide bomber. Whats your reaction to that . Is it setting a precedent . I think that theres each country determines what they want to do in terms of foreign diplomacy and, you know if that is what jordan thinks is in its best interest im not going to question what theyre doing. Clearly there have been prisoner exchanges for many many years and it will be interesting to see where that leads and hopefully not in a bad place, but i am not going to question their actions. Several messages have come from isis in recent days including one threatening the president of the United States<\/a>. Do you think the u. S. Is doing enough to push back against, for example, this propaganda that theyre involved in . My understanding is that theyre monitoring trying to disseminate, the United States<\/a> is trying to disseminate information to try to debunk much of the propaganda thats going on with isis and i think that, you know were looking at a time of increased awareness and sensitivity, especially in light of what happened in paris, and at the same time here on the hill we are grappling with potential shutdown of dhs because republicans want to deport children by repealing the president s executive order and attaching those riders to a department of Homeland Security<\/a> funding bill so at a time when we have all of these threats that are very serious and that need our time and attention and our efforts, theyre setting us up to potentially shut down the department of Homeland Security<\/a>. That occurs at the end of the month, end of february. Not a smart way to governing. Congresswoman Linda Sanchez<\/a>, thanks for being with me. Thank you for having me. Up next we will zoom through some of todays other top stories, the Mexican Government<\/a> makes a major announcement on 43 missing College Students<\/a>. And apple just smashed a huge record accomplishing something no other Public Company<\/a> in the world has ever done. And it is lifting the u. S. Markets, up 63 points after a nasty day yesterday. The nasdaq, look at that. 40 points up. Nineteen years ago, we thought wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad . So we gave people the power of the review. And now angies list is revolutionizing local service again. You can easily buy and Schedule Services<\/a> from toprated providers. Conveniently stay up to date on progress. And effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our angies list app. Visit angieslist. Com today. Nobody told us to expect it. Intercourse thats painful due to menopausal changes its not likely to go away on its own. So lets do something about it. 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Were legalzoom, and over the last 10 years weve helped millions of people protect their families and run their businesses. We have the right people onhand to answer your questions, backed by a trusted network of attorneys. So visit us today for legal help you can count on. Legalzoom. Legal help is here. An execution in georgia, outrage in mexico and record breaker in apple. Lets zoom through some of todays top stories. But first, a courtroom. This is in the friendship nine case in South Carolina<\/a>. Lets listen in. Then male demonstrators went inside the store and ten of the young men sat down at the counter and refused to leave. As around 11 30 a. M. Ten young men sitting at the lunch counter were arrested and taken to city jail just some 100 yards behind the mccrory store. The following day protesters were tried in rock hill City Recorders Court<\/a> fortress passing. Protesters were represented by earnest feeney who now represents the friendship nine and who was our states first africanamerican Supreme Court<\/a> chief justice, and the late matthew j. Perry who became a United States<\/a> District Court<\/a> judge in federal courthouse in columbia. All ten protesters were found guilty and sentenced to 100 fine or 30 days hard labor at the chain gang. The National Association<\/a> for advancement of colored people offered to pay the protesters fines. He could benefit from atlantic scholarship. They were sent to hard useless labor. The friendship nine strategy of opting for jail became known as jail, no bail. This strategy was effective not only to break the cycle of arrests, bail and release and extensive cycle but also to Bring National<\/a> attention to the nature of segregated Public Places<\/a> and private commercial concerns open to the public in general. The friendship nine are joined by other defendants whose names are in the caption and have been named today. Members of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. Came to rock hill in community and solidarity with the friendship nine and also upon arrest opted to remain in jail rather than pay their fine. The movement which i have seen referred to sometimes as jail in had its birth at a wool worth store in North Carolina<\/a> in february of 1960. The jail no bail strategy was initiated here in rock hill by the friendship nine. This became an important strategy of the movement. The arrest of friendship nine for sit in at mccrorys was not unique to them or to the city of rock hill as evidenced by the arrest of over 3,000 protesters out of over 70,000 who participated by august of 1961. I note a typo in the order, i have 7,000 in the order and it should be 70,000. The actions of the friendship nine became nationally known and nationally adopted by those seeking deserved equality in society, still segregated almost 100 years after the emancipation proclamation and passage of 14th amendment to the constitution of the United States<\/a>. Those are the factual basis of this order. In april, 1963 Martin Luther<\/a> king junior wrote one of the most compelling treatises in the form of a letter to eight white religious leaders who declared use of nonviolent protest to be unwise and untimely. On the state of justice for america, he wrote the letter on the state of justice for africanamericans and people of all races and colors. This of course is letter from the birmingham jail 1961. Dr. King wrote that he was in birmingham, in jail because injustice is here. Dr. King opined that nonviolent protests were necessary because of the existing power structure with those who were treated unjustly. No choice. Like the friendship nine dr. King presented his body as a means of laying out the case for unjust treatment before the quote conscious of local and national community. End quote. Dr. King stated nonviolent action the friendship nine demonstrated such that quote it can no longer be ignored, end quote. Dr. King observed that those for whom he spoke had, quote, not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure end quote. Segregation was an unjust law as it was quote not rooted in eternal and natural law, end quote. Further, dr. King defines unjust law as quote, a code that majority inflicts on minority that is not binding on it self. Dr. King not mentioning friendship nine mentions College Students<\/a> sitting at lunch counters and going to jail for conscience sake. History shows rock hill and Recorders Court<\/a> were not unique in what now seems to be selective enforcement of laws. As in this case law against trespassing. It was mimics in greenville North Carolina<\/a>, atlanta, georgia and elsewhere. What happened in rock hill was unfortunate and inexcusably a societal not local phenomena. It was at that point in the evolution of the United States<\/a> the accepted practice of the majority. There are other observations not in the anals of legal precedent which dictate the course of action here. While not legal press deposition value, they rank high on the barometer of justice and worth consideration and are applicable to the facts of this case. Daniel webster, stated quote, justice served is the greatest interest of man on earth, end quote. 54 years after convicted, the friendship nine getting history record. After a blizzard in the northeast, millions in that part of the country trying to clear out the snow. Some air travelers remain stranded at our nations airports. We go live to laguardia with the latest. This sundays super bowl expected to be the single most watched event in television history. 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Lets go to Laguardia Airport<\/a>, one of the three major airports where luke russert is. Luke much better these days . Reporter definitely, jose. The sun is outside and shining and literally the airport is back to life. Yesterday when we spoke this was a literal ghost town behind me. Now it is filled with people and personnel who are needed to run the airport, the tsa agents counter agents people that run the concessions that werent here yesterday, they were able to get to work today and things seem to be back up and running. All of that being said it is not totally smooth sailing because of the backlog. A few hundred cancellations out of laguardia this morning and there are still ongoing delays. Overall, though the airport seems to be operating at over 70 capacity which is better than people expected when we first heard about the storm. Just from talking to a few passengers in the terminal especially ones that had been delayed, they say look now that theres life in the airport, it is not as dire as it was, we were stranded here overnight, and they think theyll be able to get out hopefully today. Things are looking up at Laguardia Airport<\/a>. Still not completely there. But much much much better than they were yesterday during that horrific snowstorm, jose. Luke russert, good to see you, thanks for being with me. Take care be well. Turning back overseas, we have been talking about isis because of hostages still held by that group, including a Japanese National<\/a> and jordanian pilot, still an unidentified American Woman<\/a> as well. We have rarely heard from those who survived the experience. Richard engel caught up with a man who did get away after being detained. He charmed his captors, convinced them he wanted to join the cause, giving amazing insight into the group in the process. Here is his report from meet the press. Did the isis fighters seem worried by the u. S. Bombing campaign . No. Was happy about it. Because he says being attacked by the u. S. Meant they were now just as important as the old american enemy, al qaeda. They want to be more better than al qaeda. This is why they need to do something more brutal. When you saw the attacks in paris, what did you think . I was angry, but didnt surprise me at all. Do you think there will be more . Yes. The next attack will be big, very big. Much bigger than paris. Yes. Joining me Senior Analyst<\/a> for flashpoint Global Partners<\/a> which tracks jihadist developments on the web. Good to see you. Good to see you. Thank you. What do you think of the claims, do you think isis can pull off another 9 11 . I dont think they can as we speak today. Never know what happen in the future, they could potentially plot something big, i dont think they have the capability yet to pull something off that big overseas. Considering it is 14 years after 9 11, we are at a time when we have high scrutiny weve mazing security procedures in place. We have put a pretty big strain on their finances and their routes and travel routes and operations. Even external operations for funding. It is going to be tough to pull Something Like<\/a> 9 11. However, if you put a few 9 11s in a bunch of countries could cause more havoc than one massive 9 11 in a country. Like they did in france and we have seen it in small measure by lone wolves in australia. Talk to me isis and some reporting we had in the last month indicates it is a very well funded group. Theyre still making money off selling gas, petroleum, from syria and other places. Whats their focus . Whats their primary focus when they have so much money and have fighters from around the world that joined them . This is really the difference between one of the main differences between isis and al qaeda. Isis wants territorial expansion, to make its caliphate way, way bigger than it is today. It has expanded in Eastern Libya<\/a> and in southern yemen, it is expanding in places like afghanistan which over the weekend declared an official province in its caliphate. It has affiliated itself with boko haram in nigeria. It is creating territories around places where terror activity is taking place and theyre part of a bigger caliphate. Theyre looking for territorial expansion. Theyre looking at humiliating the west breaking their security. Isis for now is focused more on territorial expansion, taxing people, selling oil and what not, bringing these fighters from around the world. Theres going to be a time when some of those fighters are going to come back some of them may come back and notice. We dont know what plots are in place for fighters when they come back. Hopefully they wont come back and notice but if they do they might have something in mind. Talk about news that the juror dan government is willing to trade for a pilot thats held hostage. Sure. The jordanian pilot, his aircraft was downed a few weeks ago, and isis threatened to behead him. He comes from one of the most prominent families in jordan so they have actually a big voice there, they could voice their opinion to the government and the government could probably mobilize as a result of that. They dont want negative back lash in the country. The woman who is supposed to be released has been on death row about ten years. She partook in terror attacks in jordan in 2005. It appears that for me it is surprising that the jordanian government would be releasing her simply because jordan is a main u. S. Ally in the region and main member of the fight against isis but i think in this capacity, i think the jordanian government feels it is better to let her go and get their fighter back, whether for intelligence purposes she could be tracked down later down the line. But i think they found it better to just bring their pilot back. Thank you so much for being with me. Appreciate your perspective. Thank you, jose. Now to the big game. We are four days from the super bowl. And in just hours, Homeland Security<\/a> secretary jay johnson speaks in phoenix about the security preparations under way. Lets go live to phoenix and Peter Alexander<\/a>. Good morning. Reporter jose, good morning to you. Four days to the game. Jeh johnson already here in a short time he is head of department of Homeland Security<\/a> tasked with keeping the country safe and secure from National Security<\/a> threats. He is going to tour the facility at 12 00 local time. 2 00 your time alongside nfl chief security officer. Just a short time ago yesterday, the commissioner of customs and Border Protection<\/a> agency also made it clear that some of the objects often used to enforce border in this country will be brought here includes black hawk helicopters and truck sized xray machines often used in locations, one of the busiest port of entries for commerce in dallas, that allows them to check some vehicles that travel in and around the area near the university of phoenix stadium. A lot of focus on security now as they lead up to what is each year the most watched Television Event<\/a> in the country. Nbcs Peter Alexander<\/a> in phoenix. Thank you for being with me. Developing now, i want to take you back to the courtroom in rock hill South Carolina<\/a> after 54 years, a judge vacated convictions of nine africanamerican men found guilty of trespassing for sitting in a white only restaurant counter in 1961. The group became known as the friendship nine and served a month of hard labor in a chain gang. Today they received an apology from the court. I therefore order the defendants motion for new trial based on new evidence is grachbtd. Defendant conviction fortress passing january of 1961 are vacated, null void set aside. The record reflects no competent evidence supporting charge of trespassing after these defendants, so the charge is based on the arrest of the defendants at mccrorys 5, 10 25 current store fortress passing are vacated, dismissed with prejudice. Nbcs mark potter was in the courtroom, has much more coming up on msnbc. The rundown coming right back. Ugh. Heartburn. Did someone say burn . Try alka seltzer reliefchews. They work just as fast and taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. Mmm. Amazing. Yeah, i get that a lot. Alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. Enjoy the relief. Im louis, and i quit smoking with chantix. Quitting smoking is a challenge and its a lot easier to go into a fight when youve got somebody thats got your back. 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Use caution when driving or operating machinery. Common side effects include nausea trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. Chantix absolutely helped me quit smoking. Ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. As the northeast has been dealing with the blizzard of 2015 theres been a flurry of activity on the 2016 this week. Republican Governor Scott<\/a> walker announcing he is forming a Political Action<\/a> committee, key step toward a 2016 run for the white house. Meanwhile, politico was reporting the conservative network overseen by the Koch Brothers<\/a> intends to raise 889 million for the 2016 campaigns. Koch brothers havent responded to requests for comments on that figure. That number as you can see is more than both the republican and Democratic National<\/a> committees spent in 2012 combined, coming out of a conference of donors yesterday that chose marco rubio as their candidate in an informal straw poll. Ken goebl joins me. Great to see you. Good to see you. Senator rubio is not the first candidate they think for 2016. Why do the donors think rubio was their person . It is a surprise pick. Not only do we think of rubio as sort of a long shot in the grand scheme of things particularly with this group of donors in the kochs network, they tend to be a little more noninterventionist libertarian, and in some ways marco rubio is hawkish Foreign Policy<\/a> would seem to clash with their own. Nonetheless, he performed very well in the donor forum they had for donors with ted cruz and rand paul. Got a lot of applause seemed to impress folks there. I think this is a big boost for him, if he could rely on some, not even the whole network, some donors in the network to potentially write checks to a super pac supporting him, that would elevate him in the field. Interesting. What is the message sent to other potential 2016ers like romney and bush in that straw poll . I mean thats whats interesting. Bush and romney are seen as fighting for the establishment republican support and establishment republican donors so the Koch Brothers<\/a> Donor Network<\/a> is kind of a second place where you could have a huge potentially huge sum of money supporting a different candidate who is not sort of the establishment pick so it is a big boost for rubio and big blow for rand paul who, of course, has a more libertarian world view that seems to comport well with the Koch Brothers<\/a> and some of their donors. Surprise to go see them not just not win but come in last in the informal straw poll. Ken vogel, thanks for being here. Appreciate your time. Lets frame the debate with Ginny Williams<\/a> and thank you for being with me. Hi. Let me start with you. For someone like marco rubio, does winning that straw poll at the conference help or hurt him across the field of candidates . I think it helps him. I think when you look at these mega donors that are looking into potential president ial candidates, you know marco rubio gave a strong performance. Telling his story. He knows how to connect with people. It shows mega donors may be interested in moving away from establishment type and finding fresh blood on the republican side. I think it is a boost for marco rubio. And i think it is going to open up possibilities not only for him but what we saw in the iowa Freedom Summit<\/a> this past weekend where Governor Scott<\/a> walker and carly thee reason a went after Hillary Clinton<\/a> and had a good boost there. It will be an interesting and colorful several months were going to be looking at here. Jimmy, lets talk about romney. He is speaking today, he was not at the koch conference senator rand paul was. This is what he had to say about another romney run. To win the presidency you have to reach out and appeal to new constituencies and i dont think it is possible. If he thinks im just going to change a few things and reach out to more people i think it is more vis ral than that how you connect to people. So rand paul saying he is the guy that connects with real people . I am sure in his mind he thinks he is but if you look at his voting policies not so much in line with real people per se. What you have here, and i know mercedes would disagree but probably doesnt want to say so on live tv you have a massive in fighting of the dog eat dog world of the gop president ial primary pack if you will. Here is what i think. Mercedes and i were discussing this in the green room which is everyone is scared to death of ted cruz. I personally love ted cruz i think hes the bomb that continues to blow up over and over again. But every establishment republican is terrified of ted cruz. The Koch Brothers<\/a> i. E. , executives, are terrified of ted cruz. Theyre scrounging grasping for somebody else to go toward. Marco rubio is a fine candidate for that jeb bush is a fine candidate for Something Like<\/a> that but nipping on their heels, the base. Thats tea party, thats ted cruz. Theyre going to have one hell of a time getting through southern primaries without seeing a crazy right winger winning primaries. Come on jimmy, i dont think theyre going to go i dont believe that the basis going to gravitate to ted cruz. Ted cruz does have a role in the party, he does go and bring together the tea partiers but i really believe it will be very difficult for him to really win an iowa or even a New Hampshire<\/a>. We are looking at New Hampshire<\/a> being more libertarian, free market area where rand paul can play. Governor jeb bush can play senator marco rubio can play. I think it will be hard for ted cruz to gain the traction he needs to be a top tier candidate. I cant disagree with you in iowa and New Hampshire<\/a>, i am talking Southern State<\/a>s where the base of the Republican Party<\/a> is at this point. If you cant win texas, alabama, louisiana, georgia, mississippi, you cant. Thats all youre going to get. Absolutely. This is fascinating conversation. I love to be part of it any way i can. You guys are great on this. Let me bring you down to this nbc news report that Speaker Boehner<\/a> told republican members behind closed doors yesterday, he is looking at taking legal action against the president over hiS Immigration<\/a> action. Mercedes, thiS Immigration<\/a> issue is not going away. No. Seems as though the republicans on the hill are focused on issues that maybe continue the discussion away from Immigration Reform<\/a> and more toward the president s executive action. Thats right. Well i think theyre trying to figure out what to do. I mean they run the risk that if they go forward, say we are going to defund the portion of Immigration Services<\/a> in department of Homeland Security<\/a> in february coming up when the deadline happens, what youre going to find there is they run the risk of democrats going after them and basically saying wait a second. We are in a moment where there is terrorism occurring, where we need to be National Security<\/a> has to be top notch, we need that funding. They run that risk. Thats why i think youre starting to see the house shift more into this talk about the lawsuit and going after the president in the courts. Jimmy, your wrap up . You cant keep suing the president over something that will expand your base at some point. The optics are bad for republicans if they sue the president over immigration. Thats just not smart in the long term for the party. Really isnt. Always a pleasure to see you. Thanks for being here. Great, thank you. 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And mr. Graham said to me he said well we want to make sure that our children remember but it is not really written anywhere. So our fear is they wont believe this happened. When that conversation started, i knew the story had to be told not only for these men but for our children and my lane my life is for our children our future. These men are our wonderful past trickling into our future. Our children are the ones that benefit from this day because they will see that like dr. King said that the universe is on the side of justice, and it may take 54 years to get there, but if we can give our children something to believe in that it can happen, then we may see change occur. This is a day, a wonderful day, to be an example, not only for us in this community but to be models for the rest of our world, that even in the small communities that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. We are examples of the ordinary becoming extraordinary. I never set out to write about history. I tell people that. I wrote about bunnyies and frogs and butterflies, thats where i lived as a childrens author but the stories have to be told. Until we step up and make those changes in our community, we cannot blame anyone else across this world for things that we face daily. It is our charge, a communitys charge, to make sure our children are equipped to handle anything that comes their way. And these men exemplify that. And you exemplify that in your communities, in your homes, wherever you live you exemplify that we can change things. Historic scene in South Carolina<\/a> and a courtroom there. Justice 54 years in the making. That wraps up the rundown on msnbc. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Newsnation with tamron hall is next. See you tomorrow. That proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. Know the right Financial Planning<\/a> can help you save for college and retirement. Know where you stand with pnc total insight. 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This area got pounded with 14 consecutive hours of blizzard conditions and they are just now beginning to assess the damage. In the town of marshville the storm slammed a gaping hole in a large section of a sea wall flooding many homes, forcing evacuations with the help of the National Guard<\/a>. The police chief says the storm is the most ferocious experience by the town in 20 years. 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