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

Investigate this russia leaks stuff" and the emphasis is on the intelligence and leaks. that's different from investigating the president and michael flynn's relationship to russia. >> it's very much missing the point. he has gone out of his way, the president, to demoralize and demean the intelligence community. having visited with so many of them, they don't care at all about politics. they follow the evidence. so the leaking that we're seeing right now i believe is likely coming because he doesn't believe intelligence is relevant. the steam has to come out of pot and it is right now and it'...

Acting attorney general has made democrats here on capitol hill a little feisty. >> what are democrats saying about these delay tactics? we just heard from sean spicer. he said senate democrats are trying to stall core functions of our government. what are the dems saying? >> reporter: democrats are essentially recognizing they don't appear to have the votes to defeat any of these cabinet nominees so their strategy appears to be to delay. a top senate democrat essentially said they're using the rules of the senate at their risk. >> ultimately there will be votes on these cabinet nominees. the ...

Our own mike tobin braving the elements on the banks of lake michigan. mike? >> jenna, hard to see it through driving snow but lake michigan is back there. someone has to work out there. you depend on them. their story is coming up. ♪ [ chicken caws ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. eartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antiox...

Businesses repeal obamacare. those things will get the economy back on track. jenna: and one wondering if that's the legacy of the stimulus, a move towards other policies or not and that's the big question that perhaps we don't know at this time. >> i hope so. if anything good comes out of this, it's that we never do this again. the economic formula that you spend government money to revive the economy, that has now been totally discredited. jenna: great to see you as always. thanks >> thanks, jenna. jon: great lakes looking more like a frozen tundra. bitter cold winter causing ice to cover mo...