Digits. Nbcs Chris Pallone is in worcester, massachusetts, who got 34. 5 inches of snow. Biggest snowfall on record. We see it behind you. Reporter thats right, tamron this is the second largest city in all of new england and boy do they have their work cut out for them. Getting rid of 34. 5 inches of snow. Schools and many businesses are closed today, it will facilitate cleanup. Where do you put all of that snow . You put it here in giant piles. All they want to do at this point is to kind of triage all the snow. Get it out of the street then get it out of the sidewalk they put it wherever they can, then come along later, start trucking it off site. We have good news in the past hour, though. As i drove into worcester a couple hours ago, all the streets in the city were snow covered, hit by the plow once or twice, but were still pretty slick, as the sun is starting to come out, even though it is below freezing with ice melter you can see the street was starting to see asphalt under the street. That will improve tracks as the day goes along. As the sun goes down later, we refreeze. That will be another problem. Here in worcester, some businesses are open as people can get into businesses they have to get their sidewalks cleared before anybody can do anything. As theyre getting the sidewalks cleared theyre opening up. But other businesses are not open. It is particularly dangerous for some of the pedestrians. I dont know if you can see the snow honey do donuts and subway there, people are choosing to walk in the street because it is more clear than any of the sidewalks right now. So theres a kind of dangerous dance between cars and people walking down the street. U mass Medical Center said theyre worried about treating people with slips and falls and shoveling injuries today, but theyre working on it things should be closer to normal by tomorrow. Lets go to the coast. Dylan dreyer is in marshville where today theyre dealing with freezing water from the sea wall breach. Reporter hey tamron this area in marshville on the coast of massachusetts was hit hard not just by the two feet of snow we saw here but we had about 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour wind gusts. The Atlantic Ocean is right past those homes and it rose so high the waves were crashing into the homes, causing Severe Damage to some of these right along the coast. At the time of high tide we saw waves crashing up and over the homes. As that water at high tide flooded the streets here it is so cold that even saltwater has frozen up. Look at the challenge ahead for the utility crews. There are still a lot of people without power. And before you can even get to the lines and start to fix the problem you have to chip off all of this ice. Everything here is coated in ice because as the waves crashed, that fine mist puts layers and layers of ice on top of everything it touches. So it is going to be brutally cold, the ice is going to stick around for awhile and unfortunately we are in a very active weather pattern. We could see another couple inches of snow thursday into friday here and sunday into monday. We could see a big rain storm and rain on top of two feet of snow is going to cause its own problems. Tamron . Dylan, thank you so much. Lets switch to meteorologist bill karins, he has the forecast. We heard dylan touch on the next round of storms coming our way, whats going on . Getting done with storm one. This was the big one, none of the next couple storms rival there or close to it. Almost positive this will be the storm of the winter. Next one that comes down will bring cold air with it. The storm we got done with was historic was a blizzard in many areas. Four states reported 30 snowfall totals a rarity. We have cold air in place. We know the next storm that comes in will likely be all snow. Wind chills in the Single Digits. It was a very cold morning for shoveling and getting, imagine the power crews, Single Digits wind chills chipping away at ice on power lines. I wish them luck. Here is how the next storm looks. Comes down tomorrow light snow around green bay, detroit will develop late in the day, thats a thursday daytime into thursday evening. Chicago, a miss for you, same with indianapolis. Buffalo looks like thursday into friday morning. Then friday during the day in the early morning, new york albany, boston again, this is minor, not a big deal just a coating of sugar on top of the feet we already have. It wont cause many more problems. It is the next storm thats more or less one of the storms havent had much winter and cold air in place for a storm to go from the west to the east. This is the long range computer model. It is colder with the solution than the american counterpart. The american counterpart was the one better with the blizzard. This says snow developing saturday night and all day sunday. This stripe of pink is 6 to 12 inches of snow. This could be a significant storm from omaha to des moines chicago, indianapolis detroit, cleveland. Then by the time we get to super bowl sunday sunday into monday makes its way to the east coast, feeds off warm air, develops into a potent system. Like a noreaster. And this blue to purple color is a foot plus possible. Talking about maybe an additional foot if the model is correct. As dylan mentioned, theres a chance on the Southern Side to get heavy rain. The biggest concern i have with that interesting with the next storm we have coming tamron we prefer it is snow. We dont want it to be rain. Because after that storm comes by, some of the coldest air of the winter moves into the northeast. If it was rain picture an inch or two of rain melting the snow we have now, then a flash freeze and Single Digits temperatures. We would be talking about ice skating rinks for a week straight everywhere. We dont want that. Rather the next storm be all snow. We know with ice power lines go down dangerous driving conditions, a nightmare. Thank you very much. We will keep checking with you. More in the days ahead. Developing now, lawmakers firing off tough questions at the first major confirmation hearing in front of the republican led senate. If Loretta Lynch is approved she would be the first black female attorney general. Asked about president obamas actions on immigration. Your duty as attorney general is not to defend the president and his policies your duty is your oath to defend the constitution. Do you believe that the president has the Legal Authority to unilaterally deport and grant permits and other benefits regardless of what the u. S. Constitution or immigration laws say . Lynch said that a Justice Department finding that the president S Immigration policy is constitutional seems to be reasonable and added this. I do think it is very important that as the department of justice through any of its agencies be it office of Legal Counsel or in direct conversation with the president or any other member of cabinet always ensure that theyre operating from a position of whether or not theres Legal Framework that supports the requested action. And the advice provided must be thorough, it must be objective, and must be completely independent. So this hearing was hotly anticipated. Some of the headlines from poll it co. Expect a grilling from the hill. Gop seizes chance to put holder on trial. And the new york times, lynch to cast herself as departure from holder. Nbc capitol hill correspondent Kelly Odonnell joins us now. Kelly, lets dig back into miss lynchs response regarding the president s ichlz policy and if it is constitutional. Her reply was, quote, it seems to be reasonable. Reporter and shes under pressure today tamron to in some ways distinguish herself from eric holder provide her own insights how she would work in this job. Everyone should expect that a confirmation hearing for a position as important as attorney general will be rigorous, it might be combative at times. She will be challenged. Clearly theres undercurrent putting her against eric holder, a lot of republicans had issues with him over his tenure questions about how the Obama Administration used executive authority. You have people on both sides of the aisle that praise Loretta Lynch for her personal accomplishments, her work on behalf of the country as u. S. Attorney of the eastern district, and who she is as a person. Lots of praise for her that way. But expect that a hearing will drill down on some of the biggest issues we have seen making news in the last couple years, from immigration to Cyber Threats to policing in america, whether you think of ferguson or new york. All of these hot button issues that really effect American Life come into this hearing room. She will be asked to give her opinions, talk about how she would make decisions, and it will get combative i would expect not so much as personal affront to her, but because theres such disagreement on how the issues should play out. Republicans and i would say democrats, too, want the attorney general to be the peoples lawyer not the president s lawyer even though this position is part of the cabinet. So it will be rigorous. The expectation is she will be confirmed. But the process to get there is going to be tough. She appears very poised very prepared. Has a lot of family with her today as expected and definitely supporters in the room on the democratic side who want to keep the focus on her ability to do this job, lesson the issues that have been part of the tension we see play out in the last several years. Couple questions of points. The timing white house wants the final vote before mid february recess, what are we hearing from Congress Though . Reporter this should go fairly quickly if youve got a case of two days of hearings then the Committee Makes its decision, then it goes to the floor. It will be up to Mitch Mcconnell in charge of the senate floor to decide when a vote will take place. But no expectation this will be slow walked in any way, i think people want to see it move through as quickly as possible. Again, no expectation she wont be confirmed, but they want to get sort of her opinions on the record now when they have a chance to question her in this setting. You make the point of her opinions professionally and getting to know her and what policies, her stance on certain policies, and also personally one of the things we know is Loretta Lynchs brother was a former navy s. E. A. L. That died in 2009 she has his navy s. E. A. L. Trident on the witness table with her. One of the things thats so powerful about watching confirmation hearings, these people who assume positions of authority in the country have an important public role but this is a chance to get to know who they are their life story. Thats important, too. To hear her talk about her parents, her brother, the family life she has come from how that informs her public work is interesting. And if you like politics this is the kind of day to watch one of these hearings with great interest. Thank you very much Kelly Odonnell, greatly appreciate it. Up next new evidence in deflate gate. The nfl zeros in on the locker Room Attendant and what happened to the key moments when that person was alone with the footballs inside a bathroom. We are live in arizona. And the first ladys visit with the president of saudi arabia getting attention in saudi arabia and in the United States after some members of the saudi delegation refused to shake mrs. Obamas hand or even acknowledge her. Plus what some are saying about the first ladys decision not to wear a head scarf. We will talk about it. Drinking and droning, surprising details about the drone that crashed into a tree on the white house south lawn. What we learned now. Join our conversation online find my team at newsnation on twitter and find me on facebook, twitter and instagram. You know. Theres a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. Try phillips fiber good gummies. Theyre delicious and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. Mmmm. These are good the tasty side of fiber. From phillips you show up. 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Well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. Welcome back. The nfl has reportedly pinpointed a person of interest who may be behind the socalled deflategate controversy. An unnamed source says a locker Room Attendant is seen on Surveillance Video taking preinspected footballs into a private bathroom. According to the source the attendant was in the bathroom 90 seconds before bringing the footballs on the field. The source also says it was the patriots who discovered the Surveillance Footage and handed it over to the nfl. The league has interviewed the attendant, so far are not commenting neither are the patriots. Nbc news has not independently confirmed this and with the report surfacing hours before the team took part in the super bowl media day, the patriots avoided most questions related to the controversy. Ron mott is in glendale arizona where excitement is building for super bowl xlix. I dont know how they thought, ron, they could avoid answering the questions, but i guess given, they said we know nothing, and let it run through the course of the investigation. I dont know what people expected. Reporter right yeah tamron. I think a lot of folks looked at bob craft when the team landed he sort of put the put down to send the message to the media, we dont want more questions about this controversy because our team wants to focus on football. Granted, media day is opportunity for press all over the world covering the game to get up close and personal with some of the players, and it is kind of a carnival a chaotic experience. Marshawn lynch spent 4 51 saying i am here i dont want to get fined. Richard sherman, star defensive back for the seahawks very outspoken, talked last week when asked in seattle about the controversy, whether it matters whether balls are two pounds below pressure. He was asked whether he thought anything would happen to the patriots. He says absolutely not because the commissioner Roger Goodell and the owner bob craft have a very close relationship and so bob craft was asked about Richard Shermans comments. Here is what he had to say. I think Richard Sherman is a very Smart Marketing whiz. Reporter okay he is a marketing whiz. Richard sherman doesnt believe this is going to result in anything that will effect the game. Back to the investigation, obviously whats important here tamron, the distinction is that the person was seen going into a bathroom legally there arent cameras allowed in the bathroom so it is between what this gentleman is going to say. He has already been interviewed with the nfl. What he told the nfl and what tom brady who has not been interviewed as we understand by the nfl is going to tell them what he knew about this gentleman taking the custody of the balls in route to the field, there are a lot of people around the league who believe the patriots have sort of bent the rules from time to time, were implicated in the spy gate controversy eight years ago. Here we have to see what happened. The league made it clear probably wont be resolved before the super bowl game, the lead investigator say several more weeks before it is over. Set that aside, talk about the hype and build up. Marshawn lynch stole the show my opinion with his nonanswer. Play a little of my favorite clip. I am here so i dont get fined. I am here so i wont get fined. I am here so i wont get fined. I dont know whats better the outfit or the answer. I cant decide. Nevertheless he was there so wont get fined. I think he is going to be in a progressive insurance ad coming up in the super bowl. He talks there, he is getting paid to talk. Doesnt get paid necessarily to talk to the media. He is a terrific Football Player this is a debate going around the league not just with these two teams but around the nfl. Some players dont believe they should be forced to talk to media. Some of them dont do well in front of cameras, but the league has a policy that any player under contract in the league has to make themselves available when the league says they need to to the media. And he is trying not to get fined. Literally last half of the season every week after a seahawks game he would sit in front of the locker would be asked questions. He would vary the answer. So he made his peace yesterday. Now he wants to go out, says he likes to have his talking done on the field. Terrific Football Player should be a great game. 29 times said here so dont get fined. Outstanding. Greatly appreciate it ron. Coming up no puppy love. 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Isis claimed over the weekend it executed another japanese hostage it was holding. The president and first lady are back in washington this morning after their trip to india and saudi arabia. While they were only in readd a few hours, the visit is getting attention after the clear can you curl differences between the countries, particularly with women on full display. Members of the all male saudi delegation met with president obama, some members chose not to choose Michelle Obamas hand instead giving a nod as they passed by. That sparked debate in the u. S. While overseas, the first lady is also under scrutiny for not wearing a head scarf or veil. It is one of a few countries women are expected to cover their heads. As the Washington Post points out, exceptions are made for foreigners. More than 1500 tweets about veil criticizing the first lady. Joining us executive director of the Arab American Association of new york. Lets start with clarifying whats expected of a woman in saudi arabia. You make the point the first lady was not at a mosque so she wouldnt be expected to cover her head. She was in the capital where many women are in the streets who are uncovered, most of whom are not muslim. She was not required to wear a head scarf in the first place, also not at a mosque which is the only place required to cover your hair muslim and nonmuslim. And pool producers there said while there were directions what to wear to be respectful there were not instructions on covering our heads. We were specifically told it was not necessary. None of the women, including susan rice or others covered their heads. What do you make 1500 people out of millions on twitter, nevertheless giving this attention. There are 1. 5 billion muslims in the world. It is not the first time the first lady has been criticized for mundane things. If you remember, there was controversy when she had a meeting with the queen where she slightly put her hand on her back. This is not the first time. And that was an issue of whether or not protocol was in place. This she followed the guidelines. Yeah, she was modest. Didnt do anything wrong. Even around as you said earlier about men not shaking her hand this is common practice in Islamic Society where men or women do not shake the hand of the opposite sex unless theyre a relative. This is not out of the ordinary or lack of respect for the first lady, both on the part of the saudis and on the part of the first lady toward the saudis. There was a difference in how some of the men in delegation chose to greet her, they took in some cases their own individual cues on what to do. Meaning some nodded others did not. Seems to be not a universal rule how they were expected theres nods, people put a hand to the heart to acknowledge a hand shake. There are men that shake hands of women, which then in between may have to do oh blugs again before prayers. But it wasnt like they were doing something totally out of the ordinary when it came to the first lady. What about others that say a larger conversation to be had around saudi arabia treatment of women, and being a key ally. We criticize other countries around the world and treatment of women from afghanistan and the list goes on and on where brutality is full display or women are treated far beneath males or men there. Is there a bigger conversation in the imaging we have seen with the first lady who is greatly admired and at the top of the pyramid if you will as a successful woman and mother. Absolutely. There should always be that that should be the priority issue around womens rights and human rights across the world, including the muslim world and saudi arabia. Whats interesting about the whole controversy is that thats not really the story. The story is about women and the first lady how she dressed, even in india, what did she wear. It is always about what we are wearing, never about the real cusp of the matter. There was a very problematic headline of a story that basically was saying that shes setting example she didnt wear the head scarf as if she was going in there to do that on purpose. I think what that says is women that wear a veil cant lead by example. I want to make the point you can be with a head scarf, not with a head scarf, still be a woman thats successful beautiful, and intelligent, and uphold you know, the rights of other women and other people. So that was the problematic sometimes nuance that people want to throw in there that she was kind of doing it out of spite or to show im an american. I am an american too, i wear it and i feel just as beautiful as michelle obama. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. Up next details from the secret Service Investigation into how a drone ended up on the white house grounds. What the operator says he was doing beforehand. We will have a live report. And the new signs from Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker that he is ready to run in 2016. This as the Koch Brothers put a near billion dollar price tag on their efforts to help the gop. We are digging into the headlines in our first read. And this. My family and i will be able to move forward with our lives. Marissa alexander, the florida woman who fired a warning shot and served nearly three years in jail under the stand your ground law is walking free. One of the stories we are following around the newsnation. We will be right back. Please, please, please, please, please. [ male announcer ] the wish we wish above all. Is health. So we quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. Expanded minuteclinic for walkin medical care. 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He lost control of the drone, which is called a quad copter and it crashed into a tree on the south grounds. That of course sparked the shutdown, predawn search by the secret service that we all saw. An employee with national geo Spacial Intelligence Agency he turned himself in. Got a statement that reads in part the employee was off duty and is not involved in work related to drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in any capacity. Now, the secret service is continuing its investigation today, tamron. So far no charges have been filed. I have been told that that Government Employee is back at work. Those close to him tell me he is visibly shaken but cooperating with investigators. Kristin welker thanks. Turning to 2016 politics another republican governor making a move toward a potential president ial run, while more big money is set to pour in. Wisconsin Governor Scott walker took the first step toward a possible White House Run by establishing a committee to raise cash and help push his agenda. The announcement comes days after new Jersey Governor Chris Christie took the same step. And there are reports that the Koch Brothers are prepared to spend an unprecedented 900 million in the 2016 cycle. Joining me now, mark murray. Is it official . Can we stop saying 2016 is so long from now. Can we put that to bed . Officially election day 2016 is still 600 days out. I know what you mean. Yes. We are going to be talking more about 2016 and the fact of the matter it is here, people are making overt moves and the news will become intense. And certainly with a lot of the money that will be pouring in this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Koch Brothers the 900 million. But the kind of dollar figure we could be discussing will be unprecedented. Tamron it is really significant in this respect, the sheer number. President obamas 2008 entire president ial campaign from primary to general election season was 750 million. The combined amounts that the Top Republican committees ended up spending in 2012 was around 600 million. So with the Koch Brothers their plan to spend nearly 900 million dwarf all of those other things. Maybe the biggest take away is these will be anonymous, unregulated contributions more than likely. Thats how theyve operated in the past 501 c 4 organizations. The way it works if you are a big donor, give to a president ial campaign or political party, everyone knows the amount of money you gave when you gave that contribution. But through these other mechanisms, it is likely this money will be anonymous. We will see what happens. Now we can officially stop saying it is a long way away. They have a plan theyre starting to execute it. Thank you very much, mark murray. Appreciate it. Up next two former vanderbilt Football Players who were convicted in a high profile rape case now they could face decades in prison. We will get you caught up on that story. And this. The dude with the video camera on the shoulder was in front of me stood up turned caught me square in the mouth. Tiger woods speaks about how he lost a front tooth. And i dont know why people are still doubting the story, anyway, he is sticking to the story, i dont know why he wouldnt. It is one of the stories we are following around the newsnation. Sorry i missed you. Im either away from my desk or on another call. Please leave a message and ill get back to you. Just as soon as im available. Thank you for your patience at this busy time. Join us for stargazing with discovery at sea. Enjoy cruises from four ninetynine during our 50th anniversary sale. Call your travel consultant or 1800princess. Princess cruises. Come back new. Oh boy, this always happens to your father. Youre clean. 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Details of the crime horrific the victim unconscious, the attackers took pictures. The victim hopes the publicity of her case will spark more discussions about ending Sexual Violence on campuses. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has the story. Reporter this morning two former Vanderbilt UniversityFootball Players are in jail their bail revoked, their lives changed forever. This case has given our community an opportunity to talk to each other and to talk to our children, especially our boys about the way we treat women. Reporter after an emotional two week trial, a nashville jury took just three hours to convict them of several counts of aggravated rape and sexual battery. Two other explayers are awaiting trial, have pled not guilty. The defense argued the young men were not guilty of rape but College Culture of binge drinking and promiscuous sex led to the incident. Im just sorry. I never intended on hurting anyone. I was extremely intoxicated and i would like to extend a personal apology. Reporter prosecutors say the assault happened in 2013 when a 21yearold student, vanlder berg was seeing passed out drunk. Surveillance video showed him carrying her to the dorm accompanied by teammates. According to prosecutors, vandenberg took pictures and video of the assault and shared it with friends. Conduct revealed by evidence at trial was profoundly disturbing and utterly unacceptable. Reporter the conviction comes amid renewed National Conversation about campus Sexual Assault, following a now discredited article in Rolling Stone magazine that alleged gang rape at university of virginia. Still, the federal government is investigating dozens of schools for handling of Sexual Violence complaints. I think this case is a wakeup call for campuses to take rape seriously. Reporter some counts carry up to 25 years in prison. Sentencing is set for early march. Gabe gutierrez, nbc news. Thank you gabe for that report. A florida woman who faced 60 years in prison for firing a gun near her estranged husband is out of jail. That tops our look at news around the nation. She walked out of the courthouse into house arrest. The case drew national attention, we covered it a lot, after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison at her first trial. She said she fired a warning shot because her husband was abusive. In november pled guilty to aggravated assault and credit for time served. She thanked her supporters yesterday. Although the journey has been long and there have been many difficult moments, i could not have arrived here where i am today, without the thoughts many thoughts and many prayers of so many people who have voiced support and encouragement. Alexander will be monitored at home for two years and will be able to go to work and school. Police are looking for three suspects in a gold nugget heist in san francisco. This say three masked men rammed an suv into Wells Fargo History Museum yesterday, held a Security Guard at gunpoint and stole ten ounces of gold, valued at 10,000. The suspects then took off in a second vehicle. After making headlines last week at Lindsey Vonns ski race in italy, tiger woods is talking about the missing tooth. He explained how it went down. The dude was one with video camera on the shoulder stood up turned and caught me square in the mouth. So he chipped that one, cracked the other one. I am trying to keep this thing on so blood is not all over the place, and luckily he hit the one i had the root canal on. So tiger woods is currently playing his first pga event of the year in phoenix. Developing now, it was an emotional scene in South Carolina in a courtroom in the past hour as civil rights error in justice was corrected. 54 years ago a group of africanamerican men were arrested for sitting at a whites only lunch counter in rock hill South Carolina. Those men became known as the friendship nine. And all these years later their original attorney from 1961 and the prosecutor for rock hill asked a judge to vacate their arrests and convictions and he agreed to do so. On behalf of the named defendant, i move for the convictions to be entered in 1961 be vacated. Today, a solicitor for york county, i represent the state. Allow me to take this opportunity to extend each of you my heart felt apologies for what happened to you in 1961. It was wrong. [ applause ] i am now signing the order. And that is done. Now [ applause ] wow. Standing ovation. Nbcs mark potter joins us from the courthouse in rock hill South Carolina. It was beautiful to see people of all ages and races, watching that play out. Touching. Absolutely, a touching day. It was an important day for the young people not only in rock hill but throughout the country to see the power of nonviolent protest. And as you said earlier, this is truly a story about correcting an injustice for that group of men known as the friendship nine took a courageous stand for civil rights so long ago and were punished for that. Today they came back to this courthouse, not only to have charges thrown out, but also to be celebrated. The turbulent early 1960s, when young africanamericans risked beatings and arrests to join sitins at whites only lunch counters. The south is faced with a crisis in Race Relations in a period of two months the movement spread to 65 cities. Among them rock hill South Carolina, where in 1961 a group of students from Friendship College join in. They come here to the 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 . 54 years later, all but one are alive, six met with us remembering all too well facing an angry crowd that day. I was afraid. I admit that. When the young men walked inside, they were arrested before they could even sit down. I remember being grabbed by my belt and thrown to the floor and dragged out of the store. By whom . Police officers. The men were then dragged to jail. When they put me in the cell and closed that door and that clang. Instead of paying bail to get out, the friendship nine chose to serve the 30 day sentence of hard labor. Thats chilling to see that. Sent to chain gang. Their jail no bail strategy caught on and reenergized the Civil Rights Movement which was running out of bail money. Asks the nation why you trying to jail people for trying to sit down. The effort to have their sentences overturned was inspired by author Kimberly Johnson who wrote a Childrens Book about the men from Friendship College. I have this overwhelming degree of respect and love because i know that they cared about the community. Prosecutor kevin bracket says he too, is honored to help overturn the mens convictions today. We need to take the time to tell them thank you and we need to take time to tell them that they were right. Juts being made right for courageous men who made history. Now looking back on it it made a big difference in the Civil Rights Movement. I am very proud of it. Interesting detail from the hearing is that the judge today who overturned the conviction is the nephew of the judge back in 1961 who sent the friendship nine to jail but today the current judge, john c. Hayes says knowing his uncle as he does, if he were still alive what happened in this courthouse the historic moments that just occurred within the last hour. What a day. Mark, you got the assignment of the day and the interviews of the day. Congratulations on that report. Wonderful. Thank you, mark. Reporter thank you. Up next Hillary Clinton is willing to face republicans over benghazi. It is one of the stories we just thought you should know. And our news nation gut check. So godaddy has decided to pull a controversial Super Bowl Ad showing a lost puppy ending up for sale on a website. Outrage. Oh, my goodness. Were going to have what go daddy is saying. Did they make the right call . My mother hates this ad. Shes already voted. So you can vote too. The exhilaration of a new engine. Painstakingly engineered without compromise. To be more powerful. And, miraculously, unleash 46 mpg highway. An extravagance reserved for the privileged few. Until now. Hey josh new jetta . Yeah. Introducing lots of new. The new Volkswagen Jetta tdi clean diesel. Isnt it time for german engineering . Losing your chex mix too easily . Deploy the boring potato chip decoy bag. With a variety of tastes and textures only chex mix has twenty bags of interesting. Pick your mix. 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. Well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. Theres a lot going on this morning. Heres some things we thought you should know. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton said she is willing to testify again before the House Committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks on the consulate in benghazi. That is according to congressman elijah cummings. He says secretary clinton agreed immediately when he reached out at the request of the republican chairman of the committee. Former Alaska Governor sarah palins speech last week in iowa is apparently raising big bucks for a potential Hillary Clinton run for president. Thats because at one point, palin said quote, its going to take more than a village to beat hillary. The ready for Hillary Super pac is using those comments in a campaign and says its already brought in 25,000 so far. And the new york city man who ran for governor in 2010 claiming the rent is too damn height, hes now facing eviction from his rentstabilized manhattan apartment. His landlord claims he does not actually live in the 872 onebedroom apartment but rather lives in a larger apartment in brooklyn. Those are the things we just thought you should know. Time now for the news nation gut check. The web Domain Company go daddy has been noun to push the mark with their racy Super Bowl Ads. This years spot has sparked such a backlash the company is now pulling the ad ahead of the big game. Look its buddy im so glad you made it home. Because i just sold you on this website i built with go daddy. Ship him out so as you see, the spot shows a lost puppy. Just working his little heart out trying to get home only to be greeted by this evil woman who then puts him up for sale. Well using go daddy. So after go daddy released the ad earlier yesterday, it caused an uproar on social media and sparked a change. Org petition that garnered tens of thousands of signatures in only a matter of hours. By yesterday evening, the Company Released a statement agreeing to pull it and saying in part rest assured, buddy came to us from a reputable and loving breeder in california. Hes now part of the go daddy family as our chief companion officer, and hes been adopted permanently by one of our longtime employees. So go daddy saying they missed the mark there. Apparently did not know their audience. Well, what does your gut say to you . Should go daddy have pulled its super bowl puppy ad . Go to newsnation. Msnbc. Com to cast the vote. By the way, go daddy says it has a new ad ready it will air. Some people are speculating weve all been basically played by go daddy, giving them all of this attention and then the real ad is going to air. I dont know. Thats what theyre saying on the internet. That does it for this edition of news nation. Next Andrea Mitchell reports. 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