1,000 delays and cancellations. and it's not over yet. another storm is right behind it that could affect the northwest, northeast, and parts of the south. hello, everybody. i'm betty nguyen. nbc's ron mott is at laguardia airport checking out delays. let's go to bill first. bill, punxsutawney phil was not fooling around. >> reporter: where is that rodent? >> good morning, everyone. we'll let ron talk about the delays. we want to show you, these are the airports. if it's red, it's not good. philly to newark to laguardia, jfk. boston, it's not all that bad considering the other areas. the temperatures have been borderline and now the snow has been sticking since the middle of the rush hour. even some of the highways are getting snow-covered from philly to trenton. it's a heavy, wet snow.

they are calling it heart attack snow. it's very difficult to shovel and take your time with it because it will be strenuous. totals, they are not earth shattering. as high as 6 because it's been coming down the last couple of hours and as betty mentioned, there's another storm right behind this one. winter storm warnings from wichita to kansas city. it moves right across the country already from kansas, we have winter storm watches and that's where the winter weather is expect ed. the green on the map is rain. icy conditions near the ohio river and snow to the north side. it's a full blown snowstorm for kansas city. up to 8 to 12 inches here. that's a big storm for you. northern new england, you're going to have a snow day if you're a teacher up there throughout the england area and even indianapolis to chicago, they are going to get this snow. new york city has picked up 6 to

8 with this storm. the timing of that is wednesday morning. another 6 inches. a foot of snow within 48 hours. >> talk about groundhog day, we've seen this week after week after week. >> i forgot to mention the possible big storm coming on monday and tuesday. >> you can stop there, bill. thank you. appreciate it. let's go over to ron mott now live at laguardia airport where it's coming down. our super bowl fans having a hard time coming home? >> reporter: yeah. it's going to be hard for folks to get home. you can see the rain and snow mix here at laguardia. we ran into a couple of bronco fans. they were still smiling after the beating that they took. they were hoping to get home tonight. they just haven't gotten around to changing the early flights.

we can go up in the sky and visibility is very low at the moment. we are expecting this kind of snow to continue to fall until about 2:00, 3:00 and then it will taper off here and that's where we expect to get more activity with folks coming and going. i believe a lot of the folks have heard from their airlines, which is why we don't see a lot of traffic because normally you would expect to see on a monday morning a very busy terminal here at the american airlines terminal. i would say it's light to moderate at this point. obviously a lot of folks heard that their flights were not going to get off today. right now there's a traffic management program in effect here at laguardia, jfk, newark, philadelphia. delays coming in from 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours. so it's going to be a mess and, as you know, if you travel a lot, it cascades throughout the day. folks need to pack along with their suitcases. >> check in with the airlines, indeed.

ron mott at laguardia airport. thank you, ron. after a tumultuous week for chris christie, subpoenas tied to the governor are due today. this follows the resignation of another staffer christina renna. her resignation comes after wildstein claims to have contradicting evidence about christie and what he knew and when he knew it. the governor's office came out swinging a day later with a number of accusations aimed at wildstein going all the way back to high school. >> it just made christie seem like the smaller person. instead of christie letting that set, which he could have, he piles on in a way that made christie look more guilty.

>> meanwhile, the hits keep coming for the once wildly popular governor. he is booed twice saturday at a super bowl event in times square and democrats piled on with a football-themed attack ad. >> maybe the folks in washington, d.c., could tune in and see how it's done. >> if anyone looks at the chris christie performance on tuesday, they need to have their head examined. >> now, on the sunday shows, republican colleagues were standing by their man who they still want to head up their gop governor's group. >> i don't think he should step down. i think he should stay there. rga is not about one governor. it's about all 36 races. >> i consider chris christie a friend. he's been a fantastic governor. it's one person's word against another. you can't base a conclusion on such a thing. >> so far there's no evidence to

suggest that he's not telling the truth. i think the governor knows the consequences. if he's lying, it's a really bad situation. if he's not lying, then something very unfair is being done to him. >> and after last year's snub, the conservative political action conference has confirmed that governor christie will speak. i understand that governor christie's staffers have been given extensions for today's subpoena deadline? >> reporter: yes. most people, the 20 people who have been subpoenaed have requested extensions. that's not unusual when they've been asked about thousands and thousands of documents, e-mails, text messages related to the closure of the gorge washington bridge. how long would it take? they wouldn't tell us. but probably more weeks as opposed to days or hours. but the deadline is at 5:00 this evening. it's going to go on for a while and this is the problem for chris christie.

as you were pointing out this past weekend with the super bowl in new jersey, it was supposed to be a great time for him. all of this period was supposed to be a wonderful time for him when he was going to get a bigger step out on to the national stage but now you have what has been happening over the past weekend. every day perhaps there are going to be new developments, more allegations, more rumor about what he knew and didn't know. the key question, as somebody pointed out is, is he lying? that's why this whole matter with david wildstein, this former associate who is saying that, quote, some evidence exists that christie knew about the lane closures while they were going on. christie found out about it after the fact. if there was untruth about what christie said during that two-hour press conference some time ago, that's going to be a big problem for him. already the newspapers here in new jersey, the star ledger has used the word impeachment if he's lying. despite the allies coming to his

aid about the governor's association, there's talk about whether he should be there or hang on to his job here in new jersey and how effective he can do this job with all of the allegations swirling around. there's the u.s. attorney looking into the matters, the allegations by the hoboken mayor. there's a lot going on. >> ron allen, thank you. let's dig deeper. joining me now gordon johnson. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you represent ft. lee, the center of this scandal. i want you to listen to what david wildstein's attorney said. "evidence exists as well as tieing mr. christie to having knowledge of the lane closures during the period when the lanes were closed contrary to what the governor stated publicly." what's your reaction? >> the select committee on investigation has a lot of work to do. and that is why they were formed. this committee was formed.

and as the subpoena documents start to come in and allegations that are swirling around will all be thoroughly investigated by the bipartisan committee. >> let's go through some of the allegations. some of them are tough, especially coming from the christie camp. they say, one, as a 16-year-old he sued over a local school board election, we're talking about wildstein here. he was accused of his high school teacher of deceptive behavior. he was an anonymous blogger known as wally edge. he had a strange habit of registering web addresses for multiple people. if wildstein was so untrustworthy, why did he appoint him to such a powerful position? and does this really show you where christie is when it comes to judgment? >> that's a good question. and i cannot speak on behalf of mr. christie and why he would hire an individual who he liked

initially and apparently now has a problem with him, with mr. wildstein. but all of these allegations swirling around, like i said before. but we want the facts. the people of ft. lee, the people of new jersey, the people of america want to know the facts. who, what, where, when, why, and how and when did he know. my constituents that i speak to, they believe that he had some knowledge of it. it's just the general feeling of the people that i speak to in my district. however, that's why we have an ethics investigation, a thorough investigation, and they -- this select committee will get to the bottom of it. >> well, we are looking forward to that. gordon johnson, thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> absolutely. i think everybody is troubled. i think that's part of what it is like living on this planet. that was philip seymour hoffman back in 2002 on the "today" show.

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an autopsy is set today for actor philip seymour hoffman. he was found dead of an apparent drug overdose. he was just 46 years old. kristen dahlgren is outside of his apartment with more on his tragic and surprising death. what is the latest there? >> reporter: it could take a few days to get the toxicology report to determine what the cause of death is. police sources have been telling us it's an apparent drug overdose. among the things found with his

body, drug paraphernalia. also, what appear to be drugs of heroin, some full and some empty. and so the investigation continues. but really just a lot of shock and sadness out here. fans have been dropping off flowers and lighting candles. we've heard a big outcry from his co-stars in hollywood expressing their grief and condolences. his family included three young children and released a statement. "we are devastated by the loss of our beloved phil and appreciate the out pouring of love and support. please keep him in your thoughts and prayers." he appeared in so many diverse roles and had so many fans of all ages and so really just a lot of sadness. >> yeah, especially for his three children. what do you know about his family? >> a common law wife who had

been his partner for about 15 years, we're told that he was supposed to meet with his children yesterday morning when he didn't show she then called a friend who was the one who found him here and so around the neighborhood, the neighbors i talked to say he was really just known as the neighborhood dad. many didn't know exactly what he did. they knew he was an actor but they saw him as a dad that was with his three kids out walking around the streets here, taking them to school and different places here. so that is what he will be remembered as around here. >> yeah, we're hearing that a lot. he was not caught up in the hollywood scene. you've seen him around the neighborhood with his kids. obviously they will miss him indeed. kristen dahlgren, thank you so much for that report. you know, this year's midterm elections are getting a lot of support for dinner reasons. the republicans may make history and they happen to be openly gay. i'll talk to one of them about

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on its heels. so stay alert. in the meantime, president obama is addressing critics of the affordable health care act head-on. >> my main priority is making sure that it delivers for the american people. what we've ended up doing is we've got three million people signed up. so far we're about a month behind from where we anticipated where we wanted to be. what we're constantly figuring out is how do we improve it? how do we make sure the folks that can't get health insurance are able to get health insurance. >> joining me to talk about this is congresswoman karen bass of california. republicans are continuing to blast the president on health care. take a listen to paul ryan. >> we have a continuous lawless presidency where he's doing the job of congress, writing new policies and new laws without going through congress. presidents don't write laws. congress does. and when he does things like he did in health care, delaying

mandates that the law said were supposed to occur when they were supposed to occur, that's not his job. >> all right, congresswoman, what's your reaction to that? >> well, i think they need to make up their mind. first of all, we have voted over 40 times to either delay mandates, repeal health care reform, et cetera. and so when the president takes an action, then they are critical of the action that he took even though they voted on that same action. you know, the other thing is, i, frankly, am happy when he does executive orders. paul ryan said he's doing the work of congress. well, that's because congress isn't doing its job. i encourage the president to encourage doing executive orders. we're going to meet with him tomorrow as a caucus and i hope his position like that continues. it's clear that republicans are not going to work with him. >> i want to dig deeper into executive orders because republicans are taking issue with president obama using those powers. here's house majority leader eric cantor. >> the white house continues to

really thumb its nose up, if you will, at the congress. the president in the state of the union address did it flat out. he said, when congress doesn't work with me, i'll just go do it myself. and again, that's part of the problem in this town. >> you heard what the congressman said there. does he have a point? is there more the president could do to reach out to republicans? >> you know what, i don't think he has a point because i think the president has bent over backwards for five years attempting to work with republicans. even taking their ideas and putting them forward and then suddenly they changed their mind. but in the state of the union, that was only one part of it. the president laid out several initiatives that he wants to work with congress on. but then he said if congress can't get its act together, these are the areas where he's going to act alone and i think that that is the right position to take. >> can republicans really complain about the president's use of executive orders? because i want you to just listen to these numbers right here. >> sure.

>> if you look at history, president obama has 168, right? george w. bush, 291, bill clinton, approximate 64. none of it compares to franklin roosevelt. 3,522. has he used it too many times? >> i don't think he has at all. i have my own ideas of executive orders that he want to see him do. i hope he continues. one area is in criminal justice reform. i think it's great that he raise the minimum wage for federal contractors. i actually think it's kind of embarrassing to think that federal employees were making less than that to begin with. >> really quickly, i also want to get your reaction to the recent announcement that your colleague, congressman henry waxman, is retiring after 40 years in the house. >> i have to tell you, that's a big blow to our institution, to our country. so i think it's really important, though, to look back at his legacy and at the very specific accomplishments that he

made because i think it shows you what this institution can do when it's functional. >> well, we do appreciate your insight. thank you, congresswoman karen bass. >> thank you. >> here's a look at other stories topping the news now. a student in moscow has been detained after he stormed into his school killing two people and taking 20 classmates hostage. this comes days before the opening of the sochi olympics and highlights of security concerns as athletes arrive for those games. just a short time ago, nelson's mandela will was made public. the anti-apartheid widow left at least $4 million with instructions on how to divide the money. mandela's third wife is the main beneficiary and as a right to half of his estate as long as she claims it within 90 days.

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warning." what's the subtle warning? >> well, president obama is taking a carrot and stick approach. the carrot is the republicans look very nice, i can work with you on this but on the other hand he's leaving the door open to executive action. he's been hinting recently in interviews that should congress fail to act on immigration, there may be some options available to him that he can take as president. and the one that republicans are very worried about is that he might slow or halt deportations for large groups of undocumented immigrants. he's already done this for dreamers or young, undocumented immigrants. they are concerned that they may issue a similar waiver because he's been pushing for immigration activists to do so. so there is this implication, yes, i may be patient to work for you but just so you know there may be options. >> sabrina, i want to bring you in. you say that republicans kept the language of the immigration principles pretty vague.

why is that? >> i think that they wanted to give themselves room to work with both sides and negotiate. they don't want to be too specific because you have the right flank that is opposed to any immigration reform what solve. they have to be cautious about what language they use right now. my sense is that they have to wait and watch and give republicans the space, give them the breathing room to sort out the divisions in their own party and don't want president obama to step in and jeopardize the prospects for reform that may enrage the republicans or cause them to walk away from the process altogether. i do not expect the president to be confrontational in the immediate future. he's not going to go on a full-scale campaign. i think he wants to give the leadership room to work with their own conference and if they fail to act or delay the issue into next year, that's where you might see the president step back in and escalate public pressure and erase public

reaction. >> how does timing factor in to all of this? >> i think what they are going to see, they now have principles and they need to put more meat on the bones to figure out whether the republican party, the extreme right is going to go with them. so one of the -- what i keep hearing from the hill is that boehner is not going to put it up for vote until after the majority of the republican primaries. that way, individual republicans that would like to vote for immigration reform, which is the vast majority of them, would like to vote for immigration reform. they don't have the fear that somebody is going to vote for them on the extreme right. it's going to be something that will come up in the spring but it's going to have to look at the details and, again, they keep pressing on this idea of immigration enforcement first, folks for getting that president obama is the largest deportation president in our history. cantor said they are not sure if they can trust the president because of his immigration

reform. if anything, the border has never been secure under the presidency. do they want to do more action and come midterms win the latino vote. >> i want you to take a look at what congressman paul ryan is saying. >> here's the issue that all republicans agree on. we don't trust the president to enforce the law. not trust but verify. it's a verify and then trust approach. >> bottom line, can you put something on the president's desk this year that he can sign? >> i don't know the answer to that question. that is clearly in doubt. >> you heard it right there. you heard him say republicans agree on one thing, they don't trust the president. what is it going to take for republicans to agree on immigration and is that even possible? >> well, i've been talking to house republicans in the last week about this and they all seem to agree which ever side of the angle they are on, this is the biggest obstacle to getting it done. they just don't like president obama and they don't trust him to carry out what they pass.

immigration supporters, like congressman mario told me that he thinks this can be overcome. the key is to put so many constraints in the legislation itself that it's impossible for any president to go around it. but a lot of democrats are very skeptical about this talk. it's possible that they are trying to get something specific in legislation or it's possible that it's a pre-emptive excuse for when they don't pass something to say, well, we agree in theory for immigration reform and we disagree with president obama on health care. it's a question of whether it's a good faith argument that can be overcome or more spin. >> there is more talk going on. sabrina, here is house majority leader eric cantor. >> the president has to demonstrate frankly to the country and congress that we can trust him with implementing the laws. look what he has done with obamacare. he has selectively enforced that law. >> what about the trust issue

that we've been talking about, sabrina? >> as i said earlier, they are not going to be particularly confrontational and jay carney last week when he was asked about the principles called it a step in the right direction. he didn't want to prejudge any sort of legislation that doesn't exist at this point. and you'll remember in the state of the union address, even though it was about a year of action and the president did hint at using executive authority on the issue of immigration he was much more conciliatory. he didn't really make any declarations about republicans or make it too partisan. he only mentioned immigration three times in a speech that spanned 7,000 words. so i think he's being extremely cautious. he knows that republicans don't trust him. it's very likely that that is not going to change but he wants to get house republicans in a position where they have a deal that they can broker with democrats and at least they can deliver the majority of her caucus and get something back to the senate. >> teresa, it's not just

republicans trying to find consensus. you say we may see a splintering of advocates, right? >> yes. the sticking point is whether or not the republicans provide a pathway to citizenship. right now they want to provide an opportunity for folks to get working permits. that doesn't mean that the green card is even on the table. what you're going to find already is that you have a lot of individuals in the civil rights community, especially the young dreamers, who say we want our parents to come out of the shadows whereas older immigrants are saying that is not enough. if the reason they are putting immigration reform on the table is because they want the latino vote, what they have to realize is that the reason that the latino vote has galvanized around the democrats is not just because of the immigration reform or the lack thereof or because of the tone of immigration. the idea that you have the majority of americans today that believe that the majority of

latinos are undocumented when in fact over 80% of them -- 60% of them are u.s.-born, the republican party doesn't know who the constituency is and to put immigration reform on the pathway to citizenship to american-born latinos feel, too, that they are embraced completely. that's a challenge that no one has talked about in the nuance when it comes to immigration reform. >> thanks for joining us, everybody. we appreciate it. >> thank you, betty. from puppies to fritos to bob dylan, only one super bowl ad is getting an a-plus rating. we'll reveal what some are saying is the best commercial, next. plus, former massachusetts state senator richard tesay joins me to talk about his campaign for the u.s. house. if he wins, he will make history. the reason why, next. but first, today's producer

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>> thanks, betty, for having me. appreciate it. >> absolutely. you said the gop must do more to change the perception that, quote, we are the party that wants to deny people their rights and interfere with their personal lives but how do you reconcile your beliefs with the party which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman? >> i would consider myself a traditional republican. i believe the old goldwater saying that the governorment should get off of your back and away from the bedroom. i think a lot of people around the country have a strong libertarian view point here in massachusetts that we historically had. i think when you look at our party historically, you know, we don't have to reinvent ourselves but we have to remember the principles that we've always had as a party. we were formed based on the whole notion of freedom and treating everybody fairly under the law. we led the women's suffrage

movement and we can to recognize that the party strayed a little bit from its core principles moving forward. >> not everyone agrees because i want to know what you think about jim lasalvia who said "after years of being a republican activist i'm done with the gop. i don't think the party can be saved." what's your reaction to that in. >> you know, i think it's important when issues of quality come up that you have people who are willing to stand and speak out in favor of fairness in both the democrat and republican party. i'm from massachusetts. so here it's a lot easier to be gay than it is being a republican. but our party on the state level, we passed marriage equality ten years ago and it's not an issue at all here in our state.

i've spent the time during my campaign talking about the federal debt, jump-starting the economy and the effects of obamacare here in massachusetts. those are the issues that people are really interested in. >> house speaker john boehner has pledged public support for house republicans. do you think that this could be a turning point, perhaps, for the party? >> yeah. i mean, i barely -- i came within inches ten years ago and received a lot of support from the party leadership. the fact of the matter is, they understood in order for the republican party to be a national party you have to have people elected from all different parts of the country who shared different view points and the speaker did come out and a number of other members helped me and i didn't really have any problem and i would point out last time when i ran there was one openly gay candidate myself who ran. there are three this time around. and i think that within the republican party there is a

change that is taking place, particularly among younger people where younger people understand that everybody should be treated fairly and equally and want to see the republican party move in that direction. >> well, thanks for coming on the show and talking to us about this. we appreciate it. richard tesay. >> happy to be here. for the first time ever, a woman is chair of the federal reserve. janet yellen was sworn in replacing ben bernanke. 67-year-old had been vice chair since 2010. president obama's organizing action calls for congress to raise minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. >> it's harder than it should be to raise a family, save for retirement. so president obama is urging congress to give america a raise. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton is getting a whole lot of attention today for this joke that she tweeted during the super bowl. did you see it? "it's so much more fun to watch

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executive editor tony case. thanks for being with us. >> thanks, betty. >> the winner is a good one and only one you gave an a plus rating to. let's take a look at it. ♪ >> i'll tell you what, everyone that sees this commercial loves it. tell us why you guys picked it as the best. >> dog, clydesdale -- >> people love animals. >> puppy, the dog is a puppy. >> this thing, it resonated even before the super bowl because they released it a few days ahead. >> smart on their part? >> absolutely. >> to get the buzz. these huge investments for these brands so they have to get the

buzz going early and keep it going. >> maybe this next one should have released early to get buzz going. it wasn't injure worst but it was one of the worst on the list and we're talking about subway's its crunch time commercial. it actually got a d from you guys and lowest rated by ad week readers. why didn't this one work? >> well, it's pretty -- it has celebrity, right? it has the product picture. there's a lot of positives about it and it's pretty bad ad for the super bowl because it looks like an ad you can see any other time of the year. >> there's nothing spectacular so you expect that with super bowl ads. >> you want to wow the audience. this did not wow. >> coca-cola made history when it showed a gay family in a super bowl ad. in fact, gay rights organizations, glad, praised the ad calling it a step forward for

the advertising industry. what's your reaction to this ad? >> well, i mean, obviously the only advertiser, cheerios, featured an inner racial family in its ad and this is just natural who we are as a country. there was a lot of negative reaction on twitter as there was to the cheerios ad, so i guess that also is to be expected. >> i want to shift gears because this got negative reaction as well. j.c. penney took a very different approach. it almost appeared like someone was drunk tweeting, right? >> that's right. >> they didn't have an ad but they took to twitter and we're talking about it today. here's one of them, i think this one says, who knew this was going to be a base ball game. another tweet, and tough down seed hawks, is seattle going to

run away with this? yeah, i don't know what was happening with the fingers there, but kia took the bait and tweeted, hey, j.c. penney, need a designated driver? and d tooritos tweeted slow dow j.c. penney. the joke was on them, right? >> it was a promotion for their olympics mittens. >> do you buy that? >> i do because they had the picture ready to go and everything. so did it work is the question? you know. >> i say it works because we're talking about. >> we are talking about it. >> what was your personal favorite? >> my personal favorite was probably the budweiser puppy. >> everyone says that. absolutely. what one did you not like despite the one we showed the subway? >> there were a few that sort of fell flat i thought. a lot of the car ads were good but a couple of those were the

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high noon on the east coast, winter weather once again tearing through new york city at this very moment. it is going to be a long trip home for thousands of fans for the super bowl, a messy compute across much of the northeast with more snow on the way. we'll have the latest on the storm, its impacts and what's next. also, governor chris christie back on the defense and it's not just the mess of the jersey transit going to the big game, trying to get home from the big game. fresh allegations against the governor and what may be more telling, how christie is responding to those allegations, plus, the president with a little gamesmanship of his own on super bowl sunday. our power panel is here to talk about the big interview. >> was it the biggest mistake of the presidency to tell the nation over and over again, if you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance? >> you have a long list of my mistakes. >> first though, a good first monday in february to you.

i'm craig melvin. we start with that storm that is slicing across a swath of the northeast at this very moment, already fouling travel plans for thousands. let's get straight to bill karins with the latest. what are we seeing right now and when is it going to stop, sir? the back edge will come through mid to late afternoon, then the evening commute, hopefully the plows do their jobs and everything will be okay. right now we're seeing this really heavy wet snow and the airports are a disaster. three hours at laguardia, two and a half at jfk. we've had almost 1500 flights canceled already today. the blue on this map inside the white. the white is the snow and green is the rain. inside the blue it's snowing heavy, from philadelphia to trenton right into new york city, that's been the heart of this. baltimore and city, just wet roads for you, even if you are seeing snow flakes, mayben