and we welcome indira lakshmanan of the boston globe, indira has also been named the new chair of journalismics at the pointer institution and chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" peter baker is with us, peter baker i will start with you. give us your assessment of where things stand after the first week of the rollout of the alternative to the affordable care act. >> well, earlier in your program you got the left and right, very different critiques of this plan and a president who isn't quite sure which way forward. he is said contracting, in fact, the policy to paul ryan, which as you demonstrated, very smart -- master of the subject, but i think the question is, what investment is he going to tut into the path of this bill. he doesn't really care, think about some of the specific details, what he wants is a winner, he says you have to have a win and a something he can wall call repeal and replace. whether this is, whether it is or not is unclear. policy -- -- and so we are waiting to hear from the president. and. >> dickerson: what do you make of the legislation put fo

indira is in for us. >> it's been pretty unbelievable, right. that's the case. winter is hardly behind us just yet. here's proof of that. just take a and here is proof. this is video in pennsylvania where 30 in a massive pile up on friday. it is early march. we typically would be tracking cold air, but this has been a huge flip-flop. how weird is this? that is impaexactly what is goi on. wednesday in new york, it was 70 degrees, humid, it was sticky outside. temperatures 35 degrees above normal, and normal and look at difference this morning. >> we'll get your national forecast in just a moment. >>> there's a small amount of relief being felt among the jewish community this morning. after an arrest was made in relation to a stripping of threats made against houses of worship. nbc's morgan raffert is here with more. >> juan thompson's arrest is the first in connection with a rash of threats made against community centers in 36 states. prosecutors paint a picture of a disturbed man and a scorned lover who went to great lengths to get back at his ex-girlfriend. in

indira is in for us. >> it's been pretty unbelievable, right. that's the case. winter is hardly behind us just yet. here's proof of that. just take a look at the video out of pennsylvania, more than 30 vehicles were involved in this massive pile-up on friday in whiteout conditions. three people air-lifted to nearby hospitals, no reported deaths at this time. so yeah, it's early march, we typically would be looking at very cold air as you can see the maps right now. all the cold air making its way in from canada. what's not normal is what we've been feeling. it's been this huge flip-flop, everyone's words have been how weird is this. look at the temperatures we saw just on wednesday in new york. 70 degrees, it was humid, people were in t-shirts, it was sticky outside. temperatures about 35 degrees above normal and look at the difference this morning. >> we'll get your national forecast in just a moment. >>> there's a small amount of relief being felt among the jewish community this morning. after an arrest was made in relation to a stripping of threats made again