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. >> joining me now is kari dan. good to see you. >> good morning. >> there you have it.ekend here. what -- what do you s as strategy here. do you believe she'll get bipartisan support? >> well, it looks like this fight now is more about timing than the substance of the nomination. republicans, as you said, were animated over the weekend saying that this nomination or the conformation process shouldn't begin until the next congress. democrats haven't made a decision about what the time line is going to look like. a senior democrat told me this morning it looks like may put in january. that would take away the republican argument that democrats are trying to jam through a nominee. on the substance itself loretta lynch was not a flashy prosecutor. he's not as controversial as potential nominees that the obama administration was looking at. and as you mentioned she would be the first african-american woman to hold the position. i think will make it a little bit harder for republicans to oppose her without latching on to something specific and policy related than they would o

joining me now nbc's political editor kari dan. why was flournoy a top contender and how her dropping out complicates things. >> flournoy was considered even in the minute after hagel's resignation was announced to be the frontrunner. she was a previous defense department official. she cofounded a think tank that viewed as a training ground for future administration officials. she was well respected both as a white house and on the hill among some republicans. so many republicans, in fact. one reason i think the administration may end up expanding that initial short list is because she would have had, i think, a relatively smooth conformation process based on her previous reputation and would have been the first woman and provided the administration the opportunity to make history with the pick. >> especially with the department of defense. thank you very much. >>> and developing now we're keeping an eye on the weather on this. the busiest travel day of the year. giving you a live look at the snow falling around capitol hill. the t

. >>> and joining me live now nbc news editor kari dan.om hillary clinton last night. she wrote thanks to potus for taking action on immigration. let's turn to permanent bipartisan reform #immigration action. words and at least a tweet from hillary clinton on this. we're talking about how some of these very topics address their factor into 2016. >> that's right, tamron. i think on immigration you saw hillary clinton who really, by the way, hasn't really weighed into political issues that fast and that forcefully since she left the state department. this was a very quick response from her. for republicans, you saw most of those 2016 contenders racing not only who could decry the president's actions the most but the loudest and on the most platforms. i think it may have the result of doing is in the republican primary republicans are going to keep moving to the right on immigration. it's what their base is asking for. whoever the eventual nominee is might want to return to the center. hillary clinton having embraced this may have an easier g