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Dangerous saber. Making extraordinary effort to save lives. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets get right to the breaking news. President obama goes before the nation to announce that hes going in alone on Immigration Reform. Just three hours from now, hell unveil an executive order which could allow millions of people to remain in the United States legally. Republicans are vowing to fight the president at every turn saying hes overstepping his authority. But democrats say president s from both parties have been doing this for generations. We have full coverage of all of this and the other major stories of the day. The Senior Adviser to the president , dan pfeiffer, is standing by at the white house along with our correspondents, our analysts and newsmakers. Lets begin with jim acosta. Hes got the very latest. Jim . Reporter sources familiar with the executive action that the president will announce tonight will not go as far as immigration activists wanted but sweeping changes to the immigration system are coming and they are setting off a new showdown with congress. Huddled in the oval office with speechwriters, and at a white house event earlier today, president obama honing and welcoming knew new corners and we have the same spirit were not defined by tribe or blood lines. After years of pressure from Immigration Reform advocates, the president is poised at taking executive action, offering leniency for roughly 5 million undocumented immigrants. The plan, children who are legal residents and have lived in the country for five years will not be deported and children brought to the country illegally. Socalled dreamers. A new enforcement on high priority gang members like terror suspects instead of breaking apart undocumented families. They have been living in the shadows for many of them with split families with the fear of deportation, with the fear that mothers will be separated from our babies. That babies will be ripped from the arms of their mothers. Reporter one setback for latinos, parents of baby dreamers are not covered. I think this president goes beyond immigration. I think he looked at the fact that the American People alluded to soundly rejected the policies of this president and he desperately, and his political team, wants to get the topic changed from the issues that we get elected on. Reporter the white house insists the president s actions are legal. What youre going to hear tonight are very limited actions fully within his existing authority similar to those types of actions that have been taken by every single president , democrat and republican since Dwight Eisenhower despite the fact that the president has said repeatedly in the past dramatically decreasing deportation was not within his authority. The problem is that im the president of the United States. Im not the emperor of the United States. My job is to execute laws that are passed. Reporter now, after his address to the American People tonight, the president will take his speech on the road. The president welcomes action on immigration but after tonight, aides can see thats not any time soon. Wolf . Republican lawmakers will fight tooth and nail against the executive order on immigration but will they dare force another Government Shutdown . Lets turn to our chief Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Dana . Wolf, even republicans who want legal status for most undocumented immigrants agree with the president that the house is not likely to do it are thinking and saying that the president is making a terrible mistake here and are wondering if the president forgot there was an election two weeks ago that rejected hits party and many believe to a larger extent, the president himself. The republican who will soon run the senate ahead of the immigration address. I think the president will come to regret the chapter history writes if he does move forward. Reporter Mitch Mcconnell promised a Swift Response when republicans take over in january. Make no mistake, when the newly elected representatives of the people take their seats, they will act. Reporter how republicans will act is unclear. Sense since gop sources admit that theres no action allowing some 5 million undocumented immigrants to stay legally. Congress best tool is the power of the purse, funding the government. But most gop lawmakers want to avoid a Government Shutdown. I dont think we should engage in a Government Shutdown. Reporter still, lawmakers tell cnn they are considering cutting off immigration funding without shutting down the government. The problem is, immigration agencies get their money from custom fees, not congress. Other ideas, suing the president in court for executive overreach and centering him in congress. He will tear article one of the constitution out of this document. Could probably fold it one time, tuck it into his shirt pocket and say, im also the legislative branch of government. When president obama do you mean to cease abuse paying. And another hopeful tweeting that a president thinks hes king starter pack, sarcasm aside, tom coburn, warned about violence. They are going to go nuts because they will see it as a move outside of the authority of the president. Hopefully not, but you can see instances of anarchy. Reporter ive talked to other republican lawmakers who are concerned about the same thing, backlash like the kind we saw this summer around the border crisis and communities like marietta, california. Wolf, separately, you know, weve talked about the various options for republicans. One thing were not hearing about is the word impeachment. That seems to be very much off the table. Dana, thank you for that report. The battle lines are being drawn but the president is pushing forward. Joining us now is dan pfeiffer. Dan, thanks very much for joining us. I know the president when he was a senator. Since he became president he was sort of friendly with senator coburn of oklahoma. You heard in danas report warning of anarchy and violence if the president goes forward with this executive order. Whats your reaction to that . Wolf, this is not a theoretical issue here. We know that those things didnt happen when president s reagan and bush and president s from both parties for years have taken similar actions and they are clearly within their established Legal Authority. Its an important step that the president is taking. Hes going to make our immigration system more accountable. Its going to allow us to refocus. And streamlines of our Legal Immigration processes so we can boost the economy and make a more commonsense system. Our president says this is just the first step and then congress can come in and finish the job. Thats what we need. You heard in jim acostas report that the president himself repeatedly said he cant take these kinds of measures unilaterally because hes the president of the United States, hes not the emperor of the United States. Why has he changed his mind . Wolf, he hasnt changed his mind. What he did was ask the attorney general to figure out what authorities that he had that he can do and they came back with a recommendation that came from the secretary of Homeland Security and thats what well put in place. This is wellestablished president ial authority. It is something that president s reagan and bush and other president s have done for many, many years. What about that remark, though, about saying hes not an emperor . Well, he cannot just by fiat put this into law and thats what he is doing now. We have more questions to ask what is going on. We want to continue to preview what the president is saying later tonight. Much more at the white house right after this. Huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. Everybody knows that. Well, did you know genies can be really literal . No. What is your wish . No. Ok. A million bucks oh no. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. 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The second is going to make it so were prioritizing the felons, not families and do most to boost our economy and have a more rational system. Were talking millions of people, maybe 3, 4, 5 million, right . There have been a lot of guesstimates and i dont want to get ahead of it but i think youll be surprised what youre going to hear tonight. These millions, will they be eligible for federal benefits, welfare, for example, will they be eligible for federal benefits . I think as we look back to the program set up a few years ago for the children who were brought here through no fault of their own, any program that the president announces tonight will be similar to that. In that program, no federal benefits were available. So no welfare reform or anything like that . No, sir. What about the parents of the 6,000 or so dreamers, as you pointed out, signed an executive order allowing them to stay temporarily with some sort of legal status in the United States . Will their parents be eligible to stay with them or will they be ripped apart, these families . Wolf, like i said, im not going to get too far ahead of the president s remarks tonight but a goal, one of the focuses is to take the limited resources that we have and direct them that deportation is not directed on felons, on families and so they pay taxes and come out of the shadows and are held accountable. Thats the outline of the plan. There will be a process to go through where people will apply and pass a background check and pay their fair share of taxes to be able to stay here temporarily without fear of deportation. The parents of these dreamers, as they are called, will they be allowed to come out of the shadows . Were going to roll out sooner rather than later the details of the plan. I know im on your show before that happens, which is the price of doing business. Well put those details out and certainly there will be groups of folks who, like the ones you are talking about, some of whom will be able to meet the criteria set out tonight. You dont have to tell me right now, but will you be releasing an estimate of how much this will cost taxpayers . Not tonight but, as you recognize, we will be having people who are in this country and working and not currently paying taxes being put in a position where they can pay taxes. Thats a benefit to the economy. Because as you know, some republicans already suggesting if you go ahead with this, they are not going to fund whatever it cost. Youve heard that suggestion from a lot of republicans up on capitol hill. I have, wolf. And, look, the they will were going to have to make a decision on whether they want to repeat the mistakes of last year and shut down the government over this issue. I think that would be a mistake for the country. What we should do is come together and try to work on a path forward so we can finish the job that the president is starting tonight. The president is elected to do this by executive order knowing that a new president , lets say two years from now theres a republican president. That president on day one can sign another executive order reversing all of this and now youre hearing some concern, some republicans saying a lot of hispanics, for example, are not going to want to come out of the shadows, give their names and addresses and everything, go public, if you will, fearing two years from now the decision could be reversed and these people could be kicked out. Wolf, youre certainly correct. The president s strong preference here is to reform our immigration system through legislative action. Thats the right way to do it. That option is not available right now because after the Senate Passed a bill with 68 votes, bipartisan bill, speaker, although promising he would do Immigration Reform, he did not do so for two years. Hes doing this by executive action and it will be up to the next president to continue that. I think we did see, with the doka program before the 2012 election, that people came out and were willing to participate in that program without knowing what the results of the next election would be. So all of those people, hispanics and others, who may not have documentation to come out, to go public, give their names, their addresses and everything in the aftermath of this executive order and not worry about what could happen two years from now . Right. As we did the Previous Program is come forward, apply, pass a background check, pay taxes and you will be held accountable for the act of having come here illegally originally. A lot of republicans said look what happened two weeks ago in the elections. The republicans did very well. They expanded the majority in the house and got the majority in the senate and said why couldnt the president have waited to deal with the new congress and deal in a bipartisan way on this sensitive issue . Weve been trying to work with the republicans for a very long time and the president has shown tremendous patience and they did not take a single step, over two years, to try to fix even a small part of our immigration system. And frankly, wolf, this is about people. This president gets letters every week. He sees people as he travels the country who are members of our community who who are part of the fabric of the Community Living under the fear of deportation, families being split up. Every day the president waits to act is those days when they are not able to give relief and solve the problem. We cant wait forever for republicans but they cannot use this as an excuse to pass Immigration Reform. Remind us why the president didnt do Immigration Reform in the first two years of his administration when there was a decisive democratic majority in the house and senate . Well, we did not have, at the time, the sufficient support because Immigration Reform is not something that over the years its been a unanimous issue within the democratic party. We needed 60 votes to do it. That was not available to us. The president promised to do it as soon as he was reelected, put a bipartisan in the senate, to get it passed and then the house, even though there was a bipartisan majority, if Speaker Boehner brought the bill up refused to activi essentially vetoing it in essentially to keep that from happening. But the first two years of his administration, nancy pelosi was the speaker. She would have allowed a roll call to take zplace. Absolutely. That action was not available to us in the first two years. A lot of people are looking back and saying you would have had votes if you had a plan, there would have been enough comprehensive Immigration Reform if you would have had the likes of john mccain and some others and comprehensive Immigration Reform. Let me get your thoughts on what seems to be a snub by the four broadcast networks, not fox news but fox broadcast not to air the president s primetime address to the nation tonight. Is that a slap . What do you think about that . No. Were very pleased to have good, conscientious Networks Covering us tonight. This is important. Its 2014. You have to take a different approach to communications. We picked the time and place of this address knowing that it was unlikely the networks would break away from the dramas and comedies they were showing in sweeps week because this is a time when important Cable Networks like yours but when people will most likely be watching on their smartphones and laptops and tablets. When will people gather and watch something not just on television but on their phones. So you dont care that the four networks are not broadcasting it . Every event we did would be better if they all broadcasted it. Its not expected but it would be wonderful. We have a preview video that the president taped for facebook was viewed by 3. 5 Million People in the last year. This is 2014. The grammys is very, very popular. Was that a factor in your decision . I dont know if its a factor or a coincidence but were happy that univision and cnn is broadcasting it. 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Quick question before i let you go. A totally unrelated matter. Weve learned that a major mistake was involved in the obama enrollment numbers. You originally reported 7. 5 million enrolled when, in fact, 6. 7 enrolled. 400,000 people did not enroll. What happened here . Well, secretary burwell, who is a great, very professional Public Servant addressed this earlier today said it was a mistake and she was taking steps to make sure it didnt happen again. What was the mistake . Numbers that were counted that shouldnt have been counted. It was unintentional. Secretary burwell took responsibility for it and as someone who has worked closely with sylvia over the years, that mistake will never happen again. Sylvia burwell is secretary of health and human services. Well look forward to the president of the United States speak tonight, a major address on Immigration Reform. We, of course, will have live coverage on cnn. Thanks for joining us. Thank you, wolf. Coming up, an alleged plot against isis. Is the u. S. 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British prosecutors say that the three men, all british citizens, planned to decapitate someone, shows them randomly in public using knives. This attack in time for veterans day in the uk and saying it was imminent when the men were arrested earlier this month and this plot highlights the homegrown lone wolfstyle of attacks which is a real concern, attacks inspired by isis here in the u. S. Homeland as well. With threats like these from isis growing, the cia, i understand, now considering what is being described as a sweeping reorganization to handle all of the Current National crises. What have you learned . Isis is just one of numerous threats that the cia is following now or at any one time that intelligent officers can recall. A cyberthreat from russia and china, concern about Nuclear Weapons in north korea, the familiar Terror Threat in afghanistan and pakistan, al qaeda, al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and yemen dedicated to attacking americans on u. S. Soil and russias threats in ukraine. All of this together, in effect, overwhelming to some degree the cias ability here. Heres what came from an internal communication from john brennan to all cia employees. It read, world events have highlighted the every growing number security challenges facing our nation. Here you have director of the cia saying that hes convinced that the cia needs to make changes to take care of the many challenges that it is facing. Today, traditionally, you have this separation. The intelligence director analyzes the intelligence separated from the clinton services and to bring them together, the analysts and spies on a regional basis, those studying north korea, ukraine, iraq and syria so they are in the same place. That, of course, has its own dangers because a lot of those threats, if youre talking about the cyberthreat, for instance, that transcends and none of this is formal at this point but its something that they are taking very seriously. They certainly are. Stand by for a moment because were covering another Major International order. Secretary of state john kerry has just arrived in vienna, austria, for the final negotiations with iran. Five world powers have just they only have four more days to try to reach an agreement. Our Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson is joining us now from vienna. Whats the sense over there, nic . What are you hearing . Reporter wolf, tough is the word that were hearing. You have the deputy Russian Foreign ministry saying that the talks are being held in a tense situation. The russians have had the british Foreign Ministry saying hes not sure a deal can be done by monday, that there might have to be a sort of extension made to the deadline of the 24th. So the atmosphere here is and the mood behind the scenes is, if theres a willingness but the question is, is iran able to make the compromises on the key issues, the one that it feels with the banking sanctions facing the country, can it make key compromises there . Thats a very open question and thats a tough atmosphere, wolf. As you know, the secretary of state said hes hopeful that iran and the six world powers including the u. S. Can be reached but also made it clear what iran needs to bring to the table. Listen to the secretary. Yes, we do want to get an agreement but its not just any agreement. It has to be an agreement that works, that achieves the goal of guaranteeing that the path ways to a bomb will not and cannot be used. All right. So youre there. Are there real concerns that this deal might not get hammered out in the next four days . Maybe vote for another extension, a three, fourmonth extension . Is that what youre hearing . Reporter weeks or months possibly on the extension. But, you know, to be clear here, from the state department, we are not hearing them. They are not talking about an extension. They are talking right now that they want to get this deal done. Its other nations that are talking about the possibility of an enxtension. The russians indicating that there needs to be some sort of compromise that is going to happen and, of course, iran is the country that everyone is looking to for compromise. What secretary of state john kerry said before he left paris today on his way to vienna was that he was noting that all of those six major powers, including russia, that sometimes are out of step on other issues, very much in step on this issue and thats what were hearing, wolf. Tough negotiations. Jim sciutto, youre getting breaking news. What are you learning . This is really alarming. We were just speaking about the cyber threat that the cia is concerned about. You had alarming comments from the head of the National Security council today saying china and probably one or two other countries, in his words, has the capacity to shut down the nations power grid and other political systems. Said it enables you to shut down very segmented and tailored parts of our infrastructure. You know, this is a remarkable Public Comment from the head of the nsa. He wouldnt make this comment publicly unless they were truly concerned about it and it gets at that array of intelligence challenges that are now facing not just the cia but the nsa and all of the 15 intelligence agencies that we have and its the kind of thing that its not a new threat but ill tell you, when i speak to intelligence officials, they put this at the top of their list. And did the head of nsa cite china . He cited china. He didnt say what other countries . He didnt. If one were to guess, russia might very well be in there. They have been the perpetrator on u. S. Sensitive systems in the past. This is something that we know happens not just against u. S. Government Critical Infrastructure but stealing for business gain. That was a really, really alarming report over there. That would clearly be an act of war and the u. S. Would retaliate. An act of cyber war. It certainly would. Deeply concerned about this, as you and i know. Stand by for more reporting on that. Nic robertson in vienna, well get back to you as well. North korea lashing out after a major defeat at the United States. Kim jonguns regime is promising nuclear potential retaliation. And the breaking news, two more killed because of the massive snowstorm in new york and theres more snow on the way. Its time to get to work are finally over, fixing our longterm National Debt to help build a stronger economy. With a solid fiscal foundation, we can create more jobs, invest more in innovation and infrastructure, and make america more competitive, giving our kids a better future. 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The regime of kim jongun threatening to conduct more Nuclear Tests and hauling the regime before the International Criminal court for crimes against humanity. North koreas ambassador blasted a vote as political provocation. The outrageous and unreasonable Human Rights Campaign staged by the United States is compelling us not to refrain any further from conducting Nuclear Tests. Reporter today, north koreas state media said pyongyangs military deterrence would be beefed up limitlessly. This is only going to further isolate them from the international community. Reporter kim jonguns regime stunned after allegations of murder, slavery, sexual violation and mass starvation. Not the outcome north korea wanted after releasing three american detainees. And a months long Charm Offensive to sway local opinion. We support that final report and especially support its calls for accountability. Reporter new satellite images of the main Nuclear Facility suggest the regime is taking steps towards testing. The u. S. Military believes north korea is advancing its Nuclear Program but the skills to miniaturize a launcher to deliver it. The brinkmanship, perhaps a way to force them to talk. Pyongyang is ready to jumpstart negotiations. They want to sit or stand toe to toe with the United States and be treated as a Nuclear Weapons state and they can have arms negotiation with the United States. They see talks as a way of their defacto accept advance by the world that they are now a Nuclear Weapons state. Reporter and the director of National Intelligence James Clapper who freed kenneth bae and Matthew Todd Miller got the impression that north korea may want to restart dialogue. U. S. Officials are clear they do not want to talk for the sake of talking. North korea would have to take steps to curb its Nuclear Program. Clearly a nuclear test would be a step in the wrong direction. 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This 18wheeler just got stuck on this unplowed road. This driver has moved down here. Theres a large tow truck thats just arrived on scene. You mentioned the death toll. It stands at ten from this snowstorm. If it hadnt been for the heroism of first responders, some of whom we moved around with, it could have been a lot worse. One, two, three reporter a dramatic rescue by stretcher. Well get you. Reporter an elderly woman was pulled out of her home by firefighters. These guys are miracle workers. They are. Reporter a scene repeated throughout the buffalo area. Volunteers from the bellevue Fire Department, working with firefighters from other towns, are rescuing people by stretcher. Snowmobi snowmobile. Any means necessary. Theyre volunteers, leaving their own homes, not sleeping for days, to save stranded, terr terrified precedents. What is your biggest challenge . Getting to the doors is the hardest part. Reporter it took this team of 30 minutes of digging to get to this womans door. Sometimes they have to plow roads to get to people. The fire unit is trying to get into this trailer park area, but you have plows trying to clear ut for it and stranded vehicles blocking the road. They evacuate nearly 200 people out of a nursing home out of a possible roof collapse. Firefighters have staged hundreds of rescues since early tuesday. But it can be frustrating. It wears and tears on you when people dont listen to you. I dont know why they call if they dont want to leave. Reporter through it all, the firefighters persist. This fire chiefs team came from about 200 miles away to help. It means a lot to come out and help these guys. We do it in our own community, and, you know, the brotherhood of the Fire Department goes a long ways. Reporter its a brotherhood that will have to remain strong throughout this area. When this snowstorm is over, in the next couple of days, the temperatures are expected to warm up all of this snow is going to start melting. Then rain is in the forecast. That means likely flooding and more rescues. Wolf . What about the strange snow patterns . Were seeing huge disparities, its almost like a tale of two cities. Whats going on . Reporter it really is, wolf. In the northern areas, today they just got a dusting of snow, maybe an inch or two. Town here in the south towns, they got two or three feet. And its still coming down in some areas not far from here. These areas are fairly close together. We just found out that the Buffalo Bills game this sunday, supposed to be in buffalo, thats been postponed. Lit be rescheduled by the nfl to another date. Were just getting that word in from the Buffalo Bills and the nfl. Brian, thank you very much. Be careful over there. Its cold and snowy. Coming up, details about what president obama will say just about two hours or so from now when he takes the controversial step of ordering action on Immigration Reform. 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Were getting new details on his address to the nation tonight. Plus, new ferguson arrests with a bombshell grand jury decision possibly only hours away, Police Across the nation are on alert for violence. Explosive testimony. The makers of defective airbags are grilled about a series of deaths and why theyre resisting a recall. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Lets get right to the breaking news. New information about what president obama will say in his address to the nation just two hours from now. Stand by for details about his controversial plan to change rules without approval from congress. Millions of undocumented immigrants who might be allowed to stay in the country are awaiting details. So are republican critics. They say hes overstepping his authority and coming up with ways to hit him where it hurts. We have our correspondents, analysts and newsmakers standing by to cover all the stories breaking right now. Lets go to jim acosta, hes getting new information. Jim . Reporter Administration Officials say president obama made his decision on this immigration plan after returning from his trip to asia. The white house stresses this is not amnesty. There is no path to citizenship in the executive action. Instead, it rests on the idea of prosecutorial discretion. Heres the plan the president will lay out tonight. Undocuments parents get whats called deferred action. Also covered under the plan, an expanded number of children brought to the country illegally. The socalled dreamers. And the department of Homeland Security is targeting undocumented felons in what the administration called, recent Border Crossers as in people who crossed since january, 2014. Also other undocumented immigrants take lower priority status for deportations. Essentially, authorities will not be coming for them. The white house says the president s executive action is legal. We welcome people from all around the world who have that same striving spirit. Were not defined by tribe or blood lines. Were defined by a creed, an idea. And we want that tradition to continue. Reporter now, one disappointment for Immigration Reform advocates, the parents of dreamers are not covered under the president s plan. But as one official put it, theyre essentially off the priority list. One other interesting tidbit, the president will not be signing an executive order. Instead, this will rest on president ial memos to his administration. Wolf . What about the threats coming from several republicans that they will try to defund the president s executive action. They wont allow congress to pay for it. Thats right. Aides to the president says the white house is confident the gop does not have many options on that front. Officials believe they can defund the processing of these applications for deferred action, but one white house official said, let the republicans sell that to the American People. Jim acosta, thank you very much. Top republicans say the president will regret the moves hes announcing tonight. Lets bring in dana bash, who is monitoring the reaction. What are they most angry about, the republicans . Theyre equally angry about the fact that the president is going it alone using his executive power to do something that the republicans and even some democrats in congress believe should be done legislatively. But also the substance of what hes doing. You know, the reason that the white house and the president is doing this is because he has not been able to get it through ledgislative legislatively. Thats what hes arguing and hes right. So there are a lot of republicans that are furious about the fact that its unfair, they believe, to prioritize the people who came to the United States legally. One republican said, okay, youre talking about fairness and treating people humanely. What about the fairness of the people who have been following the rules and are not yet here because of that . The House Speaker john boehner released a Youtube Video in advance of the president s address to the nation tonight. Instead of working together to fix our broken immigration system, the president says hes acting on his own. Thats just not how our democracy works. The president said hes not king or an emperor, but hes sure acting like one, and doing it at a time when the American People want nothing more than for us to work together. Pretty strong words from the speaker. It looks like this relationship is being poisoned right now. Right. Lets get real. They didnt have the greatest relationship to begin with in the first place. Im told the speaker said, maybe not with the words king and emperor, but the gist of that to the president when they had lunch last week with the broader bipartisan members. The president said, i hear you, i understand, maybe it is going to be harder for you to do legislatively. But ive been waiting too long. Even republicans who agree with the concept of doing a broad bipartisan Immigration Reform bill, will admit that its very hard to do. The senator from oklahoma worked closely with the president when the president was a senator from illinois. Hes warning of anarchy if this goes forward. Anarchy, violence. Hes not alone, wolf. I talked to other members privately, republican members, two are worried about it. Certainly there is going to be joy in a lot of communities because of the uncertainty, at least for the next few years. It is now gone and the fear is now gone in immigrant communities. But the flip side, you have communities like in marietta, california, over the sum we are the border crisis. And the concern among some republicans, tom coburn was voicing this, is that this could be some protests. Well see what happens. Dana, thank you very much. President obama also getting some pushback from a community thats been at the center of this battle over immigration. Our National Correspondent is joining us. She went to those angry protests over the summer. Reporter chanting, screaming go home. Buss with undocumented immigrants tried to enter the Border Patrol station in marietta, california. The federal government flew and bussed a massive influx of Illegal Migrants to towns for processing. This did not go as the feds planned. Murrieta said, not in my backyard. That was our line in the sand and we were going to be there every day. Reporter patrice was there in the crowd as they built a human barrier between the buses and Border Patrol station. So was william. Usa much to my surprise, the buses started backing up. That was a huge victory for us. Our intent was to send a message to the federal government that we are not going to take this. Reporter case of confrontation followed. Proimmigration forces faced off with the murrieta residents, mirroring the national debate. Both sides dug in, often becoming heat filled. After a week of those heated protests, the federal government announced it would no longer transfer bus loads of undocumented immigrants here. The protesters essentially got what they wanted. Everything but Immigration Reform. As president obama now tackles Immigration Reform, the leaders of the murrieta protest says any executive order that creates a path to citizenship is not what they want. They want washington to draw a tough barrier to ilLegal Immigration, like they did last summer. We elect these people to be in office to represent us. They need to listen to us. Reporter but listening isnt exactly what washington seems to be doing these days. I believe the republicans have said theyre going to fight it. Now you have the contest between the president and congress, mostly republicans in congress. Its just showmanship. Reporter you could argue that this was also just a show, with no lasting solution. But murrieta says, unlike washington, at least their show got their town somewhere. Kyung lah, cnn, murrieta, california. Were joining by a leading conservative voice in washington, jim demint, now the president of the Heritage Foundation here in washington. Senator, thank you very much for joining us. Good to be back. Realistically, what can the republicans do to counter what the president is about to announce . Its important to understand what the president is doing. Once they get past the border, theres little risk of deportation. The president is going to issue work permits to 5 million americans. I dont think americans are going to respond well, because its unfair to those who have come here the legal way. And it will cost our country a lot of money. What can you do about that, you and your fellow republicans up on capitol hill . The president is going to continue to bully republicans until they take a stand. Thats basically what hes doing. Whether its this or more epa regulations, more fcc regulations on the internet, hes going to keep putting. So republicans have a hard decision to make and the only tool is whether they fund this action that they consider illegal. So i know there will be a lot of debate about that. They have to understand first what the president is doing. But im sure hes going to make us think about these people who live in fear of deportation. Thats not it. Its work permits, Social Security numbers for people who came here illegally. You know the Senate Passed legislation that goes further than what the president is going to do. It did pass in the senate with bipartisan support. The house has said we want reform, which is not what the president is doing. It does need to be step by step and we need to secure the boarders. If we cant control the boarders, the rest doesnt matter. Then we need to work through a process of a workforce identification system. We need to right now just empower our Border Patrol, our border enforcement to do what the laws say. I think thats what americans want, enforce the laws first. Then we can deal with those is shutting down the government an option right now . Should the republicans go that far . If its shut down, lit be the president , because i know the congress is not going to shut it down. They may send the president a bill that funds all Government Operations except for his amnesty. In that case, he would have to decide he wants to shut the government down. Do you recommend that they do that . Im not making any recommend decisi recommendations. Unlawful is a strong word. Some of your republicans have raised the specter of impeachment. I dont think thats something we should talk about. We should keep the focus on the fact that the president is doing something against his oath of office to faithfully execute the laws. His talk of amnesty has created a wave of Illegal Immigrants. What hes going to do tonight is not fix immigration but make it worse. He will point out that every president since eisenhower has signed executive orders changing the immigration rules, including ronald reagan, including george h. W. Bush. Congress passed a bill that reagan accepted because of the promise of border security. He regretted that. We know because ed meese works with us and he was the attorney general. After that became the law of the land, he went further and made further changes. He did, but he was helping he was executing a law past by congress. The president is not doing that. He says he has the legal opinion from the justice department, the department of Homeland Security, and he will announce tonight what he is doing is fully legal. He has the Legal Authority to implement that action. Normally a president would share those documenting. They presumably will share that. He said two years ago on air, that this would be illegal for him to do, that he had to wait on congress. I know his opinions evolve a lot, but this is a big evolution from something he said was illegal to something he is going to do. What theyre now saying, and he did say, im the president of the United States, im not the emper emperor. Their explanation now is what he was suggesting, and he said it several times, its all on videotape, he was saying he couldnt unilaterally implement what the Senate Passed but he could implement nuances. Thats what theyre saying. When americans figure out in a time of economic downtime, that hes giving work permits to 4 million americans while those who came here legally, naturalized american citizens are going to have a harder time finding jobs. This is not fair to people who do it the legal way. Heres the question ive been asking all day. It past the United States senate. Went to the house of representatives, and you were a lawmaker for a long time. Why didnt the house come up with its own legislation, then send it to a joint housesenate conference committee, come up with some compromise and send it to the president to sign go law or veto it . Why wasnt there that kind of cooperation . Well, the House Speaker talked about what needed to be done and so did a number of people in the house. We need a step by step approach. We dont need an amnesty first approach to immigration. The senate was not willing to consider that. The president was not willing to consider that. He didnt even allow it to come up. He debated to come up with your own version, then have a joint House Conference Committee to come up with a compromise. They could not trust the president to do what he said. Why not challenge the president with something that passes the senate and house, come up with a bipartisan compromise and send it to the president . Weve got a proposal that the president can do on his own to enforce our system and control our boarders so that we can move toward a system that we can reform. You cant reform it if hes not willing to enforce the border right now. Heres a question a lot of people are asking. Say the president does go ahead, 5 Million People here in the United States, they come out of the shadows and register. If thats a republican president in two years, would you recommend to that republican president that on day one or two that president signs an executive order reversing all this and forcing those 5 Million People who are now working and paying taxes, to then go back into the shadows . Wolf, the people who just took the majority in the house and the senate ran their campaigns against an executive amnesty. We need to deal with it now. Hopefully republicans who were just elected in january and february will get a chance to deal with this. I dont think the Lame Duck Congress should. They certainly should not fund it before they leave town. What happens if that results in a Government Shutdown . The republicans will be blamed for that. They paid a price, even though it wasnt reflected in the midterm elections. It wasnt, because americans want the congress to stand up for what they said they would do. This congress can fund it until the new Congress Comes in. Then they can handle it. But they shouldnt do a funding fill that takes us through the end of the year. Would you, as head of the Heritage Foundation, would you recommend that republican president ial c iaial candidatesn between now and 2016 to undo what the president tonight . This Congress Needs to deal with it, the congress that will be sworn in, in late january. How can they deal with this . They need to figure that out, because the president is going around congress on epa regulations, theyre threatening the regulate the internet without congressional approval. Theyre enforcing common core standards on the states. Its not just immigration. The president is out of control on almost every area and hes going to continue to do it until Republican Leadership says no more. Were not going to provide you the funding. That is the only tool that they have other than stopping nominations or other things that have been talked about. Are you worried that ms. Panic voters will be upset at republicans if you do what youre threatening to do now . Im not going to speak for republicans, but if im speaking for naturalized citizens of any race that they do not believe its fair to allow others to circumvent the law that they spent a long time and ultimately paid a lot of money to come here the legal way. What were fighting for is opportunity for every american, and its not fair to put others in front of the line who have not followed the law. Jim demint, thank you very much. Still ahead, were Digging Deeper into president obamas immigration decision. And a new warning that china could launch a crippling attack on americas power grid. And in ferguson, missouri, a message from the father of Michael Brown. Youll hear what hes saying about his sons death and the explosive grand jury decision that could come soon. They are a glowing example of what it means to be the best. And at this special time of year, they shine even brighter. 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Alarming testimony just before the House Intelligence Committee by Admiral Mike Rogers who says not only china but probably one or two other countries have the capacity to shut down the nations power grid and other Critical Infrastructure. He said in his testimony, we see them attempting to steal information on how our systems are configured. The very schematics of our control systems down to the engineering level. They can see our vulnerabilities and also how they can get in and defeat them. Its not only multiple nation states to do this, this is a tactic russia has used, criminal gangs that do the hacking under the direction of moscow. A new report predicts theres a as i talk to u. S. Intelligence officials, this is at the top of their list. While we spend most of our attention looking at the threat of terror attacks which are bloodier, more visual, these Cyber Attacks have the potential to be much more expansive in the damage they can cause. The head of the nsa is acknowledging the u. S. Does not have the defensive measures to protect the power grid from such hackers . He said there are defensive measures but theyre not certain they can head off this kind of an attack. They say with that knowledge, you have multiple nation states looking for the vulnerabilities to find a way in. That would be cyber warfare, an act of war, and im sure the u. S. Would retaliate if that were to happen. It is very, very alarming. Jim sciutto, thank you very much. Lets get back to our top story right now. New details about the president s decision to take executive action to delay the deportation of about 5 million undocumented immigrants here in the United States. Hes going to address that issue about an hour and a half or so from now. Lets bring in gloria borger, Ron Brownstein and in los angeles, Jeffrey Toobin. Explain, gloria, why the president has decided to do this now. Well, because he can or he thinks he can, wolf. In talking to senior Administration Officials they say look, we have about 26 months left. We handed the house of representatives a bill just over a year ago. They did absolutely nothing with it, even though it was a bill that passed the United States senate. And they decided this is a legacy item for this president. It goes beyond this president , though, wolf. Its also about the future of the democratic party. You cannot put together a president ial coalition with a lukewarm support of latinos. They believe that if they can get latinos supporting democrats, that they can take that into becoming another president ial majority again in 2016. The exit polls, youve been studying those exit polls from two weeks ago. Voters were asked, should most Illegal Immigrants working in the United States, should they be deported . Among whites, 43 said yes, 24 among blacks, 21 among hispanics. This is a hugely consequential decision in terms of substance and politically. It really crystallizes the fundamental choice obama has made on a series of issues in his second term. This is going to alienate the culturally conservative whites. If you look at the poll that came out today, 60 of whites without a College Education said they would oppose him moving unilaterally. But hes willing to take the risk on this carbon, gay marriage, because he believes it will motivate this new Democratic Coalition of minorities and socially upscale whites and could help in 2016. Were just getting in some excerpts from the president s address tonight. I want to read a line here and get Jeffrey Toobin to assess. Among the things the president will say tonight in his address, the actions are not only lawful, but the kinds of actions taken by every single republican president and every democratic president for the past half century. And to those members of congress who question my authority or question the wisdom of me acting where congress has failed, i have one answer pass a bill. Jeffrey, youve been studying the you law. You heard jim demint the president is about to act unlawfully. What is your analysis . Well, lets put aside the issue whether its a good policy or not. Ill leave that to others. This is not about a path to citizenship. The president could not change the laws of citizenship on his own. But what he can do is decide who is going to be deported and in what order. And what the president is doing in this policy in this executive order, hes saying were going to deport certain groups but not others. And that seems clearly to be within his discretion as president. Hes not saying they can stay here as citizens but simply saying that we are simply not going to deport people who have children, who are american citizens, and that seems to me is a legal thing for the president to do. 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Police in several cities around the United States are now being warned to prepare for possible demonstrations over the weekend tied to a grand jury decision on the Michael Brown shooting which could come as soon as tomorrow. Sources tell our justice reporter evan perez that federal and state Law Enforcement agencies are taking the very unusual step out of an abundance of precaution. Evan is standing by. Hes in ferguson and will join us in a few moments. Lets get more now with democratic congressman lacey clay. He represents missouris first district, which including ferguson, and st. Louis. Thank you very much for joining us. Thank you for having me. How worried should we be that demonstrations could get violent . Tensions are running really high, and from the start of this case, ive had no confidence in the state grand jury proceeding, with the number of leaks that have come out of it. With just the way the head prosecutor has handled the case by dumping the evidence on the grand jury, and not really prosecuting it. And so i am telling the community that this process is not over, that we still have a federal investigation thats proceeding and in talking with attorney general holder, hes not on the same timeline as the federal as the state grand jury. That could take years based on past history. He has indicated to me that it will be a very thorough investigation, and the evidence will lead us to where it may. So youre basically bracing for no indictment of this police officer, is that right . All of the signs point to no indictment. Theres been a history by this prosecutor of not indicting Police Officers when cases similar to this have come up. Youve called on this prosecutor to recuse himself. Oh, for sure. You never trusted him to begin with. No, i did not. Not when it comes to Excessive Force by Police Officers. Lets say they reach a decision tomorrow. Theyve said theyre going to give local authorities 48 hours before they make it public. But there could be a leak, right . There certainly could be a leak. And my message to the community is that this is not over. Let us calm down. Let us be calm on the ground, and realize that they are all pushing towards serving justice. You heard Michael Browns parents, among so many others say, you can demonstrate but do it peacefully and dont let it get violent in the tradition of dr. Martin luther king jr. Sure. And what people need to understand in st. Louis and around the country is that Michael Brown, jr. s life does matter. It matters to people like me and to that st. Louis community, and it matters to his parents. I have made a commitment to his family that we will seek justice wherever that takes us. Youve also suggested, and i want you to be precise, that you want an expanded investigation into the release of that Surveillance Video which we saw Michael Brown allegedly stealing cig cigars. You see it, intimidating the owner of that store. Basically he was a big guy, walking out. You didnt think that should be released. Tell us why. Absolutely not. This was certainly a character assassination on the part of ferguson police. But he was stealing those cigars. Im not sure what he was doing in the store, but i dont think it was related to him losing his life. And here is another issue for the st. Louis community, and for the country as a whole. We also need to and hopefully governor nixons Ferguson Commission will deal with the elephant in the room, which is the racial divide in the st. Louis community. And that is why you have this tension. Do you have confidence in the governor . Do i have confidence in the governor . I hope his commission will address the issue of race. In the st. Louis community, and how we repair that racial divide in that community and how we make progress by bringing the two races together. Congressman, i want you to stand by. We have a lot more to discuss. I want to bring in our justice reporter evan perez, who is on the ground for us in ferguson. And joining us is john gaskin and Jeffrey Toobin. Evan, you have new information about federal and local Law Enforcement being on increased alert right now, ahead of the grand jury decision being released. What can you tell us . Wolf, the concern extends from coast to coast. But first ill start with new information we just got from authorities here. St. Louis county has sent a message to employees who apparently have been raising concerns about their safety when this grand jury decision is announced. And the message says theyre planning to increase security at county buildings, including using the National Guard to help boost security and protect employees. They are warning that some employees may not be able to get to their workplaces and they say that theyre trying to make sure that employees are kept aware of events as they come on. Now, as you said, the concern is on a national level. We know that the federal protective service, which does security for federal buildings around the country, is preparing for demonstrations that might take place in front of federal buildings. So theyve warned their officers to be on alert for that possibility. And local authorities in several cities are expecting demonstrations. We know that groups are planning to bring marches around the country in major cities. Law enforcement says that they expect most of these demonstrations to be peaceful. However, they are aware that some people are planning to cause confrontations with authorities and there could be the potential for violence. What about the report, evan, from the st. Louis Police Officers association that says Darren Wilson doesnt expect to face criminal charges, what are you hearing from that . Weve been trying to reach out to the police union to see what theyre hearing. We suspect this is based on information already out there. Theres a great deal of feeling out here that its very difficult for this grand jury to reach a level of bringing an indictment against this officer. Well see what the grand jury decides again tomorrow. I want everybody to stand by. We have much more on whats going on in ferguson and around the nation. More of the breaking news with all of our reporters, analysts and guests, including the congressman right after this. What does an apron have to do with Car Insurance . An apron is hard work. An apron is pride in what you do. An apron is not quitting until youve made something a little better. What does an apron have to do with Car Insurance . For us, everything. 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And i believe that the vast majority of protests, if not all, will be peaceful and will be done in good taste and in good order. But in terms of outsiders, the protesters have made it very clear that if you are an outsider and you are going against the requests of Michael Brown, senior and leslie mcfadden, the parents of Michael Brown, they are letting you know you are not part of our cause and youre not a part of our mission and what it is we want out of this. Jeffrey, how extraordinary is the preparation under way right now, the decision reached tomorrow, then 48 hours to alert local Law Enforcement, schools, everybody else. Pretty unusual, isnt it . It is. Everything about this case has been unusual. Frankly, thats a cause for suspicion. The criminal justice has certain ways of doing things. What the prosecutor has done here in simply giving every piece of evidence to the grand jury is not how prosecutors usually operate. And it does suggest a prosecutor who is not trying to take responsibility for his own decision, but simply passing the buck to the grand jury. I didnt know what the grand jury is going to do, but this is certainly a very unusual investigation. And your advice to the folks on the ground over there, congressman, is what . For both sides, the Law Enforcement as well as the demonstrators, to tone it down and to not let tensions rise to the point of violence. And i dont want to see violence. I dont think the good people of st. Louis want to see violence. But are local and state Law Enforcement there in st. Louis and the area, are they ready for this, are they trained . Yes, they have been trained. I have been reassured by the leaders of Law Enforcement that it will not be an aggressive stance on their part. We know the National Guard has been ak i hactivated as wel right . Yes, they have. And people have a right to demonstrate. This is the United States of america. Congressman, thank you very much. Everyone else, well stay on top of this story. Well take a quick break. Much more news right after this. They take us to worlds full of heroes and titans. For respawn, building the best Interactive Entertainment begins with the cloud. This is titanfall, the first multiplayer game built and run on microsoft azure. Empowering gamers around the world to interact in ways they never thought possible. This cloud turns data into excitement. This is the microsoft cloud. A leading Democratic Center is promising to keep fighting for legislature of student debt in this country. As we study the costs of a education. And senator is joining us from capitol hill. Thank you for joining us. You worked passionately and tried to get a refinancing bill to lower Interest Rates for College Graduates stuck with huge student loan burdens. You failed. There wasnt enough support in the senate. The next senate will have more republicans. Where do you go from here . This has got to be the fight. We have to have that. This is crazy. You can refinance your home and your car and you can refinance your business loans, but you cant refinance student loan debt. And as a result, weve got kids stuck at high Interest Rates and the government making tens of millions of dollars, billions of dollars in profit off their backs. So my view on this is we dont give up. We just keep fighting harder and harder. This touches families across america and i believe they are part of the fight. And the problem is the republicans didnt like the fact that to pay for lowering the student Interest Rates, you wanted to raise taxes on wealthy american and they say that is a nonstarter, to which you say . To which i say, wait a minute. We have billions of dollars in tax loopholes for millionaires or billionaires or invest the money in young people who are trying to get a start in life. You know, this is one of those cases where its pretty clear what the choices are that are available to america. And i think that we ought to ask millionaires and billionaires to pay taxes at least at the same rate that middle class families do. You know, as a country, we need to be investing in the future. We need to be making sure that all of our kids have a fighting chance to build something for themselves. And that is what this is about. Arent there other ways to pay for this, to help the students who got these enorm usaly high student loan debt, there are other ways. As you know, there is a lot of waste in the federal government, a lot of expenditure and fellow democrats would like to see the billions spent on defense cut down and use some of that money to pay for this instead of raising taxes. Your reaction . Im open to any way to pay for this. Because what matters most to me is getting that Interest Rate down for our kids. That is where we really need to be focused. And i kept saying throughout the debate on the senate floor, if the republicans had in other idea for how to pay for it, come on down and let as ta lets tk about it. Put it on the table. But instead they just filibustered. And we have coming up tonight, ivory tower. Is a College Degree for everyone . The opportunity to get a College Degree should be out there for everyone, not just there for kids that are rich. It should be there for kids who work hard and play by the rules. This one is really personal for me. I grew up in a family that had a lot of economic ups an downs and there was no money for me to go to college. I graduated from a commuter college that cost 50 a semester. Im the daughter of a janitor and a mom who worked a minimum wage job at sears and i ended up here in the United States senate because i grew up in an america that was investing in opportunities for kids like me. That is the america that helps us build a real future. That is the america im committed too. I know it is a passionate issue for you and you will continue to struggle on this front. Quickly, while i have you, the president is about to address the American People on Immigration Reform and will take executive, unilateral action and hes deeply irritating a lot of republicans. Here is the question to you. Does he have the Legal Authority to change the rules in effect tonight . I was proud to vote for comprehensive Immigration Reform a year and a half ago and the republicans havent done anything since then. They keep blocking bringing this to a vote. So i support the president in taking what actions he can within the law to help families, to help businesses and try to patch up this broken immigration system. Senator warren, thank you very much for joining us. Thank you. And the all new cnn film ivory tower airs tonight at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. You want to see it. 8 p. M. Eastern ill be back with end cooper andersons cooper, seeing it all live here on this station. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Breaking news, Law Enforcement officers around the nation on high alert on the wake of a ferguson decision. A decision could be just hours away. Tonight my exclusive interview with the fergusons Embattled Police chief. And one of bill cosbys accusers speaks with us as to why they thought her life was in danger. And tonight republicans vowing a major fight, calling it constitutional war. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. And outfront we begin with breaking news. A new war f