house today, the president said it's a step towards lifting the shadow of deportation from young people who are americans in every way except on paper. >> this is not amnesty. this is not immunity. this is not a path to citizenship. it's not a permanent fix. this is a temporary stop gap measure that lets us focus our resources wisely while giving a degree of relief and hope to talented driven patriotic young people. it is the right thing to do. >> the swift reaction from republicans. we want to tell you about that. we want to show you some heated reaction that came before the president's speech was even over. a reporter from the conservative website the daily caller yelled out some questions along the line of what about americans who are unemployed while you employ foreigners. take a look. >> it is the right thing to do. >> why do you favor foreigners over american workers? >> excuse me, sir, it's not time for questions. >> are you going to take questions? >> not while i'm speaking. and the answer to your question, sir, and the next time i prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask that question, is this is the right thing to do for the american people. i didn't ask for an argument. i'm answering your question. >> that reporter, neil munor said he didn't have any intention of interrupting the president but he thought the speech was wrapping. saying he asks the questions you won't ask. do with that what you will. actually came from mitt romney today. listen. >> i believe the status of the young people who come here through no fault of their own is an important matter to be considered and should be solved on a long-term basis so they know what their future will be in this country. i think the action that the president took today makes it more difficult to reach that long-term solution because an executive order is of course a short-term matter. it can be reversed. >> a change in the department of homeland security policy. still, romney's point, that it's a temporary solution, that is accurate. it's something president obama acknowledged today. and something senator rubio of florida criticized today. he said, quote, today's announcement will be welcome news for many kids desperate for an answer. it is a short-term answer to a long-term problem. ignoring the constitution going around congress, the short-term policy will make it harder to find a balanced answer responsible long-term one. measured response when you look at the reaction from other republicans today. some say they're worried about rampant fraud. from congressman smith of texas. quote, many illegal immigrants will falsely claim they came here as children. the federal government has no way to check whether their claims are true. others insist it's an issue for lawmakers. senator graham tweeted, president obama's attempt to go around congress and the american people is at best unwise and possibly illegal. congressman king of iowa says he plans to sue the obama administration. saying, quote this is no longer a debate about immigration policy. the debate about the constitution, the rule of law. i'm preparing to bring suit against the president. asking the court. the president has repeatedly called for this legislation. again today, he called on lawmakers to pass the dream act which would put into law steps for children of illegal immigrants to continue to live and work in the united states. today's policy accomplishes that goal at least temporarily. there was a time not too long ago when president obama said the onus fell squarely on congress' shoulders. in fact, he said he couldn't just decide to make the change and he was obligated to enforce the laws that existed. listen to what he told a town hall-type gathering broadcast in univision in march last year. >> the notion that i can just suspension deportations through executive order, that's just not the case. there are enough laws on the books by congress that are very terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system that for me to simply through executive order ignore those congressional mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as president. >> as we said, today's change is not an executive order. in that club, the president did say it wouldn't be appropriate to ignore mandates from congress. joining me now, cnn political contributor and democratic strategist paul begala. also an adviser to a pro obama super pac. also, anna navaro. and alex stewart, former spokesperson for the santorum and bachmann campaigns. the president said this was up to congress last march. less than five months to election day, just as romney's arming up a play for latino voters, there's this directive from homeland security. republicans say this is all about politics. shoring up support among latinos. >> well, this is -- everything we do in this election year is going to be intertwined between government and politics. in terms of government, the president and other reformers really wanted a comprehensive bill. they understood if you just pulled out the popular provisions like this one, it makes it harder to pass the unpopular provisions. that's why he was waiting on congress. i'm sure he's concluded congress is not going to act in an election year this notion everybody has the vapors. oh, this is political. duh. it's an election year. abraham lincoln withheld the emancipation proclamation. for political reasons. so if you can do for the emancipation proclamation, surely you can do it for the dream act. >> why is it something you had to wait for congress to do? why now? why that switch? >> that was a year ago. there's another provision, by the way, you may see. this h 1 b. a provision by which very highly educated immigrants are allowed to stay past their visa. so right now believe it or not if you graduate and you're an immigrant and you have a student visa, you have to leave the country as soon as you get your degree. that's crazy, right? a lot of reformers want to basically staple an application for citizenship on to that. that's popular. there's two or three really popular things in comprehensive reform. there's two or three really unpopular things. a year ago march he said it. he has to now eat that. it is a flip-flop. i think both sides, he's got the better of the argument here. >> do you agree with what mitt romney said today? this is a short-term solution. but it's going to make it harder to get a long-term solution? >> i think it is going to make it harder. >> how? >> i think one of the things we may see as a direct result is rubio may not be introducing his bill. it takes away the sense of urgency. this was a very popular -- this compelling story of the dream act is something that may be able to get bipartisan support if led by somebody like a rubio who has so much political capital on the right. what he did today, bypassing congress -- congress gets angry when that happens. anderson, the question you've been asking paul, as to why, well, the why is very simple. even though barack obama leads mitt romney in the polls by a wide margin, the turnout, the enthusiasm, the fire, the passion that latinos had four years ago just wasn't there. so he had to give something to create that. that's what makes it so political. that's the why. >> romney's response today was somewhat muted and for a guy who, you know, was pretty opposed to the dream act during the primaries, he wasn't really talking about that today. he was just talking about just kind of making it harder to get a long-term solution. >> he was out, as you know, on his bus tour, traveling around the country. what he plans to do to turn the economy around. when asked about this, he made the point this is a long-term problem. sure, everyone's heart goes out to the young people who are here by no fault of their own. but to find the answer to this, this is a long-term problem. >> you're saying -- >> he answered the question. he was asked about this and he answered the question just as pribus, the head of the rnc, answered. this is a politically motivated -- what he did, to address your point, nonexecutive order, this is a unilateral executive action that undercuts congress, bypasses what the will of the american people are and imposes a policy on the american people that is simply not what we need to do. what he's doing is he's taking illegal immigrants in this country and putting them in the line for jobs that american citizens are trying to get. why doesn't he come up with some kind of unilateral executive action to help the 23 million americans who are out of work? that's what we need to do in this country. >> paul, do you think this is going to hurt him in terms of people saying, look what about american jobs? >> mr. romney is going to be hurt by this. this isn't a difficult thing to do. annoyed both the left and the right today. he gave that mealy mouthed kind of cowardly statement where he didn't take a position. we know, because we have it on tape. came on cnn on september 7 of 2011. he called the dream act then a handout. he attacked rick perry, the governor of texas. he said this, that only attracts people to come here and take advantage of america's great benificus. we know he's bitterly opposed to the dream act. but he didn't say it today. alienated moderates who like the dream act. also annoyed the conservative base that he was just a few months ago saying this is a handout. >> do you think he'll change his position on the dream act? he now basically seems to be agreeing with rubio. said, i agree with what marco rubio said. >> he made his position clear on the dream act. he supports the path way to residency and not necessarily the path way to citizenship. he's made that quite clear. but in the overall immigration issue, he's right on that. we first and foremost need to secure the border. what he's doing and he's addressed this issue. he's been asked about it. he's embarking on a tour across this country. talking about the number one issue people are discussing. that's jobs and the economy. that's why people trust him more than president obama to create jobs and turn the economy around. >> we got to leave it there. i want to look at the politics of this. i want to look at how this might impact the latino vote. joined by cnn national correspondent john king. what about the politics on the ground? >> they certainly hope it helps. let's start just by looking. if you look at our electoral map right now. there are toss-up states. the president has a slight advantage in the electoral college. if he can win just a few of these, he's the next president of the united states. where might it matter? let's take a look. you certainly know one of the huge states for the latino vote is nevada. the president won it last time. it's a toss-up. look at this, 26% plus of the vote are latinos. that's up a little bit from last time around. this is a wow. president obama won more than 75% of the vote last time. nevada's economy is tough. the president needs every last one of those votes. that's one place where the white house thinks helps them politically. nevada, another one. obviously, florida. the latino population matters. obama won it last time. it is a very tough state for the president this time. more than 20% of the vote is latino. up again by a bigger slice than nevada from 2008. this is a tougher state for the president. it's a more complicated latino vote. conservatives tend to be more cuban. as well as the mexican and south american. the president probably needs to do better than that. so again another state to watch. the white house thinks it will help in battleground florida. one more example a smaller state where the slice of the latino population is smaller. we can watch this play out. virginia it the president carried it last time. just 8% of the vote is latino. look how much it grew from 2008. 1.9%. the president got two-thirds of the vote last name virginia. if he can match those numbers again, he can probably keep virginia in play this time. that's another fascinating state to watch. even some romney advisers tell you today's announcement probably helps the president. >> anything the president can do to close the gap? >> both the president and governor romney appear at the same event, leadership conference of latinos, next week. here's what they think. number one, governor romney will argue the economy. he'll try to move this away from immigration to economic issues. number two, if you talk to the romney people, they think one reason, anderson, the president is doing this, is because he needs to gin up the base, right, get all the base voters out. because they think he's hurting among white working class voters that could flip some other states. we just mentioned nevada, florida, virginia. the states where this might help. that's because the romney camp calculation, they think maybe the president's worried about wisconsin. if you take that away. maybe he's 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"the new york times" interview. during jury selection, he actually, over his lawyer's objection, like we talked about it at the time, i would have elbowed the guy in the head, he said, no, i want to accept this person. so i think there's a real sense on his part this is his trial, he's going to do it his way, and a lot of time, i've been there, where i've told the client, look, it's suicide for you to take the stand. you're never going to be able to compete with a seasoned prosecutor. you know, you don't understand how this courtroom works. you don't have any control over it. nobody, i don't care who you are as a defendant, can compete with a really good prosecutor's cross examination. innocent, guilty, it doesn't matter. but ultimately it's the defendant's decision. he's got a constitutional right. and the lawyer doesn't make that decision. and i just have a sneaking suspicion he may decide he's going to get up there and he's going to tell it like. >> it is. >> wow that would be something. coming up, revolution interrupted in egypt. really dramatic developments. not only yesterday in egypt but today as well and this weekend, runoff elections. allegations of a coup. parliament has been suspended. we'll talk to ben wedeman and david kirkpatrick from "the new york times" next. thanks for babysitting the kids, brittany. so how much do we owe you? that'll be $973.42. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you think i am, quicken loans? 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