Needless confrontation. At least 1,000 Police Officers in ferguson have gone through special training on how to deal peacefully with protesters and the mayor of st. Louis asked for an additional 400 National Guard troops for support. Scott broom joins us now from Mount Vernon Square in northwest with more on the ferguson protests that are planned for the area. Reporter its called dcferguson and the protests are planned for here at Mount Vernon Square 24 hours after whatever decision is made by that grand jury and, of course, the announcement of when thats going to happen still hasnt been made yet. As you can see from some video, protests posted by the d. C. Protesters themselves previous marches by d. C. Ferguson have been loud, perhaps disruptive but not violent and incident free. We do not know what the grand jury in missouri will do or when, but d. C. Ferguson announced it will rally here at Mount Vernon Square for a march to chinatown at 7 00 the day after whatever announcement comes from missouri. Thats on the assumption there will be no indictment or one that at least does not please the activists. Police sources have told wusa9 that the civil disturbance units of the metropolitan Police Department have been activated to handle the potential impact, police not providing official comment on their plans. Coming up at 6 00 despite plans for protest here in washington a message from Michael Browns father himself about plans for protests not only in st. Louis, but nationwide. Reporting live in Mount Vernon Square, scott broom, wusa9. Right now packages mailed by the shooter are now being received. Authorities are going through the contents right now. Surae chinn talked with joe paul via skype a few hours ago. The postal inspector hasnt revealed the contents of the packages, but they told joe paul who lives in the d. C. Area they will release it after Authorities Say so. Paul thought when myron play asked for an address and eight others on facebook days before the shooting that his friend might be sending him a wedding invitation, but he knows now that is certainly not the case. Why did he choose us . What was the package about . Joe paul has so many questions now, but when fsu shooter myron may sent a picture of the package he was mailing earlier this week, paul didnt think twice about it. People do that all the time, hey, just so you know i sent the package and the confirmation. I didnt think it was strange. It didnt seem out of the ordinary to me. Paul met 31yearold myron may on campus at Florida State university over a decade ago. They crossed paths while both were in Student Government and different fraternities. Theyve been keeping in touch on facebook through the years, but that ended thursday when he like many others watched the news of a shooter on campus. Paul would soon learn fellow fsu grad myron may was the gunman who leftthree lepeop injured includ ing one critically. Students ran for cover inside the library before Police Fatally shot may. I was shocked. I was confused. I was kind of all over the place. I felt the pit of my stomach just really confused, really dazed. I didnt understand. Paul describes may as a leader on campus, dedicated, smart and focused on getting his law degree. Theres nothing i can point to that says that he was trouble or that he had mental illness. The dust is still settling. Its still fresh. Its still confusing. I dont know. The Postal Service told paul there is nothing hazardous in the package, but they are not sharing the consent its of them right now. Paul says he knows a the contents of them right now. Paul says he knows a few people on the list but not all eight people the packages were sent to. The fallout continues for uva after a Rolling Stone article about a freshman gang raped by seven men at a frat house. The universitys alleged lack of response also came out in the article and now the school wants to appoint an independent council to review how sex assault reports are handled, but virginias attorney general said the universitys choice may not be the best. The alleged gang rape took place at the phi kappa si frat house and a judge from the same fraternity was elected to oversee it. No one wants to send their daughter to the rape school. Reporter in this jaw dropping Rolling Stone article thats the reason uva doesnt readily publish how many students report being raped. The article tells the tale of jackie, a freshman who says she was gang raped at a frat house the first few weeks of school in 2012. Liz securo said it happened to her nearly 30 years ago there. It was the same story in the same house in the same nameless and the same nameless faceless people. It happened at the same frat house which was vandalized overnight. She was drugged and raped three times in 1 night in 1984 when she was a 17yearold freshman. She said the dean answer response was appalling. She just sat there across from me and he you sure you didnt just have sex with that boy and you didnt want your mom and dad to know youre not a good girl . Reporter her book about the situation is a bestseller. Uva is already part of an investigation for potentially in adequately handling Sexual Violence complaints. No one wants to be an alumni. Reporter lisa richie graduated in 2003 and face timed with us today and said she and many alums were appalled, so she launched the uv rape alumni victims defense fund. You know you failed these students, but your alumni arent going to let us continue to fail them. Reporter uva president Teresa Sullivan released a statement reading in part, i have asked the charlottesville Police Department to formally investigate this incident and the university will cooperate fully with the investigation. I saw to Teresa Sullivan say to Teresa Sullivan why are you in an undisclosed location due to security concerns . What are the security concerns for your students . The fraternity says theyve suspended all activities at the university. I talked to a former dean at uva, john fowler, today. He thinks the universitys primary concern is their public reputation. If youd like to donate to that defense fund, well have a link on our site. President obama follows last nights immigration announcement with a trip to las vegas today highlighting plans to shield millions from deportation. Republicans are furious. They promise to retaliate and Craig Boswell is covering it all from the white house. Reporter at a campaignlike rally in las vegas president obama explained why he took action to shield as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. We are a nation of immigrants and that means that were constantly being replenished with strivers who believe in the american dream. Reporter adults with children born in the u. S. Or with permanent legal status can apply for a three year work permit, a simplified visa process allowing hitech workers and foreign students in stem courses to stay longer. It keeps heightened security on the southern border and focuses on deporting those who are high risk. Republicans say any chance of passing Immigration Reform was shattered with the president going it alone. Gop leaders called this illegal amnesty and abuse of executive authority. The president has taken actions that he himself has said are those of a king or emporer. Reporter outside the white house friday mothers eligible for relief urge the president s machine celebrated a under the president s plan celebrated a victory joined by others who wont qualify. Im happy, a little happy and sad, too, because im unqualified because i have my daughter, my friends here, no qualified. Reporter theyre caught in an escalating battle between the white house and incoming republican controlled congress. Craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. While not specifically outlining a plan to challenge the president , republicans did file a lawsuit on president obamas executive actions regarding portions of the Affordable Care act, perhaps a preview of upcoming legal maneuvers. Could the president s new immigration policy help struggling schools here in Fairfax County . Im peggy fox, this story coming up. Three shot and killed at d. C. Police headquarters 20 years ago tomorrow. Bruce leshan was at the ceremony. The snow in buffalo will start to melt this weekend. Well tell you why that could be bad news for some residents coming up. We know how that works after big snows. Were looking at arctic air again, fortunately didnt come with snow. If youre going out tonight, you got to bundle up. Dress for the 20s, 37 downtown, 30 in gaithersburg, 32 in leesburg and manassas. Well come back, show you wind chills and talk about the weekend. Its not all the president s new immigration policy came with some backlash today as expected and joining us now is face the nation hose bob schieffer. What do you make of the timing of this new executive order . Why not wait until congress convenes and try to get some bipartisan support . Well, i think thats what a lot of people on capitol hill are asking, especially the republicans. Its basically come down to this, jan. The president said theyve had time enough to do something. Hes tired of waiting on they, so he decided to take executive action and he said if you dont like what i do, pass a law and change it which is a lot easier said than done. Republicans are saying youre acting more like a king or emporer than a president. They announced today theyre going to file suit against the president to try to change obamacare. We might see another lawsuit coming in this department of immigration. Its hard to say right now exactly where all this is going, but one thing we know. The battle lines are drawn. The partisan divide is wider and deeper than it was even at the beginning of this week. Both side are going to take a week off here because congress decided to take yet another vacation. Theyll be gone and wont come back till after thanksgiving. So maybe some things will change between now and then. What do you make of the political maneuvering given that if he just waited two more months, would he have had a better shot of getting this policy perhaps passed with the new congress . You just cant say. Hes getting a lot of criticism from both sides. There are even some on the right of the Republican Party who are ready to try to shut down the government again. Theyre leaders dont want to do that, but we just got a divide here. The two sides are very far apart and you hate to say this as a journalist, but on this one were going to have to wait and see what happens. Who do you have on this weekend talking about it . Well, well have chairman of the House Homeland Security committee texas republican michael mccaul. Well also have illinois democratic senator richard durbin and were also going to be keeping an eye on that situation down in ferguson, missouri. Were expecting that grand jury down there maybe sometime this weekend to tell us whether theyre going to indict anybody in connection with the death down there. Were going to have the president of the naacp, Cornell William brooks, to be with us and talk about that situation. So we got a lot to deal with sunday. Looking forward to seeing you this sunday, bob. People buried in snow in western new york will have a new concern this weekend, flooding. Temperatures are expected to rise over the next few days and rain is in the forecast. Until then it is a battle to move all the snow that fell this week, 7 feet in some places. Dozens of roofs have collapsed under the weight of all this heavy snow and two seniors died yesterday while their nursing home was being evacuated because of damage there. You will hear creaking, groaning. If you hear any of those sounds, you should contact authorities immediately and be prepared to leave the structure. Driving bands are still in effect in some area, but all those abandons cars left out there, thats causing a major problem just to try to clear up the roads. By the time the cleanup from the storm is complete some towns will have used up their snow removal budget for the entire winter. State and local officials are asking the federal government to help cover the costs. You said they got a seasons worth of snow in one storm. I suppose it is likely that youd go through all the money. Yup. I figured this out. I think it was a Washington Post article from the capital weather gang, the gradient of the snowfall, in other words, you could have an area that had 40 inches, you go 5 miles and they had 2. Those areas that got hammered got 60 inches. Lets hope the ones with less can help the ones that have more. Lets hope it melts slowly. It should melt fairly slowly and get cold again next week. That probably means more snow for them right around turkey day. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, 37. Check out the dew point, 6 lonely degrees, relative humidity 28 , a perfect night again, not unlike monday night where wind are going to die down, low humidity and clear skies and diminishing winds. Its going to fall like a stone tonight. So it feels like if youre going outside tonight, Pay Attention to these temps, feels like its 29 downtown, 27 in manassas and leesburg and its not going to get any warmer. Winds will diminish bitterly cold tonight, a cold start saturday, a milder finish and sunday even milder, mainly dry, a bit more optimistic the showers hold off until sunday night. So you might get two days out of the weekend and a magnificent monday. Maybe some morning showers, but well trade that for temperatures near 70 on monday. Futurecast 8 00 tonight temps in 20s. By 10 00 its 27 in leesburg, gaithersburg. I dont think its picking up on the radiational cooling. I think well be in the low 20s by 11 00 when you walk the dog. By 7 a. M. Were in the 20s again. Hopefully you can sleep a little past 7 00. 10 a. M. We got temps back in the 30s and by lunchtime were back in the 40s, a few clouds try to work their way in, might produce a shower in oakland and petersburg, but clouds rolling through the metro area, skies becoming partly cloudy. By 5 00 were still mid40s downtown and low 40s in the suburbs. So not a great day, but considering what weve had, well take it. 9 30 tomorrow temperatures are not going to fall like a stone tomorrow night. Well hold in the 30s. Even by 9 30 or so temperatures downtown will be around 40. So clear, very cold, winds diminish becoming light. That will allow temps to go 16 to 26. By morning mostly sunny with a cold start, 16 to 44, so it will rise a little quicker and farther than it has and by afternoon partly cloudy, breezy, milder. You still need a jacket, so dont hear me say milder and just go i wont need a jacket. You will, highs near 50, winds southwest 10 to 15. Maybe a shower in oakland, 45, dry in cumberland, 49, upper 40s in hagerstown, martinsburg, winchester almost 50. You should make low 50s in culpeper, 50 in warrenton, upper 40s for leesburg, manassas, fairfax and reston, near 50 in mclean, 50 downtown and looking at near 50 on the water be not a Small Craft Advisory for the bay or tidal potomac. So 34 at 9 00, sunshine, 41 by 11 00 and 46 by 1 00, not bad. So a bit milder sunday. Most of the showers sunday night, upper 50s. A. M. Shower on monday, then warmer, High Temperatures around 70. Well take that. The next seven days tuesday still seasonable, upper 50s and then temps go down, rain or snow showers possible wednesday, 45, watching a little system off the coast. Turkey day still looks cold with a flurry, highs around 40, upper 40s and sunshine friday. The president s new controversial immigration policy is not only giving hope to million of undocumented immigrant is, but also to educators in our area. Peggy fox takes us inside one of Fairfax Countys struggling schools. Reporter virginia educations secretary ann holdson is here celebrating a success. The school pulled out of warning status for accreditation. Were proud of though results. Its been through a lot of hard work in the last several years. Reporter there are more children here in poverty than any other Fairfax County school. For more than 84 of the students here their first language is spanish. Its so exciting to see a school thats dealing with the challenges this school is dealing with, very high free and reduced lunch, very high english language learners, but doing phenomenal work. Reporter but about 20 schools in the area are still struggling to meet accreditation. 92 of the children here are on free and reduced lunch which is an indicator of poverty status. Immigrant attorneys are hopeful that the president s new policy will help lift many of these children and their families out of poverty. These Elementary School kids who are u. S. Born u. S. Citizens but have undocumented parents are living in really extreme poverty. Of course, that has demonstrated effect on educational outcomes. They also need food stamps and free lunch from the schools, et cetera. Reporter Simon Sandoval with Legal Aid Justice Center says they will be looking to help parents of local Elementary School students. To the extent that we can take their parents, give them Work Authorization through this new Obama Initiative and their parents can essentially lift their own families out of poverty, its a hand up instead of a hand out. Reporter helping their parents get jobs will have a positive effect on their children and their education. Coming up after the break what you need to know about the new i95 express lanes. Well be back. Some relief tonight for people who take i95 south of the beltway. The project t