daca down. president trump predicted today that if that happens, he ll get a deal with the democrats to let the dreamers stay. lester pete williams in the supreme court, thank you. president trump facing what could be one of the most consequential chapters of his presidency tonight as house democrats began public impeachment hearings tomorrow on ukraine. our hallie jackson is at the white house reporter: in the calm before the impeachment storm, washington s bracing for a blockbuster day. democrats in washington would rather pursue outrageous hoaxes and delusional witch hunts which are going absolutely nowhere don t worry about it reporter: the president projecting confidence ahead of those impeachment hearings, starting tomorrow with top diplomats bill taylor and george kent, who paint a picture of a quid pro quo the president s supporters slamming democrats. they re relying on people like bill taylor as star witness who is going to tell us something that is third or fourt
it would be just like a new police chief coming to town and saying i m not going to be so lax on drug abusers. i m going to crack down on drug use. that it s that kind of discretion that isn t reviewable by the courts. it did seem today, chuck, by a 5-4 majority the court is prepared to allow the administration to shut daca down. you would know as anyone whether that might put the heat on congress to change the law. it does sound that an argument was made to try to split that decision in half by saying yes we know they have the authority to do this but it s how they did it. they need to go back to the drawing board. is it possible we get a split decision rulings? reporter: no, i don t think so. okay. reporter: it seemed clear that the court is going to say number one it s reviewable and number two, they had good enough reason to want to shut it down. at least that s how it seemed today. pete williams at the supreme court. thank you, sir. and that s all i have for tonight. we
said many of them, no longer young, are far from angels, but you can t be in daca if you had a criminal conviction. you to show you re being a good citizen, you served in the military, gone to school, get a job, if the supreme court strikes daca down, he thinks there be a deal with congress, but in any event, the supreme court is probably not going to rule on this until next spring. pete, thank you so much. we ll be checking in later today. moving on, new violence taking place this morning after an is ra is raisraeli air strike kild
outside, and pro protesters arriving at the minute. they re deciding whether to green light trump s plan to end protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants. this is the policy put in place by former president obama. it s known as daca and affects people known as dreamers. pete williams is at the court for us. reporter: hallie, the court is hearing argument now and here s the big question. if president obama could start daca simply by presidential action, why can t president trump just stop it? and what the defenders of daca say is it s the way the president did it. they say rather than stepping forward and owning the issue and saying we want to shut daca down, as a matter of presidential policy, instead the trump administration said we have to shut it down because it s illegal, it s unconstitutional. the trump administration says that the daca program gives benefits to recipients that can
and colleges and businesses, when the government makes a decision of that magnitude, it has to explain it and it says the government really didn t, it was just a single page from jeff sessions who was attorney general saying, we have to shut daca down. not because we want to but because daca is illegal. the supporters say if the government had to step up and own the decision saying we really want to shut daca down and take responsibility for it, who knows how the decision would come out. but the court s mantjority of t five consecutive members seemed to accept the trump s argument that this is unreefable by the courts this is an of federal s government discretion and this is like a new police chief coming to town and say i m going to enforce the marijuana laws more strictly than my predecessor does and that is not reviewable in court and what the trump administration had today and seemed it would appeal to a