them. >> changing the way we live. >> thank you jacob ward that's all for now. the conversation continues on the website aljazeera.com/considerthis. we are on facebook and twitter @ajconsiderthis @ajconsiderthis, and tweet me @amoratv. see you next time. this is al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler. taking control - republicans now hold both the house and the senate and a new republican majority accepted its new responsibility a look at the issues and obstacles obstacles. our special report tech companies reveal the gadgets of the future. what it could mine to the future of online privacy. big gabbing ble.

a push -- big gamble a push to close the florida racetracks. why it's coming from the track owners themselves. buried treasure the secrets of paul revere and sam adams - opening the oldest-known time capsule after 200 years we begin with the new congress for the first time in eight years republicans have control of both house, they are up against a president looking to put the final stamp on his own legacy. libby casey reports. >> reporter: familiar faces with new power. mitch mcconnell following through to make the keystone pipeline the first order of business. >> i thank the majority leader we are anxious to get to work. >> reporter: the g.o.p. got a message from the white house. the president will veto his keystone will like he threatened to do in the past.

>> if this bill passes this congress the president will not sign it. >> that is not stopping republicans and red state democrats that introduced the legislation. republican leadership is not just fighting the white house. speaker john boehner had to survive a revolt from the right flank of his open party. conservatives convinced republicans should do nor challenge president obama. and john boehner faced the most votes against a sitting speaker in 90 years. in the end he keeps the gavel and the power that comes with speakership. >> thank you, thank you. now with the pomp and circumstance behind them members of congress can get down to work and republicans control the agenda. >> do you swear that you will support and swear to the constitution of the united states - you are members of the

114th congress. now, one key figure missing on capitol hill incoming senate majority leader harry reid. the injured senator met with his leadership team in washington d.c. he's working from his home on doctor's orders after an exercising accident last week. he posted a youtube message about his plans for the year. >> we understand that the rich are getting richer poor are get are peerer and the middle -- poorer, and the middle class are being squeezed. we'll do everything we can. >> the 75-year-old's injuries included a concussion broken ribs. reid says he'll be back on capitol hill as soon as doctors give him the green light. we want you to stick around for the special report at the half hour "the new congress." at the white house president obama welcomed the leader of mexico. the two people talked about

immigration, trade. topping the agenda was the murderous drug cartel in mexico. the president told peno nieto that the u.s. will stop mexico to help the violence. the gangs were blamed for the abduction and killing of 43 students. >> our commitment is to be a friend and supporter of mexico in its efforts to eliminate the scourge of violence and drug cartels that are responsible for tragedy inside of mexico. we want to be a good partner in the progress. >> today's meeting comes two months after the executive action of the president delaying immigration for millions of migrants. thousands of unaccompanied children turned up on the doorstep earlier. heidi zhou-castro is at the

border in texas. >> good evening. just behind the border fence is a city where migrants that travelled hundreds of miles rest you have for the final leg of their journey, to cross to the united states. few are coming. border apprehensions has dropped by 60% since the peak over the summer. we went back to the other side of the border it find out why. >> reporter: they accompany him in photos. the wife and daughter of this man live 150 miles away in corpus christy, texas. until five months ago the three shared a live. he had been a pastor at a church for men recovering from drug addiction. a traffic stop led to his deportation. >> translation: my heart is broken, half of it is there. >> reporter: 65 migrants are staying at the shelters across

the rio grande. one in five are deported. the rest ever central american. the place is nowhere as full as it was last summer where young adults and teenager flooded all corners. the pastor says central americans have a tougher time getting here. mexico is turning away for migrants at the guantanamoan boarder, and police are stopping the people using the freight train known as "the beast" from travelling north. 40,000 central americans have been deported. still they come. it took this 25-year-old three months to travel from honduras. there were no jobs in his country, no opportunities, so he looked to the united states for answers. >> behind the shelter is the rio grande. america is a stone throw away.

they come so far. for most this is the end of the road. >> they plan to return to honduras because they so no hope of crossing now the u.s. stepped up border security. this man is biding his time hoping immigration reform will offer him a legal way to reunite with family. because he has been deported eight times, his applications to re-enter the country have been denied. he hopes president obama will be moved to reunite families torn by the border. executive action in november helps about 4 million undocumented families, three-quarters are mexican. >> that is a point they thanked

for. the former governor bob macdonald, was sentenced on corruption charges. she will serve 2 years in a minimum security prison for 11 counts including conspiracy and fraud. they gave favors to wealthy businessmen in exchange for gifts and lone. one former governor heads to the big house, another has hopes for a place at the white house. former governor jed bush started an action committee. the latest move in an effort to run for president. bush is listing contributions saying the right to rise is about restoring a positive conservative philosophy. today, new york's governor remembered his father cuomo, as an advocate and philosopher and poet. the 3-time governor of new york

died at the age of 32. governor andrew cuomo delivered a stirring eulogy. >> by any measure, mario cuomo's voice inspired many. he left the world a better place than he found it. >> former president bill and hillary clinton and new york mayor bill del blasio attended the service. >> now to israel where a palestinian man was sentenced for his role in the murder of three israeli teens. the killing touched off a number of events leading to a war. >> reporter: this person was found guilty of planning and financing kidnapping and killing three israeli settlers. it happened in the occupied west bank in june. he'll spend the rest of his loif

in prison. it took 18 days. the three settlers bodies were discovered in a field near hebron. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu made it clear who he blamed for the deaths. >> they were kidnapped by hamas. we had no doubt of that. it's certain. hamas repeatedly called for the kidnap and murder of israeli citizens. >> the search for the killers prompted a crackdown by the israeli army. there were hundreds of incursion, homes ransacked. people's freedom of movement was restricted and the entire leadership of hamas was also arrested. >> israel bombed factories in gaza and hamas fired rockets into israel. tensions were building around the gaza strip, with rocket fire panicking the communities. there was inflation among

israelis that the government was not doing enough to stop it. on july the 8th israel began the war on gaza. that lasted sex weeks. over 2,000 palestinian were killed. 66 israeli soldiers were killed. many believe kidnapping and killing of the settlers set off a chain of events leading to the war. this was one of the worst cases said the judge, of murder and kidnapping in israel and it had a great influence on the security situation one of the three al jazeera journalist imprisoned in egypt made a public plea for freedom. mohamed fadel fahmy spent more than a year behind bars. last week an egyptian court ordered a retrial. in the "new york times", mohamed fadel fahmy said the journalists are caught in a political dispute between egypt and

qatar - which funds the network. mohamed fadel fahmy, a canadian citizen wrote: canada's foreign minister says he's working to secure his release. >> we were pleased he was granted an appeal. we have been working closely at senior levels within the egyptian government. when we have further news to announce we will. obviously this you know protecting canadians protecting freedom of expression for journalists speaks well to the issue we are speaking about today. >> the men spent 374 days in gaol. aiding the muslim brotherhood, allegations which they and al jazeera deny. >> the price of u.s. crude oil falls below 48 a barrel. collapsing crude prices made it a rough day on wall street.

the do you was down 130 points. american workers started to feel the pinch. u.s. steel said it will lay off 800 workers due to lower demand for drilling and more workers could be impacted. tom ackerman reports from bradford peninsula. >> reporter: outside the mcdonald's in bradfield pennsylvania is a relic of the oil industry's dawn. in an area where the world's first industrial well was drilled in 1859 this one is still pumping. so are hundreds more scattered around the town. these so-called stripper wells can draw up to a couple of barrels a day from the huge pool of crude that lies beneath the surface. >> it will do this - it's been doing it since 1882 and will probably go 100 years if we are allowed do it if we are not rgulated out of business. >> >> reporter: looking at them

individually they don't seem impressive. there are more than 400,000 operating in the u.s. accounting for 11% of total oil production. in 2012 the marginal wells matched all of qatar's output. the latest innovation in drilling and fracturing could extend the working loif. the price of crude fell for almost half of the past year. the profit is no longer there, and they complain that the government rules threaten their long-term survival. >> at least with $100 oil, there was a possibility of compliance with the regulations. but, you know losing 50% of the price of your product over a 3-month period is stifling suffocating. >> the steep decline forced

companies with expensive fracking costs to curtail plans. permit applications for drilling dropped by almost 40% in the month of november. bill cline, who spent 70 years in the oil drilling business doesn't know how long the tune can stay active in the industry that put it on the map. >> it's not going to be like it was. we are coping the refinery running. the refinery doesn't have enough oil to run. >> if the price of crude doesn't start recovering soon no amount of oil that is left to pump here will be enough. north korea's cyber army may be twice as big as originally suspected. south korea released a report saying 6,000 people are dedicated to the north korean team. seoul claims north korea may

have created long-term missile technology. it comes on the back of a cyber attack that the u.s. blames pyongyang for. a group claiming to be i.s.i.l. has taken over we sites of news and media organizations. one in maryland within in albuquerque. the group says it hacked federal bureau of investigation computers. cyber is this week at a technology show. many gadgets collect and store personal data, plaguing concerns about the future of privacy. science and technology reporter jacob ward is in las vegas. >> reporter: at the consumer

technology show the focus is smaller. tiny tech that puts more of you and your life online. >> companies are talking about sensors, companies that never talked about them before. they are lighter, cheaper and are helping companies get out in front of what they want. >> beginning last year we saw basket balls. this year baseballs, crock pots and one sis for babies all kind of things with sensors built in. >> that means the sensors are exposing us in new whiches. they reveal how we go and are feeling. the software is painting sophisticated portraits of who we are. >> our connected decrisis are becoming more intelligent. companies are beginning to replace things with web-connected censors, as small as 3mm across.

our bodies can be monitored on a constant basis. the more data you share, the more valuable. the more opportunity for exploitation. we take that seriously. >> reporter: there's a lot of convenience and danger to this many. companies have not been in the sensor business. these companies may have good intentions. if 2014 teaches us anything it is a text emails and phone calls are vulnerable. in 2015 as we reveal the routes we take home time of arrival and what lights we like to turn on a world of data is up for grabs coming up next - taking a gamble on greyhounds. only because it's required by law. it's the oldest time capsule in the country. from 1795 and we are finding out what was buried inside.

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millions are feeling a chill. determine tours plummeted in the northern u.s. a storm dumped up snow down the east coast, cancelling about a thousand flights. kevin corriveau, meteorologist, is here with more. >> this will potentially be one of the worst storm systems we have seen all winter long. i want to take and show you a stretch of the show from montana to the northern seaboard. i want to show you the video of the snow. west virginia, where they saw snow across the airports, which

were seeing delays. then there was the cold. this was this the northern plains where temperatures were down to the minus figures. with the wind chills we were talking minus 20 and 30. some are lower. let me show you what we expect to see. this is the current temperatures. i want to show you what we expect to see with the windchill warnings in place - between minus 40 and 50 as a windchill. fargo, you feel like minus 30. let's put it into motion. look at this. thunder bay minus 43. in the middle of the evening. towards tomorrow morning, a lot of people getting up for work we look at chicago, feeling like minus 33 minneapolis, and the chicago public schools tomorrow are closed. >> you can understand why. >> to florida, and the big money and controversy over greyhound raising. more than half of america's 21

remaining raise tradition are in the state. track owners lose millions every year. why are the dogs running. sheila macvicar explains. >> reporter: greyhounds have been running around tracks in florida for decades. what used to be a lucrative sport is a money losing proposition bringing a black eye from animal welfare groups. >> raising greyhounds spend about 22 hours a day in their gage. it's a life of confinement for literally thousands of dogs. >> reporter: greyhound raising is dangerous for the dogs. hundreds ever injured sometimes horrifically. state records retained by "america tonight" found one greyhound drives on a florida track every three days. a former prosecutor ran her own investigation into how the dogs

are treated. >> the people of florida, once they find out what goes on behind the tracks behind the lights behind the excitement. one they see what is going on they'll say enough. those that argued for an end to dog raising have unlikely allies. >> we are obliged to keep a business operating that loses $2.5 million. >> a 1995 law meant to keep dog breeders in business mandate that they win money-losing raises. they'd like to offer a more li.d schedule but they can't. unless the legislature passes a law putting an end to dog raises casinos, decoupling the

two. a decoupling law has come twice before and failed. there are powerful forces with deep pockets lined up against it. that issue is not about dog safety it's a larger debate over the expansion of gambling. >> at the center. the powerful seminole tribe that controls gambling in north and central florida. they don't want dog raises shut down and them competing with gambling machines. you can watch the rest of sheila's report on "america tonight" coming up at the top of hour an unveiling of history, a time capsule buried by american revolutionary paul rev ear was

opened earlier. it contained two dozen coins from 1652 to 1855. a silver plaque engraved by rev ear. the capsule was uncovered in 1865. construction workers stumbled on it whilst fixing a water leak at the boston state house. system ahead - the new congress. the key issues on capitol hill if they can overcome gridlock. raising in america, growing tensions - can congress help?

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day one of a changing of the guard. we recognise the enormity of the task before us. >> and a flood of carve. and also on the issues -

immigration, the keystone xl pipe stone. what will top the agenda will anything get down. >> if this bill passes this congress, the president wouldn't sign it. >> what will it mean for america. our special report - the new congress. congress. hi i'm john seigenthaler for the first time in eight years the house and the senate is under republican leadership. it was the most expensive midterm campaign $3.7 billion, according to the center for responsive politics. a lot of money spend by corporations and lobbyists. what will they get for their billions. plenty of issues need attention. >> reporter: a moment of elation for the 114th congress. soon to be replaced with the

reality of hard work on tough issues - from the economy, the environment, immigration. there are some serious obstacles. for the first time during his presidency president obama faces a republican-controlled house and senate. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell declared with a shift in power serious adults are in charge. the first bill will be to the keystone xl pipeline, carrying oil from canada to texas. it has support in the house, but opposed by democrats and environmentalists. the project is billed as a job creator. ketone is an example of what i'm looking for in the early staples of the new center. legislative that makes a difference acknowledging support that can be gotten out of the senate. >> the president promises to veto any bill passed. there are other issues

including job creation and cutting the budget. many members of congress want to repeal the affordable care act. obama care critics want to end an illegal mandate forcing people to buy coverage. they want employers to cover fewer full-time workers, limited to those working 40 hours a week. instead of 30. >> if republicans seek to take hells care away from people who just got it they will meet stiff resistance from me. >> republicans are trying to figure out how to defund and block the president's executive order that would delay deportations from millions of undocumented immigrants. the republicans combine the president's order means they'll be less inclined to work with the white house. >> i've never been persuaded by

an argument that if it weren'ted for executive action they would have been more productive. there's no evidence. i continue to do what i've been doing. >> this week the president heads to michigan arizona and tennessee to promote jobs home ownership and college education. it is leading up to a state of the union address two weeks from now. the republican leadership may determine how much the president can accomplish. there may be a spirit of compromise. the president wants you to sign bills if they are not exactly as you would write them themselves. he doesn't want to be president, no. >> the first test is in the next few days. house republicans are expected to hold a vote on the keystone pipeline, despite a promise of a presidential veto. paul beban is here with that

part of the story. >> the house has passed several keystone vetoes. the republicans controlled the senate. they don't have the two-thirds majority needed to override a presidential vooet scro. the fight over -- veto. the fight over keystone has occurred a lot. the question is can republicans make the case for keystone. >> reporter: there was no smoking the message from the white house. if a new keystone bill gets out of congress it is dead on arrival in the obviously office. >> i can confirm for you if this bill passes this congress the president wouldn't sign it. the president's vow for veto sets the stage for a battle in the war over keystone. if built, the pipeline will carry fuel from the pipelines of the tar sands of alberta

canada, to nevada. there it will link up to pipelines on the east coast. it has been stalled, awaiting the president's approval and a lawsuit in nebraska. >> the bill is not past. >> that was a no vote back in november. environmentalists and democrats long called the project an environmental nightmare. one that would accelerate climate change and potentially pollute major u.s. sources the clean water. with republicans running both chambers of congress senate majority leader mitch mcconnell promises the pipeline will be among the first order of business. john boehner said:

polls show with the price of crude plunging it may not make good economic sense to build it. oil from the alberta tar sands is thick, heavy and expensive to refine. supporters claim it will create thousands of jobs analysts say most will be short-term instruction, with a handful of permanent jobs once the pipeline is done. given their tone now that they are in charge of congress arguments seem unlikely to stop republics. >> a key holder said he has 63 votes. that's four short of 67 needed to override the veto. >> thank you let's take a closer look at the breakdown in the house and

the senate. here is david shuster. >> let's look at the change in the balance of power on capitol hill. last year congress democrats controlled with 55 seats, 2 democrats, republicans held 45 senate seats. for this 114th congress the republicans control the senate. democrats at 46. two independence, plus 44. to the house, republicans control 234 seats. developments -- democrats 201. michael grim was re-elected in november. his resignation after pleading guilty to tax evasion took effect yesterday. capitol hill's freshman class, 13 new senators, 12 republicans, one development. 11 men, 2 women. there are 58 representatives.

43 republicans. overall 104 women serve in the 114th congress 20 in the senate 84 in the house. today's congress is more diverse than before. the 114th session begins at a time of heightened racial tensions. protests have hit dozens of cities. demonstrators are speaking out against the deaths of unarmed black men. the protest wept from the streets to capitol hill. several taking part in a hands up don't shoot demonstration on the floor of the house. democratic congressman and a member of the black caucus akeam jeffreys joins us. let me start with mississippi. there has been a lot of

discussion about the decision in the ferguson grand jury. and it has to do with raise relations. beyond talk what else can congress do? >> we certainly, as evidenced by the failure of the grand jury to indict in ferguson and the failure of the grand jury to indict in the teeth of eric garner witnessed by everyone because it was captured on video tape. there's a broken justice system relating to prosecutors and groouries to deliver justice when excessive force is used by a law enforcement officer against a civilian. the first step that congress needs to take is to convene hearings presumably by the judiciary committee i serve on and to look at whether to do things in a different way to allow for an impartial system to

take place whenever a police officer is accused of the use of excessive force. there's a conflict of interest when you have a prosecutor attempting to pursue a criminal charge against a law enforcement officer when the same prosecutors rely on police departments each and every day to make their cases. >> as you know there was a lot of conversation about the militarization of police especially in ferguson, missouri and the lack of oversight of police. there was a vote on an amendment. you voted no. can you tell us why? >> well at the time which was pre-ferguson, i was persuaded by the argument that as it relates to the new york police department. that the use of some of this equipment is appropriate in limited circumstances, given the terrorism threat that we face in the aftermath of september 11th. we understand what took place

when the towers were attacked and more than 2700 americans lost their lives. >> do police need the military equipment? what is clear, as a result of what we have seen subsequently is that the program is overbrought, that the monitoring of the programme is lapse, and we need an evaluation. >> politico has a fall out that raise relations worsened under obama. are are concerned in some ways the president has not been proactive enough on the issue of raise relations? >> i think there has been incidents where the president stepped forward in the context of raise relations. the one that comes to mind of course is in the aftermath of the trayvon martin situation, where the president made clear that trayvon could be his son. it was a powerful moment where the president touched a lot of

people with the observation. the president, of course is not just the leader of black america or latino pore white america. he's the president of the united states of america. he has an opportunity to bring us closer together as a country, something he is willing to do. >> congress has been dealing with gridlock for years. any chance that that will change? . i'm hopeful that the fact that we have republican control in the helped tifs and the senate -- house of representatives and the senate is the built in excuse to obstruct the congress and block the president, blame everything on the president, is no longer a credible line of attack to use. >> we'll see whether that happens. congressman jeffreys good to see you, thank you next - immigration, the president has a plan.

many republicans don't like it and will the new congress try to stop it. so social media on capitol hill. how america's newest lawmakers are getting their messages out. government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime.

>> announcer: an al jazeera special report - the new congress. a look at the mexican border. immigration will be a key issue. president obama has his plan. he issued an executive order last year delaying the deportation of millions of migrants. kristina is the cofounder and managing director of united we dream. she is originally from ecuador and came to the u.s. as a family as an undocumented student. she's in the studio tonight. wim. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> how does the latino community

view the new cop depress? >> i think that it is of no surprise that you see a republicans taking hard hits and attacking this executive action that was taken by president obama last year. it will benefit close to 5 million immigrants including latino immigrants people like my parents, for example, who will be able to have protection from deportation come out of the shadows. pay a fine follow up the form and be able to work in the country and live without fear. >> i want to talk about your family in a second. i want to repeat what the republicans have said - no amnesty. no amnesty for people who come into the united states illegally. how is that going to play in the latino community is this. >> i think - i'm not surprised. we have seen the record of republicans. they had an opportunity to pass immigration reform in the last

congress and chose not to do so. they have been trying to get rid of the daka programme that the president enacted in 2012, helping young immigrants like me to get deportation protection. i'm not surprised the republicans are attacking the efforts and the proposal that was passed by president obama. >> you say this with a smile on your face, but this is very personal for you, yes? >> exactly. what is clear to us is that republicans attacked on the programme that the president enacted. it is an attack not only on the president, but it's an attack to my family and the community. for us you know, it took us a lot of work to get here. we advocated a lot. share our stories, we are in protests and marches. the message to the republicans is bring it on. >> bring what on? >> this fight that they are

putting up. that they are attacking the programme benefitting close to 5 million people. >> the president's execuexactly. they would basically attack this programme through legal means, and said they would cut the funding for the department of homeland security. >> this would affect your family. >> correct. my family has been here for 16 years and would be able to apply in may, as the president laid out. >> if the republicans reverse this? >> i feel confident that the legal grounds... >> they said they want to stop it. >> one thing is for certain. our community will fight back on the attacks from republicans, and i feel confident about the decision that the president took because it has all the legal authority. everyone has said all the legal experts, that the president had the authority to do this.

what we are seeing is a political game from republicans. they have the option to do something and deliver a solution on legislation, and they chose not to. >> they are in the majority now. we'll see what happens. >> people believe in more politics if they do something. >> good to see you. >> when it comes to staying in touch with constituents many lawmakers take to twitter. social media could by a big role. wajahat ali has more on that. >> the 114th congress is embracing this crazy tool social media. if they take a cue from their peers, we should expect debate about some of the issues you talk about. immigration, i.s.i.l. and asking constituents questions like this one posed by 2016 presidential senator. he tweets:

the answer is yes. we asked our social media community if they follow any elected officials that listen to their concerns, and got this tweet: new jersey senator cory booker is the counter congressional mvp with 1.5 million formerers and tweets. he's a tweeting machine. here is today's tweet inspired by the snow fall: thanks senator booker i could have used senator rand paul's help. congressman byrne tweets:

the colleague echoed: we asked the community if they share the optimism and jessica's tweet sums up the sentiment: at the least hopefully we can look forward to congress tweeting about the new season of "game of thrones." >> thank you. still ahead, government gridlock how the president and lawmakers could find a way to work together. [[vo]] and it's become big business. >>the state of colorado is profiting immensely off of this.

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leader started the 114th congress from his washington home. nevada senator harry reid is recovering from an exercising accident. he met with his leadership team and says he'll get back to capitol hill as soon as doctors give him the go ahead. we have been talking about the congressional agenda. much of what happened in 2016 has do with the hopes at 2015. mike viqueira is at the white house. >> there's an irony here we heard leaders talk about the need to demonstrate that they can govern that they can do it with minimal drama. and little vitriol. here is the irony of that many of the people that they are trying to clear the field for, so the republican presidential raise can get the attention, many likely to do the fighting

and the biggest thorn - those running to live in the building beginning in january 2017. they include ted cruz. already who has been a thorn in the side. leading a filibuster. rand paul and marco rubio, who are fighting the leadership on a host of fronts and on the democratic side elizabeth warren urged to get into the raise, running from the left and bernie sanders considering the same thing. >> you basically described a recipe for gridlock. is there anything republicans can do? >> fix, there's an agreement between the president and the republicans, that's the worst fears that the president will go behind them cutting deals on tax. they want to lower tax on trade deals in the offing and infrastructure spending.

we saw how difficult it will be for the republicans, today, when they wanted to initiate a coup. they tried to deny the speakership, falling short in the house of representatives. on immigration repealing or sending back parts. act there'll be fights mike at white house, thank you very much jeannie, zeno a professor of campaign management at n.y.u. is in the studio. welcome. >> thank you. >> gridlocked the name of the game in washington. >> yes. i hate to be pessimistic. all signs, as you and mike talked about point to probably more gridlock. there was a fascinating article talking about why republicans have an incentive to continue gridlock. this is about 2016. as you look to 2016, if the

economy is going to be the big factor in who is going to be the next president, the president will get really - will get the blame if anything goes wrong in congress regardless of who controls it. they have an incentive. >> blame it on the president. >> yes, and the latest reaction shows that. the president gets the blame for gridlock especially for bad economic news. because it gives the republicans a disincentive. one is keystone the president vetos it. the other is immigration. i don't understand why that would stop. >> with keystone republicans, they feel it's a win. if the president vetos it. they get to go around. it actually is not a jobs package. if he signs it which he won't. they say they are working together and are moving forward. with immigration, i think this is a loss for the republicans.

we have to remember for all the pox and circumstances of the day, and the new congress coming in they are facing the same recallsy trant republicans in the house. it will be very hard for them to pass a comprehensive reform and they are going to be pressured to pull back his executive order. it is a bad situation. >> do the leaders of the party want to change their image. how do they plan to do that? >> i don't know if it's image, or winning. it's about holding the house and the septemberate. this is about winning. >> if they don't pass immigration, how do they do that? >> picking up the white house will be difficult. it requires the establishment to explain that to the base and they are working at odds it's in districts. sorry to paint an ugly picture in the new year.

>> we asked you to tell the truth, and you did brenda lawrence is a new face the democrat elected to represent michigan's 14th district. in the first person report she shares an impression of first day. >> i will tell you, it was a dream. but to stand here with the title and the pen, being a congresswoman is a dream come true. someone said "are you overwhelmed?" i'm not overwhelmed, but excited and grateful for the opportunity. i know i'm here for a reason. i'll get to work and do the work. it's been xil rating casting my -- exhilarating casting my first vote. there's so many egos you have to have egos. but when you put into perspective, you are serving for the people's. it is representative of the people and their needs.

i'm on a honeymoon now. we have been so respectful talking to each other about the challenges in our distribute. i have hope. i'm an optimist that we can literally work together. it's okay if you don't agree with me sit and talk with me. work together to take care of the people at this great country. i'm optimistic. >> a new member of congress. tonight's freeze frame comes from the opening session. 114th congress. house speaker john boehner planting a kiss on nancy pelosi his counterpart. a rare site of bipartisan goodwill. you be the judge. we'll see how long that cooperations lasts, if it does and report on what the congress accomplishes, and what it doesn't. the next big date is on krill your and is coming up quickly. president obama addresses the new congress and nation on

january 20th. we bring you complete coverage. state of union address. "america tonight" is next. one year in the rocky mountain mother load big money is changing hands. the rise of the legalized marijuana trade is a downer for some communities, hospitals and law enforcements. >> we want the supreme law in this land, the supreme court to look at this issue and tell us once and for all whether or not what colorado did was legal not. >> lori jane gliha looks at the