important to you and daca. i know you had i think urged the president not to end daca on friday. clearly he took other advise. a vice. are you disappointed? >> i didn't see exactly what came out yesterday because i was focused on irma. i was very specific last week. we do have to secure our border, make sure the citizens that came here not of their own volition, their parents brought them, they have an opportunity to pursue the dream. i don't believe in illegal immigration, but congress has got to act. what president obama did through executive order was not the right way to do this. congress has to come together, secure the borders, do everything to stop illegal immigration. these who come here with their parents, they have to have a chance to pursue their dream in this country. >> governor scott, we'll be following florida. best of luck to your state. >> all right. >> much more hurricane coverage of irma ahead. so let's get right to it.

good morning, welcome to your "new day." we begin with breaking news. there is a monster hurricane already battering parts of the caribbean and bearing down on puerto rico. as you heard, possibly heading towards florida. hurricane irma and its impact is expected to be catastrophic with a devastating storm surge as you just heard the governor talk about. also there will be life-threatening winds and dangerous flash flooding. at this point the massive storm is already talking 185-mile-per-hour winds. >> all right. so what's going to happen? that's the big question. you're looking at the track right now. we know it's bad for the bvis, puerto rico. hopefully it will stay to the north. you just heard the governor of "new day" saying it's definitely a state of emergency. they worry it's worse than andrew. people hitting the gas stations, hitting the supermarkets, all the supplies, construction supplies, everybody is out there trying to prepare, but for what

and which part? this is just one of several stories that we're following this morning. other big news, president trump facing backlash over his decision to end protections for nearly 800,000 dreamers. in hours we'll speak with chinese president xi. let's start with the latest on irma and cnn's leyla santiago is in puerto rico. we know they're prepared. we spoke to the governor this morning. but they are praying that it moves just to the north. and they still get hit, but not as hard as they could. >> reporter: right, chris. there's certainly a sense of unease and uncertainty as everyone waits. puerto rico is waking up today crossing their fingers, praying for a better outcome here. the governor, i know we spoke to him on cnn. he's expected to take to the

podium any minute to give an update as far as numbers and preparations for today. the last we heard from him, they are trying to take advantage of these last few hours before a potential hit from ir march. right now irma is about 200 miles southeast of where we are right now. everyone is just hoping that they can escape that destruction that the governor has been talking about. i talked to one woman yesterday who corrected me when i said, hey, let's talk about this hurricane. she said, oh, no, it is not a hurricane. this thing is a beast. there is a lot of uncertainty. people are definitely trying to take advantage of the last-minute hours, boarding up windows, heading to the grocery stores and waiting to see what will come to puerto rico, chris. >> leyla, thank you very much. be safe. we'll check back with you. joining us is claudia harris, she's traveled to st.

john in the u.s. virgin eye wlands, there to celebrate her birthday. now she's stuck there and will have to ride out the storm. are you hearing me okay snp how is the skype? >> i can hear you. >> all right. so how are you feeling? how is your family? >> we're really nervous and just hoping and praying that we don't get hit as hard as they're expecting and we make it out alive essentially. it's a scary situation. >> we said you're stuck there. why weren't you able to get out? did they close the airports? was there any warning? >> we got a note on our door sunday night saying they closing down the ports tuesday morning and we needed to change our departure. and we looked for airline tickets everywhere and we couldn't find any. there was none to any part of the country. they're all sold out. >> what's the situation where you're staying right now in

terms of preparation from the store? >> we're up on a hill, about 60 to 70 feet above sea level. there's about 50 people here in this villa at the highest point of the resort that we can be. >> the thinking is you're safe from the storm surge that far up or more exposed to winds, or is there some come where you say about 350 people will be sheltering? >> there's a couple safe rooms in the back of our resort. we don't expect to get flooded. if we do, we have three floors we can go up. the building is supposed to be built well to withstand category 5 winds. hopefully it won't fall. >> who are you with? >> i'm with my mom, my step dad and my boyfriend. >> at least you've got family there with you. i know this is scary. hopefully the preparations are in place and hopefully the storm is a little different than

expected. we will keep checking in with you, klaudia to make sure you're okay. you know how to reach us if you need anything. all right? >> okay. thank you very much. >> not the kind of birthday you wanted to have, but not one you'll ever forget, hopefully for good reason. be well and be safe. >> thank you. let's get more information because hurricane irma is very impressive sight from space. here is the image of the storm churning. look at the vastness of this storm. it's all captured by the international space station. here to update us on the storm's track is chief hurricane specialist at the national hurricane center, dr. michael brennan. dr. brennan, what do you see at this hour? >> well, right now we have the eye of very dangerous hurricane irma right over saint martin. as irma continues to move off to the west-northwest, it's going to be moving very close to the

u.s. and british virgin islands later today and then passing near or just north of the north coast of puerto rico as we go into tonight. after that time, we expect irma to move into the southeastern bahamas, the turks and cake cos and to the bahamas. we get to the weekend, somewhere in the vicinity of the florida peninsula. >> that's the big question at this hour. you can't tell right now whether it will hit the west coast or the east coast of florida, or is it possible one model has it missing florida altogether and making landfall in charleston, south carolina. >> a lot of potential outcomes. i prefer we couldn't see these dots that show our four and five-day points. our average error is 150, 200 miles. the storm could easily move to the left of our forecast, near our forecast or a little to the right. it's too early to determine what the specific impacts might be in florida or elsewhere in the southeastern united states.

we hope it will come into better focus in the next few days. >> when we hear this is the most powerful hurricane to ever be in the atlantic, what does that me mean? >> it's the most powerful hurricane we've seen in the atlantic, but irma is an exceptionally powerful hurricane. only four or five on record that have been stronger than this in our atlantic database. but catastrophic impacts with the category five winds and the eyewa eyewall, devastating storm surge expected in the northern leeward islands, seven to 11 feet. we could see up to 20 feet of storm surge in the turks and cake cos and southeastern bahamas. a life-threatening situation in the next few days. >> happy to get the word out. dr. brennan, thank you very much. keep us posted as the track changes. other big news. let's turn to washington. that's where president trump is and offering a little hope to dreamers. why? he promised to revisit the situation to kill the program

and maybe protect them from deportation if congress fails to come up with a legislative solution in the next six months. let's bring in joe johns live at the white house. a little deja vu all over again. except for the six months, congress failing and a president having to go it alone is how we got daca. >> reporter: that's right. very tough situation for not just this president but the previous president. president trump turning up the heat on the republican-led congress to find a way to protect those dreamers, the 800,000 young immigrants in the united states as a result of the program started by president obama called deferred action for childhood arrivals. >> i have a love for these people and hopefully now congress will be able to help them and do it properly. >> reporter: the stakes of congressional action or inaction seem a lot higher today. president trump tweeting tuesday

night that he plans to revisit his administration's decision to end daca if congress fails to pass a law protecting dreamers within six months. >> really we have no choice. we have to be able to do something, and i think it's going to work out very well, and long term it's going to be the right solution. >> reporter: press secretary sarah sanders explaining the president would support signing legislation as part of a broader immigration overhaul, but neglected to say whether trump would support a stand-alone bill that only addresses dreamers. >> we have confidence that congress is going to step up and do their job. we stand ready and willing to work with them in order to accomplish responsible i immigration reform. >> reporter: senator marco rubio urging the president to take the lead and clearly outline what kind of legislation the president is willing to sign. some lawmakers urging immediate action to swiftly pass a new dream act by the end of september. >> the clock is ticking.

we're in a countdown toward deportation for 780,000 protected by daca today. >> my challenge to the president is you've talked very glowingly about these kids. help us. help us in the house, help us in the senate. >> reporter: others are skeptical about congress's ability to pass comprehensive immigration legislation. senator john cornyn telling cnn a large-scale immigration bill would pretty much guarantee failure. in his harshest criticism yet, president obama slamming the decision to rescind his 2012 executive action in a lengthy letter as wrong, self-defeating and cruel saying in part, let's be clear, the action taken today isn't required legally. it's a political decision and a moral question. across the country nationwide protests were on display as president trump seemed to reverse his own promises to protect young immigrants from

deportation. very busy day on tap for president trump today. he's going to get on the phone and have a conversation with chinese president xi. then he's going to have a meeting with congressional leadership. after that he flies off to north dakota for a speech on taxes. chris and alisyn. >> let's bring in the panel, cnn political panelist john avlon and david gregory. david, we've been seeing this immigration fight go on for a long time. this happened before 9/11 which is when the dream act first started. how did we get here? >> i think the president is trying to manage very difficult politics. on this particular issue he is not ideological. i don't think he wants to send dreamers back to a country that they wouldn't recognize. they are effectively americans, yet i think he's trying to manage his own nativist wing of his own political coalition.

it's not unreasonable to force congress to do the job it should have done all along. but he's not providing any leadership. he is, yet again, strikingly a bystander on an important issue instead of giving congress real direction. he's head of the government, head of the republican party. he should drive on what the solution really ought to be. if he thinks congress, which couldn't deal with health care, we don't know about taxes, is going the take on comprehensive immigration reform with the idea of a wall in the middle of all that, something that hasn't been accomplished since before 9/11 when it was on tap to be done by president bush, i don't think that's realistic. >> john, we know the president is not a detail-oriented person. he's a big picture guy. there's all sorts of reporting this morning. we just had maggie haberman from "the new york times," that he didn't quite grasp the consequences of all this, didn't

quite think out all the steps about what would happen after his announcement and tossing hot potato to congress. >> you don't get sympathy. his statement last night, i'll revisit it, are being contradicted by his own administration and white house talking points which said dreamers should prepare for departure for this country in six months. the idea of forcing congress's hand may seem el grant on the surface, but it runs into a thicket of problems. as lindsey graham said, if donald trump wants to avoid a moral disaster on this that would haunt his conscience, he needs to lead. if he wants to pull a nixon in china and do comprehensive immigration reform, he needs to lead. >> that means he needs to roll up his sleeves, work the phones, call the most conservative members of the republican congress and say, guys, we need to keep these dreamers here. >> or the most conservative democrats to the extent they

exist, yes. he's got to roll up his sleeves and actually be president in the lbj mold. he's got to actually use that charm and that focus to move the ball forward. >> david, let's be clear. the problem isn't convincing people not to deport dreamers. that has been seen as abhorrent since jump in 2001. this is something else. the six months is self-imposed. the president put in there. there is no immediacy here. yes, some states attorneys general are threatening to sue. donald trump has never been one to shy away from litigation. this isn't a feeding something else. let's be honest what it's about. this feeds the fear and anger of a part of his base, these dreamers -- immigration is a metaphor for us versus them and what is america. those are the themes that donald trump was lamb herring away during the campaign. now he's in a position to do something about it. >> i agree. and maggie haberman made the point that he's got to be held accountable for these views throughout the campaign, being

very hard line on immigration, even though he's not hard line on the dreamers per se. he's got to land somewhere and then lead, as john as been saying. he's got to forge a particular direction. and the problem is nah he contradicts himself. he's been contradicted by other parts of his administration in terms of what they're going to do next. what you see from congressional leaders is they don't want to make this an issue. the problem with john's description, not that i don't disagree with it, he didn't have the kind of juice to reach down on the conservative base and call these guys and say, look, i want a wall, too. this is how we're going to get all these things done. you were talking to jim jordan. that is the conservative right that sprang up really in 2004, 2005. that's what president bush could contend with. president bush, border governor of texas, knew this issue, had

this issue right, but the politics made away from it. >> he made a mistake not doing it first after his re-election. no point on litigating that. he needs to try to present a bigger picture. let's also not get caught up on the process. let's not forget about the people. we're talking about 800,000 americans who have never known another country, and they are facing deportation after they gave their information and their addresses to the federal government. and all of a sudden now, jeff sessions, this has been a long-standing hobby horse of his, is in a position to weapon niez that data and go after those dreamers in a way that could be incredibly ugly in six months and is sinister. >> last word. >> last word, john, the historian in him taking it broader and i think it's important. this is as much about who we are as americans. the great civil war historian shelby foote talked about the

civil war as being a crossroads in america that defined who we are. who we are as immigrants is as much a part of who we are in the 20th and 21st century. these dreamers are americans like my own children. they were born here, they contribute to society. >> or came here as children -- they weren't born here. they came here as children. >> i understand that. sorry, yes, being raised in this country and are effectively americans, i think there's broad recognition of that. it has to be part of this political debate. >> it is. it's what it's all about, who this country wants to be and it's a disunity fueled by this. they happened to pick on the most vulnerable people to make a stand. >> david, john, thank you very much. can lawmakers pass a bill to keep these dreamers in the united states? one congressman has a plan, but can he get it through congress? he'll explain it to us.

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s congress has six months to come up with a plan to protect dreamers from deportation. joining us is congressman

diaz-balart. congressman, thanks so much for being here. the clock is ticking. what's your plan? >> it's actually -- there's a lot of us that have been working on this for a long time. there's no secret what has to happen. you have both sides, right and left. one side says they want to deal with the folks that are here, the undocumented in a way that's permanent. the other side says i have no problem with that as long as you do border security first. there's no secret. you have to do both of them at the same time. you have to deal with border security and the individuals you ear dealing with. when you're talking about the dreamers, i think you have to do one step at a time. we have to make sure the dreamers can stay here permanently. i agree with you that these are folks that frankly are americans except they don't have the documents. we have to do some border security. this should not be that complicated, that controversial. it's those that say you have to

have all or nothing that for now over a decade have created this problem. therefore, i think we can permanently solve the issue of the dreamers while getting some border security aspects. i would hope that after we do that, we can then take the next step which is deal with the rest of the broken immigration system and the rest of the folks who are here undocumented that deserve a way that they can earn a way to get right with the law. >> when you spell it out, it sounds as if it should be simple. but you know the reality. for decades, for whatever reason, it hasn't been. why hasn't this worked? >> because it is a politically very difficult issue. emotionally, there's nothing more emotional of an issue out there. and also technically, let's not minimize the technical difficulties in some aspects of this. you know i've been involved with this for a long time and we came exceedingly close, i believe it was last congress, the congress before that, and then

circumstances beyond our control took over. >> hold on one second. i want to stop you there. you did come exceedingly close. you say circumstances beyond your control. was it eric cantor's loss? was it political fright that took over? >> as you know, in essence we had the votes and then mr. kantor lost the primary and just weeks after that, we had the crisis on the southern border with the 60,000 unaccompanied minors. it muddied the waters and created additional difficults in an area that's already very difficult. do i think there's a way to get it done? i think there's added pressure dealing with the dreamers. i think we have an opportunity and a challenge. we have to get it done. i think, look, that's congress's role to do the difficult things. the easy thing is to avoid this issue, the politically easy thing. i've never avoided it. i think we have to get it done and i think there's a way

forward. >> do you think in that way it's good that president trump kicked it over to congress and is sort of forcing your hand? >> look, i would rather these folks would not be subject to deportation. is it good? i would rather that that was not the option, no. i support keeping the dreamers here and however we can do that. however, if that forces congress to finally act, and we know the way forward, and it's going to have to be not everything, not one big bite, but smaller bites, border security and dealing with the dreamers, then hopefully we can do more. if this forces the issue, and history will show it will be a good thing. the key here is what? the key is congress must act. we have to quit playing politics. we have to quit saying i want everything or nothing or we're not willing to deal with these folks, we have to be reasonable. it's going to have to be the center of congress coming together avoiding the extremes of both the right and the left and with the help of the administration.

do i think this president wants to keep the dreamers here? absolutely i do. do i think congress can do this and we have a way forward? yes. is it going to be easy? >> absolutely not. >> what do you say to your most conservative colleagues, thinking of people like congressman steve king who say these are families who flouted the law. maybe these children didn't, they came through no choice of their own. we're a nation of laws. we can't reward them. there has to be consequences. >> one of the things that defines the united states of america. we're a mayormeritocracy. these individuals, these dreamers have done absolutely nothing wrong. let's just them for what they did. i think the american people understand that. how do we get that done? how do we move forward? i think we have a way forward. it's not going to be easy and it's going to require lowering the decibels, rolling up our sleeves and again, most of us,

who i think there's vast agreement that these dreamers deserve to be here. there's also vast agreement that the united states has a right, i will tell you the obligation, to protect its borders. there's agreement on that. let's put those things together and get this part done. if we can get this part done, which is a big if, but i think it's possible, then i'm hopeful we can eventually do more. that would be great for our economy, the national security. >> congressman diaz-balart, thank you for sharing your optimism with us this morning. >> thank you, ma'am. the top democrat on the house intel committee says some republicans investigating the russian election hack are trying to undermine part of the investigation. exactly who and how? congressman adam schiff making the allegation makes the case to you next. ch advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business. ♪

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president trump set to speak with china's president in about 90 minutes to discuss north korea's nuclear test as the threat from kim jong-un's regime

grows. joining us is congressman adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. you have important allegations to discuss with respect to the russia investigation. let me get your take on this big news this morning. where do you see the crisis point between the united states and north korea. >> i think the best thing to do is not engage in twitter diplomacy, but have a heart to heart with china. i think it's the most profound leverage can thab applied. we have to do that in a reasoned way. i don't think talking about china being embarrassed or engaging in bellicose statements about china or distancing ourself from our south korean ally is helpful. we should be working to fashion a coalition to strengthen economic pressure on north korea and have something to propose that this would lead to in terms of a diplomatic outcome.

obviously that's alarming for me and many members of congress in both parties. >> we know the president is speaking with president xi this morning. we also know china is being reluctant. there's a lot of money tied up with north korea. there's a shared border with north korea for china. so they're recalcitrance seems pretty set in. what do you think could be done to motivate them? >> i think if we sat down with the chinese at the highest levels and said we would like to work with you to get north korea to freeze their program and ultimately roll it back. here is what we have to propose, increasing economic pressure, you need to cut down on the commerce you're doing with north korea. we ooh el have to expand panned missile defense in the region, secondary sanction, a lot of things we don't want to do if we can't get your full cooperation.

if we can get your cooperation, here is what we're prepared to do, we're prepared to sit down at the table and negotiate a resolution of this with north kor korea. we can't confront them in a way that forces them to resist us and we certainly shouldn't be driving wedges between ourselves and our south korean allies which the president is doing for quite inexplicable reasons. >> do you think we're close to any type of military conflict with north korea? >> i think the only way we'd be close to that is if there's a terrible miscalculation by north korea and the dangerous rhetoric isn't help when you have such a hot head in pyongyang. i think we're nowhere near there. there are many instances in history where people make terrible miscalculations. here that would be calamitous. we need to do everything we can to have a sober resolution of

this as part of a coherent strategy and not each member of the administration speaking for themselves. nikki haley saying one thing and secretary mattis another and the president a third. that doesn't impress anyone and doesn't get the job done. >> let's turn to the russia investigation. what have you seen going on that concerns you? >> we seek voluntary compliance from witnesses and agencies and only if they refuse do we issue a subpoena. the majority has departed from that twice, most recently during the recess, without sending letters to the doj, it decided it would on its own and ju unilaterally issue subpoenas and provoke a confrontation with the department of justice and the fbi in a way that i don't think is constructive or helpful and quite unnecessary. the fbi and doj have been cooperating with us. it concerns me, and also concerns me that subpoenas we do need where we haven't gotten

cooperation, we haven't been able to get the majority to approve. the best example, we sent two letters to the white house asking if they had anything memorializing conversations between the president to comey. the white house gave us an incomplete answer. clearly there are and it's come to the public record. that we should subpoena because the white house has been strong arming us. >> how would these efforts be undermining the investigation? maybe it's too aggressive, maybe ruffling feathers. how does that undermine the effectiveness? >> i think they're designed to discredit christopher steel, but also the fbi and department of just its's involvement and any connections between russia and the campaign. >> how so? >> when you look at what they're requesting and why this is a priority and why they're making a public confrontation with the department, i think it's an effort to put the department of

justice and fbi on trial for some reason rather than try to get to the facts. >> you think there are members of the committee trying to create conflict with the fbi saying they don't want to talk to us about the dossier, they know it's all bunk? >> i don't know because the resort to subpoenas is otherwise inexplicab inexplicable. why not seek voluntary compliance? why not write to the department as we have with other witnesses, why not seek to get their compliance. it's a departure from the committee practice. of course, you have to ask why. it doesn't get us any closer to the role of the trump campaign people. it certainly seems to be inconsistent with the focus of the investigation as a minimum. what do you make of the suggestion that there are conflicts between the congressional investigation and special prosecutor, special

counsel bob mueller. >> we've tried to coordinate with bob mueller's office. i think it's important that we not take steps in our committee that would foreclose mueller's ability to be able to prosecute individuals. there is timing in terms of sequencing of witnesses that i think we ought to try to take into consideration, the wants and needs of the special counsel. this subpoena does concern me if it goes to material that is being gathered by the special counsel and if it at least has the potential of disrupting his work. so we are trying to coordinate. but again, this move does concern me if it would in any way impede what the special counsel is doing. >> congressman adam schiff, appreciate the perspective as always. >> thank you, chris. >> alisyn? >> now that the president has ended a program protecting the young undocumented immigrants, what's next for dreamers? we talk to two of them who had big plans about whapt they'll do next.

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how regot here with daca is probably the best indication of where we'll end up. daca is not new. obama didn't invent dreamers. the dream act, development relief and education for alien minors started in 2001 before 9/11, introduced by an democrat

and republican. deporting has been found repugnant by both parties. the problem is, that's all they agree on. it was written into various reform bills and all failed. why? fundment conflict between exclusion, enforcing the law, removing illegal entrants and inclusion, a moral responsibility for those who want to be here. proof of the moral struggle in 2007, the bill reintroduced tarred with the name amnesty. and it failed in a filibuster. in 2009 the ball was reintroduced, by 2010, failed again. president obama vowed to take the bill straight to the house. he did it. guess what? it passed. but then it failed in the senate. immigration and dreamers became casualties of culture war. any accommodation was called amnesty. by 2011 the bipartisan spirit that launched the bill was dead. 2012, faced with a desperation of hundreds of thousands of young people living in basically

limbo, president obama instructed his homeland security secretary to write the memo that would create daca, deferred action for childhood arrivals, meaning they're still here illegally but they need to live a life here. he did a lot of what the dream act would do. it was always legally dubious, but a moral position he deemed necessary. in 2014 the president attempted to expand daca, swiftly sued by texas and 20 other states. a district judge shut it down. the supreme court was split, leaving the injunction in place. that brings us to today, trump promising to end daca in six months if congress doesn't legalize it first, then saying he might revisit it if they don't. which is pretty much how we got here. congress failing to act and the president going alone. those, alisyn, who failed to learn from the mistakes from history are doomed to repeat them. >> chris, let's talk about the real people who are affected,

dreamers across the country are waking up this morning worried about their fate and whether they will be deported six month from now. joining us, jimena magagna came here from mexico city at 9 years old, a student at university of houston. daishi tanaka, a student at harvard. it's great to have both of you here to explain how you're feeling and what you think the future holds for you. jimena, what did you think when you heard the attorney general make the announcement about dreamers and what do you think your fate is? >> when i heard the announcement, at first i thought, you know, we've done so much work as undocumented youth to fight for something that we've earned, this is a fight that started from our parents. our parents sacrificed so much to give us the opportunity for a better life and we get to this

point where now we're being called illegal aliens when we need to be recognized as human beings. so it was a struggle listening to those words, but also gaifs me more strength to continue. >> let me give people a little more history of your background. you came when you were 9. you remember walking across a desert, as you describe it to get here. you remember you and your mom alone then crossing a river. you say you had just a backpack with your teddy bear in it. your mom says she came because she couldn't find work or support you in mexico city. she came here to the u.s. and had two jobs, worked around the clock trying to support you. as i understand it, your dream is to join the u.s. army. tell us about that, and if you go back to mexico, what your life will be like. >> right. i did jrotc when i was in high school.

my dream wassing the a j.a.g. officer and defend our troops as a lawyer. sadly that dream had to be shut down because of the broken immigration system that we currently have. it is not working for us. i was unable to enlist into the armed forces, even after doing two years in the rotc program at the university of houston. and going back to mexico would mean all the progress and the growth i've had in this country would be gone. i've worked so hard and i love this country so much and i've done so much for this community, that everything would be gone overnight. >> daichi, you are a student at harvard. so i'll go out on a limb and say you're a good student. >> thank you. >> what were you imagining your future would be and what did you think yesterday when you heard the announcement? >> i came to the u.s. when i was 6 years old, in 2004.

my parents and i have been here for around 13 years, until my parents self-deported back to japan. >> why did they do that? why did your parents do that recently? >> the impending political sort of -- trump's election and their prospects for immigration reform was very much diminished. so they're working $6.00 an hour and they wanted a better future for themselves. >> your story is unusual. you came from japan. we don't often hear undocumented immigrants from japan. quickly, why did they come here to begin with? >> right. i'm half filipino, half japanese. in japan, my mom and i, we faced a lot of racial discrimination. my parents believe that in the u.s. all children here are treated equals. in 2004 we came here looking for a better future for me.

>> now what do you think your future holds? >> i intended to go to law school. i wanted to be an immigration attorney. i wanted to contribute to this country that i call home. now, without the ability to work -- without the ability to have this peace of mind, i'm not sure if i can really pursue anything but just finding a way to survive, . >> and really my prospects for my future are grim. >> what do you want to say to the president? and congress, who now hold your fate in their hands? >> i just want to say that immigrant rights activism is what got daca and that activism will be stronger than ever after. everyone at home can say that the law is the law, but, to trump and everyone in congress, the law is not justice. and it's time to act. >> we'll follow your sfotories.

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hillary clinton's new book is called what happened. cnn obtained a copy. in the book she blasts berny sanders and -- let's pick that up. cnn's jeff zeleny has a copy. what does she say in there. >> good morning. she's taking ownership to a degree for her stunning loss to donald trump in the 2016 presidential campaign. cnn purchased a copy from a

florida bookstore late yesterday and have been looking through this. she says she takes responsibility for a series of mistakes including misjudging the moment and not recognizing the anger in the country. in one pass j she writes this. still, in terms of fighting the previous war, i think it's fair to say i didn't realize how quickly the ground was shifting under all of our feet. i was running a traditional presidential campaign. while trump was running a reality tv show that expertly and relentlessly stoked america's anger and resentment. she also has strong words for the russian president who u.s. intelligence belief meddled and helped' lect president trump. she says this. there's nothing i was looking forward to more than showing putin that his effort the to influence our election and

install a friendly puppet head failed. our first face-to-face meeting would have been something. i know he must be enjoying everything that's happened instead but he hasn't had the last laugh yet. she also writes about what makes her such a lightning rod. part of it because she's a woman and been on the scene for so long. talks ex-tensetivetensively abo anybody. she says i go back to every 0 my own shortcomings and mistakes i take responsibility for all of them. >> okay. jeff. thanks so much for giving us a preview of that book to hit shore shelves next week. meanwhile a vote on the first round of disaster funding for harvey is expected to hit the house floor today. for many texans returning to their homes the shock of what's left is overwhelming. cnn's miguel marquez followed one couple home. >>reporter: flood waters were

rising when this couple left their home. >> i don't know that i was expecting this. i don't know what i was expecting. >> i'm shocked. speechless. >> today, the smell overwhelming, mold grows everywhere. >> look at this. >>reporter: the walls crumble like cheese. everything in their home, a complete loss. >> the water line is right here. so we'll possibly have to go six foot through the whole house. >>reporter: parents to tiler, dexy and tal lon, 15, 13 and 11. they didn't have the heart to bring them to see what's left. >> our son's weight lifting medal the. that what was he was worried about. >> this is her volleyball pictures, last year first year to start playing volleyball and basketball. she made the team. >>reporter: overwhelmed by loss, katie excuses herself.

>> it makes me sad for our kids. >> reporter: how will they take this? >> our youngest has cried to come home. >>reporter: this is the first time these people have gotten back into the homes. there are still about 1,000 or more homes that you are inundated. sheriff mark dais has worked in law enforcement 31 years. >> it's by far the greatest disaster we've seen her. the most damage by far. >> it's heartwrenching. everything is gone. everything. everything i had is gone. if you look out here, everything. there's nothing left. >>reporter: lisa bennet left when the water was hip deep. she couldn't save her favorite pet, a miniature donkey. >> over there along the fen line. that's all i wanted was my donkey. it's so crazy, but animals are a

part of a lot of people's lives around here. >>reporter: she says she won't rebuild. the others are here to stay. miguel marquez, cnn. hard stories coming out for some time. we cannot forget the need. we're following a lot of news, there is a new advisory on hurricane irma. let's get after it. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day," wednesday september 68:up to 18 miles an hour of sustained wind. the gusts are even higher. puerto rico, dominican republic, haiti, cuba, all in the line of fire. the category 5 storm in the strongest hurricane in the atlantic in a