punishment doesn't fit. >> thanks so much to everyone who responded. it's been great seeing you this morning. >> don't forget our facebook page #keeptalking. "fox & friends" starts now. >> bye. >> good morning. it is thursday, november 20. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. students huddle in fear as a shooter runs loose at florida state university. >> stay where you are. if anybody has been shot call 911 on your cell phone. >> breaking news on the victims and gunmen straight ahead. >> the president about to drop a political bombshell, bypassing congress on immigration. republicans call it illegal, but the white house calls it something else. >> that is something republicans are critical of. that may be a criticism that the president wears with a badge of honor.

>> badge of honor? a live report from washington, d.c. in moments. >> this obamacare architect called the american people stupid and got paid millions to do it. one state fighting to get the money back but there is a catch. it is going to cost you to get the money back that should have been yours in the first place. "fox & friends" begins right now. >> it's time for "fox & friends". >> we are a week from turkey day. >> panicked a bit. >> what's the most difficult item you're going to be cooking? >> you've got to get everything timed up. brining that turkey. >> brian is off this morning. i'm clayton in for him. hope brian is enjoying the day off. >> thank you for joining us this morning. we have this for you now. while you were sleeping a gunman opened fire inside the florida state university library packed with students.

breaking details coming in right now. leah gabriel is following all of them for us. good morning to you, leah. what can you tell us? >> good morning, guys. dozens of students were studying for midterms when this terrifying announcement comes over the speaker. listen. >> this has been a shooting in the library. stay where you are. >> you can see the students taking shelter, many abandoning their computers and backpacks. some even boarding up desks as the horrifying scene played out. a freshman was in his dorm room when he heard the shots ring out. >> we heard a gunshot and got a texas message saying there was a -- got a text message saying there was a shooting. you hear about all these shootings and then it just happened. >> the gunman injured three people before campus police confronted him outside the building. they ordered him to drop his gun but instead he

fired at them. officers then shot and killed him. at this hour no word on a motive. we have just learned that classes have been canceled this morning. clayton, steve, elisabeth, back to you. >> we thank you very much. >> a lot happening overnight as well. heather nauert joins us. >> let's start on the west coast where there was a massive home explosion and now it is being treated as a crime scene. a drug lab is being eyed in this explosion. it was so strong that the walls of this home crumbled to the ground. d.e.a. agents are now collecting evidence at this house in san bernardino county. one man found dead in the basement. two others pulled from the rubble. they suffered severe burns. both are now in critical condition. al sharpton says he is pred did i to protest no matter -- ready to protest no matter what the grand jury decides in ferguson, planning vigils and protests in two dozen

cities once the decision is announced. his demonstrators will show up in federal buildings he says to demand federal prosecutors take over that case. sharpton says his group is on, quote, high alert. jonathan gruber, you know him, he called you stupid and he laughed all the way to the bank. now one of those banks is dloasing -- closing up. >> americans are too stupid [inaudible] >> the state of vermont is now terminating gruber's contract as an imoarm -- obamacare consultant. his contract has been terminated but he's expected to stay on through january to complete his work, although that part of it will be unpaid. >> one of motown's most memorable voices is now gone. ♪ what becomes ♪ of the broken hearted

>> such a great classic song. his name is jimmy ruffin. he was best known for "what becomes of the broken hearted." he has died. last months there were reports he was seriously ill and in intensive care. jimmy ruffin was 78 years old. >> thank you very much. he leaves behind a lot of great music. meanwhile, the president of the united states tonight is going to test the constitutional limits of being president. he's going to bypass congress completely and give an executive order on immigration. this is big. that's why we have roused james rosen, our fox news chief washington correspondent to fill us in on the details. james. >> it is big. good morning to you, steve, elisabeth and clayton. in tonight's prime time address the president is expected to announce deferred action. that means a reprieve from deportation for up to five

million illegal immigrants. these are parents of children who are here legally or who themselves may have been brought here as children. the move comes almost two years after the president used a speech at a high school in las vegas to challenge republicans to enact immigration reform. it will be at that same high school that president obama will return to sign his executive order. >> what i'm going to be laying out is the things that i can do with my lawful authority as president to make the system work better even as i continue to work with congress and encourage them to get a bipartisan comprehensive bill that can solve the entire problem. >> the president's order will also likely expand visas for high-tech workers and contain some measures aimed at beefing up border security. >> after the president did this last time, we saw all those children come to the border. understand this, many of those children never made it here because they were

killed along the way. other children were tortured. others were raped. it is the united states and the president would be an accomplice to the inhumane way that the people would be treated who come here or try to come here because of the order. >> leading republicans say they are already reviewing options for challenging this order in court. >> james, thank you very much. the president is going to make his statement tonight at 8:00 p.m. apparently the white house asked the networks do you mind if we have ten minutes of time. the networks said no, it is a busy thursday night. so the president will be appearing on -- you'll see him on fox news, plus the 15th annual latin grammys will be delayed by 15 minutes so they can have it live on univision. >> they chose it tonight because of the latin grammys. they know this night they have a large latin audience on television. oh wait, the president is on, we'll have to wait for the grammys. >> it is going to be in

nevada where in nevada they have a great population of illegal immigrants. >> i thought the president said don't go to vegas. remember that? >> he said a lot of things. >> republicans are firing back. we're going to have judge napolitano on the show a little bit later. >> they're coming for you, steve. to break down the legality of this. judge napolitano, a great constitutional scholar will be here to break that down. meanwhile ted cruz said this is absolutely illegal. take a listen. >> we are unfortunately witnessing a constitutional crisis. what president obama is doing is defying the law, defying the constitution. the president quite rightly said a few weeks ago his policies were on the ballot over the country. this was a referendum on amnesty and the american people said no we don't want lawless amnesty. i'm sorry to say president

obama's reaction is defiant and it is angry. >> of course probably alluding to the midterm elections where the president said his policies were on the ballot. he is specifically alluding to the violations in the constitution that requires the president to take care to execute the laws as they are written in article 1 section 8, gives u.s. congress, not the president, the authority to enact immigration policy. highlights on that today. >> presidents for decades have used executive actions like this to do stuff but never before has it been so broad where a president has used prosecutorial discretion which means he tells the department of justice let's not enforce the law. you know what? that guy at the podium in brings lane last week who is -- in brisbane last week who is going to be making the announcement tonight, he considers, at least josh earnest says it, to be a badge of honor to people he

made a promise to. here's mr. earnest. >> we've heard rhetoric about lawlessness from house republicans for some time. a statement reefd to emperor obama. the president is somebody willing to examine the law, use the law and use every element of that law to make progress for the american people. and if that is something republicans are critical of, that may be a criticism that the president wears with a badge of honor. >> the president was criticizing himself. remember he said i'm the president of the united states, not the emperor of the united states. remember he said all these things that are about to follow. >> do you have any videotape? >> i do. >> the biggest problem that we're facing right now has to do with george bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through congress at all. with respect to the notion that i can just suspend deportations through executive order, that's just not the case. i know some people want me

to bypass congress and change the laws on my own, but that's not how -- that's not how our system works. if in fact i could solve all these problems without passing laws in congress, then i would do so. but we're also a nation of laws. that's part of our tradition. >> in that univision debate the president specifically said this notion that i can suspend deportation under executive action is just not true. you just can't do that. but now the white house saying there's been a long line of republicans that have done this so this gives us the ability to do that. george h.w. bush granted amnesty stopping deportation to a million illegal immigrants. even the white house saying this goes back to ronald reagan doing the same thing, i have the authority to do it. >> there is a fellow who addressed that because i've heard that argument a lot lately. it's wrong for this reason, clayton. they say when reagan and bush sr. both did it, none of the programs were that

big. they say none of them transformed the major policy debate of the day and the other thing is it was never used as blackmail against congress to get them to do something they didn't want to do. essentially what they were doing was mopping up stuff from the original amnesty in 86. it cleaned things up. but that was passed by congress. this is just getting shoved down people's throats. and the opinions of americans regarding what the president is about to do, i don't think the white house is going to like this. a plurality of americans, more americans oppose it than approve it. make no mistake, americans are behind doing something about immigration, but having the president go it alone, we don't like it. >> it's not the what. it's the how. americans have seen dictatorship and it doesn't go well. they've seen emperors. they don't want our nation to be a nation run by an emperor or dictator and that is what that survey is indicating. >> why not put it before congress? you're going to have battles before the republican party.

a good opportunity to stake your claim there. >> that is what they're there for, to do stuff like this. up next, we wanted to know what you think about executive action on illegals. we're going to reveal the results coming up next. >> world war ii rifles being removed from a museum. what? the reason, background checks need to be done on them, yes, we're serious. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ no mom in the history of moms has ever turned down a handmade ornament. this week at bass pro shops santa's wonderland kids can get their picture with santa, make a stuffed reindeer ornament, and during the week, get a collectible back pack clip, all for free.

>> welcome back. todayed president will announce his plan to move forward with immigration reform alone. so what does the american public think about this? leigh carter joins us now to weigh these sound bites with some dials. nice to see you this morning. let's get the president on tape here talking about executive action and we'll get your analysis. take a listen. >> i indicated to speaker boehner several months ago that if in fact congress failed to act i would use all the lawful authority that i possess to try to make the system work better. and that's going to happen. that's going to happen before the end of the year. >> seems like a flat line in the middle. what's going on? >> people didn't react the

way i thought. i thought people would react really negatively and say i don't think he's going to work with anybody but they didn't. in some ways people said it's both sides and if there is an opening maybe he would work with them if the republicans came up with something. overall the people gave this a c. >> they're saying they're tired of gridlock. jonathan gruber calling the american voters stupid and the president last week acting as if he barely knew jonathan gruber from the history books. take a listen to this sound bite. >> no, i did not. i just heard about this -- i get well briefed before i come out here. the fact that some advisor who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that i completely disagree with in terms of the voters is no replek shun on the actual -- no reflection on the process that was run. >> this was an absolute f.

both republicans and democrats agreed this was horrible. what they didn't believe is that he was separating himself. the fact that the white house contracted with him makes it no different than everybody working with him. this was a mess. absolutely f on everybody we talked to. >> people like it when you take accountable. that democratic line was the most dramatic. it was off the cliff. >> off the cliff. sprietion how negatively they reacted. >> how did people react to this. john boehner said we're going to fight the president on his executive action tooth and nail. >> the president threatening to take unilateral action on immigration even though in the past he's made clear he didn't believe he had the constitutional responsibility or authority to do that. and i'll just say this. we're going to fight the president tooth and nail if he continues down this path. this is the wrong way to govern.

this is exactly what the american people said on election day they didn't want. >> what too lines are we seeing there? >> it is a little bit different. it was surprising to me that older folks, people that were gen x and above said i'm tired of gridlock. we gave it a d overall because people are saying he's combative, he's not ready to compromise and that's it. >> the older folks said john boehner we're not happy with you on that one. >> absolutely. >> interesting. leigh carter, always great stuff. we enjoy these sound bites and the dial. thank you. coming up on the show, another mess at the u.n. n. this time we gave away millions and never got a promise what the money would be used for. are you getting tired of political correctness in this country? there's a movie you have to see. the director is here with the director is here with that. i'm over the hill.

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we're here with a fox news alert. gaza militants at it again. israel says they're test firing rockets just two days after the massacre in a jerusalem sin gol gaza -- synagogue, gaza militants fired four rockets into the mediterranean sea. want to know how many americans traveled to syria in the past few months? 150. agents believe they may try to return to the united states to wage jihad on american soil.

your tax dollars helped pay for it. the united nations donating tens of millions of dollars to war torn somalia for humanitarian work over the past few years. so where did it go? auditors say they have no idea. a new internal watchdog reports there is no effective way to track the money or know exactly what it's being used for. not sitting well with us. steve? >> terrific. we told you folks yesterday about a school district dumping christmas and easter from its calendar after some muslims complained that they wanted their own holiday on it. chuck norris is outraged by the political correctness and he wants people to watch this film, "last ounce of courage." >> we can't let the enemy take one more inch. not one more inch! we can't be silent anymore. the silence has to stop and it has to stop today! young men and women are

dying in foreign lands to preserve the freedoms that we enjoy every single day. can you hear them? just listen. it's their voices from the grave. they're wondering if they died in vain. >> chuck norris encourages people to watch that particular scene in particular. can anything be done to preserve our freedoms? joining us is kevin mcafee, the director of "last ounce of courage." good morning to you, kevin. >> good morning, steve. it's awfully early. >> tell me about it. it's 5:26 where you are. we appreciate you getting up. chuck norris did this for a town hall and talked about how a school had taken after the holidays off the school calendar and political correctness. that's not the america we grew up with, is it? >> it is like throwing the baby out with the bath water.

mr. norris could not have been more accurate in what he was trying to say. last ounce of courage, in a scene darrell campbell wrote literally in 2007 talks specifically about this very issue where they wanted to call christmas break winter break. but this is a federal holiday that grant put together in 1870 so this is part of our history. >> absolutely federal holiday. in his op-ed chuck wrote that is not the holiday our founding fathers founded for us. the pipelines of progressivism pumping out another indoctrineation. he encourages people to watch "last ounce of courage." the mayor of the town, political pressure around him. he would like to bring god back as it was back in the day but everybody is saying you don't want to ruffle any feathers. pick up the story and lead us to that scene at the end. >> i think one thing that

is really important is we have to recognize that even in the film we say muslims have the opportunity to bow in the town square and pray. the jewish brothers that we have have the opportunity to blow their shofar, display their menorah and christian americans should have the right to celebrate christmas. bob takes a bold stand. what he's trying to say is you know what? this is important. and this is something we should stand up for. so when he gives that speech, it is really the climax of the movie. we appreciate so much what mr. norris has done and others to help keep this in front of our people, because we're a family movie company. we're trying to make films that impact our culture. and we're in that niche that's very unique in hollywood. but we recognize that there has to be a freedom of religion. and we want to take a stand about that freedom. >> absolutely. that's what you do with the movie. you can rent it now. it is on d.v.d. called "last ounce of courage." ken mcafee, the director

joining us from okc. thank you. coming up, our top story, the president is going to give amnesty to illegals. your comments pouring in. the v.a. is being fixed; right? how did this happen? >> one time i was turned away and the second time they literally had to put me in a closet. >> not what she fought for. that vet's story straight ahead. next happy birthday to a country music star. ♪ ♪ ♪ thank you for being my hero and my dad.

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came up one vote short of getting approval to build the keystone x.l. pipeline. democrats said the pipeline could accelerate global warming and people who were outside today said sounds good to me. >> timely. >> here in new york city right now the wind chill is 30 degrees. that is about 20 degrees warmer than it was yesterday. maria has got the weather in a little bit. she's back from the snowbelt. >> in the meantime the president tonight at 8:00 is going to reveal his plan for giving essentially executive amnesty to millions of illegals in the country. we wondered what you thought and the facebook machine is heating up. >> this is bob on facebook. you say secure the borders and then congress and congress only should pass a law to change their legal status. >> tony sent us a tweet. so many people waiting years to become a u.s. citizen and take the oath. they do it the legal way. what obama is doing is not fair to them.

>> frank also on facebook today. he writes he is gruber-us again. #gruber continues to trend. >> we actually have brand-new developments. in a shooting at florida state university, heather nauert is here with updates. >> this happened overnight so this may be new to some of our viewers here and it is a fox news alert. moments ago police in tallahasee holding a press conference where they revealed new details about a gunman who shot at the library overnight at florida state university. >> there is no indication of any additional threats to the university, the students or our community at this time. all indications that we have based on the information right now, this is an isolated incident and one person acting alone. >> police revealing there were between 300 to 400 students inside that library at the time. the male gunman injured

three students before police shot him dead. no word on a motive. a new report says a drone came within just one foot of slamming into the wing of a packed commercial airplane. this all unfolding at jfk airport, and that is not all. there was a second incident. a pilot for virgin airlines spotted a drone coming at 200 feet. as the pilot was trying to come in for a landing at jfk. that plane was also packed with passengers at the time. we told you yesterday problems at the v.a. are not getting fixed. this morning we have brand-new evidence that that is true. angry veterans sounding off about problems at the salisbury v.a. medical center in north carolina. >> i was leaning over on the counter, i was in so much pain. i would have laid on the floor if i could have and got back up. i said i'm not going anywhere. >> it is extremely frustrating and it --

>> one time i was turned away because the two rooms were taken. and the second time they literally had to put me in a closet. >> the director of that hospital claims they are working to fix some of the problems including phone problems and long wait times. a whield -- wild police chase ends with a bang after two thieves try to steal a police car. they assumed the car was empty but a texas detective was inside that car as he was waiting for that car to warm up. >> i'm getting out of the vehicle at the same time and say police, show me your hands. he was startled and with a shocking look on his face turned around and started running. >> there was a six mile chase. the get away driver crashed. he was arrested. the other suspect is now on the run. and those are your headlines. see you back here in a little bit. >> this never ends well.

kids, don't steal police cars. >> the lesson there for you. the deep freeze gripping the nation is not over yet. a record eight feet of snow has already fallen in upstate new york. and another foot could fall today. >> check this out. a driver in buffalo drug his car out but looks like he missed a spot. driving in new jersey where i live if you have snow on the top of your car, that is a big ticket. >> it is illegal. >> it is. maria has been in western new york the last couple of days where you saw historic snowfall. >> incredible. we had a break for a couple of hours and that is when we were able to fly out of western new york in the buffalo airport but that snow has already picked up. now we're looking at potentially more than two feet of snow out there across parts of erie county, including parts of the southern buffalo area.

incredible snowfall amounts. snow stacking up on cars. i want to show a video shot at 11:00 p.m. last night. more lightning and more thunder. take a look. >> that's lightning and thunder occurring in new york and more blizzard conditions, more feet of snow. just incredible stuff. i want to take you to the radar because here is a look at that snow coming across portions of the great lakes. we're looking at additional snowfall accumulations. we've been focusing on that area that has been seeing record snow but look at the rest of the country. very cold. across texas, wind chills in the 30's. in the 40's in new orleans and also chilly across parts of california. that's a quick look at your high temperatures. i'm going to toss it back inside.

it is cold across parts of the great lakes but coming up on monday the high temperatures are forecast to be potentially in the 60's in buffalo. all that snow is going to be melting. >> thank you for bringing all that to us. the imitation game, a behind the scene story about how the united states won world war ii. >> we were able to unbreak a nazi code and win the war. i'm designing machines that will allow us to break every message every day. >> let's step into the fox light with michael tammero who spoke with the star of the film. >> the film had its new york premiere monday night. it is an historical thriller, very little known story about how a team of geniuses cracked the nazi enigma code and his tragic

death in 1954 because he was difn. we caught up with the stars on the red carpet. i asked kiera what it was like to work with hollywood's most sought after actor. >> you were playing the scene with kiera where she tells him he should never punish himself and feel bad about himself because he was different. >> the movie opens up november 28. it's fantastic. harvey wein steen introduced the film and said no other film has won as many festival awards.

you can follow me on twitter at fox light michael. >> up next world war ii rifles being removed from a museum. the reason? background checks need to be done on the rifles from the second world war in a museum. are you kidding me? it's true. >> the president has made it pretty clear as to his role as commander in chief. >> i'm the president of the united states, not the emperor of the united states. >> the judge says when it comes to today's executive action, he's certainly acting like one. the judge joins us. she's still the one for you. ♪ and cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is right. cialis is also the only daily ed tablet approved to treat symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently.

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>> all right. time for some headlines from the gun file. first, facebook banned ads for guns. now it's banning gun safety items. hyatt guns, the nation's largest firearm dealer says it was blocked from advertising a sale of gun vaults on facebook. a museum forced to return historic weapons all because of a new gun law. a pioneer museum in washington state is giving back 11 world war ii rifles to their owners because a new law requires background checks on all firearm transfers. technically that's what it was. now they're going back. >> in the past the president stood strong about the limits of his role as commander in chief. remember this? >> the problem is that i'm the president of the united states. i'm not the emperor of the united states. my job is to execute laws that are passed. >> tonight's executive action contradicts this statement. fox news senior judicial

analyst judge andrew napolitano writing today in "the washington times," quote, the framers require that every president swear to do his job faithfully to serve as a reminder to him that his job requires fidelity to the enforcement of laws with which he may disagree. without fidelity to the rule of law, we have a king, not a president. judge napolitano joins us now. >> good morning, guys. in the years that i've been watching presidents and criticizing them because i disagree with them, i have not seen anything as profound as this. the president is a former professor of constitutional law at one of the finest law schools in the world, the university of chicago law school. he knows the constitution very well. he knows that he cannot rewrite the law of the land and he cannot nullify the law of the land. and if the effect of his executive action is the equivalent of nullifying

it, it is wrong, unlawful, profoundly unconstitutional and it is disturbing, destabilizing to the relationship of the congress, to the president and the courts. >> it sounds wrong and feels wrong to the american people. a "wall street journal" poll, 38% opposing executive action. this beats to the heart of the american people. everyone wants something to be done but this method feels like kingship. >> this goes to his political judgment. he doesn't have popular sentiment behind him. sometimes presidents have done risky and bold things which pushed the envelope but they had popular sentiment behind him. there was an emergency that needed to be addressed. there is no emergency that needs to be addressed. why is he doing this? is it just some ideological frustration that he wants to put his thumb in the eye of the republicans.

is a majority of americans according to to the latest poll are for doing something. the thing that he's going to do, while it's sweeping, it is temporary. however, why is this, what he's doing different than what, say, george bush did or what ronald reagan did in the past? >> because of the magnitude of it. ronald reagan exempted a hundred thousand families from deportation because of the definition of the word family. it was a little ambiguous in the 1986 amnesty. the 86 amnesty was enacted by congress, not by ronald reagan but congress has the power to do it. george h.w. bush stopped deportation for thousands of persons because of the definition of the word family. >> it was cleanup stuff. >> right. president obama said i read the statute differently. here's how i read it. there would be an intellectually stable argument but for him to say forget the statute.

i'm going to act as if it doesn't exist. it is destabilizing. the reason we have the separation of powers is not so the president can't trump the congress. it is so there is constant tension between them that maintains a high level of liberty for the rest of us. but when one branch grabs power from the other, that destabilizes, results in less liberty. if he's going to grant amnesty to five million people, they may be wonderful people, guess what happens. that expires in january 2017. he's going to harm them more than help them. >> it's all temporary. judge, read his op-ed on fox news.com and "the washington times." we've seen the images. businesses needlessly destroyed by rioters in ferguson. now businesses are bracing to happen for it again any moment. what are they doing? one of those store owners joins us next.

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check out these images. businesses destroyed by rioters in ferguson after the shooting of michael brown last summer. and now they're bracing for it to happen again as we await a grand jury decision any home. joining us now is the owner of one of those local businesses, sonny diane. thank you for being with us. describe for us after the first round of riots what did your business face? >> well, after the first round,

obviously devastation was so great that it took us a while to recover from it. actually we couldn't be recovered unless we had the support of the community. so it took the whole community for us to recover from the first round and we back in business and operating. we've been in business for 18 years around there. we've seen it all. the majority of the folks in ferguson throughout the years are wonderful people. it was just unusual to see that extent of violence coming in from a city that in most cases was wonderful to us as a retail place, as a place to be there, to raise your kids and all. so it was a shocking. >> now that we're look at those photos, and they're devastating. i think any business owner, heart broken thinking of how to recover from such violence there. but now you're facing it again. what is the mood like? how high are the levels of anxiety and anticipation moving as we wait for the jury's

decision? >> very high, unfortunately. we are not -- we're very tense. we don't know what to expect. 90% of our businesses in ferguson are boarded up already to the extent that you can't even see any piece of glass through any doors anymore. you can't identify the businesses anymore. we live in fear and live in a situation that you have to protect your business. so some cases you have to board yourself up. but it also hurts your business. it's not enough that businesses slow it is because of the economy. then you have this months and months of situation that we're struggling just to bring people back into the community. people don't want to come to the community to shop around or be part of it. they want to stay away for many reasons. some of them are tired of the whole story. >> a lot of the protesters and there are reports saying they will continue to protest even if charges are brought against officer wilson here. if that indeed is the case,

what's your message? >> well, my personal belief, and i can only speak for myself, is that we have a system in this country and for one thing we often realize that we are all american. we have to trust the system. whatever comes out of the justice system, i'm going to go with it and believe that that is the best result possible at the time, whatever it would be. we have to just believe that the system somehow will i guess do the right thing, if i can say it that way. i'm not very positive and i'm not very positive it's going to happen in all of that. we'll see. >> well, tensions are high. anxiety levels are high. we may, unfortunately, be seeing photos like that again. our best to all the businesses in the area and the people there. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for your care.

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dads don't take sick days, dads take nyquil. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. good morning. it is thursday, november 20. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. florida state university on lockdown overnight after a gunman opens fire on a library full of kids. the terrifying events just unfolding. what we just learned about the victims and that gunman in a live report for you. the president ready to unleash a political bombshell tonight. bypassing congress on immigration and giving 5 million people amnesty. so can he really do this? is it legal? we will break it all down. and forget freshman. one university just banned that word because freshman is sexist. really? call the pc police. >> they're here. >> that's a sound effect, right?

>> no, they're coming for you. >> mornings are better with friends. >> i'm ivanka trump and you're watching "fox & friends," the best show on news television. >> she's so right about that. >> she is. >> she's aprilian woman. brian is off this morning, enjoying a morning off. i'm clayton, joining you this morning. >> we're glad you're here. >> a gunman opened fire inside the florida state university library packed with hundreds of students. >> lea gabriel here with details we learned about the shooter. >> police say the male gunman shot up a library filled with nearly 400 students right in the middle of the night. this morning calm is restored. >> there is no indication that any additional threats to the university, the students, or our community at this time. all indications that we have based on information right now, this is an isolated incident and

one person acting alone. >> new video shows the moment students studying for mid terms heard this terrifying announcement over the loud speak. listen. >> there has been a shooting in the library. stay where you are. >> you can see the students taking shelter. many abandoning their computers and backpacks. some even boarding up desks. one freshman was in his dorm room across from the library when he heard the shots ring out. >> we heard a gunshot and then you got a text message saying there was a shooting. then we started hearing sirens. you hear about all these shootings, you never think it's going to happen. then it just happens. right not a half mile away. >> the gunman injured three students before campus police con fronted him and order him to drop his gun, but instead he fired at them. officers then shot and killed him. at this hour, no word on a motive. classes have been canceled this morning. back to you.

>> thank you very much. kids were just in the library studying for mid terms. then that. >> another developing story, heather nauert is standing by with that. good morning. >> good morning. this one comes out of california. it is the new information just in about the massive home explosion there. investigators finding a pot lab in the rubble of this home. it's also believed that butane that was used this that lab caused the explosion. the plast was so strong, the house was destroyed and the walls crumbled to the ground. one man was found dead in the basement. two others pulled from the rubble are in critical condition. this happening in san bernardino county. it could have been another security disaster at the white house. an iowa man is in custody after authorities found a rifle and ammunition in his car that was parked just one block from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. officials saying that man was acting suspiciously and that triggered a search his car. he's now facing several charges, including possession of an

unregistered gun. al sharpton says he's ready to protest no matter what the grand jury decides in ferguson, missouri. his national action network is planning vigils and protests in at least two dozen cities once the decision is announced. his demonstrators will show up in government buildings, they say, to demand federal prosecutors take over that case. and don't call them freshmen any longer because it's no longer politically correct? elan university is banning that word because it's now considered sexist apparently. an official at the private college in north carolina saying freshman has, quote, often been felt to refer to the vulnerableness of young women in college for the first time. they're now replacing the term freshmen with the term first year. what do you think of that? those are your headlines. you think they might have something better to do. >> i think it's fresh. >> it is fresh. but are sophomores still sophomores or second year? >> because they've grown up.

>> sophomore is more insulting. >> how sophomoric of you. >> exactly. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, the president of the united states is about to test the constitutional limits of his office. tonight he's going to announce an executive order on immigration. >> but the backlash already beginning this morning. >> fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen joins us now. good morning to you. what's the very latest on this? >> reporter: good morning to you. leading republicans say they are already reviewing their legal options to challenge this order in court, while some others are considering trying to withhold funding for enforcement of it. it was nearly two years ago when the president visited a high school in las vegas to challenge republicans to enact comprehensive immigration reform and it will be to that same high school that president obama will return on friday after tonight's speech to sign his executive order. >> what i'm going to be laying out is the things that i can do with my lawful authority as president to make the system

work better even as i continue to work with congress and encourage them to get a bipartisan comprehensive bill that can solve the entire problem. >> reporter: in tonight's prime time address, the president is expected to announce a reprieve from deportation for up to 5 million illegal immigrants. these are parents of children who are here legally or perhaps individuals who were themselves brought here illegally as children. there will also be expanded visas for high-tech workers and some measures to beef up border security. >> after the president did this last time, we saw all those children come to the border. understand this, many of those children never made it here because they were killed along the way. other children were tortured. others were raped. the united states and the president would be an accomplice to the inhumane way that people would be treated who come here or try to come here because of the order. >> reporter: nbc news "wall street journal" poll conducted

this week finds 48% of americans opposing such executive action from the president. 38% in favor. mostly breaking down along partisan lines. but 37% of independents expressing support. if i could just go back to that story about elon university banning the use of the word freshman because it's sexist, what i found most shocking about that was that the college issued a statement talking about the vulnerableness of women or female students. >> okay. >> is that an actual word? vulnerableness? >> if not, they can make it up. that's how it works. >> that's the presumtiveness of you. >> that's a college for you. >> i think the school took some executive action and made it a word. >> thank you, james. by the way, you're going to be able to see the president make this announcement tonight, 8:00 o'clock here on fox news channel. the networks were asked.

they said no. forget it. we're not going to give you time. they'll also have it out on media, social media and facebook and stuff like that. interesting enough, last night the president, we heard he was bringing in a number of congressional leaders to the white house to talk about it. >> for dinner. >> for dinner. as it turns out, not a single republican was invited. he invited 18 democrats and i'm sure they all said hey, this is a great idea. >> although not shocking when he's not inviting them into the process as it seems we may find out tonight when he moves forward with executive action, which by and large as we heard from james rosen, 48% are opposing executive action across the nation, according to the poll. and so then it's seemingly partisan when you talk about the dinner there. listen to charles krauthammer on this. >> the president himself has reiterated over and over again, this is something he is not allowed to do. it is outside his powers and now

all of a sudden he's got a couple of lawyers who of course will find anything you want in the law. you can indict a ham sandwich if you want. they're going to vindicate a ham sandwich and pretending this is allowed. it is not. he knows it and the damage it will do to the separation of powers will be great. >> some history in this, of course. and dwight eisenhower and john f. kennedy felt their hands were tied when it came to cuban immigration at the time. they turned to congress to actually pass a law that kept those refugees here in the united states. >> that's the way to do it. >> but the presidentys there is enough history between us, we've seen, ronald reagan do this. we've seen george h.w. bush do this. so we would consider this a badge of honor, if you listened to josh earnest yesterday. listen. >> we've heard this kind of rhetoric about lawlessness from the house republicans for some time. their most recent statement referred to emperor obama. the fact of the matter is, the

president is somebody who is willing to examine the law, review the law, and use every element of that law to make progress in the american people. and if that is something republicans are critical of, that may be a criticism the president wears with a badge of honor. >> it's not the what. it's the how. >> just another example of how the president has been overreaching. the big question is what will republicans do in response? that's going to be a little dicey. they talked about well, we got the power of the purse. maybe we'll cut off the money. how much does it cost to fund something where you don't do anything, because remember, it's all about deportation. how much does it cost not to do something? the other problem is if the republicans come out and they seem so -- they're squarely against it, it may be seen as anti-immigrant or anti-latino, which is not necessarily the case. they want to get something done. they just don't want to do it this way. >> "wall street journal" poll we mentioned earlier, in it, 43% of

latinos are in support of this executive action. so it's not an overwhelmingly supportive environment either way you look here. it's actually disheartening to understand at any point, if a president can look at federal statute and ignore it and turn his back on it, what's next? this is immigration now. what other laws is he going to turn on? >> the poll among latinos is probably why they chose tonight to do this special speech on television because the latin grammies are tonight. they didn't just pick this date out of a hat. the latin grammies and they thought the networks would cover this. they'd be able to tune in to turn on the latin grammies and have a huge latino audience. the networks are not covering it and the white house is not happy about that. shear what an administration official had to say. they said in 2006, bush gave a 17 minute speech that was televised by all three networks. that was about defullying 6,000 national guard troops to the border. obama is making a ten minute speech that will have a vastly

more impact. >> that was actually brought into politico's word house there. also anticipated tonight are some big changes, including extension of the visa program for skilled high-tech workers, 250,000 farm workers expected to now be eligible for deportation relief. california and texas. eyes on those regions. the president it was announced he's going to be in las vegas and nevada where they had the highest national population of illegal immigrant families in the public school system. placement, placement, placement. >> that's right. >> much more on that throughout the show. you just heard the white house calling executive action on immigration a badge of honor. maybe the president should try telling that to this man's father. he was killed by an illegal immigrant and he joins us live next. then jay leno forced to cancel an appearance, bullied out by gun activists. straight ahead on this thursday campbell's® fiesta chicken lime tortilla.

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our lead story, president obama tonight expected to announce executive action on immigration that could protect up to 5 million illegal immigrants in this country from deportation. our next guest has another idea of how the president could use his power. don rosenberg's son, drew rosenberg, was killed by an illegal immigrant and recently

don penned this letter to president obama. quote, while your executive order pad is out, can you write one to bring my son and tens of thousands, actually over 100,000 killed by illegal aliens back to life and to bring our destroyed families back together? powerful words. don rosenberg joins us right now with what he would like to hear from the president tonight. he's in l.a good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> why did you write that letter to the president? >> well, that letter was actually a follow-up. i wrote one back in august, which was a little more detailed and which was delivered by the department of homeland security to him. never got a response on it. what i'd like to see the president do is finally acknowledge all of the people that have been killed by illegal aliens. this is not a story about my son. this is a story about over 100,000 people that have been killed since the last amnesty

and are getting killed at the rate of 5,000 a year. ironically, most of them, about 60%, are being killed by people that are in the country illegally, but have not committed any -- what the administration calls serious crime. so it's not a question of oh, if we deport all the ones that have committed serious crimes, problem solved. that's just not what's going to happen. and then you have to define what's a serious crime. the killer of my son, that was not considered a serious crime. i was on your show about two years ago because they wouldn't deport him. i had to spend thousands of dollars of my own money, a lot of my own time to get my government to deport the guy who killed my son. and that's absurd that that has to happen. so define serious. i was just listening. they said this is a badge of honor? this is represencible. and the funny thing, the guy who

killed my son, i hired a private investigator to look into it. he was not what you would call a bad guy, so to speak. yeah, he came into the country illegally. he drove without a license. i couldn't find any crimes that he did. he was here 11 years. he qualified for the protection. but he killed somebody. then they didn't want to deport him. >> i know. and we told the story before and that guy wound up driving over your son three times and killed him. it's a heartbreaking story. before you go, i want to ask you this question: the president of the united states ultimate task is to protect the people of the united states. is he? >> well, he failed miserably. i mean, you're talking about three people have been killed by terrorists and 9-11 and about 40,000, i guess 30,000 people have been killed by illegal aliens. i don't call that a success.

they're so concerned about separating families, what about our families? what about the millions of people whose families haven't just been separated permanently, but have been destroyed? i don't have a lot of sympathy for families that are getting separated because of their own actions. i would like to mention one thing. there is a great organization called the remembrance project that's run by a woman named maria espinoza. they work with families of people that have been killed. i would ask people, especially if they're one of those people that have lost somebody, to contact the organization. certainly people to donate to it. >> exactly. that's very nice of you to make that public. i know it's tough to go through again, but we thank you for doing it on this important day. thank you. >> thank you very much. changing gears. coming up, this obamacare argue effect called the american people stupid and got paid

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shocking news overnight. a fox news alert. famed director mike nichols and the house of abc news anchor diane sawyer has died. he spent half a century in show business, perhaps his most iconic film "the graduate." >> here we are, you got me into your house, you give me a drink. you put on music. now you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours. >> so? >> mrs. robinson, you're trying to seduce me. >> he's one of the few guys to win a grammy, oscar, a tony and an emmy. he won an oscar for "the graduate." some of his other films include

"charlie wilson's war," the list goes on. he was 83 years old. elisabeth? he called the american people stupid and now the state of vermont calling jonathan gruber's bluff. they hired him to help their health care reform. his salary? will 400 grand. this morning his contract is terminated. but he already got some of the money. $140,000 of it, in fact. can the state of vermont get that back? joining me is vermont state senator kevin mullen. thank you for joining us this morning. what are your thoughts about gruber's role moving forward in the state of vermont at this point? this is the architect who had a lot of comments to make about the american people being stupid and having to have the wool pulled over their eyes in order for obamacare to pass? >> i think everyone in vermont is very disappointed. nobody agrees with the beliefs

that have been espoused by gruber. vermont is a small state that leads an open and honest government, one that's very transparent. so people were really very, very disappointed with what has transpired with professor gruber and he certainly has set us back here in the state. >> it set you back some big change there, a lot of chunk of change. $160,000 that he's been paid so far. what should happen to that money ? >> well, it's a complicated issue because there are other people work on this project besides professor gruber. a number of his graduate students. we actually have them doing economic modeling that is pretty much complete. so the state is in the position where the work is almost finished, but it's going to be a work that the public is not going to have confidence in. so we're going to have to go out and spend dollars to make sure that it's vetted by other

economists to make sure that we have good and accurate information to work from. so in the end, even though we're not going to be paying professor gruber any more money, we may still incur additional costs as we make sure that all the assumptions that underlie the work that has been done to date are accurate and that we can trust in that and we can make good informed decisions. >> you mentioned the word trust. senator, i'm sitting here and has america wondering, can you trust this man? does he have a place in your state? you say it's transparent and open. gruber, can you trust him personally? >> absolutely not. there is no place for someone who espouses the beliefs that professor gruber has espoused. i can tell you that no one in vermont is defending professor gruber. everyone is ve disappointed and we're trying to move forward and make the best of a very bad situation.

>> if you could have words with mr. gruber, what would you say to him? >> i would just let him know that he should be ashamed, that despite his obvious ability as far as an economist and mathematician, that the american people can make informed decisions, that it needs to be a transparent and open government, and that's not the way to conduct one's self. i think that this will seriously hurt his ability to land these lucrative contracts going forward. >> interesting statement there from you. we thank you for joining us from vermont this morning. our eyes are on what will happen in the future there. thanks. >> thank you, elisabeth. well, make it a green sermon. one state offering a preachers tax breaks to talk about global warming. is that even legal? then she's the son of immigrants. what does robert davi think about the president's plan to

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♪ ♪ it is your shot of the morning. thanksgiving edition. boulder canyon has created thanksgiving flavored potato chips. >> we have them here on the set and we're going to try them. >> it's complicated preparing a home meal. >> boulder canyon. >> here is turkey and gravy. >> i'm going to try this. >> i'm trying pumpkin pie. >> let's start with dessert. >> i go to dessert first anyway. >> smells like a turkey, which

is good. >> there is turkey and gravy. >> how is pumpkin pie? >> sweet and really good. even stuffing right here with a hint of rose mary. >> you smell these at home? try one? >> these are gluten free, by the way. so i'm happy to bag my thanksgiving right here. this tastes just like really good stuffing. >> all right. >> you want cranberry? oh, pumpkin pie. >> try that one. >> it tastes just like stuffing. >> crunchy stuffing. >> this is thanksgiving. do they have the old man on the couch asleep after? >> you know what? this is a gluten free dream for thanksgiving. i'm not cooking. it's just in the bag. >> elisabeth, we should probably speak quietly. >> let's steal the chips while

he's sleeping. >> if you had a thanksgiving meal with this, you know -- forget about everything else. the number one thing you would have to have with it? beer. >> i would. it would solve a lot of problems for me. >> boulder canyon. what a treat. thank you for that. >> heather what, could we get think morning. >> by the way, it's available at target. >> if you're italian, you need meat balls in a bag or something like that. meat ball chips, elisabeth. >> the turkey was a side dish in my home growing up. especially the lasagna. >> where is the pumpkin pie? >> cranberry is not bad. >> happy thanksgiving to everybody. we've got headlines. listen to this, preach environmentalism or pay a tax? that is the decision that maryland's churches now have to make. prince georges county allowing churches to avoid a so-called rain tax if they become green ministries to preach about saving the environment or controlling rain runoff on church grounds. 30 pastors so far have agreed to

participate in that. a student taking a page from ferris bueller's playbook. >> so far this semester, he has been absent nine times. i've got it right here in front of me. he has missed nine days. >> you got to love that old computer. the 24-year-old brigham young university student is accused of hacking into the school's computer to change his failing grades into a's and used his altered transcript to give a $7,000 award in scholarships. that kid has since been expelled. a first grader in washington state claims that he was denied lunch at school. the hungry 7-year-old came home with a note stating that he had a negative lunch balance. >> it was a sack lunch. it was in a bag. she was passing them to everybody. she said guess what? you can't have a lunch. >> that school is supposed to provide fruit, vegetables and a

cheese sandwich to kids with a negative lunch balance. they obviously did not do that. jay leno forced to cancel a performance at a gun show following outrage from gun activists. the national shooting sports foundation based in newtown, connecticut. he was slammed for agreeing to be there. he responded saying, quote, i understand this newtown and of course i get it. it's just sometimes mistakes get made. those are your headlines. >> thank you. >> we ate them all. >> they're gone. sorry, maria. you're outside. you missed the chips. >> good morning. i'll be inside in a few minutes. we want to talk about the incredible snowfall totals across parts of western new york because out there they were incredible. we picked up over 16 inches of snow in a very short amount of time. take a look at this incredible

video showing what that looks like across the area. you see that garage door opening and that snow piled up. that was really the story for so many people out there across parts of south buffalo as they opened their doors. they saw a lot of snow stacked up and some of the snowfall in some areas even reaching the top part of some of those front doors. just incredible, whiteout conditions. at times if you were outside during the storm you felt like you were just going to be buried in snow because some of these areas picked up over five feet of snowfall. that's taller than i am. so again, we're going to continue to track that situation. we're still continuing to see that snow coming down across parts of west new york and also across portions of michigan. take a look at that radar. you can see it coming down. all of those lake effect snow bands picking up that moisture from the relatively warmer great lakes. that arctic air moving in and producing those dangerous situations out there across parts of west new york and also in michigan. locally up to two feet of additional snowfall will be possible out there. otherwise current windchill temperatures are cold across

most of the lower 48. you're in the 30s in dallas. 40s in new orleans. in the 20s in raleigh, north carolina. much worse across areas that you would expect, like the midwest, single digits in chicago and below zero in minneapolis. your high temperatures to stay chilly across the midwest and northeast. a warm-up as we head into the weekend and next week. let's head back inside. >> hurry. thanks. we've been telling you about president obama's plans to bypass congress completely and announce amnesty to millions of illegals tonight. robert davi, friend of this program, comes from a family of immigrants. he joins us live. good to have you today. >> thank you. good to see all of you. >> what do you think? we're all families of immigrants. what do you think about this amnesty plan? >> well, first off -- >> executive action. >> well, like you said, judge napolitano covered that pretty well this morning on that. i don't know all the legal implications. i know the emotional

implications of it all. for me, it's frustrating n. 2010 i wrote an article in big hollywood about the gop taking the lead on immigration. 2010. so the bigger frustration for me sometimes is like a marketing plan for hollywood movie. they should have been out front on immigration with a ten-point plan, something already established. >> george w. bush tried to do it years ago. >> yeah. >> but republicans blocked it. his own party blocked it. >> you have to do it. they keep sitting on their hands. i think they lack imagination and some cahones sometimes. look, i think that president obama said he he wanted to fundamentally change america. his philosophical outlook of america is different. how he sees it that all of america is different. he has a different prism. >> how he sees his role seems pretty different. the majority of americans don't favor this executive action. they don't want a kingship, right? >> no, no.

>> then you hear representative sheila jackson lee went out and said that it was actually irresponsible, selfish to not do anything right now. listen to this, robert. and i'd love your reaction. >> this is not amnesty. this is prioritization. this is saving money. this is keeping families together. this is allowing children to not come home to places where their parents have been thrown from their places of work and taken away from them. i'm excited about the courage of this president. i look forward to america finally understanding the gifts that you are given. let us not be a selfish nation. let us be a generous nation and let us help those who are in this country who are working every day, including many our soldiers. >> so she's really hitting on the emotion. this is an emotional issue. >> my thoughts? this is such a nuance and complex and big issue. first off, that makes me want to go nuts, her statement here. we're americans in this country. my family came from italy.

they learned english. they went through a process. they didn't come here illegally. all right? what about the people here in america, the guy that said 100,000 people were killed by immigrants and his own son. it's a pandering motion for the democratic progressive party to widen its tent, at the same time, yeah, there is a compassionate aspect to it, but a plan of accountability and immigration. i mapped out my plan basically in 2010 with the gop, which had -- not different than a lot of others, but my caveat was that everyone that was here -- you know what congress should do now? they should get their hands out and start a bill that says english is the national language of america. no more press 2 for spanish or press 2 for this. my parents came from italy. it wasn't press 2 for italian. my grandfather had to learn italian because the assimilation of an immigrant population into our country with its 5 million immigrants, each unof those have children, so voting populous,

they're going to sit back and say, president obama and the democratic party voted for this and the republicans didn't. so it's another marketing ploy on this whole thing. i've spoken to a lot of illegal immigrant, a lot of them, 'cause i like to find out their feelings. when i talk about this, and i mapped out my plan, the one different caveat, besides protecting our borders and fixing immigration, freezing frt for two years, my thing was for every year an illegal has been here, they have to give community service. four hours a week until their time is done. it doesn't hit them in the pockets. it puts them in terms -- and learning english. these guys talk to these migrant workers in spanish and they all nodded their heads, fair, fair. but go ahead. >> we don't know exactly what the president has got planned. we think we know. we won't know until 8:00 o'clock tonight and then we'll be able to criticize effectively. but before you go, we want to talk to you about why you're in

the area. you're doing some singing in english this weekend. >> where will you be singing? >> at the foxwood casino in connecticut. that's a great casino. i'll be there november 22. >> wearing that hat? >> no, i won't wear that hat. where did they get that picture? one of these bad snapshots. it drives me nuts. then i'll be in long island. my hometown, huntington long island november 23. i hope people come out and see that. i won't talk about immigration, but i will talk about my italian grandparents. >> and you'll sound great. >> have a great thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to all of you. >> thank you. straight ahead, imagine answering your phone and hearing this on the other end of the line. >> you're just a piece of [ bleep ] >> those are debt collectors. is that legal? bob massi with everything you need to know next. and then you thought you had this guy living it up in las

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that's how much an oregon woman is fined when a neighbor complained about her crowing rooster. $3,000. a grand jury decision in the michael brown shooting case is expected in ferguson, missouri as soon as tomorrow. >> police there are bracing for the reaction and the riots. >> reporter anthony is live outside the missouri courthouse. good morning to you, anthony. what's the mood there and what can you tell us right now? >> reporter: good morning. it's definitely a tense situation. the grand jury is going to meet here tomorrow morning. deliberations could start this same day. all eyes are on the justice center behind me and the city of ferguson. this comes as we wait to find out if officer darren wilson will be charged for shooting michael brown to death on august 9. i've learned ferguson mayor james knowles and chief of police will not too any more

media interviews until after the grand jury decision is announced. and 48 hours before the public announcement, the prosecutor's office will inform law enforcement officers. this will give them time to prepare in case any protests follow the announcement. michael brown's parents will also learn the grand jury decision before the public. this will give them time to prepare for the potential media attention on this case. the prosecutor's office will also be in contact with the officer ferguson -- officer wilson's attorney. if officer wilson is not indicted, he will make public all of the testimony and evidence the grand jury heard. back to you in new york. >> all right. live report, thank you very much. this now coming up, have you ever gotten a call from a debt collector that sounded like this? >> you just a piece of [ bleep ] >> i'll give you 'til today if i don't hear from you, i'll be at your doorstep. >> how should you handle it? bob massi is here to explain your rights. time for this day in history back in 1972, "i can see clearly

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so what are your rights? here with the december and don'ts of the collection process is bob massi. great to see you. >> good to see you. thank you. >> so what sort of laws are out there that can keep debt collectors in line? >> i wanted to cover this because of the abuses we've seen in the last few years of all the foreclosures and the deficiencies. it's really gotten out of hand. federal debt collection act and state laws are specifically in place for years that says look, there are certain things that debt collectors cannot do. they can legitimately go after a debt, but they can't do certain things that violate the law. if they do, there are serious consequences to those acts. >> we had a number of viewers asking other questions, including this one, what are some of the things bill collectors are prohibited from doing under the law? >> so if you get a call at work, you're supposed to tell them, don't call me at work. they're not supposed to do it.

they're not supposed to call you continuously during the day if you're at home. they're not supposed to call before 8:00 o'clock or after 9:00 o'clock at night. they can't, for example, go to neighbors or workers or friends and find out information about you and they can't harass you like in that particular thing you just did -- that audio you played. the bottom line is the fact if a debt is owed legitimately, there is a legitimate way to go about it. they can't send you something in the mail that looks like, for example, that it's from a sheriff or from lawsuit has been filed when in fact a lawsuit hasn't been filed. i want our viewers to understand that there is recourse, that they have rights because the fact that this is leverage they may have that says look, i may owe the debt, but you can not do these things because if you do, then there is legal consequences for that creditor and the collection agency. >> we heard some of this harassment on the phone. another question, what can a debtor do if they are being harassed or if these violations are occurring?

what recourse do they have? >> every state we have attorney generals divisions throughout the country in every state. there are divisions within that attorney generals where you can go file a complaint. there is a consumer finance protection bureau where you can go online and you can file a complaint against these respective parties that are in fact harassing you. what's very sad and what i've seen, they do this a lot, believe it or not, with two different agencies. they do it with young people that are in the spot and the elderly. you get involved with that elderly stuff, you got major problems also. but i want our viewers to understand that look, if you owe a debt, don't put your head in the ground. work out a deal to pay the debt with those people who legitimately come after you. but if in fact these type of things happen, then you take action and use your own initiative to know that there are agencies available to help you to stop that type of activity. >> if all else fails, call bob massi. great to see you this morning.

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>> there has been a shooting in the library. stay where you are. >> as you can see right there, the students are there in the library taking shelter. many of them abandoned their computers and backpacks. some barricading doors with desks. the gunman injured three students before campus police shot him dead. still no word on a motive. police say this was an isolated incident and that the gunman acted alone. we'll keep you posted. new information coming in on that massive home explosion in southern california. investigators finding a pot lab in the rubble. it is believed butane in that lab caused the explosion of this house, completely destroyed. one man was found dead in the basement. two others pulled from the rubble. they are in critical condition this morning. al sharpton saying he's ready to protest no matter what the grand jury decides in ferguson, missouri. his national action network is planning vigils and protests in at least two dozen cities across

the country once that decision is finally announced. his demonstrators will show up at government buildings, he says, to demand that federal prosecutors take over that case. another fox news alert coming in, famed director mike nichols and the husband of abc news anchor diane sawyer, has died. he spent half a century in show business and perhaps the most iconic film "the graduate". >> you got me into your house. you give me a drink. you put on music. now you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours. >> so? >> mrs. robinson, you're trying to seduce me. >> he earned an oscar for best director for that film. mike nichols was 83 years old. and those are your headlines. >> he brought us a lot of laughs and a lot of tears. >> thanks. three minutes after the top of the hour. president obama about to side

step congress tonight and announce executive action on immigration. this after repeatedly saying he couldn't do it alone. >> with respect to the notion that i can just suspend deportations through executive order, that's just not the case. i know some people want me to bypass change the laws on my own. but that's not how our system works. >> really? >> fox news chief washington correspondent, james rosen, live in washington with where the backlash is already beginning. >> good morning to you. leading republicans say they are already reviewing their legal options to challenge this executive order in court, while some others are considering trying to withhold funding for enforcement of it. it was nearly two years ago when the president visited a high school in las vegas to challenge republicans to enact comprehensive immigration reform and it will be to that same high school that president obama will return after tonight's speech

tomorrow to sign this executive order. in tonight's prime time address, the president is expected to announce a reprieve from deportation for up to 5 million illegal immigrants. these would be parents of children who are here legally or perhaps individuals who are themselves brought here illegally as children. there will also be expanded visas for high-tech workers. a poll conducted just this week finds 48% of americans oppose such executive action. 38% in favor. only 37% of independents voicing support for it. back to you in new york. >> all right. thank you very much. it will be on 12 hours from right now right here on the channel. >> thank you, james. there are a lot of americans right now that i think feel as though it's not the what of immigration solution. it's the how. they really don't want a king. they don't want an emperor. the president himself said he didn't want to be an emperor. actually governor-elect greg abbott went so far as saying

that the real problem with amnesty and what we might be facing tonight is that it actually could be deadly and dangerous. take a look. >> after the president did this last time, we saw all those children come to the border. understand this, many of those children never made it here because they were killed along the way. other children were tortured. others were raped. the united states and the president would be an accomplice to the inhumane way that people would be treated who come here or try to come here because of the order. >> you're also hearing from an administration official, jay johnson. department of homeland security, saying that there are going to be a tidal wave of new people coming into this country as a result of this law. we're ready for it. we promise. we're ready for it. down on the border. >> but the problem is this executive action would pertain to the people who are here right now. so if you're living in another land and hey, all those people are getting legal status, the door is open.

let's go. >> it would fall into the hands of states and governors who then have a real operations issue on top of a security issue. >> and the money. >> and emotional one for many. >> texas is already talking about if the president does what they think he's going to do, they're going to sue him. meanwhile, don rosenberg can't sue the government. he did lose his son to an illegal out in california who hit him with a car and then drove over him two more times. his son was killed by an illegal. he was on the program a little while ago and said -- he wrote a letter not long ago to the president that said mr. president, while you've got your executive action pad out, why don't you create an executive action to bring my son back. he was on 45 minutes ago and he said this. >> what i'd like to see the president do is finally acknowledge all of the people that have been killed by illegal aliens. this is not a story about my son. this is a story about over

100,000 people that have been killed since the last amnesty and are getting killed at the rate of 5,000 a year. i had to spend thousands of dollars of my own money, a lot of my own time to get my government to deport the guy who killed my son. that's absurd! >> the thing about the fellow who killed his son, he was not on any watch list. he wasn't deemed one of the worst of the worst. the president apparently tonight is going to argue that the government has limbed resources and so we should only deport those who pose the biggest threat to our security. the guy who killed his son at that point did not. but he was in the country illegally and killed his son. >> the president sees an opening, too, which is that congress doesn't have a very high favorable rating right now. the president is not much better off than that, but he sees an opportunity here. he says america is sick and tired of gridlock. he says yes, if we're going to have to go around congress, we're going to consider that a badge of honor. that's josh earnest.

take a listen. >> we've heard this kind of rhetoric about lawlessness from the house republicans for some time. their most recent statement referred to emperor obama. the fact of the matter is, the president is somebody who is willing to examine the law, review the law, and use every element of that law to make progress for the american people. that is -- if that's something republicans are critical of, that's maybe a criticism the president wears with a badge of honor. >> not just critical of. to say it's a badge of honor, it's the take care clause. the constitution requires the president to take care to execute the laws as they are there written. and congress now only has the authority to change immigration language and this is something that the american people really aren't feeling settled about. actually quite sick over. >> yeah. in fact, that's what rubs a lot of people the wrong way is we want something done with immigration, 'cause it's all screwed up. >> of course. for a long time it has been. >> but we want it done the right way. what the president is doing is essentially a band-aid.

it's all temporary. the next guy or gal in as president of the united states could completely change it because it is simply an executive action. he will be telling eric holder or whomever the next chief law enforcement agent is in this country, just don't enforce those laws that congress passes. it's all temporary. >> so how do you feel about it? check out the surprising focus group results with president obama on executive action. watch the dials on the screen as you can see and their reactions to his comments. listen. >> i indicated to speaker boehner several months ago that if in fact congress failed to act, i would use all the lawful authority that i possess to try to make the system work better. and that's going to happen. that's going to happen before the end of the year. >> carter was on earlier, she was actually surprised at how sort of right in the middle of the road, people -- he was flat lined. listen to her explanation. >> people just didn't react the way i thought.

i thought people were going to react really negatively and say i don't think he's going to work with anybody. but they didn't. in some way people said, i think it's both sides and that there is an opening that maybe he would work with them as the republicans came up with something. overall, the people gave this a c. >> tired of gridlock, i guess, is what she was saying. jim on facebook says, does immigration need to be reformed? yes, it does, but it must be done within the framework of the constitution. >> and another on twitter said this, this is what the founding fathers tried to prevent. one person with all the power. >> you think that's their real name? >> perhaps. >> remlap. let us know. >> go to twitter and weigh in as well as on facebook. >> that's right. we can't wait to read those and their them with you. coming up, the v.a. is being fixed, right? how did this happen then? >> one time i was turned away because the two rooms were taken

and the second time they literally had to poutine -- poutine a closet. >> the full story on that straight ahead. >> world war ii rifles being removed from a museum. the reasons? background checks weren't done on them. seriously?

some people want me to bypass congress and change the laws on my own. but that's not how -- that's not how our system works. if in fact i could solve all these problems without passing laws in congress, then i would do so. but we're also a nation of laws. that's part of our tradition. >> he said it wouldn't happen and he wouldn't do it. but here it comes tonight. president obama about to announce executive action on immigration 8:00 p.m. eastern. so what exactly are we getting into? here to break down with all we know so far, peter johnson, jr. >> let's go to the w. we love the w's. who is it going to impact? well, it appears at this point that we don't know for sure, it's going to impact 3.5 million

parents of u.s. born children here five or more years. may also impact 2.8 million parents of u.s. born children here, ten or more years. also perhaps 650,000 children who currently lack the protection of what the president has done before. >> okay. so that's who it would impact. now, fromç who to what would it do? >> that's another big question. we'll know at 8:00 o'clock tonight. probably expand the 2012 deferred action program, which allows millions of family members to get work permits. that's green cards -- here in the united states. grant protections to people here illegally for ten years. parents of u.s. citizens would likely qualify, and also allow businesses to recapture unused visas from previous years to make more visas available for foreign nationals. could produce 200,000 new green cards under that alone.

then finally, allegedly increase border protection, an issue that so many americans have been talking about for so long. >> yeah. no kidding. from what to when. when would it possibly kick in? >> the administration is mum on the implementation time line as of now. but if the past is any indicator at all, it took dhs exactly two months in 2012 to impolicemen -- implement the first part of deferred action for childhood arrivals through executive action. >> so that's when. it could take effect. what about what could congress possibly do, 'cause a lot of congressional republicans do not like it. >> there is a lot of congressional republicans and they're all over the place. they could pass a bill to supersede the president's executive action, which the president then could of course veto. then the congress could then override it if they have enough votes. or attach a rider to a government funding bill which could end in a government

shutdown. they could also sue the president, but of course, that would spend taxpayer money and we could wait months or perhaps years for a decision on that. although the united states supreme court has in the past invalidated executive actions of the president of the united states as exceeding his authority under the constitution and under the law. a lot of critics of the president are saying listen, this is not putting a fine tuning on the law as it exists. this is potentially invalidating and nullifying american laws calling for the deportation and detention of illegal nationals. >> i got another what for you. what would make this legal? >> well, the president will say that it comes from article 2 of the constitution. and the supreme court has recognized the power of executive action. but the president, as i mentioned, does not have the power to nullify federal law or to act as a concurrent

legislature. that's what the separation of powers is all about. the president does not legislate. and that's what a lot of people in congress are saying that he's doing exactly. we'll know tonight. fox will have it all and there will be analysis all might and tomorrow morning. big, big event. >> absolutely. peter johnson, jr. filling us in on some of the details. very nicely done. >> good to see you. exactly 20 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up, this obamacare architect called the american people stupid, got paid millions to do it. dr. gruber did. the big question, can the taxpayers get any of that money back from gruber and company? stay tuned. whatever you do, don't call them ladies. female athletes being forced to drop lady from their title because lady is sexist. really? we're going to ask a former athlete from that school coming up next. ♪ ♪

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welcome back. quick headlines for you from the gun file. first, facebook banned ads for guns, now it's banning gun safety items. hyatt gun, the nation's largest firearm dealer said it was blocked from advertising a sale on gun vaults. and a museum forced to return historic weapons due to a new gun law. the lyndon pioneer museum in washington state is giving 11 world war ii rifles back to their owners because the new law requires background checks on all firearms transfers. even in a museum. elisabeth? >> thanks. just don't call them ladies. the university of tennessee dropping the term's use for women's team sports.

why? they say it's sexist and our next guest, well, she disagrees. trisha wiener is a former lady vol and a member of the university's swim team. we welcome you to "fox & friends." >> thanks so much for having me. >> so you actually started a petition about 5,000 signatures on that. why was it important to you to try to maintain the term, lady balls? >> lady balls, it was started by some great wiemar threatic directors and of course our coach, pat summit. lady vols is a great name and a tradition at tennessee. just like they shouldn't take away singing rocky top, they shouldn't take away that name. >> it's interesting, a basketball team. it was a big nike summit. they said we're trying o streamline. there is an exception for the basketball team. they'll be able to maintain lady vols. what do you think of that? >> right. i'm very happy that the basketball team can maintain that image of the lady vols. nike will be producing both of

those brands, both the power t and the lady vol social security security -- tee. if you're going to produce one, do it for both and continue the tradition and continue the legacy of excellence. >> you swam with great pride as lady vol. >> i really did. >> is the term lady offensive to you? is it offense self to people on campus or your former fellow teammates? >> i really don't think so. when it was formed it was formed as an identity to create this platform where ladies can thrive and don't have to be behind power sport and money making sport like football. so when lady vols were first brought about in the '70s, it created that identity for women to really succeed and to be better teammates and be better competitors and be better student athletes. and to see that to be dropped is just really heartbreaking. >> do you believe that this is an attack on the history of

women in sports at the university of tennessee, to remove the term lady vols? >> i don't think it's an attack of the history. but i do just don't agree with dropping the tradition of the lady vols. again, it's a tradition of excellence. it's a tradition of empowerment for women, and it really is something that needs to be kept alive. >> how hard will you fight for that? >> i'm really not willing to give up just on just this petition. i think i stand alongside a lot of great lady vols and supporters with me. i'm going to fight as much as i can. >> it looks like you have a world of support behind you. we want to thank you for being with us as a lady vols member. >> thank you so much. >> thanks. up next, the v.a. is being fixed, right? how did this happen exactly? >> one time i was turned away because the two rooms were

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>> oh, my goodness. parents don't even pay attention. >> this is in russia. the kid who lost shoving the ref right to the ground. you see it right there. thankfully he was okay. but clearly not happy. >> he was putin on the sad face. >> putin on the ritz. >> putin on the ritz. >> thank you for joining us on this very busy thursday. clayton is in today for brian and heather has got the headlines. >> good morning to you. i've got a story to bring you. this one coming out of vermont. and call it the cost of imcompetence. vermont now terminating jonathan gruber's contract as an obamacare consultant. but that may actually end up costing taxpayers even more

money. >> work is almost finished, but it's going to be a work that the public is not going to have confidence in. so we're going to have to go out and spend dollars to make sure that it's vetted by other economists to make sure that we have good and accurate information. >> gruber's contract with the state of vermont was reportedly worth more than $400,000. he's already been paid nearly half of that. of course, gruber made headlines last week for saying that obamacare passed because americans are stupid. we told you yesterday about the problems at the v.a. and that they are far from being fixed. this morning we have brand-new evidence that that is true. angry veterans sounding off about the problems at the salisbury v.a. medical center in north carolina. hearing this is likely going to make you mad. >> i just leaned on the counter. i was in so much pain, i would lay down on the floor if i could have and got back up and i said look, i'm not going anywhere. >> it is extremely frustrating.

it's worse than pulling teeth from a hen. >> one time i was turned away because the two rooms were taken and the second time they literally had to put me in a closet. >> the director of that hospital says they're working to fix the long wait times at that v.a. center. a stunning new report says a drone came within just one foot of slamming into the wing of a packed commercial plane. this all unfolding at jfk airport in new york. that is not all. a second incident, a pilot for virgin airlines spotted a drone flying at about 2,000 feet as he came in for a landing. that plane was also packed with passengers at the time. the faa has indicated that they expect to propose regulations for the small drones by the end of this year. but it may be months, even years before those rules are made final. do you remember this? the bell ringers from joe boxer?

♪ >> lovely. that's a new one this year. k-mart just unwrapped their brand-new commercial. cue the big guts. and those are your headlines. guys, what do you got over there now? >> hard to beat that. >> that's right. now let's take a look at the weather conditions across the country. we've been talking about the arctic blast impacting the lower 48. temperatures setting record lows, especially during the morning hours and also significant lake effect snow, which is still going on across areas in the great lakes. we picked up over 60 inches of snow in south buffalo and an additional two feet of snow are still in the forecast for that very same region. this is going to be a big issue out there. the forecast over the next several days is for a warm-up.

then we could be looking at issues with the weight of the snow on many roofs because you're going to be looking at the chance for also rainfall and that's going to make that snow very heavy out there. otherwise current windchill are still cold. here at fox news, we have a one of a kind apprentice program whose mission is to promote diversity and develop careers inside the television news industry. the ailes apprentice program was created by our ceo to change the face of television news. and harris faulkner, our friend, recently co-hosted the program's annual graduation which reached a huge milestone this year and joins me now with some special moments from this year's inspiring event. good morning to you. >> good morning. first of all, it is so good to see you. >> great to see you in person. >> that you are healthy. i have so much to tell you about. it's really special. we are celebrating our tenth

class of graduates. so many fantastic people have come out of this program and are doing big things for our company every single day. i recently had the pleasure, as elisabeth mentioned, of co-hosting the graduation with bill hemmer. here is how it works. with a mentor, the ailes apprentice program provides a unique opportunity for four individuals who learn the business from the ground up. this year's graduation was especially inspiring because of the powerful guests who were in attendance, including dr. bernice king, the daughter of the late martin luther king, junior, and you'll see that the theme focused on character and this year's event had plenty of it. >> i'm glad to live in a nation that is seeking every day to create a society that judges people not by the color of their skin, but by the content of

their character. and i want to thank you, roger ailes, for your tremendous contribution to helping to create a world like that. >> martin luther king, junior's daughter, dr. bernice king, set the tone early, urging the graduates to make the most of their opportunity. >> we desperately need more people in our world who understand the importance of influencing people for the better. you're not going to be leaders now, but princess, you are leaders. roger ailes, visionary, compassionate mentor. >> inspirational words from the loved ones of a civil rights icon and then our chairman and c eo, roger ayles. >> to have the king family here today with martin luther king's legacy means a great deal to me and i know does to the fox family. we've graduated some spectacular

people who are making a big, big difference. >> one by one, the four apprentices stepped up to receive their award. >> i never would have thought it would be possible to be employed at a big-time news organization. slowly but surely, i learned from being here at fox and involved in the ailes apprentice program that things i thought were impossible are possible. >> here at fox news channel, diversity is not just a trend, it's a commitment. this last year has been fundamental in my growth as a leader, a professional, and a member of my community. thank you, mr. ailes, because ten years ago you decided to make diversity more than just a trend. you decided to make it the standard. >> we take life for granted. we leave things for the next day and we don't even notice that the next day never comes. so i'm going to use the key given to me by mr. roger ailes to open the door of my future for myself, for my kids to give

a life i never had. that's why i came to america. >> so thank you, mr. ailes, for believing in me, believing in us, and giving all of us the key, the key to success, the key to unlock our dreams. i really appreciate it. >> finally, some perspective from the author, entrepreneur, and one of the most inspiring speakers of his generation. >> the one thing that my ancestors taught me is to never give up on your dream, to fight against the odds; that it really does not matter where you start as much as it matters where you heart opening moments and a truly unique program, one which provides real opportunity jobs to some superstars among us. everybody kind of calls this throwback thursday. i think at fox it's throw

forward thursday because those are the stars to really watch in the future. >> maria and i are sitting here emotional listening to the comments by dr. king and those who went through the program with such inspirational remarks moving forward, unlocking doors before them, great note, great note on moving forward. >> so glad to be part of this. >> you see them graduate year after year and then working alongside them and seeing how much they accomplish and they really take those opportunities that they are provided and run with them. it's really great to see them graduating, being at the ceremony. i look forward to working with them. >> i know you were in the audience. it was really awe inspiring. >> it had to be. we actually have the privilege and great opportunity to tomorrow to meet those incredible individuals right here on our program. we're going to introduce to you this year's graduating class. >> we'll find out about the program firsthand, learn about their journeys and see what they

hope to accomplish in their very promising careers tomorrow right here on "fox & friends." you're not going to want to miss it. >> i'll be watching from home. >> i can't wait. thank you. >> good to see you. this coming up, they are some of the most family friendly cars on the road. but this morning, a serious warning before you get in the driver's seat. not to miss. and is the economy getting any better? a brand-new report just leased and nicole petallides is at the stock exchange with the details for you. ♪ ♪

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got some headlines for you on this thursday morning. a warning to mini van owners. the nissan quest, the chrysler town and country, and the dodge caravan getting crushed in new crash tests. the three models scored the lowest ratings after part of the frame collapsed on impact at just 40 miles an hour. that is not good. beware. jetblue about to cram 15 more seats into its airplanes, cutting leg room even more. terrific. starting next year, passengers buying the cheapest tickets will have to pay extra if you want to check a bag. >> maybe sit on someone's lap. we have a fox news alert for you now. the labor department releasing new jobless numbers just moments ago. >> nicole petallides from our sister network, fox business, has them live from the new york stock exchange. what do they say? >> good morning to you. we're seeing that we came in to the latest week, ending

november 15, 291,000 claims. just slightly more than the estimates of 285,000. and last week was revised a little higher to 293,000. those receiving continuing claims is at 2.33 million. but that has been an improvement. good news here in these claims, and i know it's a lot of numbers -- is that the 291,000 for the latest week is under the 300,000 mark. and we have been under the 300,000 mark for ten straight weeks. we haven't seen that since the year 2000. economists will tell you that the firings have slowed. those who have the jobs are not as worried that they're going to be fired. as far as what we're seeing with the markets today, looking a little lower, manufacturing in china and europe has pulled back a little. so we may have a down arrow. you might see best buy join a lot of retailers with up arrows this week. we've seen costco, wal-mart, target at highs and best buy will open at least up, maybe more than 5%.

back to you. >> the best day for best buy. all right. by the way, don't miss nicole on the "fox business" network. to find it in your other, go to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. thanks very much. this up next. >> you know her as howard stern's better half. but did you know how much beth stern does to save homeless dogs and cats? >> she's got a new book. >> she does! she's holding it right now. >> hi. >> how are you? >> good morning.

welcome back. it's no secret that beth stern loves animals. her and her husband, shock jock howard stern, have fostered over 90 kittens. >> that's right. but the story of how those kittens helped one of her cats

will warm your heart. >> it's all part of her brand-new children's book that came out this week. beth stern joins us live today. >> beautifully drawn, too. >> who named that cat yoda? >> my husband. all of the fosters and our six resident cats, as soon as they come in the door, that's howard's job. he looks at them and names them. >> he figures out their personality? >> right away. >> here is a picture of you in the back. >> howard took that photo, by the way. >> a selfy? >> what's the story with the cat? >> yoda he is our most recent rescue. we adopted from north shore animal league. he was sitting in a cage way too long. that's how we end up with most of our resident cats. so i brought him home. we find out quickly that he's in heart failure. he has three to six months to live. so we're going to love this guy 'til his last day. we fell madly in love with him. kitten season was around that time and howard and i foster kittens. we fostered over 90 kittens.

so my first litter comes and yoda goes into the foster room and something crazy happened. he took over as the papa of all of these foster kittens. >> he became the alpha kitten? >> started grooming them, made sure they ate. i can literally leave the foster door open and he'll go and corral the kittens in. it's seven litters later and he's still in the foster room. i have taken him to the vet three or four times sips the kittens arrived and his heart has gotten progressively stronger. as of two weeks ago, he's officially off his hard meds. i firmly believe it's love and purpose has healed this cat's heart. so the children's book, i thought what a beautiful message. so instead of saying he was dying and now he's living, we went from a sad heart to love and nurturing kittens and now he has a happy heart and he's living so happily in our house with the kittens. >> it's a precious book and all the proceeds will benefit north shore animal. >> i'm in the middle of this

huge project for north shore animal league. we're building a second story to their existing shelter. 15,000 square feet. going to be a cage free habitat. home away from home for all the cats and kittens. >> it's a great big room where they roam free? >> there is four different rooms depending on their personalities, size and a nursery and wellness center. that will free up the entire downstairs for more puppy mill and adultress cues. 100% of my proceeds, i think it's a fun way to buy a gift knowing the money will go to help save more lives. >> that's right. >> great work to both you and howard. my goodness. >> we had no idea. he's a softy, isn't he? >> you should see him with those foster kittens. 90 kittens have come through and howard is amazing with them. he's my partner in this. >> terrific. howard stern, who knew? >> who knew? that guy loves cats! >> he does. >> all animals. huge animal lover. >> it's out now. go on amazon and pick it up right now. >> great story for the kids,

especially this time of year. go, yoda. >> thanks. coming up, a would-be robber's worst enemy. this ferocious dog. one for the road. there he is right there. >> can you top that one? >> any animal is welcome in our home. >> especially that one. ♪ ♪ when i crave a smoke that's all i crave. that's where this comes in. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste. plus nicorette gum gives you intense craving relief. and that helps put my craving in its place. that's why i only choose nicorette.

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pint sized pooch that he jumped over the fence and ran away. meanwhile, earlier we had the chips that taste like thanksgiving just in time for the christmas and the holidays. oreo biscuits, starting next month, mini butter biscuits with mashed up oreos will be available at church's chicken restaurants. >> they're going to be busy. and drive snowily. check out this crazy sight. this driver in buffalo managed to dig his car out, but it looks like he missed a spot. >> how would you like to be the guy behind that guy? >> because it is eventually going to come off into your grill. tomorrow on our program, the best cities for vets to get a deal on a home. you're going to want to hear that. geraldo rivera joins us live. i believe chris wallace will be here, too. >> that's right. kristen chenowith will be here with her smile. >> just one other thing, i would like to thank my wife for putting my son's shirt in my

closet. that would explain why the sleeves are so long. >> twice as long. >> yeah. i'm wearing my son's shirt. >> we like that. >> better your son's shirt and bill: getting dressed in the dark, dude. morning, everybody. fox news alert. this will be a massive change in our immigration laws. president obama set to use executive power effectively to legalize five million immigrants in our country already. this will be a big part of our coverage this morning. welcome to "america's newsroom." good morning, martha. martha: good morning bill, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. the president is set to make the announcement in prime time, 8:00 p.m. eastern. the new "wall street journal" poll shows this, nearly half of americans are against the move. 48% oppose it. the executive action the president is expected to take and 38 support. bill: republicans are going ball