good morning, america. good morning, america. and breaking overnight, the historic sit-in showdown stopping congress in its tracks. as the battle over gun control boils over, house democrats shouting down the speaker. >> radical islam -- >> as the republicans battle back, the fight raging all night long as lawmakers still refuse to leave the floor. also this morning, tornadoes touching down. >> big tornado. >> wild winds rocking the midwest ripping the roof off this gas station and bringing down a radio tower. more than 30 million americans in the storm zone with more fierce weather on the way. midair terror. a passenger making threats midflight forcing the jetliner to make an emergency landing. >> it's a security issue, sir, i cannot tell you over the frequency.

>> f-16s scrambling to bring it to safety. ♪ walk this way walk this way. the new video of pedals the bear standing tall and the mystery returns this morning strutting his stuff around the suburbs, experts stumped at how he does it. ♪ walk this way ♪ talk this way good morning, america. and look who's back? robin roberts. [ applause ] >> great to be back. yes, thank you very much, and also back, pedals is back. >> yay. remember. >> doing so well. >> i know, he's back. and, you know, we had the mystery of pedals we had reported on here, walking on just two legs instead of four. now re-emerged from that suburban neighborhood and we'll get an update on pedals. congress, this was really something to watch overnight. it's still going on right now. this scene playing out on the house floor. some members of congress livestreaming, periscoping, even

doing facebook live. who knew that they knew all this technology? but it's really for a serious effort. they want action on gun control and they want it now, but that vote doesn't look like it's going to happen, robin. >> speaker paul ryan doing everything he could to get control to no avail even shutting down the cameras. abc's jon karl is there for us and has the latest. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. and the die-hards are still there. they've been there all night. right now on the house floor even democratic leader nancy pelosi, and they've gotten more than 1 million people watching this on twitter alone. overnight a chaotic showdown on the house floor. a protest like we've never seen before. democrats in congress staging a sit-in on the house floor like a bunch of student protesters on a college campus. vowing to stay put until they get votes on gun control measures. >> the house will be in order. >> reporter: the house speaker tries to restore order. >> the chair appreciates that members will differ on matters

of policy. >> reporter: but democrats refuse to back down, singing and waving signs with the names of victims of gun violence. it went on throughout the night. the house floor sometimes looking like a rowdy slumber party. >> i just brought dunkin' donuts. >> yay. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: lawmakers brought in snacks, piles of late night pizza. >> thank you for getting in trouble. >> reporter: leading the revolt, civil rights icon, congressman john lewis. nearly 200 democrats joined in and as news of the protest spread, representative keith ellison received this message during a meeting. "your mom called and wants you on the floor." democratic senators joined in too including bernie sanders fresh off the campaign trail. >> radical islam -- >> reporter: furious republicans tried turning off the cameras declaring the democrats are breaking the rules.

undeterred, the protesting democrats used their cell phones to broadcast the sit-in on social media. the #nobillnobreak trending number one on twitter. republicans fired back with their own hashtag tweeting #stopthestunt. >> this isn't trying to come up with a solution to a problem. this is trying to get attention. >> reporter: if you look right now, we can go to pictures on the house floor. nancy pelosi is talking, and keep in mind as you watch these pictures, this is being shot by the members of congress themselves using their cell phones, and, robin, that is a direct violation of the rules here. you are not allowed to take pictures, yet alone video, inside the house chamber, but as you can see right now, all bets are off. >> we can see that, but people want to know any indication that the republicans will give in to what the democrats are demanding. >> reporter: there is zero indication that's going to happen, robin. republicans say for two reasons,

one, they don't want to reward this breaking of the rules. they say this is a complete breakdown of decorum of the way the house should work, but also they point out that the very votes that are being demanded right now by democrats, those bills have already been voted on in the senate, and they have failed. so even if there were miraculously a vote, even if they were to somehow pass it in the house, they have already died in the senate. >> so it goes. all right, jon, thank you. >> waiting for the candidates for president to weigh in. in the meantime, we turn to the race for the white house. donald trump unleashing what might be his most blistering attack yet on hillary clinton. abc's tom llamas is at trump tower in new york to break it down for us. tom, good morning. >> reporter: david, good morning to you. in that hard-hitting speech trump called clinton possibly the most corrupt person to ever run for the white house. clinton says trump is on the attack because he has no real policies or plans to promote. donald trump striking back outlining his new line of attack on hillary clinton. >> she's a world class liar. just look at her pathetic e-mail

server statements or her phony landing. >> reporter: as he pivots towards the general election sorces tell abc news trump will repeatedly hammer two points, first, that clinton thinks she's entitled to the presidency. >> her campaign slogan is i'm with her. you know what my response is to that, i'm with you, the american people. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and, second, alleging that she used her cabinet position to benefit herself and the clinton foundation. >> she ran the state department like her own personal hedge fund doing favors for oppressive regimes and many others and really many, many others in exchange for cash, pure and simple, folks. >> reporter: clinton responding by calling trump out for profiting from goods not made in america, something he's campaigned against. >> the clinton foundation helps poor people around the world get access to life-saving aids medicine. [ cheers and applause ]

donald trump uses poor people around the world to produce his line of suits and ties. >> reporter: and clinton mocking trump's biggest boast, that he's the ultimate deal maker. >> we can't let donald trump bankrupt america the way he bankrupted his casinos. we need to write a new chapter in the american dream, and it can't be chapter 11. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and as this race gets heated, trump is actually leaving the campaign trail for a few days. he's flying to scotland for the re-opening of one of his golf resorts there, but there's already controversy. some of trump's scottish neighbors are raising mexican flags on their properties. robin. >> all right, tom, thank you. we're going to move on to severe storms hitting the midwest. tornadoes ravaging illinois trapping people in their homes.

wind gusts up to 100 miles an hour sweeping across indiana. abc's alex perez is in the heart of the storm zone in pontiac, illinois. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. daylight finally giving us a better look at some of the damage. this storm destroying part of this gas station building and take a look at this right here, the powerful winds completely knocking over this cinderblock wall. >> wow. >> reporter: overnight lightning igniting across illinois. transformers can be seen exploding after being struck by bolts. >> just across the highway here. >> reporter: a reported tornado touching down taking out this gas station knocking a tractor trailer to its side and destroying several mobile homes. >> just a thin snake coming out of the sky. >> reporter: truckers opting to pull off roads and wait out the treacherous torrential rains. >> we got to get off the highway. big tornado. >> reporter: several funnel

clouds spotted hovering over fields in the prairie state. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: and at chicago's soldier field an urgent warning sent fans scrambling for cover during the soccer match between chile and colombia. sheets of rain swamping the stands and maintenance crews creating waves trying to clear all that water off the field so the game could resume. and in minnesota, blinding rains made driving conditions incredibly dangerous for those still on the road. and officials here say at least two people were injured during the storm, but luckily those injuries are not life-threatening. robin. >> that is fortunate. all right, alex, thank you very much. and i know, ginger, you have more on this. >> more severe weather at this hour, so it's happening now. that same chunk of weather has moved to the south and east from kentucky right through west virginia to washington, d.c. this morning where the pga tour has just been put on a delay. this could also have

flash flooding along with severe storms so keep that in mind. and look what happened overnight. in just near columbus, ohio, just north in a town called delaware a river overflowing because they got anywhere from 4 to 6 inches of rain very, very quickly, and so it's not just this morning the severe storms but the low will pass and then you get another shot this afternoon and evening, cincinnati, charleston, northern kentucky all included in that. damaging wind, we could still see tornadoes and, of course, flash flooding in here. >> yeah. drive safely today. ginger, thanks so much. we turn to that flight forced to make an emergency landing because of a man allegedly making threats on board. in fact, f-16s were scrambled to escort the flight to safety. abc's david kerley is live at reagan national airport with the latest. david. >> reporter: good morning, david. passengers say this man was acting very strangely. f-16s were scrambled and then pilots in the area were wondering what was going on. pilots flying in and out of tucson confused receiving cryptic messages. >> what's the issue with 29 right? is there a reason we can -- >> it's a security issue.

>> reporter: the security issue, two fighter jets escorting a delta jetliner in for an emergency landing. >> i wish i could do better for you but i'd be launching you in the face of fighter planes. >> reporter: once the delta jet was on the ground, police boarded arresting a man who about an hour into the flight from san antonio to los angeles became uncooperative, and a passenger was told he made a threat against the aircraft. >> he was walking up and down the aisle staring at people acting very unusual, anxious, rubbing his chest and wouldn't sit down. >> the suspect caused some sort of verbal disturbance on board the aircraft. this alerted the flight crew. >> reporter: that's when those two f-16s were scrambled as the delta jet made a quick descent into tucson. >> reporter: passenger ryan healy took this video of the passenger being escorted off the plane in tucson. once he was off, the other passengers were taken off, as well, rescreened before they were able to head on to los angeles.

now, it's unclear whether this man was taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation or to jail and we still don't know this morning, robin, whether or not he'll be charged with a crime. >> we'll wait and see. all right, david, thank you. now to what could be a major shake-up around the world. the united kingdom voting right now about whether to stay in the european union, the eu. the results could have a major impact on the economy here at home, and abc news chief foreign correspondent terry moran has the latest and joins us this morning from london. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, they're calling it the battle for britain. this intense campaign has divided families and friends, and it is so close, the latest polls showing that this country's future and perhaps the world economy is on a knife's edge. decision day in the uk and passions are running at a fever pitch. on one side those argue that britain can regain control of

its borders and its economy by leaving the 28-member european union while the other side says the uk will be poorer and less safe if it cuts itself off from the eu's free trade and shared security. >> why would you deliberately remove yourself? >> i want a better deal for the people of this country. >> reporter: britain's biggest celebrities picking sides, elton john, j.k. rowlings and the beckhams all voting to stay, and the same goes for jedis and spies from daisy ridley to james bond himself daniel craig wearing this shirt, no man is an island. no country by itself. wearing decidedly less, elizabeth hurly dressed only in high heels and clutching a union jack pillow. she's for the brexit alongside joan collins and michael caine. markets around the world are jittery with some predicting that if britain votes to leave the european union, that could tip the world economy into recession, and that, of course, would affect every american's

401(k) and financial future. robin and david. >> you want to expand upon that a little bit more, how it could affect the 401(k)s here in this country? >> reporter: well, there's no question, robin, that if europe tips into recession and britain is the fifth largest economy in the world, it will be in turmoil. these are large trading partners of the united states and the markets hate the uncertainty of it all. and so with the economy growing so slowly right now, anything could tip it over. >> yeah, you said it best there. the uncertainty really drives the markets wild. and it is razor thin right now, what can happen. terry, thanks so much. we'll go to amy now with the other stories that are developing and unfortunately starting with a very sad story. >> it is sad, robin. coast guard crews have recovered one body in the search for that family who was sailing off the gulf coast. they say they are trying to stay positive, but they have made another heartbreaking discovery. look at that. they found tennis shoes, water bottles, kayaks and life jackets. they say likely all belonged to 45-year-old ace kimberly and his three teenage children.

they were last heard from on sunday while sailing from sarasota to ft. myers, florida, in six-foot seas. the search resumes this morning. well, the louisiana sheriff says the shooting of one of his deputies in a suburb of new orleans was cold-blooded murder. police say a teen suspect shot david michel twice because he didn't want to go back to jail for violating his probation. deputy michel is the fifth officer to die in the line of duty in louisiana this year alone. well, new concern about the safety of some of the most popular suvs out there. crash test results show the front seat passengers in many small suvs are not as well protected as the drivers. only one out of seven models earned a good rating for passenger safety. that was the hyundai tucson and most others were rated only acceptable or marginal. the toyota rav-4 was rated poor. well, a major milestone in air travel overnight. the first plane to cross the atlantic ocean using only solar power has landed in spain.

the solar impulse left new york city on monday. its next stop is abu dhabi where the plane began its round the world journey more than a year ago. >> thank you. and the official estimate is in. 1.3 million people showed up for the cleveland cavaliers victory parade on thursday. that is more than three times the city's actual population. fans scaled a parking garage, i'm told port-a-potties, whatever they needed to get on top of to get that view of lebron james and the nba champs. it's been 52 years since their last championship. they're literally climbing the walls. they're so happy. people were describing this when they came from all over the country as a pilgrimage, there's a lot of religious overtones. i mean, this is serious business in cleveland. >> you know, and they deserve it. 52 years they waited for that. >> exactly. >> a long time for that. >> enjoy. >> thanks, amy. got to switch gears now, that dangerous mission in the south pole to save two sick workers. we can report this morning success as the rescue plane was

able to fly those workers to safety. abc's alex marquardt has been following this story from the beginning. >> reporter: the first glimpse this morning of the two crew members arriving safely from the south pole in chile. one being carried out of an ambulance on a stretcher before being taken to an undisclosed medical facility. it was a daring, high-risk mission to one of the hardest places to reach on the planet. the small twin otter turboprop plane sitting down at the south pole taxiing on its skis. >> it's about the most dangerous kind of flying you can do in the world. there's so much risk here and so much unknown, what is really impressive is how routine this actually appeared. >> reporter: the pilots had flown 1,500 miles through antarctica's 24-hour winter darkness. it's constantly changing weather. landing on the ice and snow in temperatures averaging minus 70 degrees. just a few hours later, after resting and filling the plane with specially heated jet fuel, the pilots took off again, the two patients on board. they flew from the south pole back to the british research

station they had come from. the patients switching planes there and flying on to chile. just the third time in 60 years that a midwinter rescue has been attended. >> they're putting crews in danger. you're putting lots of people supporting those crews in danger. so these people had to be really sick and it was a tough decision to make. >> reporter: the national science foundation, which runs that south pole station, isn't revealing what the patients are suffering from or where they're being taken. but this morning, as far as the harrowing rescue goes, it could not have gone better. david. >> wow. those pilots who flew through darkness 24 hours a day, it's dark, incredible. thanks, alex. let's get right back over to ginger. we talked about the storms. now the heat. >> you know that's part of the fuel from tulsa to evansville and paducah. heat advisories today.1 105 is the feels like in little rock. 101 in fayetteville.

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temperatures stepping up in the 50s and we do have concord and brentwood in the low to mid-6 mid-60s. yeah, keeping the temperatures below to average with 64 in the coast and 86 at 4:00. here is the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a little bit warmer tomorrow and the breeze is lighter. it's going get warm in land and then the coast will be in the 60s this weekend and then the hottest day we're pegging that for tuesday. be prepared. >> looks like great parade weather. coming up the texas mom now speaking with a british accent. she is talking in the accent next. another local news update in

30 minutes and always on the news app and abc7.com. join us news special report. now report, david muir. good morning for those of you just joining us. i'm david muir. the supreme court of the united states has issued an opinion in the fisher versus university of

texas case which focuses on affirmative action, one of the major issues the court is facing this year. this case is the second trip to the supreme court for abigail fisher, a white woman, who was denied admission to the university of texas and filed alawsuit challenging race and admissions. i want to get to jon karl standing by at the court this morning. it would appear affirmative action will stay in place. >> reporter: david, a major victory for advocates of affirmative action. what the majority and the court are saying, the 4-3 majority, that of universities, the university of texas, can use race as a factor, one of several factors in achieving the goal of diversity of the student body. it affirms the right of that university to use race as a factor. this draws a stinging descent, david, from the conservatives. justice alito has written a 51-page descent, more than twice as long as the actual opinion, saying that the policy amounts to systematic racial

discrimination, and that the court's decision, quote, is remarkable and remarkably wrong. >> and we also knew there would be no chance of a deadlock in this case because justice kagan had recused herself from the case. let's bring in tori moran who covers the courts for us. this would appear to be a major defeat for the conservative movement. >> reporter: for a generation now conservatives in part led by justice antonin scalia have been trying to eliminate all together the idea that race can be used in any way to award benefits or privileges or government contracts, affirmative action of any kind, the conservative movement has contended is reverse discrimination, poised as constitutional law and american society, and they have tried to erase it. justice anthony kennedy has said it can continue with the

university of texas and other universities around the country. >> affirmative action stays in place in a key case, we welcome you back to you "gma." we welcome you back to "gma." you're looking live at something we've never seen before. a sit-in on the floor of the house and the lawmakers are live-streaming from their own phone, something they're not supposed to do, but they want to get their message out fighting for a gun control vote. >> yeah, uncharted territory using social media to get the word out. >> right. also right now, stunning pictures of the wreckage throughout the midwest. storm damage turning over big rigs. of course, the blinding rain making driving treacherous and those powerful storms are now going to spread east, and ginger is tracking that. also right now, congress did reach an agreement in the middle for funding the battle against zika, the measure calling for $1.1 billion to fight the virus. and then there are reports this morning about what the president may be doing after leaving office. could he be buying an nba team? all the latest on our big board coming up.

>> he might just play. >> he does love to play. we do know that. but first, new developments in an alleged murder-for-hire plot involving an ex-marine turned celebrity chef. she has been charged for the crime after being brought down in a police sting operation. abc's gio benitez is here with the details. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin, good morning to you. a grand jury indicting her this week, and listen to this, she's accused of trying to use her new boyfriend to kill her ex-boyfriend, but that new boyfriend wouldn't do it, and he spilled the beans. this morning, 30-year-old laura buckingham, a pregnant award-winning marine turned baker, is facing serious charges that allege she hired a hit man to kill her ex-boyfriend. >> after my last appointment i moved up to new albany, indiana, and i started selling breads on the side of highway 150. >> reporter: on tuesday a grand jury indicting the marine who spent two tours in iraq before coming home. opening this bakery in indiana and becoming a local celebrity

chef, even gracing the cover of this lifestyle magazine. >> i started selling at different farmers' markets, and i just couldn't keep up with the demand. >> reporter: but police say the wanna-be model had a darker side wanting to end a contentious custody battle with her ex-boyfriend, bradley sutherland, the father of their 3-year-old son by having him murdered. >> i thought it was a joke. in all honesty we all thought we were being punk'd for a short period of time. >> reporter: police allege buckingham even recruited her new boyfriend, joseph chamblin, to help kill him. they say sham blinn, a marine sniper seen in this video told them about the alleged plot. authorities setting up an undercover sting where buckingham allegedly paid a $300 deposit for the murder. the total cost, about 3,000 bucks. locals say the community is in shock. >> no one would have ever imagined. she was well liked because what she gave back to the community

after she came home from serving. >> reporter: but as for her ex -- >> i don't feel angry. i feel kind of sad that she felt the way she did that she had to do that to try to take my son from me. >> reporter: and buckingham is now out on $150,000 bail. she's wearing an ankle monitor. abc news has not been able to reach her lawyer, but we know she'll face a judge on monday, robin. >> that we do know, gio, thank you. for more on the case let's bring in abc news chief legal analyst dan abrams. so, the credibility of the boyfriend, how important is that? because he said he was hired. >> right, he's the one who effectively turns her in and a case like this typically he'd be critical. the reason he's not that important is because the tennessee authorities literally go in, they go undercover, they get a deposit from her to go ahead and commit this crime. then they show her pictures of what she thinks is now her dead ex, and she then pays the remainder of the money. the authorities say that, so

that's going to become the critical point in this and as a result his credibility becomes a little less important. >> so with all that what does the defense say? >> i think she's going to end up pointing the finger at him, at the guy who turned her in, you know, because they're two sort of exes here at this point and if she does that, he then becomes the focus of the defense. i think she's going to argue he set me up. this was his money. he's the one who wanted me to do this. he's the one who was pushing for this. i never really wanted that. we'll have to see exactly what it'll be. >> and what possible sentencing is she facing? >> well, she could face, if convicted, like 15 to 60 years but you have to wonder whether there's going to be some sort of deal here, right. this is someone who friends say was suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. does the victim, meaning the father of her child, not want to really move forward with this? >> it seems to be the case. >> i think he's got a level of sympathy for her, and if that happens, you could see a deal here where maybe she gets a few years in prison. remember, she's out on $150,000 bail. it's not a lot of bail.

>> and isn't she pregnant too? >> she is pregnant. she is pregnant presumably with the child of the same guy who ended up turning her in. >> and maybe that will play too. >> rig. that's a big question mark. i think that could end up being a factor in this case and come up possibly as part of the defense. >> we'll see what happens. all right, dan, thank you. >> fascinating case. >> yeah, it is. >> thanks, robin. we turn to that bizarre story of a texas woman who woke up from surgery with a thick british accent. the rare condition is called foreign accent syndrome and apparently there's no known cure. abc's mara schiavocampo is here with more on this. hey, mara. >> hey, david, good morning. imagine waking up from surgery sounding like a completely different person. at first this woman's doctor thought it was due to swelling, her kids thought she was faking it. but it's actually something very real. mom of three lisa alamia is a born and bred texas girl. but her voice --

>> i say your all the time before the accident. once i got the accident i started to notice i said you are. >> reporter: is from england. it all started in december of 2015. she went in to surgery to fix an overbite and came out with a new british accent. >> i've never been outside of the country except for a mission trip to mexico, and that's definitely not where my accent came from. >> reporter: but listen to her voice before in a video her family made for their church. >> you guys have inspired us and befriended us and we love you. >> reporter: and today. >> i was very shocked, very -- i didn't know how to take it. i was very confused. >> reporter: so just how does something like this happen? it's an extremely rare medical condition called foreign accent syndrome. only about 100 reported cases ever. alamia's neurologist ran a full battery of tests but says everything came back normal. >> to know that she's not faking it, not making this up gets just such a rare condition that even neurologists that i speak to

don't believe that this is the real condition. >> reporter: while the accent can diminish over time, it can also be permanent, and there is no known cure. now alamia plans to start speech therapy but has a message that sounds great regardless of the accent. >> you're still you. this accent doesn't define you. you are who you are. >> reporter: now fas is most often caused by head trauma or stroke but not in alamia's case. her doctors will keep doing tests to get to the bottom of it. she's part of the small 15% not due to head trauma. >> doctors say it is a real thing and i was struck by what she said. she'd only ever traveled to mexico. she hadn't even been exposed to the british accent. >> absolutely and this -- we have seen this before so in other cases, a woman from kansas woke up with an irish accent. so it can be an accent that you don't necessarily know is in you but it's in you. >> fascinating. >> does it wear off? >> so, in her case, the doctor says that it has gotten

better over the last seven months but this may be as good as it gets. it may be like this for the rest of her life. she said the worst part, her kids are no longer scared because in texas a british accent is not very intimidating. >> she wants that texas accent, that southern drawl back, so the kids will listen. to amy and the big board. >> coming up, obama's next career move could be nba? could that be in his future? the stanford d.a. fighting back against convicted sex offenders. and tyra banks weighing in on the supermodel war. why she is speaking out passionately. we'll be back in two minutes. we'll be back in two minutes. craisins® dried cranberries transform everything. to show you, we're doing a taste test. but don't i need a fork? not for this taste test. which salad tastes better? the supreme court issued yet another opinion in another case

now. the united states versus texas. this case regards immigration and it's a tie vote which means the lower court's ruling will be upheld which is a setback for president obama, let's get right to abc's jonathan karl over at the supreme court because, jon, this does not allow for the president's immigration executive action at least not for now. >> reporter: it's a huge setback for the white house and for the president. this was the biggest and boldest of the president's executive actions. it would have provided legal status for some 4 million undocumented immigrants here in the united states. he did this through so-called deferred action. the texas court ruled that the decision was not -- was unconstitutional. this court by a 4-4 tie upheld that decision. what's interesting here, david, is the absence of justice scalia doesn't matter that much because he would have certainly been with the conservatives on this in terms of upholding that lower court and saying that this law, that this executive action

exceeded the president's authorities. >> well, a point well made on justice scalia and remind our audience this executive action by president obama would have provided deferred action essentially temporarily relief from deportation to millions of undocumented immigrants primarily parents of u.s. citizens here. i want to bring in terry moran who also covers the courts. major setback to president obama but doesn't prevent a future president from tackling it again >> that's exactly right, david. what happens in a tie case as you said is that the lower court ruling stands but it doesn't make law for the whole country. now, if you're president obama, that's cold comfort because he loses. obama loses here as jon just pointed out. his signature immigration effort is dead, dead. but as far as the law is concerned, the question here is did the president exceed his power? or her power if there's a future president who might want to say let's not deport this class of

undocumented immigrants in america. the conservatives and those who oppose the president said you've abused your power as president. the president and his allies said, no, the president can often decide who to deport and who not to deport. that question remains unanswered and so a future president might have that power. we won't know until another case comes up. the bottom line here, obama lose sdmrz terry moran with us, as well. terry, thanks very much. this is all but certainly to catapult the issue right to the top again in this presidential race given the fact that president obama's executive action will not move forward. we've learned today from the supreme court a tie ruling, the lower court ruling will be upheld meaning his executive action on immigration will not move forward, millions who were counting on this will now turn to the presidential candidates right no you to see what they have to say as we move forward towards november. i'm david muir here in new york. we return you to programming. for many it's "good morning america" and the rest i'll see you later on "world news." good day. >> announcer: this has been >> announcer: this has been a special report from abc news.

how to hit a three-point shot. >> so we three-point shot. >> we know he was really interested in those two teams. any idea like what team he might be looking at getting into? >> well, you know, the bulls, the chicago bulls, that's the team he loves, of course, that is one of the most expensive franchises in all of professional sports, and jerry reinsdorf shows no interest in selling that team, but, hey, he's going to be living in washington for two years after leaving the white house. the washington wizards are here. who knows. who knows. maybe an expansion team. maybe a team in hawaii. >> but how was sasha's record? how did that team do just for the record? >> he said they had a little bit of a problem. they wanted to spend too much time practicing their three-point shots and couldn't quite reach the rim. >> jon karl, one of our insiders this morning, hey, thanks, dna. district attorney jeff rosen fresh off the trial of stanford swimmer brock turner is proposing a new law for those convicted of

sexual assault and let's get right to sunny hostin, our senior legal correspondent. sunny, what is he proposing? >> in california, if you sexually abuse someone but you use force, you got to go to prison. you get mandatory prison time. but in california at this point in time, if you sexually assault an unconscious or intoxicated person, you can get probation. does that mean that a sexual assault when you're intoxicated, drunk or unconscious is less horrific? well, this d.a. says no. this d.a. is proposing a law to make sure that if you sexually assault someone that is drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, unconscious, you go to prison. i say bravo. bravo. >> sunny, a lot of people are saying that. we all know there was so much anger and so much outrage over that six-month sentence, so could we see other d.a.s follow suit in other states across this country? >> no question about it. 80% to 90% of survivors of campus sexual assault don't report. those survivors say they don't report because they don't think anything is going to happen to their attackers.

d.a.s across the country will jump on this bandwagon to send the message to survivors that if people assault you, they will go to prison. >> sunny, we know that there was outrage over the sentence, but i -- i mean, that 12-page powerful written statement that was released that that victim said aloud in court, how much of an impact do you think that had on what we're seeing now? >> a significant impact. a huge impact. who hasn't read that letter? who hasn't listened to that heartfelt plea from that survivor that says, this is what happens to me. this is what sexual assault does to someone. even the vice president, vice president biden weighed in. i think that that was a watershed moment for survivors of sexual assault all across our country. we hear them now loud and clear. >> yeah, the power of social media now giving them a voice. >> that's right. sunny, thank you very much for that. want to turn now to the latest wrinkle in the supermodel wars. tyra banks weighing in on the multigenerational feud that's sprung up between stephanie seymour, kendall jenner and gigi

hadid. basics tweeting out that it's tearing her apart. saying she wants to rodney king so badly right now. why can't we all get along. "us weekly" reporter christina garibaldi joining us now. christina, there was definitely a war of words. stephanie seymour saying that those two, gigi and kendall, are not supermodels and shy actually used a choice phrase describe what she would call them. tell us what is happening. >> that she did. there is a generational feud happening between supermodels. stephanie seymour talked to "vanity fair" all about how the supermodel is a term of the past. and she specifically talked about kendall and gigi saying they are witches with a "b" of the moment. kendall did not like this. she took to her website saying women should be coming together and supporting one another, not cyberbullying one another. she said that she looked up to stephanie, she said that if you want to call her a supermodel, that is a relative term and it doesn't take away anything from

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and under the law that means that lower court opinion stands, the bottom line is president obama's legacy policy, his main effort on immigration is not going to go forward. he loses. >> all right, terry and there was thor ruling in just the past hour from the supreme court, as well concerning affirmative action. >> that's right, the supreme court in a surprise decision in some ways said that the university of texas can use race as one among many factors in university admissions. conservatives have tried to are a generation to stop the use of race, affirmative action at universities and other places but justice kennedy sided with the liberals saying in this case as long as texas continues to monitor the policy, race can be used, affirmative action can go forward in public universities. amy. >> all right, terry moran, we appreciate the breakdown, thanks so much. also breaking at this hour a verdict in the freddie gray case. gray is the baltimore man who suffered a fatal spine injury after riding in a police van just moments ago, a judge found

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making her way to a wedding just three days after arriving home to new york city from her jamaican vacation. >> i'm sitting on the train and i start taking a selfie as one does when they're on the train by themselves on the way to a wedding and, yeah, when i saw my skin, my heart just started pounding. >> reporter: that face rash coming after two days of leg soreness and joint stiffness. but what was causing the symptoms? >> a lightbulb, i guess, just went off in my head, and i thought, i think i could have zika virus. >> reporter: after a google search of zika symptoms and two trips to the doctor later, a urine test confirmed her fears. rutherford contracted zika. according to the cdc, more than 750 people in 45 states have reported cases of zika. the virus spreads through mosquito bites and can be transmitted through unprotected sex presenting risks for pregnant women including links to birth defects for their unborn babies. so with no prescription to cure zika, rutherford spent the next ten days suffering through her illness. >> i was just feeling so lifeless.

my body so achy, and i knew that even once i got up on my feet, it was going to be painful. >> reporter: now nearly two weeks later, rutherford says she's finally starting to feel like herself and ready to share her experience with her readers at "harper's bazaar." >> a lot of people aren't aware of what it's like to have this virus. >> and chrissy admits she did not wear bug spray, something we should always remember to do. robin. >> that's right, jess. joining us now, abc news medical and senior contributor dr. jennifer ashton and so this woman, she said she was thankful she felt the symptoms because many times you don't when you have this. >> yeah, she was pretty sick, robin. take a look at her symptoms. these are classic symptoms for zika. she had them all, fever, that rash started on her face spread to her entire body, joint pain, pretty severe, pink eye, conjunctivitis, muscle aches and headache. she felt really, really sick for quite some time. >> and she did the right thing. she went to the doctor not once but twice. and that's what you do. >> 100%. be persistent. make sure you tell them about where you've been.

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huge assortment that you'll find online. normally starting at $28. everything today from snapper rock is slashed big time, so 10 to 20 bucks for all of these and more than 50 styles online. >> thank you. thank you to the companies for providing these great deals. you know how to do it, you get the links, the codes on our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! and an exclusive extra deal you will only find on the website. now over to gorgeous ginger. >> and come on back here with me because i wanted to say happy birthday. your 21st? >> yes. >> how exciting. all right, so a 21st birthday here. we are not celebrating in southern ohio but rather the flash flooding and dealing with it still. thank you, chris white, from wsyx for sending these brand-new images in. again, some places got 3 to 6 inches of rain and more rain coming. flash flood warnings and watches still out there. >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco. check out the bay area forecast. we are starting off with a lost sunshine but the relaxing sea breeze keeps our technicals intact for today because it will

relax this weekend and it will be hot again. we will look at the temperatures, 60s along the coast into san francisco and richmond and 70s an the bay, and mainly 80s inland. my seven-day forecast shows the heat is back. saturday, especially inland and it will be hotter next >> that was jessica, by the wa >> that was jessica, by the way, turning 21. and coming up, abc news exclusive now with facebook's sheryl sandberg opening up about leaning in as a single mom and her new campaign. stay with us. so much more right here on "good morning america." ♪ i'll walk through hell with you ♪ when you've had too much to drink. >> cheers. >> you call a taxi. but what would you do -- >> i'll pick you up in ten minute. >> -- if this was your taxi driver. would you say something? >> you ain't driving. >> or let him drive away. you won't believe what our cameras caught on -- >> what would you do. >> friday at 9:00 on abc. t 9:00 on abc.

now from abc7 news. good morning i am natasha zouves from the abc morning news. president obama is coming back for the summit at stanford university. he is scheduled to around at 6:00 p.m. and scheduled to stay in san francisco. it will impact traffic in the city to the peninsula. for more on that, let's check in with francis. good morning everyone. stanley boulevard and also the avenue and the intersection is closed because of the serious crash and also in san francisco and traffic going to an injury accident at 280 and south 101 jammed again because of an

injury crash. natasha zouves? >> good

good morning from the broadcast center. we're off to a sunny spot and check out the temperatures and temperatures in the mid-50s and 60s. here is the 12 hour day planner. it's going to be a little bit warmer than yesterday, but not as hot as it's going to be this week and next. >> we will have another local

news update and abc7.com. j tomorrow, summer is about to get super hot when brad paisley steps into central park. ♪ we make up brad paisley tomorrow only on -- >> good morning america. >> presented by king's hawaiian. we can't wait for our great friend brad paisley to be here taking over central park tomorrow so you can come on down. is the weather going to be as nice tomorrow as it is today. >> i mean this is pretty perfect so, you know. >> well, you know the music will make it all better. >> the music makes everything great. >> grilling with chris santos, can't wait for that. we got to get inside to amy and her big interview this morning. >> thanks. now to my interview with sheryl sandberg. chief operating officer at

facebook. her leanin.org campaign, together women can kicks off and celebrating women supporting each other and i talked about her with that and how she's made it through what's been an extremely difficult year. >> together we can raise our voices. >> together -- >> we can stand up to anything and anyone. >> call it the sandberg effect. >> when women lean in together we accomplish amazing things. >> let's lean in. >> let's lean in. >> let's lean in. >> all: together. >> reporter: women at the top of their files lending their voices to support sheryl sandberg's new campaign together women can. >> this campaign is celebrating the women who have helped each other and how we continue to help each other. we see all the time women supporting other women and i think there's a myth out there that women don't and it's not true. >> i think that those myths do exist that women are there to tear each other down competing with one another. why do you think those myths exist and that culture exists. >> i think it's expectations also. when two men have a disagreement at work they're having a

substantive disagreement. when two women have that same disagreement at work it's a catfight and so we need to understand that women can speak with strong voices and that doesn't make them mean. >> how can women help other women? >> there are small everyday things women can do to help other women in the workplace. men get credit more easily for their ideas than women so coming to the table and saying, this was a great project and this was based on real's idea is another way we can celebrate each other. >> together women can is the latest mission from the facebook coo and disney board member's lean in organization. the mother of two also talking about coping after the sudden loss of her husband dave goldberg last may. you have been very open and very honest in sharing the professional struggles you've been through as a woman. i know this last year you've had incredible personal struggles as well. i want to ask how you're doing. >> i'm doing better. it's a struggle, you know, i miss dave still, but i know i don't have any choice other than to keep going and i keep going

because i look deep and i find the resilience inside myself not every minute and every day but as much as i can. >> by being open and being vulnerable and sharing pain and heartbreak you help others get through a very similar circumstance. i'm sure i've heard from women around the world. >> it's been a challenge. i don't think i naturally would have been as open about this but once this happened, everyone knew and i didn't really have that much choice. there are so many people who are struggling with something in their lives and we get through it by leaning in together. >> what have you learned about yourself since you decided to lean in? >> i learned a lot and i think after i lost my husband i went through another phase of really having to dig deep and find the belief in myself i could keep going, that i could do, function as a single mother, that i will be able to do my job and take care of my children and, you know, i have resources others don't have and i'm aware of that and i'm grateful for that and i think we need to do a much

better job supporting single mothers because there are so many out there who need our help. >> what's your greatest hope for this campaign? >> my greatest hope is that we will recognize what's already happening which is that women are supporting other women. we will celebrate the women helping us and get rid of the myth that women are other women's worst enemies because they're not. and we will start celebrating leadership in women and little girls everywhere. >> we are all on the same team. >> now sheryl says if the current trend continues women will achieve parity with men in top corporate positions in about 100 years. she says women cannot wait that long and that's why women have to act now to support one another and, men, we need your help too by the way. let's go outside to ginger, someone i support and love. >> oh, love you back, amy. this is boon and willa. did you know you could cook a roast in a car? >> no. >> i didn't know that either but guess what, our affiliate ktnv did it because it's been so hot in las vegas and it works. they were eating it in the

newsroom. 109 yesterday in las vegas. obviously they were much warmer earlier in the week but that cumulative heat going on. i want to take a look at the heat advisories in the middle of the nation. poplar bluff in southern illinois and indiana on alert. heat indices with that humidity is going to be above 100 for a good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco. extreme sunshine. tomorrow per by a sea breeze. 66 at san francisco. to none inland east bay. temperatures are going to rebound to above average levels on satu >> this weather report brought to you by charmin ultra strong. >> the megahit "independence day" blasted into theaters in 1996. 20 years, unbelievable, well, fast forward 0 years, we have the highly anticipated sequel "independence day: resurgence." it opens tomorrow and none other than abc's nick watt sitting down with the cast who shared

why it was worth the wait. >> they're coming back. >> reporter: here's the headline. there's a hemsworth in this one. it's liam, my and miley's favorite, just a baby when the original came out 20 years ago. >> the technology has caught up. you can do something different. >> yeah, absolutely. we have a lot more technology to do bigger things now i think. that sounded stupid. >> what? >> i'm just going to call it out. i should have left it at what you said. that was fine. >> reporter: newbie jesse usher steps into will smith's character, now a pilot trying to save the planet alongside hemsworth. >> we're going down. >> you know, lost his parents to the audience and spent the last 20 years preparing for them to come back. >> on this day in 199 of the world escaped the clutches of extinction. >> everybody gets over religious, political, petty differences. >> we have to learn how to hunt

them. >> we all come together unified to save our species. it's so timely with the state of the world. >> our survival is only possible when we stand together. >> reporter: syla ward is in charge. >> i'm a kick [ bleep ] president. she's definitive. she is decisive and she will pull the trigger. >> nice. >> we could use some of that. >> reporter: mica monroe plays the former president's daughter who now works in the white house. the former president has now gone a little nuts. >> wonderful played by bill pullman. >> brad spiner back. >> you still have the cool hair. >> i still have wonderful hair. it's better. it's longer, it's whiter. >> when you're making the first one did you know it was going to be great, iconic. >> well, i took -- jeff goldblum said to me at lunch i think this will be really good and turned out to be pretty good. >> we never had a chance. >> is there any kind of fear

that you mess up this time? >> we didn't last time. >> absolutely not. >> we convinced an entire generation that this is a battle that we could win. >> great movie. >> let's show them some fireworks. >> they just let me see the movie. don't worry. they didn't mess it up. i promise. for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> nick, thanks so much. the 20-year wait is over, "independence day: resurgence" opens nationwide tomorrow. can't wait for that, robin. 0 years. >> who can believe it, 20 years. now to those hollywood superstars having a roaring good time at last night's daily mail's party and in the south of france. the famous names looking glamorous on the red carpet enjoying a sizzling performance from jason derulo. who else was supposed to be there but had to come back to work. abc's lama hasan was there for all the fun, though. ♪ >> reporter: celebrities descending on cannes for the

cannes lions international festival where a-lister like gwyneth paltrow joined in and the party was the hottest ticket in town. >> i wouldn't miss it for the world. it's in cannes. >> reporter: from big screen superstars like jeremy renner walking the red carpet to small screen royalty, lana parrilla from abc's "once upon a time"? i'm very happy to be here. this is great. >> reporter: red carpet regular blac chyna that speaking out about her pregnancy and love rob kardashian. >> we're so excited about the new baby. we are newly engaged. i think we're going to send out our wedding invites next rear yrt own martha stewart showed up for the affair. >>ing 13, the daily mail really treated us to a lovely evening. >> reporter: she live sweeted the evening sharing this photo after being bowled over by singer jason derulo's sizzling

performance. ♪ i'm riding stole low >> the biggest party of the night and i can't wait to the next time. we have to do it again. >> reporter: for abc news, lama hasan, london. >> oh. >> it would be really cool to be will. >> i'd love to be will. >> i wonder who gets to go. >> the reason they're teasing this is i was there for the other aspect of cannes lions. >> seize a rock star. >> no, no, no. it's a conversations, creative minds there met the founder of airbnb, founder of snapchat. i mean but, yeah, we do party, as well. >> oh, yeah, there's that. >> but the bosses said come home and so i came home. happily so. happily so. >> you represented us well. >> thank you. >> creative minds. >> what was. coming up, penelope wilton. >> you know her. >> i love her. >> uh-huh. also she's in the new movie "the bfg" and she's here live.

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i loved, we all loved penelope wilton as isabelle in

"downton abbey" but now she is moving up in the ranks playing the queen in "the bfg" take a look. the queen awakens after a very believable dream about giants to find a little girl on her windowsill. >> how in the world did you get there? >> well -- >> let me take care of this, mum. come down. >> no, don't do that. a giant put you there. >> yes, he did, mum. he's waiting in the garden now. >> and dame penelope wilton joins us now. congratulations are in order. the queen made you a dame. so i don't know the pote cole. should i courtesy, bow? >> i'm expecting everyone to bow and courtesy all the time. >> what was that moment like for you. >> it was real surreal. you never think, why would you go around thinking you'll ever be made a dame but it was -- i heard about six weeks ago and then you're given a note saying

this is completely confidential and so that's all you hear and then, of course, you don't hear anything for six weeks and i thought i had dreamt it really. >> well, and then now you're playing the queen in "the bfg" how do you think the queen will react to your portrayal? >> well, we'll wait and see. i hope she likes it. otherwise, she might say i'm having second thoughts about the damehood. i don't know. >> what was your first time working with director steven spielberg like? i can't imagine as an actress getting to work with a legend like that. >> well, can you imagine? i'm sitting there minding my own business, actually i was going to be starting "downton abbey" and my agent rang me and said steven spielberg would like you to be in his film and i said, you know, that's a sort of joke at home. people say, i can't come out shopping because, you know, steven spielberg's just called. i'm going to be in his film so i said, no, stop it. >> you have the queen writing you letters.

steven spielberg calling you at home. what's it like being you. >> it's quite good and i just got a grandchild two weeks ago. >> congratulation, the best news of them all. >> i have a little girl named ella rose so i'm really, really lucky at the moment. >> i love that. we all love and i just have to bring it back up because you became a baroness in "downton abbey" but the relationship you had with maggie smith's character is epic. i want toic that a quick look at your first meeting because it kind of sums up your relationship from that day forward. >> what should we call each other? >> well, we could always start with mrs. crawley and lady grantham. >> that was tame to where you went at the dinner table so many types. >> yes, yes. >> and the relationship evolved in a beautiful way, did it not? >> it did, yes, except i wished that julian had given moo he a few more put-downers, i mean maggie often used to win. >> she had zingers. >> and used to be zigzag mouth on me. >> well, we can continue to enjoy them in reruns because i

rewatch and rewatch the incredible show and what a wonderful movie. thank you so much, penelope for being with us, dame penelope and grandma penelope. "the bfg" hits theaters july 1st. coming up, cooking up delicious pizza and chris santos getting the g crystal geyser alpine spring water from here to there ♪ to you crystal geyser. always bottled at the mountain source.

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the best deejays in the world play there. pool parties in the summer which is why you should go now, the best pool parties. >> i heard vegas might be a little hot. >> so many great restaurants. >> including beauty and essex which if you've never been to a very big hot spot. >> been lucky. popular since we opened here and we're at the cosmopolitan. >> very cool hotel. >> the synergy between our look and feel and their look and feel is great. >> jesse, i can hear you chewing down there. jesse is already mouthing the meal. >> we're busy. >> vegas is so much fun. summertime. >> yay to grilling. chef chris, let's talk about this. >> signature item that's on the beauty and essex menu in new york and vegas. >> flatbread. high gluten. fuhr or five ingredients. go to your favorite pizza shop. >> what's your sauce? >> it's a san marzano tomato sauce and concentrated oil that

you can get online but that concentrates the tomato flavor. something to think about with the dough, you want to par grill it in advance, so like with this par grilled as you can see we have it over here. >> tomato toss and olive oil then the cheese. >> on high heat on both sides. >> this is a ricotta. >> barotta. >>le trying to sound like a foodie. that was so lame. >> i'm not even trying to make you get your hands dirty because you have that pretty dress on. >> i'll do part two. >> goes on the grill. voila, the magic of tv. >> the magic of television in this part i can handle. zucchini. add the secret vegetable. >> crispy eggplant. >> oh, shoot. i got the wrong cheese. i said zucchini. they don't look big enough. >> eggplant. >> a japanese eggplant. >> >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. now reporting, david muir.

>> good morning and we're coming on the air at this hour because we expect to hear from president obama after a decisive blow from the supreme court this morning on the president's executive action on immigration. the courtroom was deadlocked, a 4-4 tie which essentially means that this upholds a lower court ruling and will end president obama's attempt to provide temporary relief from deportation for millions, including parents of u.s. citizens and some individuals who came to this country as children. let's get right to our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl this morning. jon, this decision upholds that lower court ruling. this is a major defeat for this president in what has been one of his biggest priorities. >> reporter: this is a big blow to the president. this was the biggest and boldest of his executive orders providing legal status and temporary relief from deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants and the decision, david, came in this. this is the entirety of the decision. one sentence upholding the opinion of the court.

>> good morning, everybody. i wanted to say a few words on two of the cases the supreme court spoke on today. first, in the affirmative action case, i'm pleased that the supreme court upheld the basic notion that diversity is an important value in our society and that this country should provide a high quality education to all our young people regardless of their background. we are not a country that guarantees equal outcomes, but we do strive to provide an equal shot to everybody, and that's what was upheld today. second, one of the reasons why america is such a diverse and inclusive nation is because we're a nation of immigrants. our founders conceived this country as a refuge for the world, and for more than two centuries welcoming wave after wave of immigrants has kept us youthful and dynamic and entrepreneurial. it has shaped our character and it has made us stronger. but for more than two decades now our immigration system,

everybody acknowledges, has been broken, and the fact that the supreme court wasn't able to issue a decision today doesn't just set the system back even further, it takes us further from the country that we aspire to be. just to lay out some basic facts that sometimes get lost in what can be an emotional debate, since i took office, we've deployed more border agents and technology to our southern border than ever before. that has helped cut illegal border crossings to their lowest levels since the 1970s. it should have paved the way for comprehensive immigration reform, and in fact, as many of you know, it almost did. nearly 70 democrats and republicans in the senate came together to pass a smart, common sense bill that would have doubled the border patrol and offered undocumented immigrants a pathway to earn citizenship if they paid a fine, paid their

taxes, and played by the rules. unfortunately, republicans in the house of representatives refused to allow a simple yes or no vote on that bill. so i was left with little choice but to take steps within my existing authority to make our immigration system smarter, fairer and more just. four years ago we announced that those who are our lowest priorities for enforcement, diligent, patriotic, young dreamers who grew up pledging allegiance to our flag should be able to apply to work here and study here and pay their taxes here. more than 730,000 lives have been changed as a result. these are students, they're teachers, they're doctors, they're lawyers, they're americans in every way but on paper. fortunately today's decision does not affect this policy. it does not affect the existing

dreamers. two years ago we announced a similar expanded approach for others who are also low priorities for enforcement. we said that if you've been in america for more than five years with children who are american citizens or illegal residents, then you too can come forward, get right with the way and work in this country temporarily without fear of deportation. both were the kinds of actions taken by republican and democratic presidents over the past half century. neither granted anybody a free pass. all they did was focus our enforcement resources which are necessarily limited on the highest priorities -- convicted criminals, recent border crossers, and threats to our national security. as disappointing as it was to be challenged for taking the kind of action that other administrations have taken, the country was looking to the supreme court to resolve the

important legal questions raised in this case. today the supreme court was unable to reach a decision. this is part of the consequence of the republican failure so far to give a fair hearing to mr. merrick garland, my nominee to the supreme court. that means that the expanded set of common sense deferred action policies, the ones that i announced two years ago, can't go forward at this stage until there is a 9th justice on the court to break the tie. i know a lot of people are going to be disappointed today, but it is important to understand what today means. the deferred action policy that has been in place for the last four years is not affected by this ruling. enforcement priorities developed by my administration are not affected by this ruling. this means that the people who might have benefitted from the expanded deferred action policies, long-term residents

raising children who are americans or illegal residents, they will remain low priorities for enforcement as long as you have not committed a crime or are limited immigration resources are not focused on you. but today's decision is frustrating to those who seek to grow our economy and bring a rationality to our immigration system and to allow people to come out of the shadows and lift this perpetual cloud on them. i think it is heartbreaking for the millions of immigrants who made their lives here, who have raised families here, who hoped for the opportunity to work, pay taxes, serve in our military, and more fully contribute to this country we all love in an open way. so, where do we go from here? most americans, including business leaders, faith leaders, and law enforcement, democrats and republicans and independents, still agree that the single best way to solve

this problem is by working together to pass common sense bipartisan immigration reform. that is obviously not going to happen during the remainder of this congress. we don't have a congress that agrees with us on this, nor do we have a congress that's willing to do even its most basic of jobs under the constitution, which is to consider nominations. republicans in congress currently are willfully preventing the supreme court from being fully staffed and functioning as our founders intended, and today's situation underscores the degree to which the court is not able to function the way it's supposed to. the court's inability to reach a decision in this case is a very clear reminder of why it's so important for the supreme court to have a full bench. for more than 40 years there's been an average of just over two months between a nomination and

a hearing. i nominated judge merrick garland to the supreme court more than three months ago, but most republicans so far have refused to even meet with them. they are allowing partisan politics to jeopardize something as fundamental as the im patientality and integrity of our justice system. this is an election year and in election years politicians use words like amnesty in hopes that it will whip up votes. keep in mind that millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country. ancestors put in the painstaking effort to become citizens. we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to american citizenship. here's the thing. millions of people who have come forward and worked to get right with the law under this policy, they've been living here for