the grand jury's decision. and we're watching jerusalem where there's been a break in the violence at the holy site that's been at the center of weeks of tension. we start on capitol hill where the house just avoted to approval the controversial keysto keystone pipeline. msnbc's luke russert is following the latest developments from capitol hill. how did the vote go down? did any democrats vote for it. >> reporter: yeah, about 34 democrats voted for, it joy. the most interesting was jim clyburn gave his support to this bill. the other 31 who supported it were mainly those who defeated it or came from red states or conservative districts. the bill goes on to the senate, vote to be monday or tuesday. unclear whether mary landrieu has the 63 votes to break filibuster to see this bill to the president's desk. from the president's comments earlier today, it looks like more than likely or not, if it reaches his desk, it will be vetoed. >> let's switch over to immigration. the president said executive action is happening.

he's not backing down on it. what is the latest you're hearing from republicans on the hill? >> caller: this is a fascinating story, joy. just a week after the elections happened and mitch mcconnell talked about the senate getting to work again, there is talk of a possibility of a government shutdown. the reason i will say that, the reason because there's a strong bloc of conservatives that want to add language to a government funding bill by december 11th that would proebt the president from moving forward on executive action relating to immigration reform. that is something a lot of democrats, obviously, do not want to see at all. that is something that could be potentially very problematic with the democratically controlled senate. mitch mcconnell and john boehner, this is their real test of leadership, even though the more conservative congress, even though the next one is not seated, a lot of people are emboldened and they don't want to give the president an inch. rank and file members say all

options should be on the table. not the first thing john boehner and mitch mcconnell wanted to deal with the week of tremendous victory. >> here we go. >> reporter: get your popcorn ready. >> i'm going to start popping it after you get off tv thissing afternoon. thank you very much. coming up, we will dig deep into the partisan playbook and reveal what's really behind the new calls from republicans to shut down impeachment -- i mean, shut down immigration by any means necessary. could that also include impeachment? let's go to the white house in a scathing new report that details the failures of the secret service in september's infamous fence-jumper incident. peter joins me from the white house. >> reporter: good morning. save some of that popcorn. good afternoon, i should say. homeland security official calls this a harsh report. it's intended to identify problems that need fixing. this afternoon congressman peter king from house homeland security committee told msnbc news when you're protecting the president, there are no time-outs. he and some others are calling for a top to bottom review.

agency. here are some of the details that came out of the executive summary, the nine pages from this report. after bargaining through the front doors, knocking down a female secret service officer to the ground, the report says omar gonzalez, the fence-jumper, walked past the officer who accidentally grabbed a flashlight instead of her baton before ultimately pulling out a gun. gonzalez ignored calls to stop, he walked to the east room, turned around. that's where he was eventually tackled by some officers in the center hallway. the report says everything that could have gone wrong that night, did. the armed counterassault team, this is striking, didn't immediately enter the mansion because they were unfamiliar with the layout of the white house. they waited to get into a tactical formation before entering. several officers who chased gonzalez through the bushes in front of the north portico doors not too far from where we're standing thought the bushes would stop them. they were stunned when he charged right through there. >> wow, that is pet harrowing.

popcorn for you. peter alexander, have a good weekend. in missouri we're having a waiting game as residents brace for the grand jury's decision in the michael brown shooting. msnbc's trymaine lee joins us live from ferguson. what are we expecting over the weekend? >> reporter: well, as you mentioned we're on pins and needles and everyone in the community is very anxious a waiting a grand jury's decision. the announcement could come as early as tomorrow or, you know, day by day, week by week. what's interesting, i spent time with captain ron johnson, who's a native of the ferguson area. also the captain of the missouri state highway patrol. i spent some time at a local high school with him today, not far from what had been ground zero of the protest. he's already trying to plant the seeds for moving forward, trying to help bridge the gap between many of these young people and law enforcement. the prosecutor's office, st. louis county prosecutor's office announced the plan to alert schools of the announcement. if an announcement comes during the weekday, they'll give them

three hours' notice. if it happens on a weekend they'll give them 24 hours. i talked to some activists. let's take a look at the interview from last night. >> it's become a lot more organized, man. the anger's taken from off the streets, it is koerld but people outside. we're coming out more creative, better actions and still nonviolen nonviolence. >> reporter: joy, that's kind of the point here. everyone is still continuing to build. the momentum leading into this decision is beginning to ramp up. the question is, where do they go from here, indictment or nonindictment? >> thank you very much, trymaine lee. coming up at the bottom of the hour, we'll talk with attorney lisa bloom and local pastor tommy wilson. in the middle east today, there was a break in the violence at a jerusalem holy site that's been at the heart of

clashes between israelis and palestinians. for more on these developments we're joined by msnbc news foreign correspondent. >> thank you. >> for they call the temple mount, what is happening there? >> particularly, in the -- it's one of the most important square miles in the world. the noble sanctuary to muslims around the world and for the past several days or weeks sl there have been intense clashes between israeli police force and palestinians. a lot has been driven by a whole host of things that go back several months. some involve the killing of palestinians and israelis. some attacks by palestinians on israelis. more importantly the announcement by the israeli government to, one, build new settlements in occupied east jerusalem. and also the restrictions that have been placed on palestinian muslim worshippers who have been trying to access the mosque. that has led to a combustible situation that we've seen spill

over into violence. today was the first day because israel also reduced the restrictions on palestinians trying to access the mosque. >> you've now had jordan start to weigh in and try to get involved and calm things down. have we actually seen resolution happening or is it quiet because there's an exhaustion with the protest? >> to understand that question, have you to look a little back. you know, ever since israel occupied east jerusalem in 1967, there have has been this status quo agreement whereby israeli right wing worshippers who wanted to access the mosque were prevented from doing so. only allowed to pray in certain areas. israel was trying to introduce legislation that would change that status quo. that is one of the reasons that led to these protests. now, what we've seen is that through the efforts of secretary of state john kerry and the jordanian government which withdrew its ambassador, recalled the ambassador back to jordan, the israeli government said there will be no change to the status quo arrangement that is in place, trying to calm down those fears that israel was

about to change the dynamic. because a lot of right wing groups in israel have been calling for a change. saying they to want now start praying on top of the mosque, which would obviously be a major concern for muslims around the world, particularly for palestinians. but at the same time, it's also one of the major tension points, if you will, between the countries and the people involved on the ground. >> and what position has this now put the two leaders in this region that are supposedly going to eventually try to negotiate a deal, prime minister netanyahu, who obviously has a lot of conservatives on his right that are pulling him in one direction and obviously mahmoud abbas for the palestinians. >> well, palestinians have particularly extremists on both sides f you take a look for inside abbas' government say this is a declaration of war, the position israelis were taken, and right wings inside israel say this doesn't represent the interest of the jewish people. when you have both sides making these types of calls, it's only going to fuel that tension, fuel that violence. a lot of people are asking, are

we seeing the third palestinian uprising? the truth of the matter s not so important to focus on the beginning of the uprising, we're seeing a downward cycle of palestinian/israeli tensions for the past several years. we're not seeing an upward trend. as things continue to deteriorate, it's just a matter of time before we see these upticks in violence. whether or not they become sustainable, i think that's the question that everyone's afraid to see happen. >> yeah. and in the wake of gaza, it doesn't look good. it's not a good situation. >> it's not promising. thank you for being here. >> thank you, joy. still ahead, more on tensions in the middle east. this time through the movie camera lens. i'll talk to the man who inspired "the daily show's" jon stewart to make a film based on his horrific cap tifrt tivity i first, break out the partisan playbook. congressman blake joins me next.

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the far right appears to be cranking up the old impeachment mill. some conservative pundits want the gop to go all 1998 on president obama if he goes through with the plan to reprioritize on immigration and border authorities pursue undocumented workers. that is what people mean by executive action. it could mean relief for millions of people working in this country. now, when a democrat, for instance, south carolina james clyburn this week on msnbc, warns of impeachment, you tend to get a response like this from republican leaders. >> the only people i ever hear talk about impeachment are democrats. and i think it's for political purposes. >> congressman, you know that's not true.

you've heard some of your republican colleagues over the past six months at least -- >> very seldom and usually in response to something democrats have said. >> so, to reiterate, it's mostly just democrats talking about impeachment. you got that, congressman barton? >> impeachment is indicting in the house. that's a possibility. but you still have to convict in the senate. that takes a two-thirds vote. but impeachment would be a consideration, yes, sir. >> congressman blake farenthold, thank you. >> you askwere asked that the he would have votes to impeach president obama but senate wouldn't convict him republicans will have the senate and do you think impeachment is something that's plausible -- >> that was something we talked about a year and a half ago to a constituent in a town hall.

believe me, i'm now out of the business of predicting what the house will do because i got a lot of feedback from that saying exactly what -- some of my fellow members have said. it's going to take a two-thirds majority in the senate to impeach the president. and that would mean we'd never over a dozen democrats on board. so, there's not going to be a conviction. it's an exercise in futility. and it is the democrats talking about it. i got forwarded an e-mail from the dnc not two hours ago with fund-raising off of mr. barton's comment you just showed. >> but you did have this summer talk of impeachment that actually did come from republicans. you have the lieutenant governor of texas, david ewhurst talking about it. you've had conservative pundits talking. i want to play you charles krauthammer who was talking on the fox news organization.

>> we are in new and unchartered waters here and that's why some say republicans have no choice but to call out that perceived lawlessness and do something as politically unpopular as impeach him. >> look, i believe it is an impeachable ovenls. >> sir, he was talking specifically about executive action on immigration. do you believe it would be unlawful for the president of the united states to take executive action on immigration? >> the constitution clearly spells out that congress has the power of naturalization. so, there is a real frustration among conservatives, especially with a new congress coming in. the president talking about doing something right now, not even waiting to try with the new congress. >> but, sir, you do realize that previous presidents going back to dwight eisenhower, jimmy carter, george herbert walker bush have all used executive action on immigration because immigration enforcement, obviously, is a federal agency controlled by the executive. so you realize there is quite a

long precedent for presidents taking executive action, sflit. >> you've seen past presidents loosen up some requirements but you've never seen anything to this magnitude. the plans being reported in the media now are talking about affecting millions of people. in the past, we've been talking about very small groups in the thousands of people. >> you have -- >> it's a matter of scale. >> you signed a letter, which i do have here, along with several other members of your party, calling on the congress to actually use the funding mechanisms at year's end to block the president from implementing policies that you make very specific here. issue green cards. there haven't been any specifics out of the white house out of what they would do. does it make sense for congress to pass a bill blocking something that the president hasn't even specified? >> well, if we're looking at doing funding for the government for a year, and you've got the president talking about doing actions that we think are inappropriate, are beyond his power, one of our tools is the power of the purse.

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either be an indictment or no indictment. sometimes called a true bill or no true bill. if there is an indictment, the grand jury will have to state what the charge is. first-degree murder, second-degree murder or mans. those are t manslaughter. afterwards the grand jurors will probably be told by the prosecutors who are in the grand jury room with them, that they do not have to speak to the press if they want to. they may be told they are not permitted to speak to the press. i don't know what they're going to be admonished in that regard. i'm sure the press will descend upon them and probably some of them will speak. the biggest question is, of course, whether they're going to find probable cause to charge darren wilson. i want to emphasize, the that's the lowest legal standard in our system. not beyond a reasonable doubt, which is what we need a criminal trial to convict. not the preponderance of evidence, but probable cause. >> do we expect to hear from the prosecutor? one thing you've pointed out, is

the unusual nature of the prosecutor's role in this case. should we expect the prosecutor to then come out and advance what his thoughts are or his feelings are about what happened? or to talk at all? >> you know, i would expect that, joy, bob mccoullough in this case has taken a lot of heat from me and others because he has behaved in a very strange way in this case. probably the most unusual thing is saying the prosecutors in the grand jury room are not recommending any particular charges to the grand jury. so, it's up to them to figure it out and to say what they're going to say. i'm also going to remember, joy, and i know you will, too, that he said that after this procedure is over, all of the grand jury transcripts are going to be made public. i hope he'll be true to his word and we can pore over them and see what happened behind closed doors. >> then you'll have a lot of arm chair sleuthing in retrospect as people pore over it and try to make sense on their own. which to me doesn't seem like something that would ratchet

down tensions or ease doubts. >> receipts remember, 95% of the time prosecutors get what they want in a grand jury room. there is no defense attorney. there is no other representative of the justice system. just the prosecutor and the grand jurors. they can present the evidence they want to. they're not expected to present all of the evidence, all they chose to do that in this case. whether it's an indictment or no indictment, it's what the prosecutor is pushing for. we can look over the transcripts. when darren wilson testified, was he cross-examined or just allowed to speak? a less confrontational way? witnesses should be cross-examined, especially 350e78 who took the lives of unarmed american citizens. doctor, was he requested by one of the grand juries, he was just asked yesterday. was he an after-thought? you would think prosecutors would put the best witnesses on, dr. baden, world renowned

pathologist, should have been put on at beginning of this procedures. >> a look at what's happened so far, would you anticipate an indictment or should people anticipate an indictment? >> i would be very surprised if there's an indictment. nothing the prosecutors have done in this case suggest they want an indictment. they haven't behaved in any way as what they're trying to do. if they wanted to charge darren wilson, they could have done it without a grand jury. they put out all charges, which suggests to the jurors, this is complicating, this is confusing. maybe you nonlawyers can figure it out. i think that telegraphs a very clear message to the grand jurors, they're not looking for an indictment here. >> thank you for making sense of this. appreciate it. >> thank you, joy. tommy pearson is a missouri state representative from st. louis county. he also happens to be the pastor at greater st. mark family church. thank you very much for being here, reverend. appreciate it. >> thank you for having me.

>> so, hopefully you just had a chance to listen to lisa bloom, our legal expert who talked about the unusual way that this case has been conducted by the prosecutor. talk a little about how your community, how your constituents and parishioners are feeling and expect when they talk to you? >> most of the people i talk to don't think there will be an indictme indictment. it's taken so long for the grand jury to make a decision. and we just don't think that at this point that will be a decision to diet darren wilson. >> and, reverend pearson, there's been a lot of -- there's been a lot of talk in ferguson, st. louis county, about how the community should respond if, in fact, that happens. there's been talk of boycotts and people on both sides of whether or not that would be

agood idea. your thoughts, sir, on whether boycotts businesses in st. louis county or ferguson is something you would support. >> i wouldn't support boycotting businesses in ferguson proper. i would support boycotting larger businesses, business owners who have power, power to make changes. those would be the type of businesses i would go after to if i had the choice. >> i'm wondering, sir, if you -- you are yourself an elected official. if you have confidence in the current elected leadership of ferguson or of st. louis county to really have a handle on whatever the response is to the decision to indict or not to indict darren wilson? >> no, i don't have confidence in the current elected officials in ferguson that they would properly a nonindictment decision just based on their past action. they started off wrong. they started off defensive.

from the start. the mayor even called the protesters cowards. so, i don't think they're -- i don't see them handling appropriately. >> and the police department has made much of saying they're trying to make changes, they are seeking to have closer relationships with the community. have you seen changes just among the various police agencies that are going to be tasked with dealing with whatever takes place after that decision? >> well, i've heard a lot of talk about changes but i have not seen nor have the community experienced those changes yet. to talk about changes or even to initiate changes without any real teeth in them won't -- the community won't feel them. if the community won't feel them, then as far as they're concerned, no changes have been made. >> we have to leave it there. we'll certainly be watching your community, i'm sure, the entire country, maybe even much of the world will be paying attention

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interview with a correspondent for "the daily show" with jon stewart. the movie now "rosewater" opens today. take a look. >> you're making a big miss mace take. i'm a journalist. nothing more. >> as a spy, i'm trying to figure out why your country is so terrifying. >> the first thing to know about iran is that it is not even. americans and iranians have more things in common more than they have differences. >> so, can you tell me why journalist meet up with this american spy? >> he's not a spy. >> he's not a spy? >> no, it's a show. >> it's a show? >> a comedy show. it was stupid. >> thank you so much for being here. >> what a harrowing film and

experience you must have had. for those unfamiliar with that time in 2009 there was a sense there could be a persian spring, could be this green revolution and yet the recollection showed this overwhelming landslide for muhammahmoud ahmadinejad. when you were on the ground, in iran, did people believe this change was going to happen or was it more of a hope? >> people were hoping the supreme leader of iran, be the ultimate leader and demand the votes be recounted. as a result, be somehow legitimate leader of iran. but, unfortunately, totalitarian leaders are not famous for listening. >> the actor portraying you does a great job being historic

covering this election. did you think doing a fun interview with "the daily show" was a risk to you? >> no, not at all because i had done many, many interviews in the past. it was a very innocent interview because i just said that iran and america, they have a lot common, but what happened is they had a scenario for me. they wanted to incriminate some reformers within the iranian government through people who work with western organizations. and i was supposed to be the media go-between, between the reformists in iran and western intelligence agencies, according to their plan. so i could be on your show and they could charge you with this. >> then your family, your father having been in president during the time of the shaw iran and your older center being in prison -- >> the '80s. >> yeah. by the ayatollah. did you know when you applied for your credentials your family background would be looked into

or did you think it would be? >> i knew they would look into everything, but i always try to respect the law. i always try to work within the framework of the law. i pushed the boundaries. i bushed the nenvelope here and there. i made documentaries that were a little critical of the iranian government. but i knew the government's sensitivities so i tried not to provoke them. >> i know while you have not been back -- actually, can you explain to us why you haven't been back to iran. >> well, i was bailed out. i had to put $300,000, basically, my apartment, as collateral. and spend -- when i started to talk about what happened in prison, they passed the 16 1/2 year sentence. >> and even the gentleman who was running against mahmoud ahmadinejad, mr. savi, was put in house arrest. >> he still is. >> you know, the night before i left i left iran, my

interrogator who we call mr. rosewater in the film, he told me you should never talk about what happened in prison, otherwise we can always bring you back in a bag. >> wow. >> that's why i'm here, talking to you. >> the movie is based, obviously o a book you wrote a best seller -- new york times best seller. how close to the book is the real experience? it must have been harrowing to watch the real life experience play out on film. >> jon stewart and i worked on the script together. jon wanted to be the producer of the film in the beginning when we started talking about it, but after a year and a half, when we couldn't find a writer who was free, who could -- who was interested, who was not working on "fast & furious," we decided to work on the script together. i was involved in writing the script. i was on the set every day. so, the film is a good adaptation of the book. of course, it's a cinematic

adaptation, so many things have changed. the narrative arc is different. some of the characters are composite characters. it's a bit different from the book. >> have you been back in touch with any of the young men you met while you were covering that election? >> of course. i'm in touch with all of them. >> are they safe and free and -- >> i cannot say that they are safe. but they are not in prison. there's always that danger that they can be imprisoned. they're very cautious as well. >> and there is sort of this romance among a lot of americans of iran, because of its young people, has this potential to change. >> of course. >> just looking at it as a whole, the new government that's there, mr. rouhani, who says he's there to reform, is that a fikdz or a possibility? >> no, no, it's a possibility, but the pace of change is very slow. iranian people, they want change. they want reform. they do not want a revolution. they do not want a sudden change because they look at the neighborhood, they look at iraq, they look at afghanistan, libya,

countries that are engulfed in chaos and mayhem, and they do not want to be like that. but they still want to have some change in their system. but they approach any kind of sudden change with trepidation. the pace of change is very slow in iran, excruciatingly slow, but it means that change is sustainable. and if anyone thinks they can bomb iran or invade iran and bring democracy to iran they like did in iraq, that is a disaster. >> they've got another thing coming. thank you so much for being here. >> nice to be here. coming up, i'll tell you about an amazing program that gives young people from low-income communities the tools to become world class computer programmers. how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40, $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week

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low income areas with the brightest minds in tech. it's the handiwork of #yescode and sponsored by my brother's keepers. who knows, maybe create the next candy crusher, angry birds along the way. kaleem is #yeswecode co-founder and zachary is participating in the hack-a-thon. thank you both for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to start with you, kaleem, explain the idea and the thinking behind this hack-a-thon and yes we code. >> yes we code is a brain child out of a conversation with prince and van jones. >> you mean that prince, prince the singer? >> yes, the purple highness himself. it was around the time of the trayvon martin tragedy where van jones and prince were talking

and prince, you know, said this is a travesty in america and van said, well, you know, it's because when they see a young white male with a hoodie, that could be a genius, especially in silicon valley. when you see a young black male with a hoodie that could be a thug and that could be racism. prince said, maybe we just need to see more examples of black mark zuckerbergs. so, that's where yes we code got its birth. >> 140 tech specialists and mentors also this hack-a-thon and it's to develop the next generation of developers, technologists and s.t.e.m. professionals. zacha zachary, you have to create an idea for an app, right? i understand you actually got to the hack-a-thon be using a go fund me. talk about your idea and how you

got to participate. >> well, it all started when i got invited to the new orleans hack-a-thon. and as you know, plane tickets are very expensive these day, so we had to crowd fund our way to make it to new orleans. by the time we got there, the whoever all experience of the hack-a-thon it was electrifying. i felt stimulated by all the different ideas that i saw. i felt i was similar to everybody because everybody there wanted to make a name for themselves. everybody just wanted to show the world that -- the potential they have locked up inside of them, they to want bring it out and release it to the world for everyone to see. overall, it was just a very, very good experience. i enjoyed myself. i'm very excited for this one today. >> zachary, anyone who got to see the youtube video you made where you talk about it, you can see your excitement, how enthusiastic you are. it's really great. when you see young people like zachary, it really actually makes me very happy. does it make you hopeful you really can see the next generation of great technolog t

technologists and technology tycoons at an event like this? >> when i started these hack-a-thons for groups like google, it was in the spirit of my brother who was shot and killed at age 18, and around the time i was 20 years old. and i wanted to be a computer scientist. i wanted to be an astronaut. and so i sort of took that pain, that tragedy and transformed it into a tech start-up that would focus on bringing opportunities to young people like zachary, who wanted to be a computer scientist, computer programmers, s.t.e.m. professionals in general. but sometimes space camp is in another state or a zip code far away. so, why not bring those opportunities to them? >> yeah, absolutely. just for those who are unfamiliar with the terminology a hack-a-thon gathers together coders, artists, problem solvers to build a mobile app or web.

it has to be in an education, education. what category most interests you in terms of building your app? >> you know, i try to fit all three categories in some kind of way. don't want to just focus on one category because all those categories need work. the categories are environmental sustainability, health and education. my idea is to impact all three categories. the most important category is health and wellness because it deals with the mental state of adolescents. >> wow. i'm very proud of you, zachary, and i will see you in philly. thank you both for being there. i'll see you guys in philly. >> thank you. >> thank you, joy. >> and that wraps things up for "the reid report." i'll see you back here on monday at 2 p.m. eastern. be sure to visit us online at thereidreport.msnbc.com. you know what that means, it's that time of day "the cycle" and my friends are here. happy friday. >> happy friday.

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like it may move forward without them. luke russert is there. what have you got, luke? >> reporter: well, ari, a busy day on capitol hill. the keystone pipeline construction bill passed out of the house by a margin of 252-161, included in that, 31 democrats supported the bill. it will now go to the senate where mary landrieu from louisiana wants to try to get it past. not sure if they'll have democratic support to break the votes and president obama said he will veto it. another one, immigration, detailing the fact that president obama is moving forward on executive action which is making a lot of republicans upset. i spoke to a few republicans today, guys, that said a government shutdown should remain on the table to prohibit the president from moving forward on executive action regarding immigration. that, of course, the deadline is december 11th. everyone thought this lame duck was going to be happy, cheery, all easy, but no sir, we're going av