good morning everyone. i'm tamron hall. this is "newsnation." developing news on the friday morning. president obama is about to leave washington for las vegas for this afternoon he will officially sign the sweeping executive action he announced last night. air force one is taking off right now. we also just learned the president will travel to chicago. the chicago area next tuesday to promote his immigration plan. now as the president explained last night it will allow as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants to apply to stay in this country. >> if you have been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens or legal residents, if you register, pass a criminal background check, and you're willing to pay your fair share of taxes, you'll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily without a fear of deportation. you can come out of the shadow.

it does not grant citizenship or offer the same benefits citizen receiv receive. >> outside the white house immigration supporters marched during the president's speech carrying signs thanking him. a couple of hours ago john boehner issued a warning to the president. >> for this action the president has choicen to deliberately sabotage any chance of enacting bipartisan reforms that he claims to seek. we're working with our members and looking at the options that are available to us. but i will say to you the house will affect that. >> senator lindsey graham is warning his fellow republicans, quote, if you over react it becomes about us. not about president obama. senator graham was a member of the bipartisan gang of eight responsible for the immigration

reform bill that passed the senate last year. joining me live now jose diaz-balart host of the rundown. it's great to see you. let's start with the reaction. your reaction to speaker boeh r boehner's threat. we heard it from other republicans saying there will be consequences to the president's actions. but we heard very little as it relates to options that the republican party plans to offer up. >> yeah. i mean, that's a very good question, tamron. and the speaker and the incoming senate majority leader have said they want the next congress to be given the chance to deal with issues like immigration without the pressure of unilateral action by the president. and that's what they're saying about the in coming congress. the fact of the matter is that for 2013 and 2014, the senate passed a bipartisan bill that was sent over to the house. and for those two years, the house said they were going to be dealing with immigration reform.

they actually got members of congress both republicans and democrats a small group of them to physically work on drafting potential language on immigration reform. so it's not just clouds and smoke and mirrors. we're talking about work being done to deal with the broken immigration system that all sides agree is a reality. it's broken. yet, when push came to shove, there was nothing done in the house. even though there were good faith efforts underway by democrats and republicans to get some bipartisan work done in the house on immigration reform. so the president now announced he was going to do it. he said he was going to do it before the election decided to delay it and now he doesn't. >> let's highlight lindsey graham's reaction. i want to contrast the reaction saying don't overreach with potential presidential candidate

rick perry he's saying the lawsuit is likely. when you look at governor perry's comments compared to what he said when he was running for president. he got booed not allowing the students in the state of texas to attend college to people not being compassionate. his change of tune compared to someone like lindsay grey graha points to a divide within the republican party. >> no doubt about it, tamron. there's been divided internal politics on both parties. let's remember that the president decided to delay this act that he announced last night until after the elections. what senators in the democratic party that were facing the tough re-election campaigns asked him to delay this exact thing until after the elections. most of those senators lost anyway. >> yeah. and most of those senators lost

and now we're pivoting the conversation to 2016. we know that a completely different ball game than what we saw in the midterms. it's a pleasure to have you on. it's a pleasure following your show every day. among the potentially impacted by the president's decision naomi ramiero. you might recall naomi made headlines when he was arrested last year working at the supermarket as a cashier. president obama announced the program in 2012. sheriffs deputy raided the supermarket. naomi plans to fight the charges and she's there to clear her name. thank you so much for joining me. >> good morning. >> as it relates to your case, you pleaded guilty to a felony but you still want to clear your name. with what the president laid out

yesterday, is your family or you impacted potentially at all by this? >> yes. we are actually very impacted by what obama said last night. it's very confusing. i mean, i'm happy because my parents will benefit from this, yet i'm sad that i won't benefit to it due to the fact i have a criminal record. i was charged with criminal impersonation for wanting to work to save up for daca. and i think it's something that it's not fair. i think he should take a little more in consideration people like me and maybe think about it and perhaps let us have that permit he's giving to parents of

u.s. citizens and childs. >> because you feel there are others like you while it's potentially great news for a million people including your own parents who have been in the country for many years and may be able to stay longer. there are people like you who worked hard. you were trying to raise money so you could stay in this country. now you have the felony charge against you. what, if anything, have you heard from advocates that can be done to help you? >> so far i haven't really heard much. i mean, we did file the lawsuit, which will -- if we win will it will clean our record. if that happens, we'll be eligible for what obama is now giving. so, i mean, i think if that happens question apply for it and we'll qualify. >> so right now the news is

bittersweet. i know, you're happy for the other cases but obviously for your own case it's in a stagnant state. thank you so much for being brave enough to show your face. joining me now is attorney usa "toda usa today column nist and law school professor. you heard her story. there were people at the front of the white house yesterday celebrating the mood which is monumental in many ways. there will be many others, potentially 5 to 7 million who are not affected by this. >> right. this type of decision inevitably going to have winners and losers. one thing -- i'm not familiar with all the circumstances of her case. one thing on her side is the new applications for the new d aka

program and the expansion of the existing program is not a blanket threat to the group of people. everyone applies and adjudicated on a case by case basis. they only look at felony convictions. she has a good shot at presenting her circumstances, pleading her case, and showing at this point from the sounds of it she doesn't have a conviction yet. so there are some extenuating circumstances that could help her win her case. i think what she summed up she used the word bittersweet. it sums up what a lot of people are feeling. there great joy and jubilation. we're hearing yes we could. people are excited and yet we still have some families in the immigrant communities that are not eligible for the relief. >> how will it play out? you look at it 5 million people. we heard congressman lewis gutierrez said he would be a part of a coalition of people trying to help people understand the process. how they apply and what they're supposed to do.

many times bureaucracy gets in the way. how will you see this playing out? >> one of the reasons the immigrant rights advocates were pushing the president to go so big no matter what you start with. potential 8 million or potential 5 million. the number of people who finally qualifies tends to be much smaller. when reagan did his amnesty only about 45% of people qualified and naturalized citizens. with daca we have about 600,000 recipients. that's out of 1.2 million eligible. the reason people don't do it is sometimes $465 is not something that most undocumented immigrants have. sometime there's language barriers. there's also the risk factor. it's not a get out of jail free card. you're signing up with the government, giving them your name, parent's name. all your personal information. who knows who is going to be in the white house next. >> there's a risk. they have been living in secrecy

this long. >> and it's just for two or three years. >> that's a part of the observations you've made regarding what happens under the next administration. >> yeah, i mean, that's right. there's no guarantee about what is going to happen next. and there's no guarantee that a person who applies will get it. there's no guarantees about any of this. it's a huge deal but it's not, as you said, a get out of jail free card. >> one of the other issues regarding the legality of this. you've heard republican response already. you make the point there are 11.5 million unauthorized immigrants in this country. congress has only funded the capacity to deport 350,000 to 400,000 per year. that's under 5% of the people who could potentially be removed. and under what is established right now, you are not dealing with 95% of the problem until the president made this move. >> yeah. that's right. this is a prioritization move. that's the legal defense of it.

i think that's an accurate characterization. the idea is that the president wants to focus the capacity that congress funded which is to remove 400,000 people or some fewer. he wants to focus that on the people who it makes sense to remove. therefore, he wants to give some kind of safety to the other people so they can get out of the shadows and live their lives. because they're not going to get deported. so shouldn't they have some reassurance and safety and work permit and a driver's license and so on? so it is a prioritization move. the same way as the police prioritize people driving at 80 rather than the people driving at 56. >> that's a great way to put it. thank you so much. i want to mention to our audience you can join our immigration conversation online. we'll be answering your questions about the president's executive action. they'll be on twitter starting at 11: 30 eastern time. 15 minutes from now.

tweet your questions houusing h msnbcchat. one day after the president announced his immigration action. house republicans filed a long awaited lawsuit against the obama administration over the affordable care act. nbc news kelly o'donnell joining us live from washington, d.c., with the details on this breaking news. >> tamron, this is about the health care law not immigration. even though there's some talk about trying to challenge the president on what he announced last night. this is about the health care law. it's been a long time in the making. it was authorized by congress with a vote this past summer. what this says is that the house of representatives is suing the president for the department of health and human services and the treasury department over two specific parts of the health care law. part of it the affordable care act's employer mandate. the president delayed the implementation of that. congress is saying he did not have the ability to do that because the law was explicit that employers of larger

corporations above 50 employees had to provide health care or pay fine. there's a piece to ensure that providing health care coverage having access to be a part of the marketplace to provide the health care coverage to those who purchase it through the plans, and if they needed to have a subsidize because they were providing it at lower than market rate, the government would provide the money. congress was saying it was not appropriated or a part of the law. those are the two grounds. this is important because they're trying to challenge the president on specific things. this isn't just a big political argue. they're trying to find a place where they would have legal standing. it remains to be seen what will happen with the lawsuit going forward. it's a big step. in announcing this today speaker boehner said time after time the president has choice ton ignore the will of the american people and rewrite federal law on his own without a vote of congress. if this president can get away with making his own laws, future presidents will have the ability to as well. the house has an obligation to

stand up for the constitution. that's an argument to say this case, if it moves forward, will wind through the courts and not even be dealt with likely while president obama is still? office. so they claim it's about a larger issue. democrats say it is a way to try to make a political argument in a courtroom. and so there's going to be a lot of debate about this. it's been threat nld for a long time. today is an important step. we're learning a bit more about what the specific arguments are basically congress is saying if we write a law it must be followed. if the president changes the law on his own, even if he thinks it's good reasons it's under cutting the role of congress. it's a debate that is important for the courtroom and also important in the public square with so much going on. >> all right. thank you very much. and up next. the snowfall from buffalo's epic snowstorm has finally stopped. the situation there could get even worse. we have a live report coming up next. plus this. >> no matter what the grand jury

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either side of me! when the temperatures begin to warm up this weekend, it is going to melt and that water has to go somewhere. we're expecting temperatures to be near 60 degrees by monday. just a rapid, rapid shift in the weather that has people very nervously watching the forecast. you mentioned that could produce the equivalent of 6 inches of rain. these warmer temperatures and residents here in the neighborhood, we've been talking to them, they're preparing this. they're taking things out of the basement. one woman saying she hopes she drained her pool enough in the backyard and the water can back fill. another man is joking it was time to move the canoe to the basement. people know there's little they can do to prevent this. they're prying to approach it with a good humor and the best attitude they can. they know it's coming and there's nothing they can do about that. meanwhile, a travel ban for this area still under effect. officials are meeting today trying to decide if and when to

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>>well, amid the urgent calls for peace, protesters gathered outside the police station in ferguson with officers in riot gear close by. craig melvin joins me from ferguson where the grand jury's decision on whether to indict officer darren wilson could come any time. there have been rorns maybe this weekend. we don't know. we see certainly the concern with the attorney general and michael brown's family. >> yeah. you have the two videos statements that came out right now. concerned business owners have gather gathered. these are about a half dozen owners. they own businesses here on ferguson and they are doing the same thing that the attorney general did. the same thing that michael brown's father did as well. they are urging folks to remain calm no matter the outcome. as you indicated, rumors continue to swirl about precisely when we might hear something from this 12-member grand jury. we have not gotten any sort of

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calling the american people stupid. >> on this vote, with the yay are 59. the nay are 41. the bill is not passed. it will be an early item in the agenda in the next congress. >> my experience is still valuable. my chairmanship on the energy committee until the end of this congress is valuable to the people of louisiana. >> the rules of the caucus are the same as the rules of the house. no proxy voting. so i don't know why all this fuss was made about a vote in the caucus. >> all we're saying is we're not going to deport you. >> what president obama is doing he's defying the law. he's defying the instituticonst. be give them some time. not a dl but some time. and joining me live now nbc news editor kari dan.

let's factor in the tweet from hillary clinton last night. she wrote thanks to potus for taking action on immigration. let's turn to permanent bipartisan reform #immigration action. words and at least a tweet from hillary clinton on this. we're talking about how some of these very topics address their factor into 2016. >> that's right, tamron. i think on immigration you saw hillary clinton who really, by the way, hasn't really weighed into political issues that fast and that forcefully since she left the state department. this was a very quick response from her. for republicans, you saw most of those 2016 contenders racing not only who could decry the president's actions the most but the loudest and on the most platforms. i think it may have the result of doing is in the republican primary republicans are going to keep moving to the right on immigration. it's what their base is asking for. whoever the eventual nominee is might want to return to the

center. hillary clinton having embraced this may have an easier go of it if she is to be the democratic nominee next year. >> the first read team puts also a good point on the conversation. it says republicans would be very different place on this issue right now and their criticism of the president's actions if they had any bill. even one that might not get presidential support to show the public but they don't have any bill. not a singular one that is border security first. nothing. >> that's right. and republicans have this issue now of the president saying last night if you don't like what i did pass a bill. the ball is definitely in their court now. i think republicans have no choice but to address this when they have the majority in the senate. you saw, by the way, some 2016 candidates including jeb bush and marco rubio saying we need to -- we need to think about addressing this legislatively. the problem for republicans is hard to imagine what that legislation looks like with a conference as divided especially on the house side as john

boehner faces. he has part of the caucus that wants to address this. is looking toward 2016 and looking toward demographics in the coming election and part of the caucus that said maybe we'll address the border. anything that seems to sound like amnesty. i'm not for it. let's factor in the lawsuit. the house republicans filing the lawsuit against the president over unilateral actions on the health care law. the timing of this actually after, as we know the president's announcement regarding immigration. >> right. and republicans have been talking about this lawsuit since the summer time. they hadn't filed it until today. they had trouble getting legal representation on that. they have a lawyer who is going to represent them. and move forward with this. this is changing the conversation away from immigration trying to change back to health care that is something that the republicans are much more united on, i think, than how to handle immigration in the long run. >> thank you very much for our political postscript. and msnbc will have live

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las vegas right now for an immigration rally. right now nbcnews.com is answering your questions on twitter tweet your questions using #msnbcchat. the treasure island casino in las vegas announced it's cancelling bill cosby's show in friday. he's set to take the stage tonight in florida. as his attorney continues to strongly deny the growing claims saying, quote, we reached the point of absurdity. gabe gutierrez is in los angeles with more. >> good morning. it was a fun raiser in the bahamas made up of thousands of mostly african-american women in business. he got a standing elevation from a few people at the end of his

set despite the growing scandal. he made no mention thursdays night of the sexual assault allegations. instead sticking to his comedy routine including stories about his childhood. >> i'm there to have a good time and laugh at what the guy is being paid to do. make me laugh. >> others in the crowd of several hundred people thought his silences dragged on too long. >> if it didn't happen, tell us it didn't happen. if it did happen, be sorrowful about it and be app gettic and let us know. >> on thursday high point university removed cosby from the board of adviser. an arizona casino cancelled a performance in february. the allegations against the sitcom star have swirled for a decade but have intensified in the last month and several more women have come forward. >> he stood before me and he -- in his hand he had two big large white pills and he said take these. my next memory is feeling dr

drugged and him having sex with me. >> she said she continued to see cosby and later asked for and received thousands of dollars. >> instead of powering me like he said he does to people, he made me a victim. and all my life i've been a victim. >> the 77-year-old comedian has never been charged with any crime. cosby's attorney has referred to the allegations as decades old discredited or complete lies. and is now saying the continuing pattern of attacks on mr. cosby has entered the realm of the ridiculous. people coming out of nowhere with the sort of inane yarn is what happens -- >> many asking why it took decades for the accusers to speak up. it's not that simple says patty, the executive director of a national group fighting violence against women. >> they do not want to be targeted. they don't want to be judged. they don't want to be tortured

in the public eye. >> despite the loss of his planned nbc sitcom, cosby's comedy tour is going on as planned. he's scheduled to perform tonight in melbourne, florida and next week in las vegas. tamron? >> as we pointed out the las vegas show has been cancelled. thank you, gabe. thousands of protesters clash violently with police in mexico city. thats to our stories around the "newsnation." angry protesters took to the streets to rally against the president's handling of the experience an apparent massacre of 43 students. protesters threw gleasoline and bombs. and police responded with tear gas. new details today about the man who opened fire at florida state university library. he was in a state of crisis when he began shooting around 12:30 thursday morning. may was an attorney and a drive fsu graduate. authorities say he believed the government was targeting him.

three people were wounded in the shooting. police officers shot and killed may outside the library after they say he refused to put down his weapon and shot at one of them. secret service agents arrested a woman with a gun outside the white house last night. the 23-year-old has been identified as april -- she was taking part in the demonstration when agents noticed a gun. president obama had just given the speech on immigration what she was arrested. adrian peterson speaks out saying he regrets hitting his son. does he deserve to be reinstated? be sure to like the "newsnation" on facebook. [ male announcer ] some come here to build something smarter. ♪ some come here to build something stronger. others come to build something faster... something safer...

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the m.i.t. economist has been called to testify before the house oversight committee. gruber was one of the architects of the law. in depend he's comments he made, he credited the lack of transparency and voter stupit id for the eventual passage. chris christie is responding to the cover of this week's "time" magazine showing a cartoon posing for a self we a scared looking baby. he saw the cover and tweeted back. it's more like this. along with this video of him kissing not, but two real life babies. the president and the first lady stepped out for lunch. the obamas invited the youngsters to lunch during the visit to reservation last summer.

quite a treat for them. days after the nfl suspended adrian peterson for the season without pay, the running back is opening up about the charges against him and his future in pro football in an interview with "usa today." he made a mistake telling the purp i won't use a switch again. no one knows how i felt when i turned my child around after spanking him and saw what i did to my left leg. that dad apologized and hugged him and told him i did not mean to do this and how sorry i was. he responded through a point commissioner he raised saying he has shown no meaningful remorse. he said don't say i am not remorseful. in my statement i showed i was. i regretted everything that took place. i love my child more than anyone could imagine. dave, what do you say about

this? >> we have a battle in the arena of brand rehabilitation. it's adrian peterson attempting to rehabilitate himself. versus roger goodell using this case and using the beaten body of a 4-year-old child to rehabilitate his own brand in the ray rice scandal of a few months back. that's what's so upsetting about this exercise. we need to separate what we may think about adrian peterson did to his child. i do not believe in hitting my children. separate that from the fact that roger goodell and the national football league are exploit ploiting this case for their purposes. that rubs me the wrong way. it trivializes child abuse and turns it into an exercise in public relations.

>> i want to highlight the comments where he said don't say i'm not remorseful. it is tough when people tell you how you are supposed to breathe and how you are supposed to show remorse. what your action should be to satisfy what they believe or define as remorseful behavior. with that said, the initial reaction from peterson by all accounts was this is how i was raised so i was repeating that behavior. this is what i know to be the proper way to raise a child. >> that makes it such garbage. is he going to enter the homes of the players to make sure their children are being raised correctly? this is where you get to the paternalism. i referred to him before as commissioner kipling like the idea he sees it as a great burden to civilize the players. they are offended by roger

goodell. speaking as if they are children. i want to say it again. he is not mr. drummond. it is not his job to adopt the children. this is public relations. he needs to take a step back and if teams don't top the sign him, that's the bed he made and he has to live with that. he needs to take a step back from this now. >> speaking of adrian peterson's future, i would love to go back and get a feel and see if my family feels comfortable there. if there is word out that they might release me, so be it. i would feel good knowing i gave everything i had in me. he doesn't think he's going back. >> guess where he will probably end up. a team you are familiar with. the dallas cowboys. people say if you broke the law or are committed to crime, pacman and others have a home with the cowboys. >> exactly and we have to accept the fact that we have 50 states.

there 50 standards and moral systems of how people view corporal punishment in dallas. what he did was a misdemeanor. a lot of people were shocked, but according to the court system, he did what he was supposed to do and took his punishment and it's well-known that jerry jones and adrian peterson were close. it is the dream to play for the cowboys. that's where the story ends. >> thank you very much, dave. great pleasure having you on. they are going to beat the giants this weekend. that's done. given your response, should he be reinstated in the nfl. it's a complicated situation and we will read your comments and here's what the "news nation" is saying. we asked if you thought president obama should wait for the next congress to act on immigration. 73% said no. 26% said yes. he waited long enough. janet said yes, he said multiple

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