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 years, too. in some cases, even decades.

so leaving the broken system the way it is, that's not a solution. in fact, that's the real amnesty, pretending we can deport 11 million people or build a wall without spending tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money is abetting what is really just factually incorrect. it's not going to work. it's not good for this country. it's a fantasy that offers nothing to help the middle class and demeans our tradition of being both a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. in the end, it is my firm belief that immigration is not something to fear. we don't have to wall ourselves off to most who may not look like us right now or pray like we do or have a different last name because being an american is about something more than that. what makes us americans is our

shared commitment to an ideal that all of us are created equal. all of us have a chance to make of our lives what we will. and every study shows that, whether it was the irish or the poles or the germans or the italians or the chinese or the japanese or the mexicans or the kenyans, whoever showed up, over time, by second generation, third generation, those kids are americans. they do look like us because we don't look one way. we to assure the commitment to the values that founded this nation. that's who we are and that what i believe most americans recognize. so here's the bottom line.

we have a very real choice that america faces right now. we will continue to immrem the existing programs that areal read in place. we will not be ready to move forward with the programs that we wanted to move forward on because the supreme court was not able to issue a ruling at this stage and now we've got a choice about who we're going to be as a country and what we want to teach our kids and how we want to be represented in congress and in the white house. we will have to make a decision about whether we are a people who tolerate the hypocrisy of the system where the workers when pick our fruit or make our beds, never have the chance to get right with the law or whether we're going to give them a chance just like our fore bearers had a chance to take responsibility and give their kids a better future. we'll decide if we'll be the

people who rip the children from their parents' arms or whether we value families for the sake of our communities. we will have to decide whether we're a people who continue to educate the world's brightest students in our high schools and universities only to then send them away to compete against us or whether we encourage them to stay and create new jobs and new businesses right here in the united states. these are all the questions that voters now are going to have to ask themselves and are going to have to answer in november. these are the issues that are going to be debated by candidates across the country both congressional candidates as well as the presidential candidates and in november, americans will have to make a decision about what we care about and who we are. i promise you this though, sooner or later immigration reform will get done. congress is not going to be able to ignore america forever. it's just not a matter of if.

it's a matter of when, and i can say that with confidence because we've seen our history we get these spasms of politics around immigration and fearmongering, and then our traditions and our history and our better impulses kick in. that's how we all ended up here because i guarantee you at some point every one of us has somebody in our background who people didn't want coming here, and yet here we are. and that's what's going to happen this time. the question is do we do it in a smart, rational, sensible way or we just keep on kicking the can down the road? i believe that this country deserves an immigration policy that reflects the goodness of the american people and i think we're going to get that and

hopefully we'll get that in november, all right? i'll take two questions. go ahead. >> realistically, what do you see as the risk of deportation for these more than 4 million people. you say we can't deport 11 million and this is 4 million and there is a chunk of time here. >> l me just be very clear. what was unaffected by today's ruling or lack of a ruling is the enforcement priorities that we've put in place and our enforcement priorities that have been laid out by secretary jeh johnson at the department of homeland security are pretty clear. we prioritize criminals. we prioritize gang bangers. we prioritize folks who have just come in. what we don't do is to prioritize people who have been here a long time who are otherwise law abiding, who have roots and connections in their

communities and so those enforcement priorities will continue. the work that we've done with the dream act kids, those policies remain in place. so what this has prevented us from doing is expanded the scope of what we've done with the dream act kids. keep in mind, though, that even that was just a temporary measure. all it was doing was basically saying to these kids you can have confidence that you are not going to be deported, but it does not resolve your ultimate status. that is going to require congressional action. so although i'm disappointed by the lack of decision today by the supreme court, a deadlock, this does not substantially change the status quo and it doesn't negate what has always been the case which is if we're really going to solve this

problem effectively, we've got to have congress pass a law. i have pushed to the limits of my executive authority. we now have to have congress act and hopefully we're going to have a vigorous debate during this election. that's how democracy is supposed to work and there will be a determination as to which direction we go in. as i said, over the long term, i'm very confident about the direction this country will go in because we've seen this in the past. if -- if we hadn't seen it in the past america would look very different than it looks today, but whether we're going to get this done now, soon, so that this does not continue to be this divisive force i politics and we can get down to

the business of all pulling together to create jobs and educate our kids and protect ourselves from external threats and do the things that we need to do to ensure a better future for the next generation, that's going to be determined in part by how voters turn out and who they vote for in november. one more question. mike? >> two going forward questions. number one, are you going to be able to do anything more at all for immigrants going forward in terms of executive action before the election of the next president? and number two, do you in any way, take this as some republicans presented this as a slap at your use of executive authority and will this, in any way circumscribe how aggressively or forcefully you

use executive authority in the remainder of your time at all? >> okay. on the specifics of immigration, i don't anticipate that there are additional executive actions that we can take. we can implement what we've already put in place that is not affected by this decision, but you know, we have to follow now what has been ruled on in the fifth circuit because the supreme court could not resolve the issue and we're going to have to abide by that ruling until an confirmation of a ninth justice of the supreme court so that they can break this tie because we've always said that we are going to do what we can lawfully

through executive action, but we can't go beyond that, and we've butted up on this as far as we can on this particular topic. it does not have any impact from our perspective on the host of other issues that we're working on because each one of these issues has a different analysis and is based on different statutes or different interpretations of our authority. so, for example, on climate change, that's based on the clean air act and the epa and previous supreme court rulings as opposed to a theory of prosecutorial discretion that in the past as every other president has exercised and the supreme court wasn't definitive one way or the other. the problem is they don't have a ninth justice so that will continue to be a problem. with respect to the republicans, i think what it tells you is

that if you keep on blocking judges from getting on the bench then the courts can't issue decisions and what that means is then you're going to have the status quo frozen and we're not going to be able to make progress on some very important issues. that may have been their strategy from the start, but it's not a sustainable strategy and it's certainly a strategy that will be broken by this election unless their basic theory is that we will never confirm judges again. hopefully, that's not their theory because that's not how our democracy is designed. >> it's a chastisement. >> it was a one-word opinion that said we can't come up with a decision. i think that would be a little bit of a stretch. yeah. maybe the next time they can -- if we have a full court issuing a full opinion on anything then

we take it seriously. this, we have to abide by, but it wasn't any kind of value statement or a decision on the merits of these issues. all right? thank you, guys. thank you. >> the president in the white house briefing room and he leaves for good afternoon you were listening to president obama talking about two rulings by the supreme court. they blocked president obama's controversial immigration plan. the president took executive action to shield those from deportation. and that kills the plan for the duration of president obama's term and leaves in ruling by the lower court. the supreme court has also ruled in a high-profile affirmative action case, and upheld the texas program that takes account of race. they consider race when

admitting the final quarter of residents. a white resident says she was rejected in 2008 while african-americans with lower grades were let in. the justices ruled against her upholding the texas program with a vote of 4-3. we are following developing news out of maryland and new developments in the case of freddie gray, a judge found baltimore police van driver, caesar goodson not guilty of all charges in gray's death. he was left unprotected without a seatbelt in the back of the van. he was injured slamming into the walls. only goodson was accused of murder and was acquitted after five days of testimony and gray's death last year set off protest and violence in baltimore. now local officials are asking people to be calm and patient. there is a small group of protesters outside of the

courthouse now, we are watching to see if demonstrations get out of hand there, we'll have updates here and online at 6abc.com. turning now to the accuweather forecast, the skies are clearing up after heavy morning rain out there. lets look live from the jersey shore in cape may. a couple of showers were around and the rest of it moved out and sunshine is slowly but surely moving in. karen rogers in for david murphy has the latest from the big board. >> reporter: hi rick, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the significance of the storms that suppressed down to the south. we missed the heaviest of storms as they drove south and we are not entirely out of the woods. we have an area of low pressure that needs to swing through the area. the national storm prediction sentner norman, oklahoma has suppressd this area of a slight risk. we were talking about the chance for severe weather and that is now not an issue for us, but and

issue for virginia and south and west but not for our region. better news for the weather. temperature-wise we jumped up to 80 degrees in philadelphia and 78 in allentown and reading and 71 in point appointment and 79 in atlantic city and 76 in dover, delaware. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the storms moving through and that we are still stuck with the clouds and we have a chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm. anything over 60 dew points you know it's sticky. even down to the southern regions in the 70s, certainly feeling humid so take a dip in the pool ain chance for a spotty shower. 4:00, 83 that is your high today. it gets better tomorrow. details in the seven day coming up. and visit 6abc.com is it weather to track any changes to the forecast. there you can view stormtracker

6 live double scan as well as the latest from accuweather and interact with our team of meteorologists throughout the day on twitter and facebook. in other news, a security guard is recovering from a shootout with a suspect near a philadelphia bar, more than two dozen bullets went flying at 2:00 in the morning in the feltonville section. annie mccormick is live with the very latest. >> reporter: that 22-year-old security guard suffered a gunshot wound to his leg and is treated and released from the hospital. police don't know if the men he exchanged gun fire with were hurt, because they can't find the men or evidence that they were shot. shell casings littered the 100 block of wissinoming this morning. there was a shootout with a security guard walking down the block. >> we don't know what started the shooting other than the

security guard saw an individual firing shots and intervened. >> the director of the bar security says the guard was off duty from cooper's bar and grill and stopped in to say hi before closing and was walking a friend down the street when gun fire erupted. and the continued firing through the cars windows and then the trio ditched it on rising sun. >> the area where the perpetrator was last seen, we found shell casings in that vehicle and many around the vehicle where it was initially parked. but we didn't find any blood. >> the security guard had on a uniform and they believe he was acting in self-defense. >> the security guard firing multiple shots defending himself who was shot, he was in uniform

and has a permit to carry his firearm. >> now, police have the chevy malibu in custody, they do not believe it is stolen and tracked down the address listed to the registered owner, but no arrests have been made. >> all right annie thank you. a brush fire in burlington county is now 80% contained. chopper 6 hd was over the fire in browns mill in lakehurst this morning. you can still see a smokey scene there, the fire has burned through 220 acres and no evacuations were ordered today. the forest fire service has pulled back and the fire is now being fought by crews from the base. we will continue to follow the story from burlington county, and more news when we come back.

a protest over gun legislation continues at this hour at the u.s. capital. the house officially adjourned and democrats remain on the floor demanding votes on the gun control in the wake of the

orlando massacre. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, house democrats say they are not backing down until they get a vote on gun control. but just how patient will house republicans be before they decide to try and force them out. >> as the democrats gun control protest stretches into its second day there is still no end in sight. >> the fight is not over. we'll continue to fight. >> overnight nearly 200 democrats refusing to cede control. some members spending the night on the house floor which at times sounded like a rowdy slumber party. >> at least twice the republicans tried to shut down the protest. republicans officially recessed and turned off cameras and the official record and democrats responded by live tracking on social media. and then after americans were sleeping, the republicans tried to bring the house back to order

passing zika legislation but not budging on guns. >> it almost turned physical. paul ryan choosing to dismiss congress until july 5th. >> we could have avoided this with a quick vote. >> we can have a vote within a half hour. instead of holding a vote on those two issues, republicans decided in the middle of the night to run home to their districts. >> it's now more than 24 hours since house democrats took control of the chambers there, we understand they are meeting to determine their next step. meanwhile, on social media, the hashtag no bill no break for the democrats and the hashtag for the republicans. back to you rick. >> thank you. a critical vote is taking place in britain, it's known as british exit. they are deciding on a

referendum whether the united kingdom should remain in or leave the european union. it could have an impact on the political markets. the british pound surged after anticipating a vote that they will stay in the eu. whatever the outcome is should be a major topic of discussion.

karen is back now with the accuweather forecast. parts of the region started on the wet side and now moving to the sticky side. >> getting better as far as precipitation. looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are dry through the area now but not staying entirely dry, future tracker 6 showing a couple of scattered showers and a thunderstorm really at any point. this is 2:30 and later on tonight at 7:30 maybe a shower or thunderstorm. not a big deal but something to

watch. by 2:00 p.m. 81 and 4:00 p.m. 83 and 6:00 p.m. coming down from that and a shower at any point. and here is a quick look at your seven-day forecast, clouds and sun and 83 and tomorrow a change. partly sunny skies and 85, could see a shower but the weekend is great, warm and sunny and 87 and not too humid and getting hot on sunday and 90. >> report karen thank you very much. we'll take a quick break and more news when we come right back. don't go away.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with sara bloomquist, rick williams and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again we begin with a developing story this half hour. another verdict of not guilty for a baltimore police officer charged in last year's death of freddie gray. this decision is in the case of the officer who drove the police wagon in which gray was injured. marcy gonzales is live in baltimore now with all the details. >> reporter: rick, that officer faced several charges including manslaughter and second degree murder and now after a week long trial, the judge just ruled this morning that the evidence did not