captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, february 22nd, 2017, this is the "cbs morning news." fine, arrest and deport immediately. that's the administration's aggressive plan to go after immigrants in the u.s. illegally. this as two of president trump's cabinet members head to mexico for high stakes talks. and citizens are making their voices heard across the country. lawmakers get an earful from constituents at town halls. plus, neighborhoods under water, today, flooded water ways are expected to continue to rise in

amid new evacuation orders. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the trump administration's tough new immigration policies make it easier to arrest, detain and deport undocumented immigrants. they also allow the u.s. government to send people caught illegally crossing the mexican border back to mexico, no matter where they are from. the mexicans call that a cause for concern and will likely be on the agenda when rex tillerson and john kelly visit mexico city today. roxana, good morning. >> reporter: the new policies call for 15,000 more border patrol and immigration officers, guidelines also expand deportations to target undocumented immigrants who committed even minor offenses.

republican lawmakers across the country clashed with constituents at town halls tuesday night. many worried about what president trump's revised immigration and travel ban would mean for them. >> i am a person from a muslim country and i'm a muslim. who is going to take me here? >> i don't know whether i can help you, but i'm going to try to help you. >> reporter: in a tweet, the president dismissed the events called planned out by liberal activists. the message came on the same day that the department of homeland security issued a pair of mmos giving federal agents new powers to detain and deport undocumented immigrants. >> we have to let people come in that are positive for our country. >> reporter: authorities will be able to expedite the deportation of any illegal imdpramigrant in country for less than two years. >> those who pose a threat to public safety or committed a crime will be the first to go and we'll be aggressively making sure that occu.

activists are mobilizing to help those affectedvo aid deportation. >> if they come knocking to your house, you have the right to not open the door. we tell our community, you don't have to sign anything until you talked to a lawyer. >> reporter: the new rules do not change the obama era program to help so-called dreamers brought to the u.s. illegally as childre children. it is not yet clear where the president will find billions of dollars to pay for the wall or the additional agents or extra detention facilities outlined in the new guidelines. anne-marie? >> thanks a lot, roxana. ahead on "cbs this morning," margaret brennan reports the restructuring. the president's remarks yesterday marked first time he has addressed recent wave of threats against jewish community centers. a recent white house statement on the holocaust a

some of his supporters have strained relations with the jewish community. >> the anti-semitic threats targeting our jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful. >> more than 170 head stones were topple at a jewish cemetery in missouri. the director of the anne frank center dismissed the president's statements as a band-aid on the cancer of anti-semitism that >>fected his own administration. > new evacuations were ordered overnight near san jose, california. powerful rain producing storms have been pounding northern california. and overflowing creek in san jose trapped hundreds of residents in chest deep water. >> reporter: rescue crews pulled people from their cars and used rafts to move home owners to safety after flood waters left that san jose neighborhood submerged. >> take my daughter to school

like what's going on. >> reporter: she says the fast flooding took neighbors by surprise, surrounding dozens of homes with possibly contaminated sewage. >> like this much. >> reporter: officials say anyone who has been in the flooding must be decontaminated from the potentially toxic water. >> a lot of people need to be taken out, they're being taken out one apartment or one house at a time. >> reporter: for a third day, powerful storms dumped record amounts of rain in northern california, leaving roads under water and pushing rivers beyond their banks. the flooding in san jose comes after a nearby reservoir reached full capacity, spilling water for first time in nearly a decade. emergency crews also rescued several homeless people from an encampment near a flooded creek. forecasters say since october, more than 24 inches of rain has fallen in san francisco. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. a north korean diplomat is

authorities are searching for in the murder of the half brother the north korea's leader. the women were trained to coat their hands with toxic chemicals and wipe them on his face. the two women and two others have been detained and police are looking for five other north koreans. the pilot of a small plane that crashed into an australian shopping mall repeatedly radioed may day calls but never specified what the emergency was. the plane crashed just after taking off yesterday, killing the pilot and four americans on board. they were all from austin, texas, on a golf outing. a friend says russ munch was doing what he loved. >> good friend of mine says, we're here, we're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time. and i think russ had had a good time. >> police blame the crash on engine failure but the head of the australian transportation safety bureau says the twin engine plane is dne

newly released video shows the dangerous mishap involving a plane piloted by actor harrison ford in southern california. ford flew over an airliner last week while mistakenly landing on a taxi way instead of a runway. no reason was given for ford's mistake. a detention hearing is scheduled friday for missouri man charged with planning a terrorist attack. robert lorenzo hester was charged in federal court yesterday, arrested friday after meeting with an undercover agent. hester is charged with plotting an attack against trains and buses in kansas city. in north carolina, a man was arrested after an informant tipped agents he planned to attack muslims. he said he was, quote, fed up with unbelievers. a spokesman for north dakota's governor s

opponents could face arrest if they do not leave their campsite by this afternoon. the demonstrators request for an extension was turned down. a few hundred people are still on federal land where the protests started in august. the missouri river is expected to flood near the site this spring. coming up on the "morning news", the fall of a controversial figure. an outspoken conservative personality steps down from breitbart. dangerous waves caught on video, a little boy is dragged in as his family tries to save him. this is the "cbs morning news." my fine lines and wrinkles in one week. and the longer i use it, the better it works. retinol correxion® from roc. methods, not miracles.™ your body was made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz is right for you.

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on the "cbs moneywatch," airlines roll out new economy airfares and a pop-tarts cafe that offers more than breakfast. jill wagner has more. >> good morning. later today the fed will release minutes from the latest meeting giving investors some insight about the central banks' use on interest rates. stocks opened with the three major indices at record highs. the dow gained nearly 119 points yesterday. the s&p 500 rose 14. the nasdaq finished 27 points higher. more fallout from the wells fargo sales practices scandal, four senior managers are being fired. the board of directors also voted to deny any 2016 bonuses to those executives and they'll forfeit uninvested stock and stock options. wells fargo has been heavily criticized since it discovered employees opened up to 2 million banking credit card accounts without customer authorization. american and united airlines started selng

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russian supply ship blasted off for the international space station. the progress is carrying three plus tons of food, fuel and supplies for the iss crew. that includes trail blazing astronaut peggy whitson, orbiting 250 miles above earth's surface, but she made some time to chat with elaine quijano. >> reporter: nasa astronaut peggy whitson has blasted the glass ceiling, going into outer space three times. and is on the international space station right now. at 57, she's the oldest woman ever in space. was the first female commander of the international space station, has tied the number of spacewalks by a woman at seven, and has walked in space for over 46 hours. all evidence of living stronger. >> breaking records has never been my goal. i think it is important that we're continually pushing, you know, our limits and showing

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accident involving actor harrison ford. new video from over night shows it may have been all his fault. but first you may see some rain today but not for long. here's allyson ray with your forecast. good morning, allyson. >> good morning. we are look looking at another good day. we are headed to the 60s today. the michael and son camera is looking pretty good. we are dry and cloudy out there. cloud cover will be the story with the warmer temperatures. 46 degrees with winds out of the south. around the region pretty mild. 46 for martinsburg. 46 for leesburg. in culpeper some drizzle. areas south of 66 and the beltway will see a little bit of drizzle through the morning. it doesn't last all day. we dry out and stay cloudy for the rest of the day. the highs today the mid 60s. we'll talk about the 70s returning before the weekend. ellen. >> it's starting out

road. i take this write board and say stuff for allyson over there. out on the roads, nothing like yesterday. thank goodness because we had all those troubles on 28 and with metro. so far metro not open yet but so far this morning just construction. route 7 as you head eastbound when you pass by georgetown pike some delays, especially on the beltway. then 66 as well between 123 and the beltway, larry, we are seeing construction there as well but no delays. >> good news there, ellen. thank you so much . i'm larry miller in the wusa 9 news room. we are continuing to follow breaking news from over night. firefighters are in facting -- are investigating the cause of a house fire in wharton, virginia where a young boy was killed. police have not released the young boy's age. we do know that some people were able to get out of that house. in all four adults went to the hospital. two of them happened to be firefighters who responded to the scene from their houses near by. this morning nasa is scheduled to

discovery. according to a press release nasa said it will present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than the sun. this news conference will be held at 1:00 this afternoon. the event will air live on nasa television and on nasa's website. singer chris brown is making headlines again this morning for a familiar acquisition. his ex-girlfriend, you see her there on the left, has filed a restraining order against him for allegedly receiving death threats. she claims that brown physically abused her during their relationship. the restraining order announces that he has to stay 100 yards away from her and her mother and her brother. jen and mike. >> that's a quick look at what is going on. hump day, the news at 4:30 starts right now. >> this is wake up washington on wusa 9. >> ♪ [ music ] ♪ well, good morning. thank you for joining us as we

you this live look outside. already 46 degrees on what is shaping up to be a really nice week. happy wednesday, everybody. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> february and we are going to hit the 70 degree mark. i'm mike hydeck. a couple of crazy changes and then a cold front too. here's allyson ray. >> if you're getting your weekend plans hold on. i have a little disappointment. this morning cloudy and mild. we are into this #40s. -- 40s. a little bit of drizzle here from wharton to culpeper that will slide to the south of dc. everybody else it's cloudy and will stay in the 60s today. so we are getting a little bit warmer than yesterday. tomorrow our warm up continues. we will be into the 70s for thursday and friday. today 60s but cloudy skies out there. it's not going to be as beautiful as maybe it was over the weekend but we are still looking pretty good for this time of the year. as we head through tomorrow, just another round of stray isolated shors

thunderstorms with a stronger cold front that will change the weather for sunday. we'll detail out that weekend forecast in just a little bit. ellen. >> of course my mom is coming. i notice ed d -- noticed this all week that everybody in our hometown said it's going to rain because she comes when it's going to rain. tell me when it's going to be nice. on allen town road delays eastbound even though there's construction in the westbound lanes. so it's just going to be slow on allen town between suitland as you come off the beltway. also some delays on forstill road. the construction on allen town is between suitland and forstill. delays away from the beltway. up on 95 heading northbound a left lane closed between route 216 and 32. mike and jan, not too significant of delays. >> so far so good, thank you, ellen. 4:30. breaking news out of fairfax county. police are