in 2012 border agent brian terry was gunned down by cartel. the third border agent killed on duty in as many years. the murder would turn into a big scandal for the doj but inflamed people who were worried among them arizona lawmakers who passed a controversial law that allowed police to check on the immigration status during a stop or an arrest of an individual. the administration challenged that law and the resulting show down between arizona and governor jan brewer and president obama got personal. they ended up upholding parts of the law and striking down others. for his part he came to office promising immigration reform in the first year. ahead of the 2012 election he announced that would be known as the dream act. >> this brings us to today. this new threat of more executive action. the president would not offer exact details but correspondent henry did digging and he filed this report. >> the bottom line, he said he wants to work with republicans not go around them at the news conference that happened after the election to deal with th

in 2012 border agent brian terry was gunned down by cartels. the third border agent killed on duty in as many years. the terry murder would turn into a big scandal for the doj, but it also enflamed people who were worried about border security. among them arizona lawmakers who passed fb 1070, a controversial law that allowed police to check on the immigration status during a stop or an arrest of an individual. the administration challenged that law and the resulting showdown between arizona governor jan brewer and president obama got personal and very tense at times. the supreme court ended upholding parts of the law and striking down others. for his part president obama promised immigration reform in the first year. in the head of the 2012 election he announced what became known as the dream act giving a break to families with ties to america. a change made by executive action without the approval of congress, which brings us to today. and this new threat of more executive action. the president would not offer exact details of what he would in

terry lundgren. it's a swedish name, lundgren. everybody knows that. target's ceo brian cornells is on squawk on the treat at 9:45 a.m. he's probably american but i gave it a swedish twist. >> i'm sure he appreciates it. >>> now, the group of hackers known as the syrian electronic army, a group on thursday, it displayed a message that said, you've been hacked by the sea. nadal, microsoft, the guardian, telegraph and cnbc.com were targeted. joining us now is e.j. hillbert to help us understand the risk with cyber security, especially now as many people will be missing out on the traditional shopping experience in the u.s. and shopping at the convenience of their home online. what is the biggest risk that is posed this season? >> few people pay attention to this. in fact, yesterday was the first day of the holiday scam season, as well. so the bad guys know that everybody is going to be shopping online, that they're going to do this, and this is when they up their game on the attacks and the attempts to steal money and confuse consumers into who they're going to. the attack

brian" it's a good story, otherwise we were just doing sketches. there are scenes, the fat man, i just love that. i just love that scene, terryvements to write with him. >> it feels like one of the best gifts you can give, the gift of laughter. >> it feels like that more and more and more because just listening to the interview about washington, a 13% approval? >> right. >> it's clear to me in a democracy has failed. it doesn't work. you've got to move on and find something better. lord knows what that was. >> comedy. >> comedy at least, i was doing a talk show and i just, i was watching the audience and i thought this is really good. this is sort of sense of unitty and community in the audience, all doing the same thing and felt good. >> this is incredible and i think people will want to pick it up. it tells the story of leading up to "monty python's flying circus" really a pressure, john cleese thanks so much for coming. >> the book is brilliant. >> it is. >> objectively. >> objectively. >> he's an objective critic. he doesn't like "the meaning of life." >> the bits about my mother. >> john cleese, thank you for being with

terry branstad has been re-elected. and in nevada the republican incumbent there, a popular incumbent republican. also projects that briandoval has been re-elected. in terms of governors ss races, the big one, rick scott versus charlie crist. this one is too close to call. but nbc news is not projecting a winner at this point. the illinois governor's race this one is also described as too close to call between pat quinn and bruce raunor. in the massachusetts governor's race patrick stepping down and the democrat who wants to succeed him, versus charlie baker, the republican. that one is too close to call. just under 60% of the vote in. massachusetts three-way governor's race paula page the republican -- excuse me maine governor's race. eliot cutler different democrat this time around from mike michaud. that one in maine, that three-way governor's race is too close to call. connecticut gor nor's race dan malloy versus tom foley. look at the difference in votes there, 400-some-odd votes. just about a quarter of the vote in in connecticut. in wisconsin, the republican incumbent scott walker facing off against democratic cha