both the d dca memo and the new memo said that the officers on the grouped are specifically instructedo use individualized discretion in the facts of each individual case. >> it does use the phrase case by case. it's platitude because the directions to the line officers are nevertheless, if the they meet these criteria, you shall not investigate them for removal in the first place. you shall drop them-- >> professor eastman, let me jump in there. if you make an individual application, and you have to prove as an individual that you meet criteria, it is case by case, isn't it? >> no, no. that's not case by case. case by case is if--when they're setting out is criteria. if you meet the criteria, you get to the deferred action. that's not case by case discretion. that's changing the rules of who is eligible to stay in the country or not. that's the difference in prosecutorial discretion. that does not confront the issue of work authorization. and i disagree with the proffer on that as well. it is not. they're taking four words in the statute and going much beyond what those words possibly

>> tom costello at dca, washington national airport, a busy place tonight. tom, thanks. >>> as we said, there is a lot to this weather system. and for the damage it's already done, it has a lot of ground to cover as christmas day nears. meteorologist dylan dreyer is out on rockefeller plaza tonight. dylan, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it is going to be a very busy night down south with several tornadoes that have already been reported. and the tornado watch is in effect until 11:00 tonight. now tomorrow we're going to see the severe threat of storms spread from florida up into south carolina where we could again see isolated tornadoes and damaging wind gusts. all up and down i-95 tomorrow we are going to see off and on heavy rain from the south extending all the way up into new england and on the backside of this storm we're expecting about 3 to 6 inches of snow in chicago. so who gets the white christmas? definitely in and around the great lakes because of this storm. we have white on the ground already because of an earlier storm this we

dca administrator, thank you for being here.ating the session and for all the great remarks and partnerships. it is wonderful. i wanted to highlight a couple of things while i'm here. first of all, i have been to two incredibly robust listening sessions, and what i have learned is in those sessions is how great it is to have this opportunity to be together and the time is that we are living in and the opportunities, and we cannot squander them. the second issue is i have learned to bring more lined paper with me because i have a -do things list, and we get them done. a good thing. fornt to thank sally jewell all virtual mentor's leadership on the council for her willingness to cochair a that isttee with us looking ids climate change issues. i think you probably all know that president obama sees climate as part of the legacy issues that he wants to move forward to address, and he barely clearly recognizes that muchl issues are very driven in so many ways by the changing climate that we see, and the tremendous impacts that that c