they yelled we love you gabby. so you can turn people around. >> you know, i think people feel strongly about this issue. they have a reason to feel strongly about it. but if you can discuss the issue with them, a think a lot of people have respect for my wife as, you know, somebody who was in congress, who worked across party lines whenever she could to get thing done. some of the her best friends in congress were, now he, conservative republicans. one in particular, from in the state of texas. you know gabby and ted mow were very close. >> right. >> shelway wasbleo find that common ground with -- between people and we're still trying to do that. >> right. >> you know, we've got about 500,000 people who have signed up on our website to try to support us with this cause and they include a lot of gun owners and even nra members who can kind of behind us. with regards to that bill last april, that was something that i think 72 percent of nra members thought should be passed. in fact, nra have been on the record years

and gabby was relieved. good girl, gabby. that daggone goose mess with you?e dock. >> just when barnes thinks he's put enough distance between bird and dog, the goose makes one last attempt but this time falls short. >> i was shocked at the persistence of this goose. am i going to be out here all night long tossing the goose out of here? is the dog going to get fed up and be done with it? >> so what set the bird off? maybe it has something to do with gabby's favorite chew toy. it should be noted the goose has since calmed down. it found a meat, and it only had todd barnes to thank for that. if the self proclaimed animal lover hadn't exercised such restraint and trained his dog to take the high road, that goose would have been cooked. >> this dog is really highly trained. if we wanted to hurt that goose or kill that goose, we could have done it very, very easily. just snap my fingers and the dog would have taken care of it right then. we were getting ready to flip a coin where they think the goose's fate was. i don't think the governor was going to call at tha

we also have gabby pacheco, program director of a national college scholarship fund for undocumented students called the dream.us. last april, she became the first undocumented latina to testify before congress. [applause] we also have with us jerry patterson, the texas land commissioner. he's a former state senator who helped the texas republican party adopt a more moderate position on immigration in its 2012 official party platform. we also have george rodriguez, the south texas coordinator of the tea party patriots. he cohosts a show on raging elephants. in 2011, he became the first hispanic president of a major tea party group when he headed the san antonio tea party. we also have with us congressman mark vicci, who represents congressional district 33 in the u.s. house of representatives. the congressman has been an outspoken supporter of comprehensive immigration reform. in 2013, he invited an undocumented immigrant from texas, one of the first undocumented students to pursue a higher education in texas, right here at ut austin, to be his guest at president obama's state of the

gabby, i'd like to start with you, if i could. >> sure. >> who are the dreamers, and how many are there in the united states? >> so there are about 2.1 million dreamers who came to the united states when they were children. they are usually categorized as people who came to the united states before the age of 16. and we have seen different d.r.e.a.m. act legislation. so the majority of the students do follow that criteria. these are students that have gone through our public school systems. these are students that identify with the american culture, that categorize themselves as americans, and seek the opportunity to be able to one day be able to get a green card and hopefully, after five years, apply for citizenship. >> congressman, if i could ask you, you've -- there's a lot of arguments out there for dreamers to get a path, a formal path to citizenship. i know you've made some of the economic arguments. what are some of the economic arguments that you would make? >> i think some of the biggest economic arguments that one could make is, you know, most of the dreamers are educated here

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this is gabby giffords' former seat. ron barber was critically wounded alongside gabby giffords. he had a close case against mcsally. >> race is a 4 point spread at this point. in uta, mia love, another rising g.o.p. star right now, she would become the first african-american republican woman elected to congress were she to win this race. uta 4. right now, the democrat is leading. john? >> stephanie, thank you. the question is: what the next? ali velshi is here to talk about that? >> there are a few things the republicans have wanted to get done. you heard earlier saying not really committing to tax reform. i asked him now, why don't you do it? well, they are putting it on president obama. >> that's the reality of this situation. the reality is that they still can't get things done without 60 in the senate that require the president president's signature. so not a ton is going to change. you are going to see the republicans try to move forward to the transpacific partnership? >> trying to talk about infrastructure spending but the highway trust fund that was being held back by re

he was introduced to the art therapist gabby at the maria childrens's hospital where he was being treated. >> drawing and painting gave ryan an outlet for his feeling and helped with his recovery. i felt like, i had monsters inside me like the chemo monsters. >> and you know i just drew at lot of color because, you know, that, different sets of chemo and weird looking colors. once he got into art a little more you could see awas having fun laughing and joking his temperament changed like his temperament ryan paintings changed too from chemo monsters to clouds and trees and flowers. ryan also used his new found art skills to enter a nation-wide children miracle network contest to design a tissue box around theme what i love about school. he won the contest and the honor of being carried in major retail chain. did you go to wal-mart and buy your tissues there? >> yeah. how many boxes did you get? we have like a little closet. and it's like, almost stacked. through his cancer ryan discovered a love of art. now with his strength back he can also return to sports he loves. this year he will tr

so, gabby, let me start with you because i think we all have a sense of what's going to play out hereeadline and the republicans ratchet up and editorial boards weighing in saying that obama should delay it as a sign of good faith and we've been down this road before where he said at the start of this summer by the end of the summer he'll act. he delayed that. when you look at this right now, how confident are you that when we get to the end of the year, if that's what's going on, he will, indeed, issue an executive order? >> i'm taking the president on his third promise, which he is going to act before the end of the year. what i find most baffling about this, steve, all of a sudden after this election people are acting as if there is a different reality in congress. congress and the republican house has had six years to work with the president on this. the president has done everything in his power to reach out to republicans. all the groups on the right that need to be at the table to give republicans political cover for this are at the table. but then all of a sudden it's as if it

. >> okay, so she may not be -- she may not be the next gabby douglas, but giving a valiant effort. >ing for perseverance. no doubt. >> she gets up and she fixes the hair. >> and she's proud of herself. >> it's about partial credit. that's how i survived. >> and another undeniably cute video for you this morning. nothing gets between this dog and her ball. the dog's name is stella. and she's definitely having the time of her life. >> where did she go? >> oh! >> look at her go. >> how does she find that? >> i know. it's amazing, right? literally, it's like a canine version of a ball pit or needle in a haystack. >> that's cool. >> that is another one of these, i could watch this all day. however, we have to take a break. great "pop news." we'll be back with more "gma." keep it here. suffering from the flu is a really big deal. with aches, fever and chills- there's no such thing as a little flu. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so call your doctor rig

. >> and she has gabby giffords' old seat. republicans can make some gains. also in the hudson valley of new york nan hayworth is running for her old seat which she lost in 2012 and she's doing quite well in the polls, so there are some spots where the gop could do very well. >> the the republicans have been so wiped out in new york and northeast new england that anything looks like up from there so they've got a seat in new hampshire they're competing for and three in new york state they might pick up and there's a maine seat, too, which has been competitive. >> yeah. i mean, carol shea porter in new hampshire, the democrat, is under a lot of pressure. republicans could come out of the election with three new house seats -- three new governorships in the northeast. it was just unheard of, a lot -- >> massachusetts, connecticut and rhode island are very competitive. >> a lot of these house seats i think have been nationalized, paul, people that vote in house elections watch national politics and, again, barack obama is hanging

we also have gabby pacheco, program director of a national college scholarship fund for undocumented students called the dream.us. last april, she became the first undocumented latina to testify before congress. [applause] we also have with us jerry patterson, the texas land commissioner. he's a former state senator who helped the texas republican party adopt a more moderate position on immigration in its 2012 official party platform. we also have george rodriguez, the south texas coordinator of the tea party patriots. he cohosts a show on raging elephants. in 2011, he became the first hispanic president of a major tea party group when he headed the san antonio tea party. we also have with us congressman mark vicci, who represents congressional district 33 in the u.s. house of representatives. the congressman has been an outspoken supporter of comprehensive immigration reform. in 2013, he invited an undocumented immigrant from texas, one of the first undocumented students to pursue a higher education in texas, right here at ut austin, to be his guest at president obama's state of the

. >>> number five, gabby giffords is back on her bike.ongresswoman completed the el tour de tucson yesterday. she's still recovering after she was shot in 2011 in a mass shooting in her district. >> so impressive there. >>> all righty. down to the wire, right now world diplomats are trying to hammer out a deal over iran's controversial nuclear program. >> with so much at stake, will they be able to do it before the clock runs out? up next, why secretary of state john kerry says big gaps still remain. ♪ (holiday mhey! is playing) i guess we're going to need a new santa ♪(the music builds to a climax.) more people are coming to audi than ever before. see why now is the best time. audi will cover your first month's payment on select models at the season of audi sales event. visit audioffers.com today. >>> this morning there are major concerns that a possible deal with iran over its controversial nuclear program may not happen by tomorrow's deadline. an iranian official says because of limited time, it would be, quote, impossible to find unco

wake of other tragedies and disasters nationwide, sandy hook, connecticut, tucson in the wake of the gabby gifford shooting, joplin after tornadoes, a lot of people think the president should be there, this is a perfect place for the president to try to stop the violence and bringing people together as he has stated is his goal. >> what steps is the department of justice taking now? >> well, the president met yesterday before leaving for chicago, where you saw those remarks he made at the top of an appearance surrounding his immigration initiative, met with eric holder, of course the outgoing attorney general in the oval office. he was seen there with valerie jarrett by the press awaiting his departure. the president and eric holder are talking about regional meetings, starting a dialogue, while they recognize that a talk isn't going to do enough, but doing something to address these underlying issues, the mistrust between law enforcement and the community, eric holder saying in a statement: >> the president and eric holder announcing an initiative to begin die logs next week. >> thank you

second district where republican mcsally narrowly leads ron barber who was formerly an aide to -- >> gabbye oxford english dictionary named -- victoria? >> veep. >> the word of the year. >> wow. very impressive. >> revealed this week that the washington, d.c., home shared by retiring congressman george miller, chuck schumer and dick durbin is up for sale. their living arrangement are the inspiration -- >> animal house. >> alpha house. >> big swing there. a worldwide shortage of chocolate is possible in about five years warned this maker of m&ms and -- adolfo? >> mars. >> mars is correct with confidence. 300-point tossup this "saturday night live" cast member will headline the next white house -- susan? >> straw. >> 300 points. with the unveiling of a marble and bronze statue in a song from zz top congress this week formally honored the president of this former european country. >> the czech republic? czechoslovakia. >> czechoslovakia is correct. 300-point tossup. wednesday president obama nominated mark rosekind to lead this transportation safety agency. >> tsa, transportation? >> incorrec

we know her as gabby from "desperate housewives." some people may know her from her soap work. drive home big messages. this is something we don't think about. supermarkets. explain what she is diving into. >> she is talking about where your food comes from, we can be very blase about where our food comes from. this is impact. . they take food and put it into context. that context is slavery. americans may not like to recall it. but this country became a world power because of the free work of africans, when that was no longer a tenable system. that was replaced by the cheap labor of african-americans, followed by the cheap labor of successive immigrant groups, whether it was the chinese, mexicans, and this cheap labor continues to fuel the economy even today so you take the wine we'll people are enjoying, the napa valley, the gulp between the people that produce that wine and they live and the people that consume that wine live with that and the other thing the film brings out the supermarket industry fuels this continued use of very cheap labor. we are talking near slave labo

people remember her as gabby solis. show. >> this weekend at the box office as i just reported the numbers. a lot of people looking up "interstellar" reviews. >> of course, it had a lot of buzz going into this christopher nolan movie. it was number two. "big hero 6" was number one. it's an imax movie as well. i think people wanted to see, am i going to spend that extra money on this movie? let's see how good it is. the reviews that came out mostly positive. i think it's got about a 73% on rotten tomatoes. so generally people felt like it was pretty good. it got some knocks. you know, overall, it did pretty well. >> the next one surprised me. whbin williams. now? >> yeah. so here we are three months later, of course, after his suicide. the toxicology report, the autopsy report came out of marin county in california. and they did confirm that he had no drugs or alcohol in his system. when he died, and they confirmed as well that it was a suicide. people just wanted to look th up and read about it. of course, he has so man

than three years ago, against the advice of most lawyers, but inspired by dreamers, by people like gabby, cesar vargas, i risked everything and outed myself as one of mike country -- one of our country's 11 million undocumented. i bow to the altar of james baldwin he taught us to find entity. in the past years, i have crisscrossed this country, been to about 350 events in 44 states coming getting arrested in one come in texas, and the goal of this travel has been to ask my fellow americans how do you define america. all i can think about right now, hours before president obama's necessary and historic exec at a order, is this is how we move forward. this is how we become more inclusive, more just. as far as i'm concerned, tonight president obama is defining america and asking replicas in congress to do the same thing. on a day like today i think of my mother in the philippines and the ultimate sacrifice of putting her son i acclaim and i was 12 and not having seen him for 21 years. i think of my family that i was blessed, my filipino family, i was blessed to be born into, my grandparents