house says it is still interested in finding areas where it can work with ryan and the republican controlled congress during the president's final year in office. weijia jiang, cbs news, capitol hill. > ((kirsten joyce)) the president's approval rating as a two-term leader is still higher than president bush's ratings entering his last year in office... but below president clinton's you can watch the state of union right here at 6 o'clock. then stay tuned right after for a special edition of 8 newsnow.. now" team./// ((kirsten joyce)) > performance zones on fremont street meant to corral street performers have been running for about 2 months now. this is video from the first night they went into effect.. today at one o'clock.. the las vegas city attorney is hosting a meeting to get feedback on the ordinance. here is how it works: a nightly lottery is held... and winners can perform in one of 38 designated zones... for a designated period of time. street performers have been against the ordinance.. but the city worked out the agreement after complaints from tourists and people on fremont street./// ((

obama said monday he would defy the republican-controlled congress and implement new gun- control measures by executive action. this will not solve every violent crime or prevent every mass shooting, it's not going to keep every gun out of the hands of the criminal, but it will potentially save lives. >> the president wants to required small gun dealers to perform background checks on buyers and make it more difficult for domestic abusers to purchase firearms. mr. obama will take unilateral action soon. >> we have to do something to address the consequences of >> the gop blasted the president and they say his executive orders will not survive if his potential successors are elected. >> if you live by the pen you die by the pen. my pen has an eraser. >> governor chris christie thinks the government will strike down his plan. >> i'm confident the courts will reject his attempts to do that. >> obama will discuss his plans before he unveils them to the public. mark alberts cbs news the white house.>> the presidents pines called a dangerous executive outreach and says the country will not stand

house said it is still interested in finding areas where they ask work with ryan and republican controlled congress during the president's final year in office. cbs news, capital hill. >> >> the president's approval rating is still higher than president bush's rating entering his last year in office, but below president clinton during his administration. in the audience tonight, more than two dozen muslims. they have been invited and hope >>> president obama invited a syrian refugee along with three american heros that stopped a terrorist attack on a train in paris last year >> the towerric prime minister said isis is behind a suicide bombing in istanbul that killed 10 people this morning. the attack took place at a park popular with tourists. >> >> friends of a florida woman found dead if her apartment in florence italy said she stayed behind at a nightclub when they left. italian investigators say there were no signs of a break in, indicating she may have known her killer. allen is following the investigation from rome. >> reporter: a poignant tragedy as a murder mystery. ashley's father -- >> th

the president knows he's unlikely to get the republican- controlled congress to support one. instead, he'll argue that his successor should continue the work he started. but in a new cbs news/"new york times" poll, most americans, 65%, say the country is on the wrong track. just 45% approve of the o president's work on the economy. 34% of his foreign policy. and the war against isis is a sore spot. 67% think the fight is going badly. >> 46 million people are still living in poverty today, among ty the highest poverty rates in a generation. this is not the signs of a recovery. you combine that with the fact that the world is on fire, that foreign policy is getting away from us, that we are less safe, and that is why the anxiety in america is so palpable. >> reporter: tomorrow, the president will travel to louisiana and nebraska to a personally deliver that message. >> pelley: margaret brennan at the white house tonight. at and we hope you will join us right here for live coverage of the state of the union address and the republican response. that begins at 9:00 eastern time, 8

house says it is still interested in finding areas where it can work with ryan and the republican controlled congress during the president s final year in office. weijia jiang, cbs news, capitol hill. suggested tag the president s approval rating as a two term leader is still higher than president bush )s ratings entering his last year in office t below president clinton ring his administration. w at 5:30 - the chief medical examiner revealed the facial models of eight people found dead in virginia. these people have not yet been identified-- but police hope that someone will recognize them. the five men and three women s remains were found in different places from 19-72 and 2014. two of which were found in hampton roads. one person )s remains were found in the woods off of walter mill road in york county. that was back in 19-72. the medical examiner has identified her as an african american female. another person was found along the bank of the york river in james city county back in 19-76. the medical examiner adult male, somewhere between five foot six inches and five foot nine. officials say the

general by his side in the oval office, president obama said monday he would defy the republican- controlled congress and implement new gun control measures by executive action. obama)(14:58:43:07)"this is violent crime in this country. it's not going to prevent every mass shooting. it's not going to keep every gun out of the hands of criminals. it will potentially save lives." the president reportedly wants to require *small* gun dealers to perform background checks on buyers and make it more difficult for convicted domestic abusers to purchase firearms.the white house said mr. obama will take unilateral action soon.(sot: josh earnest/white house press secretary)"we have to do something in this country to address the consequences of congress's failure to act." (standup: mark albert/cbs news/the white house)the gop blasted the president - and those who hope to succeed him say his executive orders won't survive if they're elected. (sot: sen. ted cruz/(r-tx) presidential candidate)"he has a phone and he has a pen but if you live by the pen you die by the pen - and my pen has an eraser!"chris christie s

while getting a bill passed in a republican controlled congress may be difficult - on the democratic side there's growing support for better policies nationwide. coming up on wavy news ten at five- thirty - just a couple of weeks away -- the race for the white house is close. new poll numbers give us an idea of just how close -- next. plus - a little later - waiting longer to have children. the reasons more women tonight new polls are giving us an idea just how close the race is for both democratic and republican presidential hopefuls. after a deabte thursday - republicans are back out stumping. meantime --democrats are gearing up for their first debate of the year this weekend. for a look at where things stand, here's ten on your side's national correspondent mark meredith. package trt: 1:36 out: i'm mark meredith 00:00-00:00 - gop candidates hit the trail after debate / cruz, trump trade jabs in south night's debate between seven republican front for the white house is as numbers are falling in iowa" "im very angry, because our country is being run horribly" while donald trump and

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getting money out of a republican-controlled congress may be toughm many of whom say the president is overreaching his executive power. sen. rubio: what he is basically doing is issuing these things and is ignoring the legalities of it. greg barbara and andy parker who : lost their daughter allison when she was gunned down on live television last august say they are encouraged but will fight for more. >> they haven't been closed completely. we still have work to do but i like what i've seen the nra dismissed the president's announcement as -- like what i have seen. craig the nra dismissed the : president's announcement as political rhetoric. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. cynthia: here in central iowam some iowans say president at central iowa impact indoor shooting range in boonem people are talking about the president's announcement on gun control. some of them tell us his actions infringe upon their second amendment rightsm the right to bear arms. >> overall, who is going to be affected is the law abiding citizens. they're already following the rules and it's just going

you know, this republican controlled congress and democratic president they don't we seen lame duck presidents not final year. it is hard to say. i think one of the big things he's going to want to try do is the gun issue. what he's going to do about that i could not say but that's probably going to be one of his big issues moving forward. >> it is interesting because, you know, itches born and raised in england. not a gun culture. in the united states i'm certainly not anti-gun at all. but i think it is so difficult when you have over 300 million guns in this country, the horse has already left the barn. >> yeah, i mean, it is definitely two different cultures. i can't -- i'm not a huge gun person myself so i can't speak to all of that. but you just, if you step back you can see where the country is on all that. and it is interesting. and like i said it is hard to say where it is going to go because there's, you know, a group of people who are so adamant about their guns and a group of people who want more gun control and seems to be a >> it was interesting to watch the daily show they had a

with the republican-controlled congress the president likely faces resistance to his proposals. >>> in democracy 2016 the democratic presidential frontrunner hillary clinton is waking up to a big endorsement. >> planned parenthood assures while they may be supporting hillary clinton there won't be planned parenthood says it'sen endorsing early so it can start reminding voters about what they call republican candidates extreme positions on women's health. the endorsement is the first in a presidential primary. most republican candidates object to continued federal financing of the organization and measure has passed the republican-led house to stop the flow of money. >>> presidential frontrunner donald trump is criticizing both the u.s. and nfl this morning. in a comparison he made in reno yesterday. trump says the u.s. much like pro football has gone soft. >> the whole game is all screwed up. you say wow, what a tackle! football's become soft. football has become soft. i'll be criticized for that. they will say oh, isn't that terrible. but football has become soft like our country has

house says it is still interested in finding areas where it can work with ryan and the republican- controlled congress during the president's final year in office. cbs news, capitol hill. >>> tonight a 9-year-old boy from syria will be congressman seth's guest at the house akman, who lost his arm in an attack on a refugee camp his that attack. the boy wrote to president obama wrote a letter asking the u.s. to let more syrian refugees into the country. >>> you can watch the president's address right here tonight here on wbz at 9:00 and stay with us for the news at 11:00. >>> and campaign 2016 the race for the next president brings chelsea clinton to new england this morning the former first daughter appeared at a round her mother. manchester and portsmouth. $1.5 million. seems like there is one way to guarantee a winning this prize of $2 a ticket, and one in $292 you can buy every combination for $584 million still walk away with a profit but you need for it. >>> it is time for the patriots to do their jobs the team just about to get back on the practice field to gear up for saturday's divisional play

controlled congress? how are you going to get breaking up the big banks they were republican-controlled congress when dodd-frankde it through democratic-controlled congress? host: i think steffen schmidt, we address the e-mails little bit. how about his last point on bernie sanders? guest: what am going to addresses the fact that this caller is brilliant. he has brought up the biggest single issue in the united states for democrats. they are losing elections at the state level. they are losing house races, they are losing senate races. they are losing races for governor, they are losing races for state houses. i'm not going to cite statistics, i could grab a nice chart and hold it up, but i'm not going to do that. i'm not ross perot. but the democrats need to go down and figure out what they're are doing wrong at the state level. south dakota has no more elected democrats at all. and why is that? there are lots of democrats in south dakota. i'm going to be up there giving a talk. why? what is the matter was set to go democrats that they are not adjusting their message and picking candidates who can connect with

house says it is still interested in finding areas where it can work with ryan and the republican- controlled congress during the president's final year in office. weijia jang cbs news, capitol hill. >> the white house says the president's speech will be nontraditional and will focus on long-term goals for the country. we spoke with kpix 5 washington insider marc sandalow this morning about what he expects we'll hear. >> he'll be laying out idea for the future on big concepts, what america can do to protect its security in the long term, how you lay the groundwork for gun control. >> kim davis will be a guest at the president's state of the union address. he is the kentucky clerk who was jailed last year for refusing to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. mrs. davis defied the federal court ruling and was jailed for five days. she said granting the licenses went against religious beliefs. davis will have a seat inside the house chamber for tonight's speech. >>> and you can watch the president's state of the union tonight right here on kpix 5 at 6:00. >>> two presidential candidates will be no

overreach because this is a president, when he hasn't been able to get things through a republican controlled congress has had to go back to executive orders and actions to get those things done that he truly believes in. what you can be sure of now is that this will be a big subject matter on the campaign trail in 2016. we only have to listen to what the current front runner on the republican side has to say. that is donald trump. he says that soon americans ill no longer have access to guns altogether. that is the kind of fear that has been developing and will develop further after the statement you saw and heard. gun sales always spike after an announcement from the white house that they want to get stricter gun control laws passed, and every time there is a shooting, gun sales also spike because people might be afraid that their fsns might be taken away. that is something that president obama had to remind people of today, saying he does not want to take people's guns away. that won't change the beliefs of those in the united states who are afraid of what this white house might be capable of. >> t

gun safety technology and hiring more background checkers and atf getting money out of republican controlled congress may be tough. many of them say the president power. >> what he is basically doing, ignoring the legalities. >> reporter: barbara and andy parker who lost their daughter gunned down on live television say they encouraged but will fight for more. narrowed. they aren't closed completely. we have work to do. i like what i see from the package that he is offering. >> reporter: the nra today dismissed the president's announcement as political rhetoric. >> the latest cbs news poll shows 51% of americans believe gun laws should be more strict down 7 points since last fall. almost 90% of americans support universal background checks. >> thank you. >>> according to the centers for disease control massachusetts has the fewest gun deaths per capita. >> the family of one local plan doesn't go far enough. our christina hager is live in the back bay with that story. >> reporter: the head of stop handgun violence, which relocated its massive billboard that can be seen on boylston, the head of that or

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general by his side in the oval office, president obama said monday he would defy the republican-controlled congress and implement new gun control measures by executive action. >> this is not going to solve every violent crime in this country, prevent every mass shooting, and it's not going to keep every gun out of the hands of criminals, and it will potentially save lives. >> reporter: the president will require small gun dealers to provide background checks for buyers and make it more difficult for those who have been convicted to buy guns. >> he has a phone, and he has a pen, but if you live by the pen, you die by the pen! my pen has an eraser. >> reporter: chris christie believes the courts will strike down the president's plan. >> it's not constitutional, and i'm confident the courts will reject his attempts to do that. >> reporter: house speaker, paul ryan said it's a dangerous executive overreach and says the country will not stand for it. >>> a developing story in dc tonight. a barricade sitration near the george town -- situation near the george town water front has just ended peacefully. t

house says it is still interested in finding areas where it can work with ryan and the republican controlled congress. during the president's final year in office. >> and over the years the number of people who actually watch the state of the union has gone down so the white house is trying social media this time to draw people in. they will be using everything from snapchat to facebook to twitter and how about this, the people who scored the first interview right after the speech are not high profile journalists but three youtube followers. news. >> going after the millenials, thank you for that live report from washiton d.c. >>> south carolina governor nikki hayley will dedever the republican response tonight and miami congressman will give the gop response in spanish. it's the third year in a row a lawmaker has been tapped for that duty and you can watch of the union address on cbs 4 tonight at 9:00. we'll also be streaming it live on our website cbsmiami.com. >>> right now a cbs 4 news exclusive story to tell you about a scare in the air, a passenger on board a flight to miami gets unruly with fl

the president knows he's unlikely to get the republican-controlled congress to support one. instead, he'll argue that his successor should continue the work he started. but in a new cbs news/"new york times" poll, most americans, 65%, say the country is on the wrong track. just 45% approve of the president's work on the economy. 34% of his foreign policy. and the war against isis is a sore spot. 67% think the fight is going house speaker paul ryan: >> 46 million people are still living in poverty today, among the highest poverty rates in a generation. this is not the signs of a recovery. you combine that with the fact that the world is on fire, that foreign policy is getting away from us, that we are less safe, and that is why the anxiety in america is so palpable. >> reporter: tomorrow, the president will travel to louisiana and nebraska to personally deliver that message. >> pelley: margaret brennan at the white house tonight. and we hope you will join us right here for live coverage of the state of the union address and the republican response. that begins at 9:00 eastern

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today the president is vowing to move forward on gun control measures by-passing the republican controlled congress with an executive order. >> this is not going to solve every violent crime in the country, it's not going to prevent every mass shooting. it's not going to keep every gun out of the hands of a criminal, it will potentially save lives. >> the president did not reveal the details of the order but it's expected to include measures to expand background checks. house peeker paul -- speaker powell ryan -- paul ryan calls it a overreach. >> a crash that caused a big problem. >> the accident that shut down a major highway for hours. ever on the boston marathon. when it comes out and what the film makers decided not to focus on. >> and a new reason to stop smoking in the new year perhaps. how your habit could be harming your pets. the new year means a house full of new devices. and that can slow your internet down. so you should get verizon only fios has the fastest et and wi-fi ava , with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for $79.99 a month online, you"ll get 50 meg fios internet, tv

house says it is still interested in finding areas where it can work with ryan and the republican controlled congressring the president's final year in office. cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> and of course, you can see the president's state of the union address right here on cb cbs3. that's tonight at 9:00 p.m. >>> at least 10 people have been killed in turkey after a suicide bomber carries out an tack in the historic district of istanbul. turkish officials say the bomber 28-year-old syrian national was affiliated with the islamic state group. nine of the 10 people killed in that attack were german touris tourists. 15 others were wounded. >>> still ahead this noon, we of course heard of diet cleanses and most of them mean drinking your meals. but not dr. ian's cleanse. he stops by to tells about a cleanse that will not only improve your health in a couple of weeks, but you also get to eat solid food, katie, can't wait to hear this. >> definitely a bonus, wouldn't you glare yes. >> tell you what, folks, we'll see the first snowflakes of the entire season and it took us until mid january to do so. however,

general by list side, in the oval office, president obama said monday, he will defy the republican controlled congress and implement new gun control measures by executive action. >> there was not going to solve every violent crime in this country. it is not going to prevent every mass shooting. it is not going to keep every gun out of the hands of a criminal. it will potentially save lives. >> the president reportedly wants to require small gun dealers to perform background checks on buyers, and make it more difficult for convicted domestic abusers to purchase firearms. so the white house says mr. obama will take unilateral action soon. >> we have to do something in this country to address the consequences of congress' failure to act. >> the g.o.p. blasted the president, and those who hope to succeed him say his executive orders won't survive if they are elected. >> he has a phone and he has a pen but if you live by the pen, you die by the pen. and my pen has got an eraser. >> governor chris christie says he thinks the courts will strike down the president's plan. >> it is not constitutional. and i am

- he's expected to ask congress to pass more of his political goals.analysts expect a republican-controlled congress to fight the president in his final year in office.the president has asked for free community college along with more work-place benefits, and stricter gun control. 3 the state of the union will take place at 9:00 tomorrow night.south carolina governor nikki haley will present the republican repsonse following the address.you can catch it all right here on fox carolina and of course online...at fox carolina dot com. 3 and this woman -- "edith childs" -- will take part in this year's state of the union. she's a county councilwoman from district one in greenwood. white house reps say she helped inspire the slogan "fired up! ready to go!" during president obama's first campaign.since then, she's been invited to the white house and she will be in the of the union speech. 3 let's send back out to nicole 3 it will be chilly to start the work week as temperatures 3 climb into the mid-40s across the upstate and upper 30s in western north carolina. skies will be clear throughout the day and ev

sa republican controls congress you have the same dynamics now. obama is pretty liberal andboth is able to do some thingse but since then he has to do a lot of executive action. and then if you have a medicare fix that is ancs w anomaly in this congress. was so the dynamics are very much the same is bernie sanders became the president. o >> talking about major policy differences that come anything about her senatete career how she compares and contrasts with president obama? >> moreenor recently obama pushes the enormous trade deal that 40 percent will be affected she was secretary of state while parts were negotiated. and then hillary is against it. was and as secretary of state she has done some work on that.nd hesti and had not made his decision there is a question if there was a divide between the two of them. because these two are on the same page.ng t obama is not popular in these purple districts you'll have to make a concerted effort you can see them on foreign policy which youiden worked on a lot of these things to you can see her start d

. >> reporter: while getting a bill passed in a republican-controlled congress may prove tricky, on the democratic side there's growing support for better policies nationwide. in the past week, both hillary clinton and bernie sanders have expressed support for full paid family leave policies. for "nightly business report," i'm kate rogers. >> to read more about the push for paid sick leave, head to our website, nbr.com. >>> a brewer launches the second largest corporate bond deal ever, and that's where we begin tonight's "market focus." anheuser-busch inbev is selling $46 billion worth of bonds to help finance its $110 billion purchase of rival s.a.b. miller. the deal is second only to verizon's $49 billion offer in 2013. investor demand, however, was the most ever for a corporate bond deal with the maker of budweiser beer receiving more than $100 billion in offers. shares of bud were off about 2.5% to $116.14. >>> shares of supervalu got slammed today after the supermarket chain disappointed with its latest quarterly results. the company's revenue fell more than expected in the face of

general by his side in the oval office, president obama said monday he would defy the republican- controlled congress and measures by executive action. (sot: president obama)(14:58:43:07) "this is not going to solve every violent crime in this country. it's not going to prevent every mass shooting. it's not going to keep every gun out of the hands of criminals. it will potentially save lives." the president reportedly wants to require small gun dealers to perform background checks on buyers and make it more difficult for convicted domestic abusers to purchase firearms. the white house said mr. obama will take unilateral action sometime this week. (sot: josh earnest/white house press secretary) "we have to do something in this country to address the consequences of congress's failure to act." (standup: mark albert/cbs news/the white house) the gop blasted the president - and those who hope to succeed him say his executive orders won't (sot: sen. ted cruz/(r-tx) presidential candidate) "he has a phone and he has a pen but if you live by the pen you die by the pen - and my pen has an eraser!" chris chri

- he's expected to ask congress to pass more of his political goals.analysts expect a republican-controlled congress to fight the president in his final year in office.the president has asked for free community college along with more work-place benefits, and stricter gun control. 3 the state of the union will take place at 9:00 tomorrow night.south carolina governor nikki haley will present the republican repsonse following the address.you can catch it all right here on fox carolina carolina dot com. 3 and this woman -- "edith childs" -- will take part in this year's state of the union. she's a county councilwoman from district one in greenwood. white house reps say she helped inspire the slogan "fired up! ready to go!" during president obama's first campaign.since then, she's been invited to the white house and she will be in the first lady's box for the state of the union speech. 3 3 the wait is finally over -- the carolina panthers know who they have to beat on their first stop to superbowl 50. 50.carolina will play the seattle seahawks sunday at bank of america stadium. seattle escaped a nail-b

the question is what could he get done what they republican controlled congress. you have the same sick -- the same dynamics as you have right now. president obama is a pretty liberal guy and was able to do some things when he had the democrats controlling both chambers of congress, but since then, he is had to do a lot of unilateral actions and executive actions and in rare instances, he was able to compromise with john boehner and mitch mcconnell . that is an anomaly in this congress and in this town right now. i think the dynamics would be very much the same as you are seeing with obama if bernie sanders became president. asking about the major policy differences between the former secretary of state and a president, that anything reveal how much she compares and contrasts? person a career, but more recently, obama is pushing the enormous trade deal, the tpa, 40% of the global economy would be affected by this. she was in a tough spot because she was secretary of state well parts of it were being negotiated. it was finalized and the text is out. they may vote o

he focused heavily on isis calling on the republican controlled congress to join the fight and authorize force. and addressed congress directly about this saying if congress is serious about winning the war against isis you should finally authorize the use of military force. it was on the topic of lawmakers the president said he would like to do better. of my presidency that the suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. i have no doubt president with the gifts of lincoln or roosevelt might have better bridged the divide. i guarantee i'll keep trying to be better so long as i hold this office. >> also yesterday we told you about a local former homeless veteran that was invited to attend the speech in the first lady's box. there she is. she served during the vietnam war. she moved from a homeless shelter tore a former motel that's been renovated to provide housing for veterans. it was cool for her to be a special guest there. the obama administration highlighting a challenge that the first lady issued for local leaders to do more to reduce veteran homelessness. we w

. >> the democratic white house and republican-controlled congress rarely find opportunities to work together. the divide led to a government shutdown, lagging budget process and increased negative perception of american government. everyone acknowledges the problem neither side is willing to take the blame. >> that hoe sonia at the end more than a chicago ward politician in the white house. he's. >> the president acknowledged his role in the rancor and only after delivering sharp attacks aimed at republicans and mocked them for climate change and his material. >> in his last state of the union he says why is everyone so mad at each other, because of you. >> it is clear his name won't object the ballot barack obama will play an important role in the 2016 election. >> both sides don't really agree on all that much and something to be said about the fact that in today's politics compromise can be something of a liability. denise and dan? >> denise: that's for sure. i noticed last night during the state of the union hillary clinton released the ad telling voters she is with president ob

controlled congress? how are you going to get breaking up the big banks they were republican-controlled congress when don nk barely made it through democratic-controlled congress? host: i think steffen schmidt, we address the e-mails little bit. how about his last point on bernie sanders? guest: what am going to addresses the fact that this caller is brilliant. brought up the biggest single issue in the united states for democrats. they are losing elections at the state level. they are losing house races, they are losing senate races. they are losing races for governor, they are losing races for state houses. i'm not going to cite statistics, i could grab a nice chart and hold it up, but i'm not going to do that. i'm not ross perot. downemocrats need to go and figure out what they're are doing wrong at the state level. south dakota has no more elected democrats at all. and why is that? there are lots of democrats in south dakota. i'm would be up there giving a talk. what is the matter was set to go democrats that they are not adjusting their message and picking candidates who can connect with south dakota

control measures without congress. mark alert reports, the planned executive action has already created backlash with republicans. >> reporter: with the attorney general by his side, president obama said he would defy the republican-controlled congress and implement new gun control measures by executive action. >> this is not gonna solve country. it won't prevent every mass shooting. the hands of a criminal. it will potentially save lives. >> reporter: the president reportedly wants to require small gun dealers to perform background checks on buyers and make it more difficult for convicted domestic abusers to purchase firearms. the white house said mr. obama will take unilateral action soon. >> we have to do something in this country to address the consequences of congress's failure to act. >> reporter: the gop blasted the president and those who opened to succeed him say his orders won't survive. pen. but if you live by the pen, you die by the pen. and my pen has an eraser. >> reporter: governor chris christie says he thinks the courts will strike down the president's plan. >> it's not constitutional. and i'm confident the