summer'sed last resources into south texas to deal with that phenomenon. we put more people on the border. we cracked down on the smuggling organizations. we began repatriating people faster. the numbers of those coming from central america, guatemala, hundreds, el salvador -- that is where they were all coming from -- increased, but so did the number of repatriations back to their countries. the high watermark that surge last summer -- for that surge last summer, i can give you a , june 10, 2014. a lot of it is seasonal. migration starts to go up, and then it takes during the early summer, and it goes down when it is hot. last year in the rio grande sector it went up tremendously, and when up on june 10 until the number crossing now is the lowest it has been in two years. it is significantly lower than it was last year. i want to keep in place for purposes of border security and lot of the resources we put on the southern border to prevent this from happening again. place called dili, texas, on monday to talk about the opening of our new detention center

. >>> caught on camera, a south texas college professor comparing the tea party to the nazi party. >>, which was really interesting, the nazis, people are kind of tired of them. they have been around since 1920, 11 years now. they're like the tea party. such a good example. don't tell anybody i said that, though. the tea party are like the nazis, but in the sense of how they politically came to power, there's a good analogy there, that eventually people realize these nazis are a bunch of nuts, these tea party people are a bunch of nuts. >> for more on this story, caleb bonham joins us. what do you think? >> if you have this south texas college professor, he tells the students i am about to liken the tea party to nazis, but don't tell anybody. so that didn't go so well for him, since we are talking about it on national news. he obviously didn't have the respect of his students, but this is outrageous. this is a completely shocking comparison to be giving in front of a captive audience and be forcing that down your students' throats. >> do you think anybody takes it seriously, i think o

a railroad center, it was pretty easy to transport syrup to other areas, as far as oklahoma or south texasr over to louisiana. here at the dr. pepper museum, we try to tell the early story, and we've got several rooms that are kind of replicas of the old corner both -- drugstore or one of the early production facilities for dr. pepper syrup. a visitor can come in and stroll through those one at a time and follow the progression and development of the drink. then you get into the story of the increased manufacturing. at the same time we are talking about the industrial revolution in the late 1880's, 1900s, machinery and equipment was being developed, and the bottling industry benefited from that. ways to cap and fill bottles with dr. pepper syrup and carbonated water increased production. bottle washers, high speed for filling, carbonating machines and how they developed over the years, an assembly line production. if henry ford could do it, it could be done in bottling. today, we have plants that can bottle thousands and thousands of bottles per minute. we show how that started and several

and then it ran up slightly owing principally to the spike that we saw in illegal migration and south texashe rio grande valley sector of our southern border. everybody already saw this here of those crossing of the border. 55% of the increase is due to the rio grande valley center and we served those resources into south texas to deal with that phenomenon can be put more people on the border and we crack down on the smuggling organizations and the numbers of those coming from central america, and that is where they are all coming from and so did the number of repatriations. the high water mark for that search that summer was june 10 of 2014 and after that point once the gate began to put in place are added resources the number declined dramatically. and a lot of it was seasonal and when the new year's comment, but illegal migration prints up and then it goes back down again. last summer in the rio grande sector it we ran up automatically and then it declined beginning on june 10 to the point where the number of those crossing was not the lowest it has been in almost two years and it is sig

in south texas, oil wells installed in 2014 are bumping 400 more barrels a day than those built in 2010. that's contributed to an overall drop in oil. which is a growing problem for drillers. >> the reason prices dropped quickly and fast is he had a slow down of the economy. he's not demonstrating as much oil. there's a lot of supply of oil. more than expected. the u.s. is producing more and more and more oil, month after month. >> reporter: with a 40% drop in prices since june. analysts say the price of oil is getting close to the point where it's no longer profitable to drill. that means energy companies whose hiring bonanza helped to propel the u.s. out of recession is likely to pare back. >> we'll see cost cutting, 5,000 companies producing oil and gas - it's enormous. some are well financed and can shift money around, where they are drilling and will do fine. it's the installer businesses, some mum and pop, backed by private equity that will run into trouble. the response will be to sell the asset. >> for work, in boom towns like willis and north dakota, lower prices could mean few

south. right now the nearest precipitation, texas, louisiana, high pressure is with us and that is going to eep clouds way to the south right on through the weekend. we'll be dry. we'll see scattered clouds in the area but no rainmakers or snowmakers for us. by monday afternoon this will be moving up the coast and we'll likely see rain. if you're looking for snow, you're going to be disappointed. monday eving, 6 clock, this is the future snow. we could see some very light snowfall in the lehigh valley and into the poke kncono mounta. then it's rain. bundle up today. temperatures will be in the low 40s this afternoon but the wind blowing will make it feel like it's in the 30s. tomorrow, less wind. some breaks in the sunshine. a little warmer on sunday. winter arrives just after 6:00 sunday evening. warmer weather on monday. even though the rain moves in, the temperatures will close on tuesday. christmas day, drying out. a little breezy, 49. >>> 6:21 right now. the head of the irs says your tax refund next year could be delayed because of budget cuts just approved by congress. also cuts in tax

and i lost them in a fashion very different from any predator that we have in south texas.s it was the blood. and in all instances, it was all opened up just in this thorax area, and there was no blood at all. and everybody's saying, oh, my gosh, that's the chupacabra. >> remarks were made, and it was all over the town. >> the myth of the chupacabra is a big story here because we have a high hispanic population that has believed in this for a very long time. >> the story spread through spanish speaking publications and the internet over the 1990s and into the 2000s. >> legend has it the chupacabra is a vampire dog said to inhabit parts of south america and texas. >> a chupacabra in spanish means the goat sucker or the sucker of goats. >> in all the stories that i have read about the chupacabra and it had fiery red eyes and stood on its back legs and appeared to have some spine down its back, or do that and the chupacabra's going to get you. >> dr. canyon's blood-thirsty predator kills 28 chickens over a 15-month period, showing its face only once. >> it appeared to have a v

brother called him -- when his younger brother called him to tell him that he was in harlingen, in south texashat trip. it was very surprising. we were not expecting that. i said to him, if you're going to make the next move right away, don't put yourself on any dangers. i'd rather you be caught than anything happen to you. and he told me to also to send him $300 because he ran out of money, which that's what they wanted to move him to houston. >> he got a name and a phone number and a method of payment. >> the only thing i had to do was send him the money and my hopes were that he will call me from houston and tell me, i'm here. >> eliseo's brother bayron was 18 years old. he called him his little brother always. we were sure that he was there. we couldn't say who he was. >> even though we don't want to admit it, we were still hoping it wasn't him but it didn't make sense, you know, that it was one of him. with all of the violence and all this stuff going on, that's what makes us sometimes just leave the country and look for a better place to live. i mean, my brother was -- probably that was

lou: homeland security secretary jeh johnson in south texas today.re he inaugurate ad 50-acre detention center that will hold as many as 2400 illegal immigrants caught crossing our southwest border. johnson used the occasion to tout the president's amnesty plan. he claims it gives his department a chance to get serious about border security, freeing it up to put more resources on the border as they put it. and, our next guest says is very serious about border security and entire issue of illegal immigration. holeds that the president's fiats and executive orders are flat-out unconstitutional. joining us tonight is senator david vittert a member several key committees including armed services and in the next congress it has just been announced that senator vittert will also be joining the judiciary committee. he is chair of the senate border security caucus. always good to have you with us. >> great to be with you, lou. thanks for the invite. lou: let's talk about what happened over the weekend in the sense that cruz and lee were slapped down pretty m

for example, in south texas, oil wells pumped almost 400 more barrels a day than those built in 2007. that contributed to a drop in oil prices which is a growing problem for drillers. >> the reason crisis dropped is we had a slow down of the global economy. china is not demanding as much oil as thought. more particularly aring there's a lot of supply of oil. a lot more than expected. the u.s. in particular is producing more and more and more oil, month after month after month. with a 40% drop in prices, analysts say the price of oil is getting close to o point where it's no longer possible to drill. that means energy companies help to propel the u.s. out of recession, are more likely to pare back. lower oil prices could mean fewer jobs, small energy companies relying on big debt to finance their operations. as oil prices drop and stay low, they are more susceptible to mergers and acquisitions. >> the access will be purchased. i hate to say for pennies but more than the outstanding debt. >> we are in a period of sustained low oil price, and that will reverberate through the economy. yo

homeland security secretary jeh johnson is in south texas as well, opening a new detention facility. the president and his team have constantly touted increased security along the border. >> today we have more agents and technology deployed to secure our southern border than at any time in our history. and over the past six years, illegal border crossings have been cut by more than half. >> so when you hear to the president saying the border is secure --? >> i have no idea what he's talking about. he must have a totally different understanding of what a secure border is than i do. the numbers that we look at, i'm not satisfied that 1,700 apprehensions a week is security. and that's -- and that's down from 10,000 plus a week. we have made great progress, but the border is not secure yet. >> reporter: a fox news poll says it's verilikely that the president's executive action on immigration will increase immigration to the u.s. and 68% are very or somewhat concerned that the use of executive action alters the u.s. system of checks and balances, governor perry, while showing us the rio g

in south texas oil wells installed in 2014 are pumping almost 400 more barrels a day than those built2007, and yet that has always contributed prices. >> the reason prices have dropped so quickly so fast, is he have had a slowdown of the global economic. and we just have a lot more oil out is there than we expected. the u.s. is producing more and more and more oil month after month after month. >> reporter: with a 40% drop in prices since june, analysts say the price of oil is getting close to the point where it's no longer profitable to drill. that means energy companies are now more likely to start pairing back. >> cost cutting, headcount reductions, 5,000 companies in texas that produce oil and gas, that's just an enormous number. some will do just fine. it's some of the mom and pops some backed by private equity that will run into trouble, and their response will be to sell off their assets. >> lower oil prices could mean fewer jobs down the road. small energy companies often rely on big companies to finance their operations. but as oil prices salo, they mergers. >> they will be p

. >> it was back in august when we joined the two full-time volunteers of the south texas human rightsenter to look for a 20-year-old man who had disappeared the month before. another migrant reported julio had fainted from exhaustion after walking 20 miles in 100-degree heat. he traveled from guatemala in hopes of joining his father in the united states. >> do you think there is any water over here? that maybe attracted him? >> that day the search had been fruitless like it's been every day since. the volunteers have long given up hope of finding julio alive but still they search for his remains. >> if we can put a body take it home to julio's father so they have someone to bury. >> at the brooks county sheriff office benny martinez said that 20 bodies in four months is remarkably few in the summer when two or three bodies appeared each week. the cooler weather is one factor but fewer migrants are passing through. >> we're probably down at about 100 a day now or less. >> 100 people going through the desert? >> yes, yes. versus we're looking at 300 to 500 a day so that's quite a drop.

gas buddy states drivers in virginia, missouri, south carolina and texas new mexico, you could join them this weekend. $2 gas could be common in lots of places. >>> "early start" begins right now. breaking overnight. protests erupting in new york after a grand jury decides not to indict a white police officer involved in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man. eric garner's family is speaking out. >>> a federal civil rights investigation into garner's death as president obama vows to lessen racial tensions with police and minorities across the nation. good morning. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is thursday, december 4th. breaking overnight. protests and lack of justice erupting across the country. the flashpoint is the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer in the death of a black man. >> in this case, a new yorker, named eric garner. garner died in july after a chokehold by police trying to arrest him after selling loose cigarettes. we have jason with the latest where protesters gathered. >> reporter: calm streets this

thousands of them coming across the river from the area -- mainly from the area that i represent in south texas. >> congressman henry cuellar, we'd love to stay in touch with you as immigration and that debate revivz on the hill early next year. in the meantime, happy holidays to you, sir. >> happy holidays, merry christmas and a happy new year to you and your family and your staff. >> thank you. you as well. >>> we want to know what you think at home. i asked you on twitter -- should lawmakers stick to their guns and leave the government unfunded? is that a real option for them? or should they compromise to get some kind of deal in place? we want to know what you think. >>> they just investigated me concerning my illegal entry into this nation, as well as motive and basically all the information i had to pass along. it's been a very awesome experience. >> north korea televised this 16-page scripted apology from a 29-year-old u.s. citizen, arturo pierre martinez. in a statement he said he had illegally crossed into north korea from klein. state department says it is aware of this situation. mar

congressional law professor of the south texas college of law writes, it cannot be the rule of law that the president can create arbitrary criteria of where the law will not apply and then exempt anyone who meets that criteria. this is a very broad type of policy against enforcement that is so extreme as to announce an abdictation of the president's authority. despite the heavy media bias in favor of amnesty, a recent nbc news "wall street journal" poll found that americans oppose his executive amnesty by 48% to 38%. the american people know the president's executive amnesty grants work permits to millions of illegal immigrants, which hurts many hard working americans who struggle to find full-time work and good paying jobs. the obama administration has placed the interests of illegal immigrants above the needs of many employed and unemployed americans. this amounts to a declaration of war against american workers. the constitution is not a technicality, it is a document that is preserved our freedoms for more than two centuries. every american should be very concerned about president o

it began to change the north-south route for texas as well.after the bridge comes the railroad. you one ofto show our fascinating manuscript collections. for those that do not know the name or are younger than i am, he was born in 1905. he went to school here and came and later on gets a degree from george washington university. he is best known for three areas. first is prosecuting war criminals. second, he was part of the long theission that investigated assassination of john f. kennedy. third, he effectively brought down the white house against nixon. to have a work life span of that magnitude is incredible. when the work comes along who is the judge advocate general's office. that that is how he begins to prosecute her models. in oklahoma,rst is where he begins his career, where the war is just ending and a group of german war prisoners kill a german prisoner that they find out was a traitor to them. he prosecutes these and of course wins the case. after that he is sent to germany to be a special prosecutor. here we have a photograph of so

six years later this, is right after the eagleford shale well was drilled in south texas, that is downo7 million barrels. all that -- 87 million barrels. all that money is concentrated here which is a good thing. with price of oil coming down may not be as profitable. you can't take things off-line and put them back online in snap after finger. liz: i'm not with you on this i think it is net positive for the consumer. >> i really don't think so. here is couple reasons why. 11 of the 12 hottest housing markets are sitting on top of energy deposits. they have been definitely significantly influenced by boom in energy. goes other way, markets start to turn, overall housing market sentiment can change. a lot of buyers might pack off and say, the news isn't good. one beneficiary could be interest rates. right now a lot of high yield investors could be having some difficulty. many of these companies are having difficulty point with these prices making interest payments that could mean that people go to flight to quality and we see interest rates drop if this plays out. liz. do you get a sens

. >> oil will continue to be produced in south texas in 2015.e going to continue to be filled next year. at what pace and what level of activity? that's going to depend on the price of oil. >> reporter: historically, oil prices start ticking higher in march, just four months away. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> you don't approve? >> of which part? excuse me. >> we'll give him a moment. i paid $2.43 for gas in new jersey for gas today. i thought that was pretty good. >> you look pretty excited about it. >> i'm really excited about it. and it is going right underneath my christmas tree. >> you want to tell us what you drive? it's okay if you don't want to. >> an suv. >> it's one that's good for the economy, right? >> it's good for the economy. but they're saying one of the down sides are hybrid cars aren't doing so well in sales. >> everyone is excited, i can afford the big suv because i can afford the gas. >> exactly. but then it goes up in six months, right? exactly. they get you back. >> new problem. >>> the royals are here. they are ri

and look at the cloud cover over the south. texasas got a storm system that is going to be coming together with the potential for us this weekend of some wintry mix into sunday morning. this is 2:00 friday afternoon. you can see the heavy downpours moving through louisiana into mississippi and alabama. that storm will be on the move. by early saturday morning, it will still be well to our southwest. and it will take most of the day saturday for it to arrive, but we'll start to see the clouds move in on saturday, and that could lead to a wintry mix saturday night and into sunday morning. this is the extended future weather, which shows by midnight sunday morning, we could see some light snow north and west and into the pocono mountains. and a mix of rain and snow is possible in philadelphia. but this one looks like it's mainly going to be too warm for any significant accumulation on sunday. and now there's a better chance we'll get some steadier rainfall come monday. i've just updated the seven-day forecast. but today, nothing falling

she rose from the hu humble beginnings of south texas as the youngest in her family. she is now one of the nation's top law enforcement officers. saldana was unanimously confirmed by the u.s. senate in 2011 to her current position as u.s. attorney for the north district of texas. she has a distinguished record representing the u.s. government as the senior law enforcement officer in one of the largest districts in the nation, it spans some 100 counties. i don't know how many counties you have in the state of montana, mr. president. we have three. but she has grace and presides over law enforcement operation that has 150 counties in the northern part of texas. in this role, she deals as closely and extensively as anyone else with the threats this country faces every dprai transnational criminal networksment this experience will serve her well, if confirmed to lead i.c.e. don't take my word for it. one of our good friends in the senate, john cornyn, the senator from texas -- the senior senator from texas, felt strongly enough about her qualifications that he personally

. >> the deep freeze hitting as far south as texas. nearly a hundred accidents near lubbock. and in new york city 100,000 people will ring in the new year in times square with windchills in the teens. >> and people have to bundle up before they go out. it'll be cold long before midnight in most of the country today. >> and get the full forecast from accuweather's justin povick. good morning. >> thank you and the concern is for heavy snows wednesday into wednesday night. and produce major travel delays along interstate 40 and interstate 10. with heavy snows towards flagstaff. and snow showers around las vegas. a coating to an inch or two. heavy snows along interstate 40. and major travel delays along interstate 15. back to you. >> thank you. >>> new year's eve is no holiday for police. crowds drinking and driving are a toxic brew. but there are concerns in south florida, efforts to discourage people from shooting off guns to celebrate. in many cities there could be protests like we have seen for weeks. and here in new york they are taking extra precautions. >> in addition to o

in south texas, it is not just oil. you've got manufacturing, you've got medical services.but also i wanted to add that have to rnment democrats and republicans -- wolf has done a really fantastic job down here. you for your time. host: the last minute if there is anything you want to pick up. states have different economies, and we have seen huge variations among the states over the last five terms of job growth. texas, where you are, has seen very strong job growth. the recession was much shallower there. texas has been booming. other states like california have only recently reached their prerecession peak employment. many states haven't done that, even. so there is a lot of pain out there. it is not just based on age and ethnicity, it is also based on where you are. host: ben leubsdorf, and economic reporter with the "wall street journal". your time this morning. guest thank you for having me on. host: next, we are joined by prof. julian zelizer. what the executive action could mean for president obama's legacy. later, we talked to carey gillam. first, on "newsmakers" -

mission and i can't pay for last summer's surge of resources to deal with the spike in migration in south texas last summer. and we asked for a supplemental, we haven't received support from congress and that bill needs to be paid and we need to pay more and we open this week and we can't pay for new investments and border security technology and we have another of other individuals on cause in terms of some of our very important homeland security initiatives until we have an appropriations bill. it's key that we get one. on the good news front the year ago there were a number of vacancies in the senior-level positions and we now have including myself over the last 12 months is to the hard work because 13 confirmed presidential appointments. .. we also have confirmed president presidential points and is the assistant secretary for legislative affairs in the new assistant secretary for public affairs. we have one nomination think an undersecretary for management to actually happens to be a former client of mine. the retired vice president bird of johnson & johnson russ dio who has impressed virt

. >>> new video of a flight from south korea to texas that didn't go as planned. one passenger took the video, experiencing extreme turbulence for more than an hour. 15 people were lurt. flight was diverted to japan to the injured could be treated. the plane was flying through a winter storm. the woman next to him was hit in the head by a flying dish. >>> people in pakistan have started three days of mourning for the 132 children killed in a brutal taliban attack. candles lit across pakistan as the country prepares for mass funerals. 142 people in all died yesterday when gunmen storm a school and went class to class, spraying classrooms with bullets. today leaders will meet to talk about how to talk about medica g in the hills. president obama and others condemned the attacks and helped to offer in the future. >> wherever you are, those are our children and this is the world's loss. >> just three days ago, the congress approved $1 billion to help pakistan with its security. >>> australian security forces are trying to figure out why the man behind the deadly hosta

>> i always separate florida and texas from the south. >> you do? because texas is included in this. >> southern florida is extremely different. you have very conservative cuban -- people of cuban descent in southern florida. you have conservatives, people who are jewish. florida is a little different. >> this isn't the first time a party used the south as sort of that barrier. in 1988 when democrats had more of a presence in the south, they use sort of the super tuesday strategy to try to stop a too liberal of a candidate like a mike dukakis so both parties used the south before to temperate the party. >> i like that for some reason. someone watching stories evolved, this one seemed tailor made. i'm not going to bet anything on it but tailor made for someone like ben carson who is outside the establishment who is conservative and who, if he blows away all of those primaries, it's going to be tough to stop a guy like that. if he wins iowa and does well in new hampshire and then sweeps these -- >> he's rough on the second amendment. may need to talk t

as newer wells become more and more officials, for example in south texas, oil wells installed in 2014re pumping almost 400 more barrels per day than those built in 2007. that's contributed to an overall drop in oil prices, a growing problem for drillers. >> the reason prices have dropped is we've had a slow down of the global economy. china is not demanding as much oil as we thought, but more tuckly, we just have a lot of supply of owl out there, a lot more than we expected. the u.s. in particular is just producing more and more and more oil month after month after month. >> with a 40% drop in prices since june, analysts say the price of owl is close where it's no longer profitable to drill. that means energy companies are now more likely to start pairing back. for workers in boom towns look willis in north dakota. that accounted mean less employment. as oil price drop and stay low, they become susceptible to mergers and acquisitions by larger corporations. >> they will get purchased, for a lot less than the outstanding debt. >> it's not all bad news. >> we're in a period of and you s

this is where the workers live out in the middle of western north dakota or south texas drilling oil and gas wells. clearly, less demand of oil right now. the prices have gone down and corporate companies are essentially saying we're going to drill where we know we can make money. we are not drilling every well we could which is what their doing a year ago so there's less demand for workers and services. and, yes, absolutely. you're -- this is not the last of the layoffs to see in the oil field service sector. >> i don't feel bad for them. it's a gold rush for a few years. they knew there was risk. they rolled the dice. and not everybody's going to win this this case. for you, as the price has continued to move lower net-net is it more of a positive for the economy or negative? >> it's deexcite the job losses that are horrible and one thing about them bill roughnecks or what have you, people that support the man camps, they're good-paying jobs for the most part and several hundred thousand involved in the total mix but they're high paying jobs and why they're so damaging but, you kno

congressional law professor of the south texas college of law writes, it cannot be the rule of law thatthe president can create arbitrary criteria of where the law will not apply and then exempt anyone who meets that criteria. this is a very broad type of policy against enforcement that is so extreme as to announce an abdication of the president's statutory responsibilities. american people themselves are opposed to the latest executive action. despite the heavy media bias in favor of amnesty, a recent nbc news "wall street journal" poll found that americans oppose his executive amnesty by 48% to 38%. the american people know the president's executive amnesty grants work permits to millions of illegal immigrants, which hurts many hard working americans who struggle to find full-time work and good paying jobs. the obama administration has placed the interests of illegal immigrants above the needs of many employed and unemployed americans. this amounts to a declaration of war against american workers. the constitution is not a technicality, it is a document that has preserved our freedoms

. >>> real scare on an american airlines flight from south korea to texas. passengers holding on when the plane hit some terrifying turbulence. take a look. no fun. the shaking lasted for 45 minutes. flight 280 at the beginning of its journey to dallas when that rough turbulence caused chaos on board. meal carts overturned, drinks splashing up to the overhead luggage bins, belongings flying around everywhere. >> show me the bowl that hit your head. oy. >> all of a sudden, there's just this big drop and food and plates and everything started just flying all over the place. >> the pilot had to make an emergency landing in tokyo. 14 of the 255 people on board were hurt. several had to be taken to the hospital. no one, though, had life- threatening injuries. >>> tonight the fed is promising to be patient about raising interest rates hinting they could hold near zero for another 6 months or more. wall street was thrilled. the dow surged 288 points on the announcement. the nasdaq added nearly 100. and the s&p 500 had one of its best days -- it had its best day of

here in california, down south in texas and across the country.course, it's one important part of the immigration debate. i'm sam brock and that's this edition of reality check. >>> let's check the forecast. we have one of the biggest storms in years coming this way. with the timeline, here's rob. >> we got a break between all the rain last week but even with the three to four days of relatively calm before the next incoming storm, the ground still saturated outside. we have 50s and 60s out there and the saturated soil helping to form the radiational fog. we'll see more of that tomorrow morning. flow pushing some mid-level moisture our way. once the moisture rises over the marin head lands and the coastal top, you'll see more showers overnight. then rain will certainly pick up as we get closer to thursday. so for tomorrow morning, we'll see areas of fog and then as we go through the day, no rain on the radar here. we're looking at temperatures that will be mild despite the cloud cover with that southerly flow. we should still manage the numbers cl

a library full of research, undocumented workers benefit the economy here in california, down south in texas, and across the rest of the country. of course, the economic impact is just one important part of the immigration debate. i'm sam brock and that's this edition of reality check. >>> well, the president takes over the colbert report. we'll show you the late night laughs coming up next. >>> plus, a new use for an old technology. we're going to show you where you can pay homage to recent relics. >>> and we have a lot of rain on the way to the bay area. as we get into the next 36 hours, it is going to get very active around here, and we're going to get a lot of snowfall out of this system, as well. finally some cold air. we'll tell you how much we're expecting here at home and what's on its way to tahoe in your next report. >>> just into our newsroom, the 49ers are activated navorro bowman from injured reserve. even though the linebacker has yet to practice this year, he'll suit up against the seattle seahawks. ironically, that's where he last played in a game when he injured his knee in

you here, the combination of new storm system already underway here, down across the deep south, louisianna, texastting swamped with rain right now. but this will be a system that completely bypasses us to the south. in the moisture coming on shore here across the packed northwest, will eventually be one piece after much larger puzzle, as we look ahead to the week of christmas. >> impact generally looking to be rain and wind, rain as early as the second half of monday, through tuesday, warmfront lift through, we are seeing temperatures, we expect them, to climb nicely into the low 50's, so, when the actual system rolls through, with its worse, it probably comes through as just rain, as long as we warm up enough there is will not unfortunately be a white christmas we think. >> gun have flight plans, pittsburgh, out west, pay attention, i have a feeling we'll see pretty significant delays out of this storm system, for so many people that are traveling. outside we go, live neighborhood network, stuck in a shroud of cloud cover here up at pleasant valley, middle and high schools up there, broad heads

i'm a south texas representative. last summer i was down there and witnessed first hand the problems caused by a bunch of children, in some cases completely unaccompanied, crossing the border based on a mistaken belief that if they got here, they are going to get to stay. we set the policies as a date certain in there, but the dates tend to slip and we're telegraphing we don't have a serious intent to ens for our immigration laws. . not only is this damaging to the balance of power between congress and the white house, they are also going to damage border security and open us up to a similar crisis in the future. and i want to ask if you think this action is going to cause more people to try to cross the border illegally. >> no, congressman, for two reasons. the deferred action program that the administration announced said that it only covers individuals who have continuously resided in the united states since january 1st of 2010. so for any individual who comes tomorrow or today -- >> didn't we under reagan say we w

drubbing of senator mary landrieu means the democrats now do not control a state wide seat in the south from texas all the way to the carolinas. cassidy told me last night that the democratic party through president obama has lost touch with working folks. >> there's one party for the working people. that is the republican party. there is another party for the elite. that is the democratic party. it is a republican party that favors using america's natural resources to create jobs for that blue collar family who right now is struggling. >> reporter: landrieu will be put out to pasture after 18 years in the senate. graciously accepting defeat last night after waging a losing battle but never giving up the fight. >> the joy has been in the fight. it's been a blessing, it's been a fight worth waging. louisiana will always be worth fighting for. >> reporter: so complete was the republican victory in this region that some analysts believe it could be a decade or more before another democrat rises to state wide office in the south. shannon? >> all right, john roberts live in new orleans, thank you, john

sliding south towards texas, wind damage outside of houston. parts of buildings falling on cars from winds that were triggered by a front that's moved through that area. where is that front this morning? it's on the golf coast where we're going to see flooding fromom new orleans across mississippi and alabama. temperatures ahead of this thing will be in the 60s. behind it in houston you'll be cooler, around 44 degrees. drying out slowly but surely. drying across parts of the central u.s. if you are doing some holiday travel today, the pacific northwest will see rain but san francisco will be dry. >> reporter: good morning everyone i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. showers approaching the area from the west. places like lancaster reading getting wet. otherwise lots of clouds throughout the area. we'll get you outside. we'll show you the view looking at philadelphia international airport. expect shades of gray not as nice as yesterday. yesterday we had sun and mid to upper 50s today showers we're in the low 50s, 53 toda

and sliding south towards texas, wind damage outside of houston. look at this, actually parts of buildings falling on cars from winds that were triggered by a front that's moved through that area. where is that front this morning? it's all along the gulf coast where we're going to see flooding from new orleans across mississippi and alabama. temperatures ahead of this thing will be in the 60s. behind it in houston you'll be cooler, around 44 degrees. drying out slowly but surely. drying across parts of the central u.s. if you are doing some holiday travel today, the pacific northwest will see rain but san >> now that we know what we've always known which is sara has a sweet and empathetic face, i want that man to analyze your face, ron. >> bring it on. bring it on. >> it is so true. >> there's sincerity, right? >> sincerity -- i'm flipping through the mental thesaurus, and sincerity is not where i'm going. >> that's not one of the descriptions there. >> entertaining analysis. >> bring the guy. >> oh, i will. >> it is on. >>> coming up on "gma," are