personal phone conversation with the new president of iran, the first direct contact between leaders since 1979. so the question tonight, is this the best chance for a breakthrough in the middle east in 30 years? will the new leader of iran really deliver? abc s chief white house correspondent jonathan karl on the latest developments from the white house. john. reporter: history was made today, diane with that 15 minute phone call. a potential opening to a country the u.s. has accused of trying to build nuclear weapons and supporting terrorism. the storming of the u.s. embassy in tehran and the 444 day hostage crisis that followed has a u.s. president spoken to an iranian president. the very fact this was the first communications between an american and iranian president since 1979 underscores the deepness between our countries and indicates the prospect of moving beyond that difficult history. reporter: news of the call broke with a tweet from iran s president shortly
newsroom starts now. good morning, i m carol costello, thank you so much for joining me. we begin with new developments out of the middle east. . two men armed with knives and axes and machetes storm into a jerusalem synagogue and hack away at worshippers. four israeli rabbis are killed, three of those victims were israeli-americans and because of that, the fbi will launch an investigation of its own. we also have new video of the aftermath of that attack and what you are about to see is graphic and disturbing. we ll take you inside the synagogue where attackers carried out the bloody rampage. in addition to four rabbis killed, at least six other worshippers were wounded. both palestinian men were killed. here are those pictures. all right, you can see the carnage that went down here. i want to bring in alan dershowitz who s well known for his legal expertise. the harvard law professor is also the author of the, pook terror tunnels, the case for israel s just war against
indicated they re opposed to immigration reform. they should stop whining and start legislating. make no mistake when the newly elected representative of the people take their seat, they will ask. the wait is over. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, president obama will announce a sweeping executive action to protect about 5 million undocumented immigrants in this country from deportation. and already, the prebuttales have come fast and fierce. if president obama imposes his will on the country, congress will act. we re considering a variety of options, but make no mistake make no mistake, when the newly elected representatives of the people take their seats they will act. the country is going to go nuts because they re going to see it as a move outside of the authority of the president. you can see instances of anarchy. what do you mean? you can see violence. but lost or purposely ignored in the political jockeying and the fearmongering are the powerful conseque
you need to look at people at the very top. tonight my interview with eva longoria. there s a human cost to everything that s on your plate. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. and it is happening. 24 hours from now in a primetime address before the nation, the president of the united states will declare his plans to protect what we re told could be up to 5 million people from deportation. the white house announced the address on facebook earlier today. everybody agrees that our immigration system is broken. unfortunately washington has allowed the problem to fester for too long. and so what i m going to be laying out is the things that i can do with my lawful authority as president to make the system work better even as i continue to work with congress and encourage them to get a bipartisan comprehensive bill that can solve the entire problem. after the announcement tomorrow, the president will roll out his immigration plans on
protect what we re told could be up to 5 million people from deportation. the white house announced the address on facebook earlier today. everybody agrees that our immigration system is broken. unfortunately washington has allowed the problem to fester for too long. and so what i m going to be laying out is the things that i can do with my lawful authority as president to make the system work better even as i continue to work with congress and encourage them to get a bipartisan comprehensive bill that can solve the entire problem. after the announcement tomorrow, the president will roll out his immigration plans on friday at del sol high school in las vegas, nevada. that s the same place where he outlined principles for immigration reform almost two years ago when it looked like congressional republicans might actually get on board with a compromise bill. but when the senate passed a bipartisan bill by a vote of 68-32, the house has refused to vote on that bill effective