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Daca down. president trump predicted today that if that happens, hell get a deal with the democrats to let the dreamers stay. lester >> pete williams in the supreme court, thank you. president trump facing what could be one of the most consequential chapters of his presidency tonight as house democrats began public impeachment hearings tomorrow on ukraine. our hallie jackson is at the white house >> reporter: in the calm before the impeachment storm, washingtons bracing for a blockbuster day. ...

It would be just like a new police chief coming to town and saying im not going to be so lax on drug abusers. im going to crack down on drug use. that its that kind of discretion that isnt reviewable by the courts. it did seem today, chuck, by a 5-4 majority the court is prepared to allow the administration to shut daca down. you would know as anyone whether that might put the heat on congress to change the law. >> it does sound that an argument was made to try to split that decision in half by ...

Said many of them, no longer young, are far from angels, but you cant be in daca if you had a criminal conviction. you to show youre being a good citizen, you served in the military, gone to school, get a job, if the supreme court strikes daca down, he thinks there be a deal with congress, but in any event, the supreme court is probably not going to rule on this until next spring. >> pete, thank you so much. well be checking in later today. moving on, new violence taking place this morning after...

Outside, and pro protesters arriving at the minute. theyre deciding whether to green light trumps plan to end protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants. this is the policy put in place by former president obama. its known as daca and affects people known as dreamers. pete williams is at the court for us. >> reporter: hallie, the court is hearing argument now and heres the big question. if president obama could start daca simply by presidential action, why cant president trump just sto...

And colleges and businesses, when the government makes a decision of that magnitude, it has to explain it and it says the government really didnt, it was just a single page from jeff sessions who was attorney general saying, we have to shut daca down. not because we want to but because daca is illegal. the supporters say if the government had to step up and own the decision saying we really want to shut daca down and take responsibility for it, who knows how the decision would come out. but the ...

Is this normal to -- to throw everything against the wall in order to stop something like this from being released? have you seen efforts like this, aggressive efforts like this before? >> well, sure. ive seen aggressive efforts by lawyers to defend their clients, yes. and whatever jurisdiction they have. one of the arguments the presidents lawyers make here, by the way, is a first amendment claim. they say the only reason anybody wants the presidents taxes is for political reasons and thats kin...

From bolivia. >> daca truly changed my life. and you know, i have a social security number, i have the ability to work, i have the ability to contribute and pay taxes. president trump tried to shut daca down, but lower courts blocked the move. in another high profile case the justices will decide whether existing federal law makes it illegal to fire employees because theyre gay, lesbian, or transgender. gerald lost his county job in georgia after joining a gay softball league. >> i was fired f...

Countries on the temporary protected status list. it is trumps first public offer to democrats since the shutdown began on december 22nd. now at 31 days and counting. house speaker nancy pelosi called the proposal a nonstarter and said that his offers of protection do not represent a good faith effort to restore certainty to peoples lives. trumps proposal came a day after reporting that the supreme court is unlikely to hear the administrations appeal to a lower court ruling that blocked him from...

Shutting daca down. stay with me. today was the deadline we believe for the court to grant any cases if the cases are to be heard this term in is the last conference by the justices until mid february. if they dont grant a case now after this con friend, there is no way the court will hear the case this term. we think now that it is unlikely the court will hear daca, well have a chance to find out for sure on monday, but we expected an orders list today, a list of any cases the court would grant...

Appeals and come directly to the supreme court and the supreme court said were not going to do that. although it did say they expect the appeals court to rule expeditiously. that was the term. as a practical matter, what does this mean? it means this case is staying out of the supreme court for at least several more months. its going to have to go through the court of appeals. this judge in san francisco said the government wrongly tried to shut daca down, used illegal reasoning to shut daca dow...